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Performance of tests for latent tuberculosis in different groups of immunocompromised patients by Richeldi, Luca, Losi, Monica, D'Amico, Roberto, Luppi, Mario, Ferrari, Angela, Mussini, Cristina, Codeluppi, Mauro, Cocchi, Stefania, Prati, Francesca, Paci, Valentina, Meacci, Marisa, Meccugni, Barbara, Rumpianesi, Fabio, Roversi, Pietro, Cerri, Stefania, Luppi, Fabrizio, Ferrara, Giovanni, Latorre, Irene, Gerunda, Giorgio E, Torelli, Giuseppe, Esposito, Roberto, Fabbri, Leonardo M

“…Immunocompromised persons infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) have increased risk of tuberculosis (TB) reactivation, but their management is…”
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HFE gene variants and iron-induced oxygen radical generation in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis by Sangiuolo, Federica, Puxeddu, Ermanno, Pezzuto, Gabriella, Cavalli, Francesco, Longo, Giuliana, Comandini, Alessia, Di Pierro, Donato, Pallante, Marco, Sergiacomi, Gianluigi, Simonetti, Giovanni, Zompatori, Maurizio, Orlandi, Augusto, Magrini, Andrea, Amicosante, Massimo, Mariani, Francesca, Losi, Monica, Fraboni, Daniela, Bisetti, Alberto, Saltini, Cesare

“…In idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), lung accumulation of excessive extracellular iron and macrophage haemosiderin may suggest disordered iron homeostasis…”
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Exploring the immune response against Mycobacterium tuberculosis for a better diagnosis of the infection by Ferrara, Giovanni Ph.D, Losi, Monica, Fabbri, Leonardo M, Migliori, Giovanni B, Richeldi, Luca, Casali, Lucio

“…Tuberculosis (TB) still represents a monumental problem, with more than two million deaths every year worldwide. The current diagnostics for TB offer…”
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Risk assessment of tuberculosis in immunocompromised patients. A TBNET study by Sester, Martina, van Leth, Frank, Bruchfeld, Judith, Bumbacea, Dragos, Cirillo, Daniela M, Dilektasli, Asli Gorek, Domínguez, José, Duarte, Raquel, Ernst, Martin, Eyuboglu, Fusun Oner, Gerogianni, Irini, Girardi, Enrico, Goletti, Delia, Janssens, Jean-Paul, Julander, Inger, Lange, Berit, Latorre, Irene, Losi, Monica, Markova, Roumiana, Matteelli, Alberto, Milburn, Heather, Ravn, Pernille, Scholman, Theresia, Soccal, Paola M, Straub, Marina, Wagner, Dirk, Wolf, Timo, Yalcin, Aslihan, Lange, Christoph

“…In the absence of active tuberculosis, a positive tuberculin skin test (TST) or interferon-γ release assay (IGRA) result defines latent infection with…”
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Performance of Commercial Blood Tests for the Diagnosis of Latent Tuberculosis Infection in Children and Adolescents by Bergamini, Barbara Maria, Losi, Monica, Vaienti, Francesca, D'Amico, Roberto, Meccugni, Barbara, Meacci, Marisa, De Giovanni, Donatella, Rumpianesi, Fabio, Fabbri, Leonardo M, Balli, Fiorella, Richeldi, Luca

“…The accurate diagnosis of latent tuberculosis infection reduces the risk of progression to severe disseminated disease. However, in young children, a major…”
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Use in routine clinical practice of two commercial blood tests for diagnosis of infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis: a prospective study by Ferrara, Giovanni, Losi, Monica, D'Amico, Roberto, Roversi, Pietro, Piro, Roberto, Meacci, Marisa, Meccugni, Barbara, Dori, Ilaria Marchetti, Andreani, Alessandro, Bergamini, Barbara Maria, Mussini, Cristina, Rumpianesi, Fabio, Fabbri, Leonardo M, Richeldi, Luca

