On July 17, the Central Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology returned confirmatory test results for a case with symptoms similar to diphtheria being treated at Bao Thang District General Hospital, Lao Cai province.
Test results using the Realtime PCR method showed that the patient was negative for diphtheria bacteria.
Previously, as Lao Dong reported, on July 12, Bao Thang District General Hospital received a case of a patient with symptoms of high fever of 390C, severe cough, and many yellow-white pseudomembranous plaques appearing in the oral cavity. .
The hospital performed laboratory tests and coordinated with the District Health Center to take samples and send them to the Central Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology for testing. To date, the results returned are negative.
Thus, patient MTV (residing in Kim Son commune, Bao Yen district, Lao Cai province) does not have diphtheria, but has fever, pneumonia, and fungal infection in the oral cavity.
Currently, patient MTV is being treated at the Department of Infectious Diseases, Bao Thang District General Hospital.
