I. Shahramian, Hadi Mirazie, A. Aminisefat, F. Parooie
{"title":"Cyclic Vomiting","authors":"I. Shahramian, Hadi Mirazie, A. Aminisefat, F. Parooie","doi":"10.37797/ig.41.2.5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.37797/ig.41.2.5","url":null,"abstract":"The novel corona virus disease (COVID-19) has caused a great pandemic since the end of 2019. A variety of symptoms has been identified for this disease. In this case series we report 5 patients in different age groups who presented with cyclic vomiting as a late complication of COVID-19. All patients have gone through complete diagnostic process for cyclic vomiting syndrome (CVS) including endoscopy. However, they all showed normal findings. The diagnosis of cyclic vomiting syndrome was made based on the symptoms and normal endoscopic and laboratory findings. We treated all of the patients applying the guideline we previously published regarding treatment of CVS patients. According to the results of the present study, CVS might be a late complication of COVID-19 infection. So, it is necessary for physicians to consider it as a differential diagnosis in patients with recent COVID-19 infection and to be aware of its management in each phase.","PeriodicalId":354348,"journal":{"name":"Infektološki glasnik","volume":"9 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133008956","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Tomislava Skuhala, Ivana Japirko, Marin Rimac, Marija Marić, Silvija Šoprek
{"title":"Kandidijaza urogenitalnog trakta","authors":"Tomislava Skuhala, Ivana Japirko, Marin Rimac, Marija Marić, Silvija Šoprek","doi":"10.37797/ig.41.2.3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.37797/ig.41.2.3","url":null,"abstract":"Candida spp. dio je\u0000normalne mikrobiote gastrointestinalnog i urogenitalnog trakta ljudi, no u\u0000određenim uvjetima može uzrokovati infekcije - mukokutane ili diseminirane.\u0000Najčešći uzročnik je Candida albicans. Vulvovaginalna\u0000kandidijaza najčešći je oblik sluzničke kandidijaze, a njena pojava češća je uz\u0000stanja povišene razine estrogena te upotrebe antibiotika, kortikosteroida, kao\u0000i kod bolesnica oboljelih od dijabetesa ili HIV-a. Infekcijom može biti\u0000zahvaćen mokraćni mjehur, ali i bubrezi, najčešće ascendentno iz donjeg dijela\u0000mokraćnog sustava. U razdoblju od\u00001.1.2018. do 31.12.2019. u Mikrobiološkom laboratoriju Klinike za infektivne\u0000bolesti „Dr. Fran Mihaljević“ analizirano je 51.144 uzoraka iz urogenitalnog\u0000trakta od kojih je 17.949 (35,1%) bilo pozitivno. Od pozitivnih izolata, 1.001\u0000izolat bila je kandida (5,6%). Kako je pojava raznih vrsta kandida u uzorcima\u0000iz urogenitalnog trakta česta, cilj ovog rada je prikazati kliničke\u0000manifestacije kandidijaze, indikacije za liječenje kao i odabir antifungika.\u0000Kandidijaza\u0000urogenitalnog trakta važan je dio svakodnevnog kliničkog rada i u\u0000hospitaliziranih i u ambulantnih bolesnika, a pažljiva interpretacija nalaza\u0000preglednog urina, urinokulture te simptoma bolesti, ako su prisutni, ključni su\u0000za razlikovanje kolonizacije od infekcije.","PeriodicalId":354348,"journal":{"name":"Infektološki glasnik","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130222879","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Siti Rasidah Abdul Ghani, M. S. Jeffree, M. R. Hassan, S. Rahim, N. Pang, Suhaiza Mohd Fadzil, Noor Atika Azit
