Treatment of Ruptured Infected Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Caused by Salmonella spp.: A Case Report.

Despite significant advances in diagnostic methods, sepsis is still a current medical problem, and its complications contribute to increased mortality among different age groups. The article presents the case of a 71-year-old man who developed an inflammatory aneurysm of the abdominal aorta in the course of sepsis of Salmonella spp. etiology, followed by its rupture.

Sensitisation to lipid transfer proteins in pollen - allergic adults with food allergy.

Introduction: Food allergy affects 6-17% of Europeans and in 60% of the cases it is accompanied by inhalation allergy. This is due to two phenomena, namely co-sensitisation and cross-reactivity, which are caused by panallergens, such as lipid transfer proteins (LTP). These proteins are classified as defence proteins PR-14 and are responsible for protecting the plant from bacterial and fungal infections.

Determination of antibodies in everyday rheumatological practice.

Antibody determination is routinely used in everyday rheumatological practice. Its result repeatedly determines the diagnosis or exclusion of a particular disease. Antibodies are immunoglobulins, i.

Clinical significance of nutritional status in patients with chronic heart failure-a systematic review.

Chronic heart failure (CHF) and nutritional disorders are recognized as major challenges for contemporary medicine. This study aims to estimate the role of nutritional disorders as risk factors for CHF development and prognostic factors for CHF patients and the outcome of nutritional intervention in CHF. Full-text English articles published between January 2013 and February 2019 available in the PubMed and Scopus databases were considered.