[Haemophilus influenzae and genital infection]. / Haemophilus influenzae e infección genital.

We report nine cases of H. influenzae genital infections in women. Six patients had a total of 7 episodes of Bartholin glands abscess. One patient developed a post-caesarean endomyometritis on the 16th post-delivery day. The remaining patient developed an amniotic fluid infection in the 32nd week of pregnancy. All the nine H. influenzae strains were sensitive to ampicillin. We assess the rising importance of H. influenzae as an etiologic agent of female genital tract infections.

[The future of primary care]. / El futuro de la atención primaria.

The role and function of the general physician in the provision of primary care has stirred much discussion, which, however, has yet to produce a definition satisfactory to all. The author considers general medicine as an academic discipline in the light of experience in his country (Cuba) and is of the view that the physician and the health team should come closer to the community. He offers a number of conclusions on the practice of community medicine and presents the study plan proposed to be introduced in Cuba so that the clinical-epidemiological and social approach can be used to solve the health problems of the individual, the family and the community.