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The emerging of the fifth malaria parasite (Plasmodium knowlesi): a public health concern?
Provedor de dados: 55
Autores: Sabbatani,Sergio; Fiorino,Sirio; Manfredi,Roberto.
After examining the most recent scientific evidences, which assessed the role of some malaria plasmodia that have monkeys as natural reservoirs, the authors focus their attention on Plasmodium knowlesi. The infective foci attributable to this last Plasmodium species have been identified during the last decade in Malaysia, in particular in the states of Sarawak and Sabah (Malaysian Borneo), and in the Pahang region (peninsular Malaysia). The significant relevance of molecular biology assays (polymerase chain reaction, or PCR, performed with specific primers for P. knowlesi), is underlined, since the traditional microscopic examination does not offer distinguishing features, especially when the differential diagnosis with Plasmodium malariae is of concern....
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Palavras-chave: Malaria parasites; Plasmodium knowlesi; Emerging plasmodia; Human health; Public health concerns.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702010000300019

Recurring Candida albicans esophagitis in a HIV-infected patient undergoing long-Term antiretroviral therapy, and with absent-negligible immunodeficiency
Provedor de dados: 55
Autores: Manfredi,Roberto; Sabbatani,Sergio; Calza,Leonardo.
A patient with HIV infection developed the first episode of AIDS-defining opportunism (severe Candida albicans esophagitis) with an underlying CD4+ lymphocyte count of 1,025 cells/µL. After treatment with a highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART), taken with insufficient compliance and leaving a residual viral load, our patient suffered from two relapses of esophageal candidiasis, which occurred three months and seven years later, when his CD4+ lymphocyte count was 930 and 439 cells/µL, respectively, and a viral load slightly above 10(4) copies/mL was still present. Also in the HAART era, Candida esophagitis remains one of the most common AIDS-defining diseases, but a presentation with a concurrent CD4+ count above 1,000 cells/µL remains a rare...
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Palavras-chave: Esophageal candidiasis; HIV infection; CD4+ lymphocyte count; HIV viral load; Recurring opportunistic disease; Antiretroviral therapy; Negligible or absent immunodeficiency.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702007000600016

Bartonellosis: suggestive case reports in adult and pediatric patients and therapeutic issues
Provedor de dados: 55
Autores: Manfredi,Roberto; Sabbatani,Sergio.
Cat-scratch disease warrants extensive investigation, from an epidemiological, a diagnostic, but especially a therapeutic point of view. Two suggestive episodes of Bartonella henselae-caused cat-scratch disease are reported, and discussed in the light of the most recent literature evidence. The first case occurred in a 60-year-old man, thus suggesting that it is important to maintain an elevated level of suspicion for this disease in adults as well. Both episodes were characterized by a very prolonged and complicated disease course (with the involvement of three lymph node sets in the first case), a need for lymph-node drainage, and apparently negligible activity of many antimicrobial courses, with a very slow local cure. While specific culture and...
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/report
Palavras-chave: Adults; Antimicrobial chemotherapy; Bartonellosis; Bartonella henselae; Case reports; Children; Clinical presentation; Outcome; Treatment.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702006000600012

Overwhelming diffuse psoriasis during chronic HCV infection, after peginterferon-ribavirin treatment, supported by frequent resort to filgrastim rescue
Provedor de dados: 55
Autores: Sabbatani,Sergio; Manfredi,Roberto.
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/other
Ano: 2010
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702010000400001

Increasing pathomorphism of pulmonary tuberculosis: an observational study of slow clinical, microbiological and imaging response of lung tuberculosis to specific treatment. Which role for linezolid?
Provedor de dados: 55
Autores: Manfredi,Roberto; Nanetti,Anna; Monte,Paola Dal; Calza,Leonardo.
During recent years, a progressive emerging of tuberculosis occurred, related to the overall increased age of general population, primary and secondary (iatrogenic) immunodeficiencies, the availability of invasive procedures, surgical interventions and intensive care supports, bone marrow and solid organ transplantation, and especially the recent immigration flows of people often coming from areas endemic for tuberculosis, and living with evident social-economical disadvantages, and with a reduced access to health care facilities. Since January 2006, at our reference centre we followed 81 consecutive cases of pulmonary tuberculosis, with 65 of them which remained evaluable for the absence of extrapulmonary complications, and a continuative and effective...
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Palavras-chave: Pulmonary tuberculosis; Microbiological assessment; Radiological assessment; Clinical-therapeutic issues; Selected antimicrobial treatments; Controlled observational study; Linezolid.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702009000400012

