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51. Monotherapy with darunavir/ritonavir or lopinavir/ritonavir versus standard antiretroviral therapy: A randomized clinical trial (2pm study)

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Nicola Gianotti, Galli, L., Maserati, R., Sighinolfi, L., Ripamonti, D., Palvarini, L., Caputo, S. L., Focà, E., Celesia, B. M., Baldelli, F., Sterrantino, G., and Lazzarin, A.

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Adult, Male, Ritonavir, Antiretroviral therapy, Darunavir/ritonavir, HIV PI/r monotherapy, Lopinavir/ ritonavir, Randomized clinical trial, Anti-HIV Agents, HIV Infections, Middle Aged, Lopinavir, Antiretroviral Therapy, Highly Active, Lopinavir/ritonavir, Humans, Female, Darunavir
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In a multicentre, open-label, clinical trial, 43 patients virologically suppressed while receiving a standard triple antiretroviral therapy were randomized (1:1:1) to switch to monotherapy with darunavir/ritonavir (DRV/r-MT arm), monotherapy with lopinavir/ritonavir (LPV/r-MT arm) or to continue on the ongoing regimen (cART arm). The proportion (95% CI) of patients with virological success (Snapshot analysis) at week 48 was 73% (48%-90%) in the DRV/r-MT arm, 69% (42%-88%) in the LPV/r-MT arm and 87% (61%-98%) in the cART arm. Virological failure was detected in only one patient receiving LPV/r-MT. The LPV/r-MT arm showed a modest worsening in lipid profile.

54. Incidence of tuberculosis among HIV-infected patients receiving highly active antiretroviral therapy in Europe and North America

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Costagliola, D., Dabis, F., Monforte, Ad, Wolf, F., Egger, M., Fatkenheuer, G., Gill, J., Hogg, R., Justice, A., Ledergerber, B., Lundgren, J., May, M., Phillips, A., Reiss, P., Sabin, C., Staszewski, S., Sterne, J., Weller, I., Beckthold, B., Yip, B., Dauer, B., Fusco, J., Grabar, S., Lanoy, E., Junghans, C., Lavignolle, V., Leth, F., Pereira, E., Pezzotti, P., Schmeisser, N., Billaud, E., Boue, F., Duval, X., Duvivier, C., Enel, P., Fournier, S., Gasnault, J., Gaud, C., Gilquin, J., Khuong, Ma, Lang, Jm, Mary-Krause, M., Matheron, S., Meyohas, Mc, Pialoux, G., Poizot-Martin, I., Pradier, C., Rouveix, E., Salmon-Ceron, D., Sobel, A., Tattevin, P., Tissot-Dupont, H., Yasdanpanah, Y., Aronica, E., Tirard-Fleury, V., Tortay, I., Abgrall, S., Guiguet, M., Leneman, H., Lievre, L., Potard, V., Saidi, S., Vilde, Jl, Leport, C., Yeni, P., Bouvet, E., Gaudebout, C., Crickx, B., Picard-Dahan, C., Weiss, L., Tisne-Dessus, D., Sicard, D., Salmon, D., Auperin, I., Viard, Jp, Roudiere, L., Delfraissy, Jf, Goujard, C., Lesprit, P., Jung, C., Meynard, Jl, Picard, O., Desplanque, N., Cadranel, J., Mayaud, C., Rozenbaum, W., Bricaire, F., Katlama, C., Herson, S., Simon, A., Decazes, Jm, Molina, Jm, Clauvel, Jp, Gerard, L., Widal, Ghlf, Sellier, P., Diemer, M., Dupont, C., Berthe, H., Saiag, P., Mortier, L., Mortier, E., Chandemerle, C., Truchis, P., Bentata, M., Honore, P., Tassi, S., Jeantils, V., Mechali, D., Taverne, B., Laurichesse, H., Gourdon, F., Lucht, F., Fresard, A., Faller, Jp, Eglinger, P., Bazin, C., Verdon, R., Peyramond, D., Boibieux, A., Touraine, Jl, Livrozet, Jm, Trepo, C., Cotte, L., Ravaux, I., Delmont, Jp, Moreau, J., Gastaut, Ja, Soubeyrand, J., Retornaz, F., Blanc, Pa, Allegre, T., Galinier, A., Ruiz, Jm, Lepeu, G., Granet-Brunello, P., Pelissier, L., Esterni, Jp, Nezri, M., Cohen-Valensi, R., Laffeuillade, A., Chadapaud, S., Reynes, J., May, T., Rabaud, C., Raffi, F., Pugliese, P., Michelet, C., Arvieux, C., Caron, F., Borsa-Lebas, F., Fraisse, P., Massip, P., Cuzin, L., Arlet-Suau, E., Legrand, Mft, Sobesky, M., Pradinaud, R., Guyon, F., Contant, M., Montroni, M., Scalise, G., Braschi, Mc, Aviano, Ar, Tirelli, U., Cinelli, R., Pastore, G., Ladisa, N., Minafra, G., Suter, F., Arici, C., Chiodo, F., Colangeli, V., Fiorini, C., Coronado, O., Carosi, G., Cadeo, Gp, Torti, C., Minardi, C., Bertelli, D., Rizzardini, G., Melzi, S., Manconi, Pe, Catanzaro, Pp, Cosco, L., Scerbo, A., Vecchiet, J., D Alessandro, M., Santoro, D., Pusterla, L., Carnevale, G., Citterio, P., Vigano, P., Mena, M., Ghinelli, F., Sighinolfi, L., Leoncini, F., Mazzotta, F., Pozzi, M., Lo Caputo, S., Angarano, G., Grisorio, B., Saracino, A., Ferrara, S., Grima, P., Tundo, P., Pagano, G., Cassola, G., Alessandrini, A., Piscopo, R., Toti, M., Chigiotti, S., Soscia, F., Tacconi, L., Orani, A., Perini, P., Scasso, A., Vincenti, A., Chiodera, F., Castelli, P., Scalzini, A., Palvarini, L., Moroni, M., Lazzarin, A., Cargnel, A., Vigevani, Gm, Caggese, L., Repetto, D., 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56. Estimating minimum adult HIV prevalence: A cross-sectional study to assess the characteristics of people living with HIV in Italy

