PETIT in the narrow sense should be regarded as polietiologichesky clinical syndrome, which is based on the direct impact of toxins on the digestive tract.
Agents of the disease can be representatives of enterobacteria (Proteus, Citrobacter, Klebsiella), Pseudomonas, staphylococci, most often Staphylococcus, gallophile, clostridia, etc. the Toxins that they form, have a very similar effect. However, some of these agents emit additional toxic factors, such as Staphylococcus aureus, which causes some clinical features of some of PTI.
The determining factor in the manifestations of the disease are dose and virulence of the pathogen. Sick people and bacillicarriers are the source of the disease.
The reason of PTI can be:
- unwashed hands;
- bacteria-contaminated foods due to violation of their conditions of preparation, storage.
The disease can occur at any time of the year, usually in spring and summer. The incubation period of the infection lasts from 15 minutes to 8 hours (often about a day).
The beginning of a sudden with the rapid development of clinical manifestations. Against the background of increased body temperature, nausea with vomiting. Stomach pains are spasmodic in nature and are accompanied by loose stools. Gradually there are signs of dehydration.
Diagnosis is based on clinical data, anamnesis and the results of bacteriological analysis. Examines the vomit, rinsing and washing water, feces and food remains.
In medical tactics used chelators, gastric lavage, intravenous peroralno or dehydration. At PTI, as a rule, antibiotic therapy is not prescribed.
Prevention involves proper storage of food products, decreed survey population to identify carriers of micro-organisms, compliance with sanitary norms.