PubMed Health⌕ Search

Biomedical subjects

G Agostini

Publications and source records attributed to G Agostini.

At least 37 records · Page 2Linked to original sources

[Genital tuberculosis and sterility].

The incidence of genital tuberculosis in its active and silent forms in determining in female procreational incapacity can be evaluated at about 5.03% (0.27% in active phase, 4.76% latent): these figures come from the extensive series of three Milan marriage sterility centres covering some thirty years of clinical and out-patient work (a total of 294 patients with specific genital diseases, of whom 16 in developmental phase and 278 latent). Chemotherapy, which always involves a variety of medicaments (prevalently streptomycin-isoniazide-etambutol association or rifampicin-isoniazide) can consist of the following approaches, depending on disease characteristics: - attach therapy - particularly in initially exudative forms, in acute and subacute evolutive phase and in the acute recurrences of chronic, drug-sensitive forms - using massive doses for two-three months; - basic therapy - indicated in chronic and stationary periods - with simultaneous administration of the chosen drugs and breaks in the treatment, for a period of at least six-eight months; - consolidation therapy - to be carried out even when the cure is apparently complete so as to avoid relapses - with periodic cycles lasting at least ten-twelve months. The experience can be considered highly encouraging because, quite apart from clinical cure, gestation occurred in only six cases and these gave rise to eutocic deliveries.

Adult↗

Dermatophyte infection in ichthyosis vulgaris.

A 31-year-old male who had been suffering from ichthyosis vulgaris developed hyperkeratosic lesions on the palms and soles and ungual alterations of both hands and feet. These lesions were resistant to topical corticosteroid and emollient cream treatments and were found to be caused by Trichophyton rubrum. Association of ichthyosis vulgaris and dermatophytosis--both very common disorders--is to our knowledge a very rare event.

Adult↗