Drug-Resistant Swine Flu Emerges
Five patients diagnosed with Tamiflu-resistant swine flu at a Welsh hospital could be the world’s first cases of person-to-person transmission of the strain. A British Department of Health spokeswoman said: “Examples of Tamiflu resistance are very rare, but when this does occur it has often been among these especially vulnerable patients. In other words, because their immune systems are compromised, it is more likely for resistant viruses to develop.”
The Welsh cases occurred in patients with haematological problems who had compromised immune systems because of their disorder or because of chemotherapy, the agency added.
