[The use of the latex agglutination test for the rapid diagnosis of salmonellosis in children].

From 237 children hospitalized in the enteric department of an infectious clinic 381 fecal samples were obtained and examined (after 24-hour pre-cultivation in selenite enrichment medium) in the latex agglutination test. The results thus obtained were compared with the data of the bacteriological study of these samples. For the first time the diagnostic value of the latex agglutination test (LAT) both for the early and retrospective diagnosis of Salmonella mono- and combined infections was established.

[Current strategy and tactics of etiotropic therapy of acute intestinal infections in children].

Efficacy of various types of etiotropic therapy in 1646 children with acute intestinal infections (AIIs) treated in the Infectious Department in 1977-1989 was analyzed by comparison with the data on drug resistance of the pathogens. It was shown advisable to apply etiotropic therapy only to patients with AIIs of invasive genesis with a differential approach to the drug choice and an account of the disease severity and phase, patient age, properties of the drugs and pathogens. Follow-up of the pathogen drug resistance by quarterly reports on antibiotic resistance of the circulating pathogens was found expedient.