Diseases and Pathogens

Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) is a new highly contagious disease, which first appeared in Guandong province on the south of continental China and spread through 29 countries of Europe, Asia, North and South America, Africa and Australia. …

This literature review is devoted to Yersinia enterocolitica and other enteropathogenic Yersinia spp. The main biochemical and biological patterns of Y. enterocolitica and Y. pseudotuberculosis are listed, with the description of virulence factors …

Whooping cough remains a significant problem worldwide, even in countries with high number of immunized people. However, a lack of sensitive, specific and reproducible diagnostics for this infection that would meet the needs of healthcare system …

The objective of this prospective multicentre study was to evaluate the efficacy of cefoperazone/sulbactam for monotherapy of patients with bacterial sepsis in different wards of multifield hospitals in Russia. Overall, in 14 study centers 127 …

Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and restriction fragment length polymorphisms (RFLP) analysis revealed polymorphism of prfA and plcA genes, encoding the pathogenecity factors in strains of Listeria monocytogenes. Phylogenetic analysis confirmed the …

Along with known human pathogens, such as Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Acinetobacter spp., Burkholderia spp., group of non-fermentative Gram-negative rods includes gender Chryseo4 bacterium (former Flavobacterium). Chryseo-bacteria are ubiquitous …

Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) is a new infectious disease, which first appeared in November 2002 in Southern China and spread through 29 countries of Europe, Asia, North and South America, Africa and Australia. According to official …

Pancreatitis.associatedinfections (PAI) are among of the most serious complications of acute pancreatitis. Only about 5–7% of all patients with diagnosis of acute pancreatitis develop infection, but in patients with severe necrotizing pancreatitis …

Genital herpes (GH) is widely distributed sexually transmitted disease that is caused by herpes simplex virus type 1 nd 2. This article presents the questions of epidemiology and pathogenesis of this infection. Clinical features and major criteria …