HENGITYSTEIDEN SAIRAUKSIA PUNKEISTA

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Lähettäjä: Soijuv Lähetetty: 15.3.2006 7:45

Punkinpureman mukana elimistöön voi kulkeutua lukuisia taudinaiheuttajia kuten erilaisia bakteereita, viruksia, riketsioita jne. Useat näistä taudinaiheuttajista voivat aiheuttaa hengitysteiden sairauksia. Punkinpureman ja hengitystiesairauksien yhteys tulee huomioida myös hoidossa.


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Tick-borne pulmonary disease: update on diagnosis and management.

Faul JL, Doyle RL, Kao PN, Ruoss SJ.

Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Stanford University Medical Center, Palo Alto, CA 94305, USA.

Ticks are capable of transmitting viruses, bacteria, protozoa, and rickettsiae to man. Several of these tick-borne pathogens can lead to pulmonary disease. Characteristic clinical features, such as erythema migrans in Lyme disease, or spotted rash in a spotted fever group disease, may serve as important diagnostic clues. Successful management of tick-borne diseases depends on a high index of suspicion and recognition of their clinical features. Patients at risk for tick bites may be coinfected with two or more tick-borne pathogens. A Lyme vaccine has recently become available for use in the United States. Disease prevention depends on the avoidance of tick bites. When patients present with respiratory symptoms and a history of a recent tick bite or a characteristic skin rash, a differential diagnosis of a tick-borne pulmonary disease should be considered. Early diagnosis and appropriate antibiotic therapy for these disorders lead to greatly improved outcomes.

Publication Types:
Review

PMID: 10424529 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]