[Present-day status of the problem and the prospects for the development of the theory of the role of L-form bacteria and Mycoplasma in human urological diseases].

The authors consider the current state of the problem and personal data on the role of L-forms of bacteria and mycoplasma in human infectious pathology. L-forms of bacteria were isolated from the urine in 10% of the patients suffering from pyelonephritis and mycoplasmae--in over one third of all the patients both with pyelonephritis and with cystites and prostatitis. Some of the isolated strains of mycoplasmae produced a cytopathogenic effect on the cell cultures, whereas the rest caused a latent infection. Drug sensitivity determined to ten antibacterial preparations with a wide range of action differed in strains of the same species. The efficacy of treatment and the prospects of microbiological studies in cases with atypical and latent courses of inflammatory processes of the urogenital organs in discussed.