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Margherita Busso, Tullio Prestileo, Ermenegildo Francavilla, Marco Anselmo, Francesco Montella, Evangelista Sagnelli, Teresa Santantonio, Massimo Galli, Marcello Saitta, Giuseppe Foti, Cecilia Guariglia, Franco Baldelli, Simona Di Gianbenedetto, Pierluigi Viale, Francesco Castelli, Antonella d'Arminio Monforte, Angelo Pan, Gabriella D’Ettore, Maria Dorrucci, Salvatore Bruno, Tiziana Quirino, Mariangela Raimondo, Alessandro Bartoloni, Vinicio Manfrin, Giovanni Mazzarello, Eugenio Mantia, Raffaele Pempinello, Antonio Traverso, Barbara Suligoi, Fabio Bulla, Pietro Mesina, Alessia Zoncada, Gianfranco Orofino, Oliviero Bosco, Gianmichele Moise, Angelo Salomone Megna, Roberto Ferretto, Mauro Valle, Manuela Colafigli, Claudio Paternoster, S. Artioli, Giovanni Riccio, Stefania Bernardi, Paolo Grossi, Milena Zoppi, Sebastiano Maiuzzo, Giorgio Perboni, Sauro Tini, Giuseppe Ferrea, Nicoletta Ladisa, Enzo M. Farinella, Daniela Francisci, Dino Sgarabotto, Roberto Monarca, Enzo Petrelli, A. Franco, Izzo Cm, Pietro Bellissima, Francesco Ortu, Laura Sighinolfi, Antonio Chirianni, Filippo Bartalesi, Giulio De Stefano, Claudia Colomba, Laura Camoni, Salvatore Galvagna, Benedetto Maurizio Celesia, Andrea Petrucci, Camillo Baretti, Pierluigi Brugnaro, Federica Poletti, Maurilio Chimenti, Camilla Ajassa, Mario Falciano, Rosaria La Sala, Sauro Luchi, V. Portelli, Annamaria Degli Antoni, Francesco Mazzotta, Giuliano Zuccati, Vincenzo Colangeli, Ercole Concia, Giordano Madeddu, Maria Cristina Salfa, Francesca Cattelan, Nicola Acone, Vincenza Regine, Olivia Bargiacchi, Maurizio de Martino, F. Paoletti, Giovanni Cassola, Giuliano Schettino, Carlo De Stefano, Enza Anzalone, D. Aquilini, Giacomo Magnani, Vanni Borghi, Roberta Gastaldi, Alessandra Govoni, Cristina Rossi, Rita Consolini, Gioacchino Angarano, Gloria Taliani, Tommaso Fontana, Sergio Lo Caputo, Davide Vitullo, Pierpaolo Congedo, Emanuela Vaccher, Paolo Viganò, Maria Stella Mura, Claudio Cancellieri, Enrico Girardi, Francesca Savalli, Cecilia Fico, Anna Maria Cattelan, Alessandro Chiodera, Renzo Scaggiante, P. Osimani, Caterina Bramato, Nicola Pietrosillo, Giovanna D'Alessio, Salvatore Bonfante, Vincenzo Vullo, Andrea Gori, Margherita Dalessandro, Domenico Lucchino, Massimo Deseraca, Paolo Tundo, Alfredo Pennica, M. Paoloni, Antonella Castagna, Nicola Serrao, Paolo Costa, Franco Marranconi, Massimo Villa, Pietro Filippini, Maurizio Setti, Eligio Pizzigallo, Marco Tinelli, Mauro Marchili, Domenico Santoro, Cesira Nencioni, Piera Dones, Vincenzo Renda, Alberto Giannetti, Domenico La Rovere, Nicoletta Dorigoni, Guido Palamara, Angelo Iodice, Clara Gabiano, Peter Mian, Luigi Guarnieri, Andrea De Luca, Nicola Tripodi, Giovanni Cristina, Giustino Parruti, Maria Montroni, Loredana Palvarini, Marco Rizzi, Benvenuto Grisorio, Corrado Catalani, Paolo Emilio Manconi, Jacopo Vecchiett, Tiziana Carli, Riccardo Iapoce, Massimo Andreoni, Adriano Lazzarin, Giorgetta Casalino Finocchio, D Sacchini, Mario Gobber, Spartaco Sani, Marco Campus, Rosario La Rosa, Maurizio Mazzeo, Stefano Bonora, Michele Trezzi, Paolo Bassi, Angela La Gala, Alessandro Grimaldi, Dante Di Giammartino, Guido Leo, Gaetano Filice, Antonio Salvo, Paolo Bonfanti, Chiara Pasqualini, Marcello Tavio, Luca Butini, N. Abrescia, Angela Linzalone, Gianpaolo Natalini Ramponi, Pierangelo Rovere, Piero Cortese, Dario Bartolozzi, F. Resta, Miriam Lichtner, Loredana Sarmati, Francesco Cesario, Renato F. Frongillo, Ivano Mezzaroma, Carlo Ferrari, Lorenzo Minoli, Paola Di Stefano, Lucina Titone, Rosa Boncoraglio, Mariana Farenga, Giuliano Rizzardini, Stefano Aviani Barbacci, Andrea Giacometti, Andrea Antinori, Antonio Caterini, Consuelo Geraci, Piergiorgio Chiriacò, Lucio Cosco, Claudio Viscoli, Alfredo Scalzini, Sandro Piga, Massimo Arlotti, Cecilia Occhino, Roberto Luzzati, Paola Sabbatini, Guglielmo Borgia, Umberto Tirelli, Antonio Davi, Letizia Cristiano, Cristina Mussini, Roberto Cauda, Patrizio Vittucci, B. Salassa, Marco Libanore, Maria Pina Sciotti, Isa Picerno, Matteo Bassetti, Benedetto Caroleo, Oswald Moling, Danilo Tacconi, Massimo Puoti, Camoni, Laura, Raimondo, Mariangela, Dorrucci, Maria, Regine V, Salfa MC, CARPHA Study, Group, Lazzarin, Adriano, Castagna, Antonella, Camoni, L, Raimondo, M, Dorrucci, M, Regine, V, Salfa, M, Suligoi, B, Di Giammartino, D, Parruti, G, Di Stefano, P, Paoloni, M, D'Alessandro, M, Grimaldi, A, Sciotti, M, Pizzigallo, E, Vecchiett, J, De Stefano, C, La Gala, A, De Stefano, G, Linzalone, A, Cesario, F, Cosco, L, Caroleo, B, Foti, G, Serrao, N, Lucchino, D, Chirianni, A, Abrescia, N, Pempinello, R, Izzo, C, Borgia, G, Filippini, P, Sagnelli, E, Iodice, A, Megna, A, D'Alessio, G, Acone, N, Mazzeo, M, Sacchini, D, Ferrari, C, Degli Antoni, A, Magnani, G, Mussini, C, Borghi, V, Viale, P, Colangeli, V, Sighinolfi, L, Libanore, M, Govoni, A, Cancellieri, C, Bassi, P, Arlotti, M, Luzzati, R, Bassetti, M, Tirelli, U, Vaccher, E, Moise, G, Palamara, G, Bernardi, S, Falciano, M, Vullo, V, D'Ettore, G, Renda, V, Guariglia, C, Taliani, G, Mezzaroma, I, Paoletti, F, Ajassa, C, Gastaldi, R, Andreoni, M, Sarmati, L, Montella, F, Antinori, A, Giannetti, A, Pietrosillo, N, Girardi, E, Pennica, A, Cauda, R, Colafigli, M, Di Gianbenedetto, S, Caterini, A, Monarca, R, Barbacci, S, Ramponi, G, Marchili, M, Anzalone, E, Lichtner, M, Ferrea, G, Cassola, G, Viscoli, C, Mazzarello, G, Setti, M, Artioli, S, Riccio, G, Finocchio, G, Anselmo, M, Rizzi, M, Scalzini, A, Castelli, F, Quirino, T, Santoro, D, Pan, A, Zoncada, A, Bonfanti, P, Viganò, P, Villa, M, Tinelli, M, Perboni, G, Palvarini, L, Costa, P, Puoti, M, Galli, M, Rizzardini, G, Monforte, A, Lazzarin, A, Castagna, A, Gori, A, Minoli, L, Filice, G, Grossi, P, Giacometti, A, Tavio, M, Montroni, M, Butini, L, Osimani, P, Petrelli, E, Chiodera, A, Vittucci, P, Sabbatini, P, Pasqualini, C, Valle, M, Zoppi, M, Mantia, E, Schettino, G, Deseraca, M, Vitullo, D, Bargiacchi, O, Orofino, G, Bramato, C, Busso, M, Salassa, B, Farenga, M, Bonora, S, Leo, G, Poletti, F, Gobber, M, Cristina, G, Gabiano, C, Mian, P, Moling, O, Paternoster, C, Dorigoni, N, Fontana, T, Angarano, G, Ladisa, N, La Rovere, D, Fico, C, Bulla, F, Santantonio, T, Grisorio, B, Chiriacò, P, Congedo, P, Tundo, P, Resta, F, Cristiano, L, Mura, M, Madeddu, G, Mesina, P, Piga, S, Campus, M, Manconi, P, Ortu, F, Salvo, A, Baretti, C, La Sala, R, Bellissima, P, Bonfante, S, Galvagna, S, Celesia, B, La Rosa, R, Maiuzzo, S, Guarnieri, L, Bruno, S, Picerno, I, Tripodi, N, Farinella, E, Occhino, C, Titone, L, Colomba, C, Prestileo, T, Saitta, M, Dones, P, Boncoraglio, R, Davi, A, Franco, A, Portelli, V, Savalli, F, Geraci, C, Chimenti, M, Luchi, S, Catalani, C, Trezzi, M, Aquilini, D, Sani, S, Nencioni, C, Carli, T, Mazzotta, F, Lo Caputo, S, Zuccati, G, Iapoce, R, Consolini, R, Bartolozzi, D, Bartoloni, A, Bartalesi, F, DE LUCA, A, De Martino, M, Tacconi, D, Tini, S, Baldelli, F, Francisci, D, Frongillo, R, Traverso, A, Francavilla, E, Ferretto, R, Marranconi, F, Manfrin, V, Cortese, P, Rossi, C, Cattelan, F, Petrucci, A, Brugnaro, P, Sgarabotto, D, Scaggiante, R, Cattelan, A, Bosco, O, Concia, E, Rovere, P, Regine, Vincenza, Salfa, Maria Cristina, Suligoi, Barbara, and Luzzati, Roberto