{"title":"Risk Factors and Outbreak Management of Brucellosis in Asia","authors":"Siti Rasidah Abdul Ghani, M. S. Jeffree, M. R. Hassan, S. Rahim, N. Pang, Suhaiza Mohd Fadzil, Noor Atika Azit","doi":"10.37797/ig.41.2.2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.37797/ig.41.2.2","url":null,"abstract":"Objectives: Brucellosis affecting both humans\u0000and animals has been present in Asia for many generations. It continues to be a\u0000major public health concern, particularly where livestock is a major source of\u0000food and income. The study aims to analyse the risk factors of brucellosis and\u0000compare the outbreak management among Asian countries. Methods: A systematic search was performed from\u0000PubMed, Scopus and Web of Science search engines using the PRISMA checklist\u00002009. PICO tool was applied for keyword search. A total of 14 articles were\u0000included in qualitative synthesis and four articles were included in a\u0000meta-analysis. The included studies originated from high endemic countries and\u0000low endemic countries. Results: Most cases had a direct contact with\u0000the infected animal through occupational exposure. The overall odds ratio for\u0000consumption of raw animal products was 9.51 (3.24,27.92), P<0.05. For the\u0000history of contact with an infected animal, the overall odds ratio was 5.74 (1.89,17.39),\u0000P<0.05. The livestock related workers also had a significant overall odds\u0000ratio, 4.45 (1.15,17.19), P<0.05. Conclusion: The common risk factors for human\u0000brucellosis outbreak are consumption of infected animal products, history of\u0000contact with animals and livestock related workers. As the outbreak of human\u0000brucellosis and animal brucellosis is interrelated, an integrated approach to\u0000outbreak management is crucial.","PeriodicalId":354348,"journal":{"name":"Infektološki glasnik","volume":"39 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128451408","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Gabrijela Perše, I. Mareković, S. Pleško, Violeta Rezo Vranješ, M. Jandrlić
{"title":"Evaluation of Aspergillus\u0000Galactomannan Lateral Flow Assay on Serum and Bronchoalveolar Lavage Specimens","authors":"Gabrijela Perše, I. Mareković, S. Pleško, Violeta Rezo Vranješ, M. Jandrlić","doi":"10.37797/ig.41.2.1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.37797/ig.41.2.1","url":null,"abstract":"Background: Detection of biomarkers, such as galactomannan (GM),\u0000has proven to be of great significance in early recognition of invasive\u0000aspergillosis (IA). The aim of our study was to evaluate the lateral flow assay\u0000(LFA) for the detection of GM on serum and bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) samples\u0000previously proven positive by enzyme-linked\u0000immunosorbent assay (ELISA). Methods: The study was performed on serum and BAL samples obtained from patients\u0000with suspected IA in the period from February 2019 to January 2020, which were\u0000previously GM positive by ELISA (Platelia Aspergillus\u0000Ag, Biorad, Hercules, USA). Samples were\u0000then tested by LFA (Aspergillus\u0000Galactomannan LFA, IMMY, Oklahoma, USA) with test line intensity visually read\u0000as 1+, 2+, 3+, or 4+. Results: A total of 45 GM ELISA positive serum and/or BAL samples were obtained\u0000from 41 patients; 25 (55,6 %) were BAL and 20 (44,4 %) serum samples. LFA\u0000showed a positive result in 39 out of 45 (86,7%) GM ELISA positive samples;\u000022/25 (88.0 %) BAL samples and 17/20 (85.0 %) serum samples tested positive. In\u0000BAL samples, low intensity test line of 1+ was significantly more frequent in\u0000GM ELISA positive samples with optical density index (ODI) < 1.0 (p=0.0002).\u0000Three serum samples with high GM ELISA ODI (>4.0) had low intensity line of\u00001+ when tested with LFA. Conclusions: Results obtained by LFA are comparable to GM\u0000ELISA. Since low intensity lines were\u0000found in serum samples with high ODI, this potentially makes BAL a superior\u0000sample for LFA, at least when visual and not automated reading is done.","PeriodicalId":354348,"journal":{"name":"Infektološki glasnik","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130178930","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}