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Objective. To determine lactobacilli species diversity in different states of vaginal microbiota in pregnant women using culture, mass-spectrometry, and DNAbased assays. Materials and Methods. A total of 163 pregnant women (18 to 40 years of age) were examined in the 2nd or 3rd trimester. A comprehensive microbiological examination of vaginal swabs, including Gram staining, methylene blue staining, and culture was performed. All isolated microorganisms were identified to species level using mass-spectrometry.

Objective. To compare genotypes (by mec complex) of methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) isolated from different patient populations. Materials and Methods. A total of 191 S. aureus strains were included in the study. These strains were isolated during the period of 2007–2011 from patients examined and treated in a specialized outpatient clinic and patients hospitalized to the Republic Teaching Hospital in Kazan. Susceptibility to oxacillin was determined according to NCCLS standards, and MIC90 for oxacillin was determined according to Guidance 4.

Analysis of diagnosis and treatment strategies in 25 patients with necrotizing pancreatitis hospitalized to Emergency Care Clinical Hospital (Smolensk) over the period of 2008–2011 is presented in this paper. Rationale for the use of morphologic and …

An anonymous questioning of different clinical specialists in Tyumen hospitals was performed to assess their satisfaction with professional contacts with clinical pharmacologists. Results of the questioning indicate the following: clinical …

The analysis of the results of infectious agents present on a wound was performed and the leading role of staphylococcus was revealed in the burn centre of Nizhny Novgorod Research Institute of Traumatology and Orthopaedics during the period of …

This paper provides the results of a study to determine spectrum of pathogens causing bacterial keratitis and their antimicrobial susceptibility. A total of 62 patients with keratitis were examined over the period of 2010–2012. The most common …

Analyzing the cases of treatment of pneumonia with influenza A/H1N1 in the background, it was noted that the outpatient antiviral therapy was provided mainly by «Arbidol». Neuraminidase inhibitors (Oseltamivir and Zanamivir) were used very …

The retrospective analysis of treatment of patients with severe community-acquired pneumonia has been performed. It has demonstrated that the results of therapy with generic preparations of ceftriaxone and levofloxacin were inferior to original drug …

Objective. To evaluate the influence of adequate empiric antimicrobial therapy for the outcome and the length of hospitalization in patients with nosocomial infections, caused by Acinetobacter baumannii. Materials and Methods. The subject of the research was 42 patients with nosocomial infections, caused by A. baumannii (middle age 53.3±5 year; 61.9% were males). The evaluation of the interrelation between patient’s outcome and adequacy of the empiric antimicrobial therapy was performed using odds ratio method and χ2-criterion to prove the results.

During the last 7 years the leading pathogens in the etiology of skin and soft tissue infections in the hospital were Staphylococcus aureus, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Escherichia coli and Pseudomonas аeruginosа. Statistical prognosis does not suggest …