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11/12/2015
Tanzanian scientists
discover dangerous
bacteria in Mwanza
Scientists in Tanzania have discovered
a new kind of bacterium which is
causing sporadic outbreaks of infections
among newly born babies at Bugando
Medical Centre(BMC) in Mwanza. The
new bacterial species, which has been
named Enterobacter bugandensis, poses
a high risk of death due to high
infection rates in babies aged less than
one month, scientists say.
FLESH EATING BACTERIA
In Summary
It has been named
“bugandensis” because of its
association with the Bugando
Medical Centre
Syriacus Buguzi,The Citizen Reporter
Dar es Salaam. Scientists in Tanzania
have discovered a new kind of
bacterium which is causing sporadic
outbreaks of infections among newly
born babies at Bugando Medical Centre
(BMC) in Mwanza. The new bacterial
species, which has been named
Enterobacter bugandensis, poses a
high risk of death due to high
infection rates in babies aged less than
one month, scientists say. This is the
first report of an outbreak of a unique
species of Enterobacter bacteria in
Africa, according to findings published
in the International Journal of
Systematic and Evolutionary
Microbiology. The bacterium has also
been associated with milk powder.
It has been named “bugandensis”
because of its association with the
Bugando Medical Centre, where
samples containing the strains of the
bacterium were collected in an
experiment that took about three
years, they said.
Strains of the bacterium were isolated
from blood samples of new born
babies at BMC in Mwanza, between
December 2009 and February 2010.
Environmental sampling was
performed, with samples obtained
from solutions, milk, suction tubes,
sinks and mattresses.
For the first time,
the researchers at
the Catholic University of Health and
Allied Sciences (Cuhas), in
collaboration with German scientists,
were able to isolate the strain of
bacteria which had affected 17 new
born babies in a neonatal unit at the
centre.
One of the researchers from Cuhas,
Professor Stephen Mshana, told The
Citizen yesterday that the discovery of
the new bacterial species was of public
health significance in Tanzania due to
its potential to cause death in
newborns.
In Tanzania, around 32 per cent of
children under the age of five die in
the first 28 days of life – many infants
survive for only a few days, according
to reports by UNICEF. The most
common causes of deaths are linked to
bacterial infections, reports further
say.
“The significance of this [newly
discovered bacterium] is that it causes
neonatal sepsis with high mortality,’’
said Professor Mshana, a
microbiologist at Cuhas.
“The data[which was reported in the
study] highlights the need for constant
surveillance of bacteria…as well as
improvements in hygiene measures in
developing countries,’’ the scientists
recommended in the study.
The scientists have recommended that
surveillance of this strain must be
carried out in the country to
determine the extent to which it may
have spread.