Hospital-Based Surveillance for Infectious Etiologies Among Patients with Acute Febrile Illness in Georgia, 2008-2011.

Information on the infectious causes of undifferentiated acute febrile illness (AFI) in Georgia is essential for effective treatment and prevention. In May 2008, a hospital-based AFI surveillance was initiated at six hospitals in Georgia. Patients aged ≥ 4 years with fever ≥ 38°C for ≥ 48 hours were eligible for surveillance.

[Changes of immunological and cytogenetic indexes in lymphocytes of patients with bacterial endocarditis under the influence of laser therapy and a hyperbaric oxygen therapy].

The purpose of the present work was the estimation of the therapeutic effect of the soft laser therapy and a hyperbaric oxygen therapy during their inclusion in a therapeutic complex for the treatment of bacterial endocarditis. 30 patients (II group) under our observation have passed the standard basic therapy, and for 45 patients (I group) of different age the intravenous laser and hyperbaric oxygenation were added into the therapeutic complex. The estimation was made by evaluation of immune status and cytogenetic markers before treatment.