2023-07-09 17:20:00
He Ministry of Health of the Nation alerted by means of announcement regarding an increase in cases by infection with a bacterium that usually causes pharyngitis acute and that in the year caused the death of at least 16 people. Is regarding Streptococcus pyogeneswhich often also causes skin infections such as impetigo, cellulitis and scarlet fever.
With the arrival of winter and the tendency of people to be closer and in closed spaces, greater possibilities of contagion of different infections and diseases are generated. One of them is related to the mentioned bacterium, and that It is spread by coughing, sneezing, or contact with a wound.
“During 2023, the National Health Surveillance System (SNVS) was notified 118 confirmed cases of invasive infection by Streptococcus pyogenes throughout the country, of which 16 died”, says the statement of the portfolio directed by Carla Vizzottibeing the province of Buenos Aires the district with the highest number of cases: 35. It is followed by Santa faith with 20, chubut with 10 and land of fire with 10.
The report details that it is a bacterial infection that in most cases it causes mild diseases such as tonsillitis, pharyngitis, impetigo, cellulitis and scarlet feveralthough it warns that in some cases it can lead to acute and severe conditions that can cause life-threatening conditions, being responsible for more than 500,000 annual deaths worldwide.
In the country, the Ministry indicated that since 2018 a specific surveillance on the bacterium has been carried out and that in recent years there has been an almost exponential increase in cases. ”In previous years (2019-2022), the highest number of cases had been registered in 2022 (closed year) with 75 reported cases. The number of cases in 2023 represents an increase of 281% over the same period in 2019.”
However, the problem does not concern only Argentina, but was reported by the World Health Organization. “WHO reported that at least five Member States from the European region (France, Irelandlos Netherlands, Sweden and the United Kingdom e North Ireland) had reported an increase in the number of cases.”
Regarding the incubation period “It varies according to the clinical presentation, between one to three days. Treatment of infected persons with antibiotics for at least 24 hours usually eliminates their ability to spread.
In 2018, the records of infections by Streptococcus pyogenes They drew attention because by September the positive results for samples from patients with the invasive form of the disease had doubled compared to 2017.
The National Administration of Laboratories and Health Institutes Dr. Carlos Malbrán (Anlis-Malbrán) had reported at that time that while in 2017 13 confirmed cases of invasive streptococcal disease were reported –the most serious form–, that year they were uploaded online to National Health Surveillance System 28 confirmed cases.
Beyond the cases of pharyngitis that the Ministry of Health of the Nation alerted yesterday, this winter came with the cocirculation of the gripethe bronchiolitis y Covid-19. In the midst of transmission seasons that have not yet completely settled in following the pandemic, cases of influenza or flu are beginning to displace infections by the respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) followed more closely by infections by SARS-CoV-2.
This arises from the proportion of positive results for respiratory viruses in the monitoring units designated in health centers in the provinces to monitor viral circulation in the country. While 27% of outpatient samples tested for the three viruses are positive for influenza, 10.7% are positive for Covid-19 and 8% are positive for bronchiolitis virus (RSV), according to the last epidemiological report of the Ministry of Health of the Nation. These are data that correspond to the week of June 18 to 24.
Although those three are not the only ones that are causing respiratory infections, they are the responsible for almost half (46%) in these weeks.
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