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1. Molecular evidence for SARS-CoV-2 in samples collected from patients with morbilliform eruptions since late 2019 in Lombardy, northern Italy

Author: Amendola, A., Canuti, M., Bianchi, S., Kumar, S., Fappani, C., Gori, M., Colzani, D., Pond, S.L.K., Miura, S., Baggieri, M., Marchi, A., Borghi, E., Zuccotti, G., Raviglione, M.C., Magurano, F., and Tanzi, E.
Subjects: Settore MED/38 - Pediatria Generale e Specialistica, Pandemic, SARS-CoV-2, Settore MED/42 - Igiene Generale e Applicata, COVID-19, Emergence, Settore MED/07 - Microbiologia e Microbiologia Clinica, Settore BIO/19 - Microbiologia Generale, Antibodies, Viral, Immunoglobulin A, Immunoglobulin M, Italy, Rash, Immunoglobulin G, Measles, Humans, RNA, Viral, Retrospective Studies
Abstract: As a reference laboratory for measles and rubella surveillance in Lombardy, we evaluated the association between SARS-CoV-2 infection and measles-like syndromes, providing preliminary evidence for undetected early circulation of SARS-CoV-2. Overall, 435 samples from 156 cases were investigated. RNA from oropharyngeal swabs (N = 148) and urine (N = 141) was screened with four hemi-nested PCRs and molecular evidence for SARS-CoV-2 infection was found in 13 subjects. Two of the positive patients were from the pandemic period (2/12, 16.7%, March 2020-March 2021) and 11 were from the pre-pandemic period (11/44, 25%, August 2019-February 2020). Sera (N = 146) were tested for anti-SARS-CoV-2 IgG, IgM, and IgA antibodies. Five of the RNA-positive individuals also had detectable anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibodies. No strong evidence of infection was found in samples collected between August 2018 and July 2019 from 100 patients. The earliest sample with evidence of SARS-CoV-2 RNA was from September 12, 2019, and the positive patient was also positive for anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibodies (IgG and IgM). Mutations typical of B.1 strains previously reported to have emerged in January 2020 (C3037T, C14408T, and A23403G), were identified in samples collected as early as October 2019 in Lombardy. One of these mutations (C14408T) was also identified among sequences downloaded from public databases that were obtained by others from samples collected in Brazil in November 2019. We conclude that a SARS-CoV-2 progenitor capable of producing a measles-like syndrome may have emerged in late June-late July 2019 and that viruses with mutations characterizing B.1 strain may have been spreading globally before the first Wuhan outbreak. Our findings should be complemented by high-throughput sequencing to obtain additional sequence information. We highlight the importance of retrospective surveillance studies in understanding the early dynamics of COVID-19 spread and we encourage other groups to perform retrospective investigations to seek confirmatory proofs of early SARS-CoV-2 circulation.
Published: 2022

2. Children with special health care needs attending emergency department in Italy: analysis of 3479 cases

Author: Cianci, P., D'Apolito, V., Moretti, A., Barbagallo, M., Paci, S., Carbone, M. T., Lubrano, R., Urbino, A., Dionisi Vici, C., Memo, L., Zampino, G., La Marca, G., Villani, A., Corsello, G., Selicorni, A., Campania, A., Geremia, C., Castagno, E., Masi, S., Poggi, G., Vestri, M., Fossali, E., Rocchi, A., Dadalt, L., Arrighini, A., Chiappa, S., Renna, S., Piccotti, E., Borgna, C., Govoni, M. R., Biondi, A., Fossati, C., Iughetti, L., Bertolani, P., Salvatoni, A., Agosti, M., Fuca, F., Ilardi, A., Giuffrida, S., Diguardo, V., Boni, S., D'Antiga, L., Ruggeri, M., Chiaretti, A., Amarri, S., Peduto, A., Bernardi, F., Corsini, I., Deangelis, G. L., Ruberto, C., Zuccotti, G. V., Stringhi, C., Lombardi, G., Salladini, C., Dimichele, S., Parola, L., Porta, A., Biasucci, G., Bellini, M., Ortisi, M. T., Apuril, E., Midulla, F., Tarani, L., Parlapiano, G., Lietti, D., Sforzini, C., Marseglia, G. L., Savasta, S., Falsaperla, R., Vitaliti, M. C., Chiarelli, F., Rossi, N., Banderali, G., Giacchero, R., Bernardo, L., Pinto, F., Fabiani, E., Ficcadenti, A., Pellegrini, G., Giacoma, S., Biban, P., Spada, S., Tipo, V., Ghitti, C., Bolognini, S., Mariani, G., Russo, A., Colella, M. G., Verrico, A., Bruni, P., Poddighe, D., Cagnoli, G., Morandi, F., Gadaleta, A., Barbi, E., Bruno, I. I., Graziano, R., Sgaramella, P., Catalani, M. P., Baldoni, I., Colarusso, G., Galvagno, G., Barone, A. P., Longo, A., Nardella, G., Portale, G., Garigali, G., Bona, G., Erbela, M., Agostiniani, R., Nanni, L., Schieven, E., Dona, M., Varisco, T., Russo, F., Distefano, V. A., Dipietro, F., Tarallo, L., Imperato, L., Parisi, G., Salzano, R., Raiola, G., Talarico, V., Bellu, R., Cannone, A., Ferrante, P., Cianci, P, D'Apolito, V, Moretti, A, Barbagallo, M, Paci, S, Carbone, M, Lubrano, R, Urbino, A, Dionisi Vici, C, Memo, L, Zampino, G, La Marca, G, Villani, A, Corsello, G, Selicorni, A, Campania, A, Geremia, C, Castagno, E, Masi, S, Poggi, G, Vestri, M, Fossali, E, Rocchi, A, Dadalt, L, Arrighini, A, Chiappa, S, Renna, S, Piccotti, E, Borgna, C, Govoni, M, Biondi, A, Fossati, C, Iughetti, L, Bertolani, P, Salvatoni, A, Agosti, M, Fuca, F, Ilardi, A, Giuffrida, S, Diguardo, V, Boni, S, D'Antiga, L, Ruggeri, M, Chiaretti, A, Amarri, S, Peduto, A, Bernardi, F, Corsini, I, Deangelis, G, Ruberto, C, Zuccotti, G, Stringhi, C, Lombardi, G, Salladini, C, Dimichele, S, Parola, L, Porta, A, Biasucci, G, Bellini, M, Ortisi, M, Apuril, E, Midulla, F, Tarani, L, Parlapiano, G, Lietti, D, Sforzini, C, Marseglia, G, Savasta, S, Falsaperla, R, Vitaliti, M, Chiarelli, F, Rossi, N, Banderali, G, Giacchero, R, Bernardo, L, Pinto, F, Fabiani, E, Ficcadenti, A, Pellegrini, G, Giacoma, S, Biban, P, Spada, S, Tipo, V, Ghitti, C, Bolognini, S, Mariani, G, Russo, A, Colella, M, Verrico, A, Bruni, P, Poddighe, D, Cagnoli, G, Morandi, F, Gadaleta, A, Barbi, E, Bruno, I, Graziano, R, Sgaramella, P, Catalani, M, Baldoni, I, Colarusso, G, Galvagno, G, Barone, A, Longo, A, Nardella, G, Portale, G, Garigali, G, Bona, G, Erbela, M, Agostiniani, R, Nanni, L, Schieven, E, Dona, M, Varisco, T, Russo, F, Distefano, V, Dipietro, F, Tarallo, L, Imperato, L, Parisi, G, Salzano, R, Raiola, G, Talarico, V, Bellu, R, Cannone, A, Ferrante, P, Paola Cianci, Valeria D'Apolito, Alex Moretti, Massimo Barbagallo, Sabrina Paci, Maria Teresa Carbone, Riccardo Lubrano, Antonio Urbino, Carlo Dionisi Vici, Luigi Memo, Giuseppe Zampino, Giancarlo La Marca, Alberto Villani, Giovanni Corsello, Angelo Selicorni, Cianci, P., D'Apolito, V., Moretti, A., Barbagallo, M., Paci, S., Carbone, M. T., Lubrano, R., Urbino, A., Dionisi Vici, C., Memo, L., Zampino, G., La Marca, G., Villani, A., Corsello, G., Selicorni, A., Campania, A., Geremia, C., Castagno, E., Masi, S., Poggi, G., Vestri, M., Fossali, E., Rocchi, A., Dadalt, L., Arrighini, A., Chiappa, S., Renna, S., Piccotti, E., Borgna, C., Govoni, M. R., Biondi, A., Fossati, C., Iughetti, L., Bertolani, P., Salvatoni, A., Agosti, M., Fuca, F., Ilardi, A., Giuffrida, S., Diguardo, V., Boni, S., D'Antiga, L., Ruggeri, M., Chiaretti, A., Amarri, S., Peduto, A., Bernardi, F., Corsini, I., Deangelis, G. L., Ruberto, C., Zuccotti, G. V., Stringhi, C., Lombardi, G., Salladini, C., Dimichele, S., Parola, L., Porta, A., Biasucci, G., Bellini, M., Ortisi, M. T., Apuril, E., Midulla, F., Tarani, L., Parlapiano, G., Lietti, D., Sforzini, C., Marseglia, G. L., Savasta, S., Falsaperla, R., Vitaliti, M. C., Chiarelli, F., Rossi, N., Banderali, G., Giacchero, R., Bernardo, L., Pinto, F., Fabiani, E., Ficcadenti, A., Pellegrini, G., Giacoma, S., Biban, P., Spada, S., Tipo, V., Ghitti, C., Bolognini, S., Mariani, G., Russo, A., Colella, M. G., Verrico, A., Bruni, P., Poddighe, D., Cagnoli, G., Morandi, F., Gadaleta, A., Barbi, E., Bruno, I. I., Graziano, R., Sgaramella, P., Catalani, M. P., Baldoni, I., Colarusso, G., Galvagno, G., Barone, A. P., Longo, A., Nardella, G., Portale, G., Garigali, G., Bona, G., Erbela, M., Agostiniani, R., Nanni, L., Schieven, E., Dona, M., Varisco, T., Russo, F., Distefano, V. A., Dipietro, F., Tarallo, L., Imperato, L., Parisi, G., Salzano, R., Raiola, G., Talarico, V., Bellu, R., Cannone, A., and Ferrante, P.
Subjects: Male, Metabolic disease, Hospitalization rate, Congenital skeletal condition, Children with special health care needs, Emergency department, Isolated CNS malformation, Metabolic diseases, Multiple AED therapy, Neuromuscular diseases, Syndromic disorders, True isolated microcephaly, 0302 clinical medicine, Clinical history, Medicine, Child, education.field_of_study, Neuromuscular disease, Settore MED/38, Disabled Children, Hospitalization, Settore MED/38 - PEDIATRIA GENERALE E SPECIALISTICA, Italy, Child, Preschool, Female, Children with special health care need, Emergency Service, Hospital, medicine.medical_specialty, Adolescent, Population, Triage Code, 03 medical and health sciences, Pharmacotherapy, 030225 pediatrics, Humans, Medical prescription, education, Retrospective Studies, Health Services Needs and Demand, Syndromic disorder, business.industry, Research, Infant, Newborn, Infant, 030208 emergency & critical care medicine, Children with special health care needs, Congenital skeletal conditions,Emergency department, Hospitalization rate, Isolated CNS malformation, Metabolic diseases, Multiple AED therapy, Neuromuscular diseases, Syndromic disorders, True isolated microcephaly, Family medicine, Chronic Disease, business, Facilities and Services Utilization
Abstract: Background Although children with special health care needs (CSHCN) represent a minority of the population, they go through more hospitalizations, more admissions to the Emergency Department (ED), and receive a major number of medical prescriptions, in comparison to general pediatric population. Objectives of the study were to determine the reasons for admission to the ED in Italian CSHCN, and to describe the association between patient’s demographic data, clinical history, and health services requirements. Methods Ad hoc web site was created to collect retrospective data of 3479 visits of CSHCN to the ED in 58 Italian Hospitals. Results Seventy-two percent of patients admitted to ED were affected by a previously defined medical condition. Most of the ED admissions were children with syndromic conditions (54%). 44.2% of the ED admissions were registered during the night-time and/or at the weekends. The hospitalization rate was of 45.6% among patients admitted to the ED. The most common reason for admission to the ED was the presence of respiratory symptoms (26.6%), followed by gastrointestinal problems (21.3%) and neurological disorders (18.2%). 51.4% of the access were classified as ‘urgent’, with a red/yellow triage code. Considering the type of ED, 61.9% of the visits were conducted at the Pediatric EDs (PedEDs), 33.5% at the Functional EDs (FunEDs) and 4.6% at the Dedicated EDs (DedEDs). Patients with more complex clinical presentation were more likely to be evaluated at the PedEDs. CSHCN underwent to a higher number of medical procedures at the PedEDs, more in comparison to other EDs. Children with medical devices were directed to a PedED quite exclusively when in need for medical attention. Subjects under multiple anti-epileptic drug therapy attended to PedEDs or FunEDs generally. Patients affected by metabolic diseases were more likely to look for medical attention at FunEDs. Syndromic patients mostly required medical attention at the DedEDs. Conclusions Access of CSHCN to an ED is not infrequent. For this reason, it is fundamental for pediatricians working in any kind of ED to increase their general knowledge about CHSCN and to gain expertise in the management of such patients and their related medical complexity.
Published: 2020

3. Defining Kawasaki disease and pediatric inflammatory multisystem syndrome-temporally associated to SARS-CoV-2 infection during SARS-CoV-2 epidemic in Italy: results from a national, multicenter survey

Author: Cattalini M, Della Paolera S, Zunica F, Bracaglia C, Giangreco M, Verdoni L, Meini A, Sottile R, Caorsi R, Zuccotti G, Fabi M, Montin D, Meneghel A, Consolaro A, Dellepiane RM, Maggio MC, La Torre F, Marchesi A, Simonini G, Villani A, Cimaz R, Ravelli A, Taddio A Maria Concetta Alberelli: UOC Pediatria, Marche-Nord, Clotilde Alizzi: Department of Health Promotion Sciences Maternal and Infantile Care, Internal Medicine and Medical Specialities 'G. D’Alessandro', University of Palermo, Palermo Italy, Patrizia Barone: Unità Operativa Complessa di Broncopneumologia Pediatrica AOU 'Policlinico - Vittorio Emanuele Via Santa Sofia 78 Catania, Lucia Augusta Baselli: Pediatric Intermediate Care Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Ca’ Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan Italy, Veronica Bennato: U. O. Pediatria, Ospedale A, Manzoni Lecco, Francesca Biscaro: UOC Pediatria, Ospedale Ca’ Foncello, Treviso, Grazia Bossi: UOC Pediatria, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia Italy, Andrea Campana: Bambino Gesù Children’s Hospital, Rome Italy, Maurizio Carone: UO Malattie Infettive, Ospedale Pediatrico ‘Giovanni XXIII’, Bari Italy, Adele Civino: U. O. C. Pediatria P. O. Vito Fazzi, Lecce, Giovanni Conti: Nefrologia e Reumatologia Pediatrica con Dialisi, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitario 'G. Martino', Eleonora Dei Rossi: University of Trieste, Trieste Italy, Emanuela Del Giudice: Department of Maternal Infantile and Urological Sciences, Sapeinza University of Rome, Polo Pontini, Alice Dell’Anna: U. O. C. Pediatria P. O. Vito Fazzi Lecce, Maia De Luca: Bambino Gesù Children’s Hospital, Piazza S. Onofrio n. 4, 00165 Rome, Italy, Enrico Felici: Pediatric and Pediatric Emergency Unit, The Children Hospital, AO SS Antonio e Biago e C. Arrigo, Alessandria Italy, Giovanni Filocamo: Fondazione IRCCS Cà Granda, Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milano, Ilenia Floretta: Pediatria, Ospedale Santa Chiara, Trento Italy, Maria Loreta Foschini: SC Pediatria, PO SAN MICHELE AOBrotzu, Cagliari Italy, Marcello Lanari: Department of Pediatrics, University of Bologna, IRCCS S. Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, Bologna Italy, Bianca Lattanzi: SOD Pediatria, Ospedali Riuniti, Ancona Italy, Alessandra Lazzerotti: Clinica Pediatrica, Università Milano Bicocca, Fondazione MBBM - onlus c/o Ospedale San Gerardo, Monza Italy, Francesco Licciardi: Department of Pediatrics and Public Health, University of Turin, Turin Italy, Alessandra Manerba: Child Cardiology, ASST Spedali Civili di Brescia and University of Brescia, Brescia Italy, Savina Mannarino: Division of Cardiology, Children’s Hospital V Buzzi, ASST FBF Sacco, Achille Marino: Department of Pediatrics, Desio Hospital, ASST Monza, Desio Italy, Agostina Marolda: Pediatrics and Neonatology Dipartment, ASST Ovest Milanese, 'G. Fornaroli' Hospital, Magenta Milan, Laura Martelli: Paediatric Department, Hospital Papa Giovanni XXIII, Bergamo Italy, Giorgia Martini, Department of Woman’s and Child’s Health, University of Padova, Padua Italy, Angela Mauro: Department of Paediatrics, Emergency Department, Santobono-Pausilipon Children’s Hospital, Naples, Italy. Maria Vincenza Mastrolia: Pediatric Rheumatology Unit, AOU Meyer, University of Florence, Florence, Italy. Angelo Mazza: Paediatric Department, Angela Miniaci: Clinica Pediatrica, Reumatologia, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, Francesca Minoia: Fondazione IRCCS Cà Granda, Alma Olivieri: Dipartimento della donna, del bambino e di chirurgia generale e specialistica, Università della Campania, 'L Vanvitelli, Napoli, Guido Pennoni: Dipartimento Materno-Infantile, Gubbio-Gualdo Tadino, Italy, Rossana Pignataro: UOC Pediatria e Neonatologia, ASST Lodi, Lodi, Francesca Ricci, Clinica Pediatrica, ASST Spedali Civili di Brescia e Università degli Studi di Brescia, Donato Rigante: Department of Pediatrics, Univarsità Cattolica Sacro Cuore, Matilde Rossi: UOC di Pediatrai e Neonatologia, Ospedale di Macerata, Macerata, Claudia Santagati: Dipartimento di Pediatria, Ospedale di Rovigo, Rovigo, Martina Soliani: Pediatria ASST Cremona, Italy, Silvia Sonego: University of Trieste, Domenico Sperlì: UOC di Pediatria, S. O. 'Annunziata' - A. O. di Cosenza, Sara Stucchi: Maternal and Child Health, Division of Paediatrics, ASST Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda, Milano Italy, Barbara Teruzzi: Maternal and Child Health, Elpidio Tierno: UOC di Pediatria, Dipartimento della Salute della Donna e del Bambin, AORN 'Sant’Anna e San Sebastiano'- Caserta, Tatiana Utytatnikova: Dipartimento Materno-Infantile, Pediatria, ASST Bergamo-EST, Seriate Bergamo, Piero Valentini, Department of Pediatrics, Gianluca Vergine, UOC Pediatria Rimini, Ospedale Infermi, ASL Romagna, Rimini Italy., Cattalini, Marco, Della Paolera, Sara, Zunica, Fiammetta, Bracaglia, Claudia, Giangreco, Manuela, Verdoni, Lucio, Meini, Antonella, Sottile, Rita, Caorsi, Roberta, Zuccotti, Gianvincenzo, Fabi, Marianna, Montin, Davide, Meneghel, Alessandra, Consolaro, Alessandro, Dellepiane, Rosa Maria, Maggio, Maria Cristina, La Torre, Francesco, Marchesi, Alessandra, Simonini, Gabriele, Villani, Alberto, Cimaz, Rolando, Ravelli, Angelo, Taddio, Andrea, Cattalini, M, Della Paolera, S, Zunica, F, Bracaglia, C, Giangreco, M, Verdoni, L, Meini, A, Sottile, R, Caorsi, R, Zuccotti, G, Fabi, M, Montin, D, Meneghel, A, Consolaro, A, Dellepiane, Rm, Maggio, Mc, La Torre, F, Marchesi, A, Simonini, G, Villani, A, Cimaz, R, Ravelli, A, Taddio, A Maria Concetta Alberelli: UOC Pediatria, Marche-Nord, Clotilde Alizzi: Department of Health Promotion Sciences Maternal and Infantile, Care, Internal Medicine and Medical Specialities 'G., D’Alessandro', University of, Palermo, Palermo, Italy, Patrizia Barone: Unità Operativa Complessa di Broncopneumologia Pediatrica AOU 'Policlinico, - Vittorio Emanuele Via Santa Sofia 78 Catania, Lucia Augusta Baselli: Pediatric Intermediate Care, Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Ca’ Granda Ospedale Maggiore, Policlinico, Milan, Italy, Veronica Bennato: U. O., Pediatria, Ospedale, A, Manzoni, Lecco, Francesca Biscaro: UOC, Pediatria, Ospedale Ca’, Foncello, Treviso, Grazia Bossi: UOC, Pediatria, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San, Matteo, Pavia, Italy, Andrea Campana: Bambino Gesù Children’s, Hospital, Rome, Italy, Maurizio Carone: UO Malattie, Infettive, Ospedale Pediatrico ‘Giovanni, Xxiii’, Bari, Italy, Adele Civino: U. O. C. Pediatria P. O. Vito Fazzi, Lecce, Giovanni Conti: Nefrologia e Reumatologia Pediatrica con Dialisi, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitario 'G. Martino', Eleonora Dei Rossi: University of, Trieste, Trieste, Italy, Emanuela Del Giudice: Department of Maternal Infantile and Urological, Science, Sapeinza University of, Rome, Polo, Pontini, Alice Dell’Anna: U. O. C. Pediatria P. O., Vito Fazzi Lecce, Maia De Luca: Bambino Gesù Children’s, Hospital, Piazza, S. Onofrio n. 4., 00165, Rome, Italy, Enrico Felici: Pediatric and Pediatric Emergency, Unit, The Children, Hospital, AO SS Antonio e Biago e C., Arrigo, Alessandria, Italy, Giovanni Filocamo: Fondazione IRCCS Cà, Granda, Ospedale Maggiore, Policlinico, Milano, Ilenia Floretta:, Pediatria, Ospedale Santa, Chiara, Trento, Italy, Maria Loreta Foschini: SC, Pediatria, PO SAN MICHELE, Aobrotzu, Cagliari, Italy, Marcello Lanari: Department of, Pediatric, University of, Bologna, IRCCS S., Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, Bologna, Italy, Bianca Lattanzi: SOD, Pediatria, Ospedali, Riuniti, Ancona, Italy, Alessandra Lazzerotti: Clinica, Pediatrica, Università Milano, Bicocca, Fondazione MBBM, - onlus c/o Ospedale San Gerardo, Monza, Italy, Francesco Licciardi: Department of Pediatrics and Public, Health, University of, Turin, Turin, Italy, Alessandra Manerba: Child, Cardiology, ASST Spedali Civili di Brescia and University of, Brescia, Brescia, Italy, Savina Mannarino: Division of, Cardiology, Children’s Hospital, V Buzzi, ASST FBF, Sacco, Achille Marino: Department of, Pediatric, Desio, Hospital, Asst, Monza, Desio, Italy, Agostina Marolda: Pediatrics and Neonatology, Dipartment, ASST Ovest, Milanese, 'G., Fornaroli' Hospital, Magenta, Milan, Laura Martelli: Paediatric, Department, Hospital Papa Giovanni, Xxiii, Bergamo, Italy, Giorgia, Martini, Department of Woman’s and Child’s, Health, University of, Padova, Padua, Italy, Angela Mauro: Department of, Paediatric, Emergency, Department, Santobono-Pausilipon Children’s, Hospital, Naples, Italy., Maria Vincenza Mastrolia: Pediatric Rheumatology Unit, Aou, Meyer, University of, Florence, Florence, Italy., Angelo Mazza: Paediatric Department, Angela Miniaci: Clinica, Pediatrica, Reumatologia, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di, Bologna, Francesca Minoia: Fondazione IRCCS Cà, Granda, Alma Olivieri: Dipartimento della, Donna, del bambino e di chirurgia generale, e specialistica, Università della, Campania, 'L, Vanvitelli, Napoli, Claudio, Guido Pennoni: Dipartimento, Materno-Infantile, Gubbio-Gualdo Tadino, Italy, Rossana Pignataro: UOC Pediatria, e Neonatologia, Asst, Lodi, Lodi, Francesca, Ricci, Clinica, Pediatrica, ASST Spedali Civili di Brescia, e Università degli Studi di Brescia, Donato Rigante: Department of, Pediatric, Univarsità Cattolica Sacro, Cuore, Matilde Rossi: UOC di Pediatrai, e Neonatologia, Ospedale di, Macerata, Macerata, Claudia Santagati: Dipartimento di, Pediatria, Ospedale di, Rovigo, Rovigo, Martina Soliani: Pediatria ASST Cremona, Italy, Silvia Sonego: University of, Trieste, Domenico Sperlì: UOC di Pediatria, S. O. 'Annunziata' - A. O. di Cosenza, Sara Stucchi: Maternal and Child, Health, Division of, Paediatric, ASST Grande Ospedale Metropolitano, Niguarda, Milano, Italy, Barbara Teruzzi: Maternal and Child, Health, Elpidio Tierno: UOC di, Pediatria, Dipartimento della Salute della Donna, e del Bambin, AORN 'Sant’Anna, e San Sebastiano'- Caserta, Tatiana Utytatnikova: Dipartimento, Materno-Infantile, Pediatria, Asst, Bergamo-EST, Seriate, Bergamo, Piero, Valentini, Department of, Pediatric, Gianluca, Vergine, UOC Pediatria, Rimini, Ospedale, Infermi, Asl, Romagna, Rimini, Italy., Cattalini M., Della Paolera S., Zunica F., Bracaglia C., Giangreco M., Verdoni L., Meini A., Sottile R., Caorsi R., Zuccotti G., Fabi M., Montin D., Meneghel A., Consolaro A., Dellepiane R.M., Maggio M.C., La Torre F., Marchesi A., Simonini G., Villani A., Cimaz R., Ravelli A., Taddio A., Adamoli P., Alberelli M.C., Alizzi C., Barone P., Bennato V., Biscaro F., Bossi G., Campana A., Carone M., Civino A., Conti G., Rossi E.D., Del Giudice E., Dell'Anna A., De Luca M., Felici E., Filocamo G., Floretta I., Foschini M.L., Lanari M., Lattanzi B., Lazzerotti A., Licciardi F., Manerba A., Mannarino S., Marino A., Marolda A., Martelli L., Martini G., Mauro A., Mastrolia M.V., Mazza A., Miniaci A., Minoia F., Olivieri A., Pennoni G., Pignataro R., Ricci F., Rigante D., Rossi M., Santagati C., Soliani M., Sonego S., Sperli D., Stucchi S., Teruzzi B., Tierno E., Utytatnikova T., Valentini P., and Vergine G.
Subjects: Coronary artery abnormalities, Hypotension, Kawasaki disease, Multisystem inflammatory syndrome associated with coronavirus disease, Myocarditis, Pediatric inflammatory multisystem syndrome-temporally associated to SARS-CoV-2 infection, SARS-CoV-2, Age Distribution, Antirheumatic Agents, Aspirin, C-Reactive Protein, COVID-19, Child, Child, Preschool, Coronary Artery Disease, Cough, Diarrhea, Dyspnea, Female, Glucocorticoids, Heart Failure, Humans, Hyperferritinemia, Immunoglobulins, Intravenous, Immunologic Factors, Infant, Intensive Care Units, Pediatric, Interleukin 1 Receptor Antagonist Protein, Italy, Lymphopenia, Male, Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome, Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors, Shock, Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome, Tachypnea, Troponin T, Vomiting, lcsh:Diseases of the musculoskeletal system, coronary artery abnormalities, hypotension, kawasaki disease, multisystem inflammatory syndrome associated with coronavirus disease, myocarditis, pediatric inflammatory multisystem syndrome-temporally associated to SARS-CoV-2 infection, age distribution, antirheumatic agents, aspirin, C-reactive protein, child, preschool, coronary artery disease, cough, diarrhea, yspnea, female, glucocorticoids, heart failure, humans, hyperferritinemia, immunoglobulins, intravenous, immunologic factors, infant, intensive care units, pediatric, interleukin 1 receptor antagonist protein, italy, lymphopenia, male, mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome, platelet aggregation inhibitors, shock, systemic inflammatory response syndrome, tachypnea, troponin T, vomiting, Myocarditi, 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology, SARS-CoV-2, Kawasaki disease, Pediatric inflammatory multisystem syndrome-temporally associated to SARS-CoV-2 infection, Myocarditis, Hypotension, Multisystem inflammatory syndrome associated with coronavirus disease, Coronary artery abnormalities, Coronary artery disease, Settore MED/38 - Pediatria Generale E Specialistica, 0302 clinical medicine, Glucocorticoid, Immunologic Factor, Immunology and Allergy, Coronary artery abnormalitie, Fisher's exact test, Pediatric, biology, lcsh:RJ1-570, Antirheumatic Agent, Settore MED/38, Intensive Care Units, Cohort, symbols, Platelet aggregation inhibitor, Intravenous, Human, Research Article, medicine.medical_specialty, Immunoglobulins, 03 medical and health sciences, symbols.namesake, Rheumatology, Internal medicine, medicine, Preschool, 030203 arthritis & rheumatology, business.industry, Platelet Aggregation Inhibitor, lcsh:Pediatrics, medicine.disease, Systemic inflammatory response syndrome, Immunoglobulins, Intravenou, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, biology.protein, lcsh:RC925-935, business
Abstract: Background There is mounting evidence on the existence of a Pediatric Inflammatory Multisystem Syndrome-temporally associated to SARS-CoV-2 infection (PIMS-TS), sharing similarities with Kawasaki Disease (KD). The main outcome of the study were to better characterize the clinical features and the treatment response of PIMS-TS and to explore its relationship with KD determining whether KD and PIMS are two distinct entities. Methods The Rheumatology Study Group of the Italian Pediatric Society launched a survey to enroll patients diagnosed with KD (Kawasaki Disease Group – KDG) or KD-like (Kawacovid Group - KCG) disease between February 1st 2020, and May 31st 2020. Demographic, clinical, laboratory data, treatment information, and patients’ outcome were collected in an online anonymized database (RedCAP®). Relationship between clinical presentation and SARS-CoV-2 infection was also taken into account. Moreover, clinical characteristics of KDG during SARS-CoV-2 epidemic (KDG-CoV2) were compared to Kawasaki Disease patients (KDG-Historical) seen in three different Italian tertiary pediatric hospitals (Institute for Maternal and Child Health, IRCCS “Burlo Garofolo”, Trieste; AOU Meyer, Florence; IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genoa) from January 1st 2000 to December 31st 2019. Chi square test or exact Fisher test and non-parametric Wilcoxon Mann-Whitney test were used to study differences between two groups. Results One-hundred-forty-nine cases were enrolled, (96 KDG and 53 KCG). KCG children were significantly older and presented more frequently from gastrointestinal and respiratory involvement. Cardiac involvement was more common in KCG, with 60,4% of patients with myocarditis. 37,8% of patients among KCG presented hypotension/non-cardiogenic shock. Coronary artery abnormalities (CAA) were more common in the KDG. The risk of ICU admission were higher in KCG. Lymphopenia, higher CRP levels, elevated ferritin and troponin-T characterized KCG. KDG received more frequently immunoglobulins (IVIG) and acetylsalicylic acid (ASA) (81,3% vs 66%; p = 0.04 and 71,9% vs 43,4%; p = 0.001 respectively) as KCG more often received glucocorticoids (56,6% vs 14,6%; p Conclusion Our study suggests that SARS-CoV-2 infection might determine two distinct inflammatory diseases in children: KD and PIMS-TS. Older age at onset and clinical peculiarities like the occurrence of myocarditis characterize this multi-inflammatory syndrome. Our patients had an optimal response to treatments and a good outcome, with few complications and no deaths.
Published: 2020

