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A ProMED-mail post
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International Society for Infectious Diseases
Date: 12 Feb 2009
From: Gustavo Trindade Henriques Filho
[In response to a ProMED inquiry about the status of the Pernambuco,
Brazil, surviving rabies patient, the following was received from Dr.
Henriquez Filho, the attending physician. - Mod.TY]
Our patient is alive. He was discharged from the critical care unit
last Wednesday (4 Feb [2009]). He is conscious, but with motor
limitations. He is conscious and speaking, with a good cognitive function.
Gustavo Trindade Henriques Filho, MD
Critical Care Unit of Infectious Diseases,
Oswaldo Cruz University Hospital
Pernambuco State University
Brazil
[This patient was treated following the Wisconsin protocol, and
represents a 2nd survival after the development of clinical disease
following treatment using the the Wisconsin protocol. ProMED thanks
Dr. Henriques Filho for this report, and will be interested in future
information about the patient's progress. The details relating to
this case and the original one in Wisconsin, as well as the
discussion it engendered concerning the efficacy of the Wisconsin
protocol in survival of rabies patients, can be found in the ProMED
archives listed below. - Mod.TY]
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