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Adult, Male, Pediatrics, medicine.medical_specialty, Immunology, Infectious Diseases, Virology, Settore MED/17 - Malattie Infettive, Epidemiology, Cross-sectional study, Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), MEDLINE, HIV Infections, medicine.disease_cause, Anti-Retroviral Agents, CD4 Lymphocyte Count, Cross-Sectional Studies, Female, Humans, Italy, Middle Aged, Prevalence, Retrospective Studies, medicine, HIV Infection, HIV, prevalence, Italy, Cross-Sectional Studie, business.industry, Transmission (medicine), HIV, Retrospective cohort study, Hiv prevalence, Northern italy, Anti-Retroviral Agent, business, Viral load, Human, Demography
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In 2012, we conducted a retrospective cross-sectional study to assess the number of people living with HIV linked to care and, among these, the number of people on antiretroviral therapy. The health authority in each of the 20 Italian Regions provided the list of Public Infectious Diseases Clinics providing antiretroviral therapy and monitoring people with HIV infection. We asked every Public Infectious Diseases Clinic to report the number of HIV-positive people diagnosed and linked to care and the number of those on antiretroviral therapy during 2012. In 2012, 94,146 people diagnosed with HIV and linked to care were reported. The majority were males (70.1%), Italians (84.4%), and aged between 25 and 49 years (63.4%); the probable route of transmission was heterosexual contact in 37.5% of cases, injecting drug use in 28.1%, and male-to-male contact in 27.9%. Among people in care, 20.1% had less than 350 CD4 cells/μl, 87.6% received antiretroviral therapy, and among these, 62.4% had a CD4 cell count higher than 350 cells/μl. The overall estimated prevalence of individuals diagnosed and linked to care in 2012 in Italy was 0.16 per 100 residents (all ages). Adding the estimated proportion of undiagnosed people, the estimated HIV prevalence would range between 0.19 and 0.26 per 100 residents. In Italy, the majority of people diagnosed and linked to care receive antiretroviral therapy. A higher prevalence of individuals diagnosed and linked to care was observed in Northern Italy and among males. More information for developing the HIV care continuum is necessary to improve the entire engagement in care, focusing on test-and-treat strategies to substantially reduce the proportion of people still undiagnosed or with a detectable viral load.

