DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF EXOTIC DISHES

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Subject: DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF EXOTIC DISHES                        

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                  2. Differential Diagnosis
                  Pulmonary signs might lead to confusion with SEB initially. Li,%
           damage, hemolytic anemia, and thrombocytopenia are not associated w                3y
           and the pulmonary findings should be reversible in SEB.
                  3. S=iflc Laboratory Dia
                  Acute serum and tissue samples should be collected and rapidly
           transported to a reference laboratory (see Section III). Specific immun            I
           are available; however, their utility in diagnosis of human disease is un
                  The enterotoxin can be detected in fecal samples from human foc
           poisoning cases, and bacteria are readily cultured from clinical samples

                  C. TFEERAPY

                  No specific treatment is available for _C. perfrinlyens intoxication.

           Hum-qn.-c with enteritis necroticans have been treated with antitoxin with

           success.

                  The organism itself is sensitive to penicillin, and, consequently, t        @e
           current drug of choice. Recent data indicate that clindamycin or rifamp
           suppress toxin production, and provide superior results in animal model

                  D. PROPHYLAXIS

                  T'here is no available prophylaxis for -C. perfringens intoxication.
           Toxoids are being used to prevent enteritis necroticans in humans, and
           veterinary toxoids are in wide use.

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