Feasibility of treating Sonne dysentery patients at home

Results of studying possibility of treatment of 589 patients suffering from Sonne dysentery at home showed that their significance in the spread of infection was not greater than that of those treated at the hospital. Significance of the patients in the spread of infection in a family was determined...

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Published inŽurnal mikrobiologii, ėpidemiologii i immunobiologii no. 1; p. 57
Main Authors Gres', B E, Sinaiuk, A S, Kibardina, N N, Belaia, O S, Andreeva, A A
Format Journal Article
LanguageRussian
Published Russia (Federation) 01.01.1976
Subjects
Adolescent
Adult
Age Factors
Child
Child, Preschool
Dysentery, Bacillary - therapy
Dysentery, Bacillary - transmission
Hospitalization
Humans
Shigella sonnei
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Summary:Results of studying possibility of treatment of 589 patients suffering from Sonne dysentery at home showed that their significance in the spread of infection was not greater than that of those treated at the hospital. Significance of the patients in the spread of infection in a family was determined by their age, severity of the disease, number and duration of excretion of the causative agent. It was concluded that patients with forme frustes or subclinical form of Sonne dysentery and also those revealed during the late periods of the disease could by treated at home.
ISSN:0372-9311