Diseases and Pathogens

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 …

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 …