RESUMO
A longitudinal study to ascertain the most common therapeutic approach to diarrheal disease by general practitioners and pediatricians was carried out in Western Sicily. Data obtained showed that of 902 home-managed cases of diarrhea observed by 58 physicians during one year, 65.3% were treated with antibiotics, 8.0% with antimotility agents and 26.7% were not treated with any pharmacological agent (rehydration or diet). Although oral rehydration therapy was widely known by physicians in Western Sicily, only a few of them were willing to use it routinely as the principal and exclusive treatment.
Assuntos
Diarreia Infantil/terapia , Diarreia/terapia , Hidratação/métodos , Antibacterianos/uso terapêutico , Antidiarreicos/uso terapêutico , Criança , Pré-Escolar , Diarreia/dietoterapia , Diarreia/tratamento farmacológico , Diarreia Infantil/dietoterapia , Diarreia Infantil/tratamento farmacológico , Fibras na Dieta/uso terapêutico , Humanos , Lactente , Recém-Nascido , Estudos Longitudinais , SicíliaAssuntos
Sistema de Registros , Talassemia , Adolescente , Adulto , Criança , Pré-Escolar , Feminino , Humanos , Lactente , Recém-Nascido , Itália , Masculino , Talassemia/epidemiologia , Talassemia/prevenção & controleRESUMO
Dog faeces and soil samples, collected for one year from public gardens in densely inhabited areas of Palermo (Italy), were investigated for the presence of Salmonella spp. and Ye.enterocolitica, to verify the hypothesis that mechanism of spread of Ye.enterocolitica may be comparable to that of Salmonella spp. Five Salmonella and one Ye.enterocolitica were isolated from 212 dog faeces; one Salmonella and four Ye.enterocolitica from 240 soil samples. O-serotypes of Ye.enterocolitica were not belonging to human pathogenic groups. The same Salmonella spp. were present both in humans and in the environment.