Objective – The aim of this paper is to present the epidemiological and clinical characteristics of a measles outbreak in children age 0-18 years, who were hospitalized at the Clinic for Infectious Diseases of the University Clinical Center, Tuzla in the 2014/2015 period. Patients and methods – The target population of this retrospective study were patients in the 0-18 year age group, who were hospitalized at the Clinic for Infectious Diseases during the measles outbreak in 2014/2015. Results – At the Clinic for Infectious Diseases in Tuzla, 341 patients with the clinical characteristics of measles were hospitalized during the period of the measles outbreak in 2014/2015. Of all hospitalized patients 74.7% (255/341) belonged to the age group from 0 to 18 years. Most of hospitalized children, 146 (57.2%) of them, were in the age group from 0 to 6 years, next was the group of children aged 11 to 18 years, 69 (27.1%) of them, followed by the group of children aged from 6 to 10 years, 40 (15.7%) of them. Complications were present in 176 (69.02%) of the hospitalized children. Among the hospitalized children suffering from measles, 92.5% were unvaccinated or incompletely vaccinated, or their vaccination status was unknown. Conclusion – The youngest population is susceptible to a much higher risk of measles. To reduce the incidence of measles in children a high level of immunization is required.

Introduction: Hospital-acquired Urinary tract infections make 35% of all the hospital-acquired infections, and about 80% of them are related to the catheterization of the urinary bladder Purpose: To determine clinical characteristics and dominant etiologic factors of Urinary Tract Infections associated with urinary catheter (C-UTIs). Methods: Determined clinical characteristics of C-UTIs were prospectively analyzed on 38 hospitalized patients in the Clinic for Infectious Diseases at the University Clinical Centre Tuzla, from January 1st 2011 to December 31st 2011. The control group constituted of 200 patients with community-acquired Urinary Tract Infections (Co-UTIs) hospitalized in the same period. Results: It was registered on 22 (57.89%) of symptomatic infections, 14 (36.84%) asymptomatic bacteriuria and 2 (5.26%) other C-UTIs. Dominant etiologic factors were: E. coli, caused 14 (36.84%), Extended-Spectrum Beta-lactamase producing (ESBL) Klebsiella pneumoniae 7 (18.42%), Enterococcus faecium and Candida spp. 3 (7.89%) of C-UTIs. E. coli was significantly most common etiologic factor of C-UTIs in younger women (p=0.04). E. coli from C-UTIS showed significantly higher resistance to antimicrobial drugs. Inadequate antimicrobial therapy was significantly more common prescribed to patients from C-UTIs. Lethal outcome was significantly most common associated with certain clinical and laboratory findings. Conclusion: Initial antimicrobial therapy of those serious infections should be based on data from those research.