[Correction of intestinal dysbacteriosis in elderly patients with the use of bifidobacterin introduced by different routes].

The results of the correction of disturbances in intestinal microflora in elderly patients with the use of bifidumbacterin in the form of powder or suppositories are presented. The effectiveness of the rectal administration of bifidumbacterin (by microinjections through an enema or in suppositories) is shown in comparison with the oral administration of the preparation. The administration of bifidumbacterin in suppositories for 15 days resulted in decreased content of hemolytic Escherichia below the threshold of determination in all examined patients.

A method for estimation of urease activity in gastric mucosa biopsy specimens and Helicobacter pylori cell suspensions.

A method for measuring urease activity in biopsy specimens and Helicobacter pylori cultures from these specimens is proposed. The method is based on measurement (with a portable pH-meter) of the rate of pH changes in a reaction mixture consisting of buffer, substrate (urea), and biopsy specimen or bacterial cells. This method revealed that urease activity of biopsy specimens correlated with that of H.

[Anti-Escherichia antibodies in the blood sera from nonimmunized donors and in preparations of human immunoglobulin].

The anti-Escherichia activity of 188 serum samples obtained from nonimmunized blood donors and 157 batches of the preparation of commercial normal human immunoglobulin were evaluated in the passive hemagglutination test with diagnostica containing E. coli antigens (serovars O2, O14, O26) and Kunin antigen, as well as Re-glycolipid Salmonella minnesota strain R595, used as sensitins. The study demonstrated that from sera of nonimmunized blood donors and from normal human immunoglobulin preparations 5-8% of batches containing anti-Escherichia antibodies to E.