ENVIRONMENTAL INFLUENCE ON SOME TOXIC INFECTIONS BURST

Alimentary toxic infection (ATI) are acute diseases with digestive manifestation in the large majority of cases as a result of consume of contami nated food with some microbial species and/or their toxins. This paper is a study elaborated by taking in obser vation a number of 780 cases with diagnostic alimentary toxic infection at The Clinic Hospital " Victor Babe � ", Craiova - Infectious Diseases Clinic, during 01.01.2002 - 31.12.2005 as well as a study witch an alysis the daily consume of additives enhanced food s by students and pupils. A quantitative and qualitative retrospective and prospective analyses of these pa tients was undertaken using the clinical observation papers as databases, the hospitalization register and a rese arch study on a group of 32 students from the first year in Facul ty of Medicine and Pharmacies, Craiova. All gathere d data were statistical interpreted. The following conclus ions were obtained: ATI are diseases witch sporadic ally or epidemical emerge after the consumption of contaminated aliments with some bacteria and their toxins; because it is almost impossible to avoid the consumption of products witch contain alimentary additives, there is necessary to update the Romanian laws, accordingly with the OMS standards; there must be take into acc ount the current standards regarding the content and qua ntity of additives, and their keeping must be verif ied by the responsible organisms.