Two cases of imported malaria in Western Romania, 2010-2011.

Malaria is a major problem for European travelers to endemic regions. In Romania during 1980-2007 approximately 20 imported cases were detected annually. The aim of our short communication is to present 2 interesting cases of imported malaria detected in Western Romania.

[AIDS patient with pneumocystosis and pulmonary alveolar proteinosis].

Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis can be associated with various microorganisms and Pneumocystis jirovecii is one of them, especially in AIDS patients. Authors present the case of a 30-year-old man treated with corticosteroids for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, having restrictive ventilatory disfunction and bilateral perihilar interstitial infiltrates, ground-glass opacity on CT of the lungs. Rapid extension ofpulmonary a bnormalities (over a month) to peripheral reticular lesions and presence of fever were considered as Hamman-Rich syndrome.

[Considerations in prolonged febrile illness].

Since the earliest days of systematic thermometry prolonged fever illness has fascinated and generated many frustrations to clinicians and laboratory physicians. The authors present peculiarities of 57 patients with prolonged fever illness that were admitted to 2nd Clinic of Infectious Diseases from "Dr.V.