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http://www.la-razon.com/sociedad/Reportan-casos-neumonia-necrosante_0_1845415470.html
Spanish to English translation
Reported 10 cases of necrotizing pneumonia
Is a bacterium that is associated with pulmonary disease
The Reason / Guiomara Street
1:59 / June 4, 2013
The Children's Hospital of La Paz attended ten cases of necrotizing pneumonia so far this year. It is a complication of pulmonary infection caused by Staphylococcus bacteria. Consult a doctor to recommend lingering colds in infants.
"We have seen in previous years necrotizing pneumonia, but this more aggressive management in bacteria by the number of cases registered and, in 2012 were ten so far in 2013 and was reached that number" reported yesterday the pulmonologist Children's Hospital pediatrician, Nelson Villca.
The specialist explained that pneumonia associated with this bacterium causes lung putrefaction, and severe infections in this organ. The disease occurs in children under five years of age.
Children. Of the ten cases reported this year, three were severe, one of the children and was discharged after recovery and the remaining two (a girl and a boy) will undergo surgery in the coming days.
In this framework, the doctor recommended to see a doctor if there are signs of improvement until the third or fourth day in a child with acute respiratory infection (ARI). "If fever, mucus and cough persist in infant day four, and he will not eat, it turns purple and falls, then it is a sign that the picture is complicated, you need to go to hospital," he said.
Villca reminded that 15% of the causes of infant mortality in the country is generated by pneumonia and respiratory infections.
Spanish to English translation
Reported 10 cases of necrotizing pneumonia
Is a bacterium that is associated with pulmonary disease
The Reason / Guiomara Street
1:59 / June 4, 2013
The Children's Hospital of La Paz attended ten cases of necrotizing pneumonia so far this year. It is a complication of pulmonary infection caused by Staphylococcus bacteria. Consult a doctor to recommend lingering colds in infants.
"We have seen in previous years necrotizing pneumonia, but this more aggressive management in bacteria by the number of cases registered and, in 2012 were ten so far in 2013 and was reached that number" reported yesterday the pulmonologist Children's Hospital pediatrician, Nelson Villca.
The specialist explained that pneumonia associated with this bacterium causes lung putrefaction, and severe infections in this organ. The disease occurs in children under five years of age.
Children. Of the ten cases reported this year, three were severe, one of the children and was discharged after recovery and the remaining two (a girl and a boy) will undergo surgery in the coming days.
In this framework, the doctor recommended to see a doctor if there are signs of improvement until the third or fourth day in a child with acute respiratory infection (ARI). "If fever, mucus and cough persist in infant day four, and he will not eat, it turns purple and falls, then it is a sign that the picture is complicated, you need to go to hospital," he said.
Villca reminded that 15% of the causes of infant mortality in the country is generated by pneumonia and respiratory infections.