[Cefotetan vs ceftriaxone: clinical and bacteriological efficacy in complicated forms of urinary tract infection]. / Cefotetan vs ceftriaxone: efficacia clinica e batteriologica nelle forme complicate di infezione del tratto urinario.

Forty adult patients with UTI complicated by local and/or general diseases have been treated, 20 with Cefotetan and 20 with Ceftriaxone. Both treatments showed good clinical and bacteriological efficacy, with no statistically significant differences between the results. Cefotetan and Ceftriaxone were both well tolerated, without any local or systemic side effects.

[Identification of antigen of hepatitis MS2 in the menstrual blood]. / Identificazione dell'antigene dell'epatite MS2 nel sangue mestruale

35 samples of menstrual blood were examined and HBAg has been found (with the RIA method) always and only at the same time with venous antigenemia. HBAg has been also found in one only among four samples of cervicouterine secretions taken during antigenemia and far from the menstrual period.