Diseases and Pathogens

Amebiasis is a parasitic human disease caused by pathogenic strains of Entamoeba histolytica, and is one of the most important problems of public health in developing countries and one the main causes of death from parasitic intestinal diseases. The …

One hundred thirty six patients in whom HВsAg and anti-HCV have been simultaneously detected were investigated. In all cases the complete clinical, laboratory and instrumental procedures including detection of HBV-DNA and НСV-RNA by PCR were …

The present literature review is devoted to the one of the actual problems in the intensive care units – to the nosocomial pneumonia that is developing during mechanical ventilation (ventilator-associated pneumonia – VAP) in patients with different …

Translated and reprinted with permission from «ASM News» 2000; 66:732-7.

Concerted efforts, perhaps involving meta-analysis of ongoing clinical trials, are needed to establish the nature of that link.

Candiduria is relatively infrequent condition that occurs in less than 5% hospitalised patients and accounts for difficulties in diagnosis and patient’s investigation. The main problem is a difficulty in a differentiation of the true fungal …

West Nile fever is an infectious disease caused by West Nile virus, a flavivirus commonly found in Africa, South Europe and Asia. People get it by the bite of a mosquito that is infected with West Nile virus. Several sporadic cases and outbreaks of …

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 …

The presented above article by J. McLauchlin is devoted to one of the important problem of modern parasitology – identification and typing of protozoa belonging to the genus Cryptosporidium that are one of the most important causes of watery diarrhea …

The coccidian protozoan parasite Cryptosporidium is increasingly recognised as a major cause of diarrhoeal disease worldwide. However, the exact modes of transmission are often unclear. The further understanding of the taxonomy of this group of …

Translated and reprinted with permission from «International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents» 1999; 13:79-92.

The natural history of infective endocarditis has undergone remarkable changes over the past 100 years as regards both the demographic …