Back to the fear of meningitis, also in Rome. A teacher at the elementary school of Rome "Cesare Battisti", in the historic district of Garbatella, died Monday at the Gemelli hospital for meningococcal meningitis. To give the news was the Asl RmC, via an email sent to parents from the school. The Asl, in a precaution ordered the antibiotic prophylaxis for the pupils of the teacher, and for all those, adults and children, inside of the institute have been in contact with the woman. The institute, attended by approximately 450 students, has been immortalized in the tv series "I Cesaroni".
Dies, a teacher in Rome, take prophylaxis for pupils
Up to Thursday, the last day of class before the christmas holidays, the woman was regularly in the classroom. Hospitalized on Christmas day to the hospital of San Giovanni, had been transferred to the Policlinico Gemelli hospital, where he died on the 26th of December. The woman, 52-year-old teacher of mathematics to be about 30, was very well known in the district.
Meningitis: what it is and how to fight
The Asl, coming to the knowledge of the case of "Bacterial Meningitis n.d.d.", on the 27th of December has sent an email to parents, which reads that “has been recommended for antibiotic prophylaxis indicated for Meningococcal Meningitis, already practiced by the healthcare staff and family members of the patient”. “It is recommended, therefore, after consulting with the family doctor or pediatrician – you can still read – the intake for adults, who have had close contact in a closed place for more hours per day with the professor (deceased, ndr) a cpr of Ciprofloxacin 500 mg. and the intake of Rifampicin 600 mg. 1 pill two times per day for two days for the pupils of the class where he taught the above-mentioned teacher.
Meningitis, the hospitalized child of 8 years in Florence
The increase in new cases
The increase of new cases in 2015, and this year, since the outbreak in Tuscany, reported at the center of attention in a disease that in the common perception seemed to almost disappeared. Meningitis, the law on the board of the national Institute of Health, is an inflammation of the membranes (meninges) that surround the brain and spinal cord. The disease is generally of infectious origin, and can be viral, bacterial or caused by fungus. The viral form, also called aseptic meningitis, is the most common: usually not serious and resolves within 7-10 days. The bacterial form, that came back to hit you in the these months, is more rare, but extremely serious, and can have fatal consequences. The Neisseria meningitidis (meningococcus) is lodged in the upper respiratory tract (nose and throat), often of healthy carriers and asymptomatic (2-30% of the population). The main cause of the infection is represented by healthy carriers of the bacterium . In 10-20% of cases the disease is rapid and acute, with a fulminant course that may lead to death in a few hours even in the presence of an adequate therapy.
Rezza (Iss) encourages case meningitis: children safe
“don’t panic” after the death from meningitis of a teacher of the elementary school “Cesare Battisti” of Rome. The invitation came from Giovanni Rezza, director of the Department of infectious, parasitic and immune-mediated of the Institute of health. “Panic should not be, it would be unjustified – has assured the expert heard by the AdnKronos Health – In these cases off immediately for antibiotic prophylaxis of close contacts, and the protection is absolutely effective, so much so that neither in Tuscany nor in Milan we never had any secondary cases of meningitis, namely, episodes of infection in people who have entered in contact with patients”.
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