Infective endocarditis (IE) is a serious infection among endovascular infections. Fungal endocarditis, especially caused by Candida albicans, is very rare, and its diagnosis is often difficult due to the negative results of blood culture and the presence of nonspecific symptoms. In this study, a patient who developed endocarditis on a normal valve ...

By Arefeh Babazadeh, Soheil Ebrahimpour, Mohammad Taghi Salehi Omran, Zeinab Ahangar Darabi, Ahmad Karkhah, Seyed Hamid Abedi, Masomeh Bayani

External fixation is one of the most commonly used methods for the treatment of open tibial fractures. In everyday practice, for fixation of open tibial fractures we use the external fixator by Mitković. External fixator is unilateral and easy to use. This retrospective study included 59 patients with 59 open tibial fractures, of which 37 (62.71%) ...

By Saša Milenković, Milan Mitković

The aim of this study was to evaluate the risk factors that influence the perforation, regardless of the presence of H. pylori infection, in a sample of Iraqi patients with peptic ulcers, admitted to Al-Kindy Teaching Hospital. A total of 90 patients who had perforated peptic ulcer participated in this study. The diagnosis was based on history, cli...

By Ibtesam Khalid Salih, Ali Malik Sheya’a, Qays Ahmed Hassan, Ayad Khani Mykhan

Crohn's disease (CD) is a chronic inflammatory condition of the gastrointestinal tract that can give rise to strictures, inflammatory masses, fistulas, abscesses, hemorrhage, and cancer. This disease commonly affects the small bowel, colon, rectum or anus. Less commonly, it affects the stomach, esophagus and mouth. Often, the disease affects multip...

By Vladimir Joksimović, Nikola Jankulovski, Svetozar Antović, Marija Joksimović, Ljubinka Mančeva

Penis size is a major body image concern for the majority of men in western nations, while in gay culture the penis has become a body part linked to sexual attractiveness and viability. The aim of this study was to reveal influence of the perceived penis size on sexual behaviour, condom use, sexually transmitted infections and men’s sexual po...

By Milan Bjekić, Sandra Šipetić-Grujičić, Hristina Vlajinac, Ivana Dunić

Late referral of patients with myocardial infarction is one of the main causes of morbidity or mortality in these patients. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate the factors involved in the late referral of patients with heart attacks to the emergency department. A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted on 148 patients with myocardial...

By Mojtaba Rad, Akram Bidi, Gholam Reza Khaligh, Mostafa Rad

The identification of the high-risk human papilloma viruses (HPVs) as a cause of cervical cancer offered the possibility for the development of a HPV vaccine. Twenty years after this identification of the HPV types, the first HPV vaccine came to the market. There are three HPV vaccines today on the market, all containing the virus-like particles (V...

By Holger Stark, Aleksandra Živković

In recent years, the prevalence of hookah smoking has increased worldwide, particularly in young people, which may have potentially serious consequences for their health. The aim of this study was to examine the factors associated with the consumption of hookah by high school students. The present study was conducted in the city of Novi Pazar, and ...

By Minela Z. Vapljanin, Aleksandar G. Kocović, Miloš N. Milosavljević, Srdjan M. Stefanović

The purpose of our study was to determine the effects of co-treatment with vitamins C and E on gentamicin-induced nephrotoxicity and to quantify renal structural changes through morphometric analysis. Experiments were done on 24 Wistar rats divided into three groups of 8 animals each. The GM group animals were treated with gentamicin in the dose of...

By Nenad Stojiljković, Sonja Ilić, Milica Veljković, Pavle Randjelović, Dragan Radovanović, Jovan Todorović, Nikola Stojanović

Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) can stimulate immune responses and lead to the release of proinflammatory factors and antimicrobial peptides as LL-37, mannose-binding lectin (MBL) and M –ficolin.The aim of this study was to determine the level of changes in serum levels of the three mentioned factors in people with gastritis and their associa...

By Mehdi Soltanzadeh-Yamchi, Mehdi Shahbazi, Javad Shokri-Shirvani, Soheil Ebrahimpour, Mousa Mohammadnia-Afrouzi, Soraya Khafri