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Chapter and Conference Paper
An intelligent system for monitoring infections in heart transplant recipients
A computer-based assistant for monitoring a patient’s clinical course requires the use of tools able to handle temporal issues. Thus, methodologies coming from two historically distinct worlds need to be combi...
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Chapter
Advances in Cytomegalovirus Diagnostic Testing and Their Implications for Management of Cytomegalovirus Infec tion in Transplant Recipients
Human cytomegalovirus (CMV) was the first “opportunistic” virus described in renal transplant recipients under azathioprine and prednisone (1). It has been the most frequent cause of infectious complications afte...
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Article
Successful medical treatment of multiple brain abscesses due to Nocardia farcinica in a paediatric renal transplant recipient
Brain abscesses caused by Nocardia are rare, but it is very important to detect and treat them early because the associated mortality is 3 times higher than that associated with other bacterial brain abscesses. T...
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Open AccessFailure of levofloxacin treatment in community-acquired pneumococcal pneumonia
Streptococcus pneumoniae is the leading cause of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP). High global incidence of macrolide and penicillin resistance has been reported, whereas fluoroquinolone resistance is uncommon...
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Article
Open AccessAccess to treatment for HBV infection and its consistency with 2008 European guidelines in a multicentre cross-sectional study of HIV/HBV co-infected patients in Italy
A survey was performed in 2008 to evaluate the profiles of patients with chronic hepatitis B cared for by Italian Infectious Diseases Centers (IDCs).
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Article
Open AccessPredicting the occurrence of embolic events: an analysis of 1456 episodes of infective endocarditis from the Italian Study on Endocarditis (SEI)
Embolic events are a major cause of morbidity and mortality in patients with infective endocarditis. We analyzed the database of the prospective cohort study SEI in order to identify factors associated with th...
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Chapter
Common Nerve Blocks of the Lower Limb
The lumbar plexus is formed by the loops of communication between the anterior roots of the first three lumbar nerves, the greater part of the fourth nerve fibres and, in as many as 50 % of cases, by a branch ...
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Article
Shake table tests on a full-scale timber-frame building with gypsum fibre boards
This paper describes the main outcomes of a shake table test on a full-scale light-timber framed building carried out within the framework of the SERIES project at National Laboratory of Civil Engineering (Lis...
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Article
Infections in liver and lung transplant recipients: a national prospective cohort
Infections are a major complication of solid organ transplants (SOTs). This study aimed to describe recipients’ characteristics, and the frequency and etiology of infections and transplant outcome in liver and...
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Chapter
Multidrug-Resistant Organisms in Solid Organ Transplantation
Despite advances in the field of solid organ transplantation (SOT), multidrug-resistant (MDR) bacterial infections are responsible for significant morbidity and mortality worldwide. The most common MDR Gram-po...
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Chapter
Local Anaesthetics
Chemical characteristics of the various local anaesthetics are described: moreover their mechanism of action, toxicity, and the remedies to the latter.
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Article
Recurrence of immune thrombocytopenia at the time of SARS-CoV-2 infection
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Article
Open AccessAnalysis of HIV quasispecies and virological outcome of an HIV D+/R+ kidney–liver transplantation
Transplantation among HIV positive patients may be a valuable therapeutic intervention. This study involves an HIV D+/R+ kidney–liver transplantation, where PBMC-associated HIV quasispecies were analyzed in do...
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Article
Open AccessA Multicenter Phase 2 Randomized Controlled Study on the Efficacy and Safety of Reparixin in the Treatment of Hospitalized Patients with COVID-19 Pneumonia
Acute lung injury and acute respiratory distress syndrome are common complications in patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Poor outcomes in patients with COVID-19 are associated with cytokine rel...
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Article
Open AccessWhat is the impact of SARS-CoV-2 pandemic on antimicrobial stewardship programs (ASPs)? The results of a survey among a regional network of infectious disease centres
Discontinuation of antimicrobial stewardship programs (ASPs) and increased antibiotic use were described during SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. In order to measure COVID-19 impact on ASPs in a setting of high multidrug r...
