[The etiological role of enterococci in chronic obstructive bronchitis].

The role of enterococci in the development of chronic obstructive bronchitis was determined. Enterococcus faecalis, subspecies zymogens and liquefaciens, were found to be the etiological factors of chronic obstructive bronchitis both as the primary cause of the disease and, probably, the cause of secondary hospital infection. Enterococci isolated from patients had some signs of pathogenicity, their characteristic feature being multiple drug resistance.

[An evaluation of the kinin and sympathetic-adrenal systems and prostanoids in rheumatism with a heart rhythm disorder].

A comparative study is presented of some components of the kinin, sympathetic-adrenal system and plasma prostacyclin in 296 patients with active rheumatism of different activity grades and disorders of the cardiac rhythm. Data were obtained on the activation of the sympathetic-adrenal and kinin system in rheumocarditis with disorders of the cardiac rhythm. A relationship was established between the components of these systems.