The article presents a female patient that was operated in acute state for gallstone ileus without a prior anamnesis having been taken. Due to multiple stones, the ileus recurred with…

Acanthamoeba is a free-living protozoon. Exposure to acanthamoeba is very common, but infections occur only rarely. Acanthamoeba keratitis should be suspected in every pacient with chronic, progressive ulcerative keratitis of…

Assessment of the Fallopian tube patency in a woman is an important part of infertility investigation, its results being essential to planning the program of treatment. X-ray hysterosalpingography and laparoscopy…

House calls are presented as an integral part of the general practitioner's daily work. Various forms of house calls, as well as their frequency, financing and the associated problems are…

The article presents some old and modern concepts of folie à deux, as well as the epidemiology, etiology, prognosis and course of this disorder. The basic principles of diagnosis and…

Ticks are well-known vectors of numerous diseases caused by bacteria, viruses and protozoa. In the recent years, the incidence of these illnesses has increased worldwide. Tick-borne meningoencephalitis and Lyme borreliosis…

Immunity consist of several mechanisms evolved to protect host organisms against infectious diseases. Microorganisms use different strategies to evade immune responses of the host. The immune system must be able…

Cerebral cortex and nuclei in the brain and brain stem trigger and control all human activities. Nerve centres in the central nervous system are directly or indirectly connected with peripheral…

Diabetes mellitus is an important risk factor for atherosclerosis. The aim of this study was, first, to determine whether young patients with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus display atherosclerotic changes at the…

Experiments on animals have demonstrated that during the initial 24 hours of tick attachment, the likelihood of transmission of Borrelia burgdorferi, the causative agent of Lyme disease, from an infected…