7-year-old China boy dies of (swine ?) flu, pneumonia

[Gert van der Hoek]

7-year-old China boy dies of flu, pneumonia

www.chinaview.cn 2009-10-24

HARBIN, Oct. 24 (Xinhua) -- A seven-year-old boy in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province died of seasonal influenza and severe pneumonia Friday, local health authorities confirmed Saturday.

The A/H1N1 strain was found in the flu viruses infected the first grader at Yingjun Primary School in Suihua City, the provincial health bureau said.

The A/H1N1 flu has earlier caused two deaths in the country -- an 18-year-old woman in Tibet who died on Oct. 4, and a 43-year-old woman who died on Oct. 16 in Tibet's neighboring province of Qinghai.

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-10/24/content_12314735.htm


The boy could be the 4th reported swine flu fatality in Mainland China: http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=129652

 

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Re: 7-year-old China boy dies of (swine ?) flu, pneumonia

I think this is a Pandemic H1N1 fatality, as they refer to the other two confirmed H1N1 fatalities. It is really confusing to call the Pandemic H1N1 seasonal influenza, even though it is the predominant influenza this season.

 

[Treyfish]

Re: 7-year-old China boy dies of (swine ?) flu, pneumonia

Heilongjiang 7-year-old pupils, who died of severe pneumonia associated with seasonal influenza
at 17:23 on October 24, 2009 Source: China News
reporter learned from the Heilongjiang Provincial Health Office confirmed that 23 day between 17:00 to 19:00, Suihua handsome and first grade, a student died of severe pneumonia associated with seasonal influenza, the influenza viruses that includes influenza A H1N1 influenza viruses.

According to the municipal government emergency response office Suihua person in charge confirmed with the local health department to verify the dead as severe pneumonia associated with seasonal influenza, is a mixed infection with influenza virus, Influenza A H1N1 influenza viruses.

Heilongjiang Provincial Health Department, according to the person in charge, the Department of the deceased male, 7 years old this year. 22, the deceased bronchial asthma, at 8 o'clock on the 23rd was sent to 9 pm Suihua first hospital. The blood test, the patient is very high white blood cell levels, the hospital carried out its anti-inflammatory treatment, and use of Tamiflu drug. 17 o'clock to 19 o'clock that day, the patients died. The person in charge said that, with expert diagnosis, the deceased with severe pneumonia complicated with seasonal influenza, is a mixed infection, bacterial infection of the main. Before the death of the student suffering from bronchial asthma disease. For more information on his situation, is currently awaiting Suihua city health department to report further. (Editor: Shu-Li Wang)
:tiphat:http://big5.ce.cn/xwzx/gnsz/gdxw/200910/24/t20091024_20267791.shtml

 

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Re: 7-year-old China boy dies of (swine ?) flu, pneumonia

I believe that "mixed" infection is a reference to the bacterial infection of the brain, not two different strains of influenza (seasonal and pandemic), but I might be wrong.

Perhaps Chinese authorities are calling Pandemic H1N1 seasonal influenza to distinguish it from H5N1, which is definitely NOT seasonal influenza.

 

[Rwilmer]

Re: 7-year-old China boy dies of (swine ?) flu, pneumonia

Here is the entire article that started this thread.

7-year-old China boy dies of flu, pneumonia


www.chinaview.cn 2009-10-24 15:20:25 Print

HARBIN, Oct. 24 (Xinhua) -- A seven-year-old boy in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province died of seasonal influenza and severe pneumonia Friday, local health authorities confirmed Saturday.

The A/H1N1 strain was found in the flu viruses infected the first grader at Yingjun Primary School in Suihua City, a provincial health bureau official said.

But it was not yet known if the A/H1N1 flu was the main cause for the boy's death.

The A/H1N1 flu has earlier caused two deaths in the country -- an 18-year-old woman in Tibet who died on Oct. 4, and a 43-year-old woman who died on Oct. 16 in Tibet's neighboring province of Qinghai.

The bronchial asthma patient was admitted to the Suihua No. 1 Hospital at about 8:30 a.m. Friday in the wake of asthma attacks on Thursday.

He died at about 6 p.m. Friday after all emergency efforts failed, including anti-inflammatory treatment and intake of antiviral drug Tamiflu.

The boy died of mixed, but mainly bacterial infections, the unnamed official said, citing diagnosis from doctors.

Further details were not immediately known.

In another case, a 72-year-old man, the first severe A/H1N1 influenza patient in Beijing, died of chronic illnesses early Friday morning even after the flu was cured.

Xie Baoling was admitted to the Beijing Ditan Hospital on Oct. 4 and was diagnosed as the first severe H1N1 flu case in Beijing, hospital head Mao Yu said Saturday.

His flu was cured on Oct. 21, Mao said.

The man also suffered from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, respiratory failure, and severe hypertension.

The Chinese mainland reported 2,024 confirmed cases of the A/H1N1 flu in the 48 hours ending at 3 p.m. Friday, bringing the total number to 33,064, the Ministry of Health said Friday.

So far, 26,588 patients have recovered. Fourteen of the 44 patients in serious conditions have been cured, the ministry said.

China is currently experiencing what experts called "a second round of A/H1N1 flu infection," as recent infections are more widespread and increasing rapidly.