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M Ferrucci

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[Cross infection due to Salmonella Thompson in a pediatric clinical department].

The Authors have carried out a programmed bacteriological investigation for the detection of Salmonella in 4 Clinical Departments for Children in the Arcispedale S. Anna of Ferrara. The researches, carried out for 7 months on a total of 2161 samples (mainly rectal swabs) have allowed to detect and study, in one Paediatric Department, a "hospital acquired cross-infection" by S. thompson, spreading in the environment and amongst the sanitary assistance staff. The percentage of positivity ranged, in the 4 Departments, from a minimum of 1,05 to a maximum of 5,56 and confirmed the endemic diffusion of Salmonella in the province of Ferrara. The Authors think it highly advisable to carry out systematic researches amongst the patients and the assistance staff in order to avoid "hospital acquired cross-infections" by Salmonella, and the dangerous condition of "chronic carrier".

Child, Preschool↗
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[Immunological indexes of receptivity and seroconversion for rubella and toxoplasmosis in the province of Ferrara, Italy (author's transl)].

In the province of Ferrara (Italy) a programme for the prophylaxis against some connatal infections has been carried out through a "Service for the epidemiology and prevention of connatal rubella and toxoplasmosis", which has been instituted in 1978. The investigations on two female groups of different age (prepuberal and adult fecund women) have allowed to obtain the following data: 1. rebella infection has a high incidence yet in prepuberal age (10 years) when a percentage of 62.1 women have already acquired a strong immunity; this percentage arises to 85.0 in adult fecund women. The "conversion index" of 22.9 corresponds to the percentage of subjects who have got the infection in postpuberal, "at risk" age; 2. toxoplasmosis has different epidemiological features; its incidence is lower, in prepuberal age (31.7%), while it is higher (63.4%) in adult fecund women. The highest incidence between 15 and 20 years, and the highest "conversion index" (31.7) underline that, notwithstanding its lower infectiousness, the risk of connatal toxoplasmosis is higher than that of connatal rubella, as far as our country is concerned. Such epidemiological investigations are believed to be necessary to carry out a really useful programme for the prevention of connatal rubella and toxoplasmosis.

Adolescent↗