Giuseppe
Emeritus
[Source: US National Library of Medicine, full text: (LINK). Abstract, edited.]
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Biosci Trends. 2013 Apr;7(2):109-12.
Analysis of the clinical characteristics and treatment of two patients with avian influenza virus (H7N9).
Lu SH, Xi XH, Zheng YF, Cao Y, Liu XN, Lu HZ.
Source: Department of Infectious Diseases, Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
Abstract
Avian influenza is one of the most dangerous contagions in poultry worldwide, and avian influenza A viruses are the major pathogens responsible. Outbreaks of H7N9, a strain of the avian influenza A virus H7 subtype, have increasingly been reported in several countries since 2007. This spring, H7N9 broke out in China and has thus far caused 24 cases of infection and 7 deaths. Recently, we treated two patients with H7N9 infection. The infection was characterized by respiratory symptoms, fever, rapid progression, and significant hypoxemia. Laboratory tests showed a low level or decrease in leukocytes, a drop in blood platelets, and an increase in myocardial enzymes and aspartate aminotransferase. Oseltamivir, anti-infective drugs, and immunoglobulin were administered. Supplemental oxygen or non-invasive mechanical ventilation helped to relieve symptoms. This report provides information on the clinical characteristics and treatment of two Chinese patients with H7N9.
PMID: 23612081 [PubMed - in process]
-Analysis of the clinical characteristics and treatment of two patients with avian influenza virus (H7N9).
Lu SH, Xi XH, Zheng YF, Cao Y, Liu XN, Lu HZ.
Source: Department of Infectious Diseases, Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
Abstract
Avian influenza is one of the most dangerous contagions in poultry worldwide, and avian influenza A viruses are the major pathogens responsible. Outbreaks of H7N9, a strain of the avian influenza A virus H7 subtype, have increasingly been reported in several countries since 2007. This spring, H7N9 broke out in China and has thus far caused 24 cases of infection and 7 deaths. Recently, we treated two patients with H7N9 infection. The infection was characterized by respiratory symptoms, fever, rapid progression, and significant hypoxemia. Laboratory tests showed a low level or decrease in leukocytes, a drop in blood platelets, and an increase in myocardial enzymes and aspartate aminotransferase. Oseltamivir, anti-infective drugs, and immunoglobulin were administered. Supplemental oxygen or non-invasive mechanical ventilation helped to relieve symptoms. This report provides information on the clinical characteristics and treatment of two Chinese patients with H7N9.
PMID: 23612081 [PubMed - in process]
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