[Clinical manifestations of syphilis in maxillofacial area. Part II].

The article presents a review of the literature with a description of typical manifestations in the maxillofacial area in secondary, tertiary period of syphilis and the description of photo-images of the authors' clinical observations. In the secondary period of syphilis rashes can be found both on the skin and mucous membranes. In secondary reccurent syphilis the oral cavity is affected in 56% of the cases.

[Immunomodulators for topical application to prevent and manage chronic adenoiditis in children].

The authors report the results of a study on the efficacy of topical application of the immunomodulator IRS 19 in children presenting with chronic adenoiditis and grade I-III hypertrophy of adenoid vegetation. The use of this preparation is shown to faster and more efficaciously normalize the volume of the lymphoid tissue than irrigation of the nasopharynx with saline solutions. Moreover, the treatment of chronic adenoiditis with IRS 19 promoted normalization of biocenosis of the nasopharyngeal secretion and significantly decreased the abundance of pathogenic microflora.

[Characteristics of the development of immunity in healthy children during the first year of life].

Studies of the levels of serum IgA, IgG, and IgM, of B and T lymphocyte function in 20 neonates of days 7-8 of life (funic blood) and their mothers, in children aged 1,3,6,9 and 12 months made it possible to define the characteristic features of the establishment of humoral and cellular immunity during the first year of the child's life. The children placed under observation were normal as regards their physical and psychomotor development and had no infectious or inflammatory diseases. The neonates were characterized by high activity of T lymphocytes, the lack of IgA and traces of IgM, and the high level of IgG in blood serum.