Thursday, February 9, 2017

Meningitis, teacher, milan 54-year old in critical condition – Corriere della Sera

a New case of meningitis in the school. After the case of the two university students died in the space of four months at the university of Milan, part of an anti-meningitis still on teachers and students. This time it is at the technical institute Curie, via Fratelli Zoia. She is taken care of by Wednesday at the San Paolo hospital, a teacher, 54-year-old with meningitis meningococcal, type, therefore, contagious. The prognosis is reserved. “Have already been put in place all the procedures that are typical of these cases: our technicians are already in the school in which he teaches the women, to involve in the antibiotic prophylaxis of all colleagues and pupils, with whom he had contact in the last days”.

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The woman is of sicilian origin and resident in the area of Barona. Wednesday lunchtime was rescued by an ambulance of the 118 code red and brought with high fever in the hospital San Paolo, where it still is in the intensive care unit in critical condition. The health, which alerted the police, talk about “shock septic in sepsis menginococcica”. According to Giorgio Ciconali, director of the department of hygiene and public health, Ats (Agency of Health Protection) of Milan, “this is a case that is in the statistics: we expect a couple of episodes of this type in a month”.

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Meanwhile, the leader of the school, professor Giovanna Viganò, has issued a circular to cut short the alarmism unnecessary: “We inform all students and families that it is essential to be present at the lessons today, and as there is no health danger. You will not have access to the institute after 11 hours. Please follow only the directions given by the school”. In the afternoon, there was a meeting at school with parents and teachers to give all the necessary information.

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the”Confirmed infection by the meningococcus. At the moment there are ongoing further examinations for strain identification. We are also initiating prophylaxis, primarily for the close contacts,” reads a note from the assessor to the Welfare of the Lombardy Region, Giulio explore the old. “In the evening yesterday (Wednesday, ed) – the commissioner explained – have been achieved contacts extra-curricular (4 family members and 7 friends) that have already been submitted to antibiotic prophylaxis. In compliance with the international protocols of intervention, she added, we’ll then start prophylaxis first to the close contacts of the patient, that is, the children of the nine classes in which he taught and the colleagues of the teachers. Subsequently, on the basis of the recommendations of the experts, we will extend prophylaxis if necessary for other contacts within the school. In the current con text of the absence of emergency, he concluded, explore the old – it still maintains a high level of attention vis-à-vis of infections by meningococcus and confirm the prevention and control strategies already in place”.

February 9, 2017 | 09:11

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