2023-06-21 02:00:32
People with impaired immune response, diabetics, burns, with open wounds and soil contamination, with immunological disorders or with immunosuppressive treatment are the most exposed to the fungus fusarium solani.
The meningitis outbreak was generated in two private clinics in Matamoros.
So far, 24 cases have been reported in Mexican people and others in US citizens.
The recent outbreak of meningitis that occurred in Tamaulipas remains under investigation because there are still several questions to be answered. Although now an unfortunate event was released that could. It is the first fatality and the most striking thing is that it is the first death in which the presence of the hongo fusarium solani
According to what was published by the local authoritiesthe person affected is a woman, who remained hospitalized for several days for the infection that he suffered in the central nervous system associated with a neuraxial block.
In this regard, the head of the Tamaulipas Health Secretariat (SST), Vicente Joel Hernández Navarro, indicated that so far 24 cases have been confirmed due to the outbreak of meningitis in the entity. Of all the cases there are six people who remain hospitalized and remain under strict surveillance and medical attention.
How was the outbreak generated?
According to the investigations, the first cases occurred in the private medical units “Clínica K-3” and “Hospital River Side Surgical Center”, in the city of Matamoros.
The SSa, in coordination with the state health services, the Mexican Institute of Social Security (IMSS) and the Institute of Security and Social Services for State Workers (ISSSTE), provide medical care and carry out epidemiological surveillance actions, diagnosis by laboratory, health verification, case tracking and training of health personnel working in public hospitals in Matamoros, Ciudad Victoria and Reynosa.
For their part, several of the people affected are US citizens who moved to our country to undergo cosmetic procedures. One of them even resides in Texas and was the first fatality.
Characteristics of the fungus fusarium solani
In that vein, the SSpanish Society of Infectious Diseases and Chemical Microbiology (SEIMC) mentions that the fusarium solani fungus belongs to a family of universal distribution.
It also mentions that people with impaired immune response, diabetics, burns, with open wounds and soil contamination, with immunological disorders or with immunosuppressive treatment are the most exposed.
In turn, the US National Institutes of Health They add that this fungus can cause infections of the skin glands, onychomycosis, keratitis, and endolphthalmitis.
For now, the Federal Commission Against Sanitary Risks (Cofepris) keeps open an investigation of medicines and establishments. The two private clinics allegedly involved were suspended on May 13.
While personnel from the Sanitary Jurisdiction III Matamoros identified 547 people who, between January 1 and May 13, 2023, underwent some surgical or anesthetic procedure in these private medical units, who are given medical follow-up to assess if have symptoms of the disease.
Specialists from Mexico City, integrated into the Public Health Incident Management Command, coordinated by the General Directorate of Epidemiology (DGE), train medical personnel from Matamoros, Reynosa and Ciudad Victoria, on the clinical approach to be applied in the medical care process of people with symptoms associated with neuraxial block.
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