Aim To determine antimicrobial activity of honey against clinical bacterial strains and their respective reference strains. Methods Twelve samples of Croatian honey from various botanical origin were evaluated for their antimicrobial activity against four clinical antibiotic resistant pathogens and their respective reference strains: Staphylococcus...

By Ivana Gobin, Crnković Goranka, Maja Magdalenić, Gabrijela Begić, Ana Babić, Dražen Lušić, Darinka Vučković

Aim To investigate predictive value of procalcitonin in diagnosis of sepsis in predicting positive blood culture, and possibility to predict final outcome in septic patients. Method This prospective study involved 106 hospitalized patients who met two or more criteria for systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS). In comparison to Sepsis Relat...

By Sehveta Mustafić, Selmira Brkić, Besim Prnjavorac, Albina Sinanović, Humera Porobić-Jahić, Sabina Salkić

Aim To assess whether the quality of diabetes care provided by a family medicine team changed over the course of four years and to identify potential gaps in our practice in order to improve it in the future. Methods An audit was carried out for randomly selected 120 medical records (MC) from the Diabetes Registry of patients with type 1 or 2 diabe...

By Larisa Gavran, Salih Tandir, Suad Sivić, Fatima Topčić

Aim To compare the correlation of intraocular pressure (IOP) measurements obtained using Goldmann applanation tonometry(GAT), non-contact tonometry (NCT), dynamic contour tonometer (DCT) and tono-pen (TP) in glaucomatous and healthy eyes, and to investigate the effect of central corneal thickness (CCT) on the measurements.Methods One hundred eyes o...

By Aydın Yildiz, Tekin Yasar

Aim To synthesize evidence about the influence of individual antimicrobial stewardship programs (ASP) related to the prevention of Clostridium difficile (C. difficile) infection on primary and secondary outcomes. Methods Relevant databases such as Medline, PUBMED, COCHRANE library and EBSCO were searched from 1 April to 27 April 2017. Additional st...

By Biljana Mijović, Milena Dubravac-Tanasković, Maja Račić, Janja Bojanić, Slobodan Stanić, Dušica Banković Lazarević

Aim To assess the relationship between the clinical sign of limited hip abduction and developmental dysplasia of the hip (DDH). Methods A research was conducted on 450 newborns at the Neonatal Unit at the Clinic of Gynaecology and Obstetrics and the Orthopaedics and Traumatology Clinic of the University Clinical Centre, Tuzla, between 30 th August ...

By Svemir Čustović, Sahmir Šadić, Aleksandar Vujadinović, Asmir Hrustić, Mahir Jašarević, Amer Čustović, Ferid Krupić

AimTo evaluate the antimicrobial activity of 0.2% polyhexamethilene biguanide (PHMB) in root canal models infected with Enterococcus faecalis, Candida albicans and Staphylococcus epidermidis. PHMB was compared in these tests with 2.5% NaOCl and 0.2% CHX. Methods Prepared models of 50 human root canals (n=50) were immerged in mixed, four-weeks old c...

By Ivana Medvedec Mikić, Livia Cigić, Darko Kero, Danijela Kalibović Govorko, Goranka Prpić Mehičić, Arjana Tambić Andrašević, Paris Simeon

Aim To examine whether there are differences in the experience in giving informed consent of patients whose surgery was elective compared to emergency surgery in the same department. Methods A prospective cross-sectional study was conducted in the Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics of University Clinical Hospital Mostar during a 6-month perio...

By Olivera Perić, Marinko Mišić, Dejan Tirić, Nikolina Penava, David Bušić, Vajdana Tomić

Aim To investigate association of factor V Leiden, prothrombin G20210A, MTHFR C677T and PAI-1 4G/5G polymorphisms with recurrent pregnancy loss in Bosnian women. Methods A total of 60 women with two or more consecutive miscarriages before 20 weeks of gestation with the same partners and without history of known causes or recurrent pregnancy loss we...

By Amela Jusić, Devleta Balić, Aldijana Avdić, Maja Pođanin, Adem Balić

Aim To determine capabilities and potential of contrast enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) enterography in order to establish the diagnosis and to evaluate severity and activity of intestinal inflammation. Methods Fifty-five patients with suspicion for presence of Crohn's disease were evaluated. All patients underwent contrast enhanced MRI e...

By Bilal Imširović, Enver Zerem, Alma Efendić, Alma Mekić Abazović, Omar Zerem, Muhamed Djedović