Staphylococcal diseases are an extensive group of various diseases caused by staphylococci. Their main manifestations should include purulent skin lesions and diseases of the subcutaneous tissue, tonsillitis, enterocolitis, pneumonia. Staphylococcal sepsis, poisoning with staphylococcus toxin, is also a manifestation. In some cases, CNS damage is observed.
Staphylococcus is one of the main causative agents of pyoderma. It is the most frequent and dangerous causative agent of nosocomial infection. The spread of these pathogens in medical institutions provokes purulent-septic complications in surgical hospitals. Moreover, the results of perfectly performed operations are often reduced to zero. The development of staphylococcal epidemics in maternity hospitals can cause severe postpartum complications in patients and newborns. Fatal outcomes are also common.
Staphylococci are very resistant to many antibacterial agents. This is due to the short-term effect of antibiotic therapy. As a rule, there is a return of symptoms of the disease. At the same time, pathogenic staphylococci, already belonging to strains resistant to this antibiotic, spread from the mucous membranes and lesion sites.
This infection is a problem of reduced immunity.
One of the main methods of treating infection, used in combination with or replacing antibiotic therapy, is staphylococcal toxoid. It is isolated during the cultivation of one of the most pathogenic strains. Staphylococcal anatoxin is completely neutralized, cleared of ballast substances. It retained immunogenic properties.
In the treatment of staph infections, the most effective is the adsorbed and purified staphylococcal toxoid. This immunotherapy is completely harmless. Staphylococcal toxoid, unlike the medications used in antibiotic therapy, does not have negative side effects.
Staphylococcal toxoid. Instruction manual
The drug is available in the form of a solution for subcutaneous injection. The drug is injected at the scapular angle, with alternating sides during subsequent administration. Subcutaneous injection into the shoulder is not allowed. The full therapeutic course includes seven injections. They must be produced in two days using the following increasing doses: 0.1; 0.3; 0.5; 0.7; 0.9; 1,2; 1.5 milliliters. Side effects may be allergic reactions.
Immunization of the body contributes to the formation of active antitoxic and anti-infectious immunity. The use of the drug greatly helps the body cope with the infection. In addition, immunity formed by immunotherapy prevents the reintroduction of infection. As practice shows, recovery is observed in 90% of patients after immunization. The use of toxoid in pregnant women significantly reduces the risk of infection in both the newborn and the mother. It should be noted that the incidence, with the use of toxoid, decreases not only during the period of stay in the hospital, but also within six months after discharge.
Staphylococcal infections affect not only humans, but also animals. In particular, dogs distinguish between a “second” form of the disease, which complicates the developed dermatitis, and generalized disease. In the latter case, the infection involves in the pathological process not only the skin, but also other organs.
As an active immunotherapy for dogs, a staphylococcal polyvalent toxoid is used, aimed at enhancing immune defense reactions.