Re: Chieti, Italy: woman dies and husband in severe condition after high fever
Re: Chieti, Italy: woman dies and husband in severe condition after high fever
CHIETI. A serious food poisoning could be the cause of the death of Morena Capitanio 44 years and of the coma in which has plunged the husband, Marco Ricci, of 48 years. The news of the tragedy that in a few hours has destroyed a family devastated friends and family, spread quickly from Scalo, where spouses worked and lived, the Hill, leaving his passage questions and concern. Yesterday morning there were hundreds calls arrive at the switch of the Asl to request news on mortal enemy to which has not yet been given a name. Even if the pink of t
he hypothesis seems to be shrinking up to exclude dangerous infectious diseases suspected in the aftermath of the death of Morena Capitanio, arrived at the hospital Policlinico di Colle dell'Ara last Tuesday with a high fever, vomiting, and a serious gastroenteritis. When the husband had already been hospitalized, the day before, and for the same symptoms, in the intensive care unit of resuscitation. SCREENING. The capillary action plan of the Asl in Chieti that has placed controls on numerous people who, in recent days, have had contacts with the pair. Investigations carried out by the department of infectious diseases of the polyclinic which would have given a negative result.
Thus excluding "risk of contagion" .THE CONTROLS IN THE HOME. Other elements of clarity may be provided by the microbiological tests on specimens captured in the dwelling of the spouses on the part of the engineers of the department prevention of Asl. Yesterday morning were brought via samples of water and food kept pantry and fridge. The material has already been sent to the Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale of Teramo and the Higher Institute of Health in Rome to be subjected to the culture. Method that allows you to identify pathogens and traced back to micro-organisms that may have caused the death of the woman. THE autopsy. And yesterday afternoon was performed the autopsy on the body of Morena. The survey has not clarified the cause of death. But fundamental will be the toxicological examinations and histology on tissues, blood and gastric contents, taken from the anatomopatologo Giuseppe Lattanzio and the legal doctor Pietro Falco. Investigations carried out at the request of the Asl. From the first macroscopic examination seem however
excluding infectious diseases such as salmonellosis, brucellosis.
THE ASSUMPTIONS. Uncertainties remain and can be dissipated only after the results of the analysis. But at the moment
the hypothesis of food poisoning seems to be the most likely. For the entire day yesterday were perused items, which at the time are not unfounded, that spoke of a possible meal, consumed by the spouses, based on mushrooms.
THE CONDITIONS OF HER HUSBAND. Meanwhile remain very serious health conditions of Marco Ricci, arrived at the hospital Policlinico teatino a day before the wife. The man and kept under strict control in the intensive care unit. Even for him were arranged samples of blood and other organic material to send both the Zooprofilattico Sperimentale di Teramo is by the Istituto Superiore di Sanit?. It is hoped in a recovery, even if the battle for his salvation and scanned by time. But once isolated the pathogen will be easier for us to take an effective therapy for neutralizzarlo.il
PRESS RELEASE FROM THE ASL. The official statement of the Asl was widespread in the late evening yesterday. In reality, to the Court for the rights of the sick, overwhelmed by phone calls, it was announced the drafting in the morning. In the afternoon the denial by the health director Pasquale Flacco. Then the final decision where are listed all the checks to locate an evil yet unidentified "but probably not contagious and a risk to public health".
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