Another Supect H5N1 Case in Semarang Indonesia

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Another Supect H5N1 Case in Semarang Indonesia
Recombinomics Commentary 17:01
November 24, 2008

Lagi, a patient suspect bird flu was treated in RSUP Kariadi Semarang. The female patient had the initials Dj, 50, the resident RT 4 RW 5 Donorejo villages, Kecamatan Karangtengah, Demak, was reconciled to RSUP Kariadi on Tuesday (18/11), after could be treated for two hours in the Daerah Hospital (RSD) Sunan Kalijaga Demak. RSD Sunan Kalijaga Sukardjo SKM public relations said, Dj was carried to the hospital on Tuesday (18/11) with the sign of the hot body high was accompanied by acute coughs as well as was difficult to breathe.

Previously a patient suspect flu bird DS, 15, residents Road Medoho III, RT05 / I Neighborhood Siwalan Subdistrict Gayamsari Semarang, also had to undergo treatment in Kariadi before finally died on 7 November and because of the positive AI.

The above translation describes another suspect H5N1 in Semarang. As indicated above, the media continues to describe the earlier fatal case (15F) as positive for H5N1, even though the Ministry of Health has stated that the patient was negative.

This case was widely reported by the AP and Reuters and included quotes from the attending physician that the lab tests by the Ministry of Health were positive. The earlier case (15F) preceded a similar sequence of events regarding the cluster of 17 patients in Makissar, which were said to have been lab confirmed PCR positive, but positive lab results were denied by the Ministry of Health. Moreover, 2 additional patients were recently admitted to the same hospital in Makassar with bird flu symptoms, raising concerns of significant underreporting of H5N1 cases in Indonesia, where confirmed H5N1 in poultry is widespread.