Published
2015

57. Is there echinococcosis in West Africa? A refugee from Niger with a liver cyst.

Author

Angheben A, Mariconti M, Degani M, Gobbo M, Palvarini L, Gobbi F, Brunetti E, and Tamarozzi F

Subjects
Adult, Animals, Echinococcosis, Hepatic diagnosis, Echinococcosis, Hepatic parasitology, Echinococcosis, Hepatic transmission, Echinococcus granulosus classification, Echinococcus granulosus genetics, Echinococcus granulosus physiology, Humans, Italy, Libya epidemiology, Liver pathology, Male, Mediterranean Sea, Niger epidemiology, Prevalence, Zoonoses, Echinococcosis, Hepatic epidemiology, Echinococcus granulosus isolation & purification, Liver parasitology, Refugees
Abstract

Background: Italy is presently facing an increase in immigration from sub-Saharan Africa through the Mediterranean Sea. Case reports of human cystic echinococcosis (CE) have been reported from most sub-Saharan countries. Therefore, an increase in the number of patients with CE coming from these areas in the Italian and European centers for infectious diseases is expected. Unfortunately, the epidemiology of CE in sub-Saharan countries is poorly known, which makes clinical suspicion and diagnosis of such infection difficult in patients coming from these areas., Results: Here we report a case of hepatic CE in a patient from Niger who arrived in Italy through Libya and visited in a Tropical Medicine referral center in Northern Italy. The parasite was identified molecularly as the G6 "camel" strain of Echinococcus granulosus (E. canadensis). The diagnosis and management of a chronic and clinically complex infection like CE in such situation is difficult. Only 40 cases of CE from Niger have been reported; of these, 75% had extra-hepatic localization. To our knowledge, no strain characterization of human isolates from Niger has been reported so far. The CE cyst of the patient was in CE3a stage, indicating active transmission from the area in which the patient came. However, prevalence data from Niger, and from any other country in West Africa, are almost inexistent., Conclusions: We argue that population epidemiology surveys with ultrasound are warranted in Sahelian countries, including Niger. These studies could improve the knowledge of CE epidemiology, provide health authorities with important information for public health interventions targeting this zoonosis, and shed light on any difference between tissue tropism and clinical manifestations caused by the different E. granulosus strains.

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2017
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58. Monotherapy with darunavir/ritonavir or lopinavir/ritonavir versus standard antiretroviral therapy: a randomized clinical trial (2pm Study).

Author

Gianotti N, Galli L, Maserati R, Sighinolfi L, Ripamonti D, Palvarini L, Lo Caputo S, Focà E, Celesia BM, Baldelli F, Sterrantino G, and Lazzarin A

Subjects
Adult, Anti-HIV Agents therapeutic use, Antiretroviral Therapy, Highly Active, Darunavir administration & dosage, Female, Humans, Lopinavir administration & dosage, Male, Middle Aged, Ritonavir administration & dosage, Darunavir therapeutic use, HIV Infections drug therapy, Lopinavir therapeutic use, Ritonavir therapeutic use
Abstract

In a multicentre, open-label, clinical trial, 43 patients virologically suppressed while receiving a standard triple antiretroviral therapy were randomized (1:1:1) to switch to monotherapy with darunavir/ritonavir (DRV/r-MT arm), monotherapy with lopinavir/ritonavir (LPV/r-MT arm) or to continue on the ongoing regimen (cART arm). The proportion (95% CI) of patients with virological success (Snapshot analysis) at week 48 was 73% (48%-90%) in the DRV/r-MT arm, 69% (42%-88%) in the LPV/r-MT arm and 87% (61%-98%) in the cART arm. Virological failure was detected in only one patient receiving LPV/r-MT. The LPV/r-MT arm showed a modest worsening in lipid profile.

Published
2016

59. [A case of community-acquired MRSA (CA-MRSA) sepsis complicated by meningoencephalitis and cerebral abscess, successfully treated with linezolid].

