Infectious and parasitic diseases

Cytomegalovirus infection - Symptoms

In case of congenital cytomegalovirus infection, the nature of the fetal damage depends on the period of infection. Acute cytomegalovirus infection in the mother in the first 20 weeks of pregnancy can lead to severe fetal pathology, which results in spontaneous miscarriage, intrauterine death of the fetus, stillbirth, defects, in most cases incompatible with life. In case of infection with cytomegalovirus in the late stages of pregnancy, the prognosis for the life and normal development of the child is more favorable.

Cytomegalovirus infection - Causes and epidemiology

In the classification of viruses, the causative agent of cytomegalovirus infection under the species name Cytomegalovirus hominis is assigned to the Herpesviridae family, Betaherpesviridae subfamily, Cytomegalovirus genus.

Cytomegalovirus infection

Cytomegalovirus infection, or cytomegalovirus, is a chronic anthroponotic disease of viral etiology, characterized by a variety of forms of the pathological process from latent infection to clinically expressed generalized disease.

Infectious Mononucleosis - Treatment

In case of pronounced necrotic changes in the tonsils, antibacterial treatment of infectious mononucleosis (fluoroquinolones, macrolides) is prescribed. Ampicillin is contraindicated due to the occurrence of a rash in 80% of patients.

Infectious mononucleosis - Diagnosis

Diagnosis of infectious mononucleosis is based on a complex of leading clinical symptoms (fever, lymphadenopathy, enlarged liver and spleen, changes in peripheral blood).

Infectious mononucleosis - Symptoms

Patients note such symptoms of infectious mononucleosis as: loss of appetite, myasthenia, fatigue, in severe cases patients cannot stand due to myasthenia, they sit with difficulty. Intoxication lasts for several days.

Infectious mononucleosis - Causes and pathogenesis

The cause of infectious mononucleosis is the Epstein-Barr virus, which belongs to the herpes virus group (Herpesviridae family, Gammaherpesvirinae subfamily, Lymphocryptovirus genus), human herpes virus type 4. Contains DNA in the form of a double helix, which encodes more than 30 polypeptides.

Infectious mononucleosis

Infectious mononucleosis (synonyms: Epstein-Barr infectious mononucleosis, Filatov's disease, glandular fever, monocytic angina, Pfeiffer's disease; English infectious mononucleosis; German infectiose mononukleos).

Shingles

Herpes zoster (shingles, zona) is the result of reactivation of the varicella-zoster virus from a latent state in the dorsal root ganglia of the spinal cord.

Chickenpox (varicella)

Chickenpox (varicella) is an acute systemic disease, usually in children, caused by the varicella-zoster virus (human herpesvirus type 3). Chickenpox (varicella) usually begins with mild systemic symptoms, followed quickly by a skin rash that spreads rapidly and manifests as a macule, papule, vesicle, and crust.