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Two Whitmore’s disease cases detected in Hoa Binh
September 5, 2024 at 10:07:00
The Hoa Binh Provincial General Hospital reported on September 4 that it is currently treating two patients diagnosed with Whitmore's disease.
The patients, H.N.T, 43, from Da Bac district, and B.T.C, 59, from Lac Son district of Hoa Binh province, were both admitted in critical condition. They suffered from respiratory failure requiring mechanical ventilation, sepsis, multiple organ failure, pleuritis with pleural effusion, and abscesses in the liver and soft tissues.
T’s family revealed that he had been working in a southern province for over ten years, delivering frozen goods daily. He had experienced a persistent high fever, and despite seeking treatment, his condition only temporarily improved.
On August 28, he returned home and was admitted to the Hoa Binh Provincial General Hospital with a high fever, chills, respiratory failure, septic shock, and multiple organ failure.
Dr Hoang Cong Tinh, Head of the Intensive Care Unit 1 at the hospital, confirmed that diagnostic tests showed pleuritis with bilateral pleural effusion, a liver abscess, and sepsis caused by Burkholderia pseudomallei, the bacteria responsible for Whitmore's disease...
Two Whitmore’s disease cases detected in Hoa Binh
September 5, 2024 at 10:07:00
The Hoa Binh Provincial General Hospital reported on September 4 that it is currently treating two patients diagnosed with Whitmore's disease.
The patients, H.N.T, 43, from Da Bac district, and B.T.C, 59, from Lac Son district of Hoa Binh province, were both admitted in critical condition. They suffered from respiratory failure requiring mechanical ventilation, sepsis, multiple organ failure, pleuritis with pleural effusion, and abscesses in the liver and soft tissues.
T’s family revealed that he had been working in a southern province for over ten years, delivering frozen goods daily. He had experienced a persistent high fever, and despite seeking treatment, his condition only temporarily improved.
On August 28, he returned home and was admitted to the Hoa Binh Provincial General Hospital with a high fever, chills, respiratory failure, septic shock, and multiple organ failure.
Dr Hoang Cong Tinh, Head of the Intensive Care Unit 1 at the hospital, confirmed that diagnostic tests showed pleuritis with bilateral pleural effusion, a liver abscess, and sepsis caused by Burkholderia pseudomallei, the bacteria responsible for Whitmore's disease...