Caratterizzazione molecolare di stipiti di Helicobacter pylori isolati da soggetti con patologia gastrica

HELICOBACTER PYLORI E GENOTIPI DELLE CITOCHINE IL-1B, IL-1RA, IL-10 in pazienti con carcinoma gastrico

LA CHLAMYDIA PNEUMONIAE È CORRELABILE CON LA ROTTURA DELLA PLACCA ATEROSCLEROTICA? RUPTURE OF THE ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE: IS CHLAMYDIA PNEUMONIAE A POSSIBLE AGENT?

Background. The natural history of atherosclerosis has not clearly been elucidated yet. Some works reported that flogosis plays a role in plaque instability. Why does this inflammatory process start? We investigated the correlation between Chlamydia pneumoniae acute infection and plaque rupture. Methods. We compared blood concentrations of IgM anti-Chlamydia pneumoniae in patients affected by acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and in patients affected by stable angina. Results. Our results showed a minimal statistical difference, with a more positive value in patients with AMI. Subsequently, the group affected by AMI was divided into two subgroups with and without plaque rupture: the subgrou…

LA CHLAMYDIA PNEUMONIAE E’ CORRELABILE CON LA ROTTURA DELLA PLACCA ATEROSCLEROTICA?

CARATTERIZZAZIONE MOLECOLARE DI STIPITI DI H.PYLORI isolati da soggetti con patologia gastrica

Helicobacter pylori e genotipi delle citochine IL-1β, IL-1Ra, IL-10 in pazienti con carcinoma gastrico

osservazioni su una procedura di standardizzazione per l'impiego degli anticorpi anti-pt nello studio sieroepidemiologico della pertosse

Immunity to tetanus in the 3-20 year age group in Italy

In Italy, systematic mandatory tetanus immunization of children started in 1968. In 1989, immunity against tetanus was assessed in a random sample of 758 healthy subjects aged 3-20 y, from four Italian cities. There were 257 subjects 3-5 y old all residing in Southern Italy and 501 subjects 11-20 y old from both the South and North. The overall prevalence of non-immune subjects was 19.1%, without difference by sex. The rates of subjects lacking protective antibody titres was 25.3% in children 3-5 y old (all coming from South and the islands), 11.5% in those 11 y old, and 18.9% in the 18-20 y age-group, respectively. Subjects 11-20 y old residing in the South and the islands were more likely…