Methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus in skin and soft tissue infections, Northern Italy.

During February 2004-September 2006, familial clusters and sporadic cases of Staphylococcus aureus skin and soft tissue infections were observed in a suburban area near Milan in northern Italy. Molecular typing of the isolates showed an epidemic methicillin-susceptible S. aureus (MSSA) strain, spa type 005 and sequence type 22 that harbored Panton-Valentine leukocidin (PVL) genes.

[Necrotizing fasciitis. A diagnostic and therapeutic challenge].

A case of necrotizing fasciitis of the upper limb caused by group A streptococcal infection and a case with an abscess of the hand caused by staphylococcus aureus, are presented. The anatomo-pathological and clinical differences between the two different types of infection are underlined and stress is laid on the excruciating pain, the high temperature and the rapidly spreading inflammatory-necrotizing evolution of the first case. More than the anatomo-pathological findings of a necrotic area the authors consider more important, the rapidity and the severity of the infection, that can evolve into a toxic shock-like syndrome, and the microbiological isolation of the streptococcus type A.

[Characteristics of a new colorimetric test for the rapid screening of bacteriuria compared to the traditional culture method].

Eight hundred eighty five samples of urine sent for culture were examined at the same time with BDD Ortho. In a smaller amount (348) of these samples a microscopic examination of urine sediment was also carried out. Results obtained allow the authors to state that BDD is a good instrument for the screening of bacteriurias.