Chapter title |
Plague: Clinics, Diagnosis and Treatment.
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Chapter number | 11 |
Book title |
Yersinia pestis: Retrospective and Perspective
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Published in |
Advances in experimental medicine and biology, January 2016
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DOI | 10.1007/978-94-024-0890-4_11 |
Pubmed ID | |
Book ISBNs |
978-9-40-240888-1, 978-9-40-240890-4
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Authors |
Vladimir V. Nikiforov, He Gao, Lei Zhou, Andrey Anisimov |
Editors |
Ruifu Yang, Andrey Anisimov |
Abstract |
Plague still poses a significant threat to human health and as a reemerging infection is unfamiliar to the majority of the modern medical doctors. In this chapter, the plague is described according to Dr. Nikiforov's experiences in the diagnosis and treatment of patients, and also a review of the relevant literature on this subject is provided. The main modern methods and criteria for laboratory diagnosis of plague are briefly described. The clinical presentations include the bubonic and pneumonic form, septicemia, rarely pharyngitis, and meningitis. Early diagnosis and the prompt initiation of treatment reduce the mortality rate associated with bubonic plague and septicemic plague to 5-50 %; although a delay of more than 24 h in the administration of antibiotics and antishock treatment can be fatal for plague patients. Most human cases can successfully be treated with antibiotics. |
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Unknown | 35 | 100% |
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Student > Bachelor | 4 | 11% |
Student > Postgraduate | 3 | 9% |
Professor > Associate Professor | 3 | 9% |
Researcher | 2 | 6% |
Student > Ph. D. Student | 2 | 6% |
Other | 5 | 14% |
Unknown | 16 | 46% |
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Medicine and Dentistry | 4 | 11% |
Environmental Science | 2 | 6% |
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 2 | 6% |
Nursing and Health Professions | 2 | 6% |
Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 2 | 6% |
Other | 5 | 14% |
Unknown | 18 | 51% |