Publications by authors named "Monika Vitkauskaite"
BACKGROUND Rejection is the main cause of kidney allograft failure, and kidney biopsy is the criterion standard method to diagnose it. However, non-invasive techniques to detect kidney transplant rejection are necessary. This study aimed to evaluate urinary chemokines CXCL9 and CXCL10 as potential biomarkers of kidney transplant rejection and to analyze chemokine association with allograft prognosis.
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- The study focused on analyzing Lyme neuroborreliosis (LNB) in hospitalized adults in eastern Lithuania from 2010 to 2021, including 103 patients (100 with early LNB, 3 with late LNB).
- Early LNB frequently presented as polyradiculitis (75% of patients), with peripheral facial palsy occurring in 53% of cases, while 14% developed encephalitis or myelitis.
- A significant portion (73.8%) of patients left the hospital with lingering symptoms, and predictors for various syndromes included factors like the absence of erythema migrans (EM) and the presence of fever or pleocytosis.
Background: The COVID-19 infection had spread worldwide causing many deaths. Mortality rates and patients' characteristics varied within and between countries, making it important to understand the peculiarities of different populations. The aim of this study was to identify the main predictors associated with in-hospital mortality due to COVID-19 in Vilnius, Lithuania.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFOur case series showed that eculizumab is efficacious and safe in treating thrombotic microangiopathy, as well as it has positive effects on quality of life. Further extensive studies are required to develop unified treatment guidelines.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: Not much is known about influenza-associated neurological complications. We aimed to describe the case series of hospitalized patients who were confirmed with influenza A and presented with neurological symptoms in order to capture the broad spectrum of influenza clinical manifestation and suggest including influenza diagnostic in some neurological conditions.
Materials And Methods: The inclusion criteria were age ≥ 18 and laboratory-confirmed influenza presenting with neurological symptoms.