2024-05-16 18:40:08
(ANSA) – UDINE, MAY 16 – A pressure of Corynebacterium diphtheriae, a bacterium that causes diphtheria, was remoted in a affected person hospitalized in intensive care on the Udine hospital. This was introduced by the well being director of the central Friuli college well being firm, David Turello.
“The pathogen was remoted in a affected person – he defined – and epidemiological surveillance is now underway by the Prevention Division, aimed toward containing the unfold of the pathogen by means of any contacts had by the affected person”.
“I want to level out that that is an distinctive case – he continued – as no different instances had been detected within the area in current a long time, however it ought to completely not trigger concern, as a result of all the mandatory measures have been adopted”. The well being director then recalled that the anti-diphtheria vaccination “is a compulsory vaccination, however a booster must be given each ten years, as for tetanus”. (HANDLE).
2024-05-16 18:40:08