More people contract Streptococcus suis in North Vietnam

[Ronan Kelly]

Thursday, Jun 21, 2012, Posted at: 14:39(GMT+7)
More people contract pig virus in North Vietnam
Porcine Reproductive & Respiratory Syndrome, also known as ?blue ear disease?, is on an upward trend; as a result, more and more people are contracting a bacterium virus called ?Streptococcus Suis? from pigs in North Vietnam.


The Central Tropical Disease Hospital has admitted more than 20 people infected with the above bacterium, said Dr Nguyen Hong Ha, head of the hospital on June 19.

Patients were rushed to the hospital in critical condition and they were suffering from serious complications such as meningitis and septicemia.
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Meantime, Dr. Le Xuan ****, deputy president of the Institute of Malariology, Parasitology and Entomology, said the Institute receives tens of people every month who have contracted the bacterium; and at time the numbers of such patients could account for about 80 percent of patients at the Institute. Many of them are hospitalized in a state of near limb paralysis or with convulsion fits.
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http://www.saigon-gpdaily.com.vn/National/2012/6/101763/

[Treyfish]

Re: More people contract PRRS in North Vietnam

Beware of swine streptococcus disease
11:25 AM Tuesday, June 19, 2012 -


Since early this year, Hospital for Tropical Diseases Central has received 20 patients with streptococcal infections, especially in May alone there until ca.

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Of these, most patients with severe or complications.
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On 14/6 and then, the hospital also received a male patient in Hai Phong hospital in serious condition, struggle, psychosis, with the skin necrosis.

Dr. Nguyen Trung level, positive scientific treatment, Hospital for Tropical Diseases Central (Hanoi) said that patients with disease manifestations such as fever, headache, nausea, vomiting, drowsiness perception leads to coma (due to meningitis), high fever, severe infection (sepsis).

In addition, patients with a history of alcoholism, so when the body suddenly sick to "alcohol" caused the alcohol, causing patients struggle, psychotic. The state support, but he was in hospital for at least 2 weeks.
Dr. Grant, a streptococcal infection cases reported in pigs scattered all months of the year.
These cases may be due to patients not eating pork is cooked, eat duck or contact with blood, secretions of the pig through the wound in the skin, respiratory tract. The disease is spread from pigs streptococcal disease to include three possible: sepsis, meningitis, pus, or a combination of both.
In that dangerous diseases can be fatal if treated late. People with the disease die by poisoning from bacteria, causing shock phenomenon. There's only 3 days was shocked by infection, but some have 10 days to putting such changes, depending on the location of each person.
Moreover, the initial signs of disease is not usually in addition to typical high fever so easily misdiagnosed with other diseases. The pigs had streptococcal infection can still be trapped.
It should be noted that patients with a streptococcal meningitis in pigs may have pus hospital treatment at least 3 weeks. Those who have been treating sepsis and 2 months, at a cost of hundreds of millions, depending severe sequelae or severe, said Dr. Grant.

Currently, there are eight provinces: Dien Bien Phu, Bac Ninh and Quang Ninh, Lai Chau, Hoa Binh, Lang Son, Bac Lieu and Dong Nai PRRS less than 21 days. According to medical research, blue ear disease does not infect humans. However, this patient immunocompromised, causing other diseases in growing pigs, including streptococcus, which can spread disease to humans.
Therefore, to prevent infection, people should not slaughter sick pigs, dead, not living from handling pork products with bare hands, especially when there are injuries to hands. Wash hands after processing.
Do not eat swine, pork and live, duck, pig organs and especially undercooked pork not eat sick or dead.

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In any case contact with sick pigs, care, breeding or slaughter, destruction should be the means of protection.
The incubation period is short, only several hours to 3 days. When signs of high fever (40, 41 degrees C), the array appears necrotic subcutaneous hemorrhage, diarrhea, stiff neck ... it can be difficult to breathe, people should go to the hospital early, avoid the risk mortality. http://translate.googleusercontent.c...Nk_FVxI7iGHo8Q

[Giuseppe]

Re: More people contract PRRS in North Vietnam

Perhaps it is worth to note that S. Suis bacteria is not the causative agent of the Procine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome, at least not alone. PRRS is likely caused by a member of Arterivirus (see for example PLOS ONE, http://www.plosone.org/article/info%...l.pone.0000526 ).

[alert]

Re: More people contract PRRS in North Vietnam

Deja vu. We had this reporting error in Vietnam two years ago:

http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=147002

and the initial post in this thread contains the same error. The source of the error appears to be a translation error from the Vietnamese pharse for "S. suis" into English.

The human illnesses are causes by S. suis bacteria, not the PRRS arterivirus.

[Ronan Kelly]

Re: More people contract Streptococcus suis in North Vietnam

Good to know. Thanks alert & Giuseppe