4. Incidence of acute respiratory infections in preschool children in an outpatient setting before and during Covid-19 pandemic in Lombardy Region, Italy

Author: Mameli, C., Picca, M., Buzzetti, R., Pace, M. E., Badolato, R., Cravidi, C., Zuccotti, G. V., Marchisio, P., Sala, M., and Di Cosimo, M. E.
Subjects: Male, children, COVID-19, respiratory infection, Acute Disease, Adolescent, Child, Child, Preschool, Humans, Incidence, Infant, Infant, Newborn, Outpatients, Pandemics, Prospective Studies, SARS-CoV-2, Respiratory Tract Infections, Research, Newborn, Pediatrics, RJ1-570, Preschool
Abstract: Introduction The incidence of acute respiratory tract infections (ARTIs) in children is difficult to estimate because they are typically treated in outpatient settings and the majority of epidemiological data originate from hospital settings and refer to the most severe illnesses. Therefore, the incidence of ARTIs in a real-world setting remains largely unexplored. Therefore, this study aims to estimate the incidence of ARTIs, upper respiratory tract infections (URTIs), and lower respiratory tract infections (LRTIs) in children aged 0–5 years in an outpatient setting. Methods This prospective cohort study was conducted in Lombardy, Italy, from October 1st, 2019, to March 31st, 2021, before and during the COVID-19 pandemic that began in March 2020. Caucasian healthy children aged 0–5 years were recruited from 69 Family Pediatricians (FP) and followed-up in an outpatient setting. Data were collected whenever a child was referred to FP and ARTI was diagnosed (Covid-19 related ARTI were excluded). The primary outcome was an estimate of the incidence of ARTIs. The incidence of ARTIs in different age groups and the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the incidence of ARTIs were secondary outcomes. Results We enrolled 484 children, 249 male (51.8%), mean age of 2.39 ± 1.68 years. The mean estimated incidence of ARTIs was 12.1/100 children × 30 days (95% CIs: 9.5–12.9), with the highest value observed in infants aged 1–12 months (24.9/100 children × 30 days; 95% CIs: 17.6–28.9). The mean estimated incidence of URTIs was higher than that of LRTIs (8.3 – CIs: 7.6–8.9 vs 3.8/100 children × 30 days – CIs: 6.4–4.3, respectively). The comparison of ARTIs, which occurred in the pre-pandemic winter, to those measured during the COVID-19 pandemic, revealed an impressive 82.1% drop in the incidence rate (CIs: 77.8–85.7). Conclusions This study showed that infants aged 1–12 months are more likely to develop ARTIs than older children and that COVID-19 pandemic has dramatically altered the epidemiology of ARTIs in children aged 0–5 years.
Published: 2022

5. Increased acid sphingomyelinase levels in pediatric patients with obesity

Author: Mameli, C., Carnovale, C., Ambrogi, F., Infante, G., Roux, P.M., Napoli, A., Coazzoli, M., Calcaterra, V., Schneider, L., Perazzi, C., Zuccotti, G., Clementi, E., Moscheni, C., and Perrotta, C.
Subjects: Settore MED/38 - Pediatria Generale e Specialistica, Adult, Sphingomyelin Phosphodiesterase, Adolescent, Case-Control Studies, Humans, Pilot Projects, Obesity, Child, Weight Gain
Abstract: The level of secretory acid sphingomyelinase (S-ASM), a key enzyme in the sphingolipid metabolism, is elevated in a variety of human diseases, including in the serum of obese adults. Alterations in S-ASM were also found to induce morphological changes in erythrocytes. Consequently, the inhibition of S-ASM by functional Inhibitors of ASM (FIASMA) may have broad clinical implications. The purpose of this study was to assess S-ASM activity in pediatric patients with obesity and healthy matched controls, as well as to investigate the erythrocyte morphology using transmission electron microscopy. We recruited 46 obese patients (mean age 11 ± 2.9 years) and 44 controls (mean age 10.8 ± 2.9 years). S-ASM activity was significantly higher (Wilcoxon signed-rank test p-value: 0.004) in obese patients (mean 396.4 ± 49.7 pmol/ml/h) than in controls (mean 373.7 ± 23.1 pmol/ml/h). No evidence of morphological differences in erythrocytes was found between the two populations. We then carried out a case-control study based on the spontaneous reporting system database to compare FIASMAs with NON-FIASMAs in terms of weight gain risk. Children who received FIASMA had a significantly lower frequency of weight gain reports than patients who took NON-FIASMA agents (p 0.001). Our findings suggest there is an intriguing possibility that S-ASM may play a role in pediatric obesity. This pilot study could serve as the basis for future studies in this interesting field of research.
Published: 2022

6. The Iodine Rush: Over- or Under-Iodination Risk in the Prophylactic Use of Iodine for Thyroid Blocking in the Event of a Nuclear Disaster

Author: Calcaterra, V., Mameli, C., Rossi, V., Massini, G., Gambino, M., Baldassarre, P., and Zuccotti, G.
Subjects: Settore MED/38 - Pediatria Generale e Specialistica, Halogenation, Adolescent, iodine, the iodine rush, Iodides, Disasters, Iodine Radioisotopes, nuclear, children, prohpylaxis, hyperthyroidism, hypothyroidism, thyroid blocking, Child, Emergencies, Humans, Iodine, Thyroid Neoplasms
Published: 2022

7. CD4/CD8 ratio in pregnant women with HIV and its association with pregnancy outcome: data from a national study in Italy

Author: Floridia, M., Pinnetti, C., Masuelli, G., Spinillo, A., Savasi, V. M., Liuzzi, G., Degli Antoni, A. M., Sansone, M., Guaraldi, G., Dalzero, S., Maso, G., Francisci, D., Sterrantino, G., Ravizza, M., Tamburrini, E., Di Lorenzo, F., Meli, M., Campolmi, I., Vichi, F., Del Pin, B., Marocco, R., Mastroianni, C., Mercurio, V. S., Zanaboni, D., Nardini, G., Stentarelli, C., Beghetto, B., Molinari, A., Crisalli, M. P., Donisi, A., Ruggieri, A., Piepoli, M., Cerri, V., Zuccotti, G., Giacomet, V., Paradiso, L., Forlanini, F., Longoni, E., Placido, G., Milini, P., Savalli, F., Sabbatini, F., Papalini, C., Bernini, L., Grossi, P., Rizzi, L., Portelli, V., Bernardon, M., Bussolaro, S., Della Pieta, I., Sorz, A., Meloni, A., Chiodo, A., Dedoni, M., Ortu, F., Piano, P., Citernesi, A., Bordoni Vicini, I., Luzi, K., Roccio, M., Vimercati, A., Calabretti, D., Gigante, S., Guerra, B., Cervi, F., Simonazzi, G., Margarito, E., Capretti, M. G., Marsico, C., Faldella, G., Martinelli, P., Agangi, A., Capone, A., Maruotti, G. M., Tibaldi, C., Trentini, L., Todros, T., Frisina, V., Savasi, V., Cardellicchio, E., Giaquinto, C., Fiscon, M., Rubino, E., Franceschetti, L., Badolato, R., Forleo, M. A., Tassis, B., Ruggiero, M., Genovese, O., Cafforio, C., Casadei, A. M., Cavaliere, A. F., Cellini, M., Marconi, A. M., Ierardi, M., Simonetti, S. C., Alfieri, N., Agrati, S., Polizzi, C., Mattei, A., Pirillo, M. F., Amici, R., Galluzzo, C. M., Donnini, S., Baroncelli, S., Cerioli, A., De Martino, M., Parazzini, F., Vella, S., Floridia M., Pinnetti C., Masuelli G., Spinillo A., Savasi V.M., Liuzzi G., Degli Antoni A.M., Sansone M., Guaraldi G., Dalzero S., Maso G., Francisci D., Sterrantino G., Ravizza M., Tamburrini E., Di Lorenzo F., Meli M., Campolmi I., Vichi F., Del Pin B., Marocco R., Mastroianni C., Mercurio V.S., Zanaboni D., Nardini G., Stentarelli C., Beghetto B., Molinari A., Crisalli M.P., Donisi A., Ruggieri A., Piepoli M., Cerri V., Zuccotti G., Giacomet V., Paradiso L., Forlanini F., Longoni E., Placido G., Milini P., Savalli F., Sabbatini F., Papalini C., Bernini L., Grossi P., Rizzi L., Portelli V., Bernardon M., Bussolaro S., Della Pieta I., Sorz A., Meloni A., Chiodo A., Dedoni M., Ortu F., Piano P., Citernesi A., Bordoni Vicini I., Luzi K., Roccio M., Vimercati A., Calabretti D., Gigante S., Guerra B., Cervi F., Simonazzi G., Margarito E., Capretti M.G., Marsico C., Faldella G., Martinelli P., Agangi A., Capone A., Maruotti G.M., Tibaldi C., Trentini L., Todros T., Frisina V., Savasi V., Cardellicchio E., Giaquinto C., Fiscon M., Rubino E., Franceschetti L., Badolato R., Forleo M.A., Tassis B., Ruggiero M., Genovese O., Cafforio C., Casadei A.M., Cavaliere A.F., Cellini M., Marconi A.M., Ierardi M., Simonetti S.C., Alfieri N., Agrati S., Polizzi C., Mattei A., Pirillo M.F., Amici R., Galluzzo C.M., Donnini S., Baroncelli S., Cerioli A., De Martino M., Parazzini F., and Vella S.
Subjects: 0301 basic medicine, Microbiology (medical), medicine.medical_specialty, Multivariate analysis, 030106 microbiology, CD4-CD8 Ratio, Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), HIV Infections, CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes, medicine.disease_cause, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, CD4/CD8 ratio, Pregnancy, CD4, CD8, HIV suppression, Preterm delivery, Female, Humans, Infant, Newborn, Pregnancy Outcome, Pregnant Women, Viral Load, Pregnancy Complications, Infectious, medicine, 030212 general & internal medicine, business.industry, Obstetrics, Infectious, Infant, General Medicine, Newborn, medicine.disease, Pregnancy Complications, Infectious Diseases, Increased risk, National study, Outcome data, business
Abstract: Purpose: To evaluate associations between CD4/CD8 ratio and pregnancy outcomes in women with HIV. Methods: We evaluated, in a national study of pregnant women with HIV receiving antiretroviral treatment (ART), values of CD4/CD8 ratio at entry in pregnancy, changes between first and third trimester, and possible associations with preterm delivery, low birthweight, and HIV-RNA < 50 copies/ml at third trimester in univariate and multivariate analyses. Results: Among 934 women, 536 (57.4%) were already on ART at conception. CD4/CD8 ratio (baseline value 0.570) increased significantly between the first and third trimesters, particularly in women who started ART in pregnancy (+ 0.163, vs. + 0.036 in women already on treatment). The rate of CD4/CD8 ratio normalization, defined by achieving a ratio ≥ 1 at the third trimester, was 13.2%. In multivariable analyses, women who entered pregnancy with a CD4/CD8 ratio < 0.3, compared to women with ratio ≥ 1, were almost four-times less likely to have third-trimester HIV-RNA < 50 copies/ml (AOR 0.258, 95%CI 0.111–0.601), and more than twice as likely to have preterm delivery (AOR 2.379, 95%CI 1.082–5.232). For preterm delivery, also a baseline CD4/CD8 ratio between 0.3 and 0.45 was significantly associated with an increased risk (AOR: 3.415, 95%CI 1.690–6.900). Conclusion: We described for the first time independent associations of low CD4/CD8 ratio with preterm delivery and HIV-RNA suppression.
Published: 2021

8. Atazanavir and darunavir in pregnant women with HIV: evaluation of laboratory and clinical outcomes from an observational national study

Author: Floridia, M., Masuelli, G., Ravizza, M., Tassis, B., Cetin, I., Sansone, M., Antoni, A. D., Simonazzi, G., Maccabruni, A., Francisci, D., Frisina, V., Liuzzi, G., Dalzero, S., Tamburrini, E., Di Lorenzo, F., Sterrantino, G., Meli, M., Campolmi, I., Vichi, F., Del Pin, B., Marocco, R., Mastroianni, C., S. Mercurio V., Zanaboni, D., Guaraldi, G., Nardini, G., Stentarelli, C., Beghetto, B., Antoni, A. M. D., Molinari, A., Crisalli, M. P., Donisi, A., Piepoli, M., Cerri, V., Zuccotti, G., Giacomet, V., Coletto, S., Di Nello, F., Madia, C., Placido, G., Milini, P., Savalli, F., Portelli, V., Sabbatini, F., Papalini, C., Bernini, L., Grossi, P., Rizzi, L., Bernardon, M., Maso, G., Rizzante, E., Belcaro, C., Meloni, A., Dedoni, M., Ortu, F., Piano, P., Citernesi, A., Bordonivicini, I., Luzi, K., Spinillo, A., Roccio, M., Vimercati, A., Crupano, F. M., Calabretti, D., Cervi, F., Margarito, E., Capretti, M. G., Marsico, C., Faldella, G., Martinelli, P., Agangi, A., Capone, A., Maruotti, G. M., Tibaldi, C., Trentini, L., Todros, T., Brambilla, T., Savasi, V., Personeni, C., Giaquinto, C., Fiscon, M., Rubino, E., Franceschetti, L., Badolato, R., Tiso, G. C., Genovese, O., Cafforio, C., Pinnetti, C., Casadei, A. M., Cavaliere, A. F., Cellini, M., Marconi, A. M., Sacchi, V., Ierardi, M., Polizzi, C., Mattei, A., Pirillo, M. F., Amici, R., Galluzzo, C. M., Donnini, S., Baroncelli, S., Villani, P., Cusato, M., Cerioli, A., De Martino, M., Parazzini, F., Vella, S., Floridia, M., Masuelli, G., Ravizza, M., Tassis, B., Cetin, I., Sansone, M., Antoni, A. Degli, Simonazzi, G., Maccabruni, A., Francisci, D., Frisina, V., Liuzzi, G., Dalzero, S., Tamburrini, E., Di Lorenzo, F., Sterrantino, G., Meli, M., Campolmi, I., Vichi, F., Del Pin, B., Marocco, R., Mastroianni, C., S.Mercurio, V., Zanaboni, D., Guaraldi, G., Nardini, G., Stentarelli, C., Beghetto, B., Antoni, A.M. Degli, Molinari, A., Crisalli, M.P., Donisi, A., Piepoli, M., Cerri, V., Zuccotti, G., Giacomet, V., Coletto, S., Di Nello, F., Madia, C., Placido, G., Milini, P., Savalli, F., Portelli, V., Sabbatini, F., Papalini, C., Bernini, L., Grossi, P., Rizzi, L., Bernardon, M., Maso, G., Rizzante, E., Belcaro, C., Meloni, A., Dedoni, M., Ortu, F., Piano, P., Citernesi, A., BordoniVicini, I., Luzi, K., Spinillo, A., Roccio, M., Vimercati, A., Crupano, F.M., Calabretti, D., Cervi, F., Margarito, E., Capretti, M.G., Marsico, C., Faldella, G., Martinelli, P., Agangi, A., Capone, A., Maruotti, G.M., Tibaldi, C., Trentini, L., Todros, T., Brambilla, T., Savasi, V., Personeni, C., Giaquinto, C., Fiscon, M., Rubino, E., Franceschetti, L., Badolato, R., Tiso, G.C., Genovese, O., Cafforio, C., Pinnetti, C., Casadei, A.M., Cavaliere, A.F., Cellini, M., Marconi, A.M., Sacchi, V., Ierardi, M., Polizzi, C., Mattei, A., Pirillo, M.F., Amici, R., Galluzzo, C.M., Donnini, S., Baroncelli, S., Villani, P., Cusato, M., Cerioli, A., De Martino, M., Parazzini, F., and Vella, S.
Subjects: Male, 0301 basic medicine, medicine.medical_treatment, HIV Infections, 0302 clinical medicine, Pregnancy, Pharmacology (medical), 030212 general & internal medicine, Pregnancy Complications, Infectious, Darunavir, medicine.diagnostic_test, Obstetrics, Pregnancy Outcome, virus diseases, Alanine Transaminase, Viral Load, Cholesterol, Treatment Outcome, Infectious Diseases, Premature birth, Gestation, Female, Drugs in pregnancy, medicine.drug, Adult, Microbiology (medical), medicine.medical_specialty, Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions, Anti-HIV Agents, Atazanavir Sulfate, Settore MED/17 - MALATTIE INFETTIVE, 03 medical and health sciences, pharmacology, pharmacology (medical), infectious diseases, medicine, Humans, Caesarean section, Triglycerides, Pharmacology, business.industry, Infant, Newborn, Infant, Bilirubin, medicine.disease, 030112 virology, Atazanavir, azatanavir sulfate, Lipid profile, business
Abstract: Background Atazanavir and darunavir represent the main HIV PIs recommended in pregnancy, but comparative data in pregnant women are limited. We assessed the safety and activity profile of these two drugs in pregnancy using data from a national observational study. Methods Women with atazanavir or darunavir exposure in pregnancy were evaluated for laboratory measures and main pregnancy outcomes (e.g. preterm delivery, low birthweight, non-elective caesarean section and neonatal gestational age-adjusted birthweight Z-score). Results Final analysis included 500 pregnancies with either atazanavir (n = 409) or darunavir (n = 91) exposure. No differences in pregnancy outcomes, weight gain in pregnancy, drug discontinuations, undetectable HIV-RNA, haemoglobin, ALT, total cholesterol, HDL cholesterol and LDL cholesterol were observed between the two groups. At third trimester, exposure to darunavir was associated with higher levels of plasma triglycerides (median 235.5 versus 179 mg/dL; P = 0.032) and a higher total cholesterol/HDL cholesterol ratio (median 4.03 versus 3.27; P = 0.028) and exposure to atazanavir was associated with higher levels of plasma bilirubin (1.54 versus 0.32 mg/dL; P
Published: 2017

9. Weight Gain during Pregnancy in Women with HIV Receiving Different Antiretroviral Regimens

Author: Floridia, M., Masuelli, G., Tassis, B., Franceschetti, L., Savasi, V. M., Spinillo, A., Tamburrini, E., Guaraldi, G., Dalzero, S., Sansone, M., Chiodo, A., Degli Antoni, A. M., Pinnetti, C., Liuzzi, G., Ravizza, M., Di Lorenzo, F., Sterrantino, G., Meli, M., Campolmi, I., Vichi, F., Del Pin, B., Marocco, R., Mastroianni, C., Mercurio, V. S., Zanaboni, D., Nardini, G., Stentarelli, C., Beghetto, B., Molinari, A., Crisalli, M. P., Donisi, A., Ruggieri, A., Piepoli, M., Cerri, V., Zuccotti, G., Giacomet, V., Paradiso, L., Forlanini, F., Longoni, E., Placido, G., Milini, P., Savalli, F., Portelli, V., Sabbatini, F., Francisci, D., Papalini, C., Bernini, L., Grossi, P., Rizzi, L., Maso, G., Bernardon, M., Bussolaro, S., della Pieta, I., Sorz, A., Meloni, A., Dedoni, M., Ortu, F., Piano, P., Citernesi, A., Vicini, I. B., Luzi, K., Roccio, M., Vimercati, A., Calabretti, D., Gigante, S., Guerra, B., Cervi, F., Simonazzi, G., Margarito, E., Capretti, M. G., Marsico, C., Faldella, G., Martinelli, P., Agangi, A., Capone, A., Maruotti, G. M., Tibaldi, C., Trentini, L., Todros, T., Frisina, V., Cardellicchio, E., Giaquinto, C., Fiscon, M., Rubino, E., Badolato, R., Forleo, M. A., Ruggiero, M., Genovese, O., Cafforio, C., Casadei, A. M., Cavaliere, A. F., Cellini, M., Marconi, A. M., Ierardi, M., Simonetti, S. C., Alfieri, N., Agrati, S., Polizzi, C., Mattei, A., Pirillo, M. F., Amici, R., Galluzzo, C. M., Donnini, S., Baroncelli, S., Cerioli, A., de Martino, M., Parazzini, F., and Vella, S.
Subjects: medicine.medical_specialty, Multivariate analysis, Anti-HIV Agents, Integrase inhibitor, HIV Infections, Overweight, Weight Gain, Cohort Studies, Pregnancy, Internal medicine, medicine, Humans, Pharmacology (medical), Settore MED/38 - Pediatria Generale e Specialistica, Pharmacology, business.industry, Weight change, Odds ratio, medicine.disease, Obesity, Infectious Diseases, Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors, Female, medicine.symptom, business, Weight gain
Abstract: Background No published studies have evaluated in pregnant women with HIV weight gain with different antiretroviral drug classes. Methods Data from a national cohort study were used. We compared absolute weight gain and occurrence of excessive weight gain in women with HIV who received during pregnancy integrase inhibitors (INSTI), protease inhibitors (PI), or non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NNRTI). Excessive weight gain was defined according to the Institute of Medicine recommendations. Possible predictors of weight gain were assessed using univariate and multivariate analyses. Results Among 273 cases (PI: 191, NNRTI: 43, INSTI: 39), the mean weight increase was 11.3 kg, and 25.4% of the mothers had an excessive weight increase. No significant differences were found among the three treatment groups for absolute weight increase, occurrence of excessive weight gain, infant birthweight, and other pregnancy and laboratory outcomes. The comparisons of individual drugs, although based on a limited number of cases, suggested no major differences. A significant positive correlation was found between weight gain and CD4+ T-cell increase during pregnancy. In multivariate analyses, drug class and nucleoside backbone were not associated with absolute or excessive weight increase. Excessive weight increase was significantly associated with week of delivery (adjusted odds ratio: 1.74, 95% CI 1.15, 2.63), obesity (5.21, 95% CI 1.85, 14.64), overweight (7.95, 95% CI 3.26, 19.39), recent substance use (5.96, 95% CI 1.13, 31.40) and fasting 2nd trimester hyperglycaemia (3.94, 95% CI 1.14, 13.65). Conclusions No significant differences in absolute weight change or occurrence of excessive weight gain were found among women with HIV who received during pregnancy different classes of antiretroviral drugs.
Published: 2021

10. Missed opportunities to prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV in Italy

Author: Di Biagio, A., Taramasso, L., Gustinetti, G., Burastero, G., Giacomet, V., La Rovere, D., Genovese, O., Giaquinto, C., Rampon, O., Carloni, I., Hyppolite, Tk., Palandri, L., Bernardi, S., Bruzzese, E., Badolato, R., Gabiano, C., Chiappini, E, De Martino, M, Galli, L., Osimani, P., Larovere, D., Ruggeri, M., Pession, A., Faldella, G., Capra, F., Pulcini, S., Zattoni, V., Dotta, L., Aliffi, A., Anastasio, E., Fiumana, E., Chiappini, E., Gervaso, P., Montagnani, C., De Martino, M., Viscoli, C., Erba, P., Zuccotti, G., Benincaso, A., Salvini, F., Lipreri, R., Esposito, S., Plebani, A., Tagliabue, C., Giubbarelli, F., Nicastro, E., Lo Vecchio, A., Buffolano, W., Agnese, M., Romano, A., Marcello, S., Pennazzato, M., Consolini, R., Dodi, I., Zanaboni, D., Palma, P., Pontrelli, G., Tchidjou, H., Mazza, A., Tovo, Pa., Silvestro, E., Virano, S., Portelli, V., Pellegatta, A., Di Biagio, A., Taramasso, L., Gustinetti, G., Burastero, G., Giacomet, V., La Rovere, D., Genovese, O., Giaquinto, C., Rampon, O., Carloni, I., Hyppolite, T. K., Palandri, L., Bernardi, S., Bruzzese, E., Badolato, R., Gabiano, C., Chiappini, E., De Martino, M., Galli, L., Osimani, P., Larovere, D., Ruggeri, M., Pession, A., Faldella, G., Capra, F., Pulcini, S., Zattoni, V., Dotta, L., Aliffi, A., Anastasio, E., Fiumana, E., Gervaso, P., Montagnani, C., Viscoli, C., Erba, P., Zuccotti, G., Benincaso, A., Salvini, F., Lipreri, R., Esposito, S., Plebani, A., Tagliabue, C., Giubbarelli, F., Nicastro, E., Lo Vecchio, A., Buffolano, W., Agnese, M., Romano, A., Marcello, S., Pennazzato, M., Consolini, R., Dodi, I., Zanaboni, D., Palma, P., Pontrelli, G., Tchidjou, H., Mazza, A., Tovo, P. A., Silvestro, E., Virano, S., Portelli, V., and Pellegatta, A.
Subjects: Male, 0301 basic medicine, Pediatrics, newborns, medicine.medical_treatment, children, HIV, missed opportunities, mothers, pregnancy, Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), HIV Infections, medicine.disease_cause, Health Services Accessibility, Health Policy, Infectious Diseases, Pharmacology (medical), 0302 clinical medicine, newborn, Childbirth, Registries, 030212 general & internal medicine, Pregnancy Complications, Infectious, Transmission (medicine), mother, virus diseases, Settore MED/38, children, HIV, missed opportunities, mothers, newborns, pregnancy, Italy, Female, medicine.medical_specialty, Mother to child transmission, Anti-HIV Agents, Prenatal care, Risk Assessment, 03 medical and health sciences, medicine, Humans, Caesarean section, Peripartum Period, Pregnancy, Cesarean Section, business.industry, Infant, Newborn, Infant, medicine.disease, 030112 virology, Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical, missed opportunitie, business
Abstract: OBJECTIVES: Vertical transmission of HIV can be effectively controlled through antenatal screening, antiretroviral treatment and the services provided during and after childbirth for mother and newborn. In Italy, the National Health Service guarantees universal access to prenatal care for all women, including women with HIV infection. Despite this, children are diagnosed with HIV infection every year. The aim of the study was to identify missed opportunities for prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV. METHODS: The Italian Register for HIV Infection in Children, which was started in 1985 and involves 106 hospitals throughout the country, collects data on all new cases of HIV infection in children. For this analysis, we reviewed the database for the period 2005 to 2015. RESULTS: We found 79 HIV-1-infected children newly diagnosed after birth in Italy. Thirty-two of the mothers were Italian. During the pregnancy, only 15 of 19 women with a known HIV diagnosis were treated with antiretroviral treatment, while, of 34 women who had received an HIV diagnosis before labour began, only 23 delivered by caesarean section and 17 received intrapartum prophylaxis. In 25 mothers, HIV infection was diagnosed during pregnancy or in the peripartum period. Thirty-one newborns received antiretroviral prophylaxis and 39 received infant formula. CONCLUSIONS: We found an unacceptable number of missed opportunities to prevent mother-to-child transmission (MCTC). Eliminating HIV MTCT is a universal World Health Organization goal. Elucidating organization failures in Italy over the past decade should help to improve early diagnosis and to reach the zero transmission target in newborns.
Published: 2019

11. Multicentre Italian study of SARS-CoV-2 infection in children and adolescents, preliminary data as at 10 April 2020

Author: Garazzino, S., Montagnani, C., Dona, D., Meini, A., Felici, E., Vergine, G., Bernardi, S., Giacchero, R., Vecchio, A. L., Marchisio, P., Nicolini, G., Pierantoni, L., Rabbone, I., Banderali, G., Denina, M., Venturini, E., Krzysztofiak, A., Badolato, R., Bianchini, S., Galli, L., Villani, A., Castelli-Gattinara, G., Salvini, F., Abbagnato, L., Castagnola, E., Dodi, I., Ghitti, C., Lippi, P., Agostiniani, R., Cherubini, S., Valentini, P., Gianino, P., Vaccaro, A., Manzoni, P., Verna, P., Comberiati, P., Di Filippo, P., Gallia, P., Battezzati, G., Fiore, L., Dalmazzo, C., Tappi, E., Lazzerini, M., Tovo, P. -A., Scolfaro, C., Pruccoli, G., Ramenghi, U., Giaquinto, C., da Dalt, L., Tornese, G., Berlese, P., Plebani, A., Manno, E. C., Santilli, V., Lancella, L., Cursi, L., Campana, A., Bozzola, E., Bosis, S., Lanari, M., Pecoraro, C., Del Barba, P., Nicastro, E., Esposito, S., Zuccotti, G. V., Corsello, G., Cardinale, F., Tocco, A. M., Ballardini, G., Agostoni, C., Chiappini, E., Indolfi, G., Anna, B., Cazzato, S., Zavarise, G., Pignata, C., Marchetti, F., Garazzino S., Montagnani C., Dona D., Meini A., Felici E., Vergine G., Bernardi S., Giacchero R., Vecchio A.L., Marchisio P., Nicolini G., Pierantoni L., Rabbone I., Banderali G., Denina M., Venturini E., Krzysztofiak A., Badolato R., Bianchini S., Galli L., Villani A., Castelli-Gattinara G., Salvini F., Abbagnato L., Castagnola E., Dodi I., Ghitti C., Lippi P., Agostiniani R., Cherubini S., Valentini P., Gianino P., Vaccaro A., Manzoni P., Verna P., Comberiati P., Di Filippo P., Gallia P., Battezzati G., Fiore L., Dalmazzo C., Tappi E., Lazzerini M., Tovo P.-A., Scolfaro C., Pruccoli G., Ramenghi U., Giaquinto C., da Dalt L., Tornese G., Berlese P., Plebani A., Manno E.C., Santilli V., Lancella L., Cursi L., Campana A., Bozzola E., Bosis S., Lanari M., Pecoraro C., Del Barba P., Nicastro E., Esposito S., Zuccotti G.V., Corsello G., Cardinale F., Tocco A.M., Ballardini G., Agostoni C., Chiappini E., Indolfi G., Anna B., Cazzato S., Zavarise G., Pignata C., Marchetti F., Garazzino, S., Montagnani, C., Dona, D., Meini, A., Felici, E., Vergine, G., Bernardi, S., Giacchero, R., Vecchio, A. L., Marchisio, P., Nicolini, G., Pierantoni, L., Rabbone, I., Banderali, G., Denina, M., Venturini, E., Krzysztofiak, A., Badolato, R., Bianchini, S., Galli, L., Villani, A., Castelli-Gattinara, G, Tornese, G, Filippo Salvini, Laura Abbagnato, Elio Castagnola, Icilio Dodi, Cesare Ghitti, Paola Lippi, Rino Agostiniani, Simonetta Cherubini, Piero Valentini, Paola Gianino, Angelina Vaccaro, Paolo Manzoni, Paola Verna, Pasquale Comberiati, Paola Di Filippo, Paola Gallia, Gianna Battezzati, Ludovica Fiore, Cristina Dalmazzo, Eleonora Tappi, Marta Lazzerini, PierAngelo Tovo, Carlo Scolfaro, Giulia Pruccoli, Ugo Ramenghi, Carlo Giaquinto, Liviana Da Dalt, Gianluca Tornese, Paola Berlese, Alessandro Plebani, Emma Concetta Manno, Veronica Santilli, Laura Lancella, Laura Cursi, Andrea Campana, Elena Bozzola, Samantha Bosis, Marcello Lanari, Carmine Pecoraro, Paolo Del Barba, Emanuele Nicastro, Silvia Garazzino, Carlotta Montagnani, Daniele Donà, Antonella Meini, Enrico Felici, Gianluca Vergine, Stefania Bernardi, Roberta Giacchero, Andrea Lo Vecchio, Paola Marchisio, Giangiacomo Nicolini, Luca Pierantoni, Ivana Rabbone, Giuseppe Banderali, Marco Denina, Elisabetta Venturini, Andrzej Krzysztofiak , Raffaele Badolato, Sonia Bianchini, Luisa Galli, Alberto Villani , Guido Castelli-Gattinara, Susanna Esposito, Gian Vincenzo Zuccotti, Giovanni Corsello, Fabio Cardinale, Anna Maria Tocco, Giuseppina Ballardini, Carlo Agostoni, Elena Chiappini, Giuseppe Indolfi, Bussolini Anna, Salvatore Cazzato, Giorgio Zavarise, Claudio Pignata, Federico Marchetti, Lo Vecchio, A., and Castelli-Gattinara, G.
Subjects: Male, Pediatrics, Epidemiology, Protease Inhibitor, Comorbidity, medicine.disease_cause, Clinical Laboratory Technique, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, Disease Outbreaks, Feces, 0302 clinical medicine, Settore MED/38 - Pediatria Generale E Specialistica, COVID-19 Testing, Retrospective Studie, Pandemic, 030212 general & internal medicine, Viral, Child, Coronavirus, Pediatric, Disease Outbreak, Coinfection, Hospitals, Pediatric, Settore MED/38, Hospitals, Diarrhea, Treatment Outcome, SARS-CoV-2 infection, children, covid-19, hydroxychloroquine, pneumonia, Adolescent, Antiviral Agents, Betacoronavirus, COVID-19, Child, Preschool, Chronic Disease, Clinical Laboratory Techniques, Coronavirus Infections, Female, Fever, Humans, Immunocompromised Host, Infant, Infant, Newborn, Italy, Noninvasive Ventilation, Pandemics, Pneumonia, Viral, Protease Inhibitors, Retrospective Studies, SARS-CoV-2, medicine.symptom, Rapid Communication, Human, medicine.medical_specialty, Coronaviru, 03 medical and health sciences, 030225 pediatrics, Virology, Intensive care, medicine, Preschool, Antiviral Agent, Betacoronaviru, business.industry, Coronavirus Infection, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Retrospective cohort study, medicine.disease, Newborn, Pneumonia, Fece, business
Abstract: Data on features of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in children and adolescents are scarce. We report preliminary results of an Italian multicentre study comprising 168 laboratory-confirmed paediatric cases (median: 2.3 years, range: 1 day–17.7 years, 55.9% males), of which 67.9% were hospitalised and 19.6% had comorbidities. Fever was the most common symptom, gastrointestinal manifestations were frequent; two children required intensive care, five had seizures, 49 received experimental treatments and all recovered.
Published: 2020

