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Brazil-Doctors suspect the boy with meningitis brain-dead

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13/02/2010 at 09:27 | COMMENTS (0)

Doctors suspect the boy with meningitis brain-dead
Alana Fraga | A Tarde

Doctors Hospital Couto Maia submit the adolescent of 15 years, the ICU since last Wednesday, 13 with severe type of meningitis, the examination to confirm suspicion of brain death. According to a spokesperson for the Department of State Health (Sesab), the Protocol was opened on the afternoon of Thursday, when they began the tests being carried out 12 in 12 hours as standard procedure.

The boy was admitted to hospital 10 days, along with his girlfriend of 14 years, both with the disease has advanced. The health status of the girl, who is also admitted to the ICU is still serious but stable. By the 10th of February, 146 were confirmed cases of meningitis in the state, including 112 in Salvador, with three deaths.
Carnival -- Only on Friday, the revelers come to rely on the Service Stations to febrile syndromes in Fonte Nova, for suspected meningitis and influenza H1N1 detected in the carnival circuit. People who have high fever, combined with other symptoms of the disease during the festival, will be directed to the clinic for evaluation. If necessary, will be sent to hospitals.

The coordinator of epidemiological surveillance, Irenaldia Azevedo says that the post will serve until the end of the month. "Even if there is contagion in the Carnival, it is likely that the symptoms appear only days after the latent period of viruses," she explains.
 
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