Friday, July 10, 2009

Argentina: Swine flu. Investigating the death of a pregnant woman

July 10 2009

A woman of about 30 years old with a pregnancy of seven months died in the clinic for a presumed pneumonia ERI, which was a suspected infection of influenza A. However, the Grasselli minister warned that the woman suffered a generalized infection that led to a respiratory complication. Expected outcomes of the studies submitted to Malbrán.

The provincial health authorities are awaiting results from samples taken from a woman about 30 years who died on Thursday at the clinic ERI, Vargas in the neighborhood of this capital, after a suspected link with the swine influenza virus.

According to information in a manner reserved for admission to medical sources at the Ministry of Health, the young victim had been placed on Tuesday and doctors decided to perform a caesarean instentar save the baby of seven months of gestation, but failed .

The cause of death of the mother was allegedly a picture of acute lung infection called pneumonia, bilateral, ie, the infection affected both lungs.

Surveys were sent to the Institute Malbrán of Buenos Aires and public health specialists are awaiting the results to determine the causes of death.

But Health Minister Gustavo Grasselli, said the Independent Radio Friday that women are not admitted with pneumonia, but for having broken a bag and generalized infection, causing death in 24 hours.

'The diagnosis of respiratory infection was not income, but still must await the results of studies,' said the minister, arguing that 'we can not say that it is an influenza A ".

Grasselli also announced that the province signed an agreement with a private school in Buenos Aires to accelerate testing on the samples taken from patients' suspected 'of being infected with influenza. It's because the Institute is Malbrán collapsed because of the number of cases.

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