A new emerging oral infection: Raoultella planticola in a boy with haematological malignancy.

Background: Oral mucositis is a common complication in pediatric cancer patients, affecting up to 80% of children. Due to neutropenia and disruption of the mucosal barrier, chemotherapy-induced oral mucositis is often complicated by super-infections.

Case Report: A 16-years old male with stage 3 Burkitt's lymphoma developed chemotherapy induced oral mucositis grade 3 (according to WHO scale).

Detection of sporadic cases of Norovirus infection in hospitalized children in Italy.

This study was performed to investigate the role of Noroviruses (NV) in sporadic cases of acute diarrhoea among hospitalized children in Brescia Hospital. NV were the most frequently involved viruses (23.7%) and were more common in children >5 years (23/63) than in children <5 years (6/59).

[Streptococcus group B and pregnancy: the therapeutic role of topical intravaginal clindamycin].

Objective: To evaluate the clinical and therapeutic efficacy of 2% clindamycin vaginal cream in pregnant women heavily colonized with group B streptococci (GBS).

Study Design: A prospective, clinical trial in which carriers of group B streptococci were randomized to receive topical intravaginal clindamycin or oral amoxicillin.

Patients: We randomized 105 pregnant women: 55 received 2% clindamycin vaginal cream (100 mg/day for 7 days) and 50 oral amoxicillin (2 g/day for 7 days).

Detection of Mycoplasma genitalium from urethral swabs of human immunodeficiency virus-infected patients.

Mycoplasma have been suggested as co-factors in the pathogenesis of acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS). The prevalence of urethral infection by Mycoplasma genitalium was determined by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) with urethral swabs from 35 HIV-infected patients at different stages of the disease (all of them were heterosexual men). M genitalium was detected in 2 out of 19 non-AIDS (stage A and B) patients and in a similar proportion (1 out of 14; 7.