title: [The etiological role of enterococci in chronic obstructive bronchitis].
abstract: The role of enterococci in the development of chronic obstructive bronchitis was determined. Enterococcus faecalis, subspecies zymogens and liquefaciens, were found to be the etiological factors of chronic obstructive bronchitis both as the primary cause of the disease and, probably, the cause of secondary hospital infection. Enterococci isolated from patients had some signs of pathogenicity, their characteristic feature being multiple drug resistance. Chronic obstructive bronchitis caused by these microorganisms was accompanied by decreased immune responsiveness and the development of autoimmune processes.
authors.forename: V I
authors.initials: VI
authors.lastname: Sedov
authors.forename: L V
authors.initials: LV
authors.lastname: Gusakova
authors.forename: M V
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: Alekseenko
authors.forename: S I
authors.initials: SI
authors.lastname: Tsimbal
authors.forename: G Ia
authors.initials: GIa
authors.lastname: Medvedchuk
authors.forename: T Z
authors.initials: TZ
authors.lastname: Kudintseva
authors.forename: T V
authors.initials: TV
authors.lastname: Gubenko
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Eremina
mesh_terms: D000917:Antibody Formation; D001402:B-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology; D001991:Bronchitis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology; D002908:Chronic Disease; D013293:Enterococcus faecalis / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D016984:Enterococcus faecium / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D016908:Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / Q000209:etiology* / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D007111:Immunity, Cellular; D007136:Immunoglobulins / Q000097:blood; D013183:Sputum / Q000382:microbiology; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology; D014774:Virulence
chemical_list: D007136:Immunoglobulins
vernacular_title: Etiologicheskaia rol' énterokokkov pri khronicheskom obstruktivnom bronkhite.