Helicobacter pylori resistance to clarithromycin and quinolones in patients with dyspepsia in Tuzla Canton, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Aim To evaluate Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) resistance to clarithromycin and quinolones in patients with dyspepsia in TuzlaCanton, Bosnia and Herzegovina, a region with no data on clarithromycin or quinolones resistance.Methods A prospective cross-sectional study was conducted at the Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at UniversityCl...
By Ismar Hasukić, Nermin Salkić, Nijaz Tihić, Ervin Alibegović, Šefik Hasukić, Alan Jahić
Impact of COVID-19 vaccine on clinical characteristics and outcome of hospitalized COVID-19 patients during the fourth wave of the pandemic in Tuzla Canton, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Aim To evaluate clinical and epidemiological characteristics and outcome of patients with COVID-19, and impact of vaccine against COVID-19 on them.Methods This retrospective study included 225 patients treated from COVID-19 in the period from 1 to 30 September 2021 at theClinic for Infectious Diseases, University Clinical Centre Tuzla (UCC Tuzla). ...
By Humera Porobić-Jahić, Dilista Piljić, Rahima Jahić, Medina Mujić, Alma Trnačević, Jasminka Petrović, Sehveta Mustafić, Nedim Jahić, Nijaz Tihić
Characterization and clonal representation of MRSA strains in Tuzla Canton, Bosnia and Herzegovina, from 2009 to 2017
Aim To characterize methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) strains phenotypically and genotypically and to determine their clonal affiliation, representation and antibiotic resistance profile.Methods A total of 62 randomly selected MRSA isolates of different clinical samples collected from 2009 to 2017 were phenotypically and genotypically analysed...
By Fatima Numanović, Urška Dermota, Jasmina Smajlović, Sandra Janežič, Nijaz Tihić, Zineta Delibegović, Amela Bećirović, Edina Muratović, Merima Gegić
Epidemiology of measles cases and phylogenetic analysis of the virus circulated in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina during 2018: implications for elimination efforts
Aim To present combined measles cases data and phylogenetic analysis of the virus circulated in 2018 in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (FB&H, the entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina), in order to analyse endemic transmission patterns of circulating strains and its implications for elimination efforts. Methods The data were derived from e...
By Irma Salimović-Bešić, Sanjin Musa, Nijaz Tihić, Jurica Arapović, Mirsada Hukić, Mensura Šeremet, Edina Zahirović, Suzana Arapčić, Amela Dedeić-Ljubović