Diseases and Pathogens

Diabetic foot infections (DFI) are the major cause of non-traumatic amputations of lower extremities. Important predisposing factors for the development of DFI are peripheral neuropathy and diabetic angiopathy. The most common pathogen isolated in …

According to the guidelines of ESCAR (ESCMID Study Group on Coxiella, Anaplasma, Rickettsia and Bartonella and the European Network for Surveillance of Tick-Borne Diseases)

Ticks are obligate haematophagous acarines that parasitise every class of …

Survey of up-to-date knowledge of rickettsioses, their geographical distribution, importance for the infectious pathology, characteristics of rickettsia, their taxonomy and nomenclature according polyphasic strategy and classification, as well as …

To cause an infection viruses have to overcome diverse host defense mechanisms. The system exploited in certain human cells to prevent HIV replication was obscure for a long time until the discovery of a human protein APOBEC3G present in …

In developed countries as well as in Russia enteric fever occurs rarely, whereas several areas in the world are still endemic. At present, prevalence of resistance to most of conventional antimicrobials in Salmonella enterica serotype Typhi is …

Staphylococcus aureus remains one of the most important human pathogens. Special attention is paid to a new problem – emerging and spreading of methicillin$ resistant strains of S. aureus in the community (CAMRSA). The main differences between …

The role of Mycoplasma hominis, Ureaplasma urealyticum and Mycoplasma genitalium in the etiology of urogenital infections has been studied. In the study group (n=92) patients with gonococcal and chlamydial infections as well as with bacterial …

The recent approaches to the treatment of endocarditis caused by Enterococcus spp., including strains that are resistant to conventional therapy, are discussed in the article. The possible ways of reduction of nephrotoxicity in elder patients and in …

As a result of the increase in the number of diseases and conditions that are leading to secondary immunodeficiency, the problem of severe opportunistic infections becoming more and more actual.In the present article authors have described and …

This literature review presents approaches to the treatment of sarcoidosis, which are based on currently offered hypothesis of its pathogensis.These include: influence on granulomatous inflammation (corticosteroids, cytotoxic agents, anti-malaria …