ABSTRACT
A study was worked out on the etiopathogenic relations and a more exact evaluation of the incidence of some agents: viruses, chlamydiae, mycoplasmas and rickettsiae, in the respiratory diseases of 0- to 12-month-old children. Serological analysis and immunofluorescence examination of pharyngeal cells were done. Results showed that parainfluenzae and respiratory syncytial viruses, chlamydiae, rickettsiae and mycoplasmas had an important part in the outbreak and maintaining of severe respiratory diseases in the 0- to 12-month-old children population.
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Respiratory Tract Infections/microbiology , Antibodies, Bacterial/analysis , Antibodies, Viral/analysis , Antigens, Bacterial/analysis , Antigens, Viral/analysis , Female , Humans , Infant , Infant, Newborn , Male , Pharynx/immunology , Pharynx/microbiology , Respiratory Tract Infections/epidemiology , Respiratory Tract Infections/etiology , Respiratory Tract Infections/immunology , Romania/epidemiologyABSTRACT
A group of 55 patients with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, aged from 8 to 40 years, was followed and compared to a group of controls, in view of detecting a possible relation between the presence of inframicrobial agents and diabetes pathogenesis. The investigations revealed, in patients, significantly higher positivity rate of antibodies against mumps (27% versus 16.3% in controls), parainfluenza type 1 (45.4% versus 29.1%) and Epstein-Barr (54.5% versus 10.9%) viruses, and Mycoplasma pneumoniae (43.6 versus 18.2%).
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Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1/microbiology , Adolescent , Adult , Antibodies, Bacterial/blood , Antibodies, Viral/blood , Bacteria/immunology , Bacteria/isolation & purification , Child , Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1/etiology , Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1/immunology , Humans , Pharynx/microbiology , Seasons , Viruses/immunology , Viruses/isolation & purificationABSTRACT
This work presents the results of a study on some viral, chlamydial, rickettsial and mycoplasmal agents incidence and their role on several gynecological ailments: vulvovaginitis, cervicitis, cervicovaginitis. The presence of some viral, chlamydial, rickettsial and mycoplasmal antigens in the vaginal secretion was investigated by immunofluorescence technique, isolation on selective media for Mycoplasma, and MGG staining in a group of 60 women with gynecopathies (group A) and in a control group (also 60 clinically healthy women) (group B). This study pointed out to higher incidence of chlamydial and mycoplasma antigens as well as of parainfluenza virus types I and III, adenovirus and herpes virus type II in group A. The serological screening revealed significant differences between the specific antibodies to antigens found in vaginal secretions to prove the presence of an immunological response on the same category of subjects.
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Chlamydia Infections/complications , Genital Diseases, Female/etiology , Mycoplasma Infections/complications , Rickettsia Infections/complications , Virus Diseases/complications , Antibodies, Bacterial/analysis , Antibodies, Viral/analysis , Chlamydia/immunology , Chlamydia/isolation & purification , Chlamydia Infections/diagnosis , Female , Genital Diseases, Female/diagnosis , Humans , Mycoplasma/immunology , Mycoplasma/isolation & purification , Mycoplasma Infections/diagnosis , Rickettsia/immunology , Rickettsia/isolation & purification , Rickettsia Infections/diagnosis , Uterine Cervicitis/diagnosis , Uterine Cervicitis/etiology , Vagina/immunology , Vagina/microbiology , Virus Diseases/diagnosis , Viruses/immunology , Viruses/isolation & purification , Vulvovaginitis/diagnosis , Vulvovaginitis/etiologyABSTRACT
Investigations were conducted on groups of subjects hospitalized in surgery services with a clinical diagnosis of acute or chronic appendicitis, to detect the presence of inframicrobial antibodies and antigens, as well as that of the C reactive protein in these patients as compared with a control group. The results of serological tests and of the examination of pieces of appendix are also presented. The obtained data are used as arguments for the theory of an inframicrobial infection part in some acute and chronic forms of appendicitis.
