Seville
Spain
1 November 2001
Andalusia. - Health investigates 3 cases of pneumonía by legionella in patients entered the Virgin Hospital Macarena
The Council of Health of the
Meeting investigates three at the moment cases of pneumonía by legionella
detected in three patients whom they remain entered in the Virgin Hospital
Macarena of Seville.
According to the Provincial Delegation informed into Health in Seville, entered
people present/display pneumonía by legionella of type communitarian, that is to
say, that has contracted the disease outside hospitable scope.
According to the data of the sanitary administration, two of patients are
entered the Unit of Intensive Cares: one woman of 74 years, resident in a
municipality of the province of Seville, and whose prognosis is serious; and a
man, of 50 years of age, that it evolves of favourable form, reason why is
anticipated that it can to happen next to plant. The third patient is another
man, of 55 years, that also evolve of favourable form.
Previously, according to the spokesmen of the Delegation explain of Health,
registered another communitarian case of legionella in a woman of 38 years, that
passed away the 17th of October, as a result of a failure respiratory, and that
resided in the environs of one of patients at the moment entered. For this
reason, the technicians of Public health, in collaboration with the local
authorities, is carrying out the corresponding measures of monitoring and
control in the surroundings of both people.
The health administration insists, in relation to the patients hospitalized, in
which one is " isolated cases " that they do not have no relation to each other
and the opportune ones are being made studies to determine which is the origin
of the disease in each one of the patients, so and as establishes the protocols
of performance in case of legionellosis.
The doctors of the hospitable center have maintained informed to families of the
patients, as much on the made tests as on the diagnosis of pneumonía by
legionella and the processing anticipated the patients.
INCIDENCE
In which it goes of year, according to the data of Health, they have diagnosed
in the province of Seville 18 cases of legionella, one number similar to the
registered one in 2000, considering that in the present time all the hospitable
network of the province orina.
Finally, the Delegation of Health wants to transmit to population that " are no
reasons for the alarm " and that has been adopted all the measures of public
health that recommend the protocols nationals of pursuit and control of
legionella.
