[Fatal "overwhelming" strongyloidiasis in an immunosuppressed patient].

The increased use of immunosuppressants in the treatment of malignant and non-malignant diseases in today's medicine has significantly contributed to the increased interest in infections caused by opportunistic microorganisms and rare parasites. A fifty-eight-year old male patient, professor, born in Bosnia, was admitted to the Institute due to poor general condition and decompensated steroid diabetes. He had been under immunosuppressant therapy for the previous 5 weeks.

[National organization of health care in diabetes based on the "Croatian model"].

This review article shows the development and organization of the "Croatian Model" of organization of health care for diabetic patients from Professor Vuk Vrhovac to this day, and its inclusion in the St. Vincent Declaration-a group of recommendations agreed upon in 1989 with the aim to decrease the morbidity and mortality of diabetes and its complications. The Model is organized on primary, secondary and terciary levels of health care.

Improvement of lipoprotein lipid composition in type II diabetic patients with concomitant hyperlipoproteinemia by acipimox treatment. Results of a multicenter trial.

Objective: To study the tolerability and efficacy of acipimox on hyperlipidemia and diabetes compensation in patients with NIDDM under conditions of a routine clinical practice.

Research Design And Methods: We recruited 121 patients (60 men and 61 women) from 10 participating clinical centers. They were randomly divided into two groups and treated for 3 mo either with acipimox (250 mg three times a day) or placebo, using an open study design.

Zinc and copper in the serum of diabetic patients.

The Zn/Cu ratio was examined in the serum of three groups of persons: healthy volunteers, diabetic patients on diabetic diet (NIDDM), and diabetic patients on diabetic diet and insulin (IDDM). Zinc, copper, the Zn/Cu serum ratio, and the blood glucose level were determined during fasting and 2 h after breakfast. Zn and Cu serum levels in NIDDM and IDDM patients were decreased.