Netherlands - Man from Sierra Leone in isolation at Rotterdam - Tested negative

[G.Verkerk]

Man from Sierra Leone in isolation at Rotterdam -Netherlands- Erasmus hospital being tested for possible case of Ebola.

A man from Sierra Leone was hospitalized on saturday in the Albert Schweitzer hospital in Dordrecht around 21:00, displaying symptoms of Ebola.

He arrived at Schiphol airport saturday afternoon and travelled on to Dordrecht, near Rotterdam. There he went to see a doctor in the Albert Schweitzer hospital and fell ill.

Later that saturday night, at 02:20 he was transported to the Erasmus hospital where he is kept in isolation.

Contacts are being traced, checked and sent home not displaying any symptoms. Rooms where the man stayed are being disinfected.

From:

http://www.telegraaf.nl/binnenland/23161773/__Mogelijk_ebola-patient__.html

http://www.telegraaf.nl/binnenland/23162651/__Onderzoek_contact_patient__.html

http://www.ad.nl/ad/nl/4560/Gezond/...-mogelijk-ebola-in-ziekenhuis-Dordrecht.dhtml

 

[G.Verkerk]

Re: Man from Sierra Leone in isolation at Rotterdam -Netherlands- Erasmus hospital being tested for possible case of Ebola

Re: Man from Sierra Leone in isolation at Rotterdam -Netherlands- Erasmus hospital being tested for possible case of Ebola

First test came out negative, probably not ebola but malaria.

A second test will be done in Hamburg, results will follow in a few days.

http://nos.nl/artikel/706553-waarschijnlijk-geen-ebola-dordrecht.html

 

[Gert van der Hoek]

Re: Netherlands - Man from Sierra Leone in isolation at Rotterdam - 1st ebola test is negative, further testing to follow

Re: Netherlands - Man from Sierra Leone in isolation at Rotterdam - 1st ebola test is negative, further testing to follow

According to a press release of Erasmus Medical Centre the protocol says: 2 labs should test to get a confirmed result. Also the results of the test cannot be conclusive if you test very earlyf afte onset of symptoms.

The first 2 tests (in the Netherlands and Germany) were negative. The first test was a day after the start of symptoms. It can be to early to find the virus.

A 2nd test (also run in 2 labs, Netherlands and Germany) is necessary in this case to rule out Ebola.

Results are expected in a few days.

Erasmus MC

 

[Gert van der Hoek]

Re: Netherlands - Man from Sierra Leone in isolation at Rotterdam - Tested negative

Patient not infected with Ebola

oct 6 2014

The first negative tests were confirmed by the second round of testing: negative for Ebola. The patient has malaria.

Press release Erasmus Medical Centre

Pati?nt heeft geen Ebola

Bij de pati?nt die zondag 5 oktober op verdenking van Ebola in het Erasmus MC werd opgenomen, is geen Ebola-infectie vastgesteld.

Op zondag bleken de eerste laboratoriumonderzoeken uit te wijzen dat de pati?nt niet besmet was met het Ebolavirus. Maandag 6 oktober zijn ook de resultaten van de tweede testen bekend geworden en ook deze waren negatief.

Malaria
De klachten waarvoor de pati?nt is opgenomen zijn niet door Ebola veroorzaakt, maar door malaria. De behandeling die de pati?nt hiervoor krijgt, lijkt aan te slaan.

De pati?nt hoeft niet meer in isolatie te worden verpleegd. Het ziekenhuis doet omwille van de privacy geen uitspraken over het behandelplan en de mogelijke ontslagdatum van de pati?nt.