[Staphylococcus infection in a multi-profile hospital in Nowy Targ, Poland, in the years 2001-2004 - analysis of antibiotic resistance].

Introduction: Global concern is the treatment of infections caused by methicillin-resistant strains ofgenus Staphylococcus. The aim ofthis study was the analysis ofthe staphylococcal infections' incidence in a multi-profile hospital in Nowy Targ, Poland, in the years 2001- 2004 with a focus on the occurrence of antimicrobial resistance among isolated strains of S. aureus and methicillin-resistant staphylococci.

[Bordetella pertussis infections in the district of Bielsko and the city Bielsko-Biala].

Introduction: In the recent years there has been an increase in the incidence of infectious diseases that may be caused by the lack of guardians' consent to carry out immunization among children. In Poland in 2012 there was an increase in the incidence of pertussis 180% higher than in 2011. Occurring symptoms of pertussis can occur with varying intensity depending on the patient's age, his general health and the number of taken doses of vaccination against pertussis.