Pyroplasmosis is a transmissible protozoal disease of humans and animals caused by intracellular protozoa of the genus Babesia, parasitizing in erythrocytes. The disease develops in individuals with a reduced immune response. The course of pyroplasmosis is accompanied by fever, chills, headaches and muscle pains, arthralgia, hepatomegaly, anemia. The diagnosis of pyroplasmosis is confirmed by the…
Pinta is an infectious bacterial disease with a predominant lesion of the skin and mucous membranes. Pathognomonic symptoms are the stages of skin lesions from pinto chancre to vitiligination of the site of penetration of the pathogen. Lymphadenitis, lymphangitis, fever are characteristic. The diagnosis of pinta is based on the data of the bacterioscopic method…
Pasteurellosis is an acute zoonotic infectious disease of bacterial origin. It proceeds with the involvement of the skin, subcutaneous tissue, joints and bones. The condition is manifested by high fever, severe intoxication, damage to internal organs; cases of chronic course are described. Diagnosis of pathology is carried out mainly by bacteriological methods, serological techniques are…
Parvovirus is an anthroponotic disease caused by a DNA-containing virus. It is often asymptomatic. It can manifest as a general intoxication syndrome, catarrhal phenomena, dyspeptic symptoms and rash. For adults, the presence of signs of arthritis is characteristic. With transplacental transmission of the pathogen, nonimmune fetal dropsy develops, miscarriages are possible in the early stages. Diagnosis…
Paratyphoid fever A and B are acute infectious diseases similar in clinical course to typhoid fever caused by intestinal bacteria of the genus Salmonella. The paratyph A clinic is characterized by a febrile syndrome, catarrhal phenomena, an abundant roseolous rash on the body; paratyph B proceeds with an increase in body temperature, skin rashes, signs…
Paratyphoid fever C is an acute bacterial intestinal infection. Characteristic signs of pathology are nausea, vomiting, copious loose stools, enlargement of the liver and spleen. The disease is accompanied by severe fever and intoxication. Diagnosis involves the detection of the pathogen in the body’s biological fluids, an increase in the titer of antibodies to bacterial…
Parapertussis is an acute respiratory tract infection caused by Bordetella parapertussis. Clinically resembles a mild form of whooping cough, manifested by rhinitis, pharyngitis, paroxysmal cough (sometimes with reprises), subfebrility. Etiological diagnosis is performed by the cultural method, using PCR analysis and serological tests (RPH, ELISA). Paracoccus therapy is carried out by symptomatic means: expectorants, antihistamines,…
Parasitic liver diseases are a group of heterogeneous diseases caused by parasites and helminths. The most common liver parasitoses are ascariasis, echinococcosis, amoebiasis, opisthorchiasis, etc. Common symptoms include exhaustion, dystrophic changes in the skin and hair, increased fatigue, sleep disorders, bad breath. In diagnostics, duodenal probing, examination of duodenal contents, analysis of feces for helminth…
Parainfluenza is an acute viral disease of the upper respiratory tract. Pathognomonic symptoms of the disease are inflammation of the trachea, larynx, the formation of false croup in children. Symptoms of intoxication, fever, nasal congestion, enlarged lymph nodes are also detected. The diagnosis of pathology is based on the detection of the parainfluenza virus in…
Paragonimiasis is a zooanthroponotic disease from the group of biohelminthiasis caused by a pulmonary fluke, usually parasitizing in the lungs, less often in the brain and other organs. Disease can be manifested by abdominal syndrome, itching of the skin, bronchopneumonia, hemoptysis, pulmonary bleeding, symptoms of meningitis, convulsive seizures, decreased visual acuity. The diagnosis is established…