Kunc, Peter
Fabry, Jaroslav
Mazuchova, Jana
Pec, Martin
Pecova, Renata https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4257-3213
Funding for this research was provided by:
Comenius University in Bratislava
Article History
Received: 24 March 2026
Accepted: 27 May 2026
First Online: 24 June 2026
Declarations
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: The authors declare no conflicts of interest.
: The study was approved by the Ethics Committee of the National Institute of Pediatric Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases in Dolny Smokovec, Slovakia, and conducted as a prospective, monocentric, observational study. This study was conducted in accordance with the ethical principles outlined in the Declaration of Helsinki (1975; revised 2013) to ensure the protection and well-being of all human participants.