Risk of tuberculin conversion among healthcare workers and the adoption of preventive measures.

Background: In industrialised countries, occupational tuberculosis among healthcare workers (HCWs) is re-emerging as an important public health issue. To prevent and control tuberculosis transmission, several institutions have issued and implemented recommendations and practice guidelines.

Objectives: To estimate the annual rate of tuberculosis infection (ARTI; per 100 person-years) among HCWs in Turin, the capital of the Piedmont region of Italy, to identify factors associated with variations in the ARTI and to evaluate the efficacy of the regional guidelines to prevent and control tuberculosis.

[Degree of hepatitis C infection risk in the health care setting].

Background: Hepatitis C virus is the most important aetiologic agent for non A-non B hepatitis. The study of the prevalence of hepatitis C in health care workers is of primary interest because of the possible chronic evolution and the risk of cirrhosis and liver cancer.

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence of HCV among health care workers in 5 main hospitals and local health units in Turin and analyze the influence of occupational and non occupational risk factors.

[Angioimmunoblastic lymphadenopathy with dysproteinemia. Personal case reports].

Angioimmunoblastic lymphadenopathy with dysproteinemia. Case report. We report nine cases of angioimmunoblastic lymphadenopathy with dysproteinemia.

[Angioimmunoblastic lymphadenopathy with dysproteinemia].

Angioimmunoblastic lymphadenopathy with dysproteinemia. Angioimmunoblastic lymphadenopathy with dysproteinemia is a lymphomatous-like disease associated with typical anatomopathological features of the lymph nodes and severe dysproteinemia. The clinical course is variable.