Late Presenters of HIV Infection in an HIV Unit of a Tertiary University Hospital in a Rural Region of Greece.

A significant progress has been made over the years in the prognosis and treatment of patients with early diagnosis of HIV infection. However, late presentation of a large number of patients remains a serious public health problem. The aim of our study is to highlight the dimensions of the problem by evaluating the data from the HIV Unit of Alexandroupolis, a rural region with population heterogeneity and a strategic position between West and East, Europe, and Asia.

Leptospirosis: a report on a series of five autochthonous cases in a Greek region.

Leptospirosis is a worldwide zoonotic disease difficult to diagnose both to the clinic and the laboratory. Many risk factors have been involved, such as planting, hunting, harvesting and butchering or sports, such as rafting. We reported our experience through a period of 20  months and we tried to investigate prognostic factors predicting clinical outcomes.