12. Continuous Subcutaneous Insulin Infusion in Italy: Third National Survey

Author: Bruttomesso D., Laviola L., Lepore G., Bonfanti R., Bozzetto L., Corsi A., Di Blasi V., Girelli A., Grassi G., Iafusco D., Rabbone I., Schiaffini R., Montani V., Colleluori P., Paciotti V., Alfidi P., Grosso J., Tumini S., Cipriano P., Vitacolonna E., Di Vieste G., Minnucci A., Antenucci D., La Penna G., Taraborrelli M., Macerala B., Citro G., De Morelli G., Gnasso A., Irace C., Citriniti F., Lazzaro N., Bruzzese M., Mammi F., De Berardinis F., Santoro E., Corigliano G., Corigliano M., Parillo M., Schettino M., Fresa R., Annuzzi G., Bassi V., Santinelli C., Buono P., Mozzillo E., De Feo E., Esposito K., Petrizzo M., Foglia A., Gatti A., Gentile S., Guarino G., Zanfardino A., Lambiase C., Vitale A., Zucchini S., Maltoni G., Forlani G., Moscatiello S., Suprani T., Bensa M., Tomasi F., Monesi M., Nizzoli M., Acquati S., Chierici G., Milli B., Iughetti L., Predieri B., Cavani R., Romano S., Manicardi V., Michelini M., Cimicchi M. C., Ugolotti D., Zavaroni I., Dei Cas A., Dall'Aglio E., Papi M., Tardio S. M., Calderini M. C., Riboni S., D'Amato L., Zavaroni D., Gastaldi L., Di Bartolo P., Pellicano F., Cirillo A., Graziani V., Di Secli C., Amarri S., Lasagni A., Marsciani A., Pedini A., Pagliani U., Rossi C., Tortul C., Brunato B., Assaloni R., Zanette G., Livolsi P., Petrucco A., Tercelj K., Manca E., Candido R., Tommasi E., Tornese G., Faleschini E., Tonutti L., Agus S., Zanatta M., Rosolen A., Comici A., Graziano F. M., Misischi I., Pozzilli P., Maurizi A. R., Falasca P., Tuccinardi F., Ricciardi G. P., Di Masa P., Ragonese M., Cipolloni L., Buzzetti R., Moretti C., Leto G., Crino A., Bocchini S., Di Perna P., Giuliano M., Frontoni S., Malandrucco I., Pitocco D., Scalpone R., Toscanella F., Cappa M., Ventura C., Bonato V., De Bernardinis M., Cavallo M. G., Leonetti F., Morano S., Mandosi E., Cicconetti E., Ciampittiello G., Marini M. A., Sabato D., Napoli A., Giraudo F., Toscano V., Massimiani F., Fava D., Gargiulo P., Mecca N., Tubili C., Nardone M. R., Morviducci L., Manca-Bitti M. L., Arcano S., Leotta S., Suraci C., Chiaramonte F., Visalli N., Forte E., Palmacci C., Arnaldi C., Tosini D., Querci F., Trevisan R., Bonfadini S., Prandi E., Felappi B., Locatelli F., Fuso V., Rocca A., Meneghini E., Massafra C., Terni T., Elli P., Ruggeri P., Carrai E., Musacchio N., Lovagnini Scher C. A., Marelli G., Vilei V., Richini D., Inversini C., Franzetti I., Bonacina M., Ciucci A., Sciangula L., Duratorre E., Bonomo M., Bertuzzi F., Chebat E., Muratori M., Scaramuzza A., Zuccotti G. V., Bollati P. M., Colapinto P., Orsi E., Palmieri E., Laurenzi A., Molinari C., Frontino G., Veronelli A., Zecchini B., Bianchi A., Torchio G., Lovati E., Ghilardi G., Dagani R., Carugo D., Berra C., Favacchio G., Fochesato E., Pissarelli A., Bucciarelli L., Bulgheroni M., Guerraggio L., Zonca S., Bossi A. C., Berzi D., Mangone I., Cazzaniga E., Rabini R. A., Boemi M., Faloia E., Boscaro M., Sternari G., Iannilli A., Cherubini V., Busciantella Ricci N., Cartechini M. G., Tesei A. M., Maolo G., Galetta M., Vespasiani G., Tinti G., Manfrini S., Aiello A., Di Vincenzo S., Vitale C., Di Caro P., Lera R., Secco A., Lesina A., Romeo F., Origlia C., Giorda C., Chiambretti A. M., Fornengo R., De Donno V., Gallarotti F., Manti R., Marafetti L., Cadario F., Savastio S., Barbieri P., Massucco P., Ali A., Gottero C., Degiovanni M., Bertaina S., Maghenzani G., Tinti D., Fontana F., Giorgino F., Stefanelli G., Cavallo L., Zecchino C., Piccinno E., Ortolani F., Gallo F., Moramarco F., Marino A., Sparasci G., Mileti G., Lamacchia O., Picca G., Coccioli M. S., Micale F., Serra R., Romano I., Savino T., De Cosmo S., Rauseo A., Delvecchio M., Lapolla R., Braione A. F., Papagno G., Baroni M., Melis M., Cossu E., Songini M., Cambuli V. M., Lo Presti D., Timpanaro T. A., Chiavetta A., Garofalo M. R., Tommaselli L., Tumminia A., Scarpitta A. M., Di Benedetto A., Giunta L., Lombardo F., Salzano G., Cardella F., Roppolo R., Provenzano V., Fleres M., Migliorini S., De Luca A., Leopardi A., Beltrami C., Toni S., Guasti G., Lenzi L., Lamanna C., Mannucci E., Lucchesi S., Dicianni G., Aragona M., Del Prato S., Fattor B., Eisath J., Pasquino B., Reinstadler P., Kaufmann P., Incelli G., Rauch S., Romanelli T., Cauvin V., Franceschi R., Soldani C., Scattoni R., Norgiolini R., Celleno R., Torlone E., Bolli G. B., Lalli C., Scarponi M., Bobbio A., Bechaz M., Pianta A., Marangoni A., Arico C. N., Alagona C., Confortin L., Rossi E., Boscolo Bariga A., Nogara A., Bettio M., Frison V., Guidoni G. L., Fongher C., Contin M. L., Cosma A., Vianello S., Bondesan L., Morea A., Volpi A., Coracina A., Panebianco G., Lombardi S., Costa S., Cipponeri E., Vedovato M., Scotton R., Monciotti C. M., Galderisi A., Dalfra M. G., Lapolla A., Zanon M., Lisato G., Mollo F., Calcaterra F., Miola M., Paccagnella A., Sambataro M., Moro E., Trombetta M., Negri C., Sabbion A., Maffeis C., Strazzabosco M., Mesturino C. A., Mingardi R., Bruttomesso, D., Laviola, L., Lepore, G., Bonfanti, R., Bozzetto, L., Corsi, A., Di Blasi, V., Girelli, A., Grassi, G., Iafusco, D., Rabbone, I., Schiaffini, R., Montani, V., Colleluori, P., Paciotti, V., Alfidi, P., Grosso, J., Tumini, S., Cipriano, P., Vitacolonna, E., Di Vieste, G., Minnucci, A., Antenucci, D., La Penna, G., Taraborrelli, M., Macerala, B., Citro, G., De Morelli, G., Gnasso, A., Irace, C., Citriniti, F., Lazzaro, N., Bruzzese, M., Mammi, F., De Berardinis, F., Santoro, E., Corigliano, G., Corigliano, M., Parillo, M., Schettino, M., Fresa, R., Annuzzi, G., Bassi, V., Santinelli, C., Buono, P., Mozzillo, E., De Feo, E., Esposito, K., Petrizzo, M., Foglia, A., Gatti, A., Gentile, S., Guarino, G., Zanfardino, A., Lambiase, C., Vitale, A., Zucchini, S., Maltoni, G., Forlani, G., Moscatiello, S., Suprani, T., Bensa, M., Tomasi, F., Monesi, M., Nizzoli, M., Acquati, S., Chierici, G., Milli, B., Iughetti, L., Predieri, B., Cavani, R., Romano, S., Manicardi, V., Michelini, M., Cimicchi, M. C., Ugolotti, D., Zavaroni, I., Dei Cas, A., Dall'Aglio, E., Papi, M., Tardio, S. M., Calderini, M. C., Riboni, S., D'Amato, L., Zavaroni, D., Gastaldi, L., Di Bartolo, P., Pellicano, F., Cirillo, A., Graziani, V., Di Secli, C., Amarri, S., Lasagni, A., Marsciani, A., Pedini, A., Pagliani, U., Rossi, C., Tortul, C., Brunato, B., Assaloni, R., Zanette, G., Livolsi, P., Petrucco, A., Tercelj, K., Manca, E., Candido, R., Tommasi, E., Tornese, G., Faleschini, E., Tonutti, L., Agus, S., Zanatta, M., Rosolen, A., Comici, A., Graziano, F. M., Misischi, I., Pozzilli, P., Maurizi, A. R., Falasca, P., Tuccinardi, F., Ricciardi, G. P., Di Masa, P., Ragonese, M., Cipolloni, L., Buzzetti, R., Moretti, C., Leto, G., Crino, A., Bocchini, S., Di Perna, P., Giuliano, M., Frontoni, S., Malandrucco, I., Pitocco, D., Scalpone, R., Toscanella, F., Cappa, M., Ventura, C., Bonato, V., De Bernardinis, M., Cavallo, M. G., Leonetti, F., Morano, S., Mandosi, E., Cicconetti, E., Ciampittiello, G., Marini, M. A., Sabato, D., Napoli, A., Giraudo, F., Toscano, V., Massimiani, F., Fava, D., Gargiulo, P., Mecca, N., Tubili, C., Nardone, M. R., Morviducci, L., Manca-Bitti, M. L., Arcano, S., Leotta, S., Suraci, C., Chiaramonte, F., Visalli, N., Forte, E., Palmacci, C., Arnaldi, C., Tosini, D., Querci, F., Trevisan, R., Bonfadini, S., Prandi, E., Felappi, B., Locatelli, F., Fuso, V., Rocca, A., Meneghini, E., Massafra, C., Terni, T., Elli, P., Ruggeri, P., Carrai, E., Musacchio, N., Lovagnini Scher, C. A., Marelli, G., Vilei, V., Richini, D., Inversini, C., Franzetti, I., Bonacina, M., Ciucci, A., Sciangula, L., Duratorre, E., Bonomo, M., Bertuzzi, F., Chebat, E., Muratori, M., Scaramuzza, A., Zuccotti, G. V., Bollati, P. M., Colapinto, P., Orsi, E., Palmieri, E., Laurenzi, A., Molinari, C., Frontino, G., Veronelli, A., Zecchini, B., Bianchi, A., Torchio, G., Lovati, E., Ghilardi, G., Dagani, R., Carugo, D., Berra, C., Favacchio, G., Fochesato, E., Pissarelli, A., Bucciarelli, L., Bulgheroni, M., Guerraggio, L., Zonca, S., Bossi, A. C., Berzi, D., Mangone, I., Cazzaniga, E., Rabini, R. A., Boemi, M., Faloia, E., Boscaro, M., Sternari, G., Iannilli, A., Cherubini, V., Busciantella Ricci, N., Cartechini, M. G., Tesei, A. M., Maolo, G., Galetta, M., Vespasiani, G., Tinti, G., Manfrini, S., Aiello, A., Di Vincenzo, S., Vitale, C., Di Caro, P., Lera, R., Secco, A., Lesina, A., Romeo, F., Origlia, C., Giorda, C., Chiambretti, A. M., Fornengo, R., De Donno, V., Gallarotti, F., Manti, R., Marafetti, L., Cadario, F., Savastio, S., Barbieri, P., Massucco, P., Ali, A., Gottero, C., Degiovanni, M., Bertaina, S., Maghenzani, G., Tinti, D., Fontana, F., Giorgino, F., Stefanelli, G., Cavallo, L., Zecchino, C., Piccinno, E., Ortolani, F., Gallo, F., Moramarco, F., Marino, A., Sparasci, G., Mileti, G., Lamacchia, O., Picca, G., Coccioli, M. S., Micale, F., Serra, R., Romano, I., Savino, T., De Cosmo, S., Rauseo, A., Delvecchio, M., Lapolla, R., Braione, A. F., Papagno, G., Baroni, M., Melis, M., Cossu, E., Songini, M., Cambuli, V. M., Lo Presti, D., Timpanaro, T. A., Chiavetta, A., Garofalo, M. R., Tommaselli, L., Tumminia, A., Scarpitta, A. M., Di Benedetto, A., Giunta, L., Lombardo, F., Salzano, G., Cardella, F., Roppolo, R., Provenzano, V., Fleres, M., Migliorini, S., De Luca, A., Leopardi, A., Beltrami, C., Toni, S., Guasti, G., Lenzi, L., Lamanna, C., Mannucci, E., Lucchesi, S., Dicianni, G., Aragona, M., Del Prato, S., Fattor, B., Eisath, J., Pasquino, B., Reinstadler, P., Kaufmann, P., Incelli, G., Rauch, S., Romanelli, T., Cauvin, V., Franceschi, R., Soldani, C., Scattoni, R., Norgiolini, R., Celleno, R., Torlone, E., Bolli, G. B., Lalli, C., Scarponi, M., Bobbio, A., Bechaz, M., Pianta, A., Marangoni, A., Arico, C. N., Alagona, C., Confortin, L., Rossi, E., Boscolo Bariga, A., Nogara, A., Bettio, M., Frison, V., Guidoni, G. L., Fongher, C., Contin, M. L., Cosma, A., Vianello, S., Bondesan, L., Morea, A., Volpi, A., Coracina, A., Panebianco, G., Lombardi, S., Costa, S., Cipponeri, E., Vedovato, M., Scotton, R., Monciotti, C. M., Galderisi, A., Dalfra, M. G., Lapolla, A., Zanon, M., Lisato, G., Mollo, F., Calcaterra, F., Miola, M., Paccagnella, A., Sambataro, M., Moro, E., Trombetta, M., Negri, C., Sabbion, A., Maffeis, C., Strazzabosco, M., Mesturino, C. A., Mingardi, R., Bruttomesso, D, Laviola, L, Lepore, G, Bonfanti, R, Bozzetto, L, Corsi, A, Di Blasi, V, Girelli, A, Grassi, G, Iafusco, D, Rabbone, I, Schiaffini, R, Montani, V, Colleluori, P, Paciotti, V, Alfidi, P, Grosso, J, Tumini, S, Cipriano, P, Vitacolonna, E, Di Vieste, G, Minnucci, A, Antenucci, D, La Penna, G, Taraborrelli, M, Macerala, B, Citro, G, De Morelli, G, Gnasso, A, Irace, C, Citriniti, F, Lazzaro, N, Bruzzese, M, Mammi, F, De Berardinis, F, Santoro, E, Corigliano, G, Corigliano, M, Parillo, M, Schettino, M, Fresa, R, Annuzzi, G, Bassi, V, Santinelli, C, Buono, P, Mozzillo, E, De Feo, E, Esposito, K, Petrizzo, M, Foglia, A, Gatti, A, Gentile, S, Guarino, G, Zanfardino, A, Lambiase, C, Vitale, A, Zucchini, S, Maltoni, G, Forlani, G, Moscatiello, S, Suprani, T, Bensa, M, Tomasi, F, Monesi, M, Nizzoli, M, Acquati, S, Chierici, G, Milli, B, Iughetti, L, Predieri, B, Cavani, R, Romano, S, Manicardi, V, Michelini, M, Cimicchi, M, Ugolotti, D, Zavaroni, I, Dei Cas, A, Dall'Aglio, E, Papi, M, Tardio, S, Calderini, M, Riboni, S, D'Amato, L, Zavaroni, D, Gastaldi, L, Di Bartolo, P, Pellicano, F, Cirillo, A, Graziani, V, Di Secli, C, Amarri, S, Lasagni, A, Marsciani, A, Pedini, A, Pagliani, U, Rossi, C, Tortul, C, Brunato, B, Assaloni, R, Zanette, G, Livolsi, P, Petrucco, A, Tercelj, K, Manca, E, Candido, R, Tommasi, E, Tornese, G, Faleschini, E, Tonutti, L, Agus, S, Zanatta, M, Rosolen, A, Comici, A, Graziano, F, Misischi, I, Pozzilli, P, Maurizi, A, Falasca, P, Tuccinardi, F, Ricciardi, G, Di Masa, P, Ragonese, M, Cipolloni, L, Buzzetti, R, Moretti, C, Leto, G, Crino, A, Bocchini, S, Di Perna, P, Giuliano, M, Frontoni, S, Malandrucco, I, Pitocco, D, Scalpone, R, Toscanella, F, Cappa, M, Ventura, C, Bonato, V, De Bernardinis, M, Cavallo, M, Leonetti, F, Morano, S, Mandosi, E, Cicconetti, E, Ciampittiello, G, Marini, M, Sabato, D, Napoli, A, Giraudo, F, Toscano, V, Massimiani, F, Fava, D, Gargiulo, P, Mecca, N, Tubili, C, Nardone, M, Morviducci, L, Manca-Bitti, M, Arcano, S, Leotta, S, Suraci, C, Chiaramonte, F, Visalli, N, Forte, E, Palmacci, C, Arnaldi, C, Tosini, D, Querci, F, Trevisan, R, Bonfadini, S, Prandi, E, Felappi, B, Locatelli, F, Fuso, V, Rocca, A, Meneghini, E, Massafra, C, Terni, T, Elli, P, Ruggeri, P, Carrai, E, Musacchio, N, Lovagnini Scher, C, Marelli, G, Vilei, V, Richini, D, Inversini, C, Franzetti, I, Bonacina, M, Ciucci, A, Sciangula, L, Duratorre, E, Bonomo, M, Bertuzzi, F, Chebat, E, Muratori, M, Scaramuzza, A, Zuccotti, G, Bollati, P, Colapinto, P, Orsi, E, Palmieri, E, Laurenzi, A, Molinari, C, Frontino, G, Veronelli, A, Zecchini, B, Bianchi, A, Torchio, G, Lovati, E, Ghilardi, G, Dagani, R, Carugo, D, Berra, C, Favacchio, G, Fochesato, E, Pissarelli, A, Bucciarelli, L, Bulgheroni, M, Guerraggio, L, Zonca, S, Bossi, A, Berzi, D, Mangone, I, Cazzaniga, E, Rabini, R, Boemi, M, Faloia, E, Boscaro, M, Sternari, G, Iannilli, A, Cherubini, V, Busciantella Ricci, N, Cartechini, M, Tesei, A, Maolo, G, Galetta, M, Vespasiani, G, Tinti, G, Manfrini, S, Aiello, A, Di Vincenzo, S, Vitale, C, Di Caro, P, Lera, R, Secco, A, Lesina, A, Romeo, F, Origlia, C, Giorda, C, Chiambretti, A, Fornengo, R, De Donno, V, Gallarotti, F, Manti, R, Marafetti, L, Cadario, F, Savastio, S, Barbieri, P, Massucco, P, Ali, A, Gottero, C, Degiovanni, M, Bertaina, S, Maghenzani, G, Tinti, D, Fontana, F, Giorgino, F, Stefanelli, G, Cavallo, L, Zecchino, C, Piccinno, E, Ortolani, F, Gallo, F, Moramarco, F, Marino, A, Sparasci, G, Mileti, G, Lamacchia, O, Picca, G, Coccioli, M, Micale, F, Serra, R, Romano, I, Savino, T, De Cosmo, S, Rauseo, A, Delvecchio, M, Lapolla, R, Braione, A, Papagno, G, Baroni, M, Melis, M, Cossu, E, Songini, M, Cambuli, V, Lo Presti, D, Timpanaro, T, Chiavetta, A, Garofalo, M, Tommaselli, L, Tumminia, A, Scarpitta, A, Di Benedetto, A, Giunta, L, Lombardo, F, Salzano, G, Cardella, F, Roppolo, R, Provenzano, V, Fleres, M, Migliorini, S, De Luca, A, Leopardi, A, Beltrami, C, Toni, S, Guasti, G, Lenzi, L, Lamanna, C, Mannucci, E, Lucchesi, S, Dicianni, G, Aragona, M, Del Prato, S, Fattor, B, Eisath, J, Pasquino, B, Reinstadler, P, Kaufmann, P, Incelli, G, Rauch, S, Romanelli, T, Cauvin, V, Franceschi, R, Soldani, C, Scattoni, R, Norgiolini, R, Celleno, R, Torlone, E, Bolli, G, Lalli, C, Scarponi, M, Bobbio, A, Bechaz, M, Pianta, A, Marangoni, A, Arico, C, Alagona, C, Confortin, L, Rossi, E, Boscolo Bariga, A, Nogara, A, Bettio, M, Frison, V, Guidoni, G, Fongher, C, Contin, M, Cosma, A, Vianello, S, Bondesan, L, Morea, A, Volpi, A, Coracina, A, Panebianco, G, Lombardi, S, Costa, S, Cipponeri, E, Vedovato, M, Scotton, R, Monciotti, C, Galderisi, A, Dalfra, M, Lapolla, A, Zanon, M, Lisato, G, Mollo, F, Calcaterra, F, Miola, M, Paccagnella, A, Sambataro, M, Moro, E, Trombetta, M, Negri, C, Sabbion, A, Maffeis, C, Strazzabosco, M, Mesturino, C, Mingardi, R, Bruttomesso, Daniela, Laviola, Luigi, Lepore, Giuseppe, Bonfanti, Riccardo, Bozzetto, Lutgarda, Corsi, Andrea, Di Blasi, Vincenzo, Girelli, Angela, Grassi, Giorgio, Iafusco, Dario, Rabbone, Ivana, Schiaffini, Riccardo, and Tornese, Gianluca
Subjects: Blood Glucose, Male, Pediatrics, Glucose control, IMPACT, Cost-Benefit Analysis, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, medicine.medical_treatment, CHILDREN, Practice Patterns, Infusions, Subcutaneous, law.invention, Settore MED/13, Endocrinology, Randomized controlled trial, law, Surveys and Questionnaires, Insulin, Practice Patterns, Physicians', Child, Adult, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1, Female, Guideline Adherence, Health Care Surveys, Humans, Hypoglycemic Agents, Italy, Medical Laboratory Technology, Medicine (all), PUMP THERAPY, Subcutaneous, Diabetes, Diabetes and Metabolism, TERM METABOLIC-CONTROL, Human, Type 1, Infusions, medicine.medical_specialty, Keywords KeyWords Plus:TERM METABOLIC-CONTROL, BOLUS CALCULATOR, PEDIATRIC-PATIENTS, CONTROLLED-TRIAL, CSII, Diabetes mellitus, Diabetes Mellitus, medicine, term metabolic-control, bolus calculator, pump therapy, pediatric-patients, controlled-trial, children, impact CSII, Glucose sensors, Cost-Benefit Analysi, Intensive care medicine, Type 1 diabetes, Physicians', Hypoglycemic Agent, business.industry, medicine.disease, Subcutaneous insulin, Infusions, Subcutaneou, Multicenter study, Health Care Survey, business
Abstract: Background: Continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion (CSII) is increasing worldwide, mostly because of improved technology. The aim of this study was to evaluate the current status of CSII in Italy. Materials and Methods: Physicians from 272 diabetes centers received a questionnaire investigating clinical features, pump technology, and management of patients on CSII. Results: Two hundred seventeen centers (79.8%) joined the study and, by the end of April 2013, gave information about 10,152 patients treated with CSII: 98.2% with type 1 diabetes mellitus, 81.4% adults, 57% female, and 61% with a conventional pump versus 39% with a sensor-augmented pump. CSII advanced functions were used by 68% of patients, and glucose sensors were used 12 days per month on average. Fifty-eight percent of diabetes centers had more than 20 patients on CSII, but there were differences among centers and among regions. The main indication for CSII was poor glucose control. Dropout was mainly due to pump wearability or nonoptimal glycemic control. Twenty-four hour assistance was guaranteed in 81% of centers. A full diabetes team (physician+ nurse + dietician + psychologist) was available in 23% of adult-care diabetes centers and in 53%of pediatric diabetes units. Conclusions: CSII keeps increasing in Italy. More work is needed to ensure uniform treatment strategies throughout the country and to improve pump use.
Published: 2015

13. Laryngeal signs and pH-multichannel intraluminal impedance in infants and children: The missing ring: LPR and MII-pH in children

Author: Mantegazza, C., Mallardo, S., Rossano, M., Meneghin, F., Ricci, M., Rossi, P., Capra, G., Latorre, P., Schindler, A., Isoldi, S., Agosti, M., Zuccotti, G. V., and Salvatore, S.
Subjects: Male, Esophageal pH Monitoring, Adolescent, Laryngoscopy, Proton pump inhibitors, Infant, Newborn, Infant, Reproducibility of Results, Reflux symptom index, Gastroesophageal reflux, Ph-impedance, Reflux finding score, Hydrogen-Ion Concentration, Severity of Illness Index, Italy, Predictive Value of Tests, Child, Preschool, Electric Impedance, Gastroesophageal Reflux, Humans, Female, Prospective Studies, Child
Abstract: to investigate the reliability of laryngeal reflux finding score (RFS) and symptom index (RSI) in assessing gastroesophageal reflux (GER) in children and infants.patients with laryngeal or respiratory symptoms, who underwent laryngoscopy and esophageal pH-impedance (MII-pH) were recruited. RSI and RFS were correlated to MII-pH results. A RSI13, RFS7, acid exposure index7%, total reflux episodes100/24 h in infants or70/24 h in children, or a positive symptom index or association probability, were considered pathological. Analysis considering age (/12 months) was performed. Sensitivity, specificity, positive (PPV) and negative predictive values (NPV) of the laryngeal scores were calculated.197 children (median 53 months, 61 infants) were enrolled. MII-pH was pathological in 5/10 patients with RFS7, and in 17/31 with RSI13. RFS7 had 3.9% sensitivity, 93% specificity, a PPV of 50 and a NPV of 34 in predicting GER disease. RFS was inversely associated to weakly acidic and proximal GER. RSI13 had 13% sensitivity, 83% specificity, and a PPV and NPV similar to RFS. RSI was significantly associated with the number of acid reflux episodes, and, in infants, with bolus exposure index.RSI and RFS aren't accurate in predicting GER in infants and children. Acid reflux relates to laryngeal symptoms, but neither acid, nor proximal and weakly acidic GER relate to laryngeal alterations.
Published: 2019

14. Amniocentesis and chorionic villus sampling in HIV-infected pregnant women: a multicentre case series

Author: Floridia M, Masuelli G, Meloni A, Cetin I, Tamburrini E, Cavaliere AF, Dalzero S, Sansone M, Alberico S, Guerra B, Spinillo A, Chiadò Fiorio Tin M, Ravizza M, Mori F, Ortolani P, Dalle Nogare ER, Di Lorenzo F, Sterrantino G, Meli M, Polemi S, Nocentini J, Baldini M, Montorzi G, Mazzetti M, Rogasi P, Borchi B, Vichi F, Del Pin B, Pinter E, Anzalone E, Marocco R, Mastroianni C, Mercurio VS, Carocci A, Grilli E, Maccabruni A, Zaramella M, Mariani B, Natalini Raponi G, Guaraldi G, Nardini G, Stentarelli C, Beghetto B, Degli Antoni AM, Molinari A, Crisalli MP, Donisi A, Piepoli M, Cerri V, Zuccotti G, Giacomet V, Coletto S, Di Nello F, Madia C, Placido G, Vivarelli A, Castelli P, Savalli F, Portelli V, Sabbatini F, Francisci D, Bernini L, Grossi P, Rizzi L, Maso G, Airoud M, Soppelsa G, Dedoni M, Cuboni C, Ortu F, Piano P, Citernesi A, Bordoni Vicini I, Luzi K, Roccio M, Vimercati A, Miccolis A, De Gennaro A, Cervi F, Simonazzi G, Margarito E, Capretti MG, Marsico C, Faldella G, Martinelli P, Agangi A, Capone A, Maruotti GM, Tibaldi C, Trentini L, Todros T, Frisina V, Brambilla T, Savasi V, Personeni C, Giaquinto C, Fiscon M, Rubino E, Bucceri A, Matrone R, Scaravelli G, Genovese O, Cafforio C, Pinnetti C, Liuzzi G, Tozzi V, Massetti P, Casadei AM, Cellini M, Castelli Gattinara G, Marconi AM, Sacchi V, Ierardi M, Polizzi C, Mattei A, Pirillo MF, Amici R, Galluzzo CM, Donnini S, Baroncelli S, Villani P, Cusato M, Cerioli A, De Martino M, Mastroiacovo P, Parazzini F, Vella S., Floridia M, Masuelli G, Meloni A, Cetin I, Tamburrini E, Cavaliere AF, Dalzero S, Sansone M, Alberico S, Guerra B, Spinillo A, Chiadò Fiorio Tin M, Ravizza M, and Mori F, Ortolani P, Dalle Nogare ER, Di Lorenzo F, Sterrantino G, Meli M, Polemi S, Nocentini J, Baldini M, Montorzi G, Mazzetti M, Rogasi P, Borchi B, Vichi F, Del Pin B, Pinter E, Anzalone E, Marocco R, Mastroianni C, Mercurio VS, Carocci A, Grilli E, Maccabruni A, Zaramella M, Mariani B, Natalini Raponi G, Guaraldi G, Nardini G, Stentarelli C, Beghetto B, Degli Antoni AM, Molinari A, Crisalli MP, Donisi A, Piepoli M, Cerri V, Zuccotti G, Giacomet V, Coletto S, Di Nello F, Madia C, Placido G, Vivarelli A, Castelli P, Savalli F, Portelli V, Sabbatini F, Francisci D, Bernini L, Grossi P, Rizzi L, Maso G, Airoud M, Soppelsa G, Dedoni M, Cuboni C, Ortu F, Piano P, Citernesi A, Bordoni Vicini I, Luzi K, Roccio M, Vimercati A, Miccolis A, De Gennaro A, Cervi F, Simonazzi G, Margarito E, Capretti MG, Marsico C, Faldella G, Martinelli P, Agangi A, Capone A, Maruotti GM, Tibaldi C, Trentini L, Todros T, Frisina V, Brambilla T, Savasi V, Personeni C, Giaquinto C, Fiscon M, Rubino E, Bucceri A, Matrone R, Scaravelli G, Genovese O, Cafforio C, Pinnetti C, Liuzzi G, Tozzi V, Massetti P, Casadei AM, Cellini M, Castelli Gattinara G, Marconi AM, Sacchi V, Ierardi M, Polizzi C, Mattei A, Pirillo MF, Amici R, Galluzzo CM, Donnini S, Baroncelli S, Villani P, Cusato M, Cerioli A, De Martino M, Mastroiacovo P, Parazzini F, Vella S.
Subjects: Infectious Disease Transmission, Prenatal diagnosis, HIV Infections, 0302 clinical medicine, Birth defect, Pregnancy, Odds Ratio, Vertical, Medicine, 030212 general & internal medicine, Pregnancy Complications, Infectious, education.field_of_study, Amniocentesi, 030219 obstetrics & reproductive medicine, medicine.diagnostic_test, Obstetrics, Infectious, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Amniocentesis, birth defects, chorionic villus sampling, HIV, invasive testing, mother-to child HIV transmission, pregnancy, prenatal diagnosis, Birth defects, Chorionic villus sampling, Invasive testing, Mother-to child HIV transmission, Anti-Retroviral Agents, Chorionic Villi Sampling, Female, Adult, medicine.medical_specialty, Prenatal diagnosi, Population, Settore MED/17 - MALATTIE INFETTIVE, 03 medical and health sciences, Humans, education, Fetal Death, Analysis of Variance, Chi-Square Distribution, business.industry, Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical, Odds ratio, medicine.disease, Confidence interval, Pregnancy Complications, business, Chi-squared distribution
Abstract: Objectives To assess in pregnant women with HIV the rates of amniocentesis and chorionic villus sampling (CVS), and the outcomes associated with such procedures. Design Observational study. Data from the Italian National Program on Surveillance on Antiretroviral Treatment in Pregnancy were used. Setting University and hospital clinics. Population Pregnant women with HIV. Methods Temporal trends were analysed by analysis of variance and by the Chi-square test for trend. Quantitative variables were compared by Student's t-test and categorical data by the Chi-square test, with odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals calculated. Main outcome measures Rate of invasive testing, intrauterine death, HIV transmission. Results Between 2001 and 2015, among 2065 pregnancies in women with HIV, 113 (5.5%) had invasive tests performed. The procedures were conducted under antiretroviral treatment in 99 cases (87.6%), with a significant increase over time in the proportion of tests performed under highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) (100% in 2011–2015). Three intrauterine deaths were observed (2.6%), and 14 pregnancies were terminated because of fetal anomalies. Among 96 live newborns, eight had no information available on HIV status. Among the remaining 88 cases with either amniocentesis (n = 75), CVS (n = 12), or both (n = 1), two HIV transmissions occurred (2.3%). No HIV transmission occurred among the women who were on HAART at the time of invasive testing, and none after 2005. Conclusions The findings reinforce the assumption that invasive prenatal testing does not increase the risk of HIV vertical transmission among pregnant women under suppressive antiretroviral treatment. Tweetable abstract No HIV transmission occurred among women who underwent amniocentesis or CVS under effective anti-HIV regimens.
Published: 2016

