Publications by authors named "Darko Koscak"

Healthcare associated infections (HCAI) are huge problem all over the world, and 5-10% of all hospitalized patients will develop infection during hospitalization. From the times of I. P.

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Isolated tuberculosis of gastrointestinal tract is a very rare disease most commonly localized in the ileo-cecal region (over 85% of the cases). The main object of surgical therapy is intraperitoneal tuberculosis (IP-TB), which leads to complications such as bowel obstruction, perforation, fistulation and bleeding. Since gastrointestinal tuberculosis can mimic symptoms found in Crohns' disease and ileocecal cancer, definitive diagnosis can only be obtained by the finding of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in tissue and stool sample as well as by positive microbacterial cultivation.

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