Author

Gattuso G, Palvarini L, Tomasoni D, Ferri F, and Scalzini A

Subjects
Acetamides administration & dosage, Adult, Anti-Bacterial Agents therapeutic use, Anti-Infective Agents administration & dosage, Community-Acquired Infections, Female, Follow-Up Studies, Humans, Linezolid, Oxazolidinones administration & dosage, Time Factors, Treatment Outcome, Acetamides therapeutic use, Anti-Infective Agents therapeutic use, Brain Abscess complications, Brain Abscess drug therapy, Meningoencephalitis complications, Meningoencephalitis drug therapy, Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolation & purification, Oxazolidinones therapeutic use, Sepsis drug therapy, Staphylococcal Infections drug therapy
Abstract

The authors describe a clinical case regarding a young female patient affected by sepsis due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), associated to meningoencephalitis and cerebral abscess. The patient had no contact with hospitals in the months prior to illness and had always been healthy. She recovered thanks to linezolid therapy. The MRSA strain proved positive for Panton-Valentine leukocidin (PVL positive) and was therefore defined as community-acquired MRSA (CA-MRSA).

Published
2009

60. [Epidemiology of ESBL-positive Enterobacteriaceae in Mantova hospital (Italy)].

Author

Gattuso G, Tomasoni D, Palvarini L, Chiarelli C, Nespeca M, Stradoni R, Ceruti R, Ferri F, and Scalzini A

Subjects
Adult, Cross Infection microbiology, Enterobacteriaceae enzymology, Enterobacteriaceae Infections microbiology, Escherichia coli enzymology, Escherichia coli isolation & purification, Escherichia coli Infections epidemiology, Escherichia coli Infections microbiology, Hospital Departments statistics & numerical data, Humans, Immunologic Surveillance, Infant, Newborn, Intensive Care Units, Neonatal statistics & numerical data, Italy epidemiology, Klebsiella enzymology, Klebsiella isolation & purification, Klebsiella Infections epidemiology, Klebsiella Infections microbiology, Proteus enzymology, Proteus isolation & purification, Proteus Infections epidemiology, Proteus Infections microbiology, Substrate Specificity, Bacterial Proteins analysis, Cross Infection epidemiology, Enterobacteriaceae isolation & purification, Enterobacteriaceae Infections epidemiology, Hospitals, Urban statistics & numerical data, beta-Lactam Resistance, beta-Lactamases analysis
Abstract

In a retrospective study concerning the epidemiology of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL) positive Enterobacteriaceae during 2007-2008 in the wards of the Carlo Poma hospital in Mantova, Mercurio surveillance software was used to detect alert microorganisms. Our objective was to link the epidemiological data with the type of patient and ward, and to assess the risk factors for such infections in particular nosocomial environments. The study enabled the change in the relative epidemiological data to be detected, and showed that such bacteria can be found almost throughout the hospital.

Published
2009

61. [Reduced incidence of Staphylococcus isolation in nosocomial setting after introducing preoperative antibiotic prophylaxis guidelines].

Author

Gattuso G, Berra D, Palvarini L, Tomasoni D, Chiarelli C, Stradoni R, and Scalzini A

Subjects
Cephalosporins administration & dosage, Cephalosporins classification, Cross Infection prevention & control, Drug Utilization statistics & numerical data, Humans, Incidence, Italy epidemiology, Methicillin Resistance, Postoperative Complications prevention & control, Practice Guidelines as Topic, Retrospective Studies, Staphylococcal Infections prevention & control, Staphylococcus aureus drug effects, Staphylococcus aureus isolation & purification, Surgery Department, Hospital statistics & numerical data, Antibiotic Prophylaxis statistics & numerical data, Cephalosporins therapeutic use, Cross Infection epidemiology, Guideline Adherence statistics & numerical data, Postoperative Complications epidemiology, Preanesthetic Medication statistics & numerical data, Staphylococcal Infections epidemiology
Abstract

We compare epidemiological data from two twelve-month periods, before and after the introduction of preoperative antibiotic prophylaxis guidelines at Carlo Poma hospital in Mantova, Italy, in June 2003. Considering the results from the microbiology laboratory and the data from the pharmacy, concerning the consumption of some antimicrobials, we noted a significant decrease in the incidence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in surgical wards, where the incidence of MRSA had previously exceeded that in medical wards. At the same time, analysis of antibiotic consumption revealed a considerable decrease in third and fourth-generation cephalosporins and an increasing use of cephazolin, in compliance with prophylaxis protocol rules. This trend was confirmed by analysis of the same data regarding the first six months of 2006.

Published
2007

62. [Prevention of nosocomial infections: surveillance based on microbiological data].

Author

Gattuso G, Tomasoni D, Palvarini L, Chiarelli C, Stradoni R, Ceruti R, and Scalzini A

Subjects
Candidiasis epidemiology, Candidiasis microbiology, Cross Infection epidemiology, Cross Infection microbiology, Humans, Incidence, Italy epidemiology, Microbial Sensitivity Tests, Pseudomonas Infections epidemiology, Pseudomonas Infections microbiology, Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolation & purification, Staphylococcal Infections epidemiology, Staphylococcal Infections microbiology, Staphylococcus aureus isolation & purification, Candidiasis prevention & control, Cross Infection prevention & control, Intensive Care Units, Population Surveillance, Pseudomonas Infections prevention & control, Staphylococcal Infections prevention & control
Abstract

Background: In the C. Poma Hospital of Mantua we have been using a system of continuous surveillance of nosocomial infections based on microbiological data for the past 4 years. This monitoring estimates the incidence of the microorganisms found in cultures, especially those at risk of causing nosocomial infections., Materials and Methods: Since June 2001 microbiological data have been registered using the Mercurio-Dianoema software and elaborated by means of Microsoft Excel in order to obtain information about isolated bacteria, especially those resistant to antibiotics., Results: Surveillance in "critical" wards revealed the presence of Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Staphylococcus aureus and Candida albicans in the intensive care unit in the period 2003-2005. The most frequent bacteria in hemodialysis have been coagulase-negative Staphylococci and Staphylococcus aureus, with variable methicillin resistance., Conclusion: The analysis of microbiological data has promoted effective measures to reduce the incidence of these bacteria (increased rules of good practice, hand washing, etc.). If nosocomial infections or high-risk microorganisms occur, assessments are carried out; monitoring of the antibiotic resistance of the bacteria is very important.

