Correlation between liver damage and degree of gastric mucose colonization by Helicobacter pylori in subjects with parenchymatous liver damage.

Background: Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) is an important factor responsible for chronic inflammatory conditions of the gastric mucosa. It has been demonstrated in numerous animal studies that some Helicobacter species may cause parenchymatous liver damage.

[Staphylococcus aureus sepsis--still life threatening disease].

We report an analysis of clinical course of 18 patients presenting with Staphylococcus aureus sepsis. Community acquired infection was caused by Methicillin susceptible S. aureus (MSSA) in 11 patients.

[Borreliosis--Lyme disease--a growing clinical problem].

Clinical and epidemiological analysis of Lyme disease cases treated at the Infectious Diseases Clinic of the Medical University of Gdańsk and the District Hospital of Infectious Diseases in the years 1993-1995 was done. The results were compared to data presented in the literature. The material consisted of 184 patients, 169 in I stage of the disease and 15 in the II stage.

[Antibiotic-associated diarrhea in light of personal observations].

Examination was performed in a group of 539 adult patients with diarrhea admitted to the Department of Infectious Diseases in Gdańsk from 1991 to 1994. The group of 17 patients with antibiotic-associated colitis (AAC) was analysed. The antibiotics responsible for AAC were lincosamides, cephalosporins and penicillins.

[Case of Wegener granuloma].

A case is presented of Wegener granuloma with lesion in the maxillary sinus, orbit, eye, lungs, kidneys and on the skin, observed in the Department of Infectious Diseases. The diagnosis was made after seven months of the disease, on the basis of clinical picture and histological examination. The applied treatment with cyclophosphamide and steroids led to regression of most symptoms.