2010年11月26日金曜日

tuberculosis mass infection in prison, 15 infected

14 prisoners and 1 ex-prisoner infected tuberculosis
from 30 years old to 60 years old
They are not serious conditions
12 prisoners are symptomless

a man in his forties the onset of pulmonary tuberculosis in Mar
public health center investigated the infection in May, Oct
found 2 men
a man in his fifties, a man in his forties
(only one is ex-prisoner, a man in his forties consulted a doctor at Kanagawa prefecture in Aug)

in 2009
2 prisoners infected tuberculosis
but Abashiri prison not announced the tuberculosis because of no mass infection
http://www.excite-webtl.jp/world/english/web/?wb_url=http%3A%2F%2Fmainichi.jp%2Fhokkaido%2Fshakai%2Fnews%2F20101123ddr041040005000c.html&wb_lp=JAEN&wb_dis=2

2010年11月16日火曜日

anaphylactic shock from vaccination

8 Nov., publish by the Ministry Health, Labour and Welfare

vaccination: Lot No. FB024D

at 10:15(localtime) on 5 Nov., she was vaccinated against the flu(mixd type:H1N1,H3N2,B influenza) in the medical institution
at 11:40, in the pharmacy, took an antibiotic(cefalexin) for the scar at her left-upper arm
about 10 min after, she was taken itches the whole body, returned to the medical institution, her blood pressure fell and weak pulse
she was sent to the emergency hospital by an ambulance
ventricular tachycardia, her breathing stopped there
cardiopulmonary resuscitation, but not revived
she died from anaphylactic shock at PM

her past illnesses: congestive heart failure, bronchial asthma, atrial fibrillation
medication before vaccination: metildigoxin, furosemide, sodium ferrous citrate, potassium gluconate
every year, she vaccinated against the flu after 2001
intermittently she took a cefalexin after January of 2001

press release by Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare
http://www.mhlw.go.jp/kinkyu/kenkou/influenza/houdou/2010/11/dl/infuh1108-01.pdf PDF at Japanese


2010年11月10日水曜日

Nosocomial infection at Kita-Akita

the deceased

31 Oct., a man died(eighties, 29 Oct., vaccinated)
2 Nov., 2 men died(sixties, nineties) a woman died(seventies)
4 Nov., a woman died(eighties)
5 Nov., a man died(eighties)
6 Nov., a man died(eighties, not included in the number of fatality because his simple-test was negative)
9 Nov., a man died(eighties, not vaccinated)
a man died(nineties)

mental hospital

the vaccination for all person from 22 to 29 October

27 Oct., 1 inpatient and 3 staffs contracted the flu, isolated
28 Oct., 8 persons(inpatients and staffs) contracted
29 Oct., 10 persons(inpatients and staffs) contracted
30 Oct., not allowed visitors, suspended to accept new inpatient
31 Oct., 40 inpatients and 10 staffs contracted
2 Nov., gave tamiflu to inpatients in their fifties and over, contacted the public health center of Kita-Akita at noon 
7 Nov., held a press conference at 05:00 PM
8 Nov., suspended to accept new patient

public institution

Kita-Akita = the public health center of Kita-Akita city
Akita = the public health section of Akita prefecture
Center = Akita prefecture center for public health(Akita institutes of health)

2 Nov., Kita-Akita visited in the mental hospital by the contact from mental hospital
and Kita-Akita informed about nosocomial infection to Akita at 05:00 PM, but they did not take specimens from inpatients
4 Nov., Kita-Akita requested specimen to the mental hospital
5 Nov., Kita-Akita received one specimen on the evening
6 Nov., Kita-Akita requested PCR to Center, and this Center examined one specimen by PCR at AM, detected A/H3N2
Akita prefecture published about nosocomial infection at 02:00 PM
7 Nov., Akita prefecture decided to visit the mental hospital


2010年11月6日土曜日

Nosocomial infection at Kita-Akita

6 Nov. 2010, publish by Akita prefecture

4 men and 2 women died from Influenza A virus subtype H3N2
6 persons from sixties to nineties

29 Oct., vaccinated against the flu
31 Oct., a man died(eighties)
2 Nov., 2 men died(sixties, nineties) a woman died(seventies)
4 Nov., a woman died(eighties)
5 Nov., a man died(eighties)

25 patients and 8 staffs are suffering from influenza at an Hospital of Kita-Akita now
this hospital is a mental hospital of 鷹巣"TAKANOSU"
an hospital of Takanosu www.hakuaikai.info/
google map http://bit.ly/bK0YOm

2 Nov., an hospital contacted the a public health center of Kita-Akita
"49 persons are suffering from influenza, 4 persons died"

Kita-Akita city http://www.akitajet.com/wiki/index.php?title=Kita_Akita_City
Yomiuri online http://bit.ly/aCrixT
Mainichi jp http://bit.ly/bPxLm4
Asahi.com http://bit.ly/buMkMr


2010年11月5日金曜日

Japanese Coast Guard