Diseases and Pathogens

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 …

Recent approaches to management of infective endocarditis including recognition, empirical treatment, and etiological therapy depending on causative agent (streptococci, staphylococci, gram-negative bacteria, fungi and unknown etiology) are given in …

Translated and reprinted with permission from «International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents» 1999;¹²⁄₂:81-97.

There are an estimated 350 million people throughout the world who are chronically infected with hepatitis B virus (HBV). …

Translated and reprinted with permission from «Emerging Infectious Diseases» 1999;5:9-17.

We modeled estimates of the incidence, deaths, and direct medical costs of Staphylococcus aureus infections in hospitalized patients in the New York City …

Urinary tract infections (UTI) are second only to respiratory tract infections as problems encountered by practicing physicians. They occur most often in young healthy adult women and are easy treatable in these patients. However, in some patient …

Infective endocarditis (IE) is a life-threatening infection that is invariably lethal without intensive antibacterial treatment. Wide array of microorganisms has been encountered as causative agents of infection with streptococci (viridans …

Current approaches covering the role of listreriae in infectious diseases for more than 70 years are given in this article. The main factors causing evident upgrowth of morbidity are analysed. The most prominent of them are: contamination and active …