Publications by authors named "I Butic"
Introduction: Invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) is a severe form of illness caused by with high morbidity and mortality rate in the general population, particularly in children <5 years of age, adults ≥65 years of age and the immunocompromised. As known, pneumococcal vaccination lowers the risk of IPD so the aim of this study was to investigate whether the introduction of pneumococcal vaccination has influenced the incidence and mortality of IPD in adults in Croatia.
Materials And Methods: A retrospective study was conducted among adult patients (aged ≥18 years) hospitalized due to IPD in the metropolitan area of Zagreb from 1 January 2010 to 31 December 2022.
Introduction: Nocardia spp. is an opportunistic pathogen capable of causing localized and disseminated infections in immunocompromised hosts. It is critical for serious infections to have an early and accurate identification of this pathogen in order to enable timely and focused combination antimicrobial treatment.
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- Cat-scratch disease, typically known for affecting children, can present atypically, especially with rare lung involvement, primarily seen in immunocompromised individuals.
- A case study described a 10-year-old immunocompetent boy who developed pneumonia and empyema due to Bartonella henselae after experiencing lymphadenopathy, with diagnosis confirmed through PCR testing.
- The patient was treated with multiple antibiotics and had a full recovery after three months, highlighting the importance of clinical awareness for diagnosing atypical presentations of cat-scratch disease.
Background: Campylobacter jejuni is a common cause of acute gastroenteritis, but central nervous system infections are rare manifestations of Campylobacter infection. Therefore, C. jejuni trauma-related subdural hygroma infection in children is poorly described in the literature.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: This retrospective cohort study aimed to compare primary and secondary outcomes of patients undergoing radical cystectomy according to two different perioperative antimicrobial therapy protocols in 2016.
Methods: In this single-center, retrospective cohort study, we investigated data of 104 patients undergoing radical cystectomy due to bladder cancer from January 1, 2016, to December 31, 2016. According to perioperative antimicrobial prophylaxis, patients were divided into two groups: 48 patients received piperacillin/tazobactam 3x4.