Self-medication with antibiotics in rural population in Greece: a cross-sectional multicenter study.

Background: Self-medication is an important driver of antimicrobial overuse as well as a worldwide problem. The aim of the present study was to estimate the use of antibiotics, without medical prescription, in a sample of rural population presenting in primary care in southern Greece.

Methods: The study included data from 1,139 randomly selected adults (545 men/594 women, mean age +/- SD: 56.

Poor hypertension control in Greek patients with diabetes in rural areas. The VANK study in primary care.

Introduction: This study aimed to determine hypertension prevalence and levels of awareness, treatment and control of hypertension among diabetic patients using data from the VANK study.

Methods: The sample consisted of 221 men and women (122/99) diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with all participants.

Seropositivity to Chlamydia pneumoniae or Helicobacter pylori and coronary artery disease.

Our aim was to investigate the relationship between the serologic status concerning Chlamydia pneumoniae and Helicobacter pylori with the presence of coronary artery disease (CAD), which remain a controversial issue in literature. We studied 208 patients with CAD and 94 controls with no evidence of obstructive CAD; all of them angiographically confirmed. The seropositivity to C.