BPIDSA stands for the extracurricular student circle- Bialystok Pediatric Infectious Diseases Student Association, which is led by Dr. Kacper Toczylowski and Dr. Dawid Lewandowski from the Pediatric Infectious Diseases department in the University Children’s Teaching Hospital in Bialystok.

This scientific group brings together students from both the English and Polish divisions who share an interest in further expanding their knowledge outside the scope of the university curriculum in both pediatrics and infectious diseases. Along with insightful seminars led by both doctors on these topics, we are all encouraged to delve into our own medical research and prepare case report presentations for future meetings. These monthly meetings are exclusively in English, allowing everyone to communicate with ease, improve their medical terminology, and practice presentation skills in an open and supportive environment. Each presentation is instructed to be interactive, allowing listeners to ask questions as we go and training the presenter to anticipate and answer questions on the spot. This unique opportunity gives every student the possibility to prepare for any future conferences one may want to participate in. Furthermore, these gatherings are complemented by frequent “Meet the Expert” sessions where pediatric specialists from the Children’s Hospital offer to share their knowledge on intertwined cases or give insight into their field and work experience, giving students a behind the scenes to other pediatric departments.

In recent years members of our research circle published their considerable results online or in person at medical congresses, such as the Bialystok International Medical Congress (BIMC) and the European Society of Pediatric Infectious Diseases (ESPID). This gave each student the chance to share their new knowledge with other students, as well as further expand their professional network and connect with minds from all over the world. It is safe to say that the efforts of BPIDS are shaping the minds responsible for the future of medicine.

General information

Supervisors:

dr Kacper Toczyłowski

kacper.toczylowski@umb.edu.pl

dr Dawid Lewandowski

dawid.lewandowski@umb.edu.pl

President:

Huber Kobrinian, medicine, 6 year, ED

Research aims:

Biomarkers in neuroinfections. 

Pediatric sepsis: epidemiology, signs and symptoms, biomarkers.

Epidemiology of aseptic meningitis.

Tick-borne infections: epidemiology, signs and symptoms, biomarkers.

Respiratory pathogens in children: epidemiology, links with air pollution.

Pathogens of gastroenteritis in children. 

Knowledge, attitudes and practices regarding infectious diseases and immunizations.

Presented work: 

1. Toczyłowski Kacper, Jackowska Katarzyna, Lewandowski Dawid, Kurylonek Sandra, Waszkiewicz-Stojda Marlena, Sulik Artur. Rotavirus gastroenteritis in children hospitalized in northeastern Poland in 2006-2020: severity, seasonal trends, and impact of immunization. International Journal of Infectious Diseases 2021; IF 12.074
2. Healthcare professionals' attitude towards vaccines - are they all supporters? Jasiel Marta, Lewandowski Dawid, Jelska Alicja, VIII International Medical and Pharmaceutical Congress of Students and Young Scientists, Bukovinian International Medical Congress; BIMCO 2021, Chernivtsi, April 6-9, 2021.
3. Rotavirus gastroenteritis in children - a summary of the pre-vaccine era in poland in years 2006-2020, Lewandowski Dawid, Jackowska Katarzyna. VIII International Medical and Pharmaceutical Congress of Students and Young Scientists, Bukovinian International Medical Congress, BIMCO 2021, Chernivtsi, April 6-9, 2021.
4. Kleszczowe zapalenie mózgu - codzienność podlaskich oddziałów zakaźnych. Przypadek kliniczny neuroinfekcji z licznymi powikłaniami neurologicznymi u 16-letniego chłopca. Lewandowski Dawid. Konferencja Przypadków Pediatrycznych "Co się w głowie mieści", Katowice, 2021.01.09
5. Doctors and medical students knowledge about fake vaccines contraindications, Jelska Alicja, Lewandowski Dawid, Jasiel Marta, Zahorodnii Andrii. LXXV International Scientific and Practical Conference for Students and Young Scientists Actual Problems of Modern Medicine and Pharmacy 2021. Republic of Belarus, Minsk, 14-16 April 2021.
6. Clinical and laboratory characteristics of paediatric inflammatory multisystem syndrome (PIMS) and its complications in children. Bzdęga Wiktor. LXXV International Scientific and Practical Conference for Students and Young Scientists Actual Problems of Modern Medicine and Pharmacy 2021. Republic of Belarus, Minsk, 14-16 April 2021.
7. Toksokaroza oczna - parazytoza podejrzana onkologicznie. Lewandowski Dawid, Jelska Alicja. Studencki Przegląd Okulistycznych Przypadków Klinicznych Zobacz Chorobę 2021, Uniwersytet Medyczny w Białymstoku, on-line, 2021.05.0
8. Winter swimming – a new trend or an efficient method of avoiding infections? Parents' attitude towards immunizations and natural methods of strengthening immunity. Dawid Lewandowski, Marta Jasiel. 15th Bialystok International Medical Congress for Young Scientists (BIMC), Bialystok, 21-22 May 2021
9. Lewandowski Dawid, Toczyłowski Kacper, Jasiel Marta, Kurylonek Sandra, Sulik Artur. A drop in a number of reported cases of infectious diseases during the COVID-19 pandemic in Poland. 39th Annual Meeting of the European Society of Paediatric Infectious Diseases (ESPID 2021). Geneva, 24-29 May 2021
10. Lewandowski Dawid, Toczyłowski Kacper, Jasiel Marta, Kurylonek Sandra, Sulik Artur.Anti-vaccination in social networks versus reality. 39th Annual Meeting of the European Society of Paediatric Infectious Diseases (ESPID 2021). Geneva, 24-29 May 2021
11. Lewandowski Dawid, Toczyłowski Kacper, Jasiel Marta, Jelska Alicja, Kurylonek Sandra, Sulik Artur. Attitudes of healthcare professionals and parents towards vaccine safety. 39th Annual Meeting of the European Society of Paediatric Infectious Diseases (ESPID 2021). Geneva, 24-29 May 2021
12. Sulik Artur, Wozińska-Klepadło Marta, Bojkiewicz Ewa, Lewandowski Dawid, Toczyłowski Kacper.General knowledge about Lyme disease in adult population of northeastern Poland. 39th Annual Meeting of the European Society of Paediatric Infectious Diseases (ESPID 2021). Geneva, 24-29 May 2021
13. Sulik Artur, Barszcz Marta, Lewandowski Dawid, Toczyłowski Kacper. 39th Annual Meeting of the European Society of Paediatric Infectious Diseases (ESPID 2021). Geneva, 24-29 May 2021
14. Szerenos Emilia, Anwar Ansarullah, Sulik Artur, Toczyłowski Kacper.Retrospective study of nosocomial infection epidemiology in various wards of University Clinical Hospital in Bialystok, Poland, 2017-2019. 39th Annual Meeting of the European Society of Paediatric Infectious Diseases (ESPID 2021), Geneva, 24-29 May 2021
15. Toczyłowski Kacper, Lewandowski Dawid, Jackowska Katarzyna, Kurylonek Sandra, Sulik Artur.The impact of rotavirus vaccinations on hospitalization rates due to rotavirus gastroenteritis in northeastern Poland. 39th Annual Meeting of the European Society of Paediatric Infectious Diseases (ESPID 2021), Geneva, 24-29 May 2021
16. Toczyłowski Kacper, Lewandowski Dawid, Jackowska Katarzyna, Kurylonek Sandra, Sulik Artur.The severity of gastroenteritis caused by rotaviruses, noroviruses and adenoviruses among pediatric patients hospitalized in Bialystok, Poland. 39th Annual Meeting of the European Society of Paediatric Infectious Diseases (ESPID 2021). Geneva, 24-29 May 2021

