Infectious and parasitic diseases

Treatment of pseudotuberculosis: indications for hospitalization

Treatment of pseudo tuberculosis is no different from treatment of yersiniosis. To activate the macrophage-phagocytic system, deblock the effector system of immunity with immune complexes, weaken allergic reactions, GNT and GRT recommend repeated intravenous or intramuscular administration of normal human immunoglobulin with an interval of 2-3 days

Diagnosis of pseudotuberculosis: tests, differential diagnosis

It is complicated in case of sporadic morbidity and becomes comparatively simple in case of outbreaks. It is based on characteristic clinical symptoms and laboratory diagnostics.

Symptoms of periods of pseudotuberculosis: clinical classification

Pseudotuberculosis has an incubation period that lasts from 3 to 19 days (on average 5-10 days), sometimes reduced to 1-3 days, after which typical symptoms of pseudotuberculosis appear.

What causes pseudotuberculosis: main causes and pathogenesis

Yersinia pseudotuberculosis is a gram-negative rod-shaped bacterium with peritrichous flagella, belongs to the Enterobacteriaceae family. It does not contain capsules. It does not form spores. It has morphological, cultural and biochemical properties similar to Y. enterocolitica.

Pseudotuberculosis

Pseudotuberculosis is a zoophilic sapronosis with a fecal-oral mechanism of pathogen transmission. It is characterized by polymorphism of clinical manifestations, intoxication, fever, damage to the gastrointestinal tract, liver, skin, joints and other organs.

How is cholera prevented?

According to international epidemiological rules, persons arriving from countries with a high incidence of cholera are subject to five-day observation with a single bacteriological examination.

Cholera - Treatment

Treatment of cholera should pursue the following basic principles: replenishment of fluid loss and restoration of the body's electrolyte composition; impact on the pathogen.

Cholera - Diagnosis

Clinical diagnosis in the presence of epidemiological data and a characteristic clinical picture (onset of the disease with diarrhea followed by vomiting, absence of pain and fever, nature of the vomit) is not difficult, however, mild, latent forms of the disease, especially isolated cases, are often overlooked.

Cholera - Symptoms

Cholera has an incubation period that lasts from several hours to 5 days, usually 2-3 days, after which typical symptoms of cholera appear.

Cholera - Causes and Pathogenesis

The cholera vibrio is represented by two biovars, similar in morphological and tinctorial properties (biovar cholera proper and biovar El Tor). The causative agents of cholera are short curved gram-negative rods (1.5-3 μm long and 0.2-0.6 μm wide), highly mobile due to the presence of a polar flagellum.