Infectious and parasitic diseases

Diagnosis of tuberculosis of extrapulmonary localization

Radiological diagnostics of osteoarticular tuberculosis is aimed at identifying primary bone foci of specific inflammation - isolated or included in the zone of contact destruction of articulating bones, be it vertebrae, articular ends of tubular bones or articular surfaces of flat bones.

Instrumental diagnosis of tuberculosis

Despite the abundance of various methods of examining patients, timely diagnosis of tuberculosis of the respiratory organs remains a difficult clinical problem. Errors in recognizing tuberculosis and other, even the most common, diseases of the respiratory organs are uniform and characteristic.

Symptoms of tuberculosis

The clinical symptoms of pulmonary tuberculosis are varied, but the disease has no specific signs. This is especially important to consider in modern conditions, characterized by an unfavorable environmental situation, frequent use of various vaccines, serums and antibiotics, as well as changes in the properties of the tuberculosis pathogen.

Laboratory diagnosis of tuberculosis

Tuberculosis is a disease that is easy to diagnose in modern conditions and scientific achievements. Laboratory diagnostics of tuberculosis occupies a central place among other diagnostic methods, second only to X-ray examination methods.

Epidemiology of tuberculosis

Epidemiology of tuberculosis is a section of phthisiology that studies the sources of tuberculosis infection, routes of transmission of infection, the prevalence of tuberculosis as an infectious disease among the population, unfavorable exogenous and endogenous factors influencing the epidemic process, and the population groups most at risk of developing tuberculosis.

Pathogenesis of tuberculosis

The development of tuberculosis inflammation depends on the reactivity of the organism and the state of its defenses, the virulence of mycobacteria tuberculosis and the duration of their persistence in the lungs. The action of various factors of the infectious process can explain the great diversity of tissue and cellular reactions of the respiratory department, where specific changes are combined with non-specific ones, in one way or another influencing the manifestation and outcome of the main process.

Causes of tuberculosis

The group of obligate parasites is insignificant, but its practical significance is great and is determined by the species that cause tuberculosis in humans and animals. There is an opinion that the predecessors of mycobacteria pathogenic for humans were ancient soil mycobacteria.

Tuberculosis - Information Overview

Tuberculosis is an infectious disease with a long period between infection (contamination) and the development of the disease. After a person comes into contact with a bacteria carrier or infected material, there is a possibility of infection of a healthy person, which depends on the properties of the pathogen, as well as on the susceptibility of the human body.

Influenza sore throat

Influenza-like sore throat is not a mandatory manifestation of influenza infection, but in some cases it develops against its background or manifests itself primarily, simulating banal pharyngitis or tonsillitis.

Pint

Pinta is a unique variety of tropical treponematosis of Latin American countries. In addition to Central Asian countries, the disease is also found in Africa (Algeria, Egypt) and Asia (India, Philippines). Pinta is not found in countries with cold and moderate climates.