So. Africa: outbreaks of Klebsiella pneumonia and necrotising enterocolitis killing babies in hospitals

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Source: https://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/...osloorus-hospital-after-2-babies-die-20180822



Gauteng health dept confirms Klebsiella pneumonia outbreak at Vosloorus hospital, after 2 babies die
2018-08-22 17:58
Sesona Ngqakamba
(Duncan Alfreds, News24)


The Gauteng Department of Health has confirmed a Klebsiella pneumonia outbreak at the Thelle Mogoerane Regional Hospital in Vosloorus, on the East Rand.

This follows the death of two babies after seven infants contracted a bacterial infection in the neonatal ward of the health facility in July...

 

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Source: https://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/sixth-baby-dies-in-klebsiella-outbreak-20180911


Sixth baby dies in Klebsiella outbreak
2018-09-11 16:30
Tammy Petersen

A sixth baby died on Tuesday following a Klebsiella pneumonia outbreak at the Thelle Mogoerane Regional Hospital in Vosloorus, the Gauteng department of health has confirmed.

According to the department, 12 neonates have been found to be blood culture positive for antibiotic resistant Klebsiella since July. Three neonates were discharged after treatment while three others who are currently being treated are in a stable condition.

The outbreak claimed its first life at the hospital on July 1, with another fatality reported on August 1. On August 25, two infants died and another died three days later...

 

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Deadly diseases in Gauteng hospitals out of control

GAUTENG / 17 SEPTEMBER 2018, 09:36AM / TEBOGO MONAMA

Johannesburg - The Gauteng Health Department is battling two deadly diseases that killed 15 infants in hospitals.

Apart from klebsiella pneumoniae, health officials in an unnamed provincial hospital are struggling to contain a breakout of necrotising enterocolitis (NEC), which has claimed the lives of nine babies so far.

The death rate is more than that for klebsiella pneumoniae, which has so far killed six babies at Thelle Mogoerane Hospital in Ekurhuleni.

The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) confirmed it has been fighting NEC since April, when it was first reported.

All the babies with the disease were born between March and May.

?As of August 20, 2018, a cumulative total of 42 NEC cases, including 38 premature and four full-term babies, have been reported, of which nine have died.

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