“…Two commercial blood assays for the diagnosis of latent tuberculosis infection—T-SPOT. TB and QuantiFERON-TB Gold—have been separately compared with the…”
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Bronchoalveolar Lavage Enzyme-linked Immunospot for a Rapid Diagnosis of Tuberculosis: A Tuberculosis Network European Trialsgroup Study by Jafari, Claudia, Thijsen, Steven, Sotgiu, Giovanni, Goletti, Delia, Benitez, Jose Antonio Dominguez, Losi, Monica, Eberhardt, Ralf, Kirsten, Detlef, Kalsdorf, Barbara, Bossink, Aik, Latorre, Irene, Migliori, Giovanni B, Strassburg, Alan, Winteroll, Susanne, Greinert, Ulf, Richeldi, Luca, Ernst, Martin, Lange, Christoph, Tuberculosis Network European Trialsgroup

“…The rapid diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) is difficult when acid fast bacilli (AFB) cannot be detected in sputum smears. Following a proof of…”
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Routine hospital use of a new commercial whole blood interferon-γ assay for the diagnosis of tuberculosis infection by FERRARA, Giovanni, LOSI, Monica, FABBRI, Leonardo M, RICHELDI, Luca, MEACCI, Marisa, MECCUGNI, Barbara, PIRO, Roberto, ROVERSI, Pietro, BERGAMINI, Barbara Maria, D'AMICO, Roberto, MARCHEGIANO, Patrizia, RUMPIANESI, Fabio

“…Interferon (IFN)-gamma blood tests may improve the current level of diagnostic accuracy for tuberculosis infection. The QuantiFERON-TB Gold (QFT-Gold) has been…”
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A multicentre evaluation of the accuracy and performance of IP-10 for the diagnosis of infection with M. tuberculosis by Ruhwald, Morten, Dominguez, Jose, Latorre, Irene, Losi, Monica, Richeldi, Luca, Pasticci, Maria Bruna, Mazzolla, Rosanna, Goletti, Delia, Butera, Ornella, Bruchfeld, Judith, Gaines, Hans, Gerogianni, Irini, Tuuminen, Tamara, Ferrara, Giovanni, Eugen-Olsen, Jesper, Ravn, Pernille

“…Summary IP-10 has potential as a diagnostic marker for infection with  Mycobacterium tuberculosis , with comparable accuracy to QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-Tube…”
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Exhaled and non-exhaled non-invasive markers for assessment of respiratory inflammation in patients with stable COPD and healthy smokers by Santini, Giuseppe, Mores, Nadia, Shohreh, Rugia, Valente, Salvatore, Dabrowska, Malgorzata, Trové, Andrea, Zini, Gina, Cattani, Paola, Fuso, Leonello, Mautone, Antonella, Mondino, Chiara, Pagliari, Gabriella, Sala, Angelo, Folco, Giancarlo, Aiello, Marina, Pisi, Roberta, Chetta, Alfredo, Losi, Monica, Clini, Enrico, Ciabattoni, Giovanni, Montuschi, Paolo

“…We aimed at comparing exhaled and non-exhaled non-invasive markers of respiratory inflammation in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)…”
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False-negative interferon-γ release assay results in active tuberculosis: a TBNET study by de Visser, Veerle, Sotgiu, Giovanni, Lange, Christoph, Aabye, Martine G, Bakker, Marleen, Bartalesi, Filippo, Brat, Kristian, Chee, Cynthia B E, Dheda, Keertan, Dominguez, Jose, Eyuboglu, Fusun, Ghanem, Maha, Goletti, Delia, Dilektasli, Asli Gorek, Guglielmetti, Lorenzo, Koh, Won-Jung, Latorre, Irene, Losi, Monica, Polanova, Monica, Ravn, Pernille, Ringshausen, Felix C, Rumetshofer, Rudolf, de Souza-Galvão, Maria Luiza, Thijsen, Steven, Bothamley, Graham, Bossink, Aik

“…Tuberculosis is one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide [1]. Rapid identification of contagious tuberculosis patients and effective…”
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QuantiFERON-TB performance enhanced by novel Mycobacterium tuberculosis-specific antigens by Losi, Monica, Knights, Ashley J, Mariani, Francesca, Altieri, Alfonso M, Paone, Gregorino, Loxton, Andre G, Chegou, Novel N, Kenneth, John, Alma, Mario G, Colizzi, Vittorio, Walzl, Gerhard, Saltini, Cesare, Boyle, Jeff, Amicosante, Massimo

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T Cell-Based Tracking of Multidrug Resistant Tuberculosis Infection after Brief Exposure by Richeldi, Luca, Ewer, Katie, Losi, Monica, Bergamini, Barbara M, Roversi, Pietro, Deeks, Jonathan, Fabbri, Leonardo M, Lalvani, Ajit

“…Molecular epidemiology indicates significant transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis after casual contact with infectious tuberculosis cases. We…”
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T-Cell-Based Diagnosis of Neonatal Multidrug-Resistant Latent Tuberculosis Infection by Richeldi, Luca, Ewer, Katie, Losi, Monica, Bergamini, Barbara M, Millington, Kerry, Fabbri, Leonardo M, Lalvani, Ajit

“…Young children exposed to tuberculosis have a high risk of progression to severe tuberculosis disease, but diagnosis of recent infection is hindered by the…”
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Early diagnosis of subclinical multidrug-resistant Tuberculosis by RICHELDI, Luca, EWER, Katie, LOSI, Monica, HANSELL, David M, ROVERSI, Pietro, FABBRI, Leonardo M, LALVANI, Ajit

“…Tuberculosis control hinges on prompt diagnosis of active cases and screening of contacts by tuberculin skin testing. Rapid blood tests for Mycobacterium…”
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Evaluation of a rapid immunochromatographic assay for the detection and identification of Legionella spp. strains isolated from cultures by Maria Chiucini, Marisa Meacci, Monica Losi, Mariagrazia Apice, Lorena Pozzi, Antonella Grottola, Monica Pecorari, Giuliana Fabio, Sara Tagliazucchi, Fabio Rumpianesi

“…The Legionnaires’ disease is a major issue in the healthcare because it ranks among the emerging infectious diseases in our country, particularly those caused…”
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Tuberculosis infection in foreign-born children: a screening survey based on skin and blood testing [Short communication] by LOSI, M, BERGAMINI, B. M, VENTURELLI, C, DEL GIOVANE, C, SIGHINOLFI, G, RUMPANEISI, F, RICHELDI, L

“…This study, carried out in a low tuberculosis (TB) prevalence country with high immigration rates from high TB prevalence countries, deals with the…”
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Impact of a T cell-based blood test for tuberculosis infection on clinical decision-making in routine practice by Gooding, Sarah, Chowdhury, Oni, Hinks, Tim, Richeldi, Luca, Losi, Monica, Ewer, Katie, Millington, Kerry, Gunatheesan, Ruba, Cerri, Stefania, McNally, Jeremy, Lalvani, Ajit

“…Summary New T cell-based blood tests for tuberculosis infection could improve diagnosis of tuberculosis but their clinical utility remains unknown. We describe…”
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T-cell-based diagnosis of neonatal multidrug-resistant latent tuberculosis infection by Richeldi, Luca, Ewer, Katie, Losi, Monica, Bergamini, Barbara M, Millington, Kerry, Fabbri, Leonardo M, Lalvani, Ajit

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Bronchoalveolar lavage immunodiagnosis for tuberculosis suspects in Europe and Africa by Lange, Christoph, Bossink, Aik, Eberhardt, Ralf, Goletti, Delia, Jafari, Claudia, Latorre, Irene, Kirsten, Detlef, Losi, Monica, Migliori, Giovanni B, Sotgiu, Giovanni

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