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    Clostridium difficile-associated disease in children with solid tumors

    The goal of this study was to describe the incidence of Clostridium difficile-associated disease (CDAD) in children with solid tumours.

    Elio Castagnola, Teresa Battaglia, Roberto Bandettini in Supportive Care in Cancer (2009)

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    Correlation between “malfunctioning events” and catheter-related infections in pediatric cancer patients bearing tunneled indwelling central venous catheter: results of a prospective observational study

    To evaluate the possible link between malfunctioning events and catheter related infections in indwelling central venous devices in children with cancer.

    Elio Castagnola, Giuseppe Fratino, Mariangela Valera in Supportive Care in Cancer (2005)

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    Urokinase for restoring patency of malfunctioning or blocked central venous catheters in children with hemato-oncological diseases

    To evaluate differences in success rate between two dosages of intraluminal urokinase (IL-UK) for treatment of withdraw occlusion in central venous catheters (CVC) and to confirm the efficacy of a salvage prot...

    Angelo Claudio Molinari, Riccardo Haupt, Paola Saracco in Supportive Care in Cancer (2004)

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    The role of heparin prophylaxis and Doppler ultrasound examination in preventing and diagnosing central venous catheter related complications

    Angelo Claudio Molinari, Elio Castagnola, Felice Savelli in Supportive Care in Cancer (2002)

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    Cotrimoxazole prophylaxis of Pneumocystis carinii infection during the treatment of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia – beware non compliance in older children and adolescents

    Elio Castagnola, Daniela Zarri, Daniela Caprino in Supportive Care in Cancer (2001)

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    The desire to be fashionable. Should we consider it a risk factor for infection in adolescents with acute leukaemia?

    Three cases of skin infection, two with Pseudomonas aeruginosa and one with Staphylococcus aureus in three adolescents with acute leukaemia are described. In all cases the infection was clearly related to the la...

    Elio Castagnola, Concetta Micalizzi, Carla Manzitti in Supportive Care in Cancer (2001)