CLINICAL FEATURES OF ANTHRAX MANIFESTATIONS IN YAMALO-NENETS AUTONOMOUS DISTRICT IN 2016
https://doi.org/10.21055/0370-1069-2017-1-77-83
Abstract
36 cases of human infection with anthrax, manifested in various clinical forms, were registered in the territory of Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous District in 2016. Cutaneous anthrax was characterized by emergence of carbuncle, however objective difficulties of clinical diagnostics, associated with atypicality of clinical manifestations (erysipeloid form of the disease, crusting) were outlined. Clinical manifestations of oropharyngeal anthrax were severe febrile reaction, intoxication, edema of subcutaneous fat on face and neck, and lesions of mucous membranes. Intestinal anthrax was diagnosed in one patient and characterized by the acute onset followed by faintness, loss of appetite, vomiting, and abdominal pain. Based on the results of carried out investigations, put forward were the measures on optimization of approaches to clinical diagnostics of anthrax.
About the Authors
A. Yu. Popova
Federal Service for Surveillance in the Sphere of Consumers Rights Protection and Human Welfare; Russian Medical Academy of Continuing Professional Education Moscow
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
18, Bld. 5 and 7, Vadkovsky Pereulok, Moscow, 127994; 2/1, Barrikadnaya St., Moscow, 125993
Yu. V. Demina
Federal Service for Surveillance in the Sphere of Consumers Rights Protection and Human Welfare; Russian Medical Academy of Continuing Professional Education Moscow
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
18, Bld. 5 and 7, Vadkovsky Pereulok, Moscow, 127994; 2/1, Barrikadnaya St., Moscow, 125993
A. A. Ploskireva
Central Research Institute of Epidemiology
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Moscow
L. G. Goryacheva
Research Institute of Pediatric Infections of the Federal Medical-Biological Agency
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
9, Professora Popova St., Saint-Petersburg, 197022, e-mail: niidi@niidi.ru
I. V. Lapenko
Salekhard County Clinical Hospital
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
39, Mira St., Salekhard, 629001
V. V. Maleev
Central Research Institute of Epidemiology
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Moscow
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Popova A.Yu., Demina Yu.V., Ploskireva A.A., Goryacheva L.G., Lapenko I.V., Maleev V.V. CLINICAL FEATURES OF ANTHRAX MANIFESTATIONS IN YAMALO-NENETS AUTONOMOUS DISTRICT IN 2016. Problems of Particularly Dangerous Infections. 2017;(1):77-83. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.21055/0370-1069-2017-1-77-83
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