Vietnam: Still have drug treatment for patients resistant to tamiflu

09/07/2009

Health of 2 influenza A/H1N1 patients (in Hanoi) risk tamiflu drug resistance remains stable and is being treated isolation, tracking the stars.

Relenza is also capable of treating influenza A/H1N1
Nguyen Van Kinh, Director of the Institute of infectious diseases and Tropical Country, said: Often patients influenza A/H1N1 hết fever after 1-2 days. After 5 days, when tested, the patients have negative reactions with influenza A/H1N1 virus and then the hospital can be, health is stable.

However, this 2 patients (both from Australia) have cachet. After 7 days treatment, 2 were all symptoms of illness (cough, fever, sore throat), but test results showed that patients still positive for influenza A/H1N1 virus.

"This is a sign not normal. There we still keep patients in hospital and implement isolation and continued treatment as other patients, the lens for.

The entire sample's disease 2 patients are transferred to the Institute of Hygiene epidemiological Central to test and determine whether it is the influenza A/H1N1 patients first Vietnam tamiflu drug resistant or not .

Nguyen Huy Nga, Director Department of Department of Health and Environment (Ministry of Health) requirements of the infectious diseases and Tropical Country - where direct treatment of patients on the 2 - need special attention and keep the stars in place and must immediately notify the Ministry of Health if any unusual signs in time to process.

Pm 9 / 7, Nguyen Hong Ha, Vice Director of the Institute for infectious diseases and Tropical Country confirm: "Currently, the health of 2 patients remain on a stable, continuing treatment for isolation and track the stars. "

Exposed control of influenza A/H1N1 by the Ministry of Health issues currently in the hospital seriously and has developed work. If there is any case of drug resistance tamiflu just change to other drugs have similar effects.

He said Russia: "Currently, in addition tamifu, also a drug Relenza is also more capable of treating influenza A/H1N1. This is the way that almost all countries have implemented if there are cases where influenza A/H1N1 patients tamiflu resistance.

Russian information he added: "World research has not confirmed any person infected with influenza A/H1N1 then can become infected or not."

In the meeting on 12 / 6, Nguyen Tran Hien, Director of Institute of Hygiene epidemiological Central said: "Flu A/H1N1 appear first, so patients do not have immunity, the ability of infected people can be high. "

Confirmed by the Ministry of Health, A/H1N1 flu in Vietnam has not spread to the community. All activities supervised by Vietnam still be done very well. Vietnam rated capacity "cầm trees to. After 40 days to appear, in Vietnam, influenza A/H1N1 has not spread to the community. Meanwhile, the water just after 2 weeks to appear, influenza A/H1N1 has Bùng in the community and can not control.
Tan Son Nhat add a measure body temperature
9 / 7, HCM City Department of Health for the Center on Health international border gate in the airport of Tan Son Nhat has been more a measure body temperature.
Day, the Center on International Health detected 26 of body temperature from the high country have. Of which, 15 have been transferred to the track hospital Pham Ngoc Thach, 11 cases remain supervised at Hospital District 7.


According to doctors of Phan Van, manager for Y, Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health said recently, most of the cases positive for influenza A/H1N1 in from abroad which are in body temperature detected. Up to now, in Vietnam, the total number of influenza infection was detected through the machine that is 158 people.