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    Scalp eschar and neck lymph adenopathy after a tick bite (SENLAT) in Tuscany, Italy (2015–2022)

    The Scalp Eschar and Neck Lymph Adenopathy After a Tick Bite (SENLAT) syndrome is frequently caused by Rickettsia slovaca and Rickettsia raoultii. Only six microbiologically confirmed SENLAT cases have been repor...

    Anna Barbiero, Tommaso Manciulli, Michele Spinicci, Iacopo Vellere in Infection (2023)

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    Schistosomiasis in non-endemic areas: Italian consensus recommendations for screening, diagnosis and management by the Italian Society of Tropical Medicine and Global Health (SIMET), endorsed by the Committee for the Study of Parasitology of the Italian Association of Clinical Microbiologists (CoSP-AMCLI), the Italian Society of Parasitology (SoIPa), the Italian Society of Gastroenterology and Digestive Endoscopy (SIGE), the Italian Society of Gynaecology and Obstetrics (SIGO), the Italian Society of Colposcopy and Cervico-Vaginal Pathology (SICPCV), the Italian Society of General Medicine and Primary Care (SIMG), the Italian Society of Infectious and Tropical Diseases (SIMIT), the Italian Society of Pediatrics (SIP), the Italian Society of Paediatric Infectious Diseases (SITIP), the Italian Society of Urology (SIU)

    Agnese Comelli, Camilla Genovese, Federico Gobbi, Gaetano Brindicci in Infection (2023)

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    Diagnosis and management of complicated urogenital schistosomiasis: a systematic review of the literature

    Currently, there are no standardized guidelines for the diagnosis or management of the complications of urogenital schistosomiasis (UGS). This systematic review of the literature aims to investigate the state ...

    Tommaso Manciulli, Davide Marangoni, Joaquin Salas-Coronas, Cristina Bocanegra in Infection (2023)

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    Treatment with anti-SARS-CoV-2 monoclonal antibodies in pregnant and postpartum women: first experiences in Florence, Italy

    Pregnant and postpartum women are at increased risk of develo** severe COVID-19. Monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) are now widely used in high-income countries to treat mild to moderate COVID-19 outpatients at ri...

    Tommaso Manciulli, Giulia Modi, Irene Campolmi, Beatrice Borchi in Infection (2022)

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    Artesunate monotherapy versus artesunate plus quinine combination therapy for treatment of imported severe malaria: a TropNet retrospective cohort study

    The addition of intravenous quinine (IVQ) to intravenous artesunate (IVA) has been recently suggested by World Health Organization  in areas where artemisinin resistance is highly prevalent. Since IVA is not y...

    Annarita Botta, Agnese Comelli, Iacopo Vellere, Flavia Chechi, Leila Bianchi in Infection (2022)

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    Strongyloidiasis in the COVID era: a warning for an implementation of the screening protocol

    Iacopo Vellere, Lucia Graziani, Marta Tilli, Antonia Mantella, Irene Campolmi in Infection (2021)

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    Hospitalization for Chagas disease, dengue, filariasis, leishmaniasis, schistosomiasis, strongyloidiasis, and Taenia solium taeniasis/cysticercosis, Italy, 2011–2016

    To analyze epidemiology and burden of Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) in Italy.

    Marta Tilli, Annarita Botta, Alessandro Bartoloni, Giampaolo Corti in Infection (2020)

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    Focal spleen lesions in visceral leishmaniasis, a neglected manifestation of a neglected disease: report of three cases and systematic review of literature

    The Mediterranean area is endemic for the zoonotic form of visceral leishmaniasis (VL) caused by Leishmania infantum, a species which has been recently associated with unexpected epidemiological and clinical feat...

    Francesca Rinaldi, Susanna Giachè, Michele Spinicci, Paola Corsi, Silvia Ambu in Infection (2019)

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    Correction to: The diagnosis and treatment of urogenital schistosomiasis in Italy in a retrospective cohort of immigrants from Sub-Saharan Africa

    The original version of this article unfortunately contained a mistake. The given name and family name of Filippo Parretti was transposed in the original publication. The correct name is as shown above.

    Marta Tilli, Federico Gobbi, Francesca Rinaldi, Jacopo Testa, Silvio Caligaris in Infection (2019)

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    The diagnosis and treatment of urogenital schistosomiasis in Italy in a retrospective cohort of immigrants from Sub-Saharan Africa

    To evaluate ultrasound and praziquantel to, respectively, assess and reduce urogenital schistosomiasis (UGS)-associated morbidity in migrants from Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA).

    Marta Tilli, Federico Gobbi, Francesca Rinaldi, Jacopo Testa, Silvio Caligaris in Infection (2019)

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    Overuse of antimicrobials and over-hospitalization in an adult measles cluster in the Florence area during the ongoing Italian outbreak

    Lorenzo Roberto Suardi, Filippo Bartalesi, Francesco Maria Fusco in Infection (2018)

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    Epidemiology, management and outcome of varicella in pregnancy: a 20-year experience at the Tuscany Reference Centre for Infectious Diseases in Pregnancy

    Data from 215 pregnant women exposed to varicella and 276 with varicella observed at the Tuscany Reference Center for Infectious Diseases in Pregnancy, Florence, Italy, in the period 1997–2016 were retrospecti...

    Michele Trotta, Beatrice Borchi, Alessandra Niccolai, Elisabetta Venturini in Infection (2018)

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    Evaluation of candidemia and antifungal consumption in a large tertiary care Italian hospital over a 12-year period

    An early adequate antifungal therapy based on the knowledge of local epidemiology can reduce the candidemia-attributable mortality and the length of hospitalization. We performed a retrospective study to analy...

    Jessica Mencarini, Elisabetta Mantengoli, Lorenzo Tofani, Eleonora Riccobono in Infection (2018)

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    Tubercular prosthetic joint infection: two case reports and literature review

    Tubercular prosthetic joint infection (TB-PJI) is an uncommon complication. Lack of evidence of systemic tuberculosis and clinical suspicion could bring a delay in the time of the diagnosis. The aims of this s...

    Sara Veloci, Jessica Mencarini, Filippo Lagi, Giovanni Beltrami in Infection (2018)