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Editor, Senior Moderator
Source: http://www.catanduanestribune.com/Jan-27-2010/TopStory/Detail.aspx?newsID=6445
Suspected cases of typhoid ?alarming?
January 28,2010
The Provincial Health Office has described as "alarming" the spike in the number of suspected typhoid cases in Catanduanes, particularly in the capital town of Virac.
Dr. Hazel Palmes, OIC-Provincial Health Officer I, told the Tribune that the 50 suspect cases, however, are less than the number recorded last year. Just the same, she said, the Virac Rural Health Unit should closely monitor the situation to check if clustering of cases occurs.
Whether the patients admitted to the Eastern Bicol Medical Center and private hospitals have actually contracted typhoid may not be known as health personnel have yet to actually get rectal swabs to extract samples so that it could be sent to the regional laboratory. Rectal swabs for culture and testing can only be taken if the patient has yet to take antibiotics. Majority of patients brought to the hospitals have already taken antibiotics either by themselves or by order of private clinics.
In Virac, the highest number of suspected typhoid cases was recorded in San Juan with eight and Goron with six. The other cases were in Pandan (3), Rawis (3), Palnab del Norte (3), Sto. Ni?o (2), Sta. Cruz (2), Palnab del Sur (2), San Roque (1), BLISS (1), Tibgao (1() San Pablo (1), Marcelo Alberto (1), Imperial Homes Subdivision (1), Constantino (1), San Pedro (1), Bigaa (1), Magnesia (1), and, Moonwalk (1).
Other suspect typhoid cases were from San Andres (4), Bato (2), San Miguel (2), Gigmoto (2) and Bagamanoc (1).
The PHO also stated that dengue cases are also on the rise, due to recent rains, while a lone case of leptospirosis, a worker of the Sunwest Water & Electricity Co., has been admitted at a local hospital. It added that the worker could have contacted the virus in his native city of Tabaco City asd leptospirosis is not endemic to Catanduanes.
Suspected cases of typhoid ?alarming?
January 28,2010
The Provincial Health Office has described as "alarming" the spike in the number of suspected typhoid cases in Catanduanes, particularly in the capital town of Virac.
Dr. Hazel Palmes, OIC-Provincial Health Officer I, told the Tribune that the 50 suspect cases, however, are less than the number recorded last year. Just the same, she said, the Virac Rural Health Unit should closely monitor the situation to check if clustering of cases occurs.
Whether the patients admitted to the Eastern Bicol Medical Center and private hospitals have actually contracted typhoid may not be known as health personnel have yet to actually get rectal swabs to extract samples so that it could be sent to the regional laboratory. Rectal swabs for culture and testing can only be taken if the patient has yet to take antibiotics. Majority of patients brought to the hospitals have already taken antibiotics either by themselves or by order of private clinics.
In Virac, the highest number of suspected typhoid cases was recorded in San Juan with eight and Goron with six. The other cases were in Pandan (3), Rawis (3), Palnab del Norte (3), Sto. Ni?o (2), Sta. Cruz (2), Palnab del Sur (2), San Roque (1), BLISS (1), Tibgao (1() San Pablo (1), Marcelo Alberto (1), Imperial Homes Subdivision (1), Constantino (1), San Pedro (1), Bigaa (1), Magnesia (1), and, Moonwalk (1).
Other suspect typhoid cases were from San Andres (4), Bato (2), San Miguel (2), Gigmoto (2) and Bagamanoc (1).
The PHO also stated that dengue cases are also on the rise, due to recent rains, while a lone case of leptospirosis, a worker of the Sunwest Water & Electricity Co., has been admitted at a local hospital. It added that the worker could have contacted the virus in his native city of Tabaco City asd leptospirosis is not endemic to Catanduanes.
