Glycaemic control, treatment satisfaction and quality of life in type 2 diabetes patients in Greece: The PANORAMA study Greek results.

Aim: To provide an update on glycaemic control in European patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). We present the Greek population data of the study.

Methods: An observational multicenter, cross-sectional study evaluating glycaemic control and a range of other clinical and biological measures as well as quality of life (QoL) and treatment satisfaction in 375 patients with T2DM enrolled by 25 primary care sites from Greece.

Streptococcus agalactiae infections in non-pregnant adults: single center experience of a growing clinical problem.

Background: Group B beta-hemolytic streptococcus (Streptococcus agalactiae) has been traditionally considered a major pathogen in neonates and pregnant women. However, there is accumulating concern about its significance in non-pregnant adults too.

Material/methods: To study Streptococcus agalactiae infections in non-pregnant adults in a 354-bed general tertiary center in Athens, Greece, we analyzed retrospectively collected data from patients with Streptococcus agalactiae isolates during a 5-year period.

Multidrug-resistant tuberculous spondylodiscitis: need for aggressive management and drug susceptibility testing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates.

A 49-year-old woman complaining of thoracic spine pain for 18 months was admitted to the hospital for evaluation. Magnetic resonance imaging of the thoracic spine showed spondylodiscitis of the T8-T9 intervertebral disk. Computed tomography scan-guided fine needle aspiration of the affected area was performed but it did not reveal the cause of the disease.