Complex cases of mixed types of diseases are difficult to diagnose and even more difficult to treat. This type of inflammatory processes includes manifestations of mixed infection in children. This name refers to several viruses and bacteria that have a simultaneous mutual effect on the he alth of the child.
For each mixed type of disease, a special approach is being developed in the analysis. Mixed infection is characterized by distorted indicators when using ELISA and PCR methods. Often the symptoms of one virus or bacterium need to be cleared in order to treat another.
The problem of mixed viruses and bacteria
Among the popular sexually transmitted diseases, bacterial mixed infections stand out, the treatment of which is complicated due to various combinations:
- chlamydia;
- ureaplasma;
- gardnerell;
- mycoplasma;
- gonococcal viruses;
- candide;
- Trichomonas.
Viruses are added to bacterial manifestations, they should also be taken into account when choosing the type of complex therapy and the type of drugs. An incorrect approach to diagnosis will lead to false positive or false negative results. Bythey will be given treatment, after which there will be a relapse.
Special attention is paid in cases where mixed infection is found in children. The young body is sensitive to strong antibiotics, and they do not need to take extra drugs. During the diagnosis of a he alth condition, tests are prescribed for an extensive list of viruses.
What happens when bacteria and viruses mix?
Mixed infection in a child can be formed by mixing the following pairs:
- bacteria - bacteria;
- bacteria - viruses;
- viruses are viruses;
- parasites - bacteria;
- parasites - parasites;
- parasites are viruses;
- more complex derivatives.
If monoinfections have been studied for a long time, the main symptoms of diseases have been experimentally established, then a mixed infection can manifest itself in any way. The following types of development scenarios are possible:
- similar infections can have a depressing effect on each other and pass completely asymptomatically and without complications;
- complex combinations of viruses, bacteria and parasites give rise to new conditions that cannot be diagnosed;
- Suppression of acute symptoms that occur during monoinfection occurs due to the stimulation of the body's immune forces by one species;
- more often there is a rapid development of severe symptoms, which have to be affected by the simultaneous intake of a large number of drugs.
What to expect after mixing bacteria and viruses?
As a result of complex combinations, including even two types of microorganisms, a newmixed infection. The definition of symptoms begins with the diagnosis of the general condition of the body. Each person will have their own signs of inflammation after infection.
Severe symptoms are observed only in a small number of people, the rest of the inflammation goes according to its scenario. But the relationship of infections has been established, when it is possible to assert with a small degree of probability whether there will be depression or an increase in acute conditions. So, they distinguish mixed infections that complement each other:
- measles with diphtheria;
- meningococcal + influenza;
- streptococci and tuberculosis;
- paratyphoid + typhoid.
However, the addition of symptoms occurs not according to the simple law of addition, but according to the constantly changing nature of development. This complicates the formation of disease statistics, and in each case an individual approach to the treatment of the patient is developed.
Triple mixing bacteria
Often a mixed infection is formed under the influence of:
- ureaplasma;
- chlamydia;
- mycoplasma.
These three types of bacteria are easily sexually transmitted between women and men. They also affect the structure of the fetus in pregnant women and can pass on to the unborn child at birth.
Diagnosis before pregnancy must necessarily include an extensive list of infections in order to exclude the development of complications. The listed types of bacteria were almost always accompanied by candida and gardnerella inwomen. Treatment began with the destruction of the last microorganisms, the transition to stronger antibiotics was carried out later.
Mixed types of bacteria and viruses take on unknown forms, manifesting new symptoms. The consequences of such conditions almost always become another relapse. Triple attack immunity is often unstable.
Insect transmission of bacteria
The northern regions of the country with dense vegetation have a huge number of people who have had a combined mixed infection: pneumococcus, meningoencephalitis, borreliosis tick. These three types of diseases are difficult to diagnose with this combination due to the small number of cases of observation of patients with acute conditions. We can highlight just a few of them:
- The development of the inflammatory process occurs rapidly, with manifestations of febrile conditions.
- Often there is damage to the articular tissues.
