Search Results - "Microbiologia Medica"

A rare case of loiasis clinically manifested 9 years after the last epidemiological exposure by Giorgia Bizzotto, Stefania De Toni, Monica Trambaioli, Paola Cornoldi, Roberto Ghirardo, Alberto Ruggeri, Gianfranco Biasio, Anna Maria Leo

“…A 37-year-old Cameroonian patient, residing in Italy for the past nine years without returning to his home country, showed up at the Emergency Department of…”
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To compare the detection of S. aureus carriage in Healthcare Workers of Pediatric Intensive Care Units using Robertson’s Cooked Meat medium with and without 10% NaCl by Ravita Sharma, Gopal Agrawal, Hina Rahangdale, Sunanda Shrikhande

“…Background: about 20% of the world’s population has been colonized by Staphilococcus aureus in the long term. Nasal carriage of S. aureus is an important risk…”
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Prevalence and risk factors of intestinal parasitoses among residents of Ekemkpon and Idim Ita of Cross River State, Nigeria by Francisca Ugboaja, Etefia Etefia, Samuel S. Akpan, Ben Asuquo

“…Background: intestinal parasitic infections are the most common infections in the world, with the most prevalent burden occurring in poverty-stricken areas…”
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Colistin, the last resort antibiotic: challenges in the implementation of its routine susceptibility testing by Nisha Goyal, Seema Gangar, Krishna Sarkar, Narendra Pal Singh, Shukla Das, Aditya Nath Dwivedi

“…Background: colistin has become a critical antibiotic for lifethreatening multidrug resistance Gram-negative infections, particularly carbapenemase-producing…”
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A fatal rhabdomyolysis with the presence of Bacillus cereus on blood culture: description of a clinical case by Lara Scoppapietra, Alessio Audino, Guido Ricciardelli, Giuseppina Amarù, Maura Millesimo, Cristina Crocillà, Valentino Granero

“…Bacillus cereus is a Gram-positive bacterium that is ubiquitously present. It is often involved in gastrointestinal infections and food poisoning, but it can…”
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Detection of Free-Living Amoeba in a tertiary care hospital by Nairita Choudhuri, Bhaskar Narayan Chaudhuri, Partha Guchhait, Arup Kumar Dawn, Satadal Das

“…This study aims to investigate the presence of Free-Living Amoebae (FLA), particularly Acanthamoeba spp., in diverse water systems and body fluids within a…”
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Results of an Italian multi-Long-Term Care Facilities survey on diagnostic, therapeutic, and infection control topics: state of the art and future perspective by Roberta Migliavacca, Luca Vaccaro, Melissa Spalla, Anna De Col, Richard Aschbacher, GLISTer working group

“…Background and Aims: current trends in the world’s demographic structure indicate increasing requirements for chronic and Long-Term Care Facilities (LTCFs). As…”
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A rare case of pneumococcal keratitis in a patient with Herpes Zoster Ophthalmicus and compromised immune status by Dibyashree Dibyashree, Nisha Goyal, Rekha Yadav, Narendra Pal Singh, Kalyani Swain, Vikas Manchanda, Poonam Singh

“…Infectious keratitis is commonly encountered in the ophthalmology emergency department. Streptococcus pneumoniae causing bacterial keratitis is a cause of…”
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Parasites (protozoa and helminths) localized to the Central Nervous System by Nicola Menegotto, Fabrizio Bruschi, Daniele Crotti, Valeria Meroni, Annibale Raglio

“…Parasitoses that are localized to the Central Nervous System (CNS) can cause symptomatic diseases or progress asymptomatically [g1] [AR2]. Any parasites that…”
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Identification of Brucella (Ochrobactrum) anthropi by MALDI-TOF MS from blood: a case report by Maria Teresa Della Rocca, Filomena Merola, Adriana Durante, Vittorio Panetta, Stefano Labella, Giuseppina Tucci, Antonio Marino, Giusy Natale, Francesco Pardo, Catia Sabbato, Rita Greco

