Chinese official authorities claim, in Shanghai two cases belonging to the world's first case of human infection with the H7N9 avian flu deaths, authorities also known as Shanghai influenza, pneumonia incidence was no significant increase compared with the past three years earlier, but on condition of anonymity revealed a Shanghai Hospital Respiratory doctors accept Hong Kong's Wen Wei Po access recent hospital unknown to a significant increase in severe pneumonia received five cases of the disease since March, but not in the official number.
Allegedly after the unknown pneumonia deaths in the beginning of last month, the Shanghai Health Bureau, on internal notice major hospitals to strengthen the monitoring of the unknown pneumonia, but did not require access to the medical staff of the hospital and the doctor who strengthen protection.
Official so far announced number of confirmed and suspected human infection of H7N9 avian flu deaths all occurred in the Minhang District of Shanghai Fifth People's Hospital (hereinafter referred to as the "Court"). But reporters in Shanghai, Hong Kong's Wen Wei Po reported that patients with similar symptoms, another large hospital with the five branches of the same at the Minhang District, also appeared. The above Hospital Respiratory infections departments a doctor since mid-March of this year, the hospital has treated five patients with ordinary pneumonia, 5 patients the day after admission condition deteriorated sharply, "X-light show admission check When only one side of the lung infection, but the second day of the X-ray and found the bilateral pulmonary All serious infection. "
The report quoted the doctor said, five patients are not relatives, there is no other contact between each other. Four of them are male and one is female, between the ages of 60 to 70-year-old. Alleged that the hospital was on five patients with symptoms suspicious, take sputum submission was not found to have SARS and other viruses , and the moment can not confirm exactly which virus infection, so they will be classified as "unexplained severe pneumonia. " It has been revealed that, in previous years, the hospital throughout the year only two to three unexplained severe pneumonia, but this year only half a month to the already dense appear 5.
The report refers to the five patients still in the hospital hospitalized senior antibiotics with hormone therapy, the condition is temporary stability. The doctor pointed out that the drug treatment of this "unexplained severe pneumonia four generations of cephalosporins and carbapenem antibiotics, the high level of antibiotics for the treatment of serious bacterial infection, per person per day, with the price of antibiotics over 1000 not more than 200 yuan, and antibiotics for the treatment of ordinary pneumonia. "Allegedly, these drugs may be the liver, kidney damage, but if the weekday normal metabolism of the body, the side effects should not be great. In addition, because these patients have symptoms of respiratory failure soon, so they have to wear breathing counseling machines.
The report also quoted the doctor said, must find out the multi-resistant bacteria is still in line with isolation conditions, these five patients has not been isolated, but admitted in the wards of ordinary infection, the course of the disease is estimated at least will last more than two weeks, while the ordinary pneumonia The general course of one to two weeks. Nor doctor and nurse to take special protective measures, no gowns, only wear ordinary masks and were asked to wash his hands, and the current SARS outbreak, the medical staff to prevent a completely different level.
At the same time, the Secretary for the Hong Kong Food and Health Bureau, high-Yong Wen said, the most worried about the mutation of the virus, or even human-to-human transmission, and therefore think that is most important to determine the continent where a male deceased's two famous people whether the same by infection, currently with the mainland authorities close contact, obtain a copy of the suspected cases of gene sequencing, and local checkpoints also stepped up security, and suspected cases at any time isolation, but only distributing leaflets to visitors.
More decisive measures in Taiwan, the Department of Health, Centers for Disease Control, Deputy Secretary Jih-Haw Chou said that the continent the world's first case of human infection of H7N9 avian influenza, the three cases deaths, the Department of Health has strengthened against the mainland, Hong Kong and Macao travelers quarantine and monitoring, and fever within 10 days of travel to the mainland, birds history of exposure to passengers sent to hospital for inspection and examination, and to exclude travelers non-infected with avian influenza so far.
