[Protocol of treatment of acute diarrhea in infancy].

We suggest some guidelines for symptomatic treatment of acute diarrhea in infants under two, as it has been tested both in several hospital departments. Considering some well-known employed clinical and metabolic evaluations, cases (uncommon) needing sudden parenteral treatment are distinguished from those less serious ones (more common) when previous feeding is quickly re-established using oral rehydratation.

[Epidemiological and bacteriological study on the outbreak of gastroenteritis due to Escherichia coli 0111:B4 which occured in hospital environment].

The Authors report the results of the bacteriological researches carried out during an outbreak of gastroenteritis from E. coli O111:B4 having concerned, in 6 months, 40 infants of the pediatric ward at Legnano's Hospital. The researches clearly demonstrate the need for a strict control, particularly in the pediatric and neonatal wards, so as to make possible a swift identification of the gastroenteric syndromes due to E.