One person has died in Florida after contracting Listeria, and a mother has lost her baby-to-be, the CDC said on Thursday.
A total of 23 patients have been hospitalized in 10 states so far, including four pregnant women.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said all cases were related to people living in or recently traveling to Florida. Death was an Illinois resident.
It is not clear what caused the outbreak or whether it was related to a “specific” food.
The cases come just a week after Florida reported a “historic” outbreak of meningococcal disease among gay and bisexual men, in which a type of bacteria spread through their salivary secretions infects a person’s brain or spinal cord.
Almost all 23 patients were hospitalized in 10 states, including four other expectant mothers (archive photo)
Listeria is a bacterium that can cause serious illness, especially in pregnant women, who are up to 10 times more at risk than the general population.
The disease is normally transmitted by consuming food contaminated by microbes – such as raw vegetables, meat and unpasteurized milk.
However, in rare cases it can also be harvested through close contact with farm animals.
Patients with Listeria in their intestines may experience diarrhea and vomiting with symptoms beginning within 24 hours of contracting the disease.
But when bacteria spread to the rest of the body, they can cause fever, body aches, fatigue and headaches.
The CDC says up to a third of infected people die from the disease, with the elderly and those with compromised immune systems at greater risk.
About 1,600 Americans are diagnosed with the disease each year, and 260 of that number die from the disease.
The CDC announced the outbreak and said it advised people at high risk and with symptoms of Listeria infection to contact their doctor.
He said this is especially true for anyone who “has recently traveled to Florida.”
The agency did not say when the cases were discovered and did not specify 10 cases where the patients were found.
They also did not say where in Florida the patients were traveling to.
Florida is facing a “historic” outbreak of meningococcal disease, caused by a bacterium that has infected 24 people so far.
The CDC described it as “one of the worst disease outbreaks among gay and bisexual men in U.S. history.”
It has raised concerns in medical circles that about one in seven people who contract the disease will die from it.
Another in five people may develop permanent disabilities, such as deafness, brain damage, loss of a limb, or seizures.
Experts said that the epidemic was caused by people who were in close contact with each other and shared saliva.
Florida is currently making vaccines against the disease for gay and bisexual men to stop the wave of cases.
He also did not disclose where they were spotted in the state.
Dr. Jose Romero, director of the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, said: “Immunization against meningococcal disease is the best way to prevent this serious disease, which can quickly become fatal.
“Due to the outbreak in Florida and the number of Pride Parade events that will be held across the state in the coming weeks, it’s important that gay and bisexual men living in Florida are vaccinated, and that anyone traveling to Florida speak to their doctor.” . about how to get vaccinated.
Source: Daily Mail
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