Is Bacterial Meningitis a Risk Factor for Developing Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.

Introduction: Bacterial meningitis is a severe disease with high morbidity. Many medical conditions are known to be associated with meningitis including Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). The goal of the present study was to examine the frequency of ADHD in children who had had bacterial meningitis.

[ACCIDENTAL POISONING WITH A PLANT COLCHICUM AUTUMNALE: REPORT OF TWO CASES].

Colchicine poisonings are serious and highly fatal conditions that occur as a result of food poisoning from plants that contain this alkaloid or overdose with drug containing colchicine. The leaves of edible wild garlic because of their similarity are often replaced with highly poisonous leaves of autumn crocus, causing poisoning. Described are two cases of food poisoning with Colchicum autumnale, who had similar symptoms in the initial stage, but different clinical course and outcome.

Brucellosis in children in Bosnia and Herzegovina in the period 2000 - 2013.

Aim: To analyse clinical, laboratory and epidemiological characteristics of brucellosis in children in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Methods: The study included 246 children aged 0-18 years, who were hospitalized in Clinics and Departments for Infectious Diseases in Tuzla, Sarajevo, Banja Luka, Zenica and Bihać in the period 2000-2013, in whom the diagnosis of brucellosis was established based on anamnestic data, clinical features and positive results from blood culture and/or positive results from one of the serological tests.

Results: In this period, a total of 2630 patients, 246 (9.

Morphometric changes of the lumbar intervertebral space following discectomy on one or two levels.

Aim: To investigate a potential difference in postoperative morphological changes of two-level lumbar disc surgery as compared to one level surgery.

Methods: The standard lateral radiographs of lumbar spine obtained preoperatively and postoperatively were used in the study . The morphological study included 60 adult patients of both sexes who had undergone the surgery in the period 2002-2006.

[Analysis of amoxicillin-clavulanic acid (Xiclav) efficacy and the possibility of early switch from parenteral to oral therapy in the treatment of infections].

Early transition from parenteral to oral antibiotic therapy switch therapy play a major role in treatment because of adverse reactions of long parenteral therapy. In the prospective, comparative and randomized clinical study the efficacy of two treatment regimens were analyzed: XICLAV (amoxicillin + clavulanic acid): parenteral regiment with early transition to oral therapy and parenteral regimen in patients with bacterial infections without transition to the oral dosage form, on the other hand. In our study we've analyzed 240 hospitalized patients in the Clinic of infectious Diseases in Tuzla and Sarajevo too, so in the Institution for infectious diseases in Zenica.