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Suspected case of flu in Naples, Monaldi denies: It is not H5N1 but a flu strain already present and widespread
ildenaro.itApril 24, 202320
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A 50-year-old patient from the Scafati hospital with severe pneumonia and admitted to the Monaldi hospital in Ecmo (extracorporeal circulation) “has a positive swab for H1N1 flu. It is therefore not avian flu (H5N1), but an influenza strain already present and widespread". The Monaldi hospital in Naples clarifies it in a note. However, the preliminary blood chemistry tests revealed a significant immunosuppression (lack of IgG and IgM antibodies) for which further investigations are underway. The particular condition of immunosuppression of the patient therefore contributed to the severity of the clinical picture. The clinical conditions remain severe and the prognosis, at the moment, is reserved ".
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Suspected case of bird flu, Monaldi denies: "Common flu but immunosuppressed patient"
April 24, 2023 12:50
The latest updates on the story of the 50-year-old from Scafati hospitalized in the Neapolitan hospital
Suspected case of bird flu, Monaldi denies: "Common flu but immunosuppressed patient"
It's not bird flu. The alarm, launched this morning by some newspapers, which concerned the presence of a person suffering from avian flu (H5N1 virus) hospitalized in serious conditions at the Monaldi hospital in Naples, has returned.
The patient, a 50-year-old from the Scafati hospital, actually presents - they specify from the Neapolitan hospital - a "positive swab for H1N1 flu", a common flu strain compared to that of the more dangerous avian flu.
The man, who has the symptoms of "severe pneumonia", is hospitalized in ECMO, extracorporeal circulation, a procedure that guarantees blood oxygenation in patients with compromised respiratory functions. "From the preliminary blood chemistry tests - Monaldi adds - a significant immunosuppression emerged (lack of IgG and IgM antibodies) for which further investigations are underway". It is precisely this "particular condition of immunosuppression" that contributes to the current severity of his clinical picture. The prognosis is currently reserved.
Apparently the 50-year-old had no previous pathologies. For months there has been talk of a return of bird flu infections in humans: in Cambodia the death of a little girl was recently reported and several cases - although not in Italy - have been registered among mammals.
https://www.napolitoday.it/cronaca/aviaria-monaldi.html
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Hospitalized in Naples, it's not bird flu but another type of flu: how is the 50-year-old
Apr 24, 2023
The avian alert has returned to Naples : the 50-year-old patient from the Scafati hospital admitted to Monaldi is not infected. The hospital itself made it known, through a bulletin circulated to the press.
Avian alarm in Naples: the clarification from the Monaldi hospital
"The 50-year-old patient from the Scafati hospital with severe pneumonia and admitted to the Monaldi hospital on ECMO (extracorporeal circulation) has a positive swab for H1N1 flu, so it is not avian flu (H5N1) , but an influenza strain already present and widespread” – they clarify from the hospital.
“Preliminary blood chemistry tests, however, revealed a significant immunosuppression (lack of IgG and IgM antibodies) for which further investigations are underway. The particular condition of immunosuppression of the patient therefore contributed to the severity of the clinical picture. The clinical conditions remain severe and the prognosis, at the moment, is reserved “ - they conclude.
The patient is in serious clinical conditions but, as confirmed by Monaldi, is not affected by flu. The initial suspicion, therefore, has not found any confirmation in the results of the tests carried out which show the presence of an already present strain of influenza.
Meaning of bird flu
As announced by the National Institute of Health, avian influenza is a disease of birds caused by a type A influenza virus, which can be of low or highly pathogenic nature. Widespread throughout the world, avian flu is capable of infecting almost all bird species, albeit with very different manifestations, from the mildest ones to highly pathogenic and contagious forms that generate acute epidemics.
When caused by a highly pathogenic form, the disease develops suddenly, followed by rapid death in almost 100% of cases. The fear of a new pandemic, originating from a passage of the avian virus to humans, has set in motion a series of extraordinary prevention measures all over the world.
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