“…This case report describes the identification of Ochrobactrum anthropi (O.a.), from a positive blood culture using MALDI-TOF spectrometry system. According to…”
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First reported case of Phoma multirostrata from central India by Ravita Sharma, Nirmal Channe, Shilpa Pandhare, Varsha Wanjare, Dr. Neha Sharma, Sunanda Shrikhande

“…A 50-year-old male patient, resident of Gondia, Maharashtra, India, presented with chief complaints of swelling and raw areas over left foot for 3 months…”
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A comparative evaluation of colistin Minimum Inhibitory Concentration determination by reference broth microdilution with other commonly used phenotypic methods in Multidrug-Resistant Gram-negative bacilli by Nisha Goyal, Seema Gangar, Malika Grover, Narendra Pal Singh, Aditya Nath Dwivedi, Ananya Varshney, Deeksha Chaudhary, Neelam Arya

“…Background: over the past decade, the dependency on colistin as a last resort antibiotic has driven the global emergence of colistin resistance among many…”
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Patterns of Mannose-Binding Lectin (MBL) responses to Plasmodium falciparum infections in hyperendemic settings by Dia Aldeen Alfaki, Mohajir Hussein, Amanda G. Elgoraish, Mohamed Mubarak Elbasheir

“…Background: malaria caused by Plasmodium falciparum remains a significant and major public health concern in Africa, particularly in hyperendemic regions…”
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Effect of selected disinfectants on biofilm-forming clinical isolates of Staphylococcus aureus in Lagos State, Nigeria by Utibeima Udo Essiet, Abraham Ajayi, Adeyemi Isaac Adeleye, Stella Ifeanyi Smith

“…Background and Aims: Staphylococcus aureus is one of the most important pathogens of public health concern and a leading cause of nosocomial infections. In…”
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Non-Covid causes of acute undifferentiated febrile illness during the Covid pandemic: an etiological analysis from Uttar Pradesh, India by Vikas Kumar, Satender Saraswat, Pranay Singh, Ankur Goyal, Sanjeev Kumar, Madhav Agrawal, Himanshu Kumar

“…Background and Aims: febrile illnesses are one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality in India, which are very common in the monsoon and post-monsoon…”
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Enterococcus casseliflavus bacteremic infection of a right atrial thrombotic mass: first reported case by Antonio Mastroianni, Sonia Greco, Valeria Vangeli, Maria Vittoria Mauro, Francesca Greco, Roberto Manfredi

“…A unique episode of Enteroccus caselliflavus infected left atrial thrombotic mass is described and commented on the basis of the available literature i this…”
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Comparison of the Etest and Sensititre methods for anaerobe susceptibility testing by Karin Puechler, Katia Scalzo, Maira Nicoletti, Stefanie Wieser, Richard Aschbacher, Elisabetta Pagani

“…Background and Aims: Antimicrobial susceptibility testing of anaerobic clinical isolates is of paramount importance for patient therapy and resistance…”
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Activity of cefiderocol against NDM-producing Enterobacterales from a regional outbreak in the Tuscany region, Italy by A. Bartolini, C. Niccolai, M. Coppi, E. Andreoli, L. Bianchi, T. Brunelli, C. Fornai, I. Montenora, M. Nardone, E. M. Parisio, E. Riccobono, S. Valentini, E. Mantengoli, A. Antonelli, T. Giani, G. M. Rossolini

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Concurrence and concordance of Human Papillomavirus in orogenital infection by M. Buttà, E. Mannino, D. Cabibi, D. Pistoia, G. Campisi, V. Panzarella, G. Capra

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Real Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) for detection of Toxoplasma gondii DNA on amniotic fluid in primary infections during pregnancy: a safe and reliable diagnostic tool by A. Bonetti, A. Vola, V. Meroni

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