15. Cow's Milk Allergy: Immunomodulation by Dietary Intervention

Author: D'Auria, E., Salvatore, S., Pozzi, E., Mantegazza, C., Sartorio, M. U. A., Pensabene, L., Baldassarre, M. E., Agosti, M., Vandenplas, Y., and Zuccotti, G.
Subjects: gut microbiota, Immunity, food and beverages, lcsh:TX341-641, Review, Adaptive Immunity, Milk Proteins, Immunity, Innate, Epitopes, immune system, Treatment Outcome, probiotics, Risk Factors, dietary intervention, Dietary Supplements, cow’s milk allergy, Innate, Animals, Humans, Milk Hypersensitivity, prebiotics, lcsh:Nutrition. Foods and food supply, bioactive peptides, Bioactive peptides, Cow’s milk allergy, Dietary intervention, Gut microbiota, Immune system, Prebiotics, Probiotics
Abstract: Cow’s milk proteins cause allergic symptoms in 2% to 3% of all infants. In these individuals, the physiological mechanism of tolerance is broken with subsequent possible sensitization to antigens, which can lead eventually to allergic responses. The present review aims to provide an overview of different aspects of immune modulation by dietary intervention in cow’s milk allergy (CMA). It focuses on pathogenetic mechanisms of different CMA related disorders, e.g., gastroesophageal reflux and eosinophilic esophagitis, highlighting the role of dietary management on innate and adaptive immune systems. The traditional dietary management of CMA has greatly changed in the last years, moving from a passive approach, consisting of an elimination diet to relieve symptoms, to a “proactive” one, meaning the possibility to actively modulate the immune system. Thus, new insights into the role of hydrolysates and baked milk in immunomodulation are addressed here. Additionally, nutritional components, such as pre- and probiotics, may target the immune system via microbiota, offering a possible road map for new CMA prevention and treatment strategies.
Published: 2019

16. Vaginal delivery in women with HIV in Italy: results of 5 years of implementation of the national SIGO-HIV protocol

Author: Tibaldi, C., Masuelli, G., Sansone, M., Tassis, B., Cetin, I., Franceschetti, L., Spinillo, A., Simonazzi, G., Vimercati, A., Dalzero, S., Meloni, A., Bernardon, M., Frisina, V., Polizzi, C., Todros, T., Martinelli, P., Floridia, M., Ravizza, M., Trentini, L., Tiso, G., Brambilla, T., Savasi, V., Personeni, C., Zuccotti, G., Giacomet, V., Coletto, S., Di Nello, F., Madia, C., Forleo, M. A., Badolato, R., Roccio, M., Zanaboni, D., Sirico, A., Maruotti, G. M., Capone, A., Guerra, B., Cervi, F., Margarito, E., Capretti, M. G., Marsico, C., Faldella, G., Crupano, F. M., Calabretti, D., Ravizz, M., Marconi, A. M., Galiano, V., Ierardi, S. C. S. M., Chiodo, A., Ortu, F., Piano, P., Dedoni, I. M., Maso, G., Belcaro, C., Rizzante, E., Alberico, S., Citernesi, A., Vicini, I. B., Luzi, K., Tibaldi C, Masuelli G, Sansone M, Tassis B, Cetin I, Franceschetti L, Spinillo A, Simonazzi G, Vimercati A, Dalzero S, Meloni A, Bernardon M, Frisina V, Polizzi C, Todros T, Martinelli P, Floridia M, Ravizza M, and for SIGO-HIV Study Group.
Subjects: 0301 basic medicine, Microbiology (medical), Adult, medicine.medical_specialty, 030106 microbiology, Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), HIV Infections, medicine.disease_cause, 03 medical and health sciences, Young Adult, 0302 clinical medicine, Pregnancy, medicine, Humans, 030212 general & internal medicine, Young adult, Hiv transmission, Delivery complications, Vaginal delivery, business.industry, Obstetrics, Cesarean Section, HIV, Mode of delivery, Delivery, Obstetric, Female, Italy, Viral Load, Obstetric, General Medicine, medicine.disease, Infectious Diseases, Delivery complication, business, Viral load, Delivery
Abstract: PURPOSE: To evaluate the maternal and neonatal safety of vaginal delivery in women with HIV following the implementation of a national protocol in Italy. METHODS: Vaginal delivery was offered to all eligible women who presented antenatally at twelve participating clinical sites. Data collection and definition of outcomes followed the procedures of the National Program on Surveillance on Antiretroviral Treatment in Pregnancy. Pregnancy outcomes were compared according to the mode of delivery, classified as vaginal, elective cesarean (ECS) and non-elective cesarean section (NECS). RESULTS: Among 580 women who delivered between January 2012 and September 2017, 142 (24.5%) had a vaginal delivery, 323 (55.7%) had an ECS and 115 (19.8%) had an NECS. The proportion of vaginal deliveries increased significantly over time, from 18.9% in 2012 to 35.3% in 2017 (p
Published: 2019

17. Insulin pump failures in Italian children with Type 1 diabetes: retrospective 1-year cohort study

Author: Rabbone, I., Minuto, N., Bonfanti, R., Marigliano, M., Cerutti, F., Cherubini, V., d(')Annunzio, G., Frongia, A. P., Iafusco, D., Ignaccolo, G., Lombardo, F., Schiaffini, R., Toni, S., Tumini, S., Zucchini, S., Pistorio, A., Scaramuzza, A. E., Scaramuuzza, A. E., Lera, R., Secco, A., Bobbio, A., Bechaz, M., Piccinno, E., Natale, M. P., Ortolani, F., Zecchino, C., Lonero, A., Maltoni, G., Pasquino, B., Gallo, F., Frongia, P., Ripoli, C., Lo Presti, D., Timpanaro, T., Citriniti, F., Suprani, T., Carinci, S., Cipriano, P., Lazzaro, N., De Donno, V., Gallarotti, F., Lenzi, L., Piccini, B., Vittorio, L., Russo, C., Borea, R., Mamm(`i), F., Bruzzese, M., Ventrici, C., Salzano, G., Frontino, G., Bonura, C., Favalli, V., Scaramuzza, A., Zuccotti, G. V., Ferrari, M., Iughetti, L., Predieri, B., Franzese, A., Mozzillo, E., Buono, P., Confetto, S., Zanfardino, A., Cadario, F., Savastio, S., Fiorito, C., Barbieri, P., Piredda, G., Cardella, F., Ropolo, R., Federico, G., Marchi, B., Benevento, D., Carducci, C., Mancabitti, M. L., Delvecchio, M., Lapolla, R., Gaiero, A., Fichera, G., Ignaccolo, M. G., Tinti, D., Cauvin, V., Franceschi, R., Biagioni, M., Salvatoni, A., Scolari, A., Maffeis, C., Sabbion, A., Arnaldi, C., Tosini, D., Rabbone, I, Minuto, N., Bonfanti, R., Marigliano, M., Cerutti, F., Cherubini, V., D'Annunzio, G., Frongia, A. P., Iafusco, Dario, Ignaccolo, G., Lombardo, F., Schiaffini, R., Toni, S., Tumini, S., Zucchini, S., Pistorio, A., Scaramuzza, A. E., Rabbone, I., Iafusco, D., Lera, R., Secco, A., Bobbio, A., Bechaz, M., Piccinno, E., Natale, M. P., Ortolani, F., Zecchino, C., Lonero, A., Maltoni, G., Pasquino, B., Gallo, F., Frongia, P., Ripoli, C., Lo Presti, D., Timpanaro, T., Citriniti, F., Suprani, T., Carinci, S., Cipriano, P., Lazzaro, N., De Donno, V., Gallarotti, F., Lenzi, L., Piccini, B., Vittorio, L., Russo, C., Borea, R., Mammi, F., Bruzzese, M., Ventrici, C., Salzano, G., Frontino, G., Bonura, C., Favalli, V., Scaramuzza, A., Zuccotti, G. V., Ferrari, M., Iughetti, L., Predieri, B., Franzese, A., Mozzillo, E., Buono, P., Confetto, S., Zanfardino, A., Cadario, F., Savastio, S., Fiorito, C., Barbieri, P., Piredda, G., Cardella, F., Ropolo, R., Federico, G., Marchi, B., Benevento, D., Carducci, C., Mancabitti, M. L., Del Vecchio, M., Lapolla, R., Gaiero, A., Fichera, G., Ignaccolo, M. G., Tinti, D., Cauvin, V., Franceschi, R., Biagioni, M., Salvatoni, A., Scolari, A., Maffeis, C., Sabbion, A., Arnaldi, C., Tosini, D., Rabbone, Minuto, Mammì, F., and Mozzillo, Enza.
Subjects: Blood Glucose, Male, Pediatrics, Adolescent, Blood Glucose Self-Monitoring, Child, Child, Preschool, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1, Equipment Failure, Female, Humans, Infant, Insulin, Italy, Retrospective Studies, Insulin Infusion Systems, type 1 diabetes, medicine.medical_treatment, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Internal Medicine, Endocrinology, 0302 clinical medicine, Retrospective Studie, Medicine, 030212 general & internal medicine, Diabetes, Diabetology, failure, Diabetes and Metabolism, children and adolescents, insulin pump, Cohort study, Type 1, Human, Insulin pump, medicine.medical_specialty, Disease duration, 030209 endocrinology & metabolism, 03 medical and health sciences, Diabetes mellitus, Diabetes Mellitus, Preschool, Type 1 diabetes, business.industry, Diabetes, Type1, Pump, Insulin, Type1, Retrospective cohort study, Pump, medicine.disease, Surgery, Insulin Infusion System, business
Abstract: Aims Insulin pump failure and/or malfunction requiring replacement have not been thoroughly investigated. This study evaluated pump replacement in children and adolescents with Type 1 diabetes using insulin pump therapy. Methods Data were collected for all participants younger than 19 years, starting insulin pump therapy before 31 December 2013. For each child, age, disease duration, date of insulin pump therapy initiation, insulin pump model, failure/malfunction/replacement yes/no and reason were considered for the year 2013. Results Data were returned by 40 of 43 paediatric centres belonging to the Diabetes Study Group of the Italian Society of Paediatric Endocrinology and Diabetology. In total, 1574 of 11 311 (13.9%) children and adolescents with Type 1 diabetes were using an insulin pump: 29.2% Animas VIBE™, 9.4% Medtronic MiniMed 715/515™, 34.3% Medtronic MiniMed VEO™, 24.3% Accu-Check Spirit Combo™ and 2.8% other models. In 2013, 0.165 insulin pump replacements per patient-year (11.8% due to pump failure/malfunction and 4.7% due to accidental damage) were recorded. Animas VIBE™ (22.1%) and Medtronic MiniMed VEO™ (17.7%) were the most replaced. Conclusions In a large cohort of Italian children and adolescents with Type 1 diabetes, insulin pump failure/malfunction and consequent replacement are aligned with rates previously reported and higher in more sophisticated pump models. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
Published: 2017

18. Abacavir/Lamivudine and Tenofovir/Emtricitabine in Pregnant Women with Hiv: Laboratory and Clinical Outcomes in an Observational National Study

Author: Floridia, M., Pinnetti, C., Ravizza, M., Masuelli, G., Personeni, C., Sansone, M., Antoni, A. D., Guaraldi, G., Spinillo, A., Tassis, B., Dalzero, S., Liuzzi, G., Tamburrini, E., Di Lorenzo, F., Sterrantino, G., Meli, M., Campolmi, I., Vichi, F., Del Pin, B., Marocco, R., Mastroianni, C., Mercurio, V. S., Maccabruni, A., Zaramella, M., Mariani, B., Nardini, G., Stentarelli, C., Beghetto, B., Degli Antoni, A. M., Molinari, A., Crisalli, M. P., Donisi, A., Piepoli, M., Cerri, V., Zuccotti, G., Giacomet, V., Coletto, S., Di Nello, F., Madia, C., Placido, G., Milini, P., Savalli, F., Portelli, V., Sabbatini, F., Francisci, D., Papalini, C., Bernini, L., Grossi, P., Rizzi, L., Bernardon, M., Maso, G., Rizzante, E., Belcaro, C., Meloni, A., Dedoni, M., Ortu, F., Piano, P., Citernesi, A., Vicini, I. B., Luzi, K., Roccio, M., Vimercati, A., Miccolis, A., De Gennaro, A., Guerra, B., Cervi, F., Simonazzi, G., Margarito, E., Capretti, M. G., Marsico, C., Faldella, G., Martinelli, P., Agangi, A., Capone, A., Maruotti, G. M., Tibaldi, C., Trentini, L., Todros, T., Frisina, V., Cetin, I., Brambilla, T., Savasi, V., Giaquinto, C., Fiscon, M., Rubino, E., Franceschetti, L., Badolato, R., Tiso, G. C., Genovese, O., Cafforio, C., Casadei, A. M., Cavaliere, A. F., Cellini, M., Marconi, A. M., Sacchi, V., Ierardi, M., Polizzi, C., Mattei, A., Pirillo, M. F., Amici, R., Galluzzo, C. M., Donnini, S., and Baroncelli, S.
Subjects: 0301 basic medicine, HIV Infections, Hemoglobins, 0302 clinical medicine, Abacavir, Anemia, Cholesterol, Emtricitabine, HIV-RNA, Lamivudine, Low birthweight, Pregnancy, Preterm delivery, Tenofovir, immune system diseases, Antiretroviral Therapy, Highly Active, Pharmacology (medical), 030212 general & internal medicine, Pregnancy Outcome, virus diseases, Lipoproteins, LDL, Drug Combinations, Infectious Diseases, Hypertension, RNA, Viral, Female, medicine.drug, Adult, medicine.medical_specialty, Anti-HIV Agents, Pregnancy Trimester, Third, 03 medical and health sciences, Internal medicine, medicine, Humans, AIDS-Associated Nephropathy, Cesarean Section, business.industry, Abacavir/Lamivudine, medicine.disease, 030112 virology, Dideoxynucleosides, CD4 Lymphocyte Count, Pregnancy Complications, HIV-1, Observational study, business
Abstract: Abacavir-lamivudine (ABC/3TC) and tenofovir-emtricitabine (TDF/FTC) represent in the guidelines of several countries, including Italy and United States, the preferred nucleoside/nucleotide backbones of antiretroviral regimens. We assessed their profile in pregnancy using data from a national observational study.Laboratory measures (CD4, HIV-RNA, lipid profile, glucose, hemoglobin, and alanine transferase) and pregnancy outcomes (preterm delivery, low birthweight, nonelective cesarean section, birthweight Z-score, congenital defects, HIV transmission, maternal weight gain, and pregnancy complications) were compared after prenatal exposure to ABC/3TC or TDF/FTC.The study evaluated 913 pregnancies (ABC/3TC: 252; TDF/FTC: 661). At entry in pregnancy, women on TDF/FTC were older (33.6 vs. 32.4 years, P = 0.005), less frequently on treatment (66.9% vs. 80.2%, P0.001), and had lower CD4 counts (475/mm vs. 533/mm, P = 0.003) and higher plasma HIV-RNA levels (2.48 vs. 2.22 log10 copies/mL, P = 0.003). Women on ABC/3TC had more commonly hypertension/nephropathy (5.2% vs. 2.0%, P = 0.013). No major differences were observed in the main pregnancy outcomes and in rates of undetectable HIV-RNA at third trimester. In a subgroup analysis that evaluated at third trimester only cases with regular 3-drug treatment during pregnancy, women on TDF/FTC had lower hemoglobin levels (median: 11.1 vs. 11.8 g/dL, P = 0.002) and women on ABC/3TC had higher levels of total cholesterol (median: 230 vs. 216 mg/dL, P = 0.023) and low-density lipoprotein-cholesterol (133 vs. 111 mg/dL, P = 0.030).In this study, use of TDF/FTC and ABC/3TC in pregnancy was associated with similar pregnancy outcomes and with some differences in laboratory measures that might guide physicians' prescriptions in mothers with hematologic or metabolic risk factors.
Published: 2018

19. Use of zidovudine-sparing HAART in pregnant HIV-infected women in Europe: 2000-2009

Author: Tariq, S, Townsend, Cl, Cortina Borja, M, Duong, T, Elford, J, Thorne, C, Tookey, Pa, Giaquinto, C, Rampon, O, Mazza, A, De Rossi, A, Grosch Wörner, I, Mok, J, de José MI, Larrú Martínez, B, Scherpbier, Hj, Kreyenbroek, M, Godfried, Mh, Nellen, Fj, Boer, K, Navér, L, Anzén, B, Lidman, K, Levy, J, Barlow, P, Manigart, Y, Hainaut, M, Goetghebuer, T, Brichard, B, De Camps, J, Thiry, N, Deboone, G, Waterloos, H, De Maria, A, Mûr, A, Payà, A, López Vilchez MA, Carreras, R, Valerius, Nh, Rosenfeldt, V, Coll, O, Suy, A, Perez, Jm, Fortuny, C, Boguña, J, Savasi, V, Viganò, A, Giacomet, V, Cerini, C, Raimondi, C, Zuccotti, G, Alberico, S, Rabusin, M, Bernardon, M, Buffolano, W, Tiseo, R, Martinelli, P, Sansone, M, Maruotti, G, Agangi, A, Tibaldi, C, Marini, S, Masuelli, G, Benedetto, Chiara, Niemieç, T, Marczynska, M, Dobosz, S, Popielska, J, Oldakowska, A, Masters, J, Haile Selassie, H, French, C, Shakes, I., National Study of HIV in Pregnancy Childhood, National Study of HIV in Pregnancy, Childhood, Martinelli, Pasquale, Amsterdam institute for Infection and Immunity, Paediatric Infectious Diseases / Rheumatology / Immunology, General Internal Medicine, Infectious diseases, Other Research, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Tariq, S, Townsend, Cl, Cortina Borja, M, Duong, T, Elford, J, Thorne, C, Tookey, Pa, European Collaborative, Study, Giaquinto C, National Study of HIV in Pregnancy C. h. i. l. d. h. o. o. d., Rampon, O, Mazza, A, De Rossi, A, Grosch Wörner, I, Mok, J, de José, Mi, Larrú Martínez, B, Scherpbier, Hj, Kreyenbroek, M, Godfried, Mh, Nellen, Fj, Boer, K, Navér, L, Anzén, B, Lidman, K, Levy, J, Barlow, P, Manigart, Y, Hainaut, M, Goetghebuer, T, Brichard, B, De Camps, J, Thiry, N, Deboone, G, Waterloos, H, De Maria, A, Mûr, A, Payà, A, López Vilchez, Ma, Carreras, R, Valerius, Nh, Rosenfeldt, V, Coll, O, Suy, A, Perez, Jm, Fortuny, C, Boguña, J, Savasi, V, Viganò, A, Giacomet, V, Cerini, C, Raimondi, C, Zuccotti, G, Alberico, S, Rabusin, M, Bernardon, M, Buffolano, Wilma, Tiseo, R, Martinelli, P, Sansone, M, Maruotti, G, Agangi, A, Tibaldi, C, Marini, S, Masuelli, G, Benedetto, C, Niemieç, T, Marczynska, M, Dobosz, S, Popielska, J, Oldakowska, A, Masters, J, Haile Selassie, H, French, C, and Shakes, I.
Subjects: Adult, Pediatrics, medicine.medical_specialty, Time Factors, HAART, Anti-HIV Agents, HIV Infections, antiretroviral agents, highly active antiretroviral therapy, HIV, pregnancy outcome, viral load, congenital abnormalities, Article, Zidovudine, ANTIRETROVIRAL AGENTS, immune system diseases, Hiv infected, Antiretroviral Therapy, Highly Active, Medicine, Humans, Pharmacology (medical), Pregnancy Complications, Infectious, antiretroviral agents, highly active antiretroviral therapy, HIV, pregnancy outcome, viral load, Pregnancy outcomes, Retrospective Studies, Pregnancy, integumentary system, business.industry, Infant, virus diseases, Retrospective cohort study, medicine.disease, Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical, CD4 Lymphocyte Count, zidovudine, Europe, Infectious Diseases, In utero, Immunology, Female, pregnancy, business, Viral load, medicine.drug
Abstract: Increasing numbers of women in resource-rich settings are prescribed zidovudine (ZDV)-sparing highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) in pregnancy. We compare ZDV-sparing with ZDV-containing HAART in relation to maternal viral load at delivery, mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) of HIV, and congenital abnormality. This is an analysis of data from the National Study of HIV in Pregnancy and Childhood and the European Collaborative Study. Data on 7573 singleton births to diagnosed HIV-infected women between January 2000 and June 2009 were analyzed. Logistic regression models were fitted to estimate adjusted odds ratios (AORs). Overall, 15.8% (1199 of 7573) of women received ZDV-sparing HAART, with increasing use between 2000 and 2009 (P
Published: 2011

20. Pregnant with HIV before age 25: Data from a large national study in Italy, 2001-2016

Author: Floridia, M., Masuelli, G., Tamburrini, E., Cetin, I., Liuzzi, G., Martinelli, Paolo, Guaraldi, G., Spinillo, A., Vimercati, A., Maso, G., Pinnetti, C., Frisina, V., Dalzero, S., Ravizza, M., Di Lorenzo, F., Sterrantino, G., Meli, M., Campolmi, I., Vichi, F., Del Pin, B., Marocco, R., Mastroianni, C., Mercurio, V. S., Maccabruni, A., Zaramella, M., Mariani, Bianca, Nardini, G., Stentarelli, C., Beghetto, B., Antoni, A. M. Degli, Molinari, A., Crisalli, M. P., Donisi, A., Piepoli, M., Cerri, V., Zuccotti, G., Giacomet, V., Coletto, S., Di Nello, F., Madia, C., Placido, G., Milini, P., Savalli, F., Portelli, V., Sabbatini, F., Francisci, D., Angeli, G., Bernini, L., Grossi, P., Rizzi, L., Bernardon, M., Rizzante, E., Belcaro, C., Meloni, Antonio, Dedoni, M., Ortu, F., Piano, Pierluigi, Citernesi, A., Vicini, I. Bordoni, Luzi, K., Roccio, M., Miccolis, A., De Gennaro, A., Guerra, B., Cervi, Filippo, Simonazzi, G., Margarito, E., Capretti, M. G., Marsico, C., Faldella, G., Sansone, M., Agangi, A., Capone, A., Maruotti, G. M., Tibaldi, C., Trentini, L., Todros, T., Brambilla, T., Savasi, V., Personeni, C., Giaquinto, C., Fiscon, M., Rubino, E., Franceschetti, L., Tassis, B., Genovese, O., Cafforio, C., Casadei, A. M., Cavaliere, A. F., Cellini, Matteo, Marconi, A. M., Sacchi, V., Ierardi, M., Polizzi, C., Mattei, A., Pirillo, M. F., Amici, R., Galluzzo, C. M., Donnini, S., Baroncelli, S., Cerioli, A., DE MARTINO, MARIA CRISTINA, Parazzini, F., and Vella, S.
Subjects: Antiretroviral treatment, HIV diagnosis, HIV testing, pregnancy, women's health, medicine.medical_specialty, Pediatrics, Longitudinal study, Adolescent, Epidemiology, Short Report, HIV Infections, Cohort Studies, 03 medical and health sciences, Young Adult, 0302 clinical medicine, Pregnancy, medicine, Odds Ratio, Humans, 030212 general & internal medicine, Young adult, 030219 obstetrics & reproductive medicine, business.industry, Odds ratio, medicine.disease, Female, Italy, Infectious Diseases, Confidence interval, Family planning, business, Cohort study
Abstract: SUMMARYYoung pregnant women with HIV may be at significant risk of unplanned pregnancy, lower treatment coverage, and other adverse pregnancy outcomes. In a large cohort of pregnant women with HIV in Italy, among 2979 pregnancies followed in 2001–2016, 9·0% were in women P< 0·001). Younger women had a lower rate of planned pregnancy (23·2%vs.37·7%, odds ratio (OR) 0·50, 95% confidence interval (CI) 0·36–0·69), were more frequently diagnosed with HIV in pregnancy (46·5%vs.20·9%, OR 3·29, 95% CI 2·54–4·25), and, if already diagnosed with HIV before pregnancy, were less frequently on antiretroviral treatment at conception (vs.99·3%), with no differences in rate of HIV viral suppression at third trimester and adverse pregnancy outcomes. The data show that young women represent a growing proportion of pregnant women with HIV, and are significantly more likely to have unplanned pregnancy, undiagnosed HIV infection, and lower treatment coverage at conception. During pregnancy, antiretroviral treatment, HIV suppression, and pregnancy outcomes are similar compared with older women. Earlier intervention strategies may provide additional benefits in the quality of care for women with HIV.
Published: 2017

21. The importance of monitoring adverse drug reactions in pediatric patients: the results of a national surveillance program in Italy

Author: Carnovale, C., Brusadelli, T., Zuccotti, G., Beretta, S., Sullo, M. G., Capuano, A., Rossi, F., Moschini, Martina, Alessandro Mugelli, Alfredo Vannacci, Laterza, M., Clementi, E., Radice, S., Group, T. M., Niccolò Lombardi, Carnovale, Carla, Brusadelli, Tatiana, Zuccotti, Gianvincenzo, Beretta, Silvia, Sullo, Maria Giuseppa, Capuano, Annalisa, Rossi, Francesco, Moschini, Martina, Mugelli, Alessandro, Vannacci, Alfredo, Laterza, Marcella, Clementi, Emilio, and Radice, Sonia
Subjects: Male, Pediatrics, medicine.medical_specialty, Off-label drug use, Adolescent, Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions, Population, Adverse drug reaction, Postmarketing surveillance, Off-label use, Pharmacovigilance, Pharmacotherapy, Product Surveillance, Postmarketing, Adverse Drug Reaction Reporting Systems, Humans, Medicine, Pharmacology (medical), Prospective Studies, Child, education, Adverse effect, Pediatric, education.field_of_study, business.industry, Medicine (all), Infant, Newborn, Post-marketing surveillance, Infant, Off-Label Use, General Medicine, medicine.disease, adverse drug reactions, pediatry, pharmacology, pharmacovigilance, Prospective Studie, Italy, Child, Preschool, Adverse Drug Reaction Reporting System, Female, Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reaction, business, Pediatric pharmacology, Human
Abstract: Objective: To gain information on safety of drugs used in pediatrics through a 4-year post-marketing active pharmacovigilance program. The program sampled the Italian population and was termed 'Monitoring of the Adverse Effects in Pediatric population' (MEAP).Research design and methods: Adverse drug reactions (ADRs) were collected for individuals aged 0-17 years treated in hospitals and territorial health services in Lombardy, Tuscany, Apulia and Campania; located to gain an appropriate sampling of the population. ADRs were evaluated using the Adverse Drug Reaction Probability Scale (Naranjo) and analyzed with respect to time, age, sex, category of ADR, seriousness, suspected medicines, type of reporter and off-label use.Results: We collected and analyzed reports from 3539 ADRs. Vaccines, antineoplastic and psychotropic drugs were the most frequently pharmacotherapeutic subgroups involved. Seventeen percent of reported ADRs were serious; of them fever, vomiting and angioedema were the most frequently reported. Eight percent of ADRs were associated with off-label use, and 10% were unknown ADRs. Analysis of these revealed possible strategies of therapy optimization.Conclusions: The MEAP project demonstrated that active post-marketing pharmacovigilance programs are a valid strategy to increase awareness on pediatric pharmacology, reduce underreporting and provide information on drug actions in pediatrics. This information enhances drug therapy optimization in the pediatric patients. © Informa UK, Ltd.
Published: 2014

