Anaphylaxis Caused by Taking Pantoprazole: Case Series.

Introduction: Pantoprazole is one of the most widely used proton pump inhibitors, but anaphylaxis occurs rarely during its use. The purpose of reporting these two cases is to show that pantoprazole is not a drug without problems; it can also cause anaphylactic reactions.

Cases Description: A 42-year-old woman presented to the emergency department due to dyspeptic complaints.

Facial Cellulitis Caused by in an Immunocompetent Patient: A Rare Case Report.

Background: Candida cellulitis is a rare disease, primarily reported in immunocompromised patients. Atypical Candida spp. infections are increasing, largely due to the growing number of immunocompromised patients.

Visceral leishmaniasis in Kosovo: A case of misdiagnosis and diagnostic challenges.

Introduction: Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is a parasitic disease caused by various Leishmania species and is a potentially life-threatening condition. The disease is highly endemic in several regions, including the Balkans, yet information regarding its prevalence in Kosovo is limited.

Case Presentation: In this case presentation, a 62-year-old man was admitted to a hospital in Kosovo due to a persistent high fever, and after extensive evaluations and treatments, he was diagnosed with fever of unknown origin (FUO) and transferred to a hospital in Turkey.

Twin Brothers and a Sister With CD: A Case Report.

Crohn's disease (CD) has an unknown etiology, but it has a genetic component. Many cases of familial CD have been reported. We describe a Kosovar Albanian family with 6 children, of whom 3 have CD: monozygotic twins and their sister.

Smoking and COVID-19 in ICU Patients.

Background: Case studies revealed an astonishingly low number of current among patients suffering from symptomatic COVID-19 compared to general population, leading to the conclusion that smoking/nicotine uptake might have a preventive effect.

Objective: This study aims to show the relation between smoking habits, present and past, and severity and outcome in COVID-19 patients hospitalized in the ICU of the University Hospital in Pristina.

Methods: This paper reports the results of possible association between smoking habits and severity and outcome of COVID-19.

Use of antibiotics in COVID-19 ICU patients.

Introduction: The role of antibiotics in the treatment in COVID-19 cases has not yet been adequately defined, and no criteria have been established for antibiotic treatment, type and duration.

Methodology: This paper reports the results of an observational study on the extent of antibiotic use in 52 randomly selected patients in the intensive care unit (ICU) at the University Hospital in Pristina, Kosovo with severe forms of COVID-19.

Results: Antibiotics were prescribed in all the cases (52; 100%).

Clinical outcomes of nonvariceal upper gastrointestinal bleeding in Kosova.

Background/aims: The aim was to determine the sociodemographic and etiologic factors, endoscopic accuracy, treatment efficiency and clinical outcome of patients with nonvariceal upper gastrointestinal system bleeding in Kosova.

Materials And Methods: We retrospectively evaluated patients who had applied to our Gastroenterology Department between January 2006 and December 2010.

Results: There were 460 eligible cases with mean age 56.

Brucellosis associated with deep vein thrombosis.

Over the past 10 years more than 700 cases of brucellosis have been reported in Kosovo, which is heavily oriented towards agriculture and animal husbandry. Here, brucellosis is still endemic and represents an uncontrolled public health problem. Human brucellosis may present with a broad spectrum of clinical manifestations; among them, vascular complications are uncommon.

The efficacy of levofloxacin-based triple therapy for first-line helicobacter pylori eradication.

Introduction: Because of the increasing resistance to clarithromycin and metronidazole, new therapeutic alternatives are needed. The purpose of this study was to compare the efficacy of 7- and 10-day triple therapy including omeprazole, levofloxacin and amoxicilline for Helicobacter pylori eradication as a first-line therapy.

Methods: One hundred and five patients with peptic ulcer disease and with non-ulcer dyspepsia infected with Helicobacter pylori were included in this study.

Hepatitis B and C in dialysis units in Kosova.

Background: Hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections are important causes of morbidity and mortality of hemodialysis (HD) patients. This study aimed to investigate the epidemiological and clinical features of HCV and HBV infections in six different HD units in Kosova.Five hundred and eighty-three end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) patients on maintenance HD from six HD centers in Kosova (358 female, 225 male, mean age 54,8 years (16-66) were included in this study.

Prevalence of HBV and HCV among blood donors in Kosovo.

Hepatitis is disease of the liver caused by the infectious and non-infectious agents. The aim of study was to analyze the prevalence of HBV and HCV among voluntary blood donors in Kosovo, during 2000-2003. The data from National Center for Blood Transfusion of Kosovo were collected and analyzed through descriptive and comparative epidemiological method of retrospective study.