This week I am in Hospital del Niño. We are with a doctor who specializes in pediatric infectious diseases, so we are in the infectious disease unit a lot of the time. Yesterday, we saw a case of chicken pox that has developed into necrotizing fasciitis (flesh-eating disease). This bacterial infection is rare, but is very dangerous and today we saw from her chest x-ray that the infection has spread to her lungs. Also, there is a young girl in isolation that they suspect may have monkey pox. They sent some tissue samples to the CDC to confirm. If she does have monkey pox, it would be the first ever documented case in Bolivia of this illness. There is a lot of talk about H1N1 here right now because there are some confirmed cases in Santa Cruz and the medical community is trying to determine how to prevent further dissemination of the virus.
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Week Three -- Hospital del Niño
This week I am in Hospital del Niño. We are with a doctor who specializes in pediatric infectious diseases, so we are in the infectious disease unit a lot of the time. Yesterday, we saw a case of chicken pox that has developed into necrotizing fasciitis (flesh-eating disease). This bacterial infection is rare, but is very dangerous and today we saw from her chest x-ray that the infection has spread to her lungs. Also, there is a young girl in isolation that they suspect may have monkey pox. They sent some tissue samples to the CDC to confirm. If she does have monkey pox, it would be the first ever documented case in Bolivia of this illness. There is a lot of talk about H1N1 here right now because there are some confirmed cases in Santa Cruz and the medical community is trying to determine how to prevent further dissemination of the virus.
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Keep those posts coming, Liz. It's great to hear what you're up to :) I love all the photos, too. Please stay safe in the midst of those infectious diseases.
ReplyDeleteit sounds really scary. be safe out there!
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