abstract：:The in vitro activity of ceftriaxone and six additional antimicrobial agents (ceftizoxime, cefoperazone, cefuroxime, fleroxacin, ciprofloxacin, and trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole) was assessed or 602 recent clinical isolates of staphylococci from six geographically distinct medical centers in North America. All seven a...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Pfaller MA,Barry AL,Sabath LD,Kreiswirth BN,Murray PR,Fuchs PC,McLaughlin JC

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plans are presented for conducting an epidemiological observational project which will pool the data from nine Italian field studies covering over 70,000 men and women aged 20 to 69 years, belonging to 52 population samples distributed in 13 different regions of the country. The main objective is to produce multivaria...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors：

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The immunoglobulin G (IgG) response directed against Mycobacterium bovis BCG antigens 60 (A60) and 85A (P32), and purified protein derivative (PPD), was investigated in order to compare the serodiagnostic potentials of these antigens in tuberculosis (TB). The sera of 59 patients with active minimal or moderately advan...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Turneer M,Van Nerom E

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serological patterns against Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) specific antigens were determined in 3732 healthy babies and children aged 0-10 years living in the Bari area (South Italy). IgG antibodies against EBV capsid antigen (VCA) were found in 2713 subjects (72.7%). Seropositivity rates, high in the first semester of lif...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Leogrande G,Jirillo E

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A group of 709 randomly selected males aged 18-55 years living in the city of Amsterdam, the Netherlands, were questioned about sexual lifestyle and related behavior. A substantial proportion (10%) of these men appeared to be homo- or bisexual. Of these homo- and bisexual men, 16.5% were predicted to be HIV seropositi...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Veugelers PJ,Van Zessen G,Hendriks JC,Sandfort TG,Coutinho RA,Van Griensven GJ

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study data on the incidence of HBV and HCV were used to indicate the prevalence of and trends in risk behavior, assuming that drug users (DUs) who become infected with HBV or HCV are also at risk for infection with HIV. In addition, we determined to that extent the transmission patterns of HIV, HBV and ...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Van Ameijden EJ,Van den Hoek JA,Mientjes GH,Coutinho RA

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clostridium difficile plays an essential role in causing pseudomembranous colitis. We looked for the presence of these bacteria in the stools of 169 hospitalized patients and 38 nurses from wards with cases of diarrhea (207 subjects). The study was divided into three parts. In the first part, we compared three methods...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Lahn M,Tyler G,Däubener W,Hadding U

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To examine the contribution of cardiovascular risk factors to the development of non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus, a prospective follow-up study was performed of a cohort, initially examined in a population survey on cardiovascular risk factors. The survey was conducted from 1975 to 1978 in the Netherlands amon...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Stolk RP,van Splunder IP,Schouten JS,Witteman JC,Hofman A,Grobbee DE

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Coxiella burnetii, the etiological agent of Q-fever has recently been isolated from sheep in southern Sweden. In this region 24-30% of sheep farmers have been exposed to the organism as shown by serological measurements. In veterinarians, another group with high risk of exposure to C. burnetii, about 12% have antibodi...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Macellaro A,Akesson A,Norlander L

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Protozoans of the genus Cryptosporidium may cause serious diarrhoeal illness in immunocompromised hosts and especially in HIV-infected patients. In this study we have evaluated the frequency of Cryptosporidium in stools of 51 HIV-infected patients with diarrhoea. Laboratory diagnosis of cryptosporidiosis was performed...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Brandonisio O,Maggi P,Panaro MA,Bramante LA,Di Coste A,Angarano G

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alcohol consumption was investigated among 9th and 13th grade high school students in the town of Brescia (an urban area) and in the Local Health Unit of Breno, a mountainous area in the province of Brescia. A total of 1364 students from Brescia and 1373 from Breno completed an anonymous questionnaire during school ti...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Donato F,Pasquale L,Monarca S,Bonetti F,Chiesa R,Nardi G

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:After describing the evolution of mortality from ischaemic cardiopathy (IC) in Spain from 1951 to 1986, which is tending to stabilize in some age groups, and from cerebrovascular accidents (CVA), which is clearly declining, an attempt is made to relate these developments to the prevalence of the main risk factors (hyp...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Cortina Greus P,Alfonso Sanchez JL,Frasquet Pons I,Saiz Sanchez C,Cortes Vizcaino C,Gonzalez Arraez JI,Sabater Pons A,Ruiz de la Fuente Tirado S

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case-control study of 107 colon cancer cases and 486 controls from an oncological clinic in Istanbul was conducted to examine the association between occupational physical activity and colon cancer in Turkey, where incidence of this disease is low. Only two of the four activity measures showed evidence of an increas...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Vetter R,Dosemeci M,Blair A,Wacholder S,Unsal M,Engin K,Fraumeni JF Jr

