[The effect of amniotic fluid on bacteria]. / Uticaj plodove vode na bakterije.

Antibacterial activity of the amniotic fluid (performed by transabdominal amniocentesis) was analysed in 61 pregnant women between the 15th and the 42nd week of gestational age by using laboratory stocks of Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Klebsiella of human origin. It is stated that up to the 30th week of pregnancy the amniotic fluid does not exert any inhibition effect on the growth of Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, or Klebsiella. After the 31st week the inhibition activity of the amniotic fluid in thee bacteria progressively (with the gestational age) intensifies.

[A full-term abdominal pregnancy. (A case report)]. / Donesena abdominalna trudnoca (prikaz bolesnice).

A case of mature ectopic abdominal pregnancy diagnosed preoperatively by ultrasound is described. Up to the establishment of the diagnosis the case was treated as a normal pregnancy. The foetus died 3 weeks before the term of delivery. The patient was discharged in a good condition 25 days after operation.

[Acute myocardial infarct and pregnancy. A case report]. / Akutni infarkt miokarda i trudnoca. Povodom jednog slucaja.

The authors describe a case of acute myocardial infarction in a healthy parturient in the 10th I. m. who had a spontaneous delivery without any major complications. Except for a strong stenocardial pain and unequivocal ECG findings, there were no other clinical or laboratory findings characteristic of acute myocardial infarction. The authors consider that a healthy heart in pregnancy is probably protected from myocardial infarction by some known and unknown factors. They claim, however, that myocardial infarction can occur and that it is possible to detect it if adequate attention is paid to stenocarial pain in pregnancy.