A Cluster of Cryptic Malaria in African Migrants in Southern Italy, October 2017.

Italy was declared malaria free by the World Health Organization in 1970. Despite this, nonimport malaria cases are on the increase in Italy and throughout the Mediterranean area. In Italy, in the period between 2011 and 2015, seven cases of locally acquired malaria have been reported, including one introduced case of ; moreover, the last certain case of introduced malaria (by has been reported in Tuscany in 1997.

Varicella zoster virus encephalitis during treatment with anti-tumor necrosis factor-alpha agent in a psoriatic arthritis patient.

The introduction of targeted immunotherapies has greatly improved the therapeutic options of several inflammatory diseases such as psoriatic arthritis. However treatment-related opportunistic infections and viral reactivations may still occur. We describe a case of varicella zoster virus (VZV) encephalitis due to the reactivation of latent VZV infection during a long therapy with the anti-tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) drug Adalimumab.

[Epidemiologic and clinical parameters in hospitalized patients with novel Influenza A (H1N1) in Taranto province, Italy].

The global spread of novel influenza A (H1N1) led the World Health Organization to declare a pandemic on June 11, 2009. Our study aimed to describe the epidemiologic and clinical parameters of hospitalized patients during the pandemic. Fifty-one persons with suspected influenza A H1N1 were hospitalized.

Hospitalization rate due to measles in an area of the South East of Italy during an outbreak in the years 2002-2003.

Aim: Usually measles is not severe, but serious complications can occur and thus hospitalization is needed. The aim of this study was to assess the reasons of hospitalizations of the persons affected by measles and the severity of disease as a result of measles infection.

Methods: During an outbreak from 2002 to 2003 in the province of Taranto, 73 hospitalized persons affected by measles were evaluated.

[No floroquinolone resistance in non typhoidal salmonellas from hospitalized persons in an endemic area of Apulia, Italy].

Non typhi-salmonella is the most common cause of hospitalization or death associated with acute diarrhea. It is usually a self limiting disease and antibiotic therapy is not required, but in immunocompromised people it is essential. Increasing antimicrobial resistance in salmonella, in future, would limit the therapeutic options.

[Myocardial infarction in the course of antiretroviral therapy with protease inhibitor].

The use of protease inhibitors (PIs) in the antiretroviral therapy (ART) of HIV-1 infection has reduced the rate of morbidity and mortality; but, unfortunately, this therapy has several side effects and a long term toxicity. Unexpected lipid abnormalities and cardiovascular complications are observed. We report a case of myocardial infarction in a young man HIV-1 positive patient without a history of metabolic disorders and cardiovascular pathologies undergoing PI treatment.