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Two Brothers with Atypical UNC13D- Related Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis Characterized by Massive Lung and Brain Involvement by Giardino, Giuliana, De Luca, Maia, Cirillo, Emilia, Palma, Paolo, Romano, Roberta, Valeriani, Massimiliano, Papetti, Laura, Saunders, Carol, Cancrini, Caterina, Pignata, Claudio

“…Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) is a potentially fatal hyperinflammatory condition. Variants in different genes have been associated with the familial…”
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Surgical Antimicrobial Prophylaxis in Patients of Neonatal and Pediatric Age Subjected to Eye Surgery: A RAND/UCLA Appropriateness Method Consensus Study by Bianchini, Sonia, Morini, Chiara, Nicoletti, Laura, Monaco, Sara, Rigotti, Erika, Caminiti, Caterina, Conti, Giorgio, De Luca, Maia, Donà, Daniele, Maglietta, Giuseppe, Lancella, Laura, Lo Vecchio, Andrea, Marchini, Giorgio, Pietrasanta, Carlo, Principi, Nicola, Simonini, Alessandro, Venturini, Elisabetta, Longo, Rosa, Gusson, Elena, Boccuzzi, Domenico, Vigo, Luca, Mosca, Fabio, Staiano, Annamaria, Esposito, Susanna, On Behalf Of The Peri-Operative Prophylaxis In Neonatal And Paediatric Age Pop-NeoPed Study Group

“…Ocular surgery encompasses a wide range of procedures, including surgery of the tear ducts, eyelid, cornea and conjunctiva, lens, ocular muscle, and…”
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Accuracy of serum procalcitonin for the diagnosis of sepsis in neonates and children with systemic inflammatory syndrome: a meta-analysis by Pontrelli, Giuseppe, De Crescenzo, Franco, Buzzetti, Roberto, Jenkner, Alessandro, Balduzzi, Sara, Calò Carducci, Francesca, Amodio, Donato, De Luca, Maia, Chiurchiù, Sara, Davies, Elin Haf, Copponi, Giorgia, Simonetti, Alessandra, Ferretti, Elena, Di Franco, Valeria, Rasi, Virginia, Della Corte, Martina, Gramatica, Luca, Ciabattini, Marco, Livadiotti, Susanna, Rossi, Paolo

“…A number of biomarkers have been studied for the diagnosis of sepsis in paediatrics, but no gold standard has been identified. Procalcitonin (PCT) was…”
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Antibiotic Prescriptions and Prophylaxis in Italian Children. Is It Time to Change? Data from the ARPEC Project by De Luca, Maia, Donà, Daniele, Montagnani, Carlotta, Lo Vecchio, Andrea, Romanengo, Marta, Tagliabue, Claudia, Centenari, Chiara, D'Argenio, Patrizia, Lundin, Rebecca, Giaquinto, Carlo, Galli, Luisa, Guarino, Alfredo, Esposito, Susanna, Sharland, Mike, Versporten, Ann, Goossens, Herman, Nicolini, Giangiacomo

“…Antimicrobials are the most commonly prescribed drugs. Many studies have evaluated antibiotic prescriptions in the paediatric outpatient but few studies…”
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Challenging case of chronic Q fever endocarditis: usefulness of 18F-FDG PET/CT in the diagnosis and follow-up by Markowich, Anna Hermine, Romani, Lorenza, Leccisotti, Lucia, De Luca, Maia

“…Diagnosis of infective endocarditis can be challenging for clinicians, especially when involving prosthetic valves. Recent data suggest that…”
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Assessment of three antibiotic combination regimens against Gram-negative bacteria causing neonatal sepsis in low- and middle-income countries by Kakaraskoska Boceska, Biljana, Vilken, Tuba, Xavier, Basil Britto, Kostyanev, Tomislav, Lin, Qiang, Lammens, Christine, Ellis, Sally, O’Brien, Seamus, da Costa, Renata Maria Augusto, Cook, Aislinn, Russell, Neal, Bielicki, Julia, Riddell, Amy, Stohr, Wolfgang, Walker, Ann Sarah, Berezin, Eitan Naaman, Roilides, Emmanuel, De Luca, Maia, Romani, Lorenza, Ballot, Daynia, Dramowski, Angela, Wadula, Jeannette, Lochindarat, Sorasak, Boonkasidecha, Suppawat, Namiiro, Flavia, Ngoc, Hoang Thi Bich, Tran, Minh Dien, Cressey, Tim R., Preedisripipat, Kanchana, Berkley, James A., Musyimi, Robert, Zarras, Charalampos, Nana, Trusha, Whitelaw, Andrew, da Silva, Cely Barreto, Jaglal, Prenika, Ssengooba, Willy, Saha, Samir K., Islam, Mohammad Shahidul, Mussi-Pinhata, Marisa Marcia, Carvalheiro, Cristina Gardonyi, Piddock, Laura J. V., Heath, Paul T., Malhotra-Kumar, Surbhi, Sharland, Michael, Glupczynski, Youri, Goossens, Herman

