Gert van der Hoek
In Memoriam - Editor, Senior Moderator
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Nine other cases bring to 52 those affected by the outbreak of legionella in Madrid
July 9, 2012
The Ministry of Health in Madrid said yesterday the detection of nine cases affected by legionella in this community, bringing the overall number of possible infection is now 52. Of these, 21 are confirmed analytically. The rest, for now, are only suspected by the symptoms they present.
Healing Madrid Protocol enabled maintains control and surveillance of legionellosis in the region. Among the 52 cases already recorded one fatality. This is a 87 year old woman who died on Saturday at the hospital Alcorcon. At the opposite end, 26 people have been discharged. Of the other 25 possible affected by the bacteria, plant 23 are admitted to the ICU and two with favorable response. Those infected are distributed by health centers in central Madrid, M?stoles, Madrid, Fuenlabrada, Getafe, Villajoyosa (Alicante) and Granada.
The common feature of all is that went to a restaurant in an industrial estate in M?stoles on dates consistent with the incubation period of disease (between 8 and 10 days). The first case was detected on June 12 and last Friday.
el Correo
Nine other cases bring to 52 those affected by the outbreak of legionella in Madrid
July 9, 2012
The Ministry of Health in Madrid said yesterday the detection of nine cases affected by legionella in this community, bringing the overall number of possible infection is now 52. Of these, 21 are confirmed analytically. The rest, for now, are only suspected by the symptoms they present.
Healing Madrid Protocol enabled maintains control and surveillance of legionellosis in the region. Among the 52 cases already recorded one fatality. This is a 87 year old woman who died on Saturday at the hospital Alcorcon. At the opposite end, 26 people have been discharged. Of the other 25 possible affected by the bacteria, plant 23 are admitted to the ICU and two with favorable response. Those infected are distributed by health centers in central Madrid, M?stoles, Madrid, Fuenlabrada, Getafe, Villajoyosa (Alicante) and Granada.
The common feature of all is that went to a restaurant in an industrial estate in M?stoles on dates consistent with the incubation period of disease (between 8 and 10 days). The first case was detected on June 12 and last Friday.
el Correo