A (B)(6)-MALE IN POOR HEALTH WAS ADMITTED TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM AND DIED SHORTLY AFTER ARRIVAL. PATIENT NASOPHARYNGEAL WASH/ASPIRATE SAMPLE WAS TESTED WITH SOFIA INFLUENZA A+B FIA AND PRODUCED A POSITIVE INFLUENZA B RESULT. SAMPLE WAS RETESTED AND PRODUCED A NEGATIVE RESULT. SAMPLE ALSO TESTED NEGATIVE WITH A DIFFERENT RAPID TEST. PATIENT TESTED POSITIVE FOR STREP A BLOOD CULTURE.
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INITIAL REPORTER STATED THAT NO OTHER PATIENT HISTORY WAS AVAILABLE, AND THE PATIENT RECORDS COULD NOT BE OBTAINED FROM THE FAMILY.