Published
2007

63. [Renal toxicity in HIV-infected patients receiving HAART including tenofovir].

Author

Madeddu G, Quirino T, Carradori S, Ricci E, Grosso C, Penco G, De Socio G, Rossella E, Palvarini L, Marconi P, Melzi S, Mura MS, and Bonfanti P

Subjects
Adenine adverse effects, Drug Interactions, Humans, Tenofovir, Adenine analogs & derivatives, Anti-HIV Agents adverse effects, Antiretroviral Therapy, Highly Active adverse effects, HIV Infections drug therapy, Kidney Diseases chemically induced, Organophosphonates adverse effects
Abstract

HIV-infected patients may undergo renal damage related to the HIV infection itself, to the presence of co-infections, arterial hypertension, diabetes or to the exposure to nephrotoxic drugs. Tenofovir has been associated with the development of acute renal failure with Fanconi syndrome and acute tubular necrosis and, albeit rarely, with chronic liver disease. Patients with low CD4 cell count, low body weight and with concomitant diseases such as arterial hypertension and diabetes or co-infections with HCV, HBV or Treponema pallidum seem at higher risk of tenofovir-related nephrotoxicity. Other risk factors include previous exposure to nephrotoxic drugs and the association of tenofovir with boosted protease inhibitors or with didanosine. However, from the analysis of published papers the incidence of tenofovir-related renal toxicity seems low, as confirmed also by our personal casuistry (SCOLTA Project). Thus, a careful selection of patients including the evaluation of existent renal disease before starting an antiretroviral regimen including tenofovir is necessary to prevent renal damage. Furthermore, frequent monitoring of renal function in patients at higher risk of renal damage is strongly recommended, as well as a tenofovir dose adjustment if an alteration of renal function is detected.

Published
2006

64. [Epidemiologic surveillance of multi-drug resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa in Mantova Hospital (Italy)].

Author

Tomasoni D, Gattuso G, Chiarelli C, Palvarini L, Ceruti R, Berra D, Stradoni R, and Scalzini A

Subjects
Body Fluids microbiology, Cross Infection epidemiology, Cross Infection prevention & control, Hospital Departments statistics & numerical data, Hospitals, Urban statistics & numerical data, Humans, Italy epidemiology, Prospective Studies, Pseudomonas Infections epidemiology, Pseudomonas Infections prevention & control, Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolation & purification, Cross Infection microbiology, Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial, Population Surveillance, Pseudomonas Infections microbiology, Pseudomonas aeruginosa drug effects
Abstract

For the period 2002-2005 we verified and compared the data of the prevalence and resistance of Pseudomonas aeruginosa (PA) isolated in Mantova Hospital (Italy) with the data from the international database. From the first six-month period of 2004 a significant increase was found (9% vs 28.8%) in the prevalence of multi-drug resistant PA (MDR-PA). The principal wards involved were the Intensive Care Unit and the Department of Respiratory Diseases. A significant increase in resistance rates was observed for all antimicrobials tested, in particular for aztreonam, ceftazidime, ciprofloxacin, gentamycin and imipenem. The lowest dual resistance rates were observed between amikacina with piperacillin/tazobactam, while the highest were for those that included ciprofloxacin and beta-lactams (aztreonam, cefepime). In this study we confirm the importance of continuous surveillance of laboratory data and tightening local control measures for nosocomial infections in order to prevent the spread and selection of MDR-PA.

Published
2006

65. Magnetic resonance imaging findings of inverted papilloma: differential diagnosis with malignant sinonasal tumors.

Author

Maroldi R, Farina D, Palvarini L, Lombardi D, Tomenzoli D, and Nicolai P

Subjects
Adenocarcinoma diagnosis, Adult, Aged, Bone Remodeling, Carcinoma, Squamous Cell diagnosis, Diagnosis, Differential, Female, Humans, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Male, Middle Aged, Retrospective Studies, Nose Neoplasms surgery, Papilloma, Inverted diagnosis, Paranasal Sinus Neoplasms surgery
Abstract

Background: Computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) are the techniques of choice for pretreatment staging in neoplasms of the sinonasal tract. In inverted papilloma (IP), the information provided by computed tomography regarding characterization of the lesion is rather nonspecific. The present retrospective study was performed in the attempt to identify distinguishing features of IP on MRI., Methods: MRI examinations of 23 patients affected by IP (16 primary and 7 recurrent) and 23 patients affected by malignant tumors (MT; 12 adenocarcinomas, 9 squamous cell carcinomas, and 2 neuroendocrine carcinomas) of the sinonasal tract were evaluated. IP arose from the lateral nasal wall in 17 cases, the maxillary sinus in 5 cases, and the nasal septum in 1 case. The signal intensity of IP and MT was compared with muscles on spin-echo (SE) T2 and SE T1 images; contrast enhancement was compared with nasal septum mucosa. Possible specific MRI patterns in the two groups of patients were investigated. Bone involvement was graduated as remodeling or erosion (focal, < or =15 mm; intermediate, >15 mm and < or =30 mm; extended, >30 mm). The size of the lesions was assessed by measuring the greatest diameter on MRI. Parametric statistics in the form of Student's t-test or chi-squared test was used for data comparison., Results: IP showed a columnar pattern in all 23 cases by enhanced SE T1 images and in 16 of 23 lesions (>20 mm in diameter) by SE T2. This pattern was observed in only I of the 23 MTs; pathological examination of that specimen showed multiple foci of IP associated with squamous cell carcinoma. Bone remodeling was observed in 19 of 23 IPs, which in five patients was associated with focal (two cases) or intermediate (three cases) erosion. In MT, remodeling was present, which was always combined with focal (2 cases) or extended (21 cases) erosion. A strong correlation was found between the pattern of bone changes and histology (p = 0.00001). Bone alterations did not correlate with the size of the IP. The mean size of the IPs was significantly less than that of MT (33.9+/-15.7 mm versus 59+/-16 mm; p = 0.0003)., Conclusion: A columnar pattern is a reliable MRI indicator of IP and reflects its histological architecture (positive predictive value of 95.8%). The combination of this finding with the absence of extended bone erosion allows for the confident discrimination of IPs from MTs.

