Department of Health, Center for Disease Control announced yesterday, the first case of Tamiflu resistance of new strains of influenza cases and the virus strain H275Y type, is a two-year-old living in the southern men separate samples, at present the patient has been discharged.
Friends and relatives, medical staff found no resistance
Although the mutation of the virus replication rate is slower, but the CDC still worried about drug-resistant strains of virus spread, but fortunately the investigation contact with relatives and friends and health care professionals, although people are infected with new strain of influenza, but none was found resistant.
Department of Health, while the World Health Organization (WHO) Bulletin, Taiwan became the tenth notification appears resistant to Tamiflu, a new influenza virus strain state. The other nine as Denmark, Japan, Canada, the United States, China, Hong Kong, Singapore, Thailand, Brazil and Argentina, has so far notified 36 drug-resistant virus strains, were not the case of community spread.
Department of Health said that on September 1 patient developed fever, cough and other flu-like symptoms seek medical treatment, quick screens positive, the hospital for Tamiflu treatment. Hospital found that pre-treatment with Tamiflu samples of the sensitivity of the samples collected after treatment was found for H275Y Tamiflu-resistant type strain, showing any drugs resulting from mutation of the virus.
Deputy Director of Health C. Chang pointed out that although the patient once symptoms of severe pneumonia, but pneumonia, drug-resistant ago, learning that took place, so the medical staff has not switched to another drug Relenza treatment, patients are mainly of individuals immunity against the virus, was discharged September 20.
C. Chang said that Tamiflu resistant strains of domestic and foreign the same, that is, nucleic acid sequence of H275 virus replication in patients with mutations into the body 275Y, and the virus mutation is a question of probabilities, and the patient's own physical or other conditions not so much. http://www.libertytimes.com.tw/2009/...y-life10-2.htm __________________
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