Diagnosis and treatment of anthrax
Last reviewed: 23.04.2024
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Diagnosis of anthrax
Laboratory diagnosis of anthrax primarily involves the isolation of the pathogen. For microscopic examination, take the contents of pustules, pus, carbuncle material, blood, urine, sputum, feces, vomit, on autopsy - pieces of organs or whole organs. Microscopy can be combined with luminescent-serological analysis. To increase the probability of isolating crops and facilitating their identification, pathological material is seeded with nutrient media and infects experimental animals.
Anthrax Treatment
The main means of influencing an agent of anthrax is antibiotics in combination with immunoglobulin antituberculosis.
Of the antibiotics penicillin, cephrine, cephalosporin, azithromycin, levomycitin, gentamicin in age doses are used.
Anthrax Prevention
Preventive measures of anthrax are directed to prevent contact with sick animals, infected foods and raw materials of animal origin.
Active immunization is carried out according to epidemiological indications to people aged from 14 to 60 years. The vaccine is used for anthrax anthrax live dry, which is injected or dosed with 2 drops once or 0.5 ml subcutaneously (vaccine for cutaneous use, diluted 100 times) twice with an interval of 20-30 days and followed by revaccination after 12 months.
Emergency prophylaxis of anthrax is carried out in the first 5 days to all persons after exposure to the infected material by the administration of antibiotics (phenoxymethylpenicillin, tetracycline, ampicillin, doxycycline, rifampicin) in doses corresponding to age for 5 days. In addition, immunoglobulin is administered to an anti-sibling adult - 12 ml, children - 5-8 ml. For these persons, medical supervision is established for 8-9 days.
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