The Buenos Aires Ministry of Health reported this Friday that it is investigating, together with the municipality of berazateguia possible food poisoning with meat as a result of four cases reported in that district and after two of those affected died. The news generated alarm among the population but, for now, there are no cases reported in La Plata, Berisso or Ensenada.
As indicated, two men aged 40 and 47 are hospitalized in Berazategui with pictures of diarrhea, vomiting and fever, one of them in serious condition, after having consumed meatafter two others died in the same town due to a possible outbreak of food origin that the health authorities are now investigating.
The four cases of acute diarrhea occurred in the first three weeks of January, three were treated at the Hospital Evita Town and one in a private clinic, both establishments in Berazategui, and all presented a history of recent ingestion of meat and derivatives, the Buenos Aires Health Ministry said in a statement.
There are no cases in the region. In La Plata, municipal sources assured that “none reported”while in Berisso, the Commune issued a statement in which it assured that “To date, there have been no detected cases of salmonella or shigella outbreaks, nor have there been deaths from these pathologies”. It also reported that “in conjunction with the Urban Control Department, the control and confiscation of those food transports that enter without the corresponding conditions or documentation continues.” From Health, they reported that only the four cases reported in Berazategui were reported.
THE CASES THAT ARE INVESTIGATED
One of the patients is 47 years old, he started with symptoms of diarrhea, vomiting and fever on January 17 and was admitted on the 20th. In this regard, the Ministry of Health confirmed that he “evolves unfavorably with multiple organ failure.” “He is in the Intensive Care Unit, with mechanical respiratory assistance,” added the statement, which also indicated that the man reported having consumed sausages and steaks purchased at a Berazategui butcher shop. In this case, no virus or bacteria have yet been identified and the blood culture (blood culture) is in process.
The other inmate is a 40-year-old man, a dealer of offal and pork, who also said he had eaten meat from the same butcher shop as one of the deceased; In this case, he started symptoms on January 14 and the next day he consulted for fever and symptoms compatible with erysipelas (an outbreak on the skin) to which diarrhea was added. This patient remains hospitalized in stable condition, with good evolution and it was identified that the person had salmonella sp.
Meanwhile, the municipality of Berazategui reported that two people had died with similar conditions, after eating meat. One of the deceased was a 48-year-old man, without comorbidities, who began with diarrhea and vomiting on January 8 and died on January 12. The person reported having eaten offal and meat with an unpleasant flavor and in this case the presence of Salmonella was confirmed. typhimurium.
The other death was of a 36-year-old man who began with cough, headache, and fever on January 13, to which diarrhea was added a day later, and on January 16 he was hospitalized for symptoms of diarrhea, vomiting, fever, and septic shock. and multiorgan failure. This patient, who worked in a refrigerator, died on January 17 and had also reported consumption of reheated meatballs on January 12. In this person, the bacterium shigella sp and salmonella sp.
