[Herpes zoster in cancer patients].

In cancer patients, the development of herpes zoster (HZ) is accompanied by protracted period of skin rash exudation and by slower scab rejection. Unlike hematological patients, no unfavourable outcomes with infection generalization are observed. The disease is associated with the rise of the content of total IgM, IgA (to a lesser degree) and with the normal level of IgG.

[Clinical course of herpes zoster in middle-aged and elderly persons].

The clinical progress of herpes zoster (HZ) was studied in 216 patients under 60 years and in elderly and senile persons. A clear relationship was revealed between the gravity of the clinical progress of HZ and the patients' age. The number of patients with grave HZ patterns and with HZ of medium gravity was found to be increasing in elderly and senile persons.

[Diagnostic difficulties in herpes zoster].

The authors have analysed the clinical and laboratory findings in 170 patients with herpes zoster (HZ). Of these, 21 patients (12.3%) had been erroneously diagnosed before the appearance of herpetic eruption as having other diseases (erysipelas, renal colic, acute pancreatitis, acute abdomen, and so forth).

[Method of detecting persons needing reinoculations against measles].

The epidemiological analysis of 118 measles foci and the total morbidity rate in measles in the populated locality has been carried out. The admissible focal and morbidity levels in measles among vaccinated children have been established. The method of selecting groups in need of the repeated immunization against measles has been proposed.

[Possibility of using the BI-3 jet injector for gamma globulin administration].

The results of weighing glass flasks before and after "shooting" preparations varying in viscosity into these flasks from type BI-3 jet injectors indicated that the ejected dose of gamma globulin corresponded to the preset value. Studies carried out by means of radioisotyope technique with the use of Tc99m showed that the intramuscular injection of gamma globulin with type BI-3 jet injector resulted in 75% of the preset dose penetrating the body. For this reason in mass vaccination against Botkin's disease the dose of the preparation in the injector should be increased by 1/3.