[A case of pleuropulmonary dirofilariasis caused by Dirofilaria repens. Case report].

The differential diagnosis of neoplasms of various localizations is the primary task in clinical practice of all physicians. We present a description of the case of invasion with Dirofilaria repens in the lung of a 68-year-old patient. In 2016 the patient was diagnosed with cancer of the left kidney and underwent a left-sided nephrectomy. During the dynamic observation in 2019, a lump was found in the left lung, which was regarded as a metastasis. An atypical SIX resection of the left lung was performed. Microscopy of the removed lump revealed the presence of a nematode of the genus Dirofilaria, presumably D. repens. The species identity of D. repens was confirmed by polymerase chain reaction using species-specific primers. It is known that the morphological identification of parasites up to the species in the surgical material presents certain difficulties and requires high professional training of the researcher. Therefore, the diagnosis of dirofilariasis in atypical localizations of nematodes in the human body is of great importance in the differentiation of malignant and benign formations, and the use of the polymerase chain reaction method can significantly increase the accuracy in establishing the final diagnosis.

[POSSIBILITIES OF APPLICATION OF MALDI-TOF MASS-SPECTROMETRY FOR STUDY OF CARBOHYDRATE-SPECIFIC RECEPTORS FOR DIAGNOSTIC BACTERIOPHAGE EL TOR].

AIM: Study mechanisms of interaction of diagnostic bacteriophage El Tor with sensitive strain Vibrio cholerae El Tor 18507 using direct protein profiling, identification of constant and variable proteins, taking part in interaction of the phage and cell, as well as carbohydrate-specific phage receptors. MATERIALS AND METHODS: . A commercial preparation of cholera diagnostic bacteriophage El Tor, strain V. cholerae El Tor 18507 were used. Effect of carbohydrates on bacteriophage activity was determined in experiments with phage by a classic and modified by us method. Protein profiles of the studied objects were studied using MSP-analysis method. RESULTS: Sucrose was shown to inhibit lytic activity of bacteriophage. Proteome profiles of El Tor bacteriophage and sensitive indicator strains were studied, identification of constant and variable proteins of the studied objects by MSP Peak-list program was carried out. CONCLUSION: Analysis of changes of profiles of phage and microbial cell during interaction with sucrose gave a basis for assuming, that sucrose in the mixture of culture-phage enters interaction namely with phage protein receptors, blocking receptors specific for cholera vibrio, that subsequently manifests in a sharp decrease of phage activity against the sensitive strain.

[Proteome mass-spectrometric analysis and typing of Vibrio cholerae strains isolated in the territory of Russian Federation in 2010 - 2012].

AIM: Conduction of a comparative proteomic mass-spectrometric (MS) analysis using a personal database of V. cholerae protein mass-spectra and genetic VNTR-typing of cholera causative agent strains. MATERIALS AND METHODS: V. cholerae O1 El Tor strains - 7, V. cholerae non O1/non O139 - 2. Protein profiling and VNTR-genotyping of strains was carried out on MALDI TOF-MS Autoflex (Bruker Daltonics) mass-spectrometer and SIS Cholera-strains-VNTR. RESULTS: The established community of a proteomic profile of epidemic cholera vibrio strains isolated in 2010 - 2012 in Moscow allowed to determine Indian origin of a toxigenic strain isolated in Taganrog in 2011. M/z proteins distinguishing V. cholerae O1 and non O1/non O139 strains were identified. Proteomic analysis confirms the results of VNTR-genotyping. CONCLUSION: Study and typing of V. cholerae members with determination of their origin and phylogenetic relationship is possible using a collection of V. cholerae mass-spectra.