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The seroprevalence of HTLV-I/II was evaluated in 1247 Italian individuals at high risk for HIV infection. The population studied consisted of 985 intravenous drug users (IVDUs), 474 of whom on methadone maintenance and 511 in a therapeutic community, 110 HIV-infected patients in various stages of HIV-related disease a...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Zanetti AR,Zehender G,Tanzi E,Galli C,Rezza G,Cargnel A,Boschini A,Mari D,Pizzocolo G,Mazzotta F

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The incidence of Plesiomonas shigelloides among diarrhoeal patients attending the Dhaka Treatment Centre of the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (ICDDR, B) from January through December 1987, has been reported. Using bile peptone broth (pH 8.8) as an enrichment medium and Salmonella-Shi...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Rahim Z,Ali A,Kay BA

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A study on the characteristics of alcoholics attending the "Alcoholics in treatment" clubs, a community and family-oriented programme against alcoholism, has been conducted in the Friuli-Venezia Giulia region, Northeastern Italy. A total of 598 individuals (93% of those contacted) completed the questionnaire, 431 (72%...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Barra S,Franceschi S,Maccioni A,Bidoli E

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1167 workers of Lorraine (France) iron mines, a random sample of 5600 workers aged 35 to 55 years, at work in 1975 constituted the initial cohort that was examined twice at 5-year intervals after the first examination. A questionnaire on respiratory symptoms and smoking habits (MRC questionnaire) plus questions on the...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Pham QT,Teculescu D,Bruant A,Chau N,Viaggi MN,Rebstock E

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A number of processes are involved in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis. These include an "injury" to the endothelial cell barrier of the inner lining of the artery, infiltration of the artery by lipid filled monocyte-macrophages, proliferation of smooth muscle cells, synthesis of connective tissue and thrombus form...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Stout RW

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the PROCAM study hypertriglyceridaemia was much more common among men (18.6%) than women (4.2%). Prevalence increased with age in women, but remained nearly constant at about 20% in men aged 35 years or more. In a multiple regression analysis a strong negative correlation between triglycerides and HDL cholesterol w...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Assmann G,Schulte H

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fluorescent antibody, immunoperoxidase and gold-silver staining methods for the rapid and accurate diagnosis of systemic mycotic infections are currently performed in a few specialized laboratories. These methods have proved applicable to formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissues, and are reliable for identifying ther...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Kaufman L

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pneumocystis carinii is a widespread eukaryotic microorganism found in the lungs of healthy mammals, including humans. It is able to proliferate extensively in the alveoli, becoming an important agent of severe pneumonitis in immunosuppressed hosts, especially in persons suffering from AIDS. The taxonomic position of ...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Dei-Cas E,Cailliez JC,Palluault F,Aliouat EM,Mazars E,Soulez B,Suppin J,Camus D

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A serological survey was performed with M.A.T. on the maintenance staff of water ways and public works and lock keepers to study the occupational hazards of leptospirosis. The target population was 58 professional people, 40 working on French rivers and 18 on a channel in the same western area of France. When we compa...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Andre-Fontaine G,Peslerbe X,Ganiere JP

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:At the end of 1988 an outbreak of trichinellosis involving 48 persons occurred in a small town in Central Italy, near the Appennine mountains. The epidemic was caused by the ingestion of sausages recently made with wild boar meat. The people affected were mostly relatives and friends of hunters. Trichinella larvae wer...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Frongillo RF,Baldelli B,Pozio E,Crapa G,Di Giuli C,Santirocchi M,Di Leonardo F

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Salmonella typhimurium was isolated in the culture test of a small child admitted to hospital suffering from febrile gastroenteritis with stools containing traces of mucus and blood. Her mother also resulted positive for this microorganism. The family had recently bought a small turtle, imported from Florida, at the c...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Dessì S,Sanna C,Paghi L

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated mean levels and prevalences of total cholesterol, HDL cholesterol, triglycerides, fasting blood glucose, systolic blood pressure and body mass index in adults aged 25 to 64 years participating in the WHO Country-wide Integrated Noncommunicable Diseases Intervention (CINDI) Programme in Vorarlberg, west...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Schwarz B,Bischof HP,Kunze M

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate the relationship between duration of preoperative stay and the risk of nosocomial infection, we studied 449 patients who underwent surgery at the University Hospital of Granada during the first six months of 1986. Patients were chosen from two cross-sectional surveys. Nosocomial infection was studied throu...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Bueno Cavanillas A,Rodrìguez-Contreras R,Delgado Rodriguez M,Moreno Abril O,López Gigosos R,Guillen Solvas J,Gálvez Vargas R

更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Descriptive epidemiological and genealogical data obtained by prospective and retrospective studies on CJD in Slovakia and in patients emigrating from CJD clusters were analysed. Observations contradictory to an exclusively genetic etiology of temporo-spatial accumulation of CJD are presented. Data indicating a geneti...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Mitrová E

