ABSTRACT
The Authors shortly present some statistical and epidemiological data on RTI and stress that these infections are nowadays the main infectious diseases. After an excursus of the most frequent infectious aetiologies, they show their experience in RTI treatment, mainly acute LRTI, with a new fluorquinolone, ciprofloxacin, at the posology of 250 mg p.o. b.i.d. or t.i.d., with good clinical results (90% of recovery) and excellent tolerability (absence of ADR in 100% of the treated patients).
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Ciprofloxacin/therapeutic use , Respiratory Tract Infections/drug therapy , Acute Disease , Adult , Aged , Female , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Respiratory Tract Infections/epidemiology , Respiratory Tract Infections/etiology , Severity of Illness IndexABSTRACT
The authors describe two cases of Legionnaires disease brought to their attention and diagnosed through serological research utilizing two different methods: the indirect immunofluorescence and the microagglutination, in cooperation with the Higher Institute of Health. They conclude with some considerations upon the real necessity of circumscribed eziological research in all the cases of "hospitalized acute respiratory illness" and confirm the effectiveness of the treatment with macrolides in the Legionella Pneumophila infections.