Visceral Fat Thickness, Serum Adiponectin, and Metabolic Syndrome in Patients with Colorectal Adenomas.

Background/objectives: Most cases of colorectal cancer (CRC) arise from adenomatous polyps. Identifying risk factors for colorectal adenoma (CRA) is critical for CRC prevention. Emerging evidence suggests a link between metabolic syndrome (MetS) and an elevated risk of CRA and CRC, potentially mediated by visceral obesity and adiponectin (APN).

Infection before and during Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic-Similarities and Differences.

The aim of this study was to investigate the differences of infection (CDI) during the COVID-19 pandemic compared to the pre-COVID-19 era. CDI patients treated at the Clinic for Infectious Diseases, Clinical Center of Vojvodina, Serbia during 2017-2019 ( = 304) were compared with COVID-19/CDI patients treated in period September 2021-September 2022 ( = 387). Groups were compared by age, gender, comorbidities, previous medications, laboratory findings, and outcome within 30 days.

Triglyceride-Glucose Index and Hepatic Steatosis Index for the assessment of liver steatosis in HCV patients.

Background: Liver steatosis in patients with chronic infection of hepatitis C virus (HCV) is important from multiple standpoints: faster disease progression, more frequent hepatocellular carcinoma and cirrhosis development or worse therapy response. Liver biopsy as diagnostic method, is in recent years more and more challenged due to its well-known flaws. Hepatic steatosis index (HSI) and triglyceride-glucose (TyG) Index, are surrogate scores developed in the first place for noninvasive assessment of steatosis in patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD).

[Outcomes of Clostridium difficile enterocolitis after administration of antibiotics along with probiotic supplement].

Introduction: Clostridium difficile enterocolitis is a potentially fatal disease showing increasing incidence in hospital environment. Therapeutic approach in the management of Clostridium difficile enterocolitis is highly complex, particularly because of its tendency to relapse and reinfection. The study was aimed at investigating the factors influencing the development of Clostridium difficile enterocolitis and outcomes of enterocolitis after administration of standard antimicrobial therapy combined with probiotic supplement.

Clinical features, treatments and outcomes of influenza A (H1N1) 2009 among the hospitalized patients in the clinic for infectious diseases in Novi Sad.

Background/aim: Most infections caused by influenza A (H1N1) 2009 virus are presented by mild respiratory symptoms. However, some patients required admission to the intensive care unit (ICU). In this article we aimed to describe the clinical and laboratory characteristics of the patients with influenza A (H1N1) 2009, antiviral therapy use, the disease outcome and risk factors associated with the severe disease.

[On the development of the infectology service in Novi Sad].

Introduction: Infectious diseases are a part of the history of this region. Devastating epidemics of plague, smallpox, and cholera were frequent during the 18th and the 19th centuries. Other infectious diseases were a serious problem as well: alimentary tract infections, scarlet fever, diphtheria, whooping cough.

[Clinical importance of adenoviral infections].

Introduction: The aim of this article was to point to ubiquitous adenoviral infections and to give a literature overview. Adenoviral infections present with a variety of clinical manifestations, causing many differential diagnosis problems.

Diagnosis And Epidemiology: In our country diagnosis is made using the complement fixation test (CFT), which detects antibodies due to soluble group specific antigen.