[Epidemiologic and clinical aspects of acute hepatitis B in the past decade].

To study the clinical and epidemiological aspects of acute B hepatitis during the last 11 years. We retrospectively studied 1712 patient files, admitted in the Department of Infectious Diseases Iaşi, with acute B hepatitis between 1992-2002. The majority of the patients (69%) had an urban origin.

[Bifocal non-union of the forearm as of consequence of an open fracture type 3 B - a case report].

We present a 26-year old patient who suffered an accident while at work, his forearm being almost completely separated because of an electrical circular saw. Admitted at our hospital 8 hours after the accident occurred the forearm was temporarily stabilized by means of k-wires and the radial artery and vein as well as the median nerve were anastomosed.

[Leptospirosis-clinico-biological and therapeutical aspects-study of 256 cases].

Leptospirosis is a zooantroponosis manifested as an infectious disease with a severe evolution, with liver and renal failure and hemorrhagic manifestation. The aim of this study was to present the clinico-biological investigation and the therapeutical aspects of 256 cases of leptospirosis admitted in the Infectious Diseases Hospital Iasi during 4 years (1998-2001). The diagnosis was based on the study of clinico-biological and therapeutical parameters (risk factors, fever, mialgia, headache, algic, eruptive, meningeal, hepatorenal, hemorrhagic syndromes with the serological evidence of the serotypes of leptospirosis); most of the cases were registered in 1998 (23% cases), in adults (31.

[Hemophilus influenzae meningitis- the experience of infectious diseases department between 1984-2001].

Our paper presents a clinico-biological and therapeutical study of the cases admitted in Infectious Diseases Hospital between January 1984-December 2001. We studied the records of all the patients that suffered from meningitis with Haemophilus influenzae. In above mentioned period 40 cases of Haemophilus influenzae meningitis was admitted; 6 patients (15%) died.

[Clinical and biological study of acute diarrhea with mixed etiology in 48 patients].

Objectives: The study of incidence, clinical manifestation and treatment of acute diarrhea with mixed etiology.

Material And Method: Study of 48 patients with acute diarrhea with mixed etiology admitted in the Hospital of Infectious Diseases of Iaşi during 1995-1998.

Results: 12 cases (24%) were mixed bacterial infections with the following microorganisms associations: Salmonella + Shigella (10 cazuri); Salmonella + Yersinia enterocolitica (1 case); Salmonella + Rotavirus (1 case).

[Difficulties in the diagnosis of prolonged fever in infants].

We report the case of an infant with cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection who developed a nosocomial sepsis of mixed etiology. Fever failed to decrease despite long-time and sustained antibiotic therapy. Treatment with an antiviral agent following the detection of CMV antibody of the IgM class resulted in clinical improvement and subsequent full recovery.

[An open type-IIIB segmental fracture of the lower limb with soft-tissue lesions].

Open fractures are a challenge to the orthopaedic surgeon. The bigger the wound the higher the risk of contamination. The prognostic depends also upon the degree of comminution, the time of admittance, the antibiotherapy as well as the treatment options.

[Nosocomial staphylococcal meningitis].

Objective: Clinical, bacteriological and therapeutically study on iatrogenic staphylococcal meningitis.

Method: Retrospective analysis of 33 cases of iatrogenic staphylococcal meningitis admitted to the Hospital of Infectious Diseases of Iaşi in the interval 1988-1997.

Results: In the interval under study the recorded incidence was 1-5 cases per year.

[The clinico-evolutionary considerations of 492 cases of measles hospitalized in the Infectious Disease Clinic Iaşi in 1997].

Between 01.01.1997-31.