Indonesia: Suspected of being attacked by Anthrax, one Pre-schoolers was treated

Boyolali, Central Java
03/12/2008

After abating several years, the illness anthrax emerged again in the Boyolali Regency and it was suspected attacked a pre-schooler,Didik (4) the couple's child Yoso Bero (40) dan Karti (32) villagers of Desa Jeruk Kecamatan Selo Boyolali. Casualties were still undergoing the maintenance in RS PKU Aisyiah, Singkil Boyolali Kota, with the status of the suspect (suspect) anthrax. To confirm by chance of the assumption, the hospital side sent the sample of this caress of the child's anus to the Laboratorium Kesehatan Hall (BLK) in Semarang.

The RS PKU Aisyiyah Boyolali side said the patient was sent to the hospital on Saturday (29/11) because of experiencing the sign of the high fever. "His sign was similar was attacked anthrax." The patient experienced the high fever as well as outside blood from the nose and the anus, said Dr Suwito DSA the child's specialist in RS PKU Asyiyah Singkil that treated casualties, to the reporter Monday (1/12). Doctor Suwito was one of the few doctors in Indonesia that had the experience of handling the illness anthrax to humankind.
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According to him, after seeing the condition and the story of the strong environment of the assumption patient was to be attacked anthrax. "Uptil now we have handled approximately 8 patients who had the sign like this and after being checked in the laboratory evidently positive was attacked anthrax," he said. Casualties were attacked anthrax to the digestion channel, was enabled because of contact with the livestock animal or the environment that was infected spores anthrax and entered the digestion through the hands during casualties mengonsumsi food.

Observed the story of the condition for casualties's environment also memerkuat the assumption anthrax, because generally the Boyolali Regency territory including the endemic area anthrax. This illness had attacked the cattle livestock and killed several residents in the Ko- Pen Village, Kecamatan Teras around the 1990 's, not long after the Nandi Amerta Agung region of the livestock breeding project (NAA) that developed the core system of plasma of import cattle for the dairy cattle breeder in Boyolali closed down because of being attacked anthrax in a mass fashion. Keep Hidup medically, according to Dr Suwito germs anthrax fast died, but his spores could keep the life for more than 60 years although cattle that were affected by anthrax had been burnt and buried. Now for the handling of the patient, if being not late still could be helped, but if being serious could result in the death. For casualties this time, that was attacked anthrax was the digestion channel, so as to be relative was not dangerous because still could be handled in the hospital in Boyolali and did not need isolation space.

Met in maintenance space of the RS PKU Aisyiyah Singkil Boyolali Sofa, casualties's father, Yoso said Son him was treated since Saturday (29/11). Beforehand, the pre-schoolers experienced the high fever and from his nose went out blood. Worried was attacked by dengue fever dengue fever (DBD), he at once brought his child to PKU Aisyiyah. Yoso said him also has been reported the doctor if his child was expected suffered anthrax. "However currently his condition improves," said Yoso. He claimed did not yet know in a manner details about the illness that attacked his child. However the doctor could ask whether Dedik beforehand could contact with the livestock animal. "Indeed Dedik often stroked and held the livestock." In the house had several goats and kept dairy cattle the family, said Yoso.