Published: Wednesday, May 23, 2012, 5:46 p.m.Updated 2 hours ago
A cafeteria worker in the Moorhead Federal Building, Downtown, is hospitalized for treatment of a possible flesh-eating bacteria, but there is no threat of infection to the public or customers of the cafeteria, a federal spokeswoman said...
Guillermo Cole, spokesman for the Allegheny County Health Department, confirmed that health officials don't see a need to examine or evaluate other employees at the building, even if tests confirm the man has necrotizing fasciitis.The bacteria are passed only by direct contact with a sore or wound, he said.
"There's no risk to the public or any other workers in the federal building," Cole said.
Anyone with concerns can call the health department's infectious disease program at 412-578-8082.
http://triblive.com/news/allegheny/1850751-74/bacteria-building-cafeteria-federal-health-worker-cases-cole-confirmed-department
May 23, 2012 9:40 PMPITTSBURGH (KDKA) – The petri dish is still doing its work and it could be a day or more before there is confirmation, but doctors believe a man in Allegheny County is hospitalized tonight with a case of Necrotizing Fasciitis, otherwise known as Flesh Eating Bacteria Syndrome.
Guillermo Cole, spokesman for the Allegheny County Health Department, confirmed that health officials don't see a need to examine or evaluate other employees at the building, even if tests confirm the man has necrotizing fasciitis.The bacteria are passed only by direct contact with a sore or wound, he said.
"There's no risk to the public or any other workers in the federal building," Cole said.
Anyone with concerns can call the health department's infectious disease program at 412-578-8082.
http://triblive.com/news/allegheny/1850751-74/bacteria-building-cafeteria-federal-health-worker-cases-cole-confirmed-department
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