Meniscal lesion or patellar tendinopathy? A case report of an adolescent soccer player with knee pain.

Background: Injuries to the meniscus are particularly prevalent in soccer players, with an incidence of 0.448 injuries per 1000 hours of playing. However, in the adolescent soccer player population, it has been reported that up to 63% of asymptomatic knees may demonstrate horizontal or oblique tears on MRI.

Hyperinfection in an HIV-Infected Patient Successfully Treated with Subcutaneous Ivermectin.

A 39-year-old Ethiopian HIV-positive man with peripheral T-cell lymphoma developed hyperinfection. The patient was initially treated with oral ivermectin for three weeks without response, most likely due to malabsorption because of concomitant paralytic ileus. Given the persistence of larvae in the body fluids, the worsening respiratory status and clinical malabsorption, veterinary parenteral formulation of ivermectin was administered.

Risk factors for mortality in patients with Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infection.

In this two year retrospective analysis, we evaluated the epidemiology and risk factors for mortality of Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infection (SaBSI). Methicillin-susceptible S. aureus (MSSA) was isolated in 84 (44.

The Effect on mortality of fluconazole or echinocandins treatment in candidemia in internal medicine wards [corrected].

The incidence of candidemia has increased over the past two decades, with an increased number of cases in Internal Medicine and a prevalence ranging from 24% to 57%. This single-center retrospective study was performed to evaluate the epidemiology and the risk factors associated with mortality of candidemia in patients admitted to Internal Medicine wards (IMWs) of the City of Health and Sciences, Molinette Hospital, Turin, from January 2004 to December 2012. For each patient, demographic, clinical and microbiological data were collected.

Antimicrobial prophylaxis in minor and major surgery.

Surgical site infections (SSIs) are a frequent cause of morbidity following surgical procedures. Gram-positive cocci, particularly staphylococci, cause many of these infections, although Gram-negative organisms are also frequently involved. The risk of developing a SSI is associated with a number of factors, including aspects of the operative procedure itself, such as wound classification, and patient-related variables, such as preexisting medical conditions.

[The protection of drinking water in a public health department].

The protection of drinking water is a key issue in a Public Health Department's activity. A substantial amount of planning and monitoring work is involved in the development and implementation of a water safety plan, aimed not only at the enforcement of public health regulations, but also at the improvement of the quality water. We provide an overview of the quality monitoring program of the municipality of Prato, a highly populated and industrialized area, where ground water is contaminated by anthropogenic pollutants such as trichloroethylene, tetrachloroethylene and nitrate.

Excision of the levator muscles with external sphincter preservation in the treatment of selected low T4 rectal cancers.

Purpose: The existence of an anatomic and functional separation between the puborectalis muscle and external anal sphincter permits the performance of an abdominoendoanal excision, instead of an abdominoperineal excision, of the rectum and levator muscles, with preservation of a functioning external sphincter, in selected patients with very low rectal cancer and limited infiltration of the levator muscles.

Methods: Seven patients (4 females; age, 48-69; mean, 60.7 +/- 7.

[New issues in surgery of adrenal pheochromocytoma].

The adrenal pheochromocytoma still arouses great interest among the experts. The Authors give here a report of a study carried out on the personal case history of 32 patients and the concerning literature. A correct clinical and diagnostic approach is important to detect, at a preoperative level, the benign forms from the malignant ones (10-15% of cases according to literature) and the polyendocrine syndromes (21% of our series).