Genetic Diversity, Virulence Factors and Antibiotic Resistance of from Food and Clinical Samples in Southern Poland.

Listeriosis is one of the most serious foodborne diseases under surveillance, with an overall mortality rate in the EU currently being high at 18.1%. Therefore, this study aims to investigate strains isolated from clinical and food samples for susceptibility to antimicrobials, presence of virulence factors, and genetic diversity.

Infections with in Children Undergoing Anticancer Therapy or Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation: A Multicenter Nationwide Study.

is a nosocomial pathogen that causes severe infections in immunocompromised patients. The aim of the study was to conduct a microbiological and clinical analysis of infections in children with malignancies or undergoing hematopoietic cell transplantation in Poland. We conducted a retrospective, multicenter study including children and adolescents under 19 years old treated between 2012 and 2021.

Keyhole Aqueduct Syndrome.

Keyhole aqueduct syndrome is a rare progressive neurodegenerative disorder describing a unique set of neuro-ophthalmologic, neuroimaging, and histopathological findings on autopsy. A midline mesencephalic cleft communicating with the cerebral aqueduct resembling syrinx is seen on imaging and histopathology. There are 9 cases published in the literature.

Incidence of bacterial and fungal infections in Polish pediatric patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia during the pandemic.

The most common complications related to the treatment of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) are infections. The aim of the study was to analyze the incidence and mortality rates among pediatric patients with ALL who were treated in 17 Polish pediatric hematology centers in 2020-2021 during the pandemic. Additionally, we compared these results with those of our previous study, which we conducted in the years 2012-2017.