Guidelines for the Control of Communicable Diseases for the Control of Communicable Diseases in the Postattack Environment.

Abstract

The document provides guidelines for dealing with the communicable disease problem (45 diseases) from the civil defense viewpoint. Preattack and postattack time periods are included. The problems of diagnosis and antibiotic therapy are emphasized and a strategy for working in a downgraded environment is developed. This strategy emphasizes using the differential diagnosis spectrum as a guide to broad coverage antimicrobial therapy. Combined use of antimicrobial agents is recommended where needed. The general aspects of nutrition and infection lead to the conclusion in this research that a well balanced diet, adequate in calories, is of the highest importance as far as general resistance to infection is concerned. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1972
Accession Number
AD0748343

Entities

People

  • Harold H. Mitchell

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Anti-Infective Agents
  • Civil Defense
  • Defense Systems
  • Diseases And Disorders
  • Environment
  • Infection
  • Nutrition
  • Resistance
  • Spectra
  • Wound Infections

Fields of Study

  • Medicine

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