[Mycoplasma infections of the kidneys].

From the urine cultures of 1238 patients with renal or suspicious for renal disease mycoplasmas were isolated in 119 (9.6%). In 75 patients the mycoplasmas were typified.

[Clinical trial of ofloxacin (Tarivid R)].

The drug Ofloxacin was tried clinically on 54 patients with different bacterial infections. Patients resistant in vitro and in vivo to all available antibacterial drugs were selected. The patients were classified into 4 groups: 1.

[Causative agents of urologic infections and their sensitivity to the most frequently used antibiotics and chemotherapeutic agents (data from the Clinic for the Therapy of Internal Diseases and Clinical Pharmacology for 1984)].

The causative agents of uroinfections were studied among the patients at the Clinic of therapy of internal diseases and clinical pharmacology during 1984. Significant bacteriuria was established in 279 out of 485 patients, with 1475 urine inoculations performed, 14 with mixed flora. The highest is the share of E.

[Mycoplasma as the causative agent of kidney infections].

A total of 185 patients were investigated for M. hominis and mycoplasmal infection was established in 28 patients. In 2 of the patients mixed infection with E.

[Clinical trial of drugs for treating urological infections--pipemidic acid].

A method was elaborated for clinical trial of pharmaceuticals for the treatment of infections of kidneys and urinary ducts. The main requirements are as follows: definitive diagnostic criteria for urological infection, monotherapy, systematic control for the drug intake, precisely formulated indices for assessment of the effect, strict follow-up of adverse and toxic effects. The effect was assessed according to a three-stage scale: very good, good and poor, consideration given not only to the clinical and laboratory indices but to adverse effects as well.

[Septicemia caused by Mycoplasma hominis].

A patient with septicemia, caused by Mycoplasma hominis was described. Data were established for pyeloureteral anomalies in both ureters with disturbed left drainage with hydronephrosis II--II stage. Mixed flora was isolated from urine--Mycoplasma hominis and E.