Diseases and Pathogens

Arcanobacterium haemolyticum is a causative agent of pharyngitis, skin and soft tissues infections, and can cause severe infections in patients with pneumonia, osteomyelitis, septicemia, and pneumothorax. It is a Gram-positive facultative anaerobic …

nvasive candidiasis is an extremely important problem for severe patients in intensive care units. The high rates of attributive mortality are associated not only with the severity of the patient’s condition, but also with a delayed therapy due to …

Patients with liver cirrhosis are at substantial risk of bacterial infections. Bacterial complications account for more than 30% of hospitalizations and contribute significantly to mortality among cirrhotic patients. The most common bacterial …

Mycobacterioses are caused by multiple opportunistic bacteria that are ubiquitous. The incidence rate of nontuberculosis mycobacterial infections (NTM) is rising due to an increased number of immunocompromised patients and advances in diagnosis. …

Objective. The objective of the study was to evaluate the prevalence of Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhea (CDAD) among hospitalized patients with antibiotic-associated diarrhea (AAD) in general and by specific types of medical care and hospital units. Materials and Methods. A prospective, cross-sectional, non-interventional, multicenter study. The main inclusion criteria were: patient age of 18 years and over, hospital stay of at least 48 hours, current antibiotic therapy or antibiotic therapy within the previous 30 days, loose stools (Bristol stool types 5-7 and stool frequency ≥3 within ≤24 consecutive hours or exceeding normal for the patient), and signed informed consent form.

The prevalence of the common serotypes of S. pneumoniae in the Russian Federation was estimated in healthy carriers as well as children and adult patients with invasive and non-invasive pneumococcal infections based on the epidemiological …

Spondylitis is a common disease in general clinical practice, which can be associated with a serious risk of adverse outcomes and severe disabling effects in case of late diagnosis and inadequate management of the patient. This article provides an …

At this prospective 12-months study we investigated the incidence of acute otitis media (AOM), it’s severity and frequency of hospitalization in children from 0 to 5 years old. We detected, that AOM-burden in children under 5-years old in the …

Community-acquired bacterial meningitis is one of the most serious infectious lesions of the central nervous system that can quickly lead to death in even previously healthy patients with inadequate treatment. The article provides an overview of the …

nvasive infections caused by Candida species are the most common invasive fungal infections in children of different age groups. Premature neonates, especially newborns with low and extremely low birth-weight, have very high mortality rates, with the …