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  • Leptospirosis

    Leptospirosis

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    Dr. Taoufik

    – A zoonosis caused by spirochetes of the genus Leptospira, affecting many domestic and wild animals (especially rodents, mainly sewer rat). – Human contamination is indirect (contact the excoriated skin or mucous membranes with water contaminated with animal urine, when swimming, for example) and more rarely directly through contact with infected animals. Clinical signs :…

  • Splenomegaly

    Splenomegaly

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    Dr. Taoufik

    ANATOMY: The spleen is located in the left hypochondrium in the diaphragmatic dome. The normal rate measuring 10 to 12 cm in height and it is not palpable. In adulthood, the spleen has a role as defense barrier against encapsulated bacteria, physiological destruction of red blood cells. The spleen is an organ with multiple functions:…

  • Leptospira

    Leptospira

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    Dr. Taoufik

    Leptospirosis are zoonoses, transmissible to humans, caused by bacteria of the genus Leptospira. The disease was described by Weil as an infectious relapsing jaundice. The pathogen was discovered by Inada in Japan in 1915. I – CLASSIFICATION: Belonging to the order of Spirochetales the genusLeptospira alone constitutes the family LeptospiraceaeThere are two species. L.interrogans, pathogen,…

  • Incubation in Infectious Diseases

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    Dr. Taoufik
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    1- 2-5j: – Cholera – Chancroid – Herpes (2 to 7d) – Diphtheria – The best part of bacterial infections (scarlet fever …) 2- 10 days: – Measles – Leptospirosis (6 12j). – Pertussis (7 to 10j) – Tetanus (3 to 30d) 3- 14 days: – Rubella – Chickenpox – Malaria (10 to 20 d)…

  • Meningitis clear liquid

    Meningitis clear liquid

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    Dr. Taoufik
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    Predominance of PNN * Bacterial meningitis decapitated * Bacterial meningitis early * Listeriosis * Reaction to a meningeal infection site * Endocarditis Lymphocyte: Hypoglycorachie: * Tuberculosis * Listeriosis * Cryptococcosis Normoglycorachie: * Borreliosis … * Listeriosis * Brucellosis * Leptospirosis – The Listerial dreaded meningitis in immunocompromised, pregnant women, newborns and those> 60 years. Presence…

  • Leptospirosis

    Leptospirosis

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    * Tank: rodents; livestock (cattle); dog. Disposal -> urine. * Transmission can be direct rat bite (rare); Leptospira enter the body through wounds and erosions of the skin or mucous membranes, the conjunctiva, inhalation or ingestion of aerosol droplets or contaminated fluids.Occupational hazard (sewer workers …). * Urinary excretion of leptospires begins on day 12.…