The article presents the recommendations for immunization of children with chronic kid­ney disease of higher stages and children with idiopathic nephrotic syndrome. These chil­dren are in some cases more susceptible…

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…

After describing the main characteristics of the desease, the author presents several cases of discitis in order to illustrate the difficult diagnosis due to the misleading clinical picture. The desease…

Infective endocarditis is a disease with protean manifestations. The diagnosis is based mainly on the typical clinical signs and on a few laboratory parameters. The clinical and epide­miological aspects of…