News July 25, 2016 05:52
The presence of resistant bacteria continues to grow strongly in Skåne. 380 cases of MRSA in the first half, an increase of 28 percent, according to figures from the Infectious Diseases Skane.
MRSA is bacteria (staphylococcus aureus) that is resistant to almost all antibiotics. The number of infected has grown steadily since 2000, but over the past three years MRSA cases has increased even faster.
The 726 infected were reported in Skåne in 2015 was 48 per cent more than the year before. And it is above all the infected abroad become more.
During the first half of 2016 reported 380 cases of MRSA for Disease Control Skåne, according to new statistics. Although the increase is not as strong as last year, it is still palpable. The largest increase occurred in the period from September 2015 to February 2016.
MRSA can for example lead to slow healing of wounds. Previously, the bacteria so strongly associated with the healthcare environment to infection called nosocomial infections, but it is no longer, according to the Public Health Agency.
Today, the incidence of MRSA in all age groups, and the group that is increasing the most are those who have been infected abroad “in society”, ie outside the hospital environment.
Although the ESBL infection in southern Sweden during the first half of 2016 more than ever before.
ESBL is an enzyme breaks down antibiotics and therefore makes these drugs do not work for an infection. ESBL binds to intestinal bacteria and it can wear on the enzyme without noticing it until you need antibiotic treatment.
ESBL infection is spread for example in healthcare environments with poor hygiene practices.
Last year 1351 cases Skåne was 7 percent more than in 2014. the 741 cases reported in Skåne first half of this year means that the rate of increase slowed somewhat.
Directed ESBL sampling particularly in maternal health is the main reason that more cases have been found this year, notes the Infectious Diseases Skane.
However, the incidence of chlamydia decreased this year, after last year’s dramatic rise. The decline so far this year is ten per cent compared with the first half of 2015, and the incidence of chlamydia decreases in all age groups and for both sexes.
The incidence of gonorrhea (104 cases, of which 82 males) increases by five percent this year, but it is an increase that is almost exclusively found among men in the age group of over thirty years.
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