17. Pre-post treatment differences in cerebrospinal fluid results in tick-borne encephalitis, Lyme neuroborreliosis, and non-polio enteroviral meningitis. Toczyłowski Kacper, Sonne Jenny, Bojkiewicz Ewa, Wozińska-Klepadło Marta, Potocka Paulina, Sulik Artur. 38th Annual Meeting of the European Society for Paediatric Infectious Diseases, ESPID 2020

18. Comparison of serum cytokine profiles in children with tick-borne encephalitis and non-polio enteroviral meningitis. Toczyłowski Kacper, Szewczak Bogumiła, Piktel Ewelina, Cieśluk Mateusz, Sulik Artur. 38th Annual Meeting of the European Society for Paediatric Infectious Diseases, ESPID 2020

19. Aseptic meningitis in children: analysis of 227 cases hospitalized in Bialystok, Poland. Bojkiewicz Ewa, Toczyłowski Kacper, Wieczorek Magdalena, Szewczak Bogumiła, Kowalska Małgorzata, Sulik Artur. 11^th World Congress of the World Society for Pediatric Infectious Diseases (WSPID), Manila, Philippines, November 5-8, 2019.
20. Serious implications of T. gondii infection during pregnancy. Emil Rozenek. BIMC: Białystok, May 17-18, 2019
21. Evaluation of risk factors associated with prolonged length of hospital stay in children with sepsis. Bogumiła Szewczak, Małgorzata Kowalska, Sami Salameh, Turkan Altin. BIMC: Białystok, May 17-18, 2019
22. Cerebrospinal fluid pleocytosis and protein levels as a diagnostic predictor for Lyme neuroborreliosis in children. Turkan Altin, Sami Salameh, Małgorzata Kowalska, Bogumiła Szewczak, Jan Mincewicz. BIMC: Białystok, May 17-18, 2019
23. Clinical features, etiology and treatment of children with sepsis and bacterial meningitis hospitalized in years 2016-2018. Sami Salameh, Turkan Altin, Małgorzata Kowalska, Bogumiła Szewczak. BIMC: Białystok, May 17-18, 2019
24. A retrospective analysis of aseptic meningitis in children in years 2016-2018. Kacper Toczylowski, Malgorzata Kowalska, Ewa Bojkiewicz, Elzbieta Oldak, Artur Sulik. ESPID: Ljubljana, May 6-11, 2019
25. Meningitis caused by reactivation of latent varicella-zoster virus infection in an immunocompetent adolescent. Artur Sulik, Kacper Toczylowski, Magdalena Sulik, Elzbieta Oldak. ESPID: Ljubljana, May 6-11, 2019
26. Toxic shock syndrome: a case report. Emil Rozenek. Riga Stradins Univeristy: Riga, 2019.04.04-05
27. Serogical and clinical evaluation of infants born to mothers exposed to the toxoplasma gondii during pregnancy. Bogumiła Szewczak, Małgorzata Kowalska. Riga Stradins Univeristy: Riga, 2019.04.04-05
28. Severe outcomes of congenital toxoplasmosis: a case report. Bogumiła Szewczak. Riga Stradins Univeristy: Riga, 2019.04.04-05
29. Differences in routine cerebrospinal fluid analysis resoults in children with lyme neroborreliosis, tick-borne encephalitis and enteroviral meningitis. Małgorzata Kowalska, Bogumiła Szewczak. Riga Stradins Univeristy: Riga, 2019.04.04-05
30. Differences between epidemic and non-epidemic years in hospital management and laboratory results in pediatric enteroviral meningitis. Artur Sulik, Kacper Toczyłowski, Bogumiła Szewczak, Elżbieta Ołdak. ACPID: Fukuoka, November 10-12, 2018