Molecular characteristics of Neisseria meningitidis carriage strains in university students in Lithuania.

Background: Neisseria meningitidis can be carried asymptomatically in the human oropharynx without causing symptoms. Meningococcal carriage is relevant to the epidemiology of invasive meningococcal disease (IMD). No carriage studies have been performed among the general population in Lithuania, whereas the incidence of IMD in Lithuania was among the highest in European countries from 2009 to 2019.

Candida Distribution in Onychomycosis and in vitro Susceptibility to Antifungal Agents.

The aim of this study was to determine distribution of the Candida (C.) species in onychomycosis and analyses in vitro susceptibility to fluconazole and itraconazole. In recent years, cases of onychomycosis in Lithuania caused by Candida have increased significantly.

The use of vaginal wet smear: can we predict Mycoplasmas/Ureaplasmas?

Purpose: To evaluate the agreement of wet smear microscopy with Gram stain microscopy and to assess whether it is possible to predict Mycoplasmas/Ureaplasmas when analysing vaginal secretion with Gram stain and wet smear microscopy.

Methods: Women with complaints of the abnormal vaginal discharge were invited to participate. A sample of vaginal secretion was taken for wet smear microscopy and for Gram staining analysis.

Etiological profile of hearing loss amongst Lithuanian pediatric cochlear implant users.

Introduction: Congenital sensorineural hearing loss is a heterogeneous disorder; its etiological profile varies between populations. Pathogenic variants of GJB2 gene are the major cause of non-syndromic hearing loss. Congenital cytomegalovirus infection (cCMV) is the most important prenatal etiological factor causing hearing loss and other disorders.

A case of successfully treated relapsing peritoneal dialysis-associated peritonitis caused by Gordonia bronchialis in a farmer.

Gordonia species are aerobic, weakly acid-fast, Gram-positive pathogens that rarely cause human infections, usually in immunocompromised patients. It is uncommon bacilli in cases of peritoneal dialysis-related peritonitis. The small number of infections with Gordonia species reported for humans may be stipulated by the difficulty in identifying the organism using conventional techniques.