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Follow the girl with severe Pneumococcal Infection
The patient is 5 years old and lives in Sao Tome. The Ministry of Health reported that remains hospitalized at Children's Hospital for a "multi-organ failure." Her prognosis is guarded.
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A 5 year old girl is hospitalized with symptoms of generalized infection caused by pneumococcal bacteria. The patient is housed in the Intensive Care Unit at Children's Hospital Dr. Orlando Alassia. The outlook is "confidential", reported this morning at the coast from the hospital.
The confirmation of the case of pneumococcal disease (severe bacterial infection caused by pneumococcus) was in the last hours through a laboratory study prepared by the Provincial Directorate of Protection and Health Promotion. The girl was santotomesina are supplying antibiotics and has assisted ventilation.
In the beginning, and before the severity of symptoms, health authorities prescribe "preventive medication to all household contacts and close by the suspicion that the cause was other bacteria, meningococcal." Similarly, it was clarified that this case bacteria (pneumococcus) are not used preventive antibiotics.
In detail
Pneumococcal disease is an infection caused by a germ called pneumococcus, of which there are varieties that live in the airways of some people. If there is a balance between the defenses and bacteria from the person, the disease does not show but can infect others. These are called "carriers."
However, if the body fails to defend themselves, infections can occur in different parts of the body, some mild (otitis) or severe, such as bacteremia (presence of bacteria in blood), pneumonia (lung infection process), meningitis (inflammation of the coverings that protect the brain) and sepsis (generalized infection).
Pneumococci are spread from person to person through coughing or sneezing, as with flu virus or cold, from a sick or a carrier.
In turn, the symptoms of pneumococcal disease depend on the type of pathology that is present and the age of the person concerned.
In children, most often fever and, according to the location of the disease may have pain in the ears (otitis), cough, fatigue (pneumonia), headache, confusion and discomfort to look at light (meningitis ).
Pneumococcal infections occur throughout the year, but more often in winter. Although anyone can get pneumococcal disease, it is more common in infants, children younger than two years and in people over 65 years.
The calendar
This week was implemented in the province 13 valent pneumococcal vaccine to prevent diseases caused by pneumococcus, such as pneumonia and meningitis in children under 2 years. According to reports from the Provincial Directorate of Protection and Health Promotion, this provision should apply to all children born in 2012, when they turn two months, with three-dose schedule, for those born in 2011, according to the age, will receive two or three doses to those born in 2010, two doses before age 2.
THE FACTS
In the world
The World Health Organization (WHO) reported 50,000 deaths annually in the world due to meningococcal disease and should be attentive to their symptoms and prevention measures, because the bacteria that causes it spreads in a few hours, according to medical.
Meningococcal disease is considered an emergency Infective and differs from other common infections because it evolves rapidly, especially in healthy people as children and young adults, in severe cases can cause death,.
In the case of the girl admitted to Santa Fe, the bacteria causing your illness is pneumococcus, a germ that to overcome the defense of the body may develop bacterial meningitis or pneumonia, among other diseases.