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The review gives information on epidemiology, pathogenesis and pathologic anatomy of leptospirosis as well as the role of endotoxin in selective damage to the liver and kidneys, causes of death.
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Leptospira/isolation & purification , Leptospirosis/etiology , Animals , Humans , Leptospira/classification , Leptospirosis/epidemiology , Leptospirosis/pathology , SerotypingABSTRACT
Morbidity in HIV infection and tuberculosis in persons having these two infections in association was analyzed. According to the data for the end of the first quarter of 1997 the presence of association of HIV infection with tuberculosis was found in 91 patients. In 70.3% of cases HIV infection was contacted before the appearance of tuberculosis and in 18.7% of cases, after it; in 11% of cases the order of appearance of these two diseases could not be established. The study revealed that the markedness of the clinical picture of tuberculosis was determined by the progress of HIV infection.
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AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections/diagnosis , HIV-1 , Tuberculosis, Pulmonary/diagnosis , AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections/prevention & control , Antitubercular Agents/therapeutic use , Humans , Radiography, Thoracic , Tuberculin Test , Tuberculosis, Pulmonary/prevention & controlABSTRACT
An analysis and generalized experience of work done by the Soviet and foreign optical departments formed a background for working out a technology of assembling corrective spectacles and for drawing up a list of the equipment with due consideration for the output of the optical aids determined by the numerical strength of the population to be serviced.