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Carbunco por inhalación - Symptom

Nombres alternativos

Carbuncosis pulmonar

Síntomas:

Generalmente hay dos etapas del carbunco por inhalación:

  • La primera etapa puede durar desde horas hasta unos cuantos días y sus síntomas pueden semejarse a los de un resfriado o gripe con fiebre, escalofríos, sudoración, fatiga, malestar, dolor de cabeza, tos, dificultad respiratoria y dolor de pecho.
  • La segunda etapa con frecuencia se desarrolla súbitamente y sus síntomas abarcan fiebre, dificultad respiratoria severa y shock.

Esta lista de síntomas se basa en un número relativamente pequeño de personas que han sufrido carbunco por inhalación. Es posible que se presenten síntomas adicionales.

Pruebas y exámenes:

Los exámenes que se pueden hacer comprenden:

Es probable que las radiografías iniciales del tórax muestren anomalías tales como líquido alrededor de los pulmones o un espacio anormalmente amplio entre éstos.

Las muestras de sangre o de líquido se pueden enviar a un laboratorio especial para realizarles más pruebas, incluyendo RCP, inmunofluorescencia e inmunohistoquímica.

Igualmente, se puede realizar una punción lumbar para analizar el líquido cefalorraquídeo (LCR) para ver si hay infección.

  • Reviewed last on: 5/30/2009
  • David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine; Jatin M. Vyas, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Assistant in Medicine, Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

Referencias

Inglesby TV, O'Toole T, Henderson DA, et al. Anthrax as a Biological Weapon, 2002. JAMA.160;2002;287:2236-2252.

Lucey DR. Anthrax. In: Goldman L, Ausiello D, eds. Cecil Medicine. 23rd ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier. 2007: chap 317.

Reissman DB, Whitney EA, Taylor TH Jr, et al. One-Year Health Assessment of Adult Survivors of Bacillus anthracis Infection.JAMA. 2004;291:1994-1998.

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