7th case Swine Flu Confirmed Columbia - S. America

BOGOTA, (Xinhua) -- The Colombian government confirmed yesterday the seventh case of influenza A/H1N1 in the country in a patient who arrived days ago from Mexico City.

comment: might be interesting to see the other six cases which have hardly seen the light of day media wise. Caught this only when posting on Brazil and Argentina outbreak that there had even been a case in South America.

Colombian Social Protection Ministry said in a communique that the patient was detected in Cali, capital from Valle de Cauca department.

The patient went to the doctor on April 27 because he had sore throat, running nose, but not fever, the ministry added.

At the beginning, the Center for Diseases Control from Atlanta (CDC) had diagnosed the case as negative, but the lab which made the trial confirmed later it was H1N1 flu virus.

"The patient received voluntarily attention at his home and like the other reported cases in the country, he had a good evolution without need of medical treatment, the ministry said.

The patient is full recovered and he did not infect his relatives and he does not represent risk for transmitting the disease, the ministry added.

comment: This is all rather interesting 1) why didn't they treat him with Tamiflu  2) where did he catch it and if it was from a human why would he be no risk?

"Like we have said, this case is one of the many that will be reported, in the measure the lab test process advances," the ministry said.

comment: confirmed- reported- untreated and sent home. Apparently we are developing new criteria in the treatment of human influenza. Exactly what the good of him ever have even gone to the hospital in the first place. There is an incubation period. Did they even test the relatives. Why wasn't he put in isolation?  Since he caught it P2P then he could transmit it P2P. What about the other six cases? Were they a cluster?

Four of the confirmed cases were in the city of Yopal (cluster), capital of Casanare department, one in Zipaquira, some 40 kilometers north to Bogota where it was detected also one more case.

"There is not a death report, nor hospitalized cases," the ministry said. 

comment: just keeping current on activity in South America. It is there.  It is unlikely we will have hospitalized cases if they continue not to admit them. What curious times these have become.

Medclinician