[Use of succinate-containing agents in the treatment of infectious diseases]. / Ispol'zovanie preparatov, soderzhashchikh suktsinat, v klinike infektsionnykh boleznei.

The review gives data that reveal the role of succinic acid in providing cells with energy and oxygen under hypoxic conditions. It presents the results of clinical and experimental studies to evaluate the efficacy of succinate-containing drugs in the combination therapy of infectious diseases. The spectrum of biological effects of these drugs, which is provided by the synergy of their active ingredients, is considered.

[Topical immunomodulation in the treatment of herpetic infections in HIV-infected patients].

The efficiency of cycloferon liniment in combined treatment of herpetic infection in patients with latent form of HIV infection has been assess by observations of 40 patients divided into two groups. In the first group, the standard treatment was supplemented with the application of cycloferon liniment twice a day during 7 days; in the second group, the therapy was conducted according to standard recommendations. It was established that the application of cycloferon liniment in combination with standard therapy in patients with relapse of herpetic infection against the background of HIV infection ensures faster disappearance of general infectious syndrome, decreases the period of eruptions and the duration of local inflammations, and accelerates the epithelialization of erosions.

[Herpetic infection in patients with psoriasis: the improvement of therapy].

The aim of the study was to estimate the efficacy of liniment cycloferon included in combined therapy of herpetic infection in 30 patients with psoriasis divided into 2 groups. Combined treatment of patients with recurrent herpetic infection promoted elimination of general infection syndrome, shortened duration of eruption and local inflammation, accelerated epithelization of herpetic erosion, and decreased the frequency of relapses during the follow-up.

[Efficacy of cycloferon in the treatment of brucellosis].

Therapeutic potential of cyclopheron was evaluated as exemplified by the treatment of patients with chronic brucellosis. Positive clinical dynamics during combined treatment including cyclopheron is apparent as reduced duration of intoxication and inflammation, improved quality of life, decreased frequency of exacerbation of the infectious process and development of intercurrent diseases. These effects are shown to be due to immunomodulating activity of cyclopheron and suppression of lipid peroxidation. Also, the drug increases activity of antioxidants, decreases the levels of proinflammatory (and to a lesser degree of anti-inflammatory) cytokines.

[Clinical and laboratory indicators of systemic inflammation and endotoxicosis in the evaluation of the activity of an infectious process].

Patients with chronic brucellosis underwent a complex clinical and laboratory studies to determine the indicators reflecting the degree of systemic inflammation and endotoxicosis. On the basis of an analysis of the findings, an integral quantitative approach was applied to describing the associations between various pathophysiological processes and clinical manifestations; criteria for the activity of the infectious process were objectivized, and the form of chronic brucellosis was defined. The mathematical simulation method was shown to be an adequate tool to objectivized the differential diagnosis of the clinical forms of the disease.