In pneumococcal meningitis, another case: a Firm 35-year-old in intensive care – Intelligonews

, it Becomes rather important to the case histories of meningitis in our Country, the other case in the news is that of a man of 35 years of Monterubbiano, hospitalized in intensive care in the hospital “Murri” of Fermo.

The news was confirmed by dr. Joseph Ciarrocchi, the Direction of the operative unit of Hygiene and public Health, Asur Retainer. The patient came to the emergency room two days ago with high fever, “is subjected to antibiotic therapy,” said the doctor. The director of the healthcare Area Asur 11 Fiorenza Anna Padovan, explained, “The patient is sedated, they are constantly monitored and subjected to antibiotic therapy“. “The pneumococcal meningitis is not contagious, and therefore it is not necessary to refer to the prophylaxis of the family and the people that have come in contact with the hospital“. According to Padovani, in the Marche region, the incidence of cases of meningitis in the total population does not present deviations from the norm.

The case, however, follows that of the child of 4 years, we have written the here , and, above all, on the issue of vaccines, it also intervenes on the List that is facing a chaotic situation,;what is happening "shows clearly the chaos that reigns in Italy on the front of the vaccines. It is absurd that the vaccination has been shown to be ineffective and it is necessary to go to the bottom to shed light on the many mysteries that relate to the field of vaccines in our Country". The words, the pronunciation, the president of Carlo Rienzi, who continues: "Someone should tell the citizens why the antidifterico disappeared from the market. The ministry of Health has responded that the matter is not of its competence; the Italian pharmaceutical agency (Aifa supports instead of not being able to compel pharmaceutical companies to produce it. To pay for the consequences of such a situation of chaos are the citizens, for ced to resort to the chromium if they want to be vaccinated against diphtheria, and the National Health Service, that pays more money to the drug industry, not being found in vaccines in the form of single".

What is the pneumococcal meningitis

meningitis pneumococcal disease is a form of meningitis, an infectious disease of the meninges, which is potentially lethal, caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae.

meningitis is an inflammation of the membranes (meninges) that surround the brain and spinal cord; the disease is generally of infectious origin, and can be viral, bacterial or caused by fungus.

Streptococcus pneumoniae (the pneumococcus) is, after the meningococcus, one of the most common agents of meningitis. in Addition to the meningitis, it can cause pneumonia or infections of the upper respiratory tract, such as otitis.

As the meningococcus, is transmitted by respiratory route and can be found in the upper respiratory tract without causing any disease. There are many different types of pneumococcus. The meningitis pneumococcal disease occur in a sporadic form, and is not indicated for antibiotic prophylaxis for people who have been in contact with a case.

Prevention and vaccination

with regard To the pneumococcus, are available conjugate vaccine eptavalente, recommended in some Countries for vaccination of all newborns, and vaccine-23 valent polysaccharide.

Every year in Italy there are about 900 cases of bacterial meningitis. It is an infectious disease, a serious, but treatable, even though it has a mortality rate of significant (14% of cases), especially in its fulminant form.

Of the 900 Italian cases about one-third is caused by the Meningococcus (mainly group C), another third by the Pneumococcus, and in some cases more than half were caused by the bacterium Haemophilus, already defeated, thanks to vaccination, the specific mass of the neonates that have already been active in Italy for 7 years. The other half (about a sixth of cases) is caused by different bacteria.

In Italy, the incidence rate of meningococcal meningitis, which is the most contagious, is among the lowest in Europe.

vaccination have also been collected declarations of the' allergist, immunologist, rheumatologist, and infettivologo Fernando Aid.