- Fever is accompanied by headache and vomiting.
With a mixed type, it is not possible to diagnose with accurate indicators. Treatment begins with a course of therapy, including drugs against all pathogens. The picture of the disease emerges only after 14 days.
Mixing viruses
A strong decrease in immunity in children occurred if a mixed herpetic infection appeared. Examination of patients was carried out with two types of viruses:
- Epstein-Barr + cytomegalovirus.
- Epstein-Barra + herpes simplex.
Two types of viruses exacerbated the symptoms of monoinfections. During observations, the main acute conditions were identified:
- Disturbances in the functioning of the brain, a cerebral symptom develops in children.
- There are problems with the production of lymphocytes.
- Increased risk of acquiring other viruses and bacteria. The body becomes weak before the attack of external microorganisms.
- Occurrence of internal problems in the digestive system: the initial development of ulcers, erosion of the internal walls of organs.
- Increased recurrence rate of herpes infections.
- Increased risk of upper respiratory disease.
- Disorders of the heart and central nervous system.
- There is also a problem with the movement of white blood cells.
Mixed infection of herpesviruses is extremely dangerous for pregnant women and people with diseases of the immune system. However, from numerous observations, effective methods of treatment have been established, provided that the diagnosis is correct.
Respiratory complications
Mixed infection stands out: pneumonia + fungi (yeast-like or moldy) or a combination with other microorganisms. Bacterial-viral mixing leads in some cases to mutual suppression of symptoms, while a separate species would lead to more acute conditions.
Thus, a normal cough, upon careful examination, can be a collection of dangerous bacteria that must be destroyed before growth beginsthe most prevalent infection. Dangerous mixtures are the following types of viruses, bacteria:
- diagnosed with acute respiratory viral disease;
- chlamydia detected in lungs;
- focal pneumonia detected;
- toxoplasma.
Mixing all of these conditions led to death. For proper treatment, a phased effect on the most active component is chosen with periodic retakes of tests for pathogens. These methods often did not help, and children developed severe consequences from mixed infection:
- a sharp increase in temperature above 39 degrees;
- vomiting, nausea, shortness of breath;
- diarrhea gave way to constipation;
- focal lesions of the upper respiratory tract were observed;
- pathological changes in the internal organs.
The problem of diagnosing mixed bacteria and viruses
During the expressed symptoms of monoinfections, diagnostics should be carried out in relation to all possible pathogens. But such methods of examining patients are very expensive, and not everyone can afford it. In practice, tests for the main viruses and bacteria are more often prescribed. Sometimes the possibility of a parasitic complication is excluded without laboratory methods.
As a result of narrowly targeted treatment for one type of pathogen in humans, the inflammatory process will repeat in a complicated form in the future. To date, mixed infections have not been fully studied, in this fieldmedicine will have to face new types of associations of viruses, bacteria and parasites.
Mixed etiology in babies
The problem of mixed infections is especially acute in the treatment of newborns. Attention is paid to the study of the state of the organism of the still developing fetus. Intrauterine infection leads to the most sad consequences for expectant mothers. Children become handicapped, have pathologies in their development.
The causes of deaths in newborns are an incomplete examination for pathogens of a disease state. Often, treatment is carried out in relation to the most common bacteria and viruses without taking into account their mutual influence. There is a systematic admission of patients with mixed infection formed by the following types of pathogens:
- herpes simplex viruses + cytomegalovirus;
- herpes simplex viruses + Epstein-Barr + cytomegalovirus.
These combinations of infections are found in more than 50% of newborns.
The right approach to treatment
It is possible to exclude pathological complications in babies only through a comprehensive examination for a huge number of pathogens. And diagnostic methods include several types of tests for the same type of infection. Re-examination is carried out in the same place where positive results were revealed. This requirement of doctors is necessary to exclude false indicators.
The treatment methodology is built taking into account the following factors:
- mutual influence of antibiotics on each other;
- the use of antibacterial and antiviral drugs, excluding increased side effects;
- treatment of the most active form with subsequent retest for detected infections.
