Infectious and parasitic diseases

Amoebiasis - Causes and pathogenesis

The causes of amebiasis are Entamoeba histolytica, which is attributed to the half-kingdom of Protozoa, the subtype of Sarcodina, the class of Rhizopoda, the order of Amoeba, the family of Entamoebidae.

Amoebiasis: an overview

Amebiasis (English amebiasis) is anthroponous protozoal disease with fecal-oral transmission mechanism. It is characterized by ulcerative lesions of the colon, a tendency to a chronic recurrent course, extraintestinal complications in the form of abscesses of the liver and other organs.

Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease: causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment

The Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease is a sporadic or familial prion disease. Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (cow rabies) is considered as a variant of CJD.

Prion diseases: causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment

Prion diseases are a group of neurodegenerative diseases characterized by progressive brain damage and lethal outcome.

Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy: causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment

Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (subcortical encephalopathy) is a slow viral infection of the central nervous system that develops in immunodeficient states.

HIV Dementia

AIDS caused by HIV is characterized by CNS damage, which can also be attributed to slow infectious processes in the CNS. The pathogenesis of CNS damage in neuroside is associated with the immediate neurotoxic effect of the virus, as well as the pathological effect of cytotoxic T cells and anti- brain antibodies.

Lymphocytic choriomeningitis: causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment

Lymphocytic choriomeningitis (acute serous meningitis of Armstrong) is a zoonotic viral infectious disease characterized by a predominant lesion of the cerebral membranes and vascular plexuses of the central nervous system.

Progressive rubella panencephalitis: causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment

Progressive rubella panencephalitis develops gradually. Characteristic: cerebellar ataxia, spastic syndrome, epileptic seizures, progressive dementia. In the spinal cord, low pleocytosis, an increase in the protein content, mainly of the y-globulin. The course is progressive. The outlook is unfavorable.

Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis: causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment

The causative agent of subacute sclerosing panencephalitis is the measles virus, which was found in the brain tissue of patients. Such encephalitis is affected by children and adolescents who have suffered measles in the first 15 months of life. The incidence is 1 case per 1 million population.

Tick-borne encephalitis: treatment and prevention

Etiotropic treatment of tick-borne encephalitis is prescribed to all patients with tick-borne encephalitis, regardless of previous vaccination or use of an antiancephalitic immunoglobulin for prophylactic purposes.

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