Infectious and parasitic diseases

Diagnosis of Escherichiosis

The clinical picture of Escherichiosis is similar to the clinical picture of other diarrheal infections. Therefore, the diagnosis is confirmed on the basis of the bacteriological method of investigation. Material (stool, vomit, stomach washings, blood, urine, liquor, bile) should be taken in the early days of the disease before prescribing etiotropic therapy to patients.

Symptoms of Escherichiosis

Symptoms of escherichiosis depend on the type of pathogen, the age of the patient, and the immune status. With escherichiosis caused by enterotoxigenic strains, the incubation period is 16-72 hours, for which a cholera-like course of the disease occurs, with a lesion of the small intestine without a pronounced syndrome of intoxication ("travelers' diarrhea").

What causes escherichiosis?

Escherichia are mobile gram-negative rods, aerobes belonging to the species Escherichia coli, the genus Escherichia, the family Enterobacteriaceae. They grow on ordinary nutrient media, they release bactericidal substances-colicins. Morphologically the serotypes do not differ from each other.

Escherichiosis (coli infection)

Escherichiosis (syn. Escherichioses, coli-infection, coli-enteritis, traveler's diarrhea) is a group of bacterial anthroponous infectious diseases caused by pathogenic (diarrhea) E. Coli strains taking place with symptoms of general intoxication and gastrointestinal lesions.

Treatment of dysentery

In case of severe and moderate shigellosis, bedding is shown, with a light - ward regime. In the acute period, with significant intestinal disorders, table No. 4 is prescribed for Pevzner.

Diagnosis of shigellosis (bacterial dysentery)

Clinically, the diagnosis of shigellosis can be established only in cases of a typical colitis variant of the course of the disease. To clarify the diagnosis in unconfirmed laboratory cases, a sigmoidoscopy is performed, which in all cases of shigellosis reveals a picture of colitis (catarrhal, hemorrhagic or erosive-ulcerative) with lesions of the mucous membrane of the distal colon, often sphincteritis.

Shigellosis (bacterial dysentery) symptoms

The incubation period for acute shigellosis in most cases is limited to 2-5 days. The duration of the disease is from several days to 3 months, shigellosis lasting more than 3 months is regarded as chronic.

What causes shigellosis (bacterial dysentery)?

Shigella - Gram-negative fixed sticks, facultative aerobes. The Grigoriev-Shigi rod forms shigitoxin (exotoxin), the remaining species contain thermolabile endotoxin-LPS. The smallest infecting dose is characteristic of the bacteria Grigoriev-Shigi, the big one for bacteria

Shigellosis (bacterial dysentery)

Shigellosis (bacterial dysentery, Shigellosis, dysenterya) is an acute infectious disease caused by bacteria of the genus Shigella with a fecal-oral mechanism of transmission of the pathogen and characterized by a picture of distal colitis and intoxication.

Treatment of salmonellosis in adults

The length of stay in a hospital with a localized form is up to 14 days, with a generalized form - 28-30 days. The extract is performed after a clinical recovery and a negative result of bacteriological examination of the stool, which is carried out 2 days after the end of treatment.

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