Published
2004

66. Modifications of health resource-use in Italy after the introduction of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. Pharmaco-economic implications in a population-based setting.

Author

Torti C, Casari S, Palvarini L, Quiros-Roldan E, Moretti F, Leone L, Patroni A, Castelli F, Ripamonti D, Tramarin A, and Carosi G

Subjects
Ambulatory Care economics, Ambulatory Care statistics & numerical data, Anti-HIV Agents economics, Anti-HIV Agents therapeutic use, Diagnosis-Related Groups, Economics, Pharmaceutical, HIV Infections economics, HIV Infections epidemiology, Health Resources economics, Health Resources supply & distribution, Health Services Research, Hospitalization economics, Hospitalization trends, Humans, Italy epidemiology, Retrospective Studies, Antiretroviral Therapy, Highly Active economics, HIV Infections drug therapy, Health Resources statistics & numerical data
Abstract

Objective: To assess the impact of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) on health resource utilisation (HRU) and to estimate associated direct costs in a population based setting., Design: Retrospective study of all patients in the Institute of Infectious and Tropical Diseases (Brescia, Northern Italy) during a 4 years period related to the prescription of HAART has been performed: from 1997 (before HAART) to 2000 (after substantial period of HAART prescription)., Main Outcome Measures and Results: HIV inpatient admissions (IA's) decreased from 506.8/1000 patients (pts) in 1997 to 246.3/1000 pts in the year 2000. Day care admissions (DCA's) also decreased from 1658.3/1000 pts to 942/1000 pts, while outpatient consultations (OC's) increased from 2046.9/1000 pts to 2590.6/1000 pts in the same years, respectively. By contrast, a relative increase of IA's and DCA's of patients whose serostatus was HIV-negative or unknown has been found. Cost of antiretroviral therapy increased by 2582 Euro (2272 US Dollars), while cost of HIV care (IA+DCA+OC) decreased by 1546 Euro (1360.4 US Dollars) per patient, resulting in a saving in direct cost equal to 60% of the increase in the expenditure for antiretroviral drugs., Conclusions: Our results demonstrate the shift of HIV care from inpatient to outpatient services that occurred after HAART had been introduced into clinical practice. Despite persisting clinical benefits, an increase in total direct cost for HIV pts has been seen for the first time during the HAART era in the year 2000, probably due to an over-prescription of HAART, according to actual Guideline for antiretroviral therapy use, to pts who were not at risk of clinical progression in the short term. Pharmacoeconomical surveillance of HAART is necessary while a favourable impact on the saving in cost is expected from the new treatment guidelines that suggest a relative delay in starting HAART.

Published
2003
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67. Effect of HAART on SEN virus infected HIV positive patients.

Author

Pirovano S, Malacarne F, Ballerini C, Stellini R, Palvarini L, Albertini A, and Imberti L

Subjects
Circoviridae genetics, Circoviridae isolation & purification, Circoviridae Infections virology, DNA, Viral blood, Female, HIV Infections complications, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Antiretroviral Therapy, Highly Active, Circoviridae Infections complications, HIV Infections drug therapy
Abstract

Since it has been demonstrated that concomitant infections could influence the outcome of antiviral treatment, we investigated whether the presence of SENV infection may interfere with highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) in HIV+ coinfected patients. In spite of persistent fluctuations in SENV-A positivity we could not find any correlation between SENV-DNA and the immunological and virologic parameters found in the patients, suggesting SENV has no apparent clinical relevance during highly active antiretroviral therapy.

Published
2003

68. Short-term adverse effects from and discontinuation of antiretroviral post-exposure prophylaxis.

Author

Puro V, De Carli G, Orchi N, Palvarini L, Chiodera A, Fantoni M, Del Borgo C, Iemoli E, Niero F, Monti M, Micheloni G, Caggese L, Lodesani C, Raineri G, Massari M, Drenaggi D, and Ippolito G

Subjects
Humans, Anti-HIV Agents adverse effects, HIV Infections prevention & control, Health Personnel, Occupational Exposure
Abstract

Objective: To evaluate short-term toxicity from and discontinuation of antiretroviral combination prophylaxis in HIV-exposed individuals in Italy., Design: Longitudinal, open study conducted by prospective collection of data in the National Registry of PEP., Setting: All the Italian centres dedicated to HIV related care and licensed by the Ministry of Health to dispense antiretroviral drugs., Study Population: Health care workers and other persons consenting to be treated with post exposure prophylaxis (PEP) after exposures to HIV., Results: Until October, 2000, 207 individuals receiving two nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NRTIs), and 354 receiving two NRTIs plus a protease inhibitor (PI) were enrolled. More individuals experienced side-effects in the 3-drug group (53% and 62%, respectively; OR 0.68, (95% CI 0.48-0.98), p < 0.03). However, the proportion of individuals discontinuing prophylaxis because of side-effects did not differ significantly between the 2 groups (21% and 25% respectively; OR 0.82 (95% CI 0.53-1.26); p=0.4). The 43 individuals in the 2 NRTI group discontinued PEP after a mean of 10.4 days of treatment (median 8, range 1-27), similarly to the 88 discontinuations observed in the 3-drug group (mean duration 10.5 days, median 7.5, range 1-26). Type and incidence of specific adverse effects were similar to those reported in the literature., Conclusion: Our study indicates that the difference in the proportion of individuals developing side effects and discontinuing PEP is not significant. The rate of discontinuation because of protease inhibitor side-effects does not justify per se the initial use of a less potent PEP regimen. We suggest initiating PEP with a three-drug regimen and discontinuing the protease inhibitor in the case of adverse effects.

