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Killed a girl and two more are hospitalized. Fear Bacteria
Bethany Artavia
bartavia@diarioextra.com
Photos: Erick Hern?ndez, correspondent
German Juana, mother of the infected children said that the children complained of severe stomach pain.
The saying that when it comes not only plague, and that is precisely what the neighbors are living in the north of the country, where one of the largest outbreaks of influenza H1N1 and now another plague arrived, they took the life of a girl of just five years, and has two more children hospitalized in delicate condition.
The cases occurred in San Isidro de Pocosol, a community bordering Nicaragua, and detailed as Deputy Minister of Health, Ana Mourice, could be a bacteria such as shigella, but the results of samples taken both girls were sent to the Institute Costa Rican Research and teaching in Nutrition and Health (perfumes) and will be ready today, to determine for sure what it is. "They are two sisters, 9 and 6 years, was found dead, the other had a picture of very severe dehydration, was taken to Hospital San Carlos, both with a history of diarrheal disease," said Mourice.
The Martinez sisters complained severe stomach pain, fever, vomiting and diarrhea, as explained by the girl's mother, Juana German, in our correspondent and therefore decided to carry the medical center for care during the night of Wednesday, but the smallest of the girls died in the house while waiting for an ambulance. The house of the German Martinez family, is located next to the local school where the nuns studied, hence the fear in the community to send the children to lessons, which increased during the day after another child was taken to hospital with similar symptoms.
Health ministry officials in the area are making a detailed review looking for people with symptoms similar to those of girls, as well as the source of infection, it is possible that can be addressed in a well where the water taken as that have no water system that may supply water to them, but can be any food, handled incorrectly.
Shigella is spread from person to person, be spread by contaminated hands to mouth, or eating contaminated food, then the patient, the bacteria spread to others.
Another possibility is not excluded is that it is a virus like Norwalk, which is also transmitted through the respiratory tract.
"The first thing people should do in the community is to maintain the hygiene of washing hands with soap especially after using the toilet and before preparing or eating food," said Mourice.
Shigella is not new in the country and outbreaks have occurred frequently with the migrations of indigenous peoples Ngobes coming from Panama to work in the collection of coffee in San Vito, Coto Brus, one of the most recent was filed in Alajuelita contamination with sewage.
Killed a girl and two more are hospitalized. Fear Bacteria
Bethany Artavia
bartavia@diarioextra.com
Photos: Erick Hern?ndez, correspondent
German Juana, mother of the infected children said that the children complained of severe stomach pain.
The saying that when it comes not only plague, and that is precisely what the neighbors are living in the north of the country, where one of the largest outbreaks of influenza H1N1 and now another plague arrived, they took the life of a girl of just five years, and has two more children hospitalized in delicate condition.
The cases occurred in San Isidro de Pocosol, a community bordering Nicaragua, and detailed as Deputy Minister of Health, Ana Mourice, could be a bacteria such as shigella, but the results of samples taken both girls were sent to the Institute Costa Rican Research and teaching in Nutrition and Health (perfumes) and will be ready today, to determine for sure what it is. "They are two sisters, 9 and 6 years, was found dead, the other had a picture of very severe dehydration, was taken to Hospital San Carlos, both with a history of diarrheal disease," said Mourice.
The Martinez sisters complained severe stomach pain, fever, vomiting and diarrhea, as explained by the girl's mother, Juana German, in our correspondent and therefore decided to carry the medical center for care during the night of Wednesday, but the smallest of the girls died in the house while waiting for an ambulance. The house of the German Martinez family, is located next to the local school where the nuns studied, hence the fear in the community to send the children to lessons, which increased during the day after another child was taken to hospital with similar symptoms.
Health ministry officials in the area are making a detailed review looking for people with symptoms similar to those of girls, as well as the source of infection, it is possible that can be addressed in a well where the water taken as that have no water system that may supply water to them, but can be any food, handled incorrectly.
Shigella is spread from person to person, be spread by contaminated hands to mouth, or eating contaminated food, then the patient, the bacteria spread to others.
Another possibility is not excluded is that it is a virus like Norwalk, which is also transmitted through the respiratory tract.
"The first thing people should do in the community is to maintain the hygiene of washing hands with soap especially after using the toilet and before preparing or eating food," said Mourice.
Shigella is not new in the country and outbreaks have occurred frequently with the migrations of indigenous peoples Ngobes coming from Panama to work in the collection of coffee in San Vito, Coto Brus, one of the most recent was filed in Alajuelita contamination with sewage.