[Clinical variants of pneumococcal pneumonia and the characteristics of its course and outcome].

The authors relate the results of examining 92 patients with acute pneumococcal pneumonia (APP). The bacteriological methods of studying the tracheal contents and pleural exudate, performed before treatment turned out highly informative. As regards the course of APP, the bacteremic , classic (infiltrative) and pleurisy-complicated varieties were distinguished.

[Characteristics of Shigella sonnei isolated from different regions of the USSR from 1974 to 1979].

The data on the relative significance of Sh. sonnei cultures in the totally of the cultures of all Shigella species circulating in different areas of the USSR in 1974--1979 are presented. The study of 527 Sh.