Tuesday, January 17, 2017

Two in Sydney hospital with flesh-eating virus infection according to : abc

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Flesh eating bacteria: Two adults in western Sydney hospital battling rare and painful infection


Flesh eating bacteria: Two adults in western Sydney hospital battling rare and painful infection
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Flesh eating bacteria: Two adults in western Sydney hospital battling rare and painful infectionUpdatedTwo people are being treated in a Western Sydney Hospital for a rare flesh-eating bacteria.What is necrotising fasciitis?Necrotising fasciitis is a flesh-eating infectionIt kills the body's soft tissue, and is extremely painfulIt is not contagious, and normally enters the body through a break in the skinThe 57-year-old man and 46-year-old woman contracted nectrotising fasciitis and are in a stable condition in Blacktown Hospital.
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Two in Sydney hospital with flesh-eating virus infection


Two in Sydney hospital with flesh-eating virus infection
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SYDNEY, 17 Jan 2017:Two people have been admitted to a Sydney hospital today for treatment of necrotising fasciitis, more commonly referred to as the flesh-eating virus.The 57-year-old man and 46-year-old women are reported to be in a stable condition – however Sky News has said the man's skin had been "stripped from his lower back down to his feet."It is not yet known how the pair contracted the disease, however the condition usually enters the body through cuts and insect bites, attacking muscle and tissue.If not treated with powerful antibiotics, bacteria can begin to eat the skin causing gangrene, loss of limbs and organ failure.
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Bloodstream infections most common hospital infection in children: Study


Bloodstream infections most common hospital infection in children: Study
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STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Jan. 13 (UPI) -- Research from the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control, or ECDC, lists bloodstream infections as the most common type of infection in children in Europe, followed by lower respiratory tract infections.The ECDC study, the largest of its kind so far, examined the type and prevalence of healthcare-associated infections, or HAIs, in children to determine prevention and treatment options.The research was compiled with data from the ECDC prevalence survey of HAIs and antimicrobial use in acute care hospitals throughout Europe between 2011 and 2012.
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Flesh-eating infection puts two people in hospital in Sydney


Flesh-eating infection puts two people in hospital in Sydney
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Two people have been admitted to a western Sydney hospital with a rare infection commonly known as the flesh-eating disease.The 57-year-old man and 46-year-old woman, who are now in a stable condition in Blacktown hospital, had contracted necrotising fasciitis in Polynesia, the western Sydney local area district said on Tuesday."There is no risk to public health and the community should not be alarmed," it said.
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