22. Good prenatal detection rate of major birth defects in HIV-infected pregnant women in Italy

Author: Floridia, M, Mastroiacovo, P., Ravizza, M., Todros, T., Chiadò Fiorio Tin, M., Marconi, A. M., Cetin, I., Maruotti, G. M., Liuzzi, G., Pinnetti, C., Degli Antoni, A., Spinillo, A., Guerra, B., Tamburrini, E., Floridia, M., Mori, F., Ortolani, P., dalle Nogare, E. R., Di Lorenzo, F., Sterrantino, G., Meli, M., Polemi, S., Nocentini, J., Baldini, M., Montorzi, G., Mazzetti, M., Rogasi, P., Borchi, B., Vichi, F., Del Pin, B., Pinter, E., Anzalone, E., Marocco, R., Mastroianni, C., Mercurio, V. S., Carocci, A., Grilli, E., Maccabruni, A., Zaramella, M., Mariani, B., Natalini Raponi, G., Guaraldi, G., Nardini, G., Stentarelli, C., Beghetto, B., Degli Antoni, A. M., Molinari, A., Crisalli, M. P., Donisi, A., Piepoli, M., Cerri, V., Zuccotti, G., Giacomet, V., Coletto, S., Di Nello, F., Madia, C., Placido, G., Vivarelli, A., Castelli, P., Savalli, F., Portelli, V., Sabbatini, F., Francisci, Daniela, Bernini, L., Grossi, P., Rizzi, L., Alberico, S., Maso, G., Airoud, M., Soppelsa, G., Meloni, A., Dedoni, M., Cuboni, C., Ortu, F., Piano, P., Citernesi, A., Bordoni Vicini, I., Luzi, K., Roccio, M., Vimercati, A., Miccolis, A., De Gennaro, A., Cervi, F., Puccetti, C., Margarito, E., Contoli, M., Capretti, M. G., Marsico, C., Faldella, G., Sansone, M., Martinelli, P., Agangi, A., Capone, A., Tibaldi, C., Trentini, L., Masuelli, G., Frisina, V., Brambilla, T., Savasi, V., Personeni, C., Giaquinto, C., Fiscon, M., Rinaldi, R., Rubino, E., Bucceri, A., Matrone, R., Scaravelli, G., Fundarò, C., Genovese, O., Cafforio, C., Tozzi, V., Massetti, P., Casadei, A. M., Cavaliere, A. F., Finelli, V., Cellini, M., Castelli Gattinara, G., Dalzero, S., Sacchi, V., Ierardi, M., Polizzi, C., Mattei, A., Pirillo, M. F., Amici, R., Galluzzo, C. M., Donnini, S., Baroncelli, S., Villani, P., Cusato, M., Cerioli, A., De Martino, M., Parazzini, F., and Vella, S.
Subjects: Adult, Infectious, Obstetrics and Gynecology, HIV Infections, Congenital Abnormalities, Pregnancy Complications, Italy, Pregnancy, Humans, Female, Pregnancy Complications, Infectious, Genetics (clinical)
Published: 2015

23. [Universal vaccination against varicella in Italy: the same opportunity for all children]

Author: Gabutti, G., Azzari, C., Bonanni, P., Conversano, M., Esposito, Susanna Maria Roberta, Prato, R., Russo, R., Tozzi, A. E., Vitali Rosati, G., Zanetti, A., Zuccotti, G., and Franco, E.
Subjects: Chickenpox Vaccine, Chickenpox, Italy, Socio-culturale, Humans, Child, Mass Vaccination
Abstract: Varicella is an infectious disease still frequent in Italy, where 8 out 20 Regions have adopted universal vaccination programs starting from 2003. Accordingly to National Vaccination Plan, all Regions should introduce universal varicella vaccination in 2015. An independent multidisciplinary group of experts met to discuss some debated questions. The available evidence of varicella vaccine efficacy in the 8 Regions was evaluated and the evidence of safety of monovalent and combined varicella vaccines are presented. The strategy for introducing universal varicella vaccine in the pediatric immunization schedule is discussed. The expert group concludes that available evidence supports the active offer of varicella vaccine in all Italian Regions and that catch up programs for susceptible cohorts should be encouraged.
Published: 2015

24. Effectiveness and Safety of rhIGF-1 Therapy in Children: The European Increlex® Growth Forum Database Experience

Author: Bang, P, Polak, M, Woelfle, J, Houchard, A, Hausler, G, Zwiauer, K, Adiceam, P, Carla Malpuech, H, Cessans, C, Cogne, M, Colle, M, Coutant, R, Houang, M, Lienhardt, A, Mallet, E, Nicolino, M, Petrus, M, Tauber, Mt, Wagner, K, Weill, J, Akkurt, I, Bechtold, S, Bierkamp Christophersen, D, Blanke, Jg, Bonfig, W, Doerr, Hg, Frühwald, M, Hartmann, K, Hauffa, B, Holterhus, Pm, Hübner, A, Ittner, J, Jourdan, C, Keller, A, Kim Berger HS, Köster, B, Krüger, J, Land, C, Leichter, H, Lorenzen, F, Meissner, T, Mohnike, K, Morlot, M, Müller, H, Ockert, C, Rohrer, T, Pankau, R, Partsch, Cj, Schönau, E, Schwab, K, Simic Shleicher, G, Tittel, B, Bernasconi, S, Cannavo', Salvatore, Cappa, M, Cavallo, L, Cherubini, V, Chiumello, G, Citro, G, Concolino, D, Perri, P, Lampis, A, Maghnie, M, Perrone, L, Pilotta, A, Sinisi, A, Zuccotti, G, Zucchini, S, Ben Skowronek, I, Birkholz, D, Bossowski, A, Hilczer, M, Korpal Szczyrska, M, Smyczynska, J, Szewczyk, L, Argente, J, Bezanilla, C, Carrascosa, A, Diaz, R, Fernandez, C, Hermoso, F, Luzuriaga, C, Martos, J, Prieto, P, Sanchez Del Pozo, J, Vela, A, Ekström, K, Nilsson, Nö, Ahmed, F, Denvir, L, Hussain, K, Johnstone, H, Mushtaq, T, Patel, L, Ramakrishnan, R, Rose, S, Shaw, N, Storr, H., Bang, P, Polak, M, Woelfle, J, Houchard, A, EU IGFD Registry Study, Group, and Perrone, Laura
Subjects: Male, Adolescent, Databases, Factual, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, MEDLINE, EU IGFD registry, computer.software_genre, Short stature, Endocrinology, rhIGF-1 therapy, Humans, Medicine, Insulin-Like Growth Factor I, Child, Growth Disorders, Database, Height, business.industry, severe primary insulin-like growth factor-1 deficiency, Recombinant Proteins, Europe, short stature, Child, Preschool, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Female, Observational study, medicine.symptom, Height, rhIGF-1 therapy, EU IGFD registry, short stature, severe primary insulin-like growth factor-1 deficiency, business, computer
Abstract: Background/Aims: We report data from the EU Increlex® Growth Forum Database (IGFD) Registry, an ongoing, open-label, observational study monitoring clinical practice use of recombinant human insulin-like growth factor-1 (rhIGF-1) therapy in children. Methods: Safety and effectiveness data on rhIGF-1 treatment of 195 enrolled children with growth failure were collected from December 2008 to September 2013. Results: Mean ± SD (95% CI) height velocity during first year of rhIGF-1 treatment was 6.9 ± 2.2 cm/year (6.5; 7.2) (n = 144); in prepubertal patients naïve to treatment, this was 7.3 ± 2.0 cm/year (6.8; 7.7) (n = 81). Female sex, younger age at start of rhIGF-1 therapy, and lower baseline height SDS predicted first-year change in height SDS. The most frequent targeted treatment-emergent adverse events (% patients) were hypoglycemia (17.6%, predictors: young age, diagnosis of Laron syndrome, but not rhIGF-1 dose), lipohypertrophy (10.6%), tonsillar hypertrophy (7.4%), injection site reactions (6.4%), and headache (5.9%). Sixty-one serious adverse events (37 related to rhIGF-1 therapy) were reported in 31 patients (16.5%). Conclusion: Safety and effectiveness data on use of rhIGF-1 in a ‘real-world' setting were similar to those from controlled randomized trials. Severe growth phenotype and early start of rhIGF-1 improved height response and predicted risk of hypoglycemia.
Published: 2015

25. Italian guidelines for the use of antiretroviral agents and the diagnostic-clinical management of HIV-1 infected persons. Update December 2014

Author: Antinori, A, Marcotullio, S, Andreoni, M, Ammassari, A, d'Arminio Monforte, A, Galli, M, Girardi, Enrico, Mazzotta, F, Mussini, C, Puoti, M, Lazzarin, A, Angarano, G, Armignacco, O, Babudieri, S, Bini, T, Bonfanti, P, Bonora, S, Borderi, M, Breveglieri, M, Bruno, R, Capobianchi, Mr, Cagarelli, R, Calcagno, A, Castagna, A, Castelli, F, Cattelan, Am, Cauda, R, Cerioli, A, Chirianni, A, Cinque, P, Corbelli, Gm, D'Ettorre, G, De Carli, G, De Luca, A, Di Biagio, A, Di Perri, G, Di Pietro, M, El Hamad, I, Errico, M, Finarelli Alba, C, Gaeta, Gb, Gervasoni, C, Giacomet, V, Gianotti, N, Giaquinto, C, Girardi, E, Gori, A, Grossi, P, Guaraldi, G, Ivanovic, J, Lichtner, M, Liuzzi, G, Lo Caputo, S, Maggi, P, Maggiolo, F, Malena, M, Marchetti, G, Maserati, R, Mastroianni, C, Matteelli, Alberto, Nicastri, E, Nozza, S, Oldrini, M, Pascucci, Mg, Perno, Cf, Prestileo, T, Puro, V, Rancilio, L, Ravizza, M, Rizzardini, G, Rusconi, S, Santoro, M, Sighinolfi, L, Stagnitta, M, Starnini, G, Tamburrini, E, Tambussi, G, Tavio, M, Torti, C, Viscoli, C, Visintini, R, Vullo, V, Zaccarelli, M, and Zuccotti, G. v.
Subjects: Italy, Anti-HIV Agents, HIV-1, Humans, HIV Infections
Published: 2015

26. Atazanavir and lopinavir profile in pregnant women with HIV: tolerability, activity and pregnancy outcomes in an observational national study

Author: Floridia, M., Ravizza, M., Masuelli, G., Giacomet, V., Martinelli, P., Degli Antoni, A., Spinillo, A., Fiscon, M., Francisci, D., Liuzzi, G., Pinnetti, C., Marconi, A. M., Tamburrini, E., Mori, F., Ortolani, P., dalle Nogare, E. R., Di Lorenzo, F., Sterrantino, G., Meli, M., Polemi, S., Nocentini, J., Baldini, M., Montorzi, G., Mazzetti, M., Rogasi, P., Borchi, B., Vichi, F., Del Pin, B., Pinter, E., Anzalone, E., Marocco, R., Mastroianni, C., Mercurio, V. S., Carocci, A., Grilli, E., Maccabruni, A., Zaramella, M., Mariani, B., Natalini Raponi, G., Guaraldi, Giovanni, Nardini, Giulia, Stentarelli, Chiara, Beghetto, Barbara, Degli Antoni, A. M., Molinari, A., Crisalli, M. P., Donisi, A., Piepoli, M., Cerri, V., Zuccotti, G., Fabiano, V., Placido, G., Vivarelli, A., Castelli, P., Savalli, F., Portelli, V., Sabbatini, F., Bernini, L., Grossi, P., Rizzi, L., Alberico, S., Maso, G., Airoud, M., Soppelsa, G., Meloni, A., Dedoni, M., Cuboni, C., Ortu, F., Piano, P., Citernesi, A., Bordoni Vicini, I., Luzi, K., Roccio, M., Vimercati, A., Miccolis, A., Bassi, E., Guerra, B., Cervi, F., Puccetti, C., Murano, P., Contoli, M., Capretti, M. G., Marsico, C., Faldella, G., Sansone, M., Agangi, A., Tibaldi, C., Trentini, L., Todros, T., Frisina, V., Cetin, I., Brambilla, T., Savasi, V., Personeni, C., Giaquinto, C., Rinaldi, R., Rubino, E., Bucceri, A., Matrone, R., Scaravelli, G., Fundaro, C., Genovese, O., Cafforio, C., Tozzi, V., Massetti, P., Casadei, A. M., Cavaliere, A. F., Finelli, V., Cellini, M., Castelli Gattinara, G., Dalzero, S., Sacchi, V., De Pirro, A., Polizzi, C., Mattei, A., Pirillo, M. F., Amici, R., Galluzzo, C. M., Donnini, S., Baroncelli, S., Regazzi, M., Villani, P., Cusato, M., Cerioli, A., De Martino, M., Mastroiacovo, P., Moroni, M., Parazzini, F., Vella, S., Floridia, M, Ravizza, M, Masuelli, G, Giacomet, V, Martinelli, Pasquale, Degli Antoni, A, Spinillo, A, Fiscon, M, Francisci, D, Liuzzi, G, Pinnetti, C, Marconi, Am, Tamburrini, E, on behalf of The Italian Group on Surveillance on Antiretroviral Treatment in, Pregnancy, Floridia, M1, Italian Group on Surveillance on Antiretroviral Treatment in, P. r. e. g. n. a. n. c. y., Marco Floridia, Marina Ravizza, Giulia Masuelli, Vania Giacomet, Pasquale Martinelli, Anna Degli Antoni, Arsenio Spinillo, Marta Fiscon, Daniela Francisci, Giuseppina Liuzzi, Carmela Pinnetti, Anna Maria Marconi, Enrica Tamburrini, on behalf of The Italian Group on Surveillance on Antiretroviral Treatment in Pregnancy [.., Capretti, M.G., Marsico, C., Faldella, G., and ].
Subjects: Pyridines, Pyridine, HIV Infections, Triglyceride, Lopinavir, Liver Function Tests, Pregnancy, HIV Infection, Pharmacology (medical), Viral, Pregnancy Complications, Infectious, triglycerides, pre-term delivery, medicine.diagnostic_test, Liver Function Test, Obstetrics, Medicine (all), Pregnancy Outcome, Infectious, virus diseases, HIV, pregnancy, RNA, Lipid, Viral Load, Lipids, Infectious Diseases, Tolerability, Oligopeptide, Population study, RNA, Viral, Female, medicine.symptom, bilirubin, Viral load, Oligopeptides, Human, medicine.drug, Microbiology (medical), Adult, medicine.medical_specialty, HIV RNA, Anti-HIV Agents, Atazanavir Sulfate, Infectious Disease, Bilirubin, Cholesterol, Pre-term delivery, Triglycerides, Pharmacology, cholesterol, Settore MED/17 - MALATTIE INFETTIVE, medicine, Humans, business.industry, Anti-HIV Agent, medicine.disease, Atazanavir, CD4 Lymphocyte Count, Pregnancy Complications, Immunology, Pregnancy Complications, Infectiou, business, Liver function tests, Weight gain
Abstract: BACKGROUND: Atazanavir and lopinavir represent the main HIV protease inhibitors recommended in pregnancy, but comparative data in pregnant women are limited. METHODS: Women from a national observational study, exposed in pregnancy to either atazanavir or lopinavir, were compared for glucose and lipid profiles, liver function tests, CD4 count, HIV RNA and main pregnancy outcomes. Statistical methods included univariate and multivariable analyses. RESULTS: The study population included 428 pregnancies (lopinavir, 322; atazanavir, 106). The lopinavir group was characterized by higher rates of HIV diagnosis in pregnancy and treatment indication for maternal health, lower CD4 counts, higher HIV RNA levels, less frequent antiretroviral treatment at conception and shorter duration of drug exposure during pregnancy. No differences in pregnancy outcomes, glucose metabolism and weight gain were observed. The two groups also showed in a multivariable analysis similar odds for detectable HIV RNA in the third trimester (adjusted OR 0.85, 95% CI 0.35-2.10, P = 0.730). Total lipid levels were significantly higher in the lopinavir group (median values in the third trimester 239 versus 221 mg/dL for total cholesterol and 226 versus 181 mg/dL for triglycerides; P < 0.001 for both comparisons) and bilirubin levels were significantly higher in the atazanavir group (1.53 versus 0.46 mg/dL, P < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS: In this observational study atazanavir and lopinavir showed similar safety and activity in pregnancy, with no differences in the main pregnancy outcomes. Atazanavir use was associated with a better lipid profile and with higher bilirubin levels. Overall, the study findings confirm that these two HIV protease inhibitors represent equally valid alternative options.
Published: 2014

27. Duration of ruptured membranes and vertical transmission of HIV-1: a meta-analysis from 15 prospective cohort studies

Author: Bulterys, M. B., Fowler, M. G., Hanson, I. C., Lemay, M., Mayaux, M. J., Mofenson, L., Newell, M. -L., Peavy, H., Peckham, C., Read, J. S., Rother, C., Simpson, B. J., Van Dyke, R. B., Harris, D. R., Peavy, H. H., Easley, K., Khammy, A., Nugent, R. P., Mitchell, R., Owen, W., Van Dyke, R., Widmayer, S., Bardeguez, A., Hanson, C., Wiznia, A., Luzuriaga, K., Viscarello, R., Ho, D., Koup, R., Chen, I., Krogstad, P., Mullins, J., Wolinsky, S., Korber, B., Walker, B., Ammann, A., Clapp, S., Mcdonald, D., Lapointe, N., Boucher, M., Fauvel, M., Hankins, C., Samson, J., Newell, M. L., Peckham, C. S., Thorne, C. N., Giaquinto, C., Ruga, E., De Rossi, A., Truscia, D., Grosch-Worner, I., Schafer, A., Mok, J., Johnstone, F., Jiminez, J., de Alba, C., Garcia Rodriguez, M. C., Bates, I., de Josee, I., Hawkins, F., Martinez Zapico, R., Pena, J. M., Gonzalez Garcia, J., Arribas Lopez, J. R., Asensi-Botet, F., Otero, M. C., Peerez-Tamarit, D., Moya, A., Galbis, M. 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Jacquemot M., Bader-Meunier B., Fridman S., Codaccioni X., Maxingue F., Thomas D., Alain J., De Lumley L., Tabaste J., Bailly Salin P., Seaume H., Guichard A., Kebaill K., Roussouly C., Botto C., De Lanete A., Wipff P., Cravello L., De Boisse P., Leclaire M., Michel G., Crumiere C., Lefevre V., Le Lorier B., Pauly I., Robichez B., Seguy D., Delhinger M., Rideau F., Talon P., Benos P., Huret C., Nicolas J., Heller-Roussin B., Saint-Leger S., Delaporte M., Hubert C., De Sarcus B., Karoubi P., Mechinaud F., Bertcrottiere D., Bongain A., Monpoux F., De Gennes C., Devianne F., Nisand I., Rousset M., Mouchnino G., Muray J., Munzer M., Quereux C., Brossard V., Clavier B., Allemon M., Rotten D., Stephan J., Varlet M., Guyot B., Narcy P., Bardinet F., De Caunes F., Jeny R., Robin M., Raison Boulley A., Savey L., Berrebi A., Tricoire J., Borderon J., Fignon A., Guillot F., Maria B., Broyard A., Chitrit Y., Firtion G., Mandelbrot L., Lafay Pillet M., Parat S., Boissinot C., Garec N., Levine M., Ottenwalter A., Schaller F., Vilmer E., Courpotin C., Brunner C., Ciraru-Vigneron N., Hatem-Gantzer G., Fritel X., Wallet A., Bouille J., Milliez J., Bensaid Mrejen D., Dermer E., Noseda G., Bardou D., Cressaty J., Francoual C., Carlus Moncomble C., Cohen H., Blanche S., Bastion H., Benifla J., Benkhatar F., Berkane N., Hervee F., Ronzier M., Mayaux MJ., de Martino M., Tovo P.-A., Galli L., Gabiano C., Ferraris G., Garetto S., Palomba E., Riva C., Vierucci A., de Luca M., Farina S., Fundaro C., Genovese O., Mereu G., Forni G.L., Casadei A., Zuccotti G.V., Riva E., Cellini M., Baraldi C., Consolini R., Palla G., Ruggeri M., Ciccimarra F., Guarino A., Osimani P., Benaglia G., Romano A., De Mattia D., Caselli D., Boni S., Dell'Erba G., Bassanetti F., Sticca M., Timpano C., Magnani C., Salvatore C., Lipreri R., Tornaghi R., Pinzani R., Cecchi M.T., Bezzi T., Battisti L., Bresciani E., Castelli Gattinara G., Nasi C., Pellegatta A., Mazza A., Baldi F., Altobelli R., Deiana M., Colnaghi C., Tarallo L., Tondo U., Anastasio E., Chiriaco P.G., Ruggeri C., Scott G., Hutto C., O'Sullivan M., Malmsberry A., Willoughby A., Burns D., Goedert J., Landesman S., Minkoff H., Mendez H., Holman S., Rubinstein A., Durako S., Muenz L., Goodwin S., Bryson Y., Dillon M., Nielsen K., Boyer P., Liao D., Keller M., Deveikis A., Nesheim S., Lindsay M., Lee F., Nahmias A., Sawyer M., Vink P., Farley J., Alger L., Abrams E., Bamji M., Lambert G., Schoenbaum E., Thomas P., Weedon J., Palumbo P., Denny T., Oleske J., Bulterys M., Simonds R., Ethier-Ives J., Rogers M., Schluchter M., Kutner M., Kaplan S., Kattan M., Lipshultz S., Mellins R., Shearer W., Sopko G., Sloand E., Wu M., Kind C., Nadal D., Rudin C., Siegrist C.-A., Wyler C.-A., Cheseaux J.-J., Aebi C., Gnehm H., Schubiger G., Klingler J., Hunziker U., Kuchler H., Gianinazzi M., Buhlmann U., Biedermann K., Lauper U., Irion O., Brunelli A., Spoletini G., Schreyer A., Hosli I., Saurenmann E., Drack G., Isenschmid M., Poorbeik M., Schupbach J., Perrin L., Erb P., Joller H., Kovacs A., Stek A., Chan L., Khoury M., Diaz C., Pacheco-Acosta E., Tuomala R., Cooper E., Mesthene D., Pitt J., Higgins A., Moroso G., Rich K., Turpin D., Cooper N., Davenny K., Thompson B., Andiman W., and Simpson J.
Subjects: Time Factors, Epidemiology, Infectious Disease Transmission, Prevention of perinatal transmission, Extraembryonic Membranes, Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), HIV Infections, medicine.disease_cause, Cohort Studies, Pregnancy, Risk Factors, INFECTION, Vertical, Immunology and Allergy, HIV Infection, MOTHER-TO-CHILD, Pregnancy Complications, Infectious, Prospective cohort study, prevention of perinatal transmission, vertical transmission, obstetrics/gynaecology, epidemiology, Obstetrics, Transmission (medicine), Infectious, HUMAN-IMMUNODEFICIENCY-VIRUS, MOTHER-TO-CHILD, ZIDOVUDINE PROPHYLAXIS, RISK-FACTORS, TYPE-1, PREGNANCY, INFECTION, TRIAL, PREVENTION, Breast Feeding, Infectious Diseases, Meta-analysis, HUMAN-IMMUNODEFICIENCY-VIRUS, Vertical transmission, Regression Analysis, TRIAL, Female, Delivery, Obstetrics gynaecology, Human, medicine.medical_specialty, Time Factor, Ruptured membranes, Immunology, Regression Analysi, NO, ZIDOVUDINE PROPHYLAXIS, Extraembryonic Membrane, medicine, Humans, TYPE-1, business.industry, Risk Factor, Infant, Newborn, Infant, Obstetric, Delivery, Obstetric, Newborn, PREVENTION, Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical, Pregnancy Complications, Obstetrics/gynaecology, RISK-FACTORS, Cohort Studie, business
Abstract: Objective: To test the a priori hypothesis that longer duration of ruptured membranes is associated with increased risk of vertical transmission of HIV. Design: The relationship between duration of ruptured membranes and vertical transmission of HIV was evaluated in an individual patient data meta-analysis. Methods: Eligible studies were prospective cohort studies including at least 100 mother-child pairs, from regions where HIV-infected women are counselled not to breastfeed. Analyses were restricted to vaginal deliveries and non-elective Cesarean sections; elective Cesarean section deliveries (those performed before onset of labour and before rupture of membranes) were excluded. Results: The primary analysis included 4721 deliveries with duration of ruptured membranes ≤ 24 h. After adjusting for other factors known to be associated with vertical transmission using logistic regression analysis to assess the strength of the relationship, the risk of vertical HIV transmission increased approximately 2% with an increase of 1 h in the duration of ruptured membranes [adjusted odds ratio, 1.02; 95% confidence interval, 1.01-1.04; for each 1 h increment]. There were no significant interactions of duration of ruptured membranes with study cohort or with any of the covariates, except maternal AIDS. Among women diagnosed with AIDS, the estimated probability of transmission increased from 8% to 31% with duration of ruptured membranes of 2 h and 24 h respectively (P < 0.01). Conclusions: These results support the importance of duration of ruptured membranes as a risk factor for vertical transmission of HIV and suggest that a diagnosis of AIDS in the mother at the time of delivery may potentiate the effect of duration of ruptured membranes. © 2001 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
Published: 2001

28. The Mode of Delivery and the Risk of Vertical Transmission of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 — A Meta-Analysis of 15 Prospective Cohort Studies

Author: Andiman, W., Boucher, M., Burns, D., Bryson, Y., Farley, J., Fowler, H., Gabiano, C., Galli, L., Hutto, C., Kind, C., Korber, B., Kovacs, A., Krogstad, P., Landesman, S., Lapointe, N., Lemay, M., Lew, J., Mandelbrot, L., Mayaux, Mj, Mellins, R., Minkoff, H., Mofenson, L., Nielsen, K., Newell, Ml, Pardi, G., Peavy, H., Peckham, C., Read, J., Rother, C., Rudin, C., Scott, G., Semprini, A., Shearer, W., Simonds, R., Simpson, B., Stek, A., Tovo, Pa, Tuomala, R., Dyke, R., Weedon, J., Martino, M., Lindsay, M., Belair, S., Chan, L., Harris, D., Kalish, L., Muenz, L., Nugent, R., Schluchter, M., Durako, S., Goodwin, S., Mitchell, R., Nourjah, P., Owen, W., Widmayer, S., Bardeguez, A., Hanson, C., Wiznia, A., Luzuriaga, K., Viscarello, R., Ho, D., Koup, R., Chen, I., Mullins, J., Wolinsky, S., Walker, B., Ammann, A., Clapp, S., Mcdonald, D., Fauvel, M., Hankins, C., Samson, J., Bailey, A., Giaquinto, C., Ruga, E., Rossi, A., Truscia, D., Grosch-Worner, I., Schafer, A., Mok, J., Johnstone, F., Jiminez, J., Alba, C., Garcia-Rodriguez, M., Bates, I., Jose, I., Hawkins, F., Zapico, Rm, Asensi-Botet, F., Otero, M., Perez-Tamarit, D., Moya, A., Galbis, M., Scherpbier, H., Boer, K., Bohlin, A., Lindgren, S., Ehrnst, A., Anzen, B., Belfrage, E., Levy, J., Alimenti, A., Barlow, P., Ferrazin, A., Maria, A., Gotta, C., Maritati, V., Mur, A., Rovira, M., Paya, A., Coll, O., Fortuny, C., Boguna, J., Caro, Mc, Canet, Y., Ravizza, M., Castagna, C., Fiore, S., Guerra, B., Lanari, M., Bianchi, S., Bovicelli, L., Prati, E., Duse, M., Soresina, A., Scaravelli, G., Santis, M., Muggiasca, M., Vigano, A., Marchisio, P., Iasci, A., Spinillo, A., Bucceri, A., Grossi, E., Rancilio, L., Della Torre, M., Dallacasa, P., Pachi, A., Principi, N., Zara, C., Vignali, M., Rossi, G., Selvaggi, L., Greco, P., Vimercati, A., Massi, G., Innocenti, T., Fiscella, A., Sansone, M., Benedetto, C., Tibaldi, C., Ziarati, N., Tadrist, B., Thevenicau, D., Gondry, J., Paulard, B., Alisy, C., Brault, D., Tordjeman, P., Mamou, J., Rozan, M., Colombani, D., Pincemaille, O., Salvetti, A., Chabanier, C., Hernandorena, X., Leroy, J., Schaal, J., Balde, P., Faucher, P., Lachassinne, E., Benoit, S., Douard, D., Hocke, C., Barjot, P., Brouard, J., Delattre, P., Stien, L., Audibert, F., Labrune, P., Vial, M., Mazy, F., Sitbon, D., Crenn-Hebert, C., Floch-Tudal, C., Akakpo, R., Daveau, C., Leblanc, A., Cesbron, P., Duval-Arnould, H., Huraux-Rendu, C., Lemerle, S., Touboul, C., Guerin, M., Maingueneau, C., Reynaud, I., Rousseau, T., Ercoil, V., Lanza, M., Denavit, M., Garnier, J., Lahsinat, K., Pia, R., Allouche, C., Nardou, M., Grall, F., May, A., Dallot, M., Lhuillier, P., Cecile, W., Mezin, R., Bech, A., Lobut, J., Algava, G., Dermesay, Ac, Busuttil, R., Jacquemot, M., Bader-Meunier, B., Fridman, S., Codaccioni, X., Maxingue, F., Thomas, D., Alain, J., Lumley, L., Tabaste, J., Salin, Pb, Seaume, H., Guichard, A., Kebaili, K., Roussouly, C., Botto, C., Lanete, A., Wipff, P., Cravello, L., Boisse, P., Leclaire, M., Michel, G., Crumiere, C., Lefevre, V., Le Lorier, B., Pauly, I., Robichez, B., Seguy, D., Dehlinger, M., Rideau, F., Talon, P., Benos, P., Huret, C., Nicolas, J., Heller-Roussin, B., Saint-Leger, S., Delaporte, M., Hubert, C., Sarcus, B., Karoubi, P., Mechinaud, F., Bertcrottiere, D., Bongain, A., Monpoux, F., Gennes, C., Devianne, F., Nisand, I., Rousset, M., Mouchnino, G., Muray, J., Munzer, M., Quereux, C., Brossard, V., Clavier, B., Allemon, M., Rotten, D., Stephan, J., Varlet, M., Guyot, B., Narey, P., Bardinet, F., Caunes, F., Jeny, R., Robin, M., Bouley, Ar, Savey, L., Berrebi, A., Tricoire, J., Borderon, J., Fignon, A., Guillot, F., Maria, B., Broyard, A., Chitrit, Y., Firtion, G., Pillet, Ml, Parat, S., Boissinot, C., Garec, N., Levine, M., Ottenwalter, A., Schaller, F., Vilmer, B., Courpotin, C., Brunner, C., Ciraru-Vigneron, N., Hatem-Gantzer, G., Xavier FRITEL, Wallet, A., Bouille, J., Milliez, J., Mrejen, Db, Dermer, E., Noseda, G., Bardou, D., Cressaty, J., Francoual, C., Moncomble, Cc, Cohen, H., Blanche, S., Bastion, H., Benifla, J., Benkhatar, F., Berkane, N., Herve, F., Ronzier, M., Ferraris, G., Rancillo, L., Tulisso, S., Scolfaro, C., Riva, C., Vierucci, A., Luca, M., Farina, S., Fundaro, C., Genovese, O., Mercu, G., Forni, G., Stegagno, M., Falconieri, P., Zuccotti, G., Riva, E., Cellini, M., Baraldi, C., Consolini, R., Palla, G., Ruggeri, M., Pignata, C., Guarino, A., Osimani, P., Metri, A., Antonellini, A., Benaglia, G., Romano, A., Mattia, D., Caselli, D., Boni, S., Erba, G., Bassanetti, F., Sticca, M., Timpano, C., Magnani, C., Salvatore, C., Gambaretto, G., Lipreri, R., Tornaghi, R., Pinzani, R., Cecchi, M., Bezzi, T., Battisti, L., Bresciani, E., Gattinara, G., Berrino, R., Pellegatta, A., Mazza, A., Baldi, F., Micheletti, E., Altobelli, R., Deiana, M., Colnaghi, C., Tarallo, L., Tondo, U., Anastasio, E., Chiriaco, P., Contardi, I., Ruggeri, C., Ibba, P., O Sullivan, M., Malmsberry, A., Willoughby, A., Goedert, J., Mendez, H., Holman, S., Rubinstein, A., Nesheim, S., Clark, S., Lee, F., Nahmias, A., Sawyer, M., Vink, P., Alger, L., Abrams, E., Bamji, M., Lambert, G., Schoenbaum, E., Thea, D., Thomas, P., Palumbo, P., Denny, T., Oleske, J., Orloff, S., Ethier-Ives, J., Rogers, M., Kutner, M., Kaplan, S., Kattan, M., Lipshultz, S., Sopko, G., Sloand, E., Wu, M., Nadal, D., Siegrist, Ca, Wyler, Ca, Cheseaux, Jj, Aebi, C., Gnehm, H., Schubiger, G., Klingler, J., Hunziker, U., Kuchler, H., Gianinazzi, M., Buhlmann, U., Biedermann, K., Lauper, U., Irion, O., Brunelli, A., Spoletini, G., Schreyer, A., Hosli, I., Saurenmann, E., Drack, G., Isenschmid, M., Poorbeik, M., Schupbach, J., Perrin, L., Erb, P., Joller, H., Dillon, M., Nielsen, R., Boyer, P., Liao, D., Keller, M., Deveikis, A., Khoury, M., Diaz, C., Pacheco-Acosta, E., Cooper, E., Mesthene, D., Pitt, J., Higgins, A., Moroso, G., Rich, K., Turpin, D., Cooper, N., Fowler, M., Smeriglio, V., Mckinlay, S., and Ellis, S.
Subjects: Male, medicine.medical_specialty, Multivariate analysis, Anti-HIV Agents, Birth weight, HIV Infections, Cohort Studies, Pregnancy, Risk Factors, medicine, Birth Weight, Humans, Rupture of membranes, Pregnancy Complications, Infectious, Prospective cohort study, Cesarean Section, Obstetrics, business.industry, Infant, Newborn, General Medicine, Odds ratio, Delivery, Obstetric, medicine.disease, Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical, Confidence interval, Logistic Models, Multivariate Analysis, Immunology, HIV-1, Female, business, Zidovudine, Cohort study
Abstract: Background To evaluate the relation between elective cesarean section and vertical transmission of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1), we performed a meta-analysis using data on individual patients from 15 prospective cohort studies. Methods North American and European studies of at least 100 mother-child pairs were included in the meta-analysis. Uniform definitions of modes of delivery were used. Elective cesarean sections were defined as those performed before onset of labor and rupture of membranes. Multivariate logistic-regression analysis was used to adjust for other factors known to be associated with vertical transmission. Results The primary analysis included data on 8533 mother-child pairs. After adjustment for receipt of antiretroviral therapy, maternal stage of disease, and infant birth weight, the likelihood of vertical transmission of HIV-1 was decreased by approximately 50 percent with elective cesarean section, as compared with other modes of delivery (adjusted odds ratio, 0.43; 95 percent confidence interval, 0.33 to 0.56). The results were similar when the study population was limited to those with rupture of membranes shortly before delivery. The likelihood of transmission was reduced by approximately 87 percent with both elective cesarean section and receipt of antiretroviral therapy during the prenatal, intrapartum, and neonatal periods, as compared with other modes of delivery and the absence of therapy (adjusted odds ratio, 0.13; 95 percent confidence interval, 0.09 to 0.19). Among mother-child pairs receiving antiretroviral therapy during the prenatal, intrapartum, and neonatal periods, rates of vertical transmission were 2.0 percent among the 196 mothers who underwent elective cesarean section and 7.3 percent among the 1255 mothers with other modes of delivery. Conclusions The results of this meta-analysis suggest that elective cesarean section reduces the risk of transmission of HIV-1 from mother to child independently of the effects of treatment with zidovudine.
Published: 1999

