[Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae--rare etiology of persistent febrile syndrome].

Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae is a Gram-positive rod, carried by many domestic and pet animals and very resistant in the environmental habitat, causing an anthropo-zoonosis infection in humans. It can determine, most frequently, a skin infection and may cause also septic arthritis or systemic infection, usually associated with aortic endocarditis. Bacteremia without endocarditis is a very rare presentation, generally seen in immunocompromised patients.

[Clinical study of acute diarrhea caused by rotavirus].

To establish the implication of Rotavirus in acute diarrhea of babies and children. Prospective study on 164 patients aged between 1 month and 3 years with acute diarrhea, admitted in the Clinical Hospital of Infectious Diseases Iaşi between 01.01.

[Clinical and biological study of acute diarrhea with mixed etiology in 48 patients].

Objectives: The study of incidence, clinical manifestation and treatment of acute diarrhea with mixed etiology.

Material And Method: Study of 48 patients with acute diarrhea with mixed etiology admitted in the Hospital of Infectious Diseases of Iaşi during 1995-1998.

Results: 12 cases (24%) were mixed bacterial infections with the following microorganisms associations: Salmonella + Shigella (10 cazuri); Salmonella + Yersinia enterocolitica (1 case); Salmonella + Rotavirus (1 case).