Haff disease is an acute food poisoning associated with toxic products accumulating in the insides of fish. Pathognomonic symptoms of nosology are recurrent attacks of muscle pain and symptoms of kidney failure. Fever and signs of intoxication are moderately pronounced. Diagnosis is based on the detection of laboratory criteria for organ dysfunction, the results of a…
Vuhereriosis is an anthroponotic natural focal biohelminthiasis with a transmissive transmission mechanism. Characteristic symptoms of the disease are allergic reactions, the presence of lymphangitis, lymphadenitis with the gradual formation of elephantiasis mainly of the lower extremities and scrotum. Diagnosis is based on the detection of the parasite itself, as well as its antigens and antibodies…
Trench fever is an acute bacterial vector–borne infection. Pathognomonic signs of pathology are severe joint, muscle pain and abundant rash on the body. The disease is accompanied by paroxysmal fever, pronounced symptoms of general intoxication. Diagnosis of the disease consists in the isolation of the pathogen by sowing on nutrient media and molecular genetic methods;…
Recurrent typhus is a disease of the spirochaetosis group, including epidemic (lice) and endemic (tick-borne) recurrent fevers. The main signs are multiple febrile attacks alternating with intervals of apyrexia. There is also marked intoxication, skin rashes, hepatosplenomegaly, mild jaundice of the skin and sclera. The detection of spirochetes in the patient’s blood is crucial for…
Nosocomial infections are various infectious diseases that have been infected in a medical institution. Depending on the degree of spread, generalized (bacteremia, septicemia, septicopiemia, bacterial shock) and localized forms of nosocomial infections (with lesions of the skin and subcutaneous tissue, respiratory, cardiovascular, urogenital system, bones and joints, central nervous system, etc.) are distinguished. Identification of…
HIV is a disease caused by the human immunodeficiency virus, characterized by acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, which contributes to the occurrence of secondary infections and malignancies due to the deep suppression of the protective properties of the body. HIV infection has a variety of course options. The disease can last only a few months or last up…
Visceral leishmaniasis is a chronic infectious protozoal disease with damage to the liver and spleen, the development of anemia and cachexia. Other symptoms are fever, enlarged lymph nodes, skin manifestations. Diagnostics includes the identification of the pathogen from blood and biopsies of internal organs, less often by biopsy on rodents, the search for antibodies to…
Epstein-Barr virus is a pathogen that causes a variety of diseases, the most common of which is infectious mononucleosis. Clinical manifestations range from fever, sore throat, enlarged lymph nodes, difficulty in nasal breathing to symptoms of severe lesions of the nervous system and induction of malignant associated processes. The diagnosis of EBV infection is carried…
Nipah virus is a pathogen that causes an infectious disease with a wide range of symptoms. It is possible that there are no clinical manifestations, as well as signs of respiratory infection or brain damage. Encephalitis is especially often registered. Diagnostic methods used to isolate the virus and antibodies to it are PCR, isolation of…
Chickenpox is an acute infectious disease of viral etiology characterized by the appearance of a characteristic bubble rash against the background of a general intoxication syndrome. The causative agent of chickenpox is the herpes virus type 3, transmitted from the patient by airborne droplets. Chickenpox is one of the most common childhood infections. It is…