He Medical Deputy Director of El Pino Hospital, Mauricio Muñozhe called the patients from the enclosure “Not being afraid” to go to your controls or withdraw your medicationsafter it decided Close preventively five pavilions before the report of two cases of pulmonary aspergilosis.
In What remains of the Cooperative Daythe doctor explained that “it is a disease produced by a fungus, which It occurs only in case of inhaling the spores of this“, as long as “The patient who inhale has some immunocompromise. The inhalation of these fungi in a patient who has no immune commitment should not generate the disease. “
In addition, he clarified that “This disease is not transmitted from person to person, only with the inhalation of dustand when a suspension of this spore is generated in the environment “, as was the case in the hospital, within the framework of remodeling work of the pavilions sector.
In short, Muñoz revealed that “it is important that our patients know that this is attached only by the aspiration of the spores, and not for infection of person to person, so that Do not be afraid or subtract from going to their controls, in search of their recipes and medications, because that can affect their health more“.
The doctor also guaranteed that all immunocompromised patients who “They entered the units in this period are monitored by the office that is responsible for infections associated with health care “in search of aspergilosis signs, independent of whether they continue hospitalized or already registered.
