Mexico-SS: in control 819 cases per outbreak of acute gastroenteritis

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Presence of an explosive outbreak: De la Cruz Alcudia
SS: in control 819 cases per outbreak of acute gastroenteritis
By characteristics of symptoms and good response to antibiotics is considered a bacterial type infection.

03/21/2012 ? Urban Area


Number of cases increased in the emergency department during the weekend. Photo: Millennium
Before the outbreak of acute gastroenteritis presented this weekend in the city of Villahermosa, the health secretary, Carlos M. Alcudia Cross, asked people to extreme measures to prevent the time consuming food, which should preferably be prepared at home, wash your hands before preparing, utensils used should be washed in chlorinated water, drinking boiled water and asked to attend the health unit immediately.

He announced that until this Tuesday reported 819 cases have accumulated, which were treated in different health institutions and said that according to epidemiological study confirmed the presence of an explosive outbreak, called thus because the presence of an increased number of cases in a typical day in the emergency department.

Therefore, he said, he immediately instructed the health units to extreme surveillance of cases of gastroenteritis and laboratory sampling and prompt reporting of cases are also said to make early diagnosis and provide antimicrobial treatment and especially the management of oral rehydration.

De la Cruz said Alcudia for the cause of the disease, intensified surveillance and monitoring of drinking water network in the capital of Tabasco, and the sampling of mains water for microbiological examination, sampling food and Bottled water in order to identify contaminated products.

With these actions it was found that this situation is not related to a common source, since the reported cases relate to drinking water is purified jug of various brands, so it can not be associated as a source of infection and same in most patients, foods consumed were prepared at home also found that the mains water contains residual chlorine suitable.

The state official said that the characteristics of symptoms and good response to antibiotics is considered to be caused by a bacterial type infection, but samples are still in the Public Health Laboratory, same as those in bacteriano.Afirm? cultivation process so far already has a control cases with no deaths associated with this public health problem.

He added that of the reported cases, 71.6 percent owned by the Mexican Social Security Institute (IMSS) and 28.4 percent of the units of the Ministry of Health.

Finally, the head of health services in the state, said the office in charge, has the medication necessary to treat people suffering from diarrhea and vomiting, as well as guaranteeing the supply of ORS, which helps to avoid dehydration.

Key
Alert rotavirus

► Rotavirus infection is the most common cause of diarrheal disease mainly affects children under two years.

► Between 30 and 60% of diarrheal disease corresponds to rotavirus infections, and up to 20% of hospitalizations due to the same agent.

► Preventing infection is to avoid hygiene and by applying vaccine, therefore, the importance of washing hands before and after using the bathroom, changing diapers or preparing food.

 

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Re: Mexico-SS: in control 819 cases per outbreak of acute gastroenteritis

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There were 819 patients during the weekend
E. Coli is responsible for diarrhea and vomiting, no rotavirus: Health
The health secretary, Carlos Manuel de la Cruz Alcudia, described the outbreak as "explosive."

22/03/2012 ? Urban Area


The health secretary, Carlos Manuel de la Cruz Alcudia.
The Health Ministry ruled that clinical diarrhea and vomiting increased during the weekend were caused by rotavirus, since according to preliminary studies, E. Coli would be the cause of this disease.

The analysis of the Public Health Laboratory of the State indicate that E. Coli, better known as Escherichia coli, bacteria cause a "spike" material of patients admitted to the hospitals of Villahermosa in the span of weeks this purpose.

Calling the outbreak of "explosive," state Health Secretary, Carlos Manuel de la Cruz Alcudia, listed that 819 people were admitted to clinics of Social Security and the State Government for Saturday, Sunday and Monday, and that the outbreak was located in Central. Reported that 78 percent of patients are Social Security and so far no one has died.


The Health Department took samples of water and food to find out where the problem originated.
Revealed by analysis of the sick, was achieved in cultures that predetermine what is growing is the pathogenic bacteria called E. entero- Coli, which only need to determine what type it is, and also seek some other kind of bacterial growth, so called studies are carried out bio-chemicals.

"In total there were 819 patients and 20 percent of them were quick ran a rectal swab sample, which was sent to the Public Health Laboratory, where they are still under observation to determine what bacteria are growing," he said yesterday Health Secretary noon.

"These days we demand a lot of patients with vomiting and diarrhea, and alerted all medical units, because Social Security is also reported that many patients entering emergency departments for the same problems," he said.

Alcudia Cross stated that patients were managed in the five clinics that Social Security remained open 24 hours, the Hospital Gustavo A. Rovirosa, Children's Hospital, the Hospital Juan Graham Casas?s and Health Centers Maximilian Dorantes and gulls, which had the highest demand.

He noted that after the outbreak, with the coordination of the Areas of Epidemiology and Health Risk Protection, the agency responsible for the health of little more than a million and a half of Tabasco, formed a factory operating sampling of water and ice, Network monitoring of drinking water, street shops and business establishments that we think might be causing this problem.

Were also analyzed and reviewed the clinical records of patients, to know what kind of stool submitted.

He said samples taken from the foods that are also operating in the laboratory and in the near future will have the results, but in the drinking water network found color, but I asked the address of the SEAS and SAS to maintain the optimum amounts of chlorine as the standard mark.

 

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Block road to El Castillo, people require the presence of Mayor
More than a hundred residents of El Castillo and surrounding towns charged that the municipal authority has not served and has dismissed as ignorant
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Threaten to block Lazaro Cardenas Avenue or take over the facilities of the City of Xalapa but presents the Mayor
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Xalapa, Veracruz - Inhabitants of the Castle closed the highway demanding the presence of the municipal president Elizabeth Garcia Morales in place, said they are not annoying ten cases of disease but a thousand people with acute diarrhea. More than a hundred residents of Castle and surrounding villages accused the municipal authority has not served and has dismissed as ignorant to expose the conditions that are suffering women, children and elderly. During the demonstration threatened to block Lazaro Cardenas Avenue or take over the facilities of the City of Xalapa but those attending the highest authority in the capital. "There are many sick people and besides that we were not given notice of all, ordinary people are sick All the water that comes to us we are sick. Are from El Terrero, Las Cruces, Chiltoyac, Castillo and the feds as well. There are ten cases, which authorities have said that, there's no one listening to us, "said Mr. Guadalupe Torres. Similarly, Mrs. Andrea Lopez said more than fifteen days are having symptoms such as stomach pains, diarrhea and vomiting This situation has been minimizing the health authorities and municipalities, "children and elderly have been one by one to hospitals and private doctors, the water is contaminated, and come to say what ten cases are more than a lie cent, "said the affected. In this regard, the ejido commissariat Castle Francisco Rodriguez Lopez confirmed the statements of the protesters, claiming that they are over a hundred sick people, so they asked local authorities to take action on the matter before that becomes a serious public health problem. "They are more cases, a lie that they are ten, people want the mayor to come to explain the remediation work to be done, because people are getting sick if I I just get to the hospital because my brother also fell ill, we asked to give attention, people are very upset. "