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Choice of empiric therapy should be based on complex of data on etiology and local antimicrobial resistance trends as well as on clinical-economic analysis. According to our results, from the pharmacoeconomic point of view the most optimal agents for …

This article presents the results of the study to determine etiology and antimicrobial susceptibility in diabetic foot infections (DFI). A total of 288 isolates were obtained from patients with confirmed DFI by fine-needle aspiration/biopsy during …

Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) remains one of the most common and life-threatening infections. This paper represents a review of laboratory diagnosis of community-acquired pneumonia during the period of 2002– 2006. Local serological and …

The aim of the study was to determinate the structure of bacterial pathogens and their antimicrobial resistance in adult patients with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP). A total of 57 adult patients from Smolensk and Yartsevo hospitals with severe …

To assess prevalence of antibodies to spirochetes of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato complex among blood donors in Moscow region, a total of 113 serum samples were tested using the new regional Borrelia strain and 2-step approach for detection of …

Erectile dysfunction occurs among men of all age groups in different countries of the world with the rate from 5 to 80%, achieving on average of 33%. One of the leading places among treatment approaches in organic erectile dysfunction, refractory to …

Susceptibility testing of 268 clinical strains of H. influenzaе isolated from children in Yekaterinburg during 2000–2005 was performed by disc diffusion method. Resistance to ampicillin was 13%, to II generation cephalosporins – 3%. There was the …

L. monocytogenes strains isolated from aborted fetuses (n=13) and pregnant women (n=4) in the Far East region of Russia were studied. Of 17 tested strains, 11 were serovar 4b, 5 – serovar 1/2a and 1 – serovar 1/2b. Based on the sequence of inlA, inlB …

Invasive aspergillosis is a common complication in children with hemoblastosis. This type of mycosis characterized with severe clinical presentations and high attributive mortality. Monotherapy with one of the systemic antimycotics is often using to …

Efficacy of regional standard of care «CommunityAcquired Pneumonia» and Sverdlovsk regional healthcare program «Intensive Care» were assessed. This paper presents results of retrospective analysis of ICU hospitalizations for severe community-acquired …