Publications by authors named "Jasmina Smajlovic"
Introduction: The most common cause of myocardial ischemia is atherosclerotic epicardial coronary artery disease, present in 90% of patients. Risk factors positively correlate with the onset, development and subsequent complications of atherosclerotic disease.
Aim: Determine the percentage frequency of classic risk factors for coronary disease in patients with non-ST segment elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI), with regard to gender.
Aim To characterize methicillin-resistant (MRSA) strains phenotypically and genotypically and to determine their clonal affiliation, representation and antibiotic resistance profile. Methods A total of 62 randomly selected MRSA isolates of different clinical samples collected from 2009 to 2017 were phenotypically and genotypically analysed. Phenotypic analyses were performed by standard microbiological procedures, and using VITEK 2/AES instrument as well as MALDI-TOF (matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization) technology.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAim To determine the prevalence rate and resistance profile of Streptococcus agalactiae (S. agalactiae) in vaginal swabs of pregnant and adult non-pregnant women in the Tuzla region, Bosnia and Herzegovina (B&H), as well as its association with other aerobic bacteria. Methods This prospective study included 200 women, 100 pregnant and 100 adult non-pregnant.
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- Acinetobacter baumannii is a major cause of difficult-to-treat nosocomial infections in hospitals, particularly in intensive care units.
- The study tracked 855 patients in a clinic, finding that 12.3% developed infections, with A. baumannii causing 51.4% of these cases, primarily respiratory infections.
- Most A. baumannii isolates showed resistance to multiple antibiotics, though many were susceptible to tobramycin and all to colistin, highlighting the need for improved antibiotic strategies and infection control measures.
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- ICUs have a higher risk of nosocomial infections (NIs), prompting a study to evaluate the rates, locations, and bacteria involved at a surgical ICU in Tuzla.
- In 2010, 11.27% of the 834 studied patients developed NIs, with respiratory and urinary tract infections being the most common.
- Gram-negative bacteria, especially Klebsiella pneumoniae, were predominant, highlighting the need for ongoing infection control in ICU settings.
Introduction: Clostridium difficile (C. difficile) is currently the leading cause of healthcare-associated diarrhea, but almost nothing is known about the extent of C. difficile infection (CDI) in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFGlycoprotein L (gL), which complexes with gH, is a conserved herpesvirus protein that is essential for Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) entry into host cells. The gH/gL complex has a conserved role in entry among herpesviruses, yet the mechanism is not clear. To gain a better understanding of the role of gL in EBV-mediated fusion, chimeric proteins were made using rhesus lymphocryptovirus (Rh-LCV) gL (Rh gL), which shares a high sequence homology with EBV gL but does not complement EBV gL in mediating fusion with B cells.
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