[Effects of heavy charged particles on strains of microorganisms-producers of biologically active substances].

Effects of heavy charged particles on strains of Bacillus thuringiensis ssp. Kurstaki Z-52 and Arthrobacter OC-1 have been studied. Evidence was obtained that heavy charged particles impact the morphologocultural and physiological properties of culture.

[Endotoxemia in crush syndrome].

The crush syndrome developing in casualties in mass catastrophes is the cause of their high mortality rates. We examined 18 children aged from 9 to 14 years with the crush syndrome who suffered during the earthquake in Armenia. Besides other laboratory studies, the test for the titer of antibodies (TA) to endotoxin was performed.

[The characteristics of immunological homeostasis in women with sterility of tuboperitoneal and mixed origins].

Immunologic homeostasis was studied in 272 women suffering from sterility of a tuboperitoneal and mixed origin. The detected drastic disorders of immunologic homeostasis were characterized by predominant disorders of primary immunity mechanisms (leukopenia, monocytopenia, lymphopenia, reduced concentrations of IgA and IgM, lysozyme and complement in the blood serum). Types II, III, and IV immunopathologic reactions to uterine tube tissue homologous antigen suggest their contribution to a chronic inflammatory process.

[The role of chlamydial infection in the genesis of tuboperitoneal sterility in women].

The incidence of chlamydial infection in women with tuboperitoneal sterility is 49.5%. Clinically inflammatory diseases of the pelvic organs in such an infection are characterized by a primary chronic course with frequent recurrences and involvement of the cervix uteri, urethra, internal genitals, with moderately manifest clinical symptoms.