Gert van der Hoek
In Memoriam - Editor, Senior Moderator
Alert: outbreak of Q fever
VALRÉAS / PUBLISHED THURSDAY, 22/05/2014 AT 2:43 P.M.
Since May 16, 23 people of all ages are presented to the emergency hospital Valréas (Vaucluse) for flu-like symptoms with high fever and a diagnosis of pneumonia.
Following all of these elements and different tips and recommendations ARS Paca, a warning and management system was soon established emergency Valréas: it was established an early listing of patients for tracking and linking with the LRA. The establishment of a broad-spectrum antibiotic therapy in symptomatic patients awaiting serological results was ordered, suitable for children and people with allergies.
"To this day, even if arguments matching beam towards a Q fever epidemic animal source, we remain cautious in the absence of biological evidence," says one official. Q fever is a zoonotic (transmissible from vertebrate animals to humans illness), common in farming areas.
If people experience the symptoms described, they must always go to the emergency room or make an appointment with their doctor. They must be treated to avoid complications.
LaProvence.com
VALRÉAS / PUBLISHED THURSDAY, 22/05/2014 AT 2:43 P.M.
Since May 16, 23 people of all ages are presented to the emergency hospital Valréas (Vaucluse) for flu-like symptoms with high fever and a diagnosis of pneumonia.
Following all of these elements and different tips and recommendations ARS Paca, a warning and management system was soon established emergency Valréas: it was established an early listing of patients for tracking and linking with the LRA. The establishment of a broad-spectrum antibiotic therapy in symptomatic patients awaiting serological results was ordered, suitable for children and people with allergies.
"To this day, even if arguments matching beam towards a Q fever epidemic animal source, we remain cautious in the absence of biological evidence," says one official. Q fever is a zoonotic (transmissible from vertebrate animals to humans illness), common in farming areas.
If people experience the symptoms described, they must always go to the emergency room or make an appointment with their doctor. They must be treated to avoid complications.
LaProvence.com