December 3: Netherlands (NL): Tamiflu resistant death
source: Dutch authorities said on Thursday that a patient infected by a mutant strain of the swine flu virus had died.
Harald Wychgel, spokesman for the Dutch Institute for Health and the Environment, said that there had been a “minor change in the virus to make it resistant to Tamiflu”, a key treatment for influenza.
“The patient was already seriously ill and being treated for that,” said Wychgel. “He was infected by the Mexican flu and developed a resistance to Tamiflu. ”
The Dutch ANP news agency said the man had died in hospital in the northern city of Groningen, adding that two more patients in the Netherlands had shown resistance to Tamiflu.
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Source: A/H1N1 Swine Flu (Influenza) Timeline ยป News
