Experience with Treating Ebola Virus–Infected Patients in U.S. Facilities

Two reports provide details on safety precautions for healthcare personnel, performance of invasive procedures, and general management of such patients.

The devastating Ebola epidemic in Africa has claimed >10,000 lives so far and is only slowly abating. Occasionally healthcare workers from the U.S. and Europe caring for Ebola virus (EBOV)–infected patients in Africa have acquired the infection themselves and been evacuated for advanced medical care. This highly contagious and often deadly infection has raised concerns regarding the appropriateness and safety of providing life-saving or life-sustaining measures to such patients. Two recent papers now address this issue.

Johnson and colleagues, from the University of Nebraska Medical Center, report their experience with two EBOV-infected patients treated in their institution's biocontainment unit. Both suffered from diarrhea with severe dehyd…

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Thomas Glück, MD

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Editorial BoardsConsilium Infectiorum by InfectoPharm, Infection

Thomas Glück, MD

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Editorial BoardsConsilium Infectiorum by InfectoPharm, Infection

Experience with Treating Ebola Virus–Infected Patients in U.S. Facilities

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