Infectious Pathology of the Respiratory Tract

Introduction,. Epidemiology, morbidity and mortality due to diseases associated with biological pathogens.- Microbiology and molecular biology in the diagnostics.- Local immunity in different age groups.- Historical overview upon etiology and mechanisms of the lesions.- Influenza.- Paramyxovirus respiratory infections: parainfluenza, RS-infection, metapneumovirus infection, measles.- Respiratory infections due to DNA viruses: Adenoviruses, Herpes simplex.- SARS.- Atypical pneumonias due to Chlamydia and Mycoplasma.- Lobar pneumonia.- Community acquired pneumonia.- Nosocomial Pneumonias.- Tuberculosis.- Respiratory Mycosis due to Candida, Aspergillus, Pneumocysta, Mucor et al..- Lesions due to Protozoa and Helminthes.- Mixed infectious lesions. Pathogenesis and morphological diagnostics.- Lung lesions in intrauterine infections: herpes, cytomegaly, chlamydiosis, mycoplasmosis etc.- Differential diagnostics of granulomatosis in clinical pathology.- Differential diagnostics of interstitial lesions in clinical pathology.- Questions stay to be investigated.

Vsevolod A. Zinserling (Tsinzerling) was born 1954 in Leningrad (Russia) in the family of Prof. Dr. Alexander Zinserling (1923-1995) - outstanding pathologist. He graduated from Leningrad Paediatric Medical Institute in 1977, worked as research scientist, practicing as pathologist in Leningrad Research Institute of Children's Infections (1977-1988). In 1978-80 had postgraduate training at the chair of pathology (chief. Prof. O.K. Khmelnitsky) of Leningrad Institute for Postgraduate Medical Training. 1981 defended his cand. med. sc. ( Dr. med.) thesis "Brain changes in mycoplasmosis". In 1988-92 chief of the Central Research Laboratory of Leningrad Paediatric Medical Institute. In 1988 defended the doct. med. sci. thesis "Brain lesions due to respiratory viruses". Since 1992-2007 chief of the Institute of Pathology St. Petersburg Paediatric Medical Academy. Since 2017 chV. Zinserling is organizing and providing the postgraduate medical training in pediatric pathology in Russia. He is also providing consultations in the city's Consulting Centre for the Infectious Pathology and. Since 2017 professor of pathology at the V.A. National Research Center. Author of more than 300 scientific publications devoted to different topics of infectious, perinatal and brain pathology, including manuals (in Russian) "Modern Infections" (2002), "Perinatal infections (2002)", "Infections of the Nervous System" (2005). Participant of many international congresses, being invited lecturer at European Congresses of ESP (2010-2019).
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Yulia R. Zyuzya, was born in 1968, graduated from the Perm state medical Institute with a degree in medicine (1991). Pathologist of the highest category, work experience in the specialty of 26 years. Cand. Med. Sci. (specialty "Pathological anatomy", "Infectious diseases"), PhD thesis defense in 2000. Worked as assistant in the Pathology Department of the Perm state medical Academy; as a pathologist in Regional clinical