A comparison of the incidence of early postoperative infections between patients using synthetic mesh and those undergoing traditional pelvic reconstructive surgical procedures.

New mesh-related complications such as erosion, etc., can result from abnormal postoperative healing due to surgical site infection. The aim of our study was to compare systemic inflammatory responses and the incidence of early infectious complications after reconstructive surgery using synthetic mesh and after traditional vaginal wall repair.

[Modified classification of microscopic evaluation of vulvovaginal infections].

Objective: The objective of the study is to examine the role of microscopy using stained smears for diagnosis of vulvovavaginal infections:

Design: Description of different scoring systems.

Settings: Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, First Medical Faculty, Charles University; General Teaching Hospital, Prague; Institute of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine; Clinical Microbiology and Antibiotic Center, First Medical Faculty, Charles University.

Material And Methods: Presentation of our practical skills in microscopic diagnoses of vulvovaginal infections.

[Current possibilities for diagnosis of vulvovaginal infection].

Objective Of The Study: The objective of the study was to describe current possibilities of proper diagnosis of vulvovaginal infections.

Design: Review article.

Settings: Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, First Medical Faculty, Charles University and the General Teaching Hospital, Prague, Institute of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, Clinical microbiology and antibiotic center, First Medical Faculty, Charles University and General Teaching Hospital in Prague.

Iron enhancement of experimental infection of mice by Tritrichomonas foetus.

The ability of a microbial invader to acquire iron from its vertebrate host has been recognized as an important virulence mechanism in some pathogenic bacteria. We examined the involvement of similar mechanisms in an experimental infection of mice by a protozoan pathogen of cattle, Tritrichomonas foetus. In a series of experiments, outbred ICR mice were inoculated intraperitoneally with two strains of T.