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Public Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices towards Antibiotic Use and Antimicrobial Resistance in Eastern Region of Bosnia and Herzegovina in the COVID-19 Pandemic [PDF]

Antibiotics, 2023
The constant worsening of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) imposes the need for an urgent response. Use of antibiotics (AB), both due to irrational prescribing by doctors and irrational use by patients, is recognized as one of the leading causes of this ...
Dragana Drakul, Bojan Joksimović, Marija Milić, Milica Radanović, Nikolina Dukić, Nenad Lalović, Desmond Nischolson, Biljana Mijović, Dragana Sokolović   +8 more
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Genetic, Sociodemographic and Clinical Determinants of COVID-19 Severity in the Republic of Srpska: Exploring Potential Links with Neanderthal-Derived Variants [PDF]

Biomedicines
Background/Objectives: COVID-19 severity is influenced by a complex interplay between host, viral, and environmental factors. Emerging evidence suggests that Neanderthal-derived genetic variants may influence the progression and severity of SARS-CoV-2 ...
Milena Dubravac Tanasković, Biljana Mijović, Jovan Kulić, Bojan Joksimović, Kristina Drašković-Mališ, Srđan Mašić, Jelena Vladičić-Mašić, Ljiljana Krsmanović, Danijela Radulović, Nikolina Elez-Burnjaković   +9 more
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Sitagliptin Modulates Functional and Phenotypic Properties of Human Neutrophils Under Normal- and High-Glucose Conditions In Vitro [PDF]

Molecules
Sitagliptin is a dipeptidyl peptidase-4 (DPP-4) inhibitor used to treat type 2 diabetes. However, several studies have demonstrated its anti-inflammatory and immunomodulatory properties.
Vanja Mališ, Marija Drakul, Sara Rakočević, Ljiljana Kozić, Anđela Dubovina, Darinka Popović, Dejan Bokonjić, Dušan Mihajlović, Miodrag Čolić   +8 more
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Consumption of Antibiotics in Primary Care Setting before and during COVID-19 Pandemic in Republic of Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina [PDF]

Antibiotics, 2022
The pandemic of COVID-19 has brought many changes in health care systems at all levels of health care. The increase in the number of cases of COVID-19 has led to overuse and misuse of antibiotics.The aim of this study was to compare the consumption of ...
Dragana Sokolović, Dragana Drakul, Bojan Joksimović, Nenad Lalović, Nada Avram, Marija Milić, Dajana Nogo-Živanović, Biljana Mijović   +7 more
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Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice, and Hesitancy of Patients and HCWs Towards COVID-19 Vaccination and Factors Associated with Vaccination in the Republic of Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina [PDF]

Epidemiologia
Background/Objectives: The COVID-19 pandemic caused over seven million deaths globally as of July 2024. In an attempt to bring the pandemic under control, immunization was implemented as the main preventive strategy.
Biljana Mijović, Tihomir Dugandžija, Dragana Sokolović, Dragana Drakul, Jovan Kulić, Kristina Drašković Mališ, Anđela Bojanić, Nasta Manojlović, Milena Dubravac Tanasković, Marija Milić, Radmila Balaban-Đurević, Dajana Nogo-Živanović, Slađana Mihajlović, Bojan Joksimović   +13 more
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Dapsone Alters Phenotypical and Functional Properties of Human Neutrophils In Vitro [PDF]

Molecules
Dapsone is a sulfone used in treating inflammatory skin conditions. Despite its widespread dermatological use, the pharmacological actions of dapsone remain poorly understood.
Sara Rakočević, Vanja Mališ, Ljiljana Kozić, Anđela Dubovina, Marija Drakul, Dejan Bokonjić, Miodrag Čolić, Dušan Mihajlović   +7 more
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Dysfunctions of Neutrophils in the Peripheral Blood of Children with Cystic Fibrosis [PDF]

Biomedicines, 2023
Dysfunction of neutrophils in patients with cystic fibrosis (CF) is best characterized in bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL), whereas peripheral blood neutrophils are less examined, and the results are contradictory, especially in younger populations ...
Ganimeta Bakalović, Dejan Bokonjić, Dušan Mihajlović, Miodrag Čolić, Vanja Mališ, Marija Drakul, Sergej Tomić, Ivan Jojić, Sara Rakočević, Darinka Popović, Ljiljana Kozić, Miloš Vasiljević, Marina Bekić, Srđan Mašić, Olivera Ljuboja   +14 more
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The Impact of Cytokines on Health-Related Quality of Life in Adolescents with Allergic Rhinitis [PDF]

Biomedicines
Background: Frequent episodes of nasal symptoms are the usual clinical manifestations (CM) of allergic rhinitis (AR) and have a significant negative impact on health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in adolescents.
Ljiljana Krsmanović, Nenad Arsović, Dejan Bokonjić, Vladimir Nešić, Zoran Dudvarski, Dragana Pavlović, Milena Dubravac Tanasković, Siniša Ristić, Nikolina Elez-Burnjaković, Radmila Balaban, Branislava Ćurčić, Radenko Ivanović, Nikolina Vuković, Maja Vuković, Marija Milić, Bojan Joksimović   +15 more
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Rising Prevalence of Multidrug-Resistant Klebsiella spp. in Urinary Tract Infections: A Study from Doboj Hospital [PDF]

Antibiotics
Urinary tract infections, as one of the most common infectious diseases, contribute substantially to the global healthcare burden, particularly due to the rising prevalence of resistant bacterial strains such as Klebsiella pneumoniae.
Dragana Drakul, Bojan Joksimović, Ana V. Pejčić, Radica Živković-Zarić, Siniša Marić, Biljana Mijović, Tanja Ivanović, Dragana Erbez, Dragana Sokolović   +8 more
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Antibiotic consumption and antimicrobial resistance in the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic: A single-center experience [PDF]

Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2023
Introduction: Antimicrobial resistance and the rapid spread of multiresistant bacteria represent one of the main public health problem in limited resources countries.
Dragana Sokolović, Dragana Sokolović, Dragana Drakul, Dragana Drakul, Vesna Vujić‐Aleksić, Vesna Vujić‐Aleksić, Bojan Joksimović, Siniša Marić, Lana Nežić   +8 more
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