January 4, 2010
Pekanbaru, Riau – A bid flu suspect (H5N1) toddler from Desa Bongkal Malang, Kecamatan Simpang Kelayang, Kabupaten Indragiri Hulu, Riau, is recovering. This is stated by Head of Bird Flu Control Team of Arifin Achmad hospital, dr Azizman Saad.
Patient, named An Nisha (4) is currently in normal state, with body temperature about 36℃ and breathing rate 36 per minute.
Before receive intensive treatment at isolation unit for infectious disease patient, the girl was in critical condition with breathing difficulty.
At time of admission she had breathing rate 60 per minute, body temperature up to 39.8℃ with leukocyte count was 3,200 and thrombocyte count was 77,000.
Blood and throat samples are still under evaluation of Ministry of Health laboratory, in mean time, patient has not been discharged from the hospital. Samples were sent to Jakarta last Saturday (2/1).
An Nisha was stated as bird flu suspect patient after developing high fever and having contact history with dead birds within a radius of 10 meters from her house.
She was previously treated at Indrasari regional hospital, and then transferred to Pekanbaru.
Source: Indonesia news office, ANTARA.
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