Hantavirus -- Chile
A 29 year old woman died of [a] hantavirus [infection] in the Concepción Regional Hospital. The patient had been sent from Lebu, Arauco province, where she become infected since her residence is located near rural sectors of the area.
The Chief of the Patient Critical Care Unit of the hospital, Leontina Ferreira, explained that the multiorgan failure that the patient suffered was not manageable. The woman was connected to an ECMO [extra-corporeal oxygenation] machine, the latest technology
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