A novel developmental encephalopathy with epilepsy and hyperkinetic movement disorders associated with a deletion of the sodium channel gene cluster on chromosome 2q24.3

We reported a 21 months-old boy with a complex epilepsy phenotype, developmental delay, and hyperkinetic movement disorders, associated with a deletion of the whole sodium channel gene cluster. Whether this unusual phenotype results from leading to haploinsufficiency of either SCN1A or SCN2A, or the combination of both, remains subject of speculation. However, nobody of the numerous reported patients with truncating mutations in SCN1A has ever manifested such a clinical phenotyp

Surgical site infection after caesarean section. Space for post-discharge surveillance improvements and reliable comparisons

Surgical site infections (SSI) after caesarean section (CS) represent a substantial health system concern. Surveying SSI has been associated with a reduction in SSI incidence. We report the findings of three (2008, 2011 and 2013) regional active SSI surveillances after CS in community hospital of the Latium region determining the incidence of SSI. Each CS was surveyed for SSI occurrence by trained staff up to 30 post-operative days, and association of SSI with relevant characteristics was assessed using binomial logistic regression. A total of 3,685 CS were included in the study. A complete 30 day post-operation follow-up was achieved in over 94% of procedures. Overall 145 SSI were observed (3.9% cumulative incidence) of which 131 (90.3%) were superficial and 14 (9.7%) complex (deep or organ/space) SSI; overall 129 SSI (of which 89.9% superficial) were diagnosed post-discharge. Only higher NNIS score was significantly associated with SSI occurrence in the regression analysis. Our work provides the first regional data on CS-associated SSI incidence, highlighting the need for a post-discharge surveillance which should assure 30 days post-operation to not miss data on complex SSI, as well as being less labour intensive

‘EΛAION – OLEVM – OLIO. Coltura e cultura dell’olio d’oliva in età romana’. Progetto scientifico di C. S. Fioriello e A. Mangiatordi

The educational exhibition 'EΛAION – OLEVM – OLIO. Culture and growing of olive oil in Roman Period', designed by C. Silvio Fioriello and Anna Mangiatordi and created in collaboration between the Comune di Andria and society Al.T.A.I.R. LTD (spin-off of the Università degli Studi di Bari Aldo Moro) was inaugurated on March 15, 2012. The exhibition aims to promote awareness of a product that significantly marked, over the time, the agricultural culture within the Mediterranean area – and in Apulia, in particular –. The sections which make up the exhibition focus attention to the aspects related to the production and marketing of olive oil in the Roman period and its diversified methods of use in ancient society, known by a substantial number of literary testimonies and archaeological evidences