The patient diagnosis revealed a viral infection caused by Ebola virus. He was administered regiment therapy and supportive care as recommended by WHO. However, his condition kept on deteriorating as he progressed towards a severe stage of the disease. The more severe the symptoms, the less the treatment was effective. There could be a possibility that he failed to mount an early antibody immune response against the virus, which led to rapid progression of the disease. He develops multiorgan failure, disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC), and shock which as previously mentioned, are features of fatal outcome of EVD. Unfortunately, he succumbs to EVD within a week of admission.
Fig 5: Schematic representation of essential pathologic events leading to fatal outcome during EHF (Vine et al., 2017)
