Streptococcus in swine can be fatal to people

Tuesday, 04/05/2010, 02:34 (GMT +7)
(SGGP). - 3-5 days, Dr Nguyen Van Kinh, director of Tropical Disease Hospital Central, said this does not have any evidence that the disease in swine streptococcus bacteria spread from person to person. All suspected cases of infection or disease that hospital treatment, have contact with sick pigs, or eat more soup, pork hearts, pork is not cooked.

Interesting to note, patients infected with Streptococcus in pigs usually have symptoms, fever, headache, nausea, disturbances of consciousness, coma, or multiple organ injury. If not detected and treated early, patients with meningitis or septicemia, can leave sequelae, difficult to treat or be fatal.

Dr. Glass also said that in recent weeks, the hospital received more suspected cases of Streptococcus hospitalized, on average 1-2 cases per day. Notably, four patients have been identified in pigs infected with streptococcus bacteria, in which three people with meningitis and a person infected blood.

Some epidemiologists said the streptococcus bacteria disease occurs year-round season, but the number of blue ear pig disease are more customizable, so some people this disease has increased. There are still people running condition selling sick pigs, pig epidemic.

Before this situation, the Ministry of Health recommends people eat no more absolute soup, salad, undercooked pork, as pork to buy the source, clearly marked with the quarantine, the pig slaughter , or go to destroy sick pig mask and gloves carefully.