[The clinical and morphological characteristics of C1q glomerulopathy]. / Kliniko-morfologicheskaia kharakteristika C1q-glomerulopatii.

C1q glomerulopathy is a rare variety of chronic glomerulonephritis manifested as C1q deposition revealed by immunofluorescence microscopy. The pathogenesis and etiology of the disease have not been studied. The paper deals with the results of clinical, morphological, immunofluorescence, and electron microscopic examinations in 13 patients with C1q glomerulopathy. Light microscopy more commonly revealed membranous nephropathy, mesangioproliferative glomerulonephritis, and nephrosclerosis. Immunofluorescence microscopy detected a C1q fraction in association with other deposits, more frequently IgM and IgG ones. A correlation was found between the clinical presentation and morphological form of chronic glomerulonephritis.

Antimicrobial activity of polyhexamethylene guanidine phosphate in comparison to chlorhexidine using the quantitative suspension method.

BACKGROUND: Polyhexamethylene guanidine phosphate (PHMG-P) belongs to the polymeric guanidine family of biocides and contains a phosphate group, which may confer better solubility, a detoxifying effect and may change the kinetics and dynamics of PHMG-P interactions with microorganisms. Limited data regarding PHMG-P activity against periodontopathogenic and cariogenic microorganisms necessitates studies in this area. Aim is to evaluate polyhexamethylene guanidine phosphate antimicrobial activity in comparison to chlorhexidine. METHODS: Quantitative suspension method was used enrolling Staphylococcus aureus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Escherichia coli and Candida albicans, Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans, Porphyromonas gingivalis, Streptococcus mutans and Lactobacillus acidophilus. RESULTS: Both tested antiseptics at their clinically-used concentrations, of 0.2% (w/v) and 1% (w/v), correspondingly provided swift bactericidal effects against S. aureus, P. aeruginosa, E. coli and C. albicans, A. actinomycetemcomitans and P. gingivalis with reduction factors higher than 6.0. Diluted polyhexamethylene guanidine phosphate and chlorhexidine to 0.05% continued to display anti-bacterial activity and decreased titers of standard quality control, periopathogens to below 1.0 × 10(3) colony forming units/ml, albeit requiring prolonged exposure time. To achieve a bactericidal effect against S. mutans, both antiseptics at all concentrations required a longer exposure time. We found that a clinically-used 1% of polyhexamethylene guanidine phosphate concentration did not have activity against L. acidophilus. CONCLUSION: High RF of polyhexamethylene guanidine phosphate and retention of bactericidal effects, even at 0.05%, support the use of polyhexamethylene guanidine phosphate as a biocide with sufficient anti-microbial activity against periopathogens. Polyhexamethylene guanidine phosphate displayed bactericidal activity against periopathogens and S. mutans and could potentially be applied in the management of oral diseases.

[The sensitivity of enterobacteria to disinfectants]. / Issledovanie chuvstvitel'nosti énterobakterii k dezinfektantam.

The presence of variants resistant to disinfectants in the natural populations has been established by original methods and with the use of a complex of indices. The occurrence, levels and spectra of acquired resistance depend on the type of a disinfecting agent and the habitat of bacteria. The study substantiates the necessity for surveillance on resistance to disinfectants, carried out with the use of universal methods and indices, available to practical laboratories and based on a more rational approach to the choice of disinfectants.

[Control of microbial contamination of antiseptics and disinfectant solutions]. / Kontrol' za mikrobnoi kontaminatsiei antisepticheskikh i dezinfitsiruiushchikh rastvorov.

Since various species of opportunistic and pathogenic bacteria and fungi are known to be present in working solutions of disinfectants and antiseptics, an original method for the detection of bacterial contamination of these solutions has been developed. This method has been introduced into practical activities of sanitary and epidemiologic stations and hospitals in Byelorussia as the principal element of sanitary inspection of antiseptic and disinfectant utilization.