Diseases and Pathogens

Sarcoidosis – it is a systemic granulomatous disease, the cause and the factors leading to the disease progression are not known. The present literature review devoted to the presumptive factors that can be involved in the onset and progression of …

The available in the literature information on the pathogenic patterns of yersiniae, peculiar properties of the molecular and genetic mechanisms that regulate the expression of the factors of the pathogenesis are analysed and summarized. Data on the …

Kawasaki disease is hyperimmune vasculitis with presumably infectious origin. Predisposing factors are probably heredity and atopy. Although etiology of Kawasaki disease is still unknown, there are a lot of facts, arguing for the trigger role of …

In the present review the analysis of the efficacy and appropriateness of the use of non-antimicrobial medications in the treatment of community-acquired pneumonia is presented. It is shown, that at the present time there is no convincing data that …

At the present time Clostridium difficile is the main causative pathogen of nosocomial diarrhea, that linked to the use of antimicrobials. But at the same time there is an unjustified little attantion paid to this problem in Russia. In the present …

Translated and Reprinted with permission from «International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents» 2001;18:503-13.

A randomized, double-blind, multicentre study was conducted in adult patients with acute exacerbation of chronic bronchitis (AECB), to …

Helicobacter pylori is one of the most common pathogens in humans. H.pylori associated gastric diseases include chronic gastritis, gastric and duodenal peptic ulcer; moreover, role of this microorganism as a causative factor in the development of …

Anthrax, along with smallpox and plague, is considered one of the most potential biological warfare agents. It has been proved during the recent bioterroristic events in the USA in the fall last year. This article presents the questions of etiology, …

Diarrhea, which is associated with the usage of antimicrobials, is one of the important problems in clinical practice. This article reviews the questions of etiology, pathogenesis and epidemiology of antibiotic-associated diarrhea (AAD). Clinical …