Re: Second victim of flu A in Italy
This brings the total fatalities in Italy to 3
30-40 yo woman in Udine Jan 3 H1N1 positive, but cause of death given as cardiac arrest due to the underlying condition
7 yo H1N1 positive girl who died of myocarditis
55 yo man H1N1 positive, died of heart failure.
It also looks like there may be an outbreak in the hematology ward among the other immunocompromised patients.
Italian to English translation
H1N1, the victim died of a heart attack
HEALTH / 1. A 55 year old man died four days ago, the cause was not influenza A, it was very debilitated
Positive another Vicenza The doctors reassured that there is no alarm, but the S. Bortolo triggered protocol of prophylaxis
09/01/2011
A long hospitalization for leukemia in hematology, a transplant of bone marrow cells, then a heavy attack, transport to intensive care. It has not recovered.
He died four days ago to cardiorespiratory failure. He lived in the area and had 55 years of Schio.
In intensive care, had respiratory symptoms for which the accused had done the throat swab for virus detection. The sample was examined at the laboratory of microbiology at the University of Padua, directed by prof. Giorgio Palu, and
the test showed that the man was positive to the A / H1N1.
He had the flu pandemic, downgraded to vacation this year, but the death was caused by the serious illness that had weakened. Disease, chemotherapy treatments, he had cleared the defenses.
It was an immunocompromised patient. Just as the woman passed away on January 3 in S. Daniele del Friuli for a neuromuscular disease which he suffered for some time. Even for her the influenza A/H1N1 only a coincidence. "He would die the same," says medical director Dr. ULSS. Eugenio Fantuz. The dg Antonio Alessandri confirms: "A hopeless case."
Positive to the virus of another Vicenza 60, he too returned from an autologous graft in hematology, who was also upset with the immune barriers. No alarm. "These patients - explains dr. Arianna Calistri laboratory in Padua, are at high risk. They are all persons admitted to major problems. "
This does not mean that it is taken immediately into the S. Bortolo prophylaxis protocol tested by medical direction ULSS already last year with all the rules laid down by WHO for pandemic outbreak of suspicious situations.
It was made the swab all patients hospitalized in hematology and staff of the department, as many as 30 people. To the laboratory in Padua at this time we are doing the analysis, but the answer will not be until tomorrow morning. "We have taken this week-end workflow - explains Calistri - just to process the samples with the greatest caution. We want to prevent any contamination to avoid the possibility of a false positive. "
Hematology patients and staff were then subjected to treatment with the antiviral Tamiflu, the drug can prevent and block the influenza A and B. Same prophylaxis in intensive care. In hematology patients were accommodated in single rooms. For all templates and minimal contact with the outside. Reduced to the family visits. Dr. From Beard and Dr. Livio. Anna Modenese medical direction of the medical staff have already recommended vaccination. The serum of this year it is trivalent and has the three circulating strains, including pandemic.
"These cases were always there-repeat Alessandri - No endangered or in hospital or in the population. Those who are not immunosuppressed, if you are taking the H1N1 flu, not even aware of it and heal easily. "
On top of that the virus is not different from that of 2009. "It is sensitive to the vaccine-Fantuz says - and is under control. We only hope that does not spread. With the laboratory in Padua is a close connection. A complete mapping of the do tomorrow. No alarm, but carefully. "
It is a prudential warning, then, because the peak flu since the end of January should increase all types of viruses, particularly that of swine.
Today in the Veneto Veneto in the overall incidence of influenza is still low, marking the 2.06 per thousand, compared to 3.79 Italy (Piedmont, the region hardest hit, reaching 11, 63, 6, Liguria, 71), although the figure rises to 5.29 in the range up to four years, and 4.42 for 5 to 14 years.
http://www.ilgiornaledivicenza.it/stories/Cronaca/216351__h1n1_vittima_morta_dinfarto/
