Tag: Infections

  • Pelvic Inflammatory Disease

    Pelvic Inflammatory Disease

    The pelvic infections are bacterial infections of the uterus (endometritis) and / or the fallopian tubes (salpingitis), which may be complicated by peritonitis, pelvic abscess or sepsis. The choice of antibiotic therapy considers the context of infection: in to childbirth or abortion (puerperal sepsis) or outside this context (sexually transmitted infection). In case of suspicion…

  • Genital Infections

    Genital Infections

    The diagnosis and treatment of genital infections have several difficulties: lack of specificity of symptoms; frequency of asymptomatic infections; lack of performance of field laboratory tests; frequency of mixed infections; need to simultaneously treat (s) partner (s) if the infection is sexually transmitted 1; increased risk of relapse or treatment failure in cases of co-infection…

  • Pelvic inflammatory disease

    Pelvic inflammatory disease

    – Bacterial infections of the uterus (endometritis) and / or fallopian tubes (salpingitis) may progress to pelvic peritonitis, pelvic abscess or septicemia. These infections can be a venereal or puerperal origin. – Venereal infections are often due to Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Chlamydia trachomatis. – Puerperal infections are often caused by anaerobic bacteria or bacteria normally…

  • Bacterial skin infections

    Bacterial skin infections

    Impetigo – Infection benign contagious dermoepidermal. By germs beta-hemolytic group A streptococcus and Staphylococcus aureus, often associated on the same lesion. Transmission is by direct contact. It is favored by the lack of water and sanitation. – Primitive forms mainly affect children. Forms complicating an itchy skin disease (pediculosis, scabies, eczema, herpes, chicken pox, etc.)…

  • Prophylaxis of meningococcal disease

    Prophylaxis of meningococcal disease

    Meningococcus is a bacterium responsible for about 30% of bacterial meningitis in France. Mortality of this infection is far from negligible despite the sensitivity of bacteria to antibiotics. A well conducted prophylaxis in the entourage of a case should prevent the occurrence of secondary cases.However, the epidemiology of this infection is often not known and…

  • Urinary tract infection

    Urinary tract infection

    1- radiological information: Ultrasound: Systematic dice the first episode of UTI (boy or not) CUM (retrograde cystography): Episode 2 in girls; from the 1st episode in boys IVU: in case of anomalies on ultrasound, the MUC Before any abnormality of the urinary tract systematically search for VUR by CUM 2- vesicoureteral reflux: Most common in…

  • Dental infections

    Dental infections

    Signing syndrome secondary complication of pulp reached. The severity and treatment of dental infections depend on their evolution: localized to the infected tooth, extended to adjacent anatomical structures, or diffuse infections. Clinical features and treatment: Localized infection in the tooth and its surroundings (acute dental abscess) – Intense and continuous pain. – On examination: swelling…