29. Missed opportunities among HIV-positive women to control viral replication during pregnancy and to have a vaginal delivery

Author: Aebi Popp, K, Mulcahy, F, Glass, Tr, Rudin, C, Martinez de Tejada, B, Bertisch, B, Fehr, J, Grawe, C, Scheibner, K, Rickenbach, M, Hoesli, I, Thorne, C, European Collaborative Study in EuroCoord, Swiss, Mother, Child HIV Cohort Study Collaborators: Thorne, C, Bailey, H, Giaquinto, C, Rampon, O, Mazza, A, De Rossi, A, Wörner, I, Mok, J, de José MI, Martínez, B, Peña, J, Garcia, J, Lopez, Jr, Rodriguez, Mc, Asensi Botet, F, Otero, Mc, Pérez Tamarit, D, Scherpbier, Hj, Kreyenbroek, M, Godfried, Mh, Nellen, Fj, Boer, K, Navér, L, Bohlin, Ab, Lindgren, S, Kaldma, A, Belfrage, E, Levy, J, Barlow, P, Manigart, Y, Hainaut, M, Goetghebuer, T, Brichard, B, De Camps, J, Thiry, N, Deboone, G, Waterloos, H, Viscoli, C, De Maria, A, Bentivoglio, G, Ferrero, S, Gotta, C, Mûr, A, Payà, A, López Vilchez MA, Carreras, R, Valerius, Nh, Rosenfeldt, V, Coll, O, Suy, A, Perez, J, Fortuny, C, Boguña, J, Savasi, V, Fiore, S, Crivelli, M, Viganò, A, Giacomet, V, Cerini, C, Raimondi, C, Zuccotti, G, Alberico, S, Maso, G, Tropea, M, Barresi, V, Taylor, G, Lyall, Eg, Penn, Z, Buffolano, W, Tiseo, R, Martinelli, P, Sansone, M, Maruotti, G, Agangi, A, Tibaldi, C, Marini, S, Masuelli, G, Benedetto, Chiara, Niemieç, T, Marczynska, M, Dobosz, S, Popielska, J, Oldakowska, A, Aubert, V, Barth, J, Battegay, M, Bernasconi, E, Böni, J, Brazzola, P, Bucher, Hc, Burton Jeangros, C, Calmy, A, Cavassini, M, Cheseaux, Jj, Drack, G, Duppenthaler, A, Egger, M, Elzi, L, Fellay, J, Francini, K, Furrer, H, Fux, Ca, Gorgievski, M, Günthard, H, Haerry, D, Hasse, B, Hirsch, Hh, Hösli, I, Kahlert, C, Kaiser, L, Keiser, O, Klimkait, T, Kovari, H, Ledergerber, B, Martinetti, G, de Tejada, B, Metzner, K, Müller, N, Nadal, D, Pantaleo, G, Polli, Ch, Posfay Barbe, K, Rauch, A, Regenass, S, Schmid, P, Schultze, D, Schöni Affolter, F, Schüpbach, J, Speck, R, Taffé, P, Tarr, P, Telenti, A, Trkola, A, Vernazza, P, Weber, R, Wyler, Ca, Yerly, S., Posfay Barbe, Klara, Wyler, Claire-Anne, University of Zurich, Aebi-Popp, Karoline, Aebi Popp, K, Mulcahy, F, Glass, Tr, Rudin, C, Martinez de Tejada, B, Bertisch, B, Fehr, J, Grawe, C, Scheibner, K, Rickenbach, M, Hoesli, I, Buffolano, Wilma, Thorne, C, European Collaborative Study in, Eurocoord, Swiss, Mother, and Child HIV Cohort, S. t. u. d. y.
Subjects: mode of delivery, medicine.medical_treatment, HIV Infections, Delivery, Obstetric/statistics & numerical data, Virus Replication, 10234 Clinic for Infectious Diseases, Cohort Studies, HIV Infections/drug therapy/prevention & control/transmission, Pregnancy, Antiretroviral Therapy, Highly Active, 2736 Pharmacology (medical), Pharmacology (medical), Surgical Procedures, Elective/statistics & numerical data, Pregnancy Complications, Infectious, Europe, HIV, Mode of delivery, Adult, Anti-HIV Agents, Cesarean Section, Delivery, Obstetric, Drug Therapy, Combination, Elective Surgical Procedures, Female, Guidelines as Topic, Health Policy, Humans, Infant, Newborn, Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical, Viral Load, Infectious Diseases, ddc:618, Obstetrics, Vaginal delivery, Transmission (medicine), Cesarean Section/statistics & numerical data, Meta-analysis, provvedimento amministrativo - nullità - domanda riconvenzionale, Viral load, Cohort study, medicine.medical_specialty, Pregnancy Complications, Infectious/drug therapy/epidemiology/prevention & control, 610 Medicine & health, Europe/epidemiology, Pharmacotherapy, medicine, Caesarean section, business.industry, 2725 Infectious Diseases, medicine.disease, Viral Load/drug effects, HIV, pregnancy, mode of delivery, Anti-HIV Agents/therapeutic use, Settore MED/40 - Ginecologia e Ostetricia, business, Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical/prevention & control/statistics & numerical data
Abstract: INTRODUCTION: Most national guidelines for the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV in Europe updated between 2001 and 2010 recommend vaginal deliveries for women with undetectable or very low viral load (VL). Our aim was to explore the impact of these new guidelines on the rates of vaginal deliveries among HIV-positive women in Europe. METHODS: In a pooled analysis of data on HIV-positive pregnant women enrolled in the Swiss Mother & Child HIV Cohort Study and the European Collaborative Study 2000 to 2010, deliveries were classified as occurring pre- or postpublication of national guidelines recommending vaginal delivery. RESULTS: Overall, 2663 women with 3013 deliveries were included from 10 countries; 28% women were diagnosed with HIV during pregnancy. Combination antiretroviral therapy was used in most pregnancies (2020, 73%), starting during the first or second trimester in 78% and during the third trimester in 22%; in 25% pregnancies, the woman conceived on combination antiretroviral therapy. Overall, in 86% pregnancies, a VL < 400 copies per milliliter was achieved before delivery. The proportion of vaginal deliveries increased from 17% (414/2377) before the change in guidelines to 52% (313/600) after; elective Caesarean section rates decreased from 65% to 27%. The proportion of women with undetectable VL having a Caesarean section was 55% after implementation of new guidelines. We observed a decrease of late preterm deliveries from 16% (377/2354) before to 7% (42/599) after the change in guidelines (P < 0.001). CONCLUSION: There are still missed opportunities for women with HIV to fully suppress their VL and to deliver vaginally in Europe.
Published: 2013

30. Body Mass Index and Weight Gain in Pregnant Women With HIV: A National Study in Italy

Author: Floridia, M., Ravizza, M., Masuelli, G., Dalzero, S., Pinnetti, C., Cetin, I., Meloni, A., Spinillo, A., Rubino, E., Francisci, D., Tamburrini, E., Mori, F., Ortolani, P., Dalle Nogare, E. R., Di Lorenzo, F., Sterrantino, G., Meli, M., Polemi, S., Nocentini, J., Baldini, M., Montorzi, G., Mazzetti, M., Rogasi, P., Borchi, B., Vichi, F., Pinter, E., Anzalone, E., Marocco, R., Mastroianni, Claudio Maria, Mercurio, V. S., Carocci, A., Grilli, E., Maccabruni, A., Zaramella, M., Mariani, B., Natalini Raponi, G., Guaraldi, G., Luzi, K., Nardini, G., Stentarelli, C., Degli Antoni, A. M., Molinari, A., Crisalli, M. P., Donisi, A., Piepoli, M., Cerri, V., Zuccotti, G., Giacomet, V., Fabiano, V., Placido, G., Vivarelli, A., Castelli, P., Savalli, F., Portelli, V., Sabbatini, F., Bernini, L., Alberico, S., Maso, G., Tropea, M., Dedoni, M., Cuboni, C., Ortu, F., Piano, P., Citernesi, A., Vicini, I., Roccio, M., Vimercati, A., Miccolis, A., Bassi, E., Guerra, B., Cervi, F., Puccetti, C., Murano, P., Contoli, M., Capretti, M. G., Marsico, C., Faldella, G., Sansone, M., Martinelli, P., Agangi, A., Tibaldi, C., Trentini, L., Todros, T., Garetto, S., Brambilla, T., Savasi, V., Crepaldi, A., Giaquinto, C., Fiscon, M., Rinaldi, R., Bucceri, A., Matrone, R., Scaravelli, G., Fundaro, C., Genovese, O., Cafforio, C., Liuzzi, G., Tozzi, V., Massetti, Anna Paola, Anceschi, M., Casadei, A. M., Cavaliere, A. F., Finelli, V., Cellini, M., Castelli Gattinara, G., Marconi, A. M., Sacchi, V., De Pirro, A., Polizzi, C., Mattei, A., Pirillo, M. F., Amici, R., Galluzzo, C. M., Donnini, S., Baroncelli, S., Villani, P., Cusato, M., Cerioli, A., De Martino, M., Mastroiacovo, P., Moroni, M., Parazzini, F., Vella, S., Floridia, M, Ravizza, M, Masuelli, G, Dalzero, S, Pinnetti, C, Cetin, I, Meloni, A, Spinillo, A, Rubino, E, Francisci, D, Tamburrini, E, Italian Group on Surveillance on Antiretroviral Treatment in, Pregnancy, Martinelli, Pasquale, Floridia M, Ravizza M, Masuelli G, Dalzero S, Pinnetti C, Cetin I, Meloni A, Spinillo A, Rubino E, Francisci D, Tamburrini E, Faldella G, Guerra B, and for the Italian Group on Surveillance on Antiretroviral Treatment in Pregnancy
Subjects: Microbiology (medical), medicine.medical_specialty, antiretroviral therapy, MEDLINE, Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), HIV Infections, body mass index, medicine.disease_cause, Settore MED/17 - MALATTIE INFETTIVE, Body Mass Index, BMI, weight gain, HIV-1, Pregnancy, Medicine, Humans, HIV infection, pregnancy, Pregnancy Complications, Infectious, business.industry, Obstetrics, Cesarean Section, Infectious, Pregnancy Outcome, HIV, medicine.disease, Pregnancy Complications, Infectious Diseases, Italy, National study, Female, medicine.symptom, business, Weight gain, Body mass index
Abstract: Although most of the women (69.4%) had a normal BMI at start of pregnancy, only 37% had an adequate weight gain during pregnancy. Inadequate body weight gain was more common (44.8%) than excessive weight gain (18.2%), but 40% of overweight women and 50% of obese women had an excessive weight gain in pregnancy, with about 9% of the women in these categories gaining >18 kg during pregnancy (Table 1). Only 1.9% of the women had a vaginal delivery; elective and nonelective cesarean deliveries accounted for 81.3% and 16.7% of deliveries, respectively. Compared to underweight/normal women, overweight/obese women had similar occurrences of preterm delivery (23.4% vs 22.7%, P = .871), significantly lower rates of low birthweight (14.2% vs 24.2%, P = .007) and nonelective cesarean deliveries (11.7% vs 18.3%, P = .042), and a significantly higher occurrence of fasting plasma glucose >92 mg/dL at 20–28 weeks (12.1% vs 6.6%, P = .027), hypertension during pregnancy (6.4% vs 2.7%, P = .019), and gestational age–adjusted birthweight >90th percentile (15.5% vs 5.0%, P < .001). Complications of delivery, major birth defects, and HIV transmission were similar between the 2 groups (7.3% vs 7.6%, P = .881; 2.6% vs 3.5%, P = .589; and 0.8% vs 0.5%, P = .661, respectively). An inadequate weight gain during pregnancy was associated with an increased risk of nonelective cesarean delivery (OR, 1.589 [95% CI, 1.077–2.346], P = .020). Excessive weight gain during pregnancy was not associated with either hypertension (OR, 1.364 [95% CI, .537–3.465], P = .514) or 20–28 week glucose level of >92 mg/dL (OR, 0.841 [95% CI, .399–1.772], P = .648), but was significantly associated with birthweight >90th percentile (OR, 2.271 [95% CI, 1.229–4.195], P = .009), and appeared to be protective against low birthweight (OR, 0.544 [95% CI, .323–.918], P = .023) and birthweight
Published: 2013

31. Birth defects in a national cohort of pregnant women with HIV infection in Italy, 2001-2011

Author: Floridia, M., Mastroiacovo, P., Tamburrini, E., Tibaldi, C., Todros, T., Crepaldi, A., Sansone, M., Fiscon, M., Liuzzi, G., Guerra, B., Vimercati, A., Vichi, F., Vicini, I., Pinnetti, C., Marconi, A. M., Ravizza, M., Mori, F., Ortolani, P., dalle Nogare, E. R., Di Lorenzo, F., Sterrantino, G., Meli, M., Polemi, S., Nocentini, J., Baldini, M., Montorzi, G., Mazzetti, M., Rogasi, P., Borchi, B., Pinter, E., Anzalone, E., Marocco, R., Mastroianni, C., Mercurio, V. S., Carocci, A., Grilli, E., Maccabruni, A., Zaramella, M., Mariani, B., Natalini Raponi, G., Guaraldi, G., Luzi, K., Nardini, G., Stentarelli, C., Degli Antoni, A. M., Molinari, A., Crisalli, M. P., Donisi, A., Piepoli, M., Cerri, V., Zuccotti, G., Giacomet, V., Fabiano, V., Coletto, S., Placido, G., Vivarelli, A., Castelli, P., Savalli, F., Portelli, V., Sabbatini, F., Francisci, D., Bernini, L., Alberico, S., Maso, G., Tropea, M., Meloni, A., Dedoni, M., Cuboni, C., Ortu, F., Piano, P., Citernesi, A., Spinillo, A., Roccio, M., Miccolis, A., Bassi, E., Cervi, F., Puccetti, C., Murano, P., Contoli, M., Capretti, M. G., Marsico, C., Faldella, G., Martinelli, P., Agangi, A., Trentini, L., Masuelli, G., Garetto, S., Cetin, I., Brambilla, T., Savasi, V., Giaquinto, C., Rinaldi, R., Rubino, E., Bucceri, A., Matrone, R., Scaravelli, G., Fundaro, C., Genovese, O., Cafforio, C., Tozzi, V., Massetti, P., Anceschi, M., Casadei, A. M., Cavaliere, A. F., Finelli, V., Cellini, M., Castelli Gattinara, G., Dalzero, S., Sacchi, V., De Pirro, A., Polizzi, C., Mattei, A., Pirillo, M. F., Amici, R., Galluzzo, C. M., Donnini, S., Baroncelli, S., Regazzi, M., Villani, P., Cusato, M., Cerioli, A., De Martino, M., Moroni, M., Parazzini, F., Vella, S., Floridia, M, Mastroiacovo, P, Tamburrini, E, Tibaldi, C, Todros, T, Crepaldi, A, Sansone, M, Fiscon, M, Liuzzi, G, Guerra, B, Vimercati, A, Vichi, F, Vicini, I, Pinnetti, C, Marconi, A, Ravizza, M, Martinelli, Pasquale, and The Italian Group on Surveillance on Antiretroviral Treatment in, Pregnancy
Subjects: Male, HIV Infections, transcriptase inhibitors, Cohort Studies, chemistry.chemical_compound, Pregnancy, Prevalence, Birth Weight, Young adult, Pregnancy Complications, Infectious, education.field_of_study, Obstetrics, Coinfection, Antiretroviral therapy, birth defects, efavirenz, HIV, non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors, nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors, pregnancy, protease inhibitors, women, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Abnormalities, Drug-Induced, Middle Aged, Italy, Maternal Exposure, Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors, Female, Cohort study, Adult, medicine.medical_specialty, Efavirenz, Adolescent, Anti-HIV Agents, Birth weight, Population, Antiretroviral Therapy, Birth defects, HIV-1, Young Adult, Hepatitis B, Chronic, medicine, Humans, education, business.industry, Infant, Newborn, Odds ratio, Hepatitis C, Chronic, medicine.disease, Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical, Surgery, Pregnancy Trimester, First, chemistry, business
Abstract: Objective We used data from a national study of pregnant women with HIV to evaluate the prevalence of congenital abnormalities in newborns from women with HIV infection. Design Observational study. Setting University and hospital clinics. Population Pregnant women with HIV exposed to antiretroviral treatment at any time during pregnancy. Methods The total prevalence of birth defects was assessed on live births, stillbirths, and elective terminations for fetal anomaly. The associations between potentially predictive variables and the occurrence of birth defects were expressed as odds ratios (ORs) with 95% confidence intervals (95% CIs) for exposed versus unexposed cases, calculated in univariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses. Main outcome measures Birth defects, defined according to the Antiretroviral Pregnancy Registry criteria. Results A total of 1257 pregnancies with exposure at any time to antiretroviral therapy were evaluated. Forty-two cases with major defects were observed. The total prevalence was 3.2% (95% CI 1.9–4.5) for exposure to any antiretroviral drug during the first trimester (23 cases with defects) and 3.4% (95% CI 1.9–4.9) for no antiretroviral exposure during the first trimester (19 cases). No associations were found between major birth defects and first-trimester exposure to any antiretroviral treatment (OR 0.94, 95% CI 0.51–1.75), main drug classes (nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors, OR 0.95, 95% CI 0.51–1.76; non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors, OR 1.20, 95% CI 0.56–2.55; protease inhibitors, OR 0.92, 95% CI 0.43–1.95), and individual drugs, including efavirenz (prevalence for efavirenz, 2.5%). Conclusions This study adds further support to the assumption that first-trimester exposure to antiretroviral treatment does not increase the risk of congenital abnormalities.
Published: 2013

32. Identification of candidate children for maturity-onset diabetes of the young type 2 (MODY2) gene testing: a seven-item clinical flowchart (7-iF)

Author: Pinelli, M, Acquaviva, F, Barbetti, F, Caredda, E, Cocozza, S, Delvecchio, M, Mozzillo, E, Pirozzi, D, Prisco, F, Rabbone, I, Sacchetti, L, Tinto, N, Toni, S, Zucchini, S, Iafusco, D, Italian Study Group on Diabetes of the Italian Society of Pediatric Endocrinology, Diabetology, Biagioni, M, Carloni, I, Cester, Am, Cherubini, V, Giorgetti, C, Iannilli, A, Bruzzese, M, Mammì, F, Guasti, M, Lenzi, L, Pepe, R, Piccini, B, Benelli, M, Cadario, F, Calcaterra, V, Cerutti, F, Sicignano, S, Mammì, C, Lazzaro, N, Comberiati, P, Scaramuzza, A, Zuccotti, G, Redaelli, F, Gallo, F, Cappa, M, Patera, P, Schiaffini, R, Cardella, F, Salvo, C, De Marco, R, Chessa, M, Frongia, P, Ricciardi, Mr, Ripoli, C, Zedda, Ma, Citriniti, F, Chiarelli, F, Tumini, S, Coccioli, Ms, De Berardinis, F, Santoro, E, DE LUCA, Filippo, Lombardo, Fortunato, Salzano, Giuseppina, Felappi, B, Prandi, E, Frezza, E, Piccinno, E, Torelli, C, Zecchino, C, Galderisi, A, Monciotti, C, Ingletto, D, Kaufmann, P, Pasquino, B, Lera, R, Lucchesi, S, Perrotta, A, Salardi, S, Scipioni, M, Luceri, S, Stamati, F, Pianese, L, Piceno, A, Tomaselli, L, Vergerio, A, Casaburo, F, Cocca, A, Confetto, S, Forgione, E, Pelliccia, C, Picariello, S, Pisani, F, Piscopo, A, Villano, P, Zanfardino, A, Buono, P, Franzese, A, Nugnes, R, Valerio, G, Maffeis, C, Marigliano, M, Chiari, G, Iovene, B, Vanelli, M., Pinelli, Michele, Acquaviva, Fabio, Barbetti, F, Caredda, E, Cocozza, Sergio, Delvecchio, M, Mozzillo, Enza, Pirozzi, Daniele, Prisco, F, Rabbone, I, Sacchetti, Lucia, Tinto, Nadia, Toni, S, Zucchini, S, and Iafusco, D.
Subjects: Genetics and Molecular Biology (all), Pediatrics, medicine.medical_specialty, Science, Cost-Benefit Analysis, Decision tree, Medicine (all), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (all), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (all), Biochemistry, Maturity onset diabetes of the young, Settore MED/13 - Endocrinologia, Quality of life, Surveys and Questionnaires, Glucokinase, medicine, Humans, Genetic Testing, Prospective Studies, Age of Onset, Prospective cohort study, Child, Wasting, Children, Genetic testing, Retrospective Studies, Glycated Hemoglobin, Multidisciplinary, MODY2, medicine.diagnostic_test, business.industry, Decision Trees, Retrospective cohort study, medicine.disease, Test (assessment), Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2, Italy, Child, Preschool, Mutation, Quality of Life, Medicine, Female, medicine.symptom, business, gene testing, Research Article
Abstract: MODY2 is the most prevalent monogenic form of diabetes in Italy with an estimated prevalence of about 0.5-1.5%. MODY2 is potentially indistinguishable from other forms of diabetes, however, its identification impacts on patients' quality of life and healthcare resources. Unfortunately, DNA direct sequencing as diagnostic test is not readily accessible and expensive. In addition current guidelines, aiming to establish when the test should be performed, proved a poor detection rate. Aim of this study is to propose a reliable and easy-to-use tool to identify candidate patients for MODY2 genetic testing. We designed and validated a diagnostic flowchart in the attempt to improve the detection rate and to increase the number of properly requested tests. The flowchart, called 7-iF, consists of 7 binary "yes or no" questions and its unequivocal output is an indication for whether testing or not. We tested the 7-iF to estimate its clinical utility in comparison to the clinical suspicion alone. The 7-iF, in a prospective 2-year study (921 diabetic children) showed a precision of about the 76%. Using retrospective data, the 7-iF showed a precision in identifying MODY2 patients of about 80% compared to the 40% of the clinical suspicion. On the other hand, despite a relatively high number of missing MODY2 patients, the 7-iF would not suggest the test for 90% of the non-MODY2 patients, demonstrating that a wide application of this method might 1) help less experienced clinicians in suspecting MODY2 patients and 2) reducing the number of unnecessary tests. With the 7-iF, a clinician can feel confident of identifying a potential case of MODY2 and suggest the molecular test without fear of wasting time and money. A Qaly-type analysis estimated an increase in the patients' quality of life and savings for the health care system of about 9 million euros per year.
Published: 2012

33. Rationale and design of a multicenter prospective cohort study for the eVALuation and monitoring of HPV infections and relATEd cervical diseases in high-risk women (VALHIDATE study)

Author: Orlando, G., Tanzi, E., Chatenoud, L., Gramegna, M., Rizzardini, G., Antonacci, M. C., Arcidiacono, I., Bertuccio, P., Bianchi, S., Boero, V., Cambie, G., Cetin, I., Esposito, S., Falchetti, M., Fasolo, M. M., Galli, C., Bertazzoli, E., Lunghi, G., Matteelli, A., Tisi, G., Zanchetta, N., and Zuccotti, G.
Subjects: Cancer Research, Cross-sectional study, Epidemiology, Cervical cancer, Prevention, HPV, Cytology screening, Molecular screening, Uterine Cervical Neoplasms, Uterine Cervical Diseases, Study Protocol, Risk Factors, Mass Screening, Viral, Prospective Studies, Papillomaviridae, Prospective cohort study, Phylogeny, Human papillomavirus 16, biology, Human papillomavirus 18, HPV infection, Age Factors, Middle Aged, lcsh:Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology. Including cancer and carcinogens, Italy, Oncology, Female, Adult, medicine.medical_specialty, Adolescent, Genotype, Cervical intraepithelial neoplasia, lcsh:RC254-282, Aged, Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia, Cross-Sectional Studies, DNA, Viral, Humans, Mutation, Papillomavirus Infections, Vaginal Smears, Young Adult, Internal medicine, medicine, Genetics, Mass screening, Gynecology, business.industry, DNA, medicine.disease, biology.organism_classification, Uterine Cervical Dysplasia, business
Abstract: Background Pap screening, an effective method for cervical cancer prevention, is now supported by molecular human papillomavirus (HPV) testing. Recently commercialised preventive vaccines also provide new tools for the primary prevention of cervical cancer. To determine appropriate prevention strategies, the Health General Direction, Lombardy Region, funded a project that aims to characterize and monitor HPV infections and related cervical diseases in high-risk women. Methods/design VALHIDATE is a 5-year multicentre open prospective cohort study. It will recruit 7000 consenting women aged 13–65 years to provide information about the local biomolecular epidemiology of HPV infection and cervical diseases in high-risk women recruited from nine clinical centres and one faith-based organisation. The study will estimate the overall and type-specific prevalence of HPV infection and cervical abnormalities. It also aims to compare standard Pap screening with biomolecular screening, and to assist in the design of targeted regional prevention programs directed specifically at high-risk groups. Three groups of high-risk women: 1000 HIV-infected women (aged 26–65 years), 1000 recent migrant women (aged 26–65 years) and 3000 young women (aged 13–26 years) and 1 control group: 2000 women (aged 26–45 years) attending a spontaneous screening program, will be recruited. Sample sizes will be revised after the first year. Adult participants will undergo conventional cervical cytology, HPV DNA screening and genotyping. Paediatric participants will undergo HPV DNA testing and genotyping of urine samples. HPV DNA, cytological abnormalities and HPV types will be analysed according to demographic, epidemiological, behavioural, and clinical data collected in an electronic case report form. Overall and stratified prevalences will be estimated to analyse the associations between HPV infection and selected characteristics. Logistic regression models will be used to estimate crude and adjusted odds ratios. Cox proportional hazard models will be used to estimate hazard ratios over time and between groups. Discussion/main expected results This study will provide substantial insight into HPV infections and related cervical diseases in high-risk groups and will help determine appropriate regional cervical cancer prevention strategies.
Published: 2012

34. Insufficient antiretroviral therapy in pregnancy: missed opportunities for prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV in Europe

Author: Bayley, H, Townsend, C, Cortina Borja, M, Thorne, C, Newell, Ml, Giaquinto, Carlo, Rampon, O, Mazza, A, DE ROSSI, Anita, Grosch Wörner, I, Mok, J, de José MI, Larrú Martínez, B, Ma Peña, J, Gonzalez Garcia, J, Arribas Lopez JR, Garcia Rodriguez MC, Asensi Botet, F, Otero, Mc, Pérez Tamarit, D, Scherpbier, Hj, Kreyenbroek, M, Godfried, Mh, Nellen, Fj, Boer, K, Navér, L, Bohlin, Ab, Belfrage, E, Lindgren, S, Levy, J, Barlow, P, Manigart, Y, Hainaut, M, Goetghebuer, T, Brichard, B, De Camps, J, Thiry, N, Deboone, G, Waterloos, H, Viscoli, C, De Maria, A, Bentivoglio, G, Ferrero, S, Gotta, C, Mûr, A, Pàya, A, López Vilchez MA, Carreras, R, Valerius, Nh, Rosenfeldt, V, Coll, O, Suy, A, Perez, Jm, Fortuny, C, Boguña, J, Savasi, V, Fiore, S, Crivelli, M, Viganò, A, Giacomet, V, Cerini, C, Raimondi, C, Zuccotti, G, Alberico, S, Tropea, M, Businelli, C, Taylor, Gp, Lyall, Eg, Penn, Z, Buffolano, W, Tiseo, R, Martinelli, P, Sansone, M, Maruotti, G, Agangi, A, Tibaldi, C, Marini, S, Masuelli, G, Benedetto, C, Niemieç, T, Marczynska, M, Dobosz, S, Popielska, J, Oldakowska, A, Malyuta, R, Semenenko, I, Pilipenko, T., European Collaborative Study in, Eurocoord, Buffolano, Wilma, Bailey, H, Townsend, C, Cortina Borja, M, Thorne, C., European Collaborative, Study, Martinelli, Pasquale, AII - Amsterdam institute for Infection and Immunity, Paediatric Infectious Diseases / Rheumatology / Immunology, General Internal Medicine, Infectious diseases, Other Research, and Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Subjects: Adult, medicine.medical_specialty, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome, HIV, Pregnancy, Antiviral Agents, antiretroviral therapy, Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), HIV-1 infected women, mother-to-child transmission, risk factors, HIV Infections, medicine.disease_cause, Medical care, Article, Cohort Studies, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Risk Factors, Antiretroviral Therapy, Highly Active, medicine, Humans, Pharmacology (medical), 030212 general & internal medicine, Disengagement theory, Pregnancy Complications, Infectious, Pharmacology, 030219 obstetrics & reproductive medicine, business.industry, mother-to-child transmission, Prevention of mother to child transmission, medicine.disease, Antiretroviral therapy, Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical, 3. Good health, Europe, Infectious Diseases, Family medicine, Immunology, HIV-1, Female, business, HIV-1 infected women, Viral load
Abstract: Background Although mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) rates are at an all-time low in Western Europe, potentially preventable transmissions continue to occur. Duration of antenatal combination antiretroviral therapy (ART) is strongly associated with MTCT risk. Methods Data on pregnant HIV-infected women enrolled in the Western and Central European sites of the European Collaborative Study between January 2000 and July 2009 were analysed. The proportion of women receiving no antenatal ART or 1–13 days of treatment was investigated, and associated factors explored using logistic regression models. Results Of 2,148 women, 142 (7%) received no antenatal ART, decreasing from 8% in 2000–2003 to 5% in 2004– 2009 (χ2=8.73; PConclusions Over the last 10 years, around one in 11 women in this study received insufficient antenatal ART, accounting for 40% of MTCTs. One-half of these women were diagnosed before conception, suggesting disengagement from care.
Published: 2011

