Via the Government of Hong Kong news release, excerpt for a long an informative update :
" The Centre for Health Protection (CHP) of the Department of Health (DH) today (May 31) has released updated laboratory test result in connection with the 35-year-old woman who died of encephalitis on May 23.
Her throat swab specimen has yielded positive result for Coxsackievirus A16 in the tests by both CHP's Public Health Laboratory Centre and the Microbiology Department of Queen Mary Hospital.
Coxsackievirus A16 is the commonest type of enterovirus causing Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease (HFMD) in Hong Kong. Majority of the patients have mild illness. Rarely, it may cause complications such as myocarditis, pneumonia, meningitis and encephalitis as reported in overseas literature.
The woman presented with rash over hands on May 12. She further developed fever and dizziness on May 21. On May 22, she was found collapsed and was admitted to Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH). She passed away the next day.
Earlier on, specimens of her throat and rectal swabs were preliminarily tested positive for enterovirus.
As for the 43-year-old man at QEH, a spokesman for CHP said he is in stable condition, no longer suffering from double vision and has been transferred out of the Intensive Care Unit."
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