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| The photo taken on Aug.
4, 2006 shows the clindamycin phosphate glucose injection, which
was confirmed to kill six-year-old girl Liu Sichen, in Harbin, capital of
northeast China's Heilongjiang Province. Liu reportedly had an
intravenous injection of the clindamycin phosphate made by the Anhui
Huayuan Worldbest Biology Pharmacy Co. at about 2:00 p.m. on July 24. The
girl, who was being treated for a common cold, became seriously ill with a
high fever within 20 minutes of the injection by a trained nurse at her
home. She was transferred to two hospitals for emergency treatment, but
was declared dead on July 27. (Xinhua Photo) |
BEIJING, Aug. 5 (Xinhua) -- An antibiotic injection
is suspected to have killed three people in China and made another 78 ill,
pharmaceutical authorities said on Saturday.
The Adverse Drug Reaction Monitoring Center of the
State Food and Drug Administration (SFDA) has received 81 reports of severe
reaction in recipients of the antibiotic produced by the Anhui Huayuan Worldbest
Biology Pharmacy Co. in the eastern Anhui province.
The reports came from 10 provinces, according to the
center.
The administration has recalled and banned the use of
the clindamycin phosphate glucose injection that is used to treat bacterial
infections.
It has also ordered Anhui Provincial Food and Drug
Bureau to track and locate all batches of the drug.
The drug is suspected of being responsible for the
death of a 48-year-old woman who died on Wednesday in central China's Hubei
Province. A six-year-old girl in Harbin, capital of northeastern China's
Heilongjiang province, died on July 27 after being injected with the drug while
being treated for a common cold.
Patients in Qinghai first reported kidney pains,
stomach aches,nausea, vomiting and chest pains after using the drug on July 27.
Similar reports were filed in Guangxi, Zhejiang, Shangdong and Heilongjiang
provinces.
The SFDA has sent a team of experts to investigate
the link between the reactions and the antibiotic injection, the administration
said. Enditem
More antibiotic injection recalled in
China after 3 deaths
HEFEI, Aug. 6 (Xinhua) -- More antibiotic injection
produced by a pharmaceutical in east China's Anhui Province have been recalled
as it is suspected to have killed three people, sources with the Anhui
Provincial Food and Drug Bureau said on Sunday.
The Anhui Huayuan Worldbest Biology Pharmacy Co.,
based in Fuyang city as a subsidiary of the Shanghai Worldbest Co. Ltd., have
recalled 760,000 bottles of clindamycin phosphate glucose injection by Sunday
morning while more than 480,000 bottles have been sealed.
The company produced 3.68 million bottles of the
injection in the batch since June and sold them to 26 provinces, regions and
municipalities. full
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