Thanks to @bactiman63 for alerting me to this story. Via TuoTre.vn: A girl infected with influenza A (H5): The family used to slaughter sick poultry to eat. This is almost certainly H5N1, and the first Vietnamese case in a human since 2014. The Google translation:
TTO - According to a family member of a 5-year-old girl (in Phu Tho) infected with influenza A (H5), about a week before the child was admitted to the hospital, the family had geese and chickens showing signs of illness to eat. After that, the patient appeared tired, yellow skin, yellow eyes, vomiting a lot.
The baby is currently in a state of respiratory failure, diagnosed with acute liver failure, acute kidney failure, septic shock, multi-organ failure, influenza A (H5), being treated at the National Children's Hospital.
According to a report on the morning of October 21 by the Phu Tho Center for Disease Control, the case of influenza A (H5) infection is a girl in Thanh Ba district, Phu Tho province. On 5-10 days, the baby coughs, has a fever, the family buys medicine to take it, but it doesn't help.
On 7-10 days, the baby was tired, yellow skin, yellow eyes, vomiting a lot, the family took the patient to Thanh Ba District Health Center for examination and was diagnosed with acute liver failure, acute kidney failure of unknown cause, referred to hospital. Phu Tho Obstetrics and Children Hospital.
Here the baby was also diagnosed with acute liver failure, acute renal failure of unknown cause. On 8-10 days, the patient was transferred to the National Children's Hospital. Two days later the baby was tested for influenza type A (H5). On October 17, the National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology confirmed that the baby was positive for influenza A virus (H5).
Currently, the patient is in a state of respiratory failure, intubated with a diagnosis of acute liver failure, acute kidney failure, septic shock, multi-organ failure, influenza A (H5).
