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Zaghi I, Tebano G, Vanino E, Vandi G, Cricca M, Sambri V, Fantini M, Di Antonio F, Terzitta M, Russo E, Cristini F, Bassi P, Biagetti C, Tatarelli P. Non-cholera Vibrio spp. invasive infections in the summer following May 2023 flood disaster in Romagna, Italy: a case series. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 2024:10.1007/s10096-024-04842-7. [PMID: 38735888 DOI: 10.1007/s10096-024-04842-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2024] [Accepted: 05/02/2024] [Indexed: 05/14/2024]
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Non-cholera Vibrio spp. includes ubiquitous organisms living in aquatic environments. Their occurrence is associated with global warming and meteorological disasters. In May 2023 the Romagna region, Italy, was affected by severe floods. In the following 15 weeks we observed 5 patients with invasive infections caused by V. vulnificus (3/5) and V. harveyi (2/5). All patients (median age 77 years) had medical comorbidities and shared exposure to seawater. Two patients needed surgery; 2 died. In conclusion, we observed an increased burden of Vibrio spp. invasive infections after May 2023 floods, affecting old patients with predisposing medical conditions.
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Siracusano S, Zaka A, Bassi P, Gontero P, Mearini E, Imbimbo C, Simonato A, Dal Moro F, Giannarini G, Valotto C, Montorsi F, Colombo R, Porpiglia F, Bartoletti R, Vella M, Minervini A, Rossanese M, Porcaro B, Romantini F, Vicentini C, Talamini R, Ficarra V, Racioppi M, Lonardi C. Short-term effects of bowel function on global health quality of life after radical cystectomy. EUR UROL SUPPL 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/s2666-1683(22)01118-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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Ragonese M, Pinto F, Foschi N, Dibitetto F, Akhundov A, Distante F, Bassi P. Endoneedle laser lithotripsy during percutaneous nephrolitotomy: The advantage of ecirs in the management of intra-operative complications. EUR UROL SUPPL 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/s2666-1683(22)00099-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022] Open
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Ragonese M, Bizzarri F, Foti M, Palermo G, Racioppi M, Bassi P. The role of methylation test in prediction of delayed BCG failure in high risk non muscle invasive bladder cancer. EUR UROL SUPPL 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/s2666-1683(22)00229-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022] Open
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Sacco E, Bientinesi R, Gandi C, Marino F, Gavi F, Moretto S, Totaro A, Racioppi M, Bassi P. Bulbospongiosus muscle-sparing male sling implantation for postprostatectomy incontinence: Evaluation of safety and efficacy outcomes. Eur Urol 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/s0302-2838(22)00662-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Falagario U, Lantz A, Jambor I, Busetto G, Carmignani L, Montanari E, Bove P, Gontero P, Sciarra A, Di Tonno P, Trombetta C, Bassi P, Simone G, Mirone V, Antonelli A, Schips L, Bostrom P, Porpiglia F, Nordström T, De Cobelli O, Cormio L, Carrieri G, Ferro M. Diagnosis of prostate cancer in men treated with 5-alpha-reducates inhibitors with multi-parametric MRI: Results of a multicenter international collaboration. Eur Urol 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/s0302-2838(22)00832-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Gandi C, Bientinesi R, Totaro A, Marino F, Moretto S, Gavi F, Pierconti F, Racioppi M, Bassi P, Sacco E. Clamp-less partial nephrectomy: A propensity score-matched analysis comparing robot-assisted with open approach. Eur Urol 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/s0302-2838(22)00424-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Gandi C, Bientinesi R, Totaro A, Ragonese M, Pierconti F, Martini M, Bassi P, Sacco E. Positive surgical margins after RARP: a multi-surgeon analysis of overall and site-specific learning curves. EUR UROL SUPPL 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/s2666-1683(21)00694-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022] Open
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Di Gianfrancesco L, Foti M, Ragonese M, Palermo G, Sacco E, Pinto F, Totaro A, Marino F, Akhundov A, Bassi P, Racioppi M. A large pilot study on the diagnostic performance of electronic nose in detecting Bladder Cancer. EUR UROL SUPPL 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/s2666-1683(21)01227-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022] Open