“…Gram-negative bacteria (GNB) are a major cause of neonatal sepsis in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Although the World Health Organization (WHO)…”
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Characterization of Natural Killer Cell Profile in a Cohort of Infected Pregnant Women and Their Babies and Its Relation to CMV Transmission by Pighi, Chiara, Rotili, Arianna, De Luca, Maia, Chiurchiù, Sara, Calò Carducci, Francesca Ippolita, Rossetti, Chiara, Cifaldi, Loredana, Bei, Roberto, Caforio, Leonardo, Bernardi, Stefania, Palma, Paolo, Amodio, Donato

“…Human cytomegalovirus (CMV) is a common herpesvirus causing lifelong latent infection in most people and is a primary cause of congenital infection worldwide…”
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Deep Neck Abscesses in Children: An Italian Retrospective Study by Donà, Daniele, Gastaldi, Andrea, Campagna, Marta, Montagnani, Carlotta, Galli, Luisa, Trapani, Sandra, Pierossi, Nicola, De Luca, Maia, D'Argenio, Patrizia, Tucci, Filippo Maria, De Vincentiis, Giovanni, Grotto, Paolo, Da Mosto, Maria Cristina, Frigo, Anna Chiara, Volo, Tiziana, Emanuelli, Enzo, Martini, Alessandro, Da Dalt, Liviana

“…BACKGROUNDRetropharyngeal and parapharyngeal abscesses (RPAs, PPAs) usually affect young children. Surgical drainage and/or antibiotic therapy are treatment of…”
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Cryptococcal Meningitis and Post-Infectious Inflammatory Response Syndrome in a Patient With X-Linked Hyper IgM Syndrome: A Case Report and Review of the Literature by Romani, Lorenza, Williamson, Peter Richard, Di Cesare, Silvia, Di Matteo, Gigliola, De Luca, Maia, Carsetti, Rita, Figà-Talamanca, Lorenzo, Cancrini, Caterina, Rossi, Paolo, Finocchi, Andrea

“…The hyper IgM syndromes are a rare group of primary immunodeficiency. The X-linked Hyper IgM syndrome (HIGM), due to a gene defect in CD40L, is the commonest…”
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Severe viral respiratory infections in the pre‐COVID era: A 5‐year experience in two pediatric intensive care units in Italy by De Luca, Maia, D'Amore, Carmen, Romani, Lorenza, Tripiciano, Costanza, Clemente, Vitangelo, Mercadante, Stefania, Perrotta, Daniela, Nunziata, Joseph, Cecchetti, Corrado, Rossetti, Emanuele, Bianchi, Roberto, Perno, Carlo Federico, Bernaschi, Paola, Russo, Cristina, Lancella, Laura, Raponi, Massimiliano, Ciofi degli Atti, Marta Luisa

“…Background Viral respiratory infections are one of the main causes of hospitalization in children. Even if mortality rate is low, 2% to 3% of the hospitalized…”
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Novel Beta Lactam Antibiotics for the Treatment of Multidrug-Resistant Gram-Negative Infections in Children: A Narrative Review by Venuti, Francesco, Romani, Lorenza, De Luca, Maia, Tripiciano, Costanza, Palma, Paolo, Chiriaco, Maria, Finocchi, Andrea, Lancella, Laura

“…Infections due to carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales (CRE) are increasingly prevalent in children and are associated with poor clinical outcomes, especially…”
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The Use of Cefiderocol as Salvage Therapy in an Infant Receiving ECMO and Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy by Mercadante, Stefania, Tripiciano, Costanza, Romani, Lorenza, Di Nardo, Matteo, Bottari, Gabriella, Goffredo, Bianca Maria, Simeoli, Raffaele, Guzzo, Isabella, Lancella, Laura, Antachopoulos, Charalampos, De Luca, Maia

“…Infections caused by antimicrobial-resistant (AMR) pathogens are increasing worldwide, representing a serious global public health issue with high morbidity…”
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First Case of Patient With Two Homozygous Mutations in MYD88 and CARD9 Genes Presenting With Pyogenic Bacterial Infections, Elevated IgE, and Persistent EBV Viremia by Chiriaco, Maria, Di Matteo, Gigliola, Conti, Francesca, Petricone, Davide, De Luca, Maia, Di Cesare, Silvia, Cifaldi, Cristina, De Vito, Rita, Zoccolillo, Matteo, Serafinelli, Jessica, Poerio, Noemi, Fraziano, Maurizio, Brigida, Immacolata, Cardinale, Fabio, Rossi, Paolo, Aiuti, Alessandro, Cancrini, Caterina, Finocchi, Andrea

“…We described for the first time a female patient with the simultaneous presence of two homozygous mutations in and genes presenting with pyogenic bacterial…”
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The Thousand Faces of Invasive Group A Streptococcal Infections: Update on Epidemiology, Symptoms, and Therapy by Mercadante, Stefania, Ficari, Andrea, Romani, Lorenza, De Luca, Maia, Tripiciano, Costanza, Chiurchiù, Sara, Calo Carducci, Francesca Ippolita, Cursi, Laura, Di Giuseppe, Martina, Krzysztofiak, Andrzej, Bernardi, Stefania, Lancella, Laura

