2023-05-19 19:24:24
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the United States (CDC) said that the widespread spread of drug-resistant bacteria associated with eye drops, that was withdrawn earlier This year, it continues to grow, with 81 infections and four deaths reported in 18 states.
These figures, published by the agency on Friday, represent the first increase in deaths since last March, when the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recorded three deaths.
Since then, 13 patients have been confirmed, although about half of them were actually from samples collected before the eye drops were withdrawn in February.
“These cases were confirmed after the date the drops were withdrawn because of the time taken for testing to confirm an outbreak and because of the retrospective reporting of infections,” the CDC said.
For months, the Food and Drug Administration urged Americans to stop using two brands of eye drops suspected of being linked to the outbreak: Delsam Pharma and EzriCare.
It was examined by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA).FDA) earlier this year, to the plant in India that manufactured the products, which is operated by Global Pharma Healthcare Private Limited, revealed the absence of a range of safeguards, and the filth of equipment.
Testing on opened bottles of EzriCare eye drops showed the same strain of bacteria that had been detected across multiple cases.
In an analysis of unopened tubes of a different product from the same company, Delsam Pharma’s eye ointment, the Food and Drug Administration said earlier this year that it was also found to be contaminated with bacteria.
And now the US Food and Drug Administration has found bacterial contamination in unopened bottles of EzriCare, too, says the Centers for Disease Control.
It is unclear what bacteria the FDA found in the unopened bottles. A spokesperson for the regulator did not immediately respond to a request for comment, sent by News Network.CNBC“.
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says most of those who were using eye drops produced by the recalled markers or who were in contact with people living in nursing homes with other previously diagnosed infections became infected.
Health authorities have warned that the rare strain of bacteria causing the outbreak, a specific type of Pseudomonas aeruginosa, is spreading from person to person, particularly through contaminated surfaces in hospitals and other healthcare settings with vulnerable patients.
Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a common Gram-negative bacterium that can infect humans, animals and even plants.
Mayura Walters, of the CDC, said in a podcast:One Health Trust“These strains are usually found in health care settings, and they are transmitted from patient to patient through health care workers who may have forgotten to wash their hands, and also through contaminated medical equipment, or contamination in the health care environment in general.
While Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections are generally common, Walters said there was a rare drug-resistant strain that had never been seen before in the United States and that its spread through facilities in multiple states made the situation unusual.
It is noteworthy that 14 people have so far lost their sight, in addition to eight previously reported by the Center for Disease Control (CDC) that they have lost vision as well, while four patients required the surgical removal of their eyeballs.
In 2017, drug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa caused an estimated 32,600 hospitalizations and nearly 2,700 deaths in the United States, according to the report. Opportunity Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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