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Magrini S, Noale M, Bruni A, Triggiani L, Buglione M, Bertoni F, Frassinelli L, Montironi R, Corvo’ R, Zagonel V, Porreca A, Bassi P, Gacci M, Conti G, Maggi S. PD-0765 Bowel bother and function after RT for prostate cancer : the prospective QoL Pros-IT CNR study. Radiother Oncol 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/s0167-8140(21)07044-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Antonucci M, Recupero S, Marzio V, De Dominicis M, Pinto F, Foschi N, Di Gianfrancesco L, Bassi P, Ragonese M. The impact of COVID-19 outbreak on urolithiasis emergency department admissions, hospitalizations and clinical management in central Italy: a multicentric analysis. Actas Urol Esp 2020; 44:611-616. [PMID: 32713658 PMCID: PMC7332912 DOI: 10.1016/j.acuro.2020.06.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2020] [Accepted: 06/07/2020] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Introducción y objetivos Nuestro objetivo fue evaluar el impacto de la enfermedad del coronavirus de 2019 (COVID-19) en los ingresos en los servicios de urgencias (SU), las hospitalizaciones y el manejo clínico de los pacientes con urolitiasis. Pacientes y métodos Realizamos un análisis retrospectivo multicéntrico de las admisiones en los servicios de urgencias de tres departamentos de urología de gran volumen (uno directamente implicado en el tratamiento de los pacientes de COVID-19 y dos no implicados) en Roma (Italia) entre marzo y abril de 2020 y en el mismo período de 2019. Se realizó un análisis estadístico del número de admisiones por urolitiasis, la tasa de complicaciones, hospitalización y el tipo de tratamiento recibido. Resultados Fueron incluidos 304 pacientes en el análisis. Se observó una reducción significativa en el número global de pacientes ingresados en urgencias por urolitiasis entre 2019 y 2020 (48,8%). Además, con respecto a la elección del tratamiento de los pacientes hospitalizados, se informó un aumento estadísticamente significativo de los procedimientos de extracción de cálculos en comparación con el drenaje urinario en 2020 (p = 0,015). Conclusiones Durante la pandemia de la COVID-19 en Roma ha habido una reducción significativa de los ingresos en urgencias por urolitiasis. Los pacientes ingresados en el SU tuvieron más complicaciones, necesitaron hospitalización con más frecuencia y en cuanto al manejo clínico, se prefirió la extracción temprana de los cálculos, en vez del drenaje urinario. Todos los urólogos deben ser conscientes de que en los próximos meses podrían enfrentar un mayor número de admisiones por urolitiasis y un manejo de casos más complicados.
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Keselman B, Cooray C, Vanhooren G, Bassi P, Consoli D, Nichelli P, Peeters A, Sanak D, Zini A, Wahlgren N, Ahmed N, Mazya MV. Intravenous thrombolysis in stroke mimics: results from the
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International Stroke Thrombolysis Register. Eur J Neurol 2019; 26:1091-1097. [DOI: 10.1111/ene.13944] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2018] [Accepted: 02/19/2019] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Graziotti P, Lembo A, Zanchetta R, Betterle C, Foresta C, Bassi P, Scrufari P, Mastrogiacomo I. Fertilità E Sterilità Dopo Torsione Del Funicolo Spermatico. Urologia 2018. [DOI: 10.1177/039156038104800416] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Kemaladewi D, Bassi P, Lindsay K, Erwood S, Hyatt E, Place K, Marks R, Gawlik K, Durbeej M, Ivakine E, Cohn R. NEW THERAPEUTIC APPROACHES AND THEIR READOUT. Neuromuscul Disord 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.nmd.2018.06.237] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Sabattini S, Savini F, Gallina L, Scagliarini A, Bassi P, Bettini G. p16 Immunostaining of Canine Squamous Cell Carcinomas is not Associated with Papillomavirus DNA. J Comp Pathol 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcpa.2016.11.191] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Nuzzo M, Frascino V, Alitto A, Mattiucci G, Fionda B, Vernaleone M, Catucci F, Bassi P, Macchia G, Deodato F, Siepe G, Ntreta M, Morganti A, Cammelli S, Arcelli A, Bertini F, Ippolito E, Frezza G, Mantini G, Valentini V. EP-1355: Combined and modulated adjuvant therapy in prostate carcinoma: a phase I-II trial. Radiother Oncol 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/s0167-8140(16)32605-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Magrini S, Ricardi U, Bertoni F, Corvò R, Russi E, Santoni R, Artibani W, Bassi P, Bracarda S, Conti G, Gacci M, