[Isolation frequency of enteropathogenic Escherichia coli in the Patro distric from 1974 to 1986]. / Frequenza di isolamento di Escherichia coli enteropatogeni nel comprensorio pratese, dal 1974 al 1986.

In the Prato district in the years 1974-1986 the isolation frequency of serogropus of enteropathogenic Escherichia coli on 12,251 faeces samples pertinent to infantile diarrhoea has been studied. The research reveals a constant decrease in the isolation frequency of the serogroups considered. An hypothesis is quite difficult but this finding is taking world-wide consistency: furthermore some items are distinctive of the researched district and therefore quite interesting.

[Incidence of rotavirus in pediatric patients hospitalized with gastroenteric symptoms]. / Indagine sull'incidenza del rotavirus in pazienti pediatrici ospedalizzati con sintomatologia gastroenterica.

In winter, for four months from November 1986 to February 1987, in one hundred samples of stool from children admitted at Pediatric Department of Prato Civil Hospital with gastroenteric symptoms, was performed the research of rotavirus. This study revealed data strictly close to the ones reported in literature: 34% of children were found positive; from these, 55.9% were under one year old, 38.2% from one to five, and 5.9% from five to twelve. The symptoms were: diarrhoea in 94%, fever in 70.5%, vomit in 47% and respiratory disturbances in 32%. It is emphasized the utility of the research of rotavirus chiefly in children under one year, even if gastroenteric disease begins with respiratory symptoms.