Sicily

Vaccinazione antivaricella nella Regione Sicilia: Impatto sui ricoveri e sulle notifiche

M. Cuccia, S. Pollina Addario, A. Cernigliaro, V. Palmigiano

2010/4

Vaccinazione antivaricella nella regione Sicilia: impatto sui ricoveri e sulle notifiche

M. Cuccia, S. Pollina Addario, A. Cernigliaro, V. Palmigiano

2010/4 — pag. 263-264

Since 2003 the vaccination schedule of the Sicilian region has provided varicella vaccination for toddlers (up to fifteenth month) and for susceptible twelve-year-old adolescents. The Epidemiology Service, LHU 3, Catania, implemented a study to a...

Pielonefrite acuta nel lattante: eziologia e sensibilità agli antibiotici

2004/5 — pag. 325-326

Acute pyelonephritis (APN) involves a risk of irreversible renal injury. There is no consensus on which therapy is most effective. In this study, we evaluated 108 infants aged 0-18 months, enrolled from 1/5/98 to 31/1/03, for APN. 35 patients (37%...

Epidemia di pertosse in provincia di Catania (2002)

2004/5 — pag. 325-326

In the year 2002 a pertussis outbreak was reported in the province of Catania. The sources on incident cases were pertussis notification and number of hospitalisation extracted from administrative database. Seventy-two cases of pertussis in patien...

La borreliosi di Lyme in età pediatrica: individuata un’area endemica in Sicilia

D.C. Salpietro, S. Briuglia, M.V. Merlino, F. Fulia, K. Munafò, G. Muscolino, G. Bisignano

2002/8 — pag. 495-501

In Italy, Lyme disease is endemic in a few geographical areas (the Carsic highlands in Venezia- Giulia, inner Liguria). The Authors identified a new endemic area in the Messina province (Nebrodi mountains). From 1989 to 2001, 91 cases of Lyme disea...