For the first time, talk about a deadly disease caused by a “meat-eating bacteria” began in Japan in 2017, but then there were dozens of cases of the disease.
A disease caused by a so-called “meat-eating bacterium” is spreading in Japan and can kill a person within 48 hours. This was reported on Saturday, June 15, by Bloomberg.
It is indicated that we are talking about the ordinary group A streptococcus – a beta-hemolytic gram-positive bacterium transmitted by the bacterium through airborne droplets and contact. Usually, the infection starts in the throat.
“People are often infected with streptococci, including streptococcus A, which is called the “meat-eating bacterium, however, not all those infected get streptococcal toxic shock syndrome,” the publication wrote.
It is indicated that streptococcal toxic shock syndrome is an atypical reaction of the body. It starts with pain and swelling in the extremities (usually the legs). Against the background of fever and low blood pressure, foot necrosis develops rapidly.
“Most deaths occur within 48 hours. When a patient notices swelling in the foot in the morning, by lunchtime the swelling can spread to the knee. And the person can die within 48 hours, ” said Ken Kikuchi, a professor of infectious diseases at Tokyo Medical University.
According to him, at the current infection rate, the number of shock cases in Japan this year could reach 2,500 “with a frightening mortality rate of 30%” of cases. At the same time, the professor calls on his colleagues and people in general not to panic and observe “basic hygiene.”
A total of 977 cases of streptococcal toxic shock syndrome were identified in Japan as of June 2. That’s more than the record 941 cases reported in all of last year, according to the National Institute of Infectious Diseases, which has been tracking cases since 1999. .
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