Ninh Binh: One person died of swine streptococcus infections

06/05/2010 21:46 (GMT +7)
According to the Center for Preventive Medicine Ninh Binh in late May, the center has detected two cases of swine streptococcus infection, in which one person died.

The first person infected with streptococcus swine died when transferred to hospital in serious condition the patient is a male, over 60 years old in Quang Lac commune, Nho Quan district.

The test samples of patients with positive results in swine streptococcus bacteria. Patient's family has organized slaughter pigs and eat more soup.

Preventive Health Center said earlier, in the village of Quang Ngai and An Cu commune in Quang Lac, some pigs are sick, people die but not reported to veterinary officers and local government , which is slaughtering, food processing as normal.

Second case in pigs infected with streptococcus Ninh Khanh prison. Immediately after detecting patients with symptoms like high fever, nausea, immediately transferred to patients treated at the Institute for Clinical Tropical Medicine and is slowly recovering.

To prevent the spread of diseases, preventive health centers province has implemented measures to stamp service organizations Cloramin B spraying chemicals at home, the patient's detention and barns around the area, make a list participants eating together patients, health social requests tracking, monitoring the health situation of those who have contact with patients.

Besides, preventive medicine center with the commune health stations was to popularize the knowledge, the origin, the path spread disease, so that her children did not require transport, slaughter when pigs with signs of infection at the same time, regular inspection and sprayed periodically in order not to block epidemic.