[Characteristics of community-acquired pneumonia in servicemen during the military conflict on the Northern Caucasus in 1995-1996].
The data of the examination and treatment of 1150 sick servicemen in different conditions of service in Republic of Chechnya in the military conflict in 1995-1996 are investigated. It was found out that the principal somatic pathology in the structure of sanitary losses of servicemen in the military conflict was respiratory organ diseases, mainly pneumonia, whose etiology as a rule does not depend on the character of the military-and-professional activities and places of troops' distribution. The chief role in the etiology of pneumonia was played by Streptococcus pneumoniae (43.4%). The peculiarities of the clinical picture of pneumoniaduring fighting are stipulated by chronic adaptation overstrain syndrome. Traditional schemes of treatment for such pneumonia do not ensure recovery of the sick within the usual period and do not prevent the development of various complications.
Rakov
A L
AL
Komarevtsev
V N
VN
Kharitonov
M A
MA
Kazantsev
V A
VA
D017714:Community-Acquired Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D008889:Military Personnel / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology / Q000382:microbiology; D012426:Russia