35. Mode of delivery in HIV-infected pregnant women and prevention of mother-to-child transmission: changing practices in Western Europe

Author: Boer, K, England, K, Godfried, Mh, Thorne, C, Newell, Ml, Mahdavi, S, Giaquinto, Carlo, Rampon, O, Mazza, A, DE ROSSI, Anita, Worner, Ig, Mok, J, DE JOSE MI, Martinez, Bl, Pena, Jm, Garcia, Jg, Lopez, Jra, Rodriguez, Mcg, ASENSI BOTET, F, Otero, Mc, PEREZ TAMARIT, D, Scherpbier, Hj, Kreyenbroek, M, Nellen, Fjb, Naver, L, Bohlin, Ab, Lindgren, S, Kaldma, A, Belfrage, E, Levy, J, Barlow, P, Manigart, Y, Hainaut, M, Goetghebuer, T, Brichard, B, DE BRUYCKER JJ, Thiry, N, Waterloos, H, Viscoli, C, DE MARIA, A, Bentivoglio, G, Ferrero, S, Gotta, C, Mur, A, Paya, A, LOPEZ VILCHEZ MA, Carreras, R, Valerius, Nh, Rosenfeldt, V, Coll, O, Suy, A, Perez, Jm, Fortuny, C, Boguna, J, Savasi, V, Fiore, S, Crivelli, M, Vigano, A, Giacomet, V, Cerini, C, Raimondi, C, Zuccotti, G, Alberico, S, Tropea, M, Businelli, C, Taylor, Gp, Lyall, Egh, Penn, Z, Buffolano, W, Tiseo, R, Martinelli, P, Sansone, M, Maruotti, G, Agangi, A, Tibaldi, C, Marini, S, Masuelli, G, Benedetto, C, Niemiec, T, Marczynska, M, Dobosz, S, Popielska, J, Oldakowska, A, Malyuta, R, Semenenko, I, Pilipenko, T., Other Research, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, AII - Amsterdam institute for Infection and Immunity, General Internal Medicine, and Martinelli, Pasquale
Subjects: mode of delivery, HIV Infections, 0302 clinical medicine, prevention, Pregnancy, Antiretroviral Therapy, Highly Active, Pharmacology (medical), 030212 general & internal medicine, Young adult, Pregnancy Complications, Infectious, Substance Abuse, Intravenous, elective caesarean section, mode of delivery, mother-to-child transmission, prevention, 030219 obstetrics & reproductive medicine, pregnancy mother-to-child transmission, Vaginal delivery, Obstetrics, Health Policy, Prenatal Care, Viral Load, 3. Good health, Substance abuse, Europe, Infectious Diseases, Premature birth, Premature Birth, Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors, Female, medicine.symptom, delivery, Viral load, Zidovudine, Adult, medicine.medical_specialty, elective caesarean section, Prenatal care, Article, 03 medical and health sciences, Young Adult, medicine, Humans, business.industry, Cesarean Section, mother-to-child transmission, HIV, Infant, Newborn, Infant, medicine.disease, Delivery, Obstetric, Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical, Low birth weight, business, Epidemiologic Methods
Abstract: Objectives The aim of the study was to examine temporal and geographical patterns of mode of delivery in the European Collaborative Study (ECS), identify factors associated with elective caesarean section (CS) delivery in the highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) era and explore associations between mode of delivery and mother-to-child transmission (MTCT). Methods The ECS is a cohort study in which HIV-infected pregnant women are enrolled and their infants prospectively followed. Data on 5238 mother-child pairs (MCPs) enrolled in Western European ECS sites between 1985 and 2007 were analysed. Results The elective CS rate increased from 16% in 1985-1993 to 67% in 1999-2001, declining to 51% by 2005-2007. In 2002-2004, 10% of infants were delivered vaginally, increasing to 34% by 2005-2007. During the HAART era, women in Belgium, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands were less likely to deliver by elective CS than those in Italy and Spain [adjusted odds ratio (AOR) 0.07; 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.04-0.12]. The MTCT rate in 2005-2007 was 1%. Among MCPs with maternal HIV RNA
Published: 2010

36. Use of neonatal antiretroviral prophylaxis for prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV is decreasing in Western Europe

Author: England, K., Thorne, C., Giaquinto, C., Rampon, O., D’Elia, R., De Rossi, A., Grosch Wörner, I., Mok, J., de José, I., Laaru ́, A., Bates, I., Salas, A., Ma Peña, J., Gonzalez Garcia, J., Arribas Lo pez, J. R., Garcia Rodriguez, M. C., Asensi Botet, F., Otero, M. C., Pérez Tamarit, D., Scherpbier, H. J., Kreyenbroek, M., Godfried, M. H., Nellen, F. J. B., Boer, K., Bohlin, A. B., Lindgren, S., Anzén, B., Lidman, K., Elfgren, K., Gyllensten, K., Pehrson, P. O., Levy, J., Barlow, P., Manigart, Y., Hainaut, M., Peltier, A., Goetghebuer, T., Ferrazin, A., DE MARIA, Andrea, Bentivoglio, Giorgio, Ferrero, Simone, Gotta, C., Mur, A., Paya, A., López Vilchez, M. A., Carreras, R., Valerius, N. H., Rosenfeldt, V., Jimenez, J., Coll, O., Suy, A., Perez, J. M., Fortuny, C., Boguña, J., Canet, Y., Pardi, G., Ravizza, M., Guerra, B., Lanari, M., Bianchi, S., Bovicelli, L., Prati, E., Duse, M., Scaravelli, G., Stegagno, M., De Santis, M., Savasi, V., Fiore, S., Cri velli, M., Ferrazzi, E., Vigano`, A., Giacomet, V., Frasca, D., Zuccotti, G., Ravagni Probizer, F., Maccabruni, A., Bucceri, A., Rancilio, L., Alberico, S., Rabusin, M., Bernardon, M., Taylor, G. P., Lyall, E. G. H., Penn, Z., Buffolano, W., Tiseo, R., Martinelli, P., Sansone, M., Maruotti, G., Agangi, A., Tibaldi, C., Marini, S., Masuelli, G., Benedetto, C., Marczynska, T. Niemiec ̧ M., Dobosz, S., Popielska, J., and Oldakowska, A.
Subjects: Microbiology (medical), Cart, Pediatrics, medicine.medical_specialty, antiretroviral therapy, HIV Infections, Chemoprevention, Article, Zidovudine, Pregnancy, Medicine, Humans, HIV, pregnancy, Maternal Transmission, business.industry, Infant, Newborn, medicine.disease, Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical, Europe, Infectious Diseases, Chemoprophylaxis, Cohort, Observational study, Female, business, Viral load, medicine.drug
Abstract: To the Editor: Since the ACTG076 trial results were published in 1994 [1], antiretroviral prophylaxis for the neonate as well as during pregnancy and delivery has been the cornerstone of prevention of mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) of HIV. In the second decade of the combination antiretroviral therapy (cART) era, around 90% of pregnant HIV-infected women in Western Europe receive antenatal cART, for their own health and/or for prevention of MTCT (PMTCT) [2-4]. The rationale for including neonatal prophylaxis in the ACTG076 trial included uncertainty regarding timing of MTCT and the desire to boost the infant’s in utero and intrapartum antiretroviral drug exposure with 6 weeks zidovudine prophylaxis, as a post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) for newborns not infected with HIV in utero. Observational studies and trials subsequently demonstrated effectiveness of neonatal PEP for infants whose mothers received no antiretroviral drugs [5-7]. No trial data exist comparing the efficacy of different neonatal prophylaxis regimens for infants of women on cART. We investigated trends in neonatal prophylaxis use in the cART era in Western European sites of the European Collaborative Study, a cohort of HIV-infected pregnant women and their children; full methods are described elsewhere [4]. Logistic regression was used to investigate factors associated with receipt of neonatal prophylaxis. Variables considered in the multivariable model were antenatal antiretroviral use, mode of delivery, country and year of delivery, prematurity (
Published: 2009

37. Once versus twice daily administration of didanosine in children with symptomatic HIV-associated disease who were intolerant to or clinically deteriorated on zidovudine. The Italian Pediatric Collaborative Study Group on Didanosine

Author: Marchisio P, Principi N, Gabiano C, Galli L, Gattinara GC, Caselli D, Zuccotti G, La Regina A, Paga C, Mazzoni R, Duse M, Fundarò C, Portelli V, Giaquinto C, De Maria A, Timpano C., GUARINO, ALFREDO, Marchisio, P, Principi, N, Gabiano, C, Galli, L, Gattinara, Gc, Caselli, D, Zuccotti, G, La Regina, A, Paga, C, Mazzoni, R, Duse, M, Fundarò, C, Guarino, Alfredo, Portelli, V, Giaquinto, C, De Maria, A, and Timpano, C.
Subjects: Male, Didanosine, Adolescent, Anti-HIV Agents, Child, Preschool, Humans, Infant, Female, HIV Infections, Child, Zidovudine, Drug Administration Schedule, CD4 Lymphocyte Count
Abstract: The objective of this study was to compare the safety, tolerability and clinical response of once- versus twice-daily administration of didanosine given at a dosage of 270 mg/m2/day in children with symptomatic HIV-associated disease who were intolerant to or clinically deteriorated on zidovudine monotherapy. We carried out a randomized, open-label multicentre trial. Didanosine was supplied in buffered tablets, which could be chewed or dispersed in liquid. The children were recruited from 16 paediatric departments participating in the Italian Register for HIV Infection in Children. A total of 53 children (median age 5.5 years) started trial treatment; 26 were given didanosine twice daily and 27 once daily; 85% had AIDS and 98% had clinically deteriorated while on zidovudine therapy. Similar safety and tolerability results were demonstrated for the two schemes of therapy. A total of 11 children (20.7%) required discontinuation of didanosine for severe adverse events (five children (19.2%) in the twice-daily group; six children (22.2%) in the once-daily group, log-rank P = 0.81). Severe hepatic toxicity was uncommon (5.6%) while mild to moderate hepatic dysfunction was demonstrated in about 17% of the participants, without any difference between the two groups. Haematological toxicity was common (about 40% of the children, 11 in the twice- and 19 in the once-daily group) but never severe. Clinical pancreatitis and retinal lesions were never demonstrated. There was no significant difference in progression to death or to a new opportunistic infection between the two treatment regimens (log-rank P = 0.54). The modification of surrogate efficacy parameters during the study period was similar in the two groups. However, weight gain was poorer in children treated once daily. This study suggests that the safety and tolerability of 270 mg/m2/day of didanosine given once daily is substantially similar to that of the traditionally recommended schedule of two divided doses. Owing to the small sample and to the severity of the clinical condition of the children enrolled, no definite conclusions on the comparative efficacy of the two regimens can be drawn.
Published: 1997

38. Cancer rates after year 2000 significantly decrease in children with perinatal HIV infection: A study by the Italian Register for HIV Infection in Children

Author: Chiappini, E, Galli, L, Tovo, Pa, Gabiano, C, Lisi, C, Giaquinto, C, Rampon, O, Gattinara, Gc, De Marco, G, Osimani, P, Manzionna, M, Miniaci, A, Pintor, C, Rosso, R, Esposito, S, Viganò, A, Dodi, I, Maccabruni, A, Fundarò, C, de Martino, M, Osimani, P., Cordiali, R., De Mattia, D., Manzionna, M., Di Bari, C., Ruggeri, M., Masi, M., Miniaci, A., Specchia, F., Ciccia, M., Lanari, M., Baldi, F., Battisti, L., Fiorino, C., Dessı`, C., Pintor, C., Dedoni, M., Fenu, M. L., Cavallini, R., Anastasio, E., Merolla, F., Sticca, M., Pomero, G., Bezzi, Teresa Maria, Fiumana, Elisa, Bonsignori, F., Gervaso, P., Seini, E., Cecchi, M. T., Cosso, D., Timitilli, A., Stronati, M., Plebani, A., Pinzani, R., Bongianin, I., Vigano`, A., Giacomet, V., Erba, P., Salvini, F., Zuccotti, G. V., Giovannini, M., Ferraris, G., Lipreri, R., Moretti, C., Cellini, M., Cano, M. C., Paolucci, P., Bruzzese, E., De Marco, G., Tarallo, L., Tancredi, F., Pennazzato, M., Rampon, O., Dalle Nogare, E. R., Sanfilippo, A., Romano, A., Saitta, M., Dodi, I., Barone, A., Maccabruni, A., Consolini, R., Legitimo, A., Magnani, C., Falconieri, P., Fundaro`, C., Genovese, O., Panzanella, A., Casadei, A. M., Martino, A., Concato, C., Anzidei, G., Bove, G., Cerilli, S., Catania, S., Ajassa, C., Ganau, A., Cristiano, L., Mazza, A., Di Palma, A., Mignone, F., Riva, C., Scorfaro, C., Portelli, V., Rabusin, M., Pellegatta, A., Molesini, M., Chiappini, Elena, Galli, Luisa, Tovo, Pier-Angelo, Gabiano, Clara, Lisi, Catiuscia, Giaquinto, Carlo, Rampon, Osvalda, Gattinara, Guido Castelli, De Marco, Giulio, Osimani, Patrizia, Manzionna, Mariano, Miniaci, Angela, Pintor, Carlo, Rosso, Raffaella, Esposito, Susanna, Viganò, Alessandra, Dodi, Icilio, Maccabruni, Anna, Fundarò, Carlo, De Martino, Maurizio, Italian Register for HIV Infection in, Children, and Lanari, M.
Subjects: Registrie, Pediatrics, Cancer Research, Time Factors, HIV Infections, Antiretroviral Therapy, Highly Active, Neoplasms, HIV Infection, Registries, Sida, Child, biology, Incidence (epidemiology), Medicine (all), Incidence, Child, Preschool, Disease Progression, Humans, Infant, Infant, Newborn, Italy, Treatment Outcome, Oncology, symbols, Population study, Viral disease, Human, medicine.medical_specialty, cancer rates, HIV infection, children, Time Factor, Antiretroviral Therapy, symbols.namesake, Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), medicine, cancer, Highly Active, Poisson regression, Preschool, Settore MED/38 - Pediatria Generale e Specialistica, Perinatal HIV infection, business.industry, Cancer, Newborn, medicine.disease, biology.organism_classification, Italian Register for HIV infection in children, El Niño, Neoplasm, business
Abstract: Purpose To evaluate the impact of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) on cancer incidence in HIV-infected children throughout a 20-year period. Patients and Methods An observational population study was conducted on 1,190 perinatally HIV-infected children enrolled onto the Italian Register for HIV Infection in Children from 1985 to 2004 and never lost to follow-up (total observation time, 10,037.66 years). Cancer rates were calculated in the pre-HAART (1985 to 1995), early HAART (1996 to 1999), and late HAART (2000 to 2004) periods and compared using Poisson regression adjusted for age. The proportion of HAART-treated children increased from 4.1% in 1996 to 60.4% in 1999 and to 81.5% in 2004. In the same time frame, the proportion of children receiving HAART for at least 2 years increased from 3.1% to 77.0%. Results Overall, 35 cancers occurred. Cancer rates were 4.49 (95% CI, 2.37 to 6.64), 4.09 (95% CI, 1.68 to 6.50), and 0.76 (95% CI, 0.00 to 1.80) per 1,000 children per year in 1985 to 1995, 1996 to 1999, and 2000 to 2004, respectively. Notably, there was no significant difference comparing the periods from 1985 to 1995 and 1996 to 1999 (P = .081). By contrast, cancer rates were significantly lower in the period from 2000 to 2004 than in 1996 to 1999 (P < .0001). Results were confirmed by separately analyzing data from children observed from birth (P = .418 for 1985 to 1995 v 1996 to 1999; P = .001 for 1996 to 1999 v 2000 to 2004). Conclusion Dramatically reduced cancer rates were observed only in the late HAART period in parallel to the increasing proportion of children receiving HAART therapy.
Published: 2007

39. Virologic, immunologic, and clinical benefits from early combined antiretroviral therapy in infants with perinatal HIV-1 infection

Author: Chiappini, E., Galli, L., Atovo, P. i. e. r., Gabiano, C., Castelli Gattinara, G., Guarino, A., Baddato, R., Giaquinto, C., Lisi, C., de Martino, M., Osimani, P., Cordiali, R., De Mattia, D., Manzionna, M., Di Bari, C., Ruggeri, M., Masi, M., Miniaci, A., Specchia, F., Ciccia, M., Lanari, M., Baldi, F., Battisti, L., Fiorino, C., Dessı`, C., Pintor, C., Dedoni, M., Fenu, M. L., Cavallini, R., Anastasio, E., Merolla, F., Sticca, M., Pomero, G., Bezzi, Teresa Maria, Fiumana, Elisa, Bonsignori, F., Gervaso, P., Seini, E., Cecchi, M. T., Cosso, D., Timitilli, A., Stronati, M., Plebani, A., Pinzani, R., Bongianin, I., Vigano`, A., Giacomet, V., Erba, P., Salvini, F., Zuccotti, G. V., Giovannini, M., Ferraris, G., Lipreri, R., Moretti, C., Cellini, M., Cano, M. C., Paolucci, P., Bruzzese, E., De Marco, G., Tarallo, L., Tancredi, F., Pennazzato, M., Rampon, O., Dalle Nogare, E. R., Sanfilippo, A., Romano, A., Saitta, M., Dodi, I., Barone, A., Maccabruni, A., Consolini, R., Legitimo, A., Magnani, C., Falconieri, P., Fundaro`, C., Genovese, O., Panzanella, A., Casadei, A. M., Martino, A., Concato, C., Anzidei, G., Bove, G., Cerilli, S., Catania, S., Ajassa, C., Ganau, A., Cristiano, L., Mazza, A., Di Palma, A., Mignone, F., Riva, C., Scorfaro, C., Portelli, V., Rabusin, M., Pellegatta, A., Molesini, M., Chiappini, E, Galli, L, Tovo, Pa, Gabiano, C, Gattinara, Gc, Guarino, Alfredo, Baddato, R, Giaquinto, C, Lisi, C, and DE MARTINO, M.
Subjects: medicine.medical_specialty, Pediatrics, Anti-HIV Agents, medicine.medical_treatment, Immunology, combined antiretroviral therapy, CD4-CD8 Ratio, HIV Infections, HIV-1 infection, Asymptomatic, Drug Administration Schedule, Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), Immunopathology, Antiretroviral Therapy, Highly Active, Medicine, Immunology and Allergy, Humans, Sida, ART, infants, Chemotherapy, biology, business.industry, Age Factors, Infant, Viral Load, biology.organism_classification, medicine.disease, Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical, Surgery, CD4 Lymphocyte Count, Infectious Diseases, Treatment Outcome, Child, Preschool, Lentivirus, Disease Progression, HIV-1, Viral disease, medicine.symptom, business, Epidemiologic Methods, Viral load
Abstract: Objective: To investigate the impact of early versus deferred combined antiretroviral treatment (ART) in asymptomatic or moderately symptomatic [Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) category N, A or B] infants with perinatal HIV-1 infection. Methods: A multi-centre nationwide case-control study was conducted. Data from 30 infants treated with combined ART with three or more drugs before 6 months of age were compared with data from 103 infants starting ART with three or more drugs after 6 months of age. The median follow-up time was 4.1 years (range, 1.0-6.5 years). Results: No difference was evident in the first available viral load and CD4 T-lymphocyte percentage between the two groups of children. Early-treated infants showed significantly lower viral loads than infants receiving deferred treatment at all the follow-up periods. A higher proportion of early-treated infants than infants receiving deferred treatment (73.3% versus 30.1%; P < 0.0001) reached an undetectable viral load. Higher CD4 T-lymphocyte percentages were found in early-treated infants at 13-24 (P < 0.0001), 25-36 (P < 0.0001), and 37-48 (P = 0.003) months of age. No early-treated infant versus 20 of 103 (19.4%) infants receiving deferred ART (P=0.02) showed a CD4 T-lymphocyte percentage of less than 15% at one time point during follow-up. No CDC category A, B or C clinical event occurred in early-treated infants over the follow-up period while 44 of 103 (42.7%) infants receiving deferred treatment presented a decline in the CDC category. Kaplan-Meier analyses revealed significant differences in CDC category A (P = 0.0002), B (P = 0.0003), and C (P = 0.0018) event-free survivals. Conclusion: The data suggest virologic, immunologic, and clinical benefits from early administration of ART.
Published: 2006

40. The management of HCV infected pregnant women and their children European paediatric HCV network

Author: Pembrey, Lucy, Newell, Marie Louise, Tovo, Pier Angelo, Amoroso, A., Bevilaqua, E., Asensi Botet, F., Pereda, A., Balossini, V., Bona, G., Zaffaroni, M., Bandelloni, A., Coscia, A., Fabris, C., Aime, S., Belloni, C., Bossi, G., Salati, B., Boucher, C., Buffolano, W., Butler, K., Roura, L. Cabero, Sanges, J. M. Bertran, Cigna, P., Ciria, L. M., Ginard, C. Servera, Teruel, G. Claret, Fortuny, C., Coll, O., Corrias, A., Ledda, R., Floris, S., De Maria, A., Echeverria, J., Cilla, G., LANARI, MARCELLO, Tridapalli, E., Venturi, V., Fischler, B., Bohlin, A. B., Lindgren, S., Lindh, G., Giacomet, V., Merlo, M., Figini, C., Erba, P., Viganò, A., Hannam, S., Mieli Vergani, G., Hatzakis, A., Inchley, C., Fjaerli, H. O., Maccabruni, A., Marcellini, M., Sartorelli, M. R., Fontelos, P. Martin, Mazza, A., Mok, J. Y. Q., Mûr, A., Viñolas, M., Paternoster, D. M., Grella, P., Polywka, S., Quinti, I., Casadei, A. M., Rojahn, A., Berg, A., Rosso, R., Ferrando, S., Bassetti, D., Contreras, J. Ruiz, Manzanares, A., Extremera, A. Ruiz, Salvini, F., Zuccotti, G. V., Schmitz, T., Grosch Wörner, I., Sperling, C. Feiterna, Piening, T., Vegnente, A., Iorio, R., Versace, A., Lazier, L., Palomba, E., Gabiano, C., Balbo, L., Zanetti, A., Tanzi, E., FALDELLA, GIACOMO, Pembrey, L., Newell, M. L., Tovo, P. A., Amoroso, A., Bevilacqua, E., Asensi Botet, F., Pereda, A., Balossini, V., Bona, G., Zaffaroni, M., Bandelloni, A., Coscia, A., Fabris, C., Iorio, Raffaele, Vegnente, Angela, Pembrey, Lucy, Newell, Marie-Louise, Tovo, Pier-Angelo, Bevilaqua, E., Asensi-Botet, F., Aime, S., Belloni, C., Bossi, G., Salati, B., Boucher, C., Buffolano, W., Butler, K., Roura, L. Cabero, Sanges, J.M. Bertran, Cigna, P., Ciria, L.M., Ginard, C. Servera, Teruel, G. Claret, Fortuny, C., Coll, O., Corrias, A., Ledda, R., Floris, S., De Maria, A., Echeverria, J., Cilla, G., Faldella, Giacomo, Lanari, M., Tridapalli, E., Venturi, V., Fischler, B., Bohlin, A.-B., Lindgren, S., Lindh, G., Giacomet, V., Merlo, M., Figini, C., Erba, P., Viganò, A., Hannam, S., Mieli-Vergani, G., Hatzakis, A., Inchley, C., Fjaerli, H.O., Maccabruni, A., Marcellini, M., Sartorelli, M.R., Fontelos, P. Martin, Mazza, A., Mok, J.Y.Q., Mûr, A., Viñolas, M., Paternoster, D.M., Grella, P., Polywka, S., Quinti, I., Casadei, A.M., Rojahn, A., Berg, A., Rosso, R., Ferrando, S., Bassetti, D., Contreras, J. Ruiz, Manzanares, A., Extremera, A. Ruiz, Salvini, F., Zuccotti, G.V., Schmitz, T., Grosch-Wörner, I., Sperling, C. Feiterna, Piening, T., Vegnente, A., Iorio, R., Versace, A., Lazier, L., Palomba, E., Gabiano, C., Balbo, L., Zanetti, A., and Tanzi, E.
Subjects: Pediatrics, medicine.medical_specialty, Psychological intervention, Breastfeeding, Pregnancy, Prenatal Diagnosis, Diagnosis, medicine, Humans, Prospective Studies, Pregnancy Complications, Infectious, Prospective cohort study, Hepatitis C, Clinical management, Mother-to-child transmission, Paediatric, Follow-up, Hepatology, business.industry, Transmission (medicine), Gastroenterology, Infant, Newborn, virus diseases, Evidence-based medicine, medicine.disease, digestive system diseases, Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical, Europe, Immunology, Female, Viral disease, business, Diagnosi
Abstract: Background/Aims: As evidence accumulates relating to mother-to-child (vertical) transmission of hepatitis C virus (HCV), it is timely to draw up guidelines for the clinical management of HCV infected pregnant women and their children. Methods: A review of evidence from the European Paediatric HCV Network (EPHN) prospective study of HCV infected women and their children and other published studies. Meeting of EPHN clinical experts to reach a consensus on recommendations for management. Each recommendation was graded according to the level of evidence. Results/conclusions: Although several risk factors for mother-to-child transmission have been identified, none are modifiable and there are currently no interventions available to prevent vertical transmission of HCV. Data on timing of loss of maternal antibodies and reliability of diagnostic tests inform the optimum follow-up schedule for confirmation or exclusion of infection in children born to HCV infected women. Based on the current evidence, routine antenatal screening for HCV should not be introduced and neither elective caesarean section nor avoidance of breastfeeding should be recommended to HCV infected women to prevent mother-to-child transmission of HCV. HCV/HIV co-infected women should follow existing HIV guidelines. © 2005 European Association for the Study of the Liver. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Published: 2005

41. Persistently high IgA serum levels are a marker of immunological or virological failure of combined antiretroviral therapy in children with perinatal HIV-1 infection

Author: Chiappini, E., Galli, L., Tovo, P. A., Gabiano, C., de Martino, M., Osimani, P., Cordiali, R., De Mattia, D., Manzionna, M., Di Bari, C., Ruggeri, M., Masi, M., Miniaci, A., Specchia, F., Ciccia, M., Lanari, M., Baldi, F., Battisti, L., Fiorino, C., Dessı`, C., Pintor, C., Dedoni, M., Fenu, M. L., Cavallini, R., Anastasio, E., Merolla, F., Sticca, M., Pomero, G., Bezzi, Teresa Maria, Fiumana, Elisa, Bonsignori, F., Gervaso, P., Seini, E., Cecchi, M. T., Cosso, D., Timitilli, A., Stronati, M., Plebani, A., Pinzani, R., Bongianin, I., Vigano`, A., Giacomet, V., Erba, P., Salvini, F., Zuccotti, G. V., Giovannini, M., Ferraris, G., Lipreri, R., Moretti, C., Cellini, M., Cano, M. C., Paolucci, P., Bruzzese, E., De Marco, G., Tarallo, L., Tancredi, F., Pennazzato, M., Rampon, O., Dalle Nogare, E. R., Sanfilippo, A., Romano, A., Saitta, M., Dodi, I., Barone, A., Maccabruni, A., Consolini, R., Legitimo, A., Magnani, C., Falconieri, P., Fundaro`, C., Genovese, O., Panzanella, A., Casadei, A. M., Martino, A., Concato, C., Anzidei, G., Bove, G., Cerilli, S., Catania, S., Ajassa, C., Ganau, A., Cristiano, L., Mazza, A., Di Palma, A., Mignone, F., Riva, C., Scorfaro, C., Portelli, V., Rabusin, M., Pellegatta, A., Molesini, M., Chiappini E., Galli L., Tovo PA., Gabiano C., de Martino M., Osimani P, Masi M., Specchia F., Molesini M., and The Italian Register for HIV Infection in Children
Subjects: Adolescent, Anti-HIV Agents, Immunology, HIV Infections, HIV-1 infection, Perinatal hiv, Antiretroviral Therapy, Highly Active, Clinical Studies, Immunology and Allergy, Medicine, Humans, Treatment Failure, Child, viremia, business.industry, combinedantiretroviral therapy, hyper-IgA, Infant, Newborn, Normal population, Infant, Viral Load, Antiretroviral therapy, Virological failure, Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical, CD4 Lymphocyte Count, Immunoglobulin A, Child, Preschool, HIV-1, Drug Monitoring, business, Viral load, Biomarkers, Follow-Up Studies
Abstract: Summary Non-expensive and low-complexity surrogate markers for monitoring the response to combined antiretroviral therapy (combined-ART) are needed in poor-resource settings where routine assessment of CD4+ T-lymphocyte count and viral load can not be afforded. We longitudinally evaluated Ig serum levels in 234 HIV-1 infected children receiving combined-ART with ≥ 3 drugs. Since Ig levels physiologically vary with age, differences at different age periods were evaluated as differences in z-scores calculated using the mean and standard deviation of the normal population for each age period. Data from 17 (7·3%) children with immunological failure and from 54 (23·1%) children with virological failure of combined-ART were compared with data from not-failed children. At baseline children with immunological failure showed higher IgM z-scores (P = 0·042) than children without. After 3–12 months of therapy immunologically failed children displayed higher viral loads (P < 0·0001) and IgA (P = 0·043) z-scores than not-failed children. Similarly, at the same follow-up time, children with virological failure showed lower CD4+ T-lymphocyte percentages (P = 0·005) and higher IgA z-scores (P < 0·0001) than not-failed children. No difference in IgG or IgM z-scores was evidenced between failed and not-failed children after 3–12 months of therapy. In conclusion, IgA serum level is a cheap and low-complexity marker of immunological or virological failure of combined-ART which might be adopted in poor-resource settings.
Published: 2005

42. [Respiratory diseases in infants hospitalized during the 1st 2 years of life for viral lower respiratory tract infections: a one-year follow-up]

