According to Hoa Binh General Hospital, the first patient is Ha Ngoc T ( 43 years old, residing in Da Bac district, Hoa Binh ), who has been working as a worker in a southern province for more than 10 years, whose daily job is to deliver frozen goods to agents.
About a month after being admitted to the hospital, the patient was discharged with a persistent high fever. He went to the doctor and received treatment, but the fever only subsided and did not go away completely. On August 28, the family asked to stop treatment so the patient could return to his hometown (Hoa Binh).
Upon arriving in Hoa Binh, the patient was hospitalized with high fever, chills, respiratory failure, septic shock - multiple organ failure. The patient was quickly placed on a ventilator, continuous blood filtration, vasopressors, and broad-spectrum antibiotics, including antibiotics specifically for Whitmore's disease.
Paraclinical results showed that the patient had bilateral pleural effusion, liver abscess, and bacteremia caused by Whitmore bacteria (Burkholderia pseudomalle).
Currently, the patient is still in critical condition, receiving treatment, intensive care and consultation from many specialists.
The second patient is Bui Thi C (59 years old, from Lac Son, Hoa Binh), with a history of diabetes. A week before being admitted to the hospital, the patient developed a high fever, swelling-heat-redness-pain in the right wrist, cough and increasing difficulty breathing.
Patient C was hospitalized in respiratory failure requiring non-invasive mechanical ventilation, continuous high fever, chills, infectious-toxic condition, cough with phlegm, abscess in the right wrist area, CT scan showing solid opacities and bilateral pleural effusion.
The patient is now out of danger. He is expected to be discharged after about a week and continue treatment with oral medication for 3 to 6 months at home.
