THE USE OF LABORATORY DIAGNOSTIC METHODS FOR THE ETIOLOGICAL INTERPRETATION OF ACUTE INTESTINAL INFECTIONS DURING THE WINTER PERIOD

Abstract


 
 
 The study analyzed the epidemiological situation of acute intestinal infections in the winter. Surveyed 98 patients. Bacteriologically, pathogenic and conditionally pathogenic bacteria cultures were isolated in 33.7%, conditionally pathogenic cultures prevailed: Staphylococcus aureus - 23.5%, Enterococcus aerogenes - 20.5%, Klebsiella pneumoniae - 20.5%, Citrobacter freundii - 14.7%, Salmonella enteritidis - 11.7%, Proteus vulgaris - 5.8%, and the heteropathogenic Escherichia coli O142 was detected in 2.9%. Specific fragments of viral RNA in 37.6% were identified by the molecular-biological method, Rotavirus A dominated - 55.2%, Norovirus 2 genotype was found in 39.4%. More often, the infection was caused by only one pathogen. Etiological factor is not defined in 33.7%.