[Identification of chlamydia and (or) chlamydia-like microorganisms by light microscopy confirmed by electron microscopy and fluorescent in situ hybridization]. / Rasprostranennost' khlamidii i (ili) khlamidiepodobnykh mikroorganizmov u zhenshchin po rezul'tatam svetovoi mikroskopii, podtverzhdennym électronno-mikroskopicheski i s pomoshch'iu FISH-gibridizatsii DNK.

Using light microscopy, we have shown that chlamydia and/or chlamydia-like microorganisms are registered in 20-25% of the healthy part of human population, whereas in patients of the same age with gynecological problems these were found in 40-50%. Commonly, the infection was slightly manifested (less than 5% of cells are infected). These results were confirmed in four months but only in heavily infected patients. The light microscope data are confirmed by observations with electron microscopy, and by FISH hybridization of the total chlamydial DNA on cytological preparations with chlamydial inclusions. In some cases, microcolonies revealed by FISH hybridization occupied the majority of the cytoplasm volume. Occasionally, the DNA material was found on the nuclear surface. It seems likely that in heavily infected cells chlamydia are able to penetrate into the perinucular space.

[Experience in using hyperthermia in combination with the radon pool in the combined treatment of patients with arteriosclerosis obliterans at the Belokurikha health resort]. / Opyt primeneniia gipertermii v sochetanii s radonovym basseinom v kompleksnom lechenii bol'nykh obliteriruiushchim aterosklerozom na kurorte Belokurikha.

The patients with atherosclerosis obliterans of the peripheral arteries received sanatorium treatment at Belokurikha health resort. The treatment (thermoradonotherapy) involved hyperthermia in sauna combined with radon pool. The above combination turned out superior to conventional radonotherapy provided the procedures were well tolerated and no balneoreactions arose.