Baby death prompts heart infection cluster investigation
Public Health Wales is working with the paediatric team at the Children's Hospital for Wales
A cluster of heart infections in babies in south Wales that resulted in one dying is being investigated., began in June 2022 and involved babies under 28 days old. They peaked in November and 10 babies in this cluster developed myocarditis - one is in hospital, eight are being treated as outpatients and one died.Enterovirus is a common childhood infection which rarely affects the heart.Woman, 24, dies weeks after getting flu symptoms
Dr Christopher Williams, consultant epidemiologist for PHW, said: "This cluster is unusual due to the number of cases reported in a relatively short time frame and so investigations are now ongoing in collaboration with the paediatric team in the Children's Hospital of Wales to understand the reasons why and to investigate any further cases that may be reported in the coming weeks and months.
PHW said it was issuing a briefing to health professionals in Wales to inform them of the cluster, but no outbreak has been declared."Paediatricians in Wales have been advised and will continue to consider the possibility of myocarditis in babies presenting with sepsis."The World Health Organization has been informed about the cluster.
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