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05-10-2011 18:36

Woman dies from unidentified viral pneumonia

By Kim Rahn

A woman died from pneumonia caused by an unidentified virus, according to the health authorities.

Fears are rampant as seven others, mostly pregnant women, are hospitalized with the same illness.

The Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Tuesday that a 36-year-old woman, who had been in the intensive care unit at a Seoul general hospital, died in the morning from a cerebral hemorrhage related to her condition. The unidentified woman was one of seven hospitalized for an unknown viral pneumonia.

The woman, who was nine months pregnant, visited the hospital on April 8 and she was diagnosed with tuberculosis. Three days later she was admitted to the unit as her condition worsened despite medication. Premature labor was induced so she could receive further treatment.

Soon after giving birth she rapidly developed pulmonary fibrosis while showing symptoms of cerebral hemorrhaging and died.

The authorities are studying to distinguish the virus. “It will take some time to identify through DNA tests what caused the pneumonia. It is critical to determine whether the virus that caused the pulmonary fibrosis is a new strain that has not been reported before,” an official of the centers said.

As to the fact that seven out of the eight patients are women who recently gave birth or are expecting soon, the authorities said it is too early to say the disease is prevalent particularly among pregnant women.

“According to theses, 1.51 out of every 1,000 pregnant women contract pneumonia, and the cause is unknown in 30 percent of the cases. Pregnant women should not be overly concerned,” the official said.

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I predict they claim it is a fatal case of indigestion, exacerbated by exposure to the light of Venus.

Of course it's H1N1... but I would be surprised if they are that forthcoming with the information. H1N1 is, after all, an unmentionable curse-word now.

Actually, it was the fear of saying H1N1 (especially Chihuahua H1N1) that led to the "mystery virus" story that set off alarm bells. After say it is NOT a mystery virus, they have to admit it is influenza and almost have to say H1N1. The question is whether they will admit its Chihuahua H1N1.

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I would be surprised (even shocked) if they outright admitted that it was Chihuahua H1N1 - not because that's what it is, but because admitting it might open another box full of questions that the officials don't want to answer.

This is still entirely a political problem.

I hate politicians.

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Yes, influenza is ALL about politics.

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Eight weeks for genetic test sounds like H1N1 sequencing (and Chihuahua sub-clade with D225N).

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A South Korean woman died on Monday at a Seoul hospital of pneumonia caused by an unidentified virus, the disease control agency said. The 36-year-old woman died in the morning in the intensive care unit at the hospital after being admitted last month for tuberculosis, according to the Center for Disease Control (CDC). The death marks the first mortality here caused by an unidentified virus, it said. The CDC is still studying to identify the virus that led to the death of the woman who was pregnant when she was hospitalized, it said. She was later induced to have premature labor for treatment purposes. "It is critical to identify whether the concerned virus that caused pulmonary fibrosis is a new type of virus that has not been reported in the past," a CDC official said, referring to the development of excess fibrous connective tissue in the lungs, which led to the woman's death. The CDC also said six more women are currently being treated for similar cases of pneumonia at the hospital. All of them have recently given birth or are expecting. "Results of the virus test may come on Thursday. But it will take longer to identify what caused the pneumonia given the time needed to go through an additional DNA test (on the woman)," the official said.

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South Korea's explosion of unknown pneumonia in pregnant women has been a post-attack deathSeoul : South Korea | May 11, 2011 By adnaseer 1
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South Korea has recently been infected 8 of pneumonia of unknown cause, there, and general symptoms of pneumonia and various pulmonary fibrosis, of which seven cases of pregnant women and mothers, have died in 1 10, so that South Korean women into a panic.

10, South Korea Center for Disease Control, said 36-year-old pregnant woman died, when the disease has been 9 months pregnant. April 8 cold symptoms appeared to community clinics for medical treatment, originally thought it was tuberculosis, ineffective dosing transferred to Seoul after a teaching hospital intensive care unit. Continued deterioration in patients with pulmonary fibrosis, and even cerebral hemorrhage, 10, 7 am dead. Due to prior induction of labor, fetal safety.
CDC said that a total of eight patients suspected for the same unknown virus, from all over the clinics to teaching hospitals in Seoul, the intensive care unit. 8, 7 were among the recently produced either pregnant, a man who is 40 old. One patient was discharged 4, and 1 person to accept because of ineffective treatment of lung transplant.
CDC Infectious Disease Division at Beijing Hui Park, said there is pulmonary fibrosis in two patients with pneumonia symptoms in vivo detection of adenovirus and coronavirus, but the remaining five were not detected. Common cold, the body often detected in patients with both viruses, the CDC will try to confirm whether the new species of lung fibrosis caused by a virus.
Huxixitong disease expert, professor of Ulsan Medical University, GAO Yun-tin said the common symptoms of patients, the first cough, phlegm, and then to the trachea as the center, a rapid bilateral pulmonary fibrosis phenomenon. The pneumococcal pneumonia and general different from a "pulmonary fibrosis", the lungs as dry as vulnerable cellular functions gradually degraded. GAO Yun-tin said, every year of maternal experience 2-4 cases of serious lung injury or death cases, but at the same time as the disease is rare.
CDC said the pneumonia is not susceptible of maternal group, nor were signs of popular related cases, pregnant women do not need to panic.
South Korean health authorities are against the country's 40 universities in general hospitals with similar symptoms to investigate whether maternal, predicted lung biopsy to 2 weeks, the virus DNA analysis requires more than 8 weeks.

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