And six month old baby passed away this wednesday in Vigo by a meningitis bacteriana. The child’s family went to the Pediatric Emergency Department of the Álvaro Cunqueiro Hospital on Monday and from there the case was referred to the Intensive Care Unit, but the baby did not respond to the treatments because he presented a fulminant sepsis and nothing could be done to save his life.
The minor suffered meningococcal meningitis but studies are still being done to determine the type. It is also known that He had all the vaccinations that corresponded to his age. The vaccine against meningitis B is given from 2 months and the vaccine against meningitis C is administered from 4 months.
There is no greater tragedy than the death of a child and it is also news that causes pain among the health professionals themselves.
From the Cunqueiro they remember that the vaccines reduced the incidence of cases over the yearsbut that in some patients the bacteria can cause a fatal outcome without knowing the reasons.
In the last season of meningococcal disease, which runs from October 10, 2022 to April 2, 2023, there were ten cases throughout Galicia (with a rate of 0.37 cases per 100,000 inhabitants), of which three died. This implies that the lethality was 30%. One of the deceased was a 5-month-old baby who had also been admitted to Cunqueiro in December of last year due to pneumococcal meningitis.
During the pandemic there had been a decrease in cases of meningitis due to the use of masks and restrictionsbut now there is an uptick in cases, just like with other contagious diseases.
2023-08-18 00:28:31
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