“…Invasive infections caused by (iGAS), commonly known as Group A Streptococcus, represent a significant public health concern due to their potential for rapid…”
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Accuracy of Pancreatic Stone Protein for diagnosis of sepsis in children admitted to pediatric intensive care or high-dependency care: a pilot study by Bottari, Gabriella, Caruso, Mariangela, Paionni, Emanuel, De Luca, Maia, Romani, Lorenza, Pisani, Mara, Grandin, Annalisa, Gargiullo, Livia, Zampini, Giorgio, Gagliardi, Chiara, Fegatelli, Danilo Alunni, Vestri, Annarita, Lancella, Laura, Porzio, Ottavia, Muda, Andrea Onetti, Villani, Alberto, Atti, Marta Ciofi Degli, Raponi, Massimiliano, Cecchetti, Corrado

“…Abstract Background Pancreatic Stone Protein (PSP) is one of the most promising diagnostic and prognostic markers. The aim of the study was to assess the…”
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Safety of Monoclonal Antibodies in Children Affected by SARS-CoV-2 Infection by Romani, Lorenza, Calò Carducci, Francesca Ippolita, Chiurchiù, Sara, Cursi, Laura, De Luca, Maia, Di Giuseppe, Martina, Krzysztofiak, Andrzej, Lancella, Laura, Palma, Paolo, Vallesi, Leonardo, Corsetti, Tiziana, Campana, Andrea, Nicastri, Emanuele, Rossi, Paolo, Bernardi, Stefania

“…Monoclonal antibody therapies for COVID-19 have been frequently used in adults, whereas there are little data regarding the safety or efficacy of monoclonal…”
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Pediatric COVID-TB: A Clinical Perspective Based on the Analysis of Three Cases by Leone, Fabrizio, Di Giuseppe, Martina, De Luca, Maia, Cursi, Laura, Calo Carducci, Francesca Ippolita, Krzysztofiak, Andrzej, Chiurchiù, Sara, Romani, Lorenza, Russo, Cristina, Lancella, Laura, Bernardi, Stefania

“…Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and tuberculosis (TB) are currently two major causes of death among infectious diseases. Active tuberculosis and a history…”
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Novel Compound Heterozygous Mutations in IL-7 Receptor α Gene in a 15-Month-Old Girl Presenting With Thrombocytopenia, Normal T Cell Count and Maternal Engraftment by Zangari, Paola, Cifaldi, Cristina, Di Cesare, Silvia, Di Matteo, Gigliola, Chiriaco, Maria, Amodio, Donato, Cotugno, Nicola, De Luca, Maia, Surace, Cecilia, Ladogana, Saverio, Gardini, Simone, Merli, Pietro, Algeri, Mattia, Rossi, Paolo, Palma, Paolo, Cancrini, Caterina, Finocchi, Andrea

“…Patients with severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID) exhibit T lymphopenia and profound impairments in cellular and humoral immunity. IL-7 receptor α (IL-7Rα)…”
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The Prevalence of Carbapenemase-Producing Microorganisms and Use of Novel Cephalosporins for the Treatment of Severe Infections Caused by Carbapenem-Resistant Gram-Negative Bacteria in a Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Unit by Tripiciano, Costanza, Romani, Lorenza, Mercadante, Stefania, Cursi, Laura, Di Giuseppe, Martina, Calo Carducci, Francesca Ippolita, Fragasso, Tiziana, Di Chiara, Luca, Garisto, Cristiana, Sisto, Annamaria, Vallesi, Leonardo, Costabile, Valentino, Lancella, Laura, Bernaschi, Paola, De Luca, Maia

“…The spread of carbapenem-resistant organisms (CROs) is an increasingly serious threat globally, especially in vulnerable populations, such as intensive care…”
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Expansion of activated regulatory T cells inversely correlates with clinical severity in septic neonates by Timperi, Eleonora, PhD, Folgori, Laura, MD, Amodio, Donato, MD, De Luca, Maia, MD, Chiurchiù, Sara, MD, Piconese, Silvia, PhD, Di Cesare, Silvia, MS, Pacella, Ilenia, MS, Martire, Carmela, MS, Bonatti, Giulia, MD, Perrone, Seila, MD, Boni, Terenzio, MD, Marcovecchio, Genni Enza, MS, Reale, Antonino, MD, Parisi, Francesco, MD, Dotta, Andrea, MD, Barnaba, Vincenzo, MD, Rossi, Paolo, MD, PhD

“…Â Total Neonates with sepsis Neonates with SIRS Healthy control subjects No. 73 13 20 40 Median age (d [IQR]) 12 (6-19) 21 (13-23) 13 (7.5-19) 8.5 (4-14) Sex…”
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