[Improvement of bacterial rhinosinusitis diagnostic procedures.].

The research included evaluation of express-diagnosis capability of immunochromatographic assay (ICA) Binax NOW (Alere, Inc., USA) for diagnosis of the rhinosinusitis caused by to detect the Streptococcus pneumoniae antigen directly in clinical samples. The unique feature of the method included obtaining samples with an electric suction machine in order to evaluate aspirate from deep parts of the nasal cavity.

[SONNEI DYSENTERY MORBIDITY IN KHABAROVSK AND KHABAROVSK REGION DUE TO ATYPICAL MANNITOL-NEGATIVE CAUSATIVE AGENT].

Aim: Determine features of epidemic process (EP) of Sonnei dysentery in Khabarovsk Region in 2012 - 2014 due to atypical causative agent.

Materials And Methods: Detailed characteristics of 161 cultures of Shigella sonnei isolated from 81 patients from epidemic focus in children boarding school in Bikin as well as from 22 patients from sporadic and group foci of dysenteryin Khabarovsk (biochemical type, colicin-genotype, spectrum of drug resistance) is given. Molecular-biologic subtyping was carried out for 11 strains by Pulsed Field Gel Electrophoresis method (PFGE).