Laboratory Diagnosis

Identification of Listeria monocytogenes in clinical specimens is often complicated because of morphological and biochemical properties of this pathogen. In present article the traditional bacteriological methods of identification of L.monocytogenes …

Two rapid, phenotypic methods were developed for the detection of diphtheria toxin amongst clinical isolates of corynebacteria, an enzyme immunoassay (EIA) and an immunochromatographic strip (ICS) test. Both assays use equine polyclonal antitoxin as …

In many cases vancomycin is a drug of choice for the treatment of serious gram-positive infections and what is more important vancomycin is often the only antimicrobial agent that active against multiresistant strains. In this connection the correct …

Today’s medicine takes advantage of the latest achievements in natural sciences and successfully employs new techniques to the diagnostics and treatment of diseases. Recently molecular-genetic approaches have been applied in the field of …

The problem of nosocomial infections remains the issue of the day and every year its medical and social significance becomes more and more relevant. Permanently working System for epidemiological monitoring could be one of major elements in the fight …

This review summarises the data given in medical literature and presents an attempt to elucidate the problems of post-mortem specimens analysis from microbiological point of view. It includes general recommendations for specimen collection, …

Pathogens causing “atypical pneumonias” – mycoplasmas, legionellae, clamydiae, coxiellae play significant role in human infections. In spite of considerable differences in biology, epidemiology and clinical presentations these pathogens can be …