[Adverse reactions in the treatment of patients with non-tuberculous lung mycobacterial pulmonary disease and the possibility of their solution].

Aim: To study the adverse reactions that develop as a result of complex antibiotic therapy in patients with non-tuberculous lung mycobacterial (NTML) and to determine methods for their elimination without compromising the effectiveness of NTML treatment.

Materials And Methods: Examined 147 patients with confirmed NTML, for which they received treatment in accordance with the results of drug susceptibility of the pathogen. Before and during treatment, a study of clinical, biochemical blood tests, urinalysis, electrocardiogram, external respiration function, ultrasound of the abdominal organs and kidneys was performed.

Proteomic Spectrum of Serum Exosomes in Ischemic Stroke Patients Is Associated with Cognitive Impairment in the Post-Stroke Period.

Ischemic stroke (IS) and subsequent neuropsychiatric disorders are among the leading causes of disability worldwide. Several strategies have been previously proposed to utilize exosomes for assessing the risk of IS-related diseases. The aim of this work was to evaluate serum exosomal proteins in IS patients during the chronic post-stroke period and to search for their associations with the development of post-stroke mild cognitive impairment (MCI).

Post-stroke seizures, epilepsy, and mortality in a prospective hospital-based study.

Background And Objectives: Post-stroke epilepsy (PSE) is a significant concern in the elderly population, with stroke being a leading cause of epilepsy in this demographic. Several factors have shown consistent associations with the risk of developing PSE, including cortical lesions, initial stroke severity, younger age, and the occurrence of early seizures. The primary objectives of this study were two-fold: (1) to determine the incidence of PSE and (2) to identify the risk factors associated with PSE in a prospective cohort of post-stroke patients.

The Influence of KE and EW Dipeptides in the Composition of the Thymalin Drug on Gene Expression and Protein Synthesis Involved in the Pathogenesis of COVID-19.

Thymalin is an immunomodulatory drug containing a polypeptide extract of thymus that has demonstrated efficacy in the therapy of acute respiratory distress syndrome and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, as well as in complex therapy related to severe COVID-19 in middle-aged and elderly patients.. KE and EW dipeptides are active substances of Thymalin.

L-Cysteine and -acetyl-L-cysteine-mediated synthesis of nanosilver-based sols and hydrogels with antibacterial and antibiofilm properties.

The need of the synthesis of a new generation of medicines aimed at combating bacteria and biofilms that cause various infections is a great urgency. There has been a gradual decrease in the conventional techniques of treatment with the use of antibiotics. Consequently, much effort has focused on the search for new methods and approaches to obtain antibacterial drugs and determine their rational use such that microorganisms do not acquire resistance.

Dual-Function Hydrogel Dressings with a Dynamic Exchange of Iron Ions and an Antibiotic Drug for Treatment of Infected Wounds.

Bacterial infection is a major problem with diabetic wounds that may result in nonhealing chronic ulcers. Here, we report an approach to antibacterial hydrogel dressings for enhanced treatment of infected skin wounds. A fibrous hydrogel was derived from cellulose nanocrystals that were modified with dopamine and cross-linked with gelatin.

Development of Post-Stroke Cognitive and Depressive Disturbances: Associations with Neurohumoral Indices.

Neuropsychiatric complications, in particular cognitive and depressive disorders, are common consequences of ischemic stroke (IS) and complicate the rehabilitation, quality of life, and social adaptation of patients. The hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) system, sympathoadrenal medullary system (SAMS), and inflammatory processes are believed to be involved in the pathogenesis of these disorders. This study aimed to explore these systems in IS patients, including those with post-stroke cognitive and depressive disorders, within a year after IS.

Silver Nanoparticles Functionalized With Antimicrobial Polypeptides: Benefits and Possible Pitfalls of a Novel Anti-infective Tool.

Silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) and antimicrobial peptides or proteins (AMPs/APs) are both considered as promising platforms for the development of novel therapeutic agents effective against the growing number of drug-resistant pathogens. The observed synergy of their antibacterial activity suggested the prospect of introducing antimicrobial peptides or small antimicrobial proteins into the gelatinized coating of AgNPs. Conjugates with protegrin-1, indolicidin, protamine, histones, and lysozyme were comparatively tested for their antibacterial properties and compared with unconjugated nanoparticles and antimicrobial polypeptides alone.

[The concept of the Model Law "On social advertisement in the field of healthy life-style"].

The article presents analysis of legislation of the CIS countries on social advertising from point of view of specifics of its application to popularization of healthy lifestyle. The characteristics of social advertising in the field of healthy lifestyle, prerequisites and necessity of developing model law on social advertising in the field of healthy lifestyle are presented. The role of the State in changing world is emphasized as decisive factor in popularization of healthy lifestyle, preservation of human life environment, protection of formation of genetic code, control and monitoring ecological risks, development of new legislation to comply with law standards of the CIS countries concerning measures and principles contributing to maintainance of healthy lifestyle.

