Severe Pneumonia Associated With (H1N1) in a Pregnant Young Woman

Abstract

H1N1 is an acute infection that can affect any person any age as all viral infections, but it may be more aggressive in pregnant women. It may require admission to the ICU, and it carries many complications, pre-partum delivery, a severe state and even death if not treated immediately. H1N1 can correlate with a co-infection with bacterial pneumonia, and carries poor prognosis to morbidity and mortality. It needs a correlation of antibiotics and anti-swan treatment, and it needs a high intensity of clinician because, the diagnosis of H1N1 may be misleading in such cases. This case of a 14-year-old nonsmoker, a young pregnant woman, presented to the emergency department with gynecological hemorrhage 2 days prior. She was admitted to the obstetrics department and developed severe breathlessness, chest pain and nonproductive cough through hospitalization. After taking a throat swap, she was diagnosed with H1N1. She was treated with oseltamivir and antibiotics, and suspected coauthor bacterial pneumonia.