BASSANO. Ha 29 years old and is hospitalized in resuscitation the young man from Vicenza who showed up at the emergency room on Saturday Bassano del Grappa because he felt very bad. The symptoms immediately led to think of meningitis and, therefore, triggered the alert among the doctors. Willing the examination of the cerebrospinal fluidwith the results came the confirmation: bacterial meningitis.
It is about an inflammation of the brain and / or spinal meningesi fruit of an infection caused by a bacterium (for example, among others, meningococcus and penumococcus). Inflammation is also life-threatening because bacterial meningitis is a much more dangerous condition than viral meningitis (which is caused by viruses).
At that point the doctors of San Bassiano had the patient transferred to resuscitation where he is still hospitalized, not in danger of life. Meanwhile, the public health and hygiene service ofUlss 7 Foothills has activated the procedures of contact tracing to trace the chain of contagion and verify any positivity. They have been identified about forty of people who in these hours are doing the necessary prophylaxis with specific antibiotic.
” The situation is under control – underlined the General Director of ULSS 7 Pedemontana Carlo Bramezza to local newspapers – and there is no cause for alarm: who potentially it has been exposed to the infection and has already been contacted by the SISP operators. I want to underline the skill of the emergency room operators in identifying the suspected diagnosis, the speed of Analysis laboratory in examining the sample and the speed with which the operators of the Prevention Department in half a day have identified the contacts at risk and have prepared the prophylaxis campaign ”.
A case that also draws attention son the importance of vaccination which is the most effective tool for preventing bacterial meningitis. In Italy there are several vaccines available and for booking it is possible contact the Public Hygiene and Health Servicea or join the vaccination campaigns actively proposed by the Ulss.