[Prevalence of antibodies against Coxiella burnetii in 2 geographical zones of Tuscany].

Q Fever, caused by Coxiella burneti, was first identified as a separate syndrome in 1937 in Australia. Usually it takes the form of an acute atypic lung pneumonia disease, but subclinic or non-typical forms are also known. Q Fever is a zoonoses.

[Some derivatives of the 2-[4-pyrazolinyl]-1,3,4-thiadiazole system].

The synthesis of some 2-[5-amino-1-methyl-3-oxo-4-pyrazolynyl]-1,3,4-thiadiazole derivatives is accomplished by reacting 5-amino-1-methyl-3-oxopryrazolynyl-4-dithiocarbohydrazide with carboxylic acid derivatives. The structure of the compounds obtained is verified by means of 1H and 13C-N.M.

Calcium, zinc, magnesium, concentration in seminal plasma of infertile men with prostatitis.

Seminal plasma, Zinc, Magnesium and Calcium concentrations were evaluated in 15 infertile men with chronic prostatitis and in 10 controls. Highly significant difference (p less than 0,01) was observed in Calcium concentration only in the group of bacterial prostatitis with respect to the controls. The possible significance of these data is suggested.