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01.12.2017.
Professional paper
Prevalence of anti HCV antibodies and anti HBV antibodies is risk groups of patients
Infections caused by viruses hepatitis B and C are one of the most severe problem in contemporary medicine. These viruses show high affinity to hepatocytes. The fundamental pathogenetic mechanisam which is responsible for hepatocyte damage, depends either on cytocidal effect of virus or immunological response of the infected host. The most common way of virus transmission nowdays is parenteralno, due to intravenous drug abuse, while earlier the blood transfusion was a more often the pathway of infection. Patients on chronical hemodialysis are at increased risk of HCV infection. The aim of our study was to determine the most common risk factors and pathways of HBV and HCV infection, as well as to assess the significance of the serological markers of hepatitis B and hepatitis C viruses in risk groups of patients. The study was conducted at Institute for blood transfusion at Health Center of Kosovska Mitrovica, in the period from January 2000 until December 2015. ELISA test was performed for the confirmation of presence of hepatitis B and hepatitis C viruses in the blood. The results showed that the number of respondents increased significantly during the research period. Voluntary blood donors were significantly more represented than respondents who were referred by a physician. Average age of all seropositive? examinees in the study was 47,1 ± 18,1 years (range from 8 – 79 years). HBV seropositivity was significantly more present compared to HCV seropositivity. The highest incidence of HBV and HCV infection was recorded in the working age population, between 40 and 50 years of age. Analyzing the data of the way of infection transmission, most patients reported an unknown pathway of infection (39%). The second most common way of infection transmission was hemodialysis (28.4%), while the intravenous drug abuse was noted in 13,4% of patients. We can conclude that the implementation of regular screening and timely prevention, as well as the education program of the population can be helpful in reducing the number of patients with HBV and HCV infection
Andrijana Odalović, M. Parlić, N. Katanić, B. Stolić, J. Aritonović
01.12.2013.
Professional paper
ABDOMINALNA AKTINOMIKOZA "IMITATOR" KARCINOMA KOLONA
Prikazan je slujaj poznice stare 52 godine sa abdominalnom aktinomykozom, kod koje su se symptoms zapatili dva mecea pre hospitalizationizacije. Abdominal actinomycosis is rare, chronic, granulomatous infection, koju karakterime pojaja ''sumpornih granula''. It usually occurs in patients with surgical interventions or invasive procedures, manifesting tumors in the abdomen. The diagnosis is often difficult to establish. U manje od 10% is placed preoperatively. Definitive diagnosis is based on makroskopskom and histološkom pregledu sampler zavrentih tsikava. Lečenje is carried out intravenskom primenom coché doza penicillin u durati od 2-6 nedelja, a potom peroralna antibiotska terapija traje još 6-12 meseci.
Natasa Katanic, K. Bojovic, I. Milosevic, L. Lavadinovic, J. Aritonovic, A. Odalovic, J. Malinic
01.01.2011.
Professional reviews
GOITERS NODES THYROID GLAND AS A RESULT OF MODIFIED APOPTOSIS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING
Hyperplasia in goiter may be associated with altered apoptosis thyrocytes. There are numerous techniques for the detection and quantification of apoptosis. Some of them were light microscopy, electron microscopy, flow cytometry, studying the activities of caspase, DNA fragmentation and so on. In patients with multinodular endemic goiter after six months of iodine load, number of apoptotic thyrocytes increased by ten times, Bcl-2 is missing and Bax appeared in thyrocytes. Excess iodine in molecular form causes apoptosis in thyrocytes creating free radicals, mitochondrial damage and release of cytochrome c. Research shows that the level of sFas in the serum of patients with multinodular goiter increased compared to normal controls, it can still point to the reduced expression of Fas protein on the surface of cells that then leads to increased thyroid cell proliferation. Further study of apoptosis in goiter combined morphological and biochemical methods are important for better diagnosis and treatment of diseases.
J. Aritonović Pribaković, Lj. Marković