Some aspects of the health status of homeless people

Abstract

Spectrum of infections and non-infections diseases among refuges from Syria/Iraq to Hungary/Austria in September 2015 is analyzed. Respiratory isolates from patients with pneumonia were obtained from respiratory tract secretions and tested for antimicriobial susceptibility. Majority of ID were upper and lower respiratory tract infections, scabies and other skin and soft tissue infections. However, infections represented only about one half of cases seeking medical help - the rest 40-60% were hypertension, exhaustion, depression, diabetes, neuropsychiatric disorders.