Diseases and Pathogens

Development of the surgical site infections is one the important causes of morbidity and mortality in surgical patients. Surgical site infections significantly prolong the length of hospital stay and increase the cost of hospitalization. Abdominal …

The present open-label, randomized, comparative study of efficacy of 8-week Azithromycin therapy in mildto-moderate stable asthma included 71 patients. After evaluation for C. pneumoniae infection by serologic tests, patients where randomized into 4 …

In spite of the fact that legionellosis is known as a human infectious disease for more than 25 years there is still quite a few difficulties and open problems. At the present article the following topics are described in detail: taxonomy, general …

Approximately 75% of women experience at least one episode of acute vulvovaginal candidiasis during their life. In the 1980-90s, almost two-fold increase in fungal vaginitis was observed with increase in number of cases caused by non-albicans strains …

The antimicrobial agent prescription rate in patients with pharyngitis is excessively high in Russia. Most cases of the disease are caused by viruses, thus administration of antimicrobials is often unjustified. The only common bacterial cause of …

Pneumonia is the common bacterial infection among elderly patients in nursing homes and long-term care facilities. Pneumonia in that population is often severe and associated with high mortality. The high prevalence of this infection, diagnostic …

Tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-blocking agents are one of the new option in the treatment of immune-mediated inflammatory diseases, such as rheumatoid arthritis, Crohn disease, ulcerative colitis. However, anti-TNF therapy is associated with the …

Over the last years there is an increase in number of publications that address to the failure of empirical therapy of anaerobic infections which is due to the antimicrobial resistance of pathogens. Hence, it is important to have valid local data on …

In vitro susceptibility study strains of Acinetobacter baumannii and Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolated from patients with nosocomial infections in 31 Russian ICUs was performed (in the framework of «RESORT» survey). The following antibiotics were …

Russia is the only country, where the term «dysbacteriosis» is used. However, there is no nosologic form such as dysbacteriosis in the ICIDH-10, and effectiveness of the medications used for prophylaxis and treatment of this condition has a lowest …