Egypt - 2 siblings with bacterial meningitis, 1 dead in Luxor - contacts test negative

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Undersecretary of Health: There are no new cases of meningeal inflammation in Luxor
Husam Zayed
11-1-2012 | 14:29 101

Luxor
Dr. Amr Kandil, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Health and the head of affairs, preventive, endemic, the activity of teams monitor the disease meningitis epidemic contacts of direct and indirect for the cases of the disease, and the number of 59 people including 5 contacts of direct and 54 neighboring houses, did not result in the discovery of new cases of the disease .

The lamp, it was given all the contacts of the two cases, preventive doses of the disease, has also been given antibiotics, and raise their awareness of health on how to deal with those cases and how the mixing of people infected with meningitis epidemic. He pointed out that the number of cases, which was monitored infected with meningitis epidemic in 2011 in Egypt amounted to 45 cases, while the 86 cases in 2010, pointing out that a disease caused by a type of bacteria active in the winter, adding that he is treated by antibiotics, as is the prevention of disease by vaccinating 5.5 million children each year in various stages of the study. He was wounded on Tuesday, two brothers the disease, and one died while the other was transferred to Luxor General Hospital for treatment.

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Re: Egypt - 2 brothers with bacterial meningitis, 1 dead in Luxor - contacts test negative

Re: Egypt - 2 brothers with bacterial meningitis, 1 dead in Luxor - contacts test negative

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Intensification of preventive medicine campaigns to check the contacts for the two cases of meningitis in Qena
Wednesday, January 11, 2012 - 18:21

Health Minister Fouad Nawawy
Qena - Moroccan India

Stepped up security cooperation with the preventive medicine efforts to limit the cases mixing of infected with the deadly disease meningitis in the village monastery East Center Naqada Qena Governorate, and the Preventive Medicine vaccinating those around and close contacts of the infected with the deadly and check Geranma and contacts for them in schools by giving capsules of anti-inflammatory to reduce the spread of the disease.

The Hospital Fever Luxor received both Fatima intellectual Abdel Samie 13-year-student middle school and her sister, Ghada 17 years old high school student and Almqamtan village monastery the East against the backdrop of injuries disease, meningitis, where died the first hours after the detention was booking the second in the Fever Hospital of Luxor. the security services and responsible Qena received notification from the Department of Health the death of the girl and holding her sister Fever Hospital Luxor, following the discovery of disease, injuries meningitis after onset of symptoms to them, a high temperature and loss of consciousness for a while.

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