Simit epidemiological multicentric study on hospitalized immigrants in Italy during 2002
- Scotto, G.
- Saracino, A.
- Pempinello, R.
- El Hamad, I.
- Geraci, S.
- Panunzio, M.
- PALUMBO, ERNESTO
- Cibelli, D. C.
- Angarano, G.
- Quirino, T.
- Vigevani, G. M.
- Balducci, M.
- Petrelli, E.
- Bergamasco, A.
- Cadeo, G.
- ELHamad, I.
- Carosi, G.
- Vitucci, N.
- Gobbi, M.
- Allegri, M. P.
- Toti, M.
- Piretti, B.
- De Stefano, C.
- Mannozzi, P.
- Mastropietro, C.
- Paffetti, A.
- Losappio, R.
- Fontana, T.
- Sfara, C.
- Stagni, G.
- Scotto, G.
- Angarano, G.
- Salome, G.
- Soscia, F.
- Maggi, P.
- Pastore, G.
- Miccolis, S.
- Scalzini, A.
- Brogi, A.
- Renda, V.
- Lancella, L.
- Ticca, F.
- Gabbati, A.
- Mazzotta, A.
- Villa, M.
- Viganò, P.
- Salatino, A.
- Andreoni, M.
- Drenaggi, D.
- Scalise, G.
- Ciardi, M.
- D'Elia, S.
- Limodio, M.
- Gallo, A. I.
- Delia, S.
- Caltabiano, E.
- Cosentino, G.
- Raspaglieli, M.
- Di Gregorio, P.
- Mariani, R.
- Paolini, M.
- Sabbatani, S.
- Chiodo, F.
- Casabianca, A.
- Biglino, A.
- Galloni, D.
- Carnevale, G.
- Pantaleoni, M.
- Ghinelli, F.
- Purificato, F.
- Pompei, A. G.
- Portelli, V.
- Chasseur, R.
- Tassara, A.
- Benenat, B.
- Sapienza, M.
- Sabatini, P.
- Sabusco, G.
- Bellardini, G.
- Zauli, T.
- Valencic, A.
- Luzzati, R.
- Milini, P.
- Chiodera, A.
- Sebbia, F.
- Davi', A.
- Pizzigallo, E.
- Scerbo, P.
- Ferraro, T.
- Consorte, A.
- Mariani Toro, G.
- Gioia, M.
- Grossi, P.
- Coviello, G.
- Sagnelli, E.
- Azzimi, A.
- Concia, A.
- Allegra, M.
- TODARO, GIANMARCO
DOIAbstract
The aim of this article is to retrospectively evaluate the patient characteristics and the most common infectious diseases in immigrant patients hospitalized in 46 Italian infectious disease clinics during 2002. The main Italian infectious disease clinics were invited to fill in a questionnaire that regarded the number and type of hospital admissions, the country of origin, and demographic features (age, sex, and resident state) of immigrants. A total of 46 clinics including 2255 patients participated in the study. Most patients were men (63%) with an age between 16 and 40 years (63.4%) covered by the National Health Service (71%) and coming from Africa (44.3%). The main infectious diseases observed were: 378 (16.76%) cases of HIV infection...
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