Aluminosilicate Nanosponges: Synthesis, Properties, and Application Prospects.

A simple one-step method is presented for fabricating inorganic nanosponges with a kaolinite [AlSiO(OH)] structure. The nanosponges were synthesized by the hydrothermal treatment of aluminosilicate gels in an acidic medium (pH = 2.6) at 220 °C without using organic cross-linking agents, such as cyclodextrin or polymers.

Comparison of the Antimicrobial and Hemolytic Activities of Various Forms of Silver (Ions, Nanoparticles, Bioconjugates) Stabilized in a Zeolite Matrix.

A quantitative and qualitative comparison of the antimicrobial and hemolytic activities of silver in various states, in the form of ions, nanoparticles, and bioconjugates with the antimicrobial protein lysozyme stabilized in an inert zeolite matrix, has been carried out. A synthetic zeolite with a β structure was chosen as a zeolite matrix. Using the ion-exchange method, the method of chemical reduction, and treating the matrix with a silver hydrosol with specified characteristics, samples of zeolites with the same silver content in various forms (Ag, Ag° - Ag°/Lyz) in the amounts of 0.

[Non - tuberculous mycobacteriosis of the lungs - diagnostic possibilities in the practice of the pulmonologist].

Aim Of The Study: Show the possibilities of diagnosing non - tuberculous mycobacteriosis of the lungs (NTML) in the practice of the pulmonologist.

Materials And Methods: A survey of 90 patients with a confirmed diagnosis of non - tuberculous mycobacteriosis of the lungs (NTML) was presented. The diagnosis of pulmonary mycobacteriosis was established in accordance with the criteria proposed in 2007 by the American Thoracic Society and the American Society of Infectious Diseases (ATS/IDRS).

[Re-operations in patients with heart wounds].

Aim: To define the risk factors of complications which are followed by re-operations in patients with cardiac and pericardial wounds and to prevent these complications.

Material And Methods: Retrospective and prospective analysis of 1072 victims with cardiac and pericardial injuries for 35 years was performed. Overall mortality was 17.

[Endovascular and surgical treatment of a patient with traumatic rupture of the aorta and hepatic artery].

Traumatic rupture of the aorta is the second most common cause of death in closed chest injury. The latest findings of autopsy showed that 80% of lethal outcomes in aortic injury occur in the prehospital period. Taking into consideration the incidence and high rate of death prior to the diagnosis stage, aortic rupture in closed thoracic injury is an important problem.

[A formal description of mammals' behavior based on data on snow tracking, with pine marten (Martes martes) as a case study].

The formalism allowing to describe animals' behavior is based on the model of informational interactions between an animal and its environment. The model may be represented as an assemblage consisting of two blocks. The first block, which corresponds to the perception system, is a probabilistic operator: it selects an object of certain class out of many objects randomly encountered by an animal while it moves around.

[Features of severe surgical infections of soft tissues].

Aim: To analyze clinical and microbiological examinations in severe soft tissues infections and their significance in predictors of outcomes.

Material And Methods: Treatment of 19 patients with severe suppurative infection and suspected non-clostridial anaerobic flora with different causes of soft tissues infection was analyzed. All patients were treated in N.

[Postoperative complications of heart and pericardial injuries].

The 31-year experience of 839 cases of heart and pericardial injuries was analyzed. The complicated course was registered in 36%. Such factors as patient's age, blood loss, severity of injury and patient's condition on admission, defined the possibility of complications.

[Participation of apoptotic proteins in hypothalamic regulation of the population volume of the red-backed vole (Clethrionomys rutilus)].

The content of the antiapoptotic protein Bcl-2 and of the proapoptotic enzyme caspase-3 in the paraventricular nucleus (PVN) of sexually immature red-backed voles is studied in the course of the population cycle. The significant change of the Bcl-2 and procaspase-3 in the PVN neurons is established at all cycle phases. The low volume of population (under the most favorable conditions of the existence of the animals) is revealed to be characterized by the moderately increased or high expression of the Bcl-2 protein alongside with low or moderately increased caspase-3 activity.

[Quality of life in sarcoidosis--validation of a new instrument].

Aim: To validate SHQ in Russia on a limited sampling of patients with sarcoidosis.

Material And Methods: Initially a formal analogue of original SHQ version in Russian was developed, after that culture compatibility was tested on a limited group of patients with proven sarcoidosis (development step). During the validation step of current study a new set (34 patients) filled draft SHQ version twice with time interval about two weeks.

[Systemic manifestations of sarcoidosis].

The paper describes the diversity of manifestations of sarcoidosis, which determines the extent of this process. The present study revealed skin and joint lesions in most cases and identified the involvement of peripheral lymph nodes, eyes, heart, thyroid, kidney, spleen, liver, and pancreas. Sarcoidosis of the pleura, pericardium, subcutaneous fat, and ovaries was most common.