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スペインのマドリッド県のMostolesの食楽店(レストラン)などで25人のレジオネラ症状の患者が2012年6月12日-6月29日にかけて発生
Detectado un brote de legionela con 12 afectados en Móstoles
La Consejería de Sanidad estudia otros 13 posibles contagios por esta bacteria
Detected an outbreak of legionella with 12 affected Móstoles
The Ministry of Health studied 13 other possible infection by this bacterium
What, where and how people become infected with Legionella?
Jose Marcos / Elena G. Sevillano Madrid 4 JUL 2012 - 17:53 CET
The Ministry of Health studied 13 other possible infection by this bacterium
What, where and how people become infected with Legionella?
Jose Marcos / Elena G. Sevillano Madrid 4 JUL 2012 - 17:53 CET
At least 12 people have been infected with Legionella in an outbreak that may have originated at a restaurant in Móstoles, as confirmed by this afternoon the Ministry of Health of the Community of Madrid. There are 13 cases that are being tested for suspected because of symptoms caused share this bacterium. The 12 confirmed cases have tested positive in urine analysis.
Epidemiology Service has conducted epidemiological surveys to those affected to know the places they have frequented in the past three weeks. The feature that unites them is that everyone had at some point by a restaurant in an industrial estate in the town of Mostoles.
Notification of the existence of the outbreak was received on June 27, acknowledged by the Ministry of Health, which has not provided a statement to this newspaper's call this afternoon. The health minister, Javier Fernández-Lasquetty, spoke this morning, when asked by reporters about the status of the five patients with Legionella locals who apparently became infected at the hotel in Calpe which has discovered another outbreak. "They are doing well," he assured. This morning did not mention that in Madrid there was another outbreak could affect more than 25 people.
Those affected are 18 men and 7 women aged between 35 and 87. The first case symptoms started on 12 June and 29 June last. Of the 25 cases, 24 are entered. Of these, three in the Prince of Asturias Hospital, 13 Hospital Móstoles, four in the Hospital Rey Juan Carlos, one at the Fundación Jiménez Díaz, one in the Alcorcón Hospital Foundation and two in the University Hospital Chiron.
The predominant clinical pneumonia whose evolution is variable depending on the existing risk factors in patients, according to Health. In addition, on 27 June, and to avoid new infections, were sealed identified risk elements in the restaurant Móstoles, added in the statement. This is an evaporative cooling system and two sources, and have taken appropriate samples that have been referred to the Public Health Laboratory. It also is inspecting the entire area surrounding the restaurant, where inspectors have conducted 19 controls, detailed Health. In 14 cases have been sampled have been referred to the Public Health Laboratory.
Health will continue conducting timely investigations and inspections, but warns that more cases may be detected during the investigation.
Legionellosis is a notifiable disease and usually presents as pulmonary infection or pontiac fever. The evolution is usually favorable, although in some cases can take so serious. The origin of this disease is found in the bacterium Legionella pneumophila. Not spread from person to person. The bacterium colonizes cooling towers or other devices containing water temperatures warm, encouraging them to multiply. The disease is spread by inhaling aerosols (droplets) that carry microorganisms.
Madrid suffered in October and November of 2010 one of the worst outbreaks of legionnaires lived in Spain. There were 47 infections. Health inspectors combed for days the districts of Central and Retirement in search of the outbreak of the infection. The victims had in common that they lived, worked or had gone through one of those areas. On November 27, 2010 Health closed the outbreak and did not provide any information, although later there was a fatality more. In total, six people died.
A document prepared by the Directorate General of Planning and Inspection, which was seen by El Pais, Madrid revealed that the episode was three times more deadly than the average of all occurred in Spain in the decade 1999-2009. Its mortality rate was 12.6%, while the average of the 501 recorded outbreaks of Legionnaires' disease in Spain was 4.1% (138 deaths). Between 2006 and 2008 only two outbreaks were reported with 10 or more cases, according to a report of the National Epidemiology Center November 2010.
Epidemiology Service has conducted epidemiological surveys to those affected to know the places they have frequented in the past three weeks. The feature that unites them is that everyone had at some point by a restaurant in an industrial estate in the town of Mostoles.
Notification of the existence of the outbreak was received on June 27, acknowledged by the Ministry of Health, which has not provided a statement to this newspaper's call this afternoon. The health minister, Javier Fernández-Lasquetty, spoke this morning, when asked by reporters about the status of the five patients with Legionella locals who apparently became infected at the hotel in Calpe which has discovered another outbreak. "They are doing well," he assured. This morning did not mention that in Madrid there was another outbreak could affect more than 25 people.
Those affected are 18 men and 7 women aged between 35 and 87. The first case symptoms started on 12 June and 29 June last. Of the 25 cases, 24 are entered. Of these, three in the Prince of Asturias Hospital, 13 Hospital Móstoles, four in the Hospital Rey Juan Carlos, one at the Fundación Jiménez Díaz, one in the Alcorcón Hospital Foundation and two in the University Hospital Chiron.
The predominant clinical pneumonia whose evolution is variable depending on the existing risk factors in patients, according to Health. In addition, on 27 June, and to avoid new infections, were sealed identified risk elements in the restaurant Móstoles, added in the statement. This is an evaporative cooling system and two sources, and have taken appropriate samples that have been referred to the Public Health Laboratory. It also is inspecting the entire area surrounding the restaurant, where inspectors have conducted 19 controls, detailed Health. In 14 cases have been sampled have been referred to the Public Health Laboratory.
Health will continue conducting timely investigations and inspections, but warns that more cases may be detected during the investigation.
Legionellosis is a notifiable disease and usually presents as pulmonary infection or pontiac fever. The evolution is usually favorable, although in some cases can take so serious. The origin of this disease is found in the bacterium Legionella pneumophila. Not spread from person to person. The bacterium colonizes cooling towers or other devices containing water temperatures warm, encouraging them to multiply. The disease is spread by inhaling aerosols (droplets) that carry microorganisms.
Madrid suffered in October and November of 2010 one of the worst outbreaks of legionnaires lived in Spain. There were 47 infections. Health inspectors combed for days the districts of Central and Retirement in search of the outbreak of the infection. The victims had in common that they lived, worked or had gone through one of those areas. On November 27, 2010 Health closed the outbreak and did not provide any information, although later there was a fatality more. In total, six people died.
A document prepared by the Directorate General of Planning and Inspection, which was seen by El Pais, Madrid revealed that the episode was three times more deadly than the average of all occurred in Spain in the decade 1999-2009. Its mortality rate was 12.6%, while the average of the 501 recorded outbreaks of Legionnaires' disease in Spain was 4.1% (138 deaths). Between 2006 and 2008 only two outbreaks were reported with 10 or more cases, according to a report of the National Epidemiology Center November 2010.
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