28 patients at the Cologne Medical Care Center have fallen ill with a bacterial infection. All had been treated for back pain \u2013 such as herniated discs. An 84-year-old man has now died as a result of the infection \u2013 presumably with the pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa \u2013 due to multiple organ failure. Other treated patients are suffering from meningitis. <\/p>\n
The affected individuals are among a total of 300 patients who, between January and March of this year, received anti-inflammatory drugs and painkillers injected into their spines via injection needle at the care center.<\/p>\n
In all cases, medical professionals had monitored the complex procedure with the help of a computed tomography scanner. The clinic itself reported the infection cases to the Cologne public prosecutor’s office. <\/p>\n
The German Society for Hospital Hygiene described the case as “the most severe outbreak with this pathogen ever in an outpatient medical facility.”<\/p>\n
What makes the matter even more complicated: There are different Pseudomonas aeruginosa variants, which may also react differently to antibiotics. Thorough investigations of the genetic material of the germs and the possible sources of infection in the practice will ultimately clarify which of them \u2013 and whether any of them \u2013 is responsible for the death and the illnesses. <\/p>\n
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Source: and more at https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/sorge-vor-krankenhauskeim-pseudomonas-aeruginosa\/a-48747241<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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