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Case Reports
. 2010 Feb 1;192(3):166-8.
doi: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2010.tb03459.x.

Oseltamivir-resistant pandemic (H1N1) 2009 influenza in a severely ill patient: the first Australian case

David J Speers  1 , Simon H Williams, Mary Pinder, Harry R Moody, Aeron C Hurt, David W Smith
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Oseltamivir-resistant pandemic (H1N1) 2009 influenza in a severely ill patient: the first Australian case

David J Speers et al. Med J Aust. .

Abstract

After a 10-day course of oral oseltamivir for pandemic (H1N1) 2009 influenza infection, a renal transplant recipient developed rapid-onset severe primary viral pneumonia due to oseltamivir-resistant virus. Respiratory failure progressed despite high-dose oral oseltamivir, nebulised zanamivir and cessation of immunosuppressive medications, but his condition improved with intravenous zanamivir. He subsequently died of non-respiratory complications. This is the first case of oseltamivir-resistant pandemic (H1N1) 2009 in Australia and the first report of resistance in a solid organ transplant recipient.

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