[Retrospective analyzes of patients with meningococcal sepsis and meningitis during the period of ten years (1995-2004)].

Unlabelled: Meningococcal disease is the most significant cause of morbidity and mortality even in the most developed socio-economic surroundings. Meningococcal sepsis and meningitis are caused by Neisseria meningitidis (NM), which is surrounded by polysaharide capsule, which is the main factor of virulence.

The Goal Of The Work: was to confirm the frequency and characteristics of meningococcal disease as well as the justification of introducing vaccination.

[Immune response to Engerix-B vaccine in employees at the Clinic for Infectious Diseases in Tuzla].

The adults died more frequents from the diseases that could be prevented by vaccinae. To data from WHO HBV infection numbers the nineth place on the list for causes of death. The paper from 1980 proved that chronic HBV carriers have 5-100 folds higher risk for liver carcinoma than noninfected persons lived in the same areas and had the same occupations.

[Ultrasound findings on abdominal organs in the acute phase of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome].

Introduction: There are significant changes in small blood vessels with increased permeability, edema of abdominal organs and ascites in the acute phase of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS). We analyzed ultrasound changes of abdominal organs in patients with serologically verified HFRS, in order to assess the value of this method in the diagnosis of acute renal failure (ARF).

Methods: The study included 14 sporadic patients with ARF and suspicion of HFRS, treated in 2002.

[Puumala and Dobrava viruses in the northeastern and central regions of Bosnia].

Unlabelled: Bosnia and Herzegovina has been known as a highly endemic region for Hantavirus infections for more than 50 years. Previous studies have shown that at least two different hantaviruses, the murine Dobrava (DOB) and avricoline Puumala (PUU) viruses, each carried by a different rodent species, have been circulating in the area. However, there is little information on rodent population density fluctuations in Bosnia over the past years as well as on the ratio of Puumala to Dobrava infection in humans.