Author: Giovannini, M., Rossi, G.A., Merolla, R., Arena, F., Cutrera, R., Dalla Casa, P., D'Andrea, N., Galluzzo, C., Indinnimeo, L., Ivaldi, M., Pifferi, M., Rinaldi, G., Torcoletti, M., and Zuccotti, G.
Subjects: Hypersensitivity, Immediate, Male, complications, etiology, Pneumonia, Viral, Respiratory System Agents, Respiratory tract infections, Respiratory tract infections, complications, Respiratory tract infections, epidemiology, Respiratory tract infections, etiology, Respiratory tract infections, prevention and control, Risk Factors, Humans, prevention and control, Longitudinal Studies, Prospective Studies, Bronchitis, Respiratory Sounds, Settore MED/38 - Pediatria Generale e Specialistica, Infant, Newborn, Infant, Asthma, Anti-Bacterial Agents, Hospitalization, Italy, Virus Diseases, epidemiology, Female, Infant, Premature, Follow-Up Studies
Abstract: Epidemiologic data suggest strong links between hospitalisation with bronchiolitis in infancy and subsequent higher risk of developing lower respiratory tract infections (LRTI) and/or hyperreactive airway diseases. The aim of this study was to evaluate in an Italian population the natural history of respiratory diseases in children hospitalised for LRTI when they were2 years.An observational, perspective, longitudinal study was performed through telephone interviews. Nine pediatric tertiary care centres participated to the study evaluating a population of 187 children, hospitalised in the previous year (November 1999-April 2000) for bronchiolitis or pneumonia when they were2 years of age and participated to a previous study on the prevalence of infant LRTI in Italy (RADAR).Twenty-three (12.3%) children had a gestational age36 weeks. In the 12 months following the first hospitalisation, an elevated frequency of respiratory symptoms was found. Indeed, 152 (81.3%) children suffered from not-requiring-hospital-admission respiratory infections and 21 (11.2%) were hospitalized again for LRTI: 11.6% had bronchiolitis, 23.5% bronchitis and 35.2% pneumonia. In addition, 1.2% had gs;3 infectious episodes and 21.4% gs;6: 68 (36.4%) showed wheezy bronchitis and 17 (9.1%) were reported to have asthma; 132 children (71%) took antibiotics during the last year, 19.4%3 times; 111 (59.4%) bronchodilators and 49 (26.2%) oral corticosteroids. One year after the first hospitalisation, 19 subjects (10.2%) were found to be positive to at least one class of allergens by prick test or RAST.Thus, the demonstration of a high morbidity rate for LRTI, wheezing and asthma in this study group during the first year follow-up after hospital admission further support the need for prophylactic interventions to reduce the morbidity and severity of sequelae of LRTI, in particularly in premature children and/or with additional risk factors.
Published: 2003

43. Zidovudine therapy and HIV type 1 mutations in children with symptomatic HIV type 1 infection: effect of switching to didanosine or zidovudine plus didanosine therapy. Italian Multicenter Study Group on HIV Mutations in Children

Author: Principi, N., Marchisio, P., Esposito, Susanna Maria Roberta, Rossi, P., Gattinara, G. C., Galli, L., Gabiano, C., Zuccotti, G. V., and Orlandi, P.
Subjects: Codon, Anti-HIV Agents, Humans, Zidovudine, Child, HIV-1, Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors, Drug Therapy, Combination, Genotype, Base Sequence, Didanosine, HIV Infections, DNA Primers, Mutation, Drug Therapy, Combination
Abstract: Type and prevalence of zidovudine (ZDV) resistance mutations in HIV-1-infected children in clinically stable condition and on ZDV monotherapy were analyzed to evaluate the effect of switching to didanosine (ddI) monotherapy or to ZDV plus ddI on the pattern of mutations and on the clinical outcome. Monthly clinical and laboratory controls for HIV-1 infection status were performed; at enrollment and every 4 to 6 months after treatment randomization mutant proviral sequences were evaluated in all the children, whereas viral burden was performed only in a small subgroup of patients randomly selected in each of the three treatment groups. ZDV resistance-associated proviral DNA mutations were defined as low-level resistance (LLR) mutations or medium/high-level resistance (MHLR) mutations; clinical outcome was considered as stable or deteriorating. Results showed that at entry into the study the duration of ZDV therapy was significantly correlated with the presence of mutations, and that the level of resistance given by mutations was associated with the severity both of symptoms and immunodeficiency. After randomization to treatment, in patients with mutations that confer LLR a better clinical outcome with ddI monotherapy than with ZDV plus ddI and ZDV alone was observed in the subsequent 6 months, whereas in patients with mutations that confer MHLR no significant difference among the three treatment groups was found. Data showed also that levels of viral burden at the time of changing therapy are related to clinical outcome if measured by plasma viral load. These results suggest that genotypic resistance assays, together with viral load, may prove useful for rational treatment decisions both at the start of therapy and with failure.
Published: 1998

44. Levels and patterns of HIV RNA viral load in untreated pregnant women

Author: Patel, D, Thorne, C, Newell, Ml, CORTINA BORJA, M, Giaquinto, Carlo, Rampon, O, D'Elia, R, DE ROSSI, Anita, GROSCH WORNER, I, Mok, J, DE JOSE MI, Martinez, Bl, Pena, Jm, Garcia, Jg, Lopez, Jra, GARCIA RODRIGUEZ, J, ASENSI BOTET, F, Otero, Mc, PEREZ TAMARIT, D, Scherpbier, Hj, Kreyenbroek, M, Godfried, Mh, Nellen, Fjb, Boer, K, Ehrnst, A, Bohlin, Ab, Lindgren, S, Anzen, B, Lidman, K, Levy, J, Barlow, P, Manigart, Y, Hainaut, M, Goetghebuer, T, Ferrazin, A, Viscoli, C, DE MARIA, A, Bentivoglio, G, Ferrero, S, Gotta, C, Mur, A, Paya, A, LOPEZ VILCHEZ MA, Carreras, R, Valerius, Nh, Rosenfeldt, V, Jimenez, J, Coll, O, Suy, A, Perez, Jm, Fortuny, C, Boguna, J, Caro, Mc, Canet, Y, Ravizza, M, Guerra, B, Lanari, M, Bianchi, S, Bovicelli, L, Prati, E, Duse, M, Scaravelli, G, Stegagno, M, DE SANTIS, M, Savasi, V, Fiore, S, Crivelli, M, Ferrazzi, E, Vigano, A, Giacomet, V, Cerini, C, Raimondi, C, Zuccotti, G, Probizer, Fr, Maccabruni, A, Bucceri, A, Rancilio, L, Alberico, S, Rabusin, M, Bernardon, M, Taylor, Gp, Lyall, Egh, Penn, Z, Buffolano, W, Tiseo, R, Martinelli, A, Sansone, M, Maruotti, G, Agangi, A, Tibaldi, C, Marini, S, Masuelli, G, Benedetto, C, Niemiec, T, Marczynska, M, Dobosz, S, Popielska, J, Oldakowska, A, Malyuta, R, Semenenko, I, Pilipenko, T, Posokhova, S, Kaleeva, T, Stelmah, A, Kiseleva, G., European Collaborative Study, Patel D, Thorne C, Newell ML, Cortina-Borja M [, Guerra B, Lanari M ], Amsterdam institute for Infection and Immunity, Paediatric Infectious Diseases / Rheumatology / Immunology, General Internal Medicine, Infectious diseases, Other Research, and Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Subjects: Microbiology (medical), Adult, medicine.medical_specialty, Race, Adolescent, Black People, Gestational Age, HIV Infections, Disease, White People, HIV, Pregnancy, HIV RNA viral load, ART-naïve, Young Adult, Asian People, pregnancy, Medicine, Humans, Young adult, Pregnancy Complications, Infectious, business.industry, Obstetrics, Confounding, RNA, Gestational age, General Medicine, Viral Load, medicine.disease, CD4 Lymphocyte Count, hiv, art-naïve, hiv rna viral load, race, art-naive, Infectious Diseases, Immunology, HIV-1, RNA, Viral, Female, Sample collection, business, Viral load
Abstract: Objective: To assess pregnancy levels and patterns of HIV RNA in the absence of antiretroviral therapy, while appropriately adjusting for potential confounders, including maternal immune status and race. Methods: Data on >= 1 antenatal HIV RNA measurements were available for 333 untreated HIV-infected pregnant women enrolled in the European Collaborative Study. CD4 counts and HIV RNA measurements were routinely collected from 1992 and 1998, respectively. Linear mixed effects models based on 246 women for whom complete data were available examined changes in HIV RNA levels over pregnancy, with a nested random effects term accounting for measurement variability within women and period of sample collection. Results: The change in HIV RNA over pregnancy varied significantly by race (p = 0.005): from the second trimester until delivery, HIV RNA decreased significantly by an estimated 0.019 log(10) copies/ml/week in white women (95% Cl -0.03, -0.007); in black women the estimated 0.016 log(10) copies/ml/week increase (95% Cl -0.005, 0.037) was not statistically significant. At delivery, HIV RNA levels in black women were 0.45 log(10) copies/ml higher (95% Cl 0.08, 0.83) than in white women. Conclusions: Our findings suggest that HIV RNA dynamics over pregnancy differ by race, although other interpretations cannot be excluded, due to potential for unmeasured confounding. (C) 2008 International Society for Infectious Diseases. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved
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45. Evolving treatment implementation among HIV- infected pregnant women and their partners: Results from a national surveillance study in Italy, 2001-2015

Author: Floridia, M., Frisina, V. b., Ravizza, M., Marconi, A. M., Pinnetti, C., Cetin, I., Sansone, M., Molinari, A., Cervi, F., Meloni, A., Luzi, K., Masuelli, G., Tamburrini, E., Ensoli, B., Moroni, M., Lazzarin, A., Sagnelli, E., Antinori, A., Carosi, G., Marcotullio, S., Mazzotta, F., Vella, S., Ammassari, A., Antonucci, G., Andreoni, M., Angarano, G., Armignacco, O., Babudieri, S., Baldelli, F., Bini, T., Bonfanti, Bonora, P., Borderi, S., Bruno, M., Bucciardini, R., Castagna, R, Cattelan, A., Cauda, A. M., Cerioli, R., Chirianni, A., Cingolani, A., Cinque, A., D'Arminio, Monforte, Carli, De, Luca, De, Perri, Di, Pietro, Di, Hamad, El, Errico, I., Ferrazzi, M., Gabrielli, E., Galli, E., Giaquinto, M., Girardi, C., Gori, E., Grossi, A., Guaraldi, P., Liuzzi, G., Caputo, Lo, Maggiolo, S., Malena, F., Maserati, M., Mastroianni, R., Matteelli, C., Morrone, A., Murri, A., Mussini, R., Nasta, C., Oldrini, P., Oleari, M., Orlando, F., Palù, G., Pempinello, G., Perno, R., Prestileo, C., Pompa, T., Puoti, M. G., Puro, M., Rancilio, V., Rasi, L., Rizzardini, G., Savasi, G., Signorini, V. M., Sighinolfi, L., Stagnitta, L., Starace, M., Starnini, F., Sterrantino, G., Suter, G., Tambussi, F., Tavio, G., Torti, M., Tozzi, C., Trotta, V., Vaccher, M. P., Viganò, E., Visintini, A., Vullo, R., Zuccotti, V., Dell'Isola, G. V., Manfredini, S., Parisi, V., Pezzoli, S., M. C., Floridia, M, Frisina, V, Ravizza, M, Marconi, A, Pinnetti, C, Cetin, I, Sansone, M, Molinari, A, Cervi, F, Meloni, A, Luzi, K, Masuelli, G, Tamburrini, E, Ensoli, B, Moroni, M, Lazzarin, A, Sagnelli, E, Antinori, A, Carosi, G, Marcotullio, S, Mazzotta, F, Vella, S, Ammassari, A, Antonucci, G, Andreoni, M, Angarano, G, Armignacco, O, Babudieri, S, Baldelli, F, Bini, T, Bonfanti, P, Bonora, S, Borderi, M, Bruno, R, Bucciardini, R, Castagna, A, Cattelan, A, Cauda, R, Cerioli, A, Chirianni, A, Cingolani, A, Cinque, P, d'Arminio Monforte, A, De Carli, G, De Luca, A, Di Perri, G, Di Pietro, M, El Hamad, I, Errico, M, Ferrazzi, E, Gabrielli, E, Galli, M, Giaquinto, C, Girardi, E, Gori, A, Grossi, P, Guaraldi, G, Liuzzi, G, Lo Caputo, S, Maggiolo, F, Malena, M, Maserati, R, Mastroianni, C, Matteelli, A, Morrone, A, Murri, R, Mussini, C, Nasta, P, Oldrini, M, Oleari, F, Orlando, G, Palu, G, Pempinello, R, Perno, C, Prestileo, T, Pompa, M, Puoti, M, Puro, V, Rancilio, L, Rasi, G, Rizzardini, G, Savasi, V, Signorini, L, Sighinolfi, L, Stagnitta, M, Starace, F, Starnini, G, Sterrantino, G, Suter, F, Tambussi, G, Tavio, M, Torti, C, Tozzi, V, Trotta, M, Vaccher, E, Vigano, A, Visintini, R, Vullo, V, Zuccotti, G, Dell'Isola, S, Manfredini, V, Parisi, S, Pezzoli, M, Zona, S, Floridia, M., Frisina, V., Ravizza, M., Marconi, A. M., Pinnetti, C., Cetin, I., Sansone, M., Molinari, A., Cervi, F., Meloni, A., Luzi, K., Masuelli, G., Tamburrini, E., Ensoli, B., Moroni, M., Lazzarin, A., Sagnelli, E., Antinori, A., Carosi, G., Marcotullio, S., Mazzotta, F., Vella, S., Ammassari, A., Antonucci, G., Andreoni, M., Angarano, G., Armignacco, O., Babudieri, S., Baldelli, F., Bini, T., Bonfanti, P., Bonora, S., Borderi, M., Bruno, R., Bucciardini, R., Castagna, A., Cattelan, A. M., Cauda, R., Cerioli, A., Chirianni, A., Cingolani, A., Cinque, P., d'Arminio Monforte, A., De Carli, G., De Luca, A., Di Perri, G., Di Pietro, M., El Hamad, I., Errico, M., Ferrazzi, E., Gabrielli, E., Galli, M., Giaquinto, C., Girardi, E., Gori, A., Grossi, P., Guaraldi, G., Liuzzi, G., Lo Caputo, S., Maggiolo, F., Malena, M., Maserati, R., Mastroianni, C., Matteelli, A., Morrone, A., Murri, R., Mussini, C., Nasta, P., Oldrini, M., Oleari, F., Orlando, G., Palu, G., Pempinello, R., Perno, C. -F., Prestileo, T., Pompa, M. G., Puoti, M., Puro, V., Rancilio, L., Rasi, G., Rizzardini, G., Savasi, V. M., Signorini, L., Sighinolfi, L., Stagnitta, M., Starace, F., Starnini, G., Sterrantino, G., Suter, F., Tambussi, G., Tavio, M., Torti, C., Tozzi, V., Trotta, M. P., Vaccher, E., Vigano, A., Visintini, R., Vullo, V., Zuccotti, G. V., Dell'Isola, S., Manfredini, V., Parisi, S., Pezzoli, M. C., and Zona, S.
Subjects: 0301 basic medicine, Male, Infectious Disease Transmission, HIV Infections, Pre-Exposure Prophylaxi, Miscarriage, Cohort Studies, Pre-exposure prophylaxis, 0302 clinical medicine, Pregnancy, Prevalence, Medicine, Vertical, HIV Infection, 030212 general & internal medicine, Pregnancy Complications, Infectious, Treatment implementation, Obstetrics, Health Policy, Medicine (all), Infectious, Pregnancy Outcome, Articles, 3. Good health, Sexual Partner, Sexual Partners, Italy, Serodiscordant, Chemoprophylaxis, Female, Live birth, Adolescent, Adult, Anti-HIV Agents, Fertilization, Humans, Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical, Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis, Cohort study, Human, medicine.medical_specialty, 03 medical and health sciences, Environmental health, business.industry, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Anti-HIV Agent, medicine.disease, 030112 virology, Pregnancy Complications, Pregnancy Complications, Infectiou, Cohort Studie, business
Abstract: Background The current global and national indications for antiretroviral treatment (ART, usually triple combination therapy) in adolescent and adults, including pregnant women, recommend early ART before immunologic decline, pre-exposure chemoprophylaxis (PrEP), and treatment of HIV-negative partners in serodiscordant couples. There is limited information on the implementation of these recommendations among pregnant women with HIV and their partners. Methods The present analysis was performed in 2016, using data from clinical records of pregnant women with HIV, followed between 2001 and 2015 at hospital or university clinics within a large, nationally representative Italian cohort study. The study period was divided in three intervals of five years each (2001-2005, 2006-2010, 2011-2015), and the analysis evaluated temporal trends in rates of HIV diagnosis in pregnancy, maternal antiretroviral treatment at conception, prevalence of HIV infection among partners of pregnant women with HIV, and proportion of seronegative and seropositive male partners receiving antiretroviral treatment. Results The analysis included 2755 pregnancies in women with HIV. During the three time intervals considered the rate of HIV diagnosis in pregnancy (overall 23.3%), and the distribution of HIV status among male partners (overall 48.7% HIV- negative, 28.6% HIV-positive and 22.8% unknown) remained substantially unchanged. Significant increases were observed in the proportion of women with HIV diagnosed before pregnancy who were on antiretroviral treatment at conception (from 62.0% in 2001-2005 to 81.3% in 2011-2015, P < 0.001), and in the proportion of HIV-positive partners on antiretroviral treatment (from 73.3% in 2001-2005 to 95.8% in 2011-2015, P = 0.002). Antiretroviral treatment was administered in 99.1% of the pregnancies that did not end early because of miscarriage, termination, or intrauterine death, and in 75.3% of those not ending in a live birth. No implementation of antiretroviral treatment was introduced among male HIV-negative partners. Conclusions The results suggest good implementation of antiretroviral treatment among HIV-positive women and their HIV-positive partners, but no implementation, even in recent years, of Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) among uninfected male partners. Further studies should assess the determinants of this occurrence and clarify the attitudes and the potential barriers to PrEP use.
Published: 2017

46. The IGFBP3/TMEM219 pathway regulates beta cell homeostasis

Author: DAddio, Francesca, Maestroni, Anna, Assi, Emma, Ben Nasr, Moufida, Amabile, Giovanni, Usuelli, Vera, Loretelli, Cristian, Bertuzzi, Federico, Antonioli, Barbara, Cardarelli, Francesco, El Essawy, Basset, Solini, Anna, Gerling, Ivan C., Bianchi, Cristina, Becchi, Gabriella, Mazzucchelli, Serena, Corradi, Domenico, Fadini, Gian Paolo, Foschi, Diego, Markmann, James F., Orsi, Emanuela, Skrha, Jan, Camboni, Maria Gabriella, Abdi, Reza, Shapiro, A. M. James, Folli, Franco, Ludvigsson, Johnny, Del Prato, Stefano, Zuccotti, Gianvincenzo, Fiorina, Paolo, D'Addio, F., Maestroni, A., Assi, E., Ben Nasr, M., Amabile, G., Usuelli, V., Loretelli, C., Bertuzzi, F., Antonioli, B., Cardarelli, F., El Essawy, B., Solini, A., Gerling, I. C., Bianchi, C., Becchi, G., Mazzucchelli, S., Corradi, D., Fadini, G. P., Foschi, D., Markmann, J. F., Orsi, E., Skrha, J., Camboni, M. G., Abdi, R., James Shapiro, A. M., Folli, F., Ludvigsson, J., Del Prato, S., Zuccotti, G., and Fiorina, P.
Subjects: Male, Cell- och molekylärbiologi, Inbred C57BL, cells, cultured, Transgenic, Mice, Mice, Inbred NOD, Insulin-Secreting Cells, middle aged, Homeostasis, animal, membrane protein, Cells, Cultured, Mice, Knockout, Cultured, Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction, adult, gene expression regulation, Middle Aged, reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction, diabetes mellitus, type 1, female, diabetes mellitus, type 2, Female, immunoblotting, signal transduction, Type 2, Type 1, Signal Transduction, Adult, mice, inbred C57BL, Cells, Knockout, Science, mice, knockout, Immunoblotting, Mice, Transgenic, Animals, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2, Humans, Insulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Protein 3, Membrane Proteins, Mice, Inbred C57BL, Gene Expression Regulation, male, insulin-secreting cell, Diabetes Mellitus, human, mice, inbred NOD, mice, transgenic, homeostasi, Settore FIS/07 - Fisica Applicata(Beni Culturali, Ambientali, Biol.e Medicin), Inbred NOD, insulin-like growth factor binding protein 3, Cell and Molecular Biology
Abstract: In this new study the Authors demonstrated that the IGFBP3/TMEM219 pathway is a physiological regulator of pancreatic beta cell homeostasis and it is dysregulated in diabetes. IGFBP3/TMEM219 targeting may therefore serve as a therapeutic option in diabetes. Loss of pancreatic beta cells is a central feature of type 1 (T1D) and type 2 (T2D) diabetes, but a therapeutic strategy to preserve beta cell mass remains to be established. Here we show that the death receptor TMEM219 is expressed on pancreatic beta cells and that signaling through its ligand insulin-like growth factor binding protein 3 (IGFBP3) leads to beta cell loss and dysfunction. Increased peripheral IGFBP3 was observed in established and at-risk T1D/T2D patients and was confirmed in T1D/T2D preclinical models, suggesting that dysfunctional IGFBP3/TMEM219 signaling is associated with abnormalities in beta cells homeostasis. In vitro and in vivo short-term IGFBP3/TMEM219 inhibition and TMEM219 genetic ablation preserved beta cells and prevented/delayed diabetes onset, while long-term IGFBP3/TMEM219 blockade allowed for beta cell expansion. Interestingly, in several patients cohorts restoration of appropriate IGFBP3 levels was associated with improved beta cell function. The IGFBP3/TMEM219 pathway is thus shown to be a physiological regulator of beta cell homeostasis and is also demonstrated to be disrupted in T1D/T2D. IGFBP3/TMEM219 targeting may therefore serve as a therapeutic option in diabetes. Funding Agencies|SID Lombardia Grant; EFSD/JDRF/Lilly Programme on Type 1 Diabetes Research; Italian Ministry of HealthMinistry of Health, Italy [RF-2016-02362512]; Universita di Milano; NIHUnited States Department of Health & Human ServicesNational Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA [DK104155]; Juvenile Diabetes Research FoundationJuvenile Diabetes Research Foundation; Enthera S.r.l.
Published: 2022

47. Hydroxychloroquine modulates immunological pathways activated by RNA:DNA hybrids in Aicardi–Goutières syndrome patients carrying RNASEH2 mutations

Author: Stephana Carelli, Daisy Sproviero, Elisa Piscianz, Simona Orcesi, Orietta Pansarasa, Alessandra Tesser, Francesca Dragoni, Alberto Tommasini, Cristina Cereda, Jessica Garau, Davide Tonduti, Carolina Santonicola, Gian Vincenzo Zuccotti, Garau, J., Sproviero, D., Dragoni, F., Piscianz, E., Santonicola, C., Tonduti, D., Carelli, S., Tesser, A., Zuccotti, G. V., Tommasini, A., Orcesi, S., Pansarasa, O., and Cereda, C.
Subjects: Cell biology, Ribonuclease H, Immunology, Biology, Nervous System Malformations, Antibodies, Autoimmune Diseases of the Nervous System, Correspondence, Autophagy, medicine, Humans, Immunology and Allergy, Genetics, Aicardi Goutières Syndrome, Hydroxychloroquine, DNA, medicine.disease, Nucleotidyltransferases, Infectious Diseases, Child, Preschool, Mutation, RNA, Aicardi–Goutières syndrome, Rna dna hybrids, Lysosomes, medicine.drug
Abstract: Aicardi–Goutières syndrome (AGS) is a rare genetic disease caused by mutations in nine genes that are all involved in nucleic acid metabolism or sensing.
Published: 2021

48. Childhood multisystem inflammatory syndrome associated with COVID-19 (MIS-C): a diagnostic and treatment guidance from the Rheumatology Study Group of the Italian Society of Pediatrics

Author: Marco Cattalini, Andrea Taddio, Claudia Bracaglia, Rolando Cimaz, Sara Della Paolera, Giovanni Filocamo, Francesco La Torre, Bianca Lattanzi, Alessandra Marchesi, Gabriele Simonini, Gianvincenzo Zuccotti, Fiammetta Zunica, Alberto Villani, Angelo Ravelli, on behalf of the Rheumatology Study Group of the Italian Society of Pediatrics, Cattalini, M., Taddio, A., Bracaglia, C., Cimaz, R., Paolera, S. D., Filocamo, G., La Torre, F., Lattanzi, B., Marchesi, A., Simonini, G., Zuccotti, G., Zunica, F., Villani, A., and Ravelli, A.
Subjects: Male, medicine.medical_specialty, Pediatrics, Debate, MEDLINE, Disease, 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology, 03 medical and health sciences, Therapeutic approach, 0302 clinical medicine, Internal medicine, medicine, Humans, 030212 general & internal medicine, Child, Aspirin, business.industry, lcsh:RJ1-570, COVID-19, lcsh:Pediatrics, Guideline, Evidence-based medicine, medicine.disease, Settore MED/38, Rheumatology, Female, Italy, Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome, Systemic inflammatory response syndrome, business, Human, medicine.drug
Abstract: Background Italy was the first Western country to be hit by the SARS-CoV-2 epidemic. There is now mounting evidence that a minority of children infected with SARS-CoV2 may experience a severe multisystem inflammatory syndrome, called Multisystem inflammatory Syndrome associated with Coronavirus Disease 2019 (MIS-C). To date no universally agreed approach is available for this disease. Main body as Italy is now facing a second hity of COVID-19 cases, we fear a recrudescence of MIS-C cases. We have, therefore, decided to prepare a report that will help clinicians to face this novel and challenging disease. We propose a diagnostic algorithm, to help case definition and guide work-up, and a therapeutic approach. MIS-C should be promptly recognized, based on the presence of systemic inflammation and specific organ involvement. Early treatment is crucial, and it will be based on the combined use of corticosteroids, high-dose immunoglobulins and anti-cytokine treatments, depending on the severity of the disease. Ancillary treatments (such as. aspirin and thrombo-profilaxis) will be also discussed. Conclusions we propose a document that will help physicians to diagnose and treat MIS-C patients. Given the level of evidence available and the methodology used, this document should not be interpreted as a guideline; the final decision about the optimal management should still be taken by the caring physician, on an individual basis.
Published: 2021

49. Vaginal delivery in SARS‐CoV‐2‐infected pregnant women in Northern Italy: a retrospective analysis

Author: Stefano Bianchi, Santa Barresi, Luigi Frigerio, Arsenio Spinillo, Enrico Ferrazzi, Donata Spazzini, Michele Vignali, Gian Vincenzo Zuccotti, Luisa Patanè, Alessandra Kustermann, Irene Cetin, Fabio Facchinetti, Giuseppe Trojano, Federico Prefumo, Enrico Iurlaro, A. Villa, Fabio Mosca, Maria Teresa Gervasi, G. Mangili, Elena Ciriello, Patrizia Vergani, Valeria Savasi, Fabio Parazzini, Ferrazzi, E, Frigerio, L, Savasi, V, Vergani, P, Prefumo, F, Barresi, S, Bianchi, S, Ciriello, E, Facchinetti, F, Gervasi, M, Iurlaro, E, Kustermann, A, Mangili, G, Mosca, F, Patane, L, Spazzini, D, Spinillo, A, Trojano, G, Vignali, M, Villa, A, Zuccotti, G, Parazzini, F, and Cetin, I
Subjects: Adult, Male, medicine.medical_specialty, Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), Pneumonia, Viral, Breastfeeding, law.invention, COVID-19, delivery, transmission, Betacoronavirus, Pregnancy, COVID‐19, law, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Retrospective analysis, medicine, Humans, Pregnancy Complications, Infectious, Pandemics, Retrospective Studies, SARS-CoV-2, Vaginal delivery, Obstetrics, business.industry, Infant, Newborn, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Retrospective cohort study, Original Articles, Delivery, Obstetric, medicine.disease, Intensive care unit, Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical, Northern italy, Pneumonia, medicine.anatomical_structure, Italy, Vagina, Female, Original Article, Coronavirus Infections, business, Postpartum period
Abstract: Objective To report mode of delivery and immediate neonatal outcome in women infected with COVID‐19. Design Retrospective study. Setting Twelve hospitals in northern Italy. Participants Pregnant women with COVID‐19‐confirmed infection who delivered. Exposure COVID 19 infection in pregnancy. Methods SARS‐CoV‐2‐infected women who were admitted and delivered from 1 to 20 March 2020 were eligible. Data were collected from the clinical records using a standardised questionnaire on maternal general characteristics, any medical or obstetric co‐morbidity, course of pregnancy, clinical signs and symptoms, treatment of COVID 19 infection, mode of delivery, neonatal data and breastfeeding. Main outcome and measures Data on mode of delivery and neonatal outcome. Results In all, 42 women with COVID‐19 delivered at the participating centres; 24 (57.1%, 95% CI 41.0–72.3) delivered vaginally. An elective caesarean section was performed in 18/42 (42.9%, 95% CI 27.7–59.0) cases: in eight cases the indication was unrelated to COVID‐19 infection. Pneumonia was diagnosed in 19/42 (45.2%, 95% CI 29.8–61.3) cases: of these, 7/19 (36.8%, 95% CI 16.3–61.6) required oxygen support and 4/19 (21.1%, 95% CI 6.1–45.6) were admitted to a critical care unit. Two women with COVID‐19 breastfed without a mask because infection was diagnosed in the postpartum period: their newborns tested positive for SARS‐Cov‐2 infection. In one case, a newborn had a positive test after a vaginal operative delivery. Conclusions Although postpartum infection cannot be excluded with 100% certainty, these findings suggest that vaginal delivery is associated with a low risk of intrapartum SARS‐Cov‐2 transmission to the newborn. Tweetable abstract This study suggests that vaginal delivery may be associated with a low risk of intrapartum SARS‐Cov‐2 transmission to the newborn., Tweetable abstract This study suggests that vaginal delivery may be associated with a low risk of intrapartum SARS‐Cov‐2 transmission to the newborn. This article includes Author Insights, a video abstract available at https://vimeo.com/rcog/authorinsights16278
Published: 2020
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50. Probiotics for prevention of atopic diseases in infants: systematic review and meta-analysis

Author: Luca Maggio, F. Meneghin, Flavia Indrio, Gian Vincenzo Zuccotti, Giovanni Barone, A. Di Mauro, Davide Gori, Arianna Aceti, Lorenzo Morelli, Maria Luisa Callegari, M P Fantini, Luigi Corvaglia, Zuccotti, G., Meneghin, F., Aceti, A., Barone, G., Callegari, M.L., Di Mauro, A., Fantini, M.P., Gori, D., Indrio, F., Maggio, L., Morelli, L., and Corvaglia, L.
Subjects: Hypersensitivity, Immediate, Pediatrics, medicine.medical_specialty, Immunology, Eczema, Cochrane Library, meta-analysi, law.invention, Probiotic, Randomized controlled trial, law, Internal medicine, Odds Ratio, medicine, Humans, Immunology and Allergy, Conjunctivitis, Allergic, Respiratory Sounds, Asthma, Pregnancy, business.industry, Probiotics, Age Factors, Infant, Newborn, Odds ratio, medicine.disease, Rhinitis, Allergic, infant, meta-analysis, Settore MED/38 - PEDIATRIA GENERALE E SPECIALISTICA, Relative risk, Meta-analysis, Settore AGR/16 - MICROBIOLOGIA AGRARIA, atopic disease, atopic diseases, business, probiotic
Abstract: Growing evidence underlines the pivotal role of infant gut colonization in the development of the immune system. The possibility to modify gut colonization through probiotic supplementation in childhood might prevent atopic diseases. The aim of the present systematic review and meta-analysis was to evaluate the effect of probiotic supplementation during pregnancy and early infancy in preventing atopic diseases. PubMed, Embase and Cochrane Library were searched for randomized controlled trials evaluating the use of probiotics during pregnancy or early infancy for prevention of allergic diseases. Fixed-effect models were used, and random-effects models where significant heterogeneity was present. Results were expressed as risk ratio (RR) with 95% confidence interval (CI). Seventeen studies, reporting data from 4755 children (2381 in the probiotic group and 2374 in the control group), were included in the meta-analysis. Infants treated with probiotics had a significantly lower RR for eczema compared to controls (RR 0.78 [95% CI: 0.69-0.89], P = 0.0003), especially those supplemented with a mixture of probiotics (RR 0.54 [95% CI: 0.43-0.68], P
Published: 2015

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