The article shows a histopathological review of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and the associated neoplasia. Its etiology is still not well defined and it involves genetic susceptibility, abnormalities in the…

Helicobacter pylori, a spiral shaped pathogenic bacterium, was first isolated by Barry Warren and Robin Marshall about 20 years ago, earning them a Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in…

We present a 33-year-old patient, born in Sri Lanka and living in Switzerland for 12 years, who complained of acute pain in the right shoulder and the right upper abdomen.…

BACKGROUNDS. Lyme borreliosis is a disease which affects many organ systems. It is tran­smitted by ticks and caused by the bacteria Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato. Borrelial lymphocy­toma is a clinical…

Elderly represent a large and increasing segment of the population worldwide. Susceptibi­lity to infection in this period of life is substantially increased. The reasons for more frequent infections include impairment…

The author reports a patient with acute liver and kidney failure diagnosed on his retur­ning from 14-day trip to Brasil, where he had been exposed to various risk factors for…

Genotyping of hepatitis C virus (HCV) isolates is of particular interest for epidemiolo­gy. Because of extreme genome variability of HCV genome, each genotyping method should be evaluated in local setting…

HIV infection induces both humoral and cytotoxic immune response. HIV is extremely efficient in evading host immune response due to virus adaptability. An immune response early in the course of…

Infectious diseases are becoming more complicated to diagnose and treat. History plays a crit­ical role in narrowing the differential diagnosis and deciding on the most appropriate diag­nostic tests. Symptoms often…

Bronchiolitis is an acute respiratory disease of early childhood, mostly caused by res­piratory syncytial virus. A blind prospective study was undertaken to determine the effects of cor­ticosteroid therapy on the…

We present a 33-year-old patient who developed high grade fever after returning from his 3-week journey in the south of Africa. He presented with 3 ulcers involving his left ankle…

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…

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…

Hepatitis D virus is one of five well-defined viruses identified as causing agents of viral hepa­titis. Hepatitis D virus is a small, defective single-stranded RNA virus, which has been recently…

The protozoon parasite Cryptosporidium is a pathogen that infects humans and animals. It causes cryptosporidiosis, which results in an acute or chronic diarrhea. The infectious agents of this parasite are…

With the identification of HIV in 1981, the health care world was suddenly faced with the risk of HIV infection through occupational exposure to infected blood and body fluids. Health…

Life-threatening infections rarely occur in children, but when they do they require immediate diagnosis and therapy. The principal aetiologic agents are bacteria and viruses, other microorganisms being less common. The…

The paper describes new views on hepatitis A, a new classification of hepatitis A virus, its epidemiology, clinical picture, treatment and prevention, passive immunization and recently introduced active immunization with…

The paper reviews the most common
 sexually transmitted infections, and stresses some problems generally connected with these disorders. They represent an important medical issue worldwide. Neisseria gonorrhoeae and
 Treponema pallidum,…

In addition to the classical picture of endocapillary proliferative and exudative glomerulonephritis, patients with acute postinfectious glomerulonephritis may manifest a broad spectrum of various histomorphological and immunohistological changes which may reflect the stage of the…

Asthma is a chronic inflammatory respiratory disease. Anti-inflammatory therapy with inhaled glucocorticosteroids is considered the most effective long-term therapy for moderate and severe forms of chronic asthma. Side-effects constitute the only limitation…

Food-borne diseases caused by fish and shellfish ingestion are described. The most important viral, bacterial and parasitic infections are characterized, several of which are connected almost exclusively to the fish…

We analysed historical and serological data of patients admitted to the Department of Infectious Diseases, Ljubljana, with acute diarrhoic syndrome of known etiology. The goal of our study was to…

Dengue fever has reemerged in the past 20 years and expanded to new geographic regions. Together with its causative agents (dengue viruses) and the vectors (Aedes mosquitoes), the epidemic activity…