Admission of foreign citizens to the general teaching hospital of bologna, northeastern Italy: An epidemiological and clinical survey
Provedor de dados: 55
Autores: Sabbatani,Sergio; Baldi,Elena; Manfredi,Roberto; Chiodo,Francesco.
BACKGROUND: The emergency regarding recent immigration waves into Italy makes continued healthcare monitoring of these populations necessary. METHODS: Through a survey of hospital admissions carried out during the last five years at the S. Orsola-Malpighi General Hospital of Bologna (Italy), all causes of admission of these subjects were evaluated, together with their correlates. Subsequently, we focused on admissions due to infectious diseases. All available data regarding foreign citizens admitted as inpatients or in Day-Hospital settings of our teaching hospital from January 1, 1999, to March 31, 2004, were assessed. Diagnosis-related group (DRG) features, and single discharge diagnoses, were also evaluated, and a further assessment of infectious...
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Palavras-chave: Foreign citizens; Hospitalization; Immigration; Demographic and epidemiological features; Clinical diagnoses; Infectious diseases; Outcome.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702006000200001

Combined pegylated interferon and ribavirin for the management of chronic hepatitis C in a prison setting
Provedor de dados: 55
Autores: Sabbatani,Sergio; Giuliani,Ruggero; Manfredi,Roberto.
The elevated frequency of chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection found among prison inmates, and the availability of improved pharmacological cure for this potentially life-threatening disorder, make investigations conducted in this somewhat neglected area very relevant, since only a few, open-label experiences have been reported till now. In the metropolitan prison of Bologna (Italy), HCV seroprevalence was found to be over 31% in 2003, so that a pilot feasibility study based on treatment with pegylated interferon plus ribavirin was initiated, after careful counseling carried out by a joint commission of health care personnel of the correctional facility and infectious diseases consultants. Thirty-nine patients were enrolled, and despite expected...
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Palavras-chave: Chronic hepatitis C; Pegylated interferon; Ribavirin; Management; Inmates; Prison.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702006000400012

Causes of hospitalization among extra-European Union children in a large hospital of Northern Italy, in a five-year observation period
Provedor de dados: 55
Autores: Sabbatani,Sergio; Baldi,Elena; Manfredi,Roberto.
The hospitalizations of 1,239 patients aged 14 years or less and immigrated from extra-European Union countries in Italy were assessed in the 6-year period, from 1999 to 2004. The main demographic and clinical features were analyzed according to several variables, also distiguishing patients aged less than one year, from those aged 1-14 years. The introduction of a deed of indemnity law in 2001 profoundly changed the pattern of admissions and health care needs and exploitation during subsequent years, leading to a massive regularization of clandestine immigrants.
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/other
Palavras-chave: Children; Diseases; Extra-European Union; Hospital admission; Temporal trend.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702007000100003

Novel pharmaceutical molecules against emerging resistant gram-positive cocci
Provedor de dados: 55
Autores: Manfredi,Roberto; Sabbatani,Sergio.
INTRODUCTION: methicillin- and also vancomycin (glycopeptide)-resistant Gram-positive organisms have emerged as an increasingly problematic cause of hospital-acquired infections, also spreading into the community. Vancomycin (glycopeptide) resistance has emerged primarily among Enterococci, but the MIC values of vancomycin for the entire Staphylococcus species are also increasing worldwide. MATERIAL AND METHODS: the aim of our review is to evaluate the efficacy and tolerability of newer antibiotics with activity against methicillin-resistant and glycopeptide-resistant Gram-positive cocci, on the ground of our experience at a tertiary care metropolitan Hospital, and the most recent literature evidences in this field. RESULTS: Quinupristin-dalfopristin,...
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Palavras-chave: Resistant gram-positive cocci; Staphylococci; Enterococci; Pneumococci; Streptococci; Epidemiology; Clinical issues; Novel antimicrobial compounds; Characteristics; Literature evidences.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702010000100020