CLINICAL FEATURES OF ANTHRAX MANIFESTATIONS IN YAMALO-NENETS AUTONOMOUS DISTRICT IN 2016

• Published in: Problems of Particularly Dangerous Infections
• Main Authors: A. Yu. Popova, Yu. V. Demina, A. A. Ploskireva, L. G. Goryacheva, I. V. Lapenko, V. V. Maleev
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: Russian
• Published: Federal Government Health Institution, Russian Research Anti-Plague Institute “Microbe” 2017
• Subjects: anthrax; cutaneous form of the diseases; oropharyngeal form of the disease; Infectious and parasitic diseases; RC109-216; nenets; Yamalo Nenets
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.21055/0370-1069-2017-1-77-83; https://doaj.org/article/fe29746b6c0d48c8a4c5005a60822266

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.