[AUTOIMMUNE REACTIONS IN PATIENTS WITH DISEASES OF A THYROID GLAND].

A state of autoimmunity was studied in 25 patients, suffering diffuse toxic goiter (DTG), and in 20--in nodular euthyroid goiter (NEG) before and after the operation. The level of circulating immune complexes, quantity of cytotoxic lymphocytes, the subpopulation index, the apoptosis marker were determined. There was established, that in NEG autoimmune disorders have occurred rarer and were less severe, than in DTG.

[The results of a multicenter study of the comparative activity of cefepime and other antibiotics against the causative agents of severe hospital infections (the Micromax program)].

A multicentre trial was performed on the activity of cefepime in comparison with ceftazidime, ceftriaxone, piperacillin/tazobactam, imipenem and ciprofloxacin against severe hospital infection pathogens in intensive care units. The isolates of Escherichia coli and Proteus spp. from the majority of the centres were highly susceptible to the antibiotics (90 to 100 per cent of the isolates).

[Treatment of suppurative wounds in patients with diabetes mellitus by magnetic field and laser irradiation].

The efficacy of including a magnetic field, low-intensity laser beam, and their combination in the complex of therapeutic measures was studied in 119 patients with suppurative wounds and diabetes mellitus. With the use of magnetic field or laser beam intoxication diminished, the organism's immunological status was stabilized within a shorter time, the wound process followed a quicker course, and treatment took less time. The magnetic-laser effect has advantages over separate use of these factors.

[The diagnosis and dispensary care of pregnant patients with nephropathy].

365 females followed up for 4-6 years who had new-onset or repeated nephropathy at pregnancy (NP) showed during the II and III trimester impaired humoral immunity evident from elevated levels of IgA, IgM and CIC. NP relapses at repeated pregnancies occurred in 89%, residual manifestations of the disease in 45% of the examinees. Postnatal immunological studies of women with previous NP but no clinical signs of it at the time of examination still continued to demonstrate alterations in cellular and humoral immunity.