Two people have died due to listeriosis in the North West, MEC Dr. Magome Masike said.
“We lost one patient in Klerksdorp and another in Rustenburg, we got another one admitted now in [hospital in] Klerksdorp. Listeriosis has always been a disease that has been there, it responds to ordinary drugs, is easy to treat, you can kill it with penicillin. The difficulty is to detect it,” he said.
He said listeriosis presents flu-like symptoms, and when it worsens it presents gastroenteritis (diarrhoea and vomiting).
“Anybody can have diarrhoea and vomiting, unless you do the right test,” he said.