V.V. Lebedev, M.G. Avdeyeva, M.G. Shubich, Y.V. Ananyina, M.Kh. Turyanov, V.I. Luchshev. Icterohemorrhagic Leptospirosis Under the editorship of V.V. Lebedev. Krasnodar, Soviet Kuban, 2001, 208 p.

The monograph provides detailed highlighting of the key aspects of the clinical representation and treatment of icterohemorrhagic leptospirosis. Modern data on the etiology and epidemiology of leptospirosis are given. Along with the literature data on the problem under study, the clinical and diagnostic experience of the authors based on many years of observation of patients with icterohemorrhagic leptospirosis is summarized and analysis of the reasons for lethal outcomes and errors in diagnostics of the disease is provided. Along with the general understanding of the leptospirosis pathogenesis based on the results of the cytochemical and immune status in various periods of the disease, the possible mechanisms of development of heavy disease forms are discussed. The questions of the duration of the infectious process in case of leptospirosis, the nature of late complications and outcomes of the disease, and the approaches to arrangement of health checkups of the recovered patients.

The book intended for infectious disease doctors, clinical doctors, and epidemiologists.

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