Published
2001

69. Naive CD4+ T lymphocytes express high levels of Bcl-2 after highly active antiretroviral therapy for HIV infection.

Author

Airò P, Torti C, Uccelli MC, Malacarne F, Palvarini L, Carosi G, and Castelli F

Subjects
Adult, Aged, CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes immunology, CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes metabolism, Female, HIV Infections immunology, HIV Infections virology, HIV-1 physiology, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors therapeutic use, Viral Load, Anti-HIV Agents therapeutic use, Antiretroviral Therapy, Highly Active, CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes metabolism, HIV Infections drug therapy, Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2 metabolism
Abstract

The mechanism causing the increasing number of peripheral T cells after highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) is still unclear. The bcl-2 oncogene prevents spontaneous apoptosis (SA) in lymphocytes. Spontaneous apoptosis could be a determinant of HIV immunodeficiency and can be reversed by HAART including protease inhibitors (PI-HAART). The aims of our study were to measure Bcl-2 protein expression in memory (CD45RO+) and naive (CD45RO-) CD4+ and CD8+ T lymphocytes of HIV+ patients and to correlate it with efficacy of PI-HAART. Forty-nine HIV+ patients (cases) and 26 HIV- individuals (controls) were evaluated. Patients receiving PI-HAART, and who had undetectable HIV plasma viral load (VL-, n = 21), had higher levels of Bcl-2 than did VL+ patients (n = 28), both in CD4+ cells (p < 0.0001) and in CD8+ cells (p < 0.001). VL+ patients had lower Bcl-2 levels than did controls in CD8+ cells (p = 0.02), but not in CD4+ cells (p > 0.05). Interestingly, VL- patients had higher Bcl-2 expression than did controls both in CD4+ cells (p < 0.0001) and in CD8+ cells (p = 0.03). In a subcohort of the same patients, Bcl-2 was significantly higher in VL- patients (n = 10) than in controls (n = 12), both in naive CD4+ cells (p < 0.0001) and in naive CD8+ cells (p = 0.01). Naive CD4+ cells had higher Bcl-2 expression in VL- than in VL+ patients (p = 0.01). In a subsequent longitudinal study of nine HIV patients, naive CD4+ cells increased after effective PI-HAART (p = 0.03), which paralleled an increase in Bcl-2 expression in the same cells (p = 0.02). In conclusion, upregulation of bcl-2 could be a mechanism of immune reconstitution of naive CD4+ T cells induced by PI-HAART.

Published
2000
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70. Liver damage and kinetics of hepatitis C virus and human immunodeficiency virus replication during the early phases of combination antiretroviral treatment.

Author

Puoti M, Gargiulo F, Quiros Roldan E, Chiodera A, Palvarini L, Spinetti A, Zaltron S, Putzolu V, Zanini B, Favilli F, Turano A, and Carosi G

Subjects
Adult, Alanine Transaminase blood, Drug Therapy, Combination, HIV Infections drug therapy, Humans, Male, Pilot Projects, RNA, Viral analysis, Anti-HIV Agents administration & dosage, HIV isolation & purification, HIV Infections virology, Hepacivirus isolation & purification, Hepatitis C virology, Liver physiopathology, Virus Replication
Abstract

In order to assess the relationship between human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) RNA, hepatitis C virus (HCV) RNA, CD4, CD8, and liver enzymes during combination antiretroviral therapy, these parameters were measured in 12 HIV-HCV-coinfected patients (who were naive for antiretrovirals) on the day before and 3, 7, 14, 28, 56, and 84 days after initiating the following treatments: stavudine and lamivudine in all patients, indinavir in 6 patients, and nevirapine in 6 patients. HIV RNA declined rapidly, CD4 cells increased slowly, and CD8 cells and liver enzymes were stable. HCV RNA showed a transient significant increase at days 14 and 21 (7.33+/-0.16 [mean +/- SE] and 7.29+/-0.2 log copies/mL vs. 7+/-0.2 log copies/mL at baseline; P<.05). These changes were similar in both treatment groups. A 2-fold alanine aminotransferase increase was observed in 4 of 12 patients; 4 of 4 patients showed increased HCV RNA. The relationship between HCV RNA increase and HIV RNA decrease indicates virus-virus interference. An HCV RNA increase may cause significant liver damage only in a minority of patients.

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2000
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71. HIV-1 pharmacoresistance: clinical and therapeutic implications.

Author

Carosi G, Torti C, Palvarini L, and Quiros Roldan E

Subjects
Anti-HIV Agents administration & dosage, Anti-HIV Agents therapeutic use, Disease Progression, Drug Administration Schedule, Drug Therapy, Combination, HIV Infections virology, Humans, Treatment Outcome, Drug Resistance, Microbial, HIV Infections drug therapy, HIV-1 drug effects
Abstract

The primary objective of antiretroviral therapy is to suppress viral replication as soon as possible, as much as possible and for as long as possible, a concept so clearly emphasized by David Ho in 1995: "Treat HIV early and hard!". That, however, seems an ideal objective by a number of reasons, recently recognized as fundamental: unavailability of treatments able to eradicate the infection, difficulty to reach compliance to HAART (Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy), emergence of drug resistance and cross-resistance. (Cross)-resistance in particular has the potential both to waste future therapeutic options and to be transmitted during HIV infection. Therefore, HIV pharmacoresistance has to be considered one of the most challenging focal point in research on antiretroviral therapy. Understanding of causes, evolutionary patterns and consequences of resistance in terms of viroimmunological and clinical response appears inescapable to strategically plan and monitor treatment. Rather than to eradicate the infection with regimens more and more hard but more and more difficult to comply with, the realistic approach is to construct a strategic therapeutic itinerary tailored to the bio-psycho-social patient conditions and to the saving of therapeutic options. The latter means the rational sequencing of the drug employment for a long-term therapy, potentially life-long.

Published
1999

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