Multidisciplinary approach to prostatitis.

The modern clinical research on prostatitis started with the work of Stamey and coworkers who developed the basic principles we are still using. They established the segmented culture technique for localizing the infections in the males to the urethra, the bladder, or the prostate and to differentiate the main categories of prostatitis. Such categories with slight modifications are still used according to the NIH classification: acute bacterial prostatitis, chronic bacterial prostatitis, Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome (CPPS) and asymptomatic prostatitis.

An observational study on the epidemiology of respiratory tract bacterial pathogens and their susceptibility to four injectable beta-lactam antibiotics: piperacillin, piperacillin/tazobactam, ceftazidime and ceftriaxone.

Bacterial infections of the respiratory tract account for a large proportion of total medical consultations in general practice. In recent years, antibiotic resistance has increased alarmingly in a number of bacterial species that are common causes of these infections. The aim of this observational study was to determine the antibiotic resistance of microbial agents isolated from patients with acute or acutely exacerbated respiratory infections.

Chemotherapy and immunomodulation in the elderly.

Ageing brings about an impairment of all body functions. Any antimicrobial and oncological treatment must take into account the senescent condition of the patient. Aged people are considered an immunodepressed population and oncotherapy has envisaged the use of components of the immune system.

Pathogen-host interaction.

Host defense, as it generally applies to humans, refers to the individual's ability to withstand infections. Human host defense mechanisms are numerous, diversified, complex, and often interdependent. The administration of drugs may influence some phases of immunocompetence mechanisms.