Diseases and Pathogens

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 …

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 …