{"id":390957,"date":"2018-01-12T12:17:37","date_gmt":"2018-01-12T12:17:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=390957"},"modified":"2018-01-12T15:03:26","modified_gmt":"2018-01-12T15:03:26","slug":"two-deaths-recorded-from-five-meningitis-cases-in-bongo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2018\/01\/two-deaths-recorded-from-five-meningitis-cases-in-bongo\/","title":{"rendered":"Two deaths recorded from five meningitis cases in Bongo"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Bongo District Hospital has, from the beginning of the year, recorded two deaths out of five suspected cases of\u00a0Diploccocal meningitis in the district.<\/p>\n
The Medical Superintendent at the facility Dr William Gudu, who confirmed this to Citi News, however, allayed fears of a possible outbreak, stressing that adequate measures are being put in place to contain such a situation.<\/p>\n
Dr. Gudu said the Bongo District recorded its first case of meningitis this year on January 4, with the patient passing away while receiving treatment.<\/p>\n
“Unfortunately, the victim (name withheld) died within 3-4 hours of treatment. Though gram staining tests conducted at the facility proved positive for Neisseria meningitidis, further tests done through Lattes Agglutination at the major health referral hospital were negative,” he said.<\/p>\n
“The fact is that Bongo as a facility lacks the Lattes Agglutination which is a test used to confirm meningitis. So at the district level what is done is gram straining. The gram straining is also capable of disclosing the kind of bacteria causing meningitis”.<\/p>\n