Munich - Schwabing Hospital in a seriously ill patient is treated, which suffers from an extremely rare and dangerous pathogens.
t's as rare as fatal: Worldwide infected so far only 15 people with the coronavirus. Nine paid with their lives. Patient number 16 is now in intensive care in Schwabing.
The ill comes from the Arab region. According to the head of the Schwabing Infectious Diseases, Dr. Clemens Wendtner, he had been at the 8th March infected in his home country. The doctor suspects that the Arabs infected with his "close contact racing camels."
Because he had been treated by a doctor several times in Munich, his family decided to let him fly by private jet here. Wendtner stressed that this patient has not set foot in a line pilot. Besides, he had already been intubated in the plane with a closed ventilator - so did the patient can infect anyone. Now the Arabs lies in strict isolation in a single room in Schwabing. His condition was "very critical," says Wendtner, the disease "life threatening".
The corona virus can cause pneumonia and kidney failure. It is considered difficult to transfer, as well as very dangerous. The pathogen is a relative of the SARS virus, which is known only recently. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the first case occurred in June 2012 in Saudi Arabia, where the virus was found in a 60-year-old man. The highest number of cases are in the Middle East, Jordan, Qatar and Saudi Arabia. It also infections in the UK are known. There, one patient was affected, who had been present prior to his illness in Saudi Arabia and then infected two family members.Thus the virus can jump from person to person. Physicians are currently working but assume that for an infection, close contact is necessary.
Scientists from around the world are now trying to decipher the pathogen. Initial successes they have already achieved: Corona viruses enter through the DPP4 enzyme in the cells. The viral genome migrates into the nucleus and takes control of the metabolism of the host cell. Now researchers have succeeded to produce antibodies against DPP4, so as to prevent the infestation of lung cells.
The case is only the second in Munich in Germany. Both times, the pathogen was imported from abroad. "The risk of contact persons becoming infected is low overall and the general population is extremely low," reports the Robert Koch Institute.Wendtner also assured: It threatens no new pandemic. http://www.merkur-online.de/lokales/muenchen/stadt-muenchen/toedliches-virus-renn-kamel-araber-infiziert-2820681.html