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sixteen hundred and thirty seven isolates of Neisseria gonorrhoeae isolated over a two year period were serotyped using three panels of monoclonal antibodies. The isolates comprised 687 serogroup WI strains and 950 serogroup WII/III strains. The antibodies used in the panels were those developed by Pharmacia (Ph) and ...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Moyes A,Young H

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Di.S.Co. Project--Sezze District Community Control--is aimed at achieving in the general population the prevention of chronic diseases through community intervention. Two areas are enrolled, one for intervention (25,706 subjects) and one for reference (12,655 subjects). In 1983 the first survey was conducted on a ...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Giampaoli S,Urbinati GC,Menotti A,Ricci G

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper describes 188 cases of early breast cancer in which age, menopause status, smoking, and pathological characteristics of the tumor were investigated, as well as status and levels of estrogen and progesterone hormone receptors. Estrogen and progesterone receptor status did not seem to differ between smokers a...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Ranocchia D,Minelli L,Modolo MA

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prevention of rickettsial infections is aimed at individual control and epidemic measures (especially in epidemic typhus), vector and rodent control, milk pasteurization (in Q fever), chemoprophylaxis and immunoprophylaxis. In vector and rodent control, the main obstacle is the rise in resistance to insecticides and r...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Kazár J,Brezina R

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:At present, we can observe an evolution in ideas about the detection of HIV seropositivity through a qualitative analysis of specialised literature on the ethical aspects of AIDS. In the case of this disease, systematic screening of the population does not correspond to epidemiological criteria: it is wasteful, troubl...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Enel P,Manuel C,Charrel J,Larher MP,Reviron D,San Marco JL

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adherence of Candida albicans to host tissues is considered a crucial step in the pathogenesis of candidiasis. Using in vitro assays, it was demonstrated that the yeast-mycelium transition was an important phenomenon in the acquisition of adhesive properties. Proteins with MWs of 60, 68, 200 and greater than 200 kDa s...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Tronchin G,Bouchara JP,Annaix V,Robert R,Senet JM

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mycological, cultural and/or serological studies were performed on 98 patients hospitalized in the Department of Infectious Diseases of the Catholic University in Rome with diagnoses of acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) or AIDS-related complex (ARC) diseases. The incidence of mycoses was evaluated by retrospe...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Morace G,Tamburrini E,Manzara S,Antinori A,Maiuro G,Dettori G

更新日期：1990-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This hospital-based case-control study was designed to investigate the association of low dietary vitamin A and beta carotene consumption with epidermoid lung cancer. Cases were patients with histologically confirmed epidermoid lung cancer diagnosed in six selected hospitals of southwestern France in 1983-84. Controls...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Dartigues JF,Dabis F,Gros N,Moise A,Bois G,Salamon R,Dilhuydy JM,Courty G

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The activity of 34 general practitioners (GP) working in solo practices in six Local Health Units were assessed, as a preliminary step of a main study, to evaluate and possibly improve the quality of GP professional performance using peer review and feed-back information. A wide interpractice variation was observed in...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Taroni F,Stiassi R,Traversa G,Raschetti R,Menniti-Ippolito F,Maggini M,Spila-Alegiani S

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Between September, 1988 and January, 1989 a common source outbreak of 47 cases of serologically confirmed hepatitis A occurred in a town of central Italy. Thirty-eight cases were primary, three co-primary and six secondary. The highest age-specific attack rate was seen in subjects aged 15-24 years (120 per 100,000); t...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Stroffolini T,Biagini W,Lorenzoni L,Palazzesi GP,Divizia M,Frongillo R

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Over a period of seven years (from 1980 to 1987) 58 acute viral hepatitis A cases were admitted to the Departments for Infectious Diseases. This number represents 10.76% of all viral hepatitis patients. Most of the patients had travelled to foreign countries or to areas in Italy with high hepatitis A virus (HAV) circu...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Braito A,Cellesi C,Fanti O,Civitelli F,Fanetti G,Almi P

更新日期：1990-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Apolipoprotein B levels were studied in relation to cigarette smoking, coffee and alcohol consumption, physical activity, age and body mass index in 253 men aged 21-61 years. The mean apolipoprotein B level was 7.3 +/- 3.2 mg/dl and was higher for smokers compared with non-smokers. Considering the smokers of over 20 c...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Periti M,Salvaggio A,Quaglia G,Di Marzio L,Miano L

更新日期：1990-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 136 cases of men with urinary bladder cancer and 272 matched hospital controls were examined for potential exposure to diesel exhaust. A lifetime occupational history was obtained for all subjects in the study and assessment of exposure to diesel exhaust was based on the job titles of the subject and self-r...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Iyer V,Harris RE,Wynder EL

更新日期：1990-03-01 00:00:00