[Determination of the cut-off for marker TPA in healthy children]. / Determinazione del cut-off in una popolazione pediatrica sana per il prolifigen TPA.

In the present study the authors investigated the normal range of the marker TPA in the sera of 100 children (apparently healthy) aged from 0 to 6 years. Well-defined criteria as guide-lines to the interpretation of laboratory results are a very urgent necessity for the expanding utilization of clinical laboratory data. To avoid possible mistakes on such an important area as new MT for the definition of a decisional standard for all the most relevant laboratory marker test. All patients have serum TPA values of less than 95 U/l and confirmed the distribution of TPA values in healthy individuals.

[Epidemiologic study of infectious diarrhea in infants]. / Studio epidemiologico della diarrea infettiva nell'eta' infantile.

The authors considered the epidemiological and microbiological aspects of the infectious diarrhea caused by bacteria, protozoan and viruses observed at the Infantile Hospital, Alessandria, and at the Malpighi Diagnostic Center, Chivasso, Turin, over a period of 14 months. Furthermore, a greater interest has been given to the role of Clostridium difficile diarrhea, since hospitalized patients are often predisposed to the development of this disease due to the antimicrobial prophylaxis or therapy.