Tourists contract bacteria resistant to the Canaries, epidemic risk – Medicine

13 Swedish and Norwegian citizens were affected by antibiotic-resistant bacteria between January and April, all of them contracted during their hospitalization in the hospital of Gran Canaria, in the Canary Islands. This is revealed by the European Center for Disease Control (ECDC), which also explains that there is a high risk that this bacterium will spread to Europe once tourists return and be admitted to hospitals in their home country. Origin and not the necessary preventive measures are taken.
Genetic badyzes confirmed that the bacterium – the Klebsiella pneumoniae St392 that produces enzymes Ora 48 and usually contracts in health facilities – was taken at the same place, the Gran Canaria Hospital. The probability of being infected is very low for those who do not come into contact with the health center, but, warns the ECDC, there is a high risk of spreading and getting sick. outbreaks if the traveler takes it, but this is not detected, and is admitted to the hospital once back home. Given the high number of tourists on the island (more than 15 million in 2016 alone), there is a risk of spread of an epidemic throughout Europe if patients are transferred from other countries. one country to another. For this reason, the ECDC suggests that hospitals in all European countries check, at the time of admission, where they traveled and where patients were first admitted. All those who have been transferred directly or were hospitalized in a foreign country during the previous 12 admissions to the country of origin should be tested for this bacterium (ANSA).