The author emphasizes the impor­tance of early antibiotic treatment of leptospirosis, which should comprise penicillin G two million IU every four hours for seven days. This therapy is effec­tive even…

Hospital-acquired pneumonia accounts for significant morbidity and mortality in hospitalized patients. Gram-negative bacilli and Staphylococcus aureus are the most common isolates in these patients. Since the etiology of the disease…

Because of its anatomic and pathogenic characteristics infective endocarditis represents a special therapeutic problem. Even in cases responding well to the given antibiotic therapy, it often takes several weeks to…

The author delineates the main rea­sons for treating Lyme borreliosis with antibiotics and presents the appropriate choice of antibi­otic agents, which depends on clinical mani­festation of the disease. He describes…

Ehrlichioses are zoonotic tick-borne infections that are caused by obligate intracel­lular bacteria of the genus Ehrlichia. Human ehrlichiosis fall into the following two groups: infections caused by Ehrlichia chaffeensis and…

Transjugular intrahepatic portosys­temic shunt is an alternative therapeutic approach in the treatment of portal hypertension and its complications. Two cases with implant­ed transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt are described. Doppler ultrasonography…

The incidence of avascular necrosis of the femoral head in the developed world has been on a constant increase. The disease may be induced by trauma – sustained mostly in road…

The factors used in planning breast cancer treatment and predicting the course of disease at the present level of scientific devel­opment are presented. The most significant independent prognostic factor is…

In the present research we tried to prove, that specific myosin heavy chain is relat­ed to a prevalent metabolic type and that activ­ities of succinate-dehydrogenase and a glycerophosphate dehydrogenase in…