[Fibronectin and its significance in pyelonephritis].

Fibronectin levels were measured by enzyme immunoassay in 68 patients with pyelonephritis and 10 patients with chronic cystitis. The patients with chronic cystitis, acute and chronic non-obstructive pyelonephritis exhibited significantly high average blood fibronectin levels, whereas those with chronic obstructive pyelonephritis displayed the levels slightly different from those observed in healthy individuals. Hypofibronectinemia was detected in 23.

[Analysis of the reasons for insufficient efficacy of treating inflammatory diseases of the urogenital system in women].

Concentration of tetracycline, doxicyclin and tarivide was studied in blood serum, urine and immediately in the impaired focus, in uterine tube tissue to elucidate the factors responsible for low therapeutic efficiency of drugs involved in treatment of inflammatory diseases of women urogenital system. Content of tetracycline, detected in the patients blood and urine, varied within the limits 0.02-0.

[Effect of interferon on the course of experimental E coli-induced pyelonephritis].

The effect of the type I interferon on the development and process of experimental pyelonephritis caused by E. coli was studied on mice weighing 12 to 14 g. Interferon was administered intraperitoneally in a dose of 1000 units on days 3 and 7 of the disease.