Transformation of the concept of focal infection at the turn of the century (to the 100th anniversary of the birth of professor A.N. Senenko)

Many provisions of modern medical science and conclusions obtained from the broad clinical practice of doctors of various specialties today indicate the close relationship of various diseases with acute and chronic, clearly or hidden in the body, inflammatory processes. They force to take a fresh look at the provisions of the focal infection concept, wich set out in the works of a prominent soviet therapist, professor Alexandr Nikolaevich Senenko. Heading the famous Department of Naval and Hospital Therapy of the Military Medical Academy named after S.M. Kirov, being a consultant therapist to the Navy, major general of the Medical Service A.N. Senenko was remembered by us as an excellent internist and cardiologist, scientist and mentor, as well as a specialist with advanced views on the role of focuses of chronic infection in the clinic of internal diseases. On December 4, 2021, the medical community celebrates the 100th anniversary of the birth of professor A.N. Senenko - this is a significant event and occasion to remember with thanks about this person, to remember about his professional fate and the concept that doctors turn to again and again today. Undoubtedly, the ideas of the role of focal infection in the clinic of human diseases awaits further development, and therefore, new treatment and diagnostic approaches in the field of therapy and operational art lie ahead.