Bacteria ' Cannibal ' appears in Vietnam

The hospital A central tropical disease recently receiving a female patient aged 40 in Money Hai, Pacific, in severe shock, acute necrosis around the left arm. Causes bacterial infection "Cannibal". Previously, patients manifest fever, a day after swollen in the left forearm and spread throughout the arms and shoulders. After 10 days of treatment, you get rid of bad blood infections and shock but the whole arm skin necrosis on the left should be transferred to the national Burns Institute for skin grafts. Doctor Nguyen Trung, Deputy Head of the Emergency Department, the Hospital of Tropical Diseases, said the Central patient admission on 12/4 has the clinical manifestations similar to the bacterial infections "Cannibal" Aeromonas hydropila. Because he had used the antibiotic should not see the test process in the presence of this bacteria.

A patient infected with the bacterium Aeromonas hydropilia ... Photo: H. N.

From 2009 to the present, the hospital received dozens of ca by Aeromonas bacterial sepsis hydropila. They cause necrotic inflammatory organizations should quickly be dubbed the "bacteria that eat people". Recently in America also recorded many patients hospitalized by bacteria "Cannibal". Not a few people have suffered amputations of legs, arms, even deaths. Diseases causing many panic. According to Dr. Nguyen Hong Ha, Vice Director of the Tropical Disease Hospital central, the cases in Vietnam infected with Aeromonas hydropilia hospital admissions have characterized necrosis region of the neck, chest, limbs ... However, this is not possible the disease was detected on many patients in the United States. According to the doctor, they are gram-negative bacterium Aeromonas, located in the Vibrionaceae. They are the most common bacteria in the wild, often in surface water environment and often cause disease for the fish, shrimp, amphibians. Aeromonas hydrophyla sometimes cause illness for people. Around the world, every year there are still sporadic cases of soft tissue inflammation and sepsis caused by this bacteria. It often causes major illness can include: 3 diarrhea caused by drinking water bacterial contamination; Blood and bile tract infection in patients with liver cirrhosis; Soft tissue necrosis, inflammation can lead to infections in healthy people have scratches, exposure to dirty water, the mud contains bacteria. The doctor recommended Level, but at least met in person due to Aeromonas hydrophila infections but is able to very severe disease. Previously, the mortality rate can approach 100%, today thanks to the progress of rehabilitation that can be somewhat limited consequences. Of the 10 recorded in 2010-2011 in the Central Tropical Diseases hospital only 3 American was rescued, the rest are shifts of death 7. "This is a rare disease so little thought to cause this, so easy to overlook. Meanwhile, the disease progress very quickly, the patient much necrosis, easy the heavy shock multi organ failure, leading to life-threatening. If detected early, antibiotic treatment will have a good response. Though from the sick person can still bear many sequelae due to necrosis of the Organization ", Dr. Grant said. Besides, this bacterial infection factors yet to be determined in the patients in our country. In 10 patients infected with ca 7 on unknown factors of exposure. 3 cases left to be determined by exposure to dirty water and eat live oysters. Specifically, a patient to Wade waste water drain, a water-soaked areas in bamboo rafts, a barbed fish were punctured the skin and eat live oysters. Some people have very small scrapes on skin so when contaminated water is not exposed to infected ever since and in any circumstances. Therefore, to prevention, experts recommend that people should limit exposure to contaminated water sources, especially when there are scratches on the body. Those who are working regularly in dirty water environment, should be equipped with protective suits. If there are signs of swelling, necrosis in the wound after exposure to water is dirty, then the need to right the medical establishment to be timely treatment.