[Herpes zoster in 2 sisters].

Transmission of herpes zoster infection from one sister to the other is described, resultant from close everyday contacts. Clinical manifestations of the disease (severity, dissemination, course and type of involvement) were much more marked in the elder sister, suffering from disseminated Darier's dyskeratosis and marked debility. Herpes was complicated with vasculitis, necrosis, Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection, development of pneumonia and keratitis.

[Follicular mucinosis (the characteristics of its clinical manifestations and treatment)].

A patient with primary follicular mucinosis is described, who developed multiple foci of involvement on the skin of the trunk and limbs. Combined therapy including thyroidin and liver function-normalizing drugs was fairly effective.

["Atopic dermatitis"--terminology questions].

The authors give their comments on the paper by A. A. Kalamkarian and V.

[Experience in using a tomicide paste in the combined treatment of patients with pyoderma].

Tomicide paste is a highly effective agent in combined therapy of patients with primary and secondary pyoderma. Tomicide is recommended for practical dermatology in the liquid form for sanitization++ of infection foci in nasopharyngeal organs and in paste with a 10% concentration of the agent. This paste is also advised for cases with secondary pyoderma complicating the course of neurodermatitis and chronic eczema not liable to weeping.

[Liver involvement in early secondary syphilis].

Two patients with secondary new syphilis are described, abusing alcohol, developing early syphilitic hepatitis. The manifestations of this condition are similar to those of viral hepatitis. This necessitates a thorough examination of the skin integument, visible mucosae, genitals and perianal area, and of the peripheral lymph nodes in the patients with suspected viral hepatitis, in order to timely detect a possible liver involvement in Treponema infection.

[Carbohydrate metabolism in patients with chronic pyoderma and its dynamics during therapy using sugar-decreasing preparations].

Carbohydrate metabolism has been examined in 301 patients with chronic pyoderma over the course of combined therapy including sugar-reducing drugs; biochemical methods (measurement of the blood sugar on an empty stomach, Staub-Traugott double carbohydrate load test, measurement of the blood serum seromucoid) and radioimmunoassay of the blood serum immunoreactive insulin have been employed. Diabetes mellitus has been first diagnosed in 2.9% of patients, latent diabetes in 18.

[Effectiveness of complex therapy using ericyclin in patients with chronic pyoderma (5-year catamnestic data)].

The remote results of combined therapy of 300 patients with chronic pyoderma were estimated by the data of the 5-year catamneses. The patients were treated with the use of erycycline, a combined drug consisting of two antibiotics made in the USSR. Stable clinical recovery within 5 years was stated in 78.