“We have control of the situation and there is no spread,” says Michael Köhler, chief medical officer of the hospital, to DN.
Mikael Köhler says to UNT to run the risk to be faced with a very difficult situation if the bacteria spread. Köhler declares that it has taken the necessary measures to prevent further spreading.
– most of The it is possible to manage if you have completed hygiene routines around the patient. To wash and sanitise hands and change aprons and equipment of those who care for the patient, ” he says to DN.
one of the greatest threats to public health, according to the world health organization, WHO. The bacteria spread among the other in the hospital.
ESBL-bacterium has a characteristic that makes them immune to certain type of antibiotics. It is, according to Olle Aspevall, clinical bacteriologist at Folkhälsomyndigheten, of five percent of the population and is usually found in the tarmbakterien e-coli. E-coli causes including urinary tract infection and in the worst cases, blood poisoning.
– A big risk is if you go to countries that have greater resistance than in the uk, then you can get the bacteria primarily through food and sometimes bad water, ” says Olle Aspevall.
against more types of antibiotics, making it resistant even against alternative treatments. According to Folkhälsomyndigheten, there are very few treatment options for these bacteria. The presence of ESBL-carba has increased significantly in Sweden since 2014. Last year it was reported 116 cases, according to the Folkhälsomyndigheten.
” We are very fortunate that there are so few cases of ESBL-carba. In other countries they spread in hospitals, but it is very rare in Sweden so far, ” says Olle Aspevall.