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The infection with Helicobacter pylori, mostly asymptomatic in children, is also an important factor in the development of intestinal metaplasia and gastric carcinoma in adulthood. In the present article we want to establish whether the noninvasive diagnostic tests of the Helicobacter pylori infection could individually and in different combinations be used in every-day paediatric clinical practice. A total of

Malaria is the most important tropical disease which represents the major health and eco­nomic problem in over 100 tropical and subtropical countries worldwide. For the past 20 years, the incidence of malaria has been increasing. This increase can be attributed, in large part, to increasing resistance of Plasmodium falciparum to current antimalarial drugs, to the appearance of Plasmodium in nonendemic

In Slovenia, the use of experimental animals in education and for experimental and other scientific purposes is regulated by the Animal Protection Act and other subsidiary legal acts, in which the legal provisions of the European Union have been adopted. In the article, the authors explain in brief the conditions for the acquisition of the permit for carrying out ani­mal

Sexual dysfunction and depression often occur together, however the causal relation is unclear and has not been studied enough. Sexual dysfunction secondary to depression has been well studied, but less is known about prevalence of depressive symptoms among patients with sex­ual dysfunction. The aim of our study was to find out whether the depression was more common among young people

Heart failure is related to QTc interval prolongation and changes in the QRS complex. Recently, elevated plasma levels of brain natriuretic peptide (proBNP) is also being recognized as an important prognostic factor of heart failure. Inhibitors of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl CoA reductase, statins, might improve general condition and outcome in patients with heart fail­ure. We hypothesized that short-term statin treatment shortens QTc

Lyme borreliosis is a worldwide tick-borne illness caused by the spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato. The number of cases rises every year. The disease progresses with an unpredictable course and affects various organ systems. Early stage skin rash, erythema migrans, and later neurologic, cardiac, and musculoskeletal involvement are distinctive of manifest infection. The most accurate for diagnosis and the most