OH: 1st Test Came Back Negative For Woman Who Died Of H1N1

[Chuck]

http://www.newsnet5.com/news/20730623/detail.html


1st Test Came Back Negative For Woman Who Died Of H1N1

POSTED: 4:21 pm EDT September 4, 2009
UPDATED: 4:29 pm EDT September 4, 2009

CLEVELAND -- An 18-year-old pregnant Cleveland woman who died in June initially tested negative for the H1N1 virus.

A Columbus pregnant woman also died because of the virus.

Cleveland health director Matt Carroll said the blood work was sent to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta for more testing.

That result came back this week as positive for H1N1.

 

[Dstaib]

Re: OH: 1st Test Came Back Negative For Woman Who Died Of H1N1

Moral of story as previously discussed the quik-view testing is only 60% effective at best and as such it should not be the sole determinate regarding treatment.

Dan

 

[AlaskaDenise]

Re: OH: 1st Test Came Back Negative For Woman Who Died Of H1N1

The price for a small RT-PCR testing machine is only about $12K. Given the cost of even 1 or 2 hospital stays, it's a shame more providers (esp. clinics 7 hospitals) don't have that capability.

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[Pathfinder]

Re: OH: 1st Test Came Back Negative For Woman Who Died Of H1N1

Pregnant woman died of H1N1 in June in Cuyahoga County
Dick Russ Updated: 9/4/2009 5:46:28 PM Posted: 9/4/2009 5:28:00 PM
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CLEVELAND -- Following Thursday's news that a pregnant Columbus woman died of the H1N1 virus, Channel 3 has learned that an 18-year-old pregnant woman died here in Cuyahoga County on June 17.


Cleveland Department of Health Director Matt Carroll tells WKYC that a positive diagnosis of her cause of death was just reached within the last week, and that the woman died of H1N1.

"When the woman was first seen for her illness, a quick test showed negative results for H1N1," Carroll said. He said the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention conducted further tests after her death and concluded that she died from complications of H1N1.

Carroll would not identify the woman but said she was a resident of the City of Cleveland and died at a hospital in Cuyahoga County. He did not know whether her baby survived.

The confirmation of her death from H1N1 brings to three the number of confirmed H1N1 deaths in Ohio. A man in Butler County died June 29 and a pregnant Columbus woman also died.


http://www.wkyc.com/news/local/news_article.aspx?storyid=121062&catid=45



About rapid flu test:

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/news/fullstory_87834.html

 

[Pathfinder]

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New Information: H1N1 and Pregnant Women

It's still hard for the family of 18 year-old Amber Hodge to believe that their young, vibrant daughter, died of the H1N1 virus in her eighth month of pregnancy.

The Cleveland teen died at Metro Health Medical Center in June, after what she thought was a cold, moved to her lungs, and killed her.

"I don't know where it came from and then I worry about my other kids, I worry about the baby, you know," said Teresa Armstrong, Amber's mother.

Armstrong is now raising her daughter's baby girl.

Doctors delivered the baby in an emergency c-section while Amber was in a medically induced coma and on a ventillator.

She died of H1N1 six days later, without ever meeting her daughter.

Now, with flu season creeping upon us, many pregnant women are panicking.

Dr. Jeffrey Chapa of the Cleveland Clinic says pregnant women are more susceptible to H1N1 because pregnancy compromises your immune system.

"The main thing is that in pregnancy you're immune system is suppressed a little bit, mildly suppressed, because the mom has to accomodate the fetus and the fetus has a lot of things that are foreign to the mom," said Dr. Chapa.

Dr. Chapa's advice? If you're pregnant, get the seasonal flu shot now, and get the H1N1 vaccine as soon as it's available, later this fall.

Also, if you have any flu like symptoms, contact your doctor immediately for treatment before the symptoms progress.

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/topic/wjw-h1n1-death-txt,0,4025319.story