Scotto G, Saracino A, Pempinello R, El Hamad I, Geraci S, Panunzio M, Palumbo E, Cibelli D C, Angarano G
SIMIT (Italian Society of Infectious and Tropical Diseases) Committee for Study of Infectious Diseases in Immigrants, Infectious Diseases Clinic, University of Foggia, Via Mastelloni 17, 71100 Foggia, Italy.
J Immigr Health. 2005 Jan;7(1):55-60. doi: 10.1007/s10903-005-1391-z.
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, 303 (13.43%) cases of tuberculosis diseases, 282 (12.5%) cases of various forms of viral hepatitis, 177 (7.84%) cases of respiratory diseases, and 196 (8.69%) gastrointestinal diseases. Tropical diseases found were 134 (5.94%) including 95 cases of malaria (70.9%). In conclusion, a broad range of diseases was noted in immigrants which were directly correlated with conditions of poverty. Only a few tropical diseases were diagnosed and therefore the immigrant should not be considered as an infectious disease carrier.
本文旨在回顾性评估2002年期间在意大利46家传染病诊所住院的移民患者的特征及最常见的传染病。主要的意大利传染病诊所受邀填写一份问卷，内容涉及住院人数及类型、移民的原籍国以及人口统计学特征（年龄、性别和居住状况）。共有46家诊所的2255名患者参与了该研究。大多数患者为男性（63%），年龄在16至40岁之间（63.4%），享受国家医疗服务（71%），且来自非洲（44.3%）。观察到的主要传染病有：378例（16.76%）艾滋病毒感染、303例（13.43%）结核病、282例（12.5%）各种形式的病毒性肝炎、177例（7.84%）呼吸道疾病以及196例（8.69%）胃肠道疾病。发现的热带病有134例（5.94%），其中包括95例疟疾（70.9%）。总之，在移民中发现了多种与贫困状况直接相关的疾病。仅诊断出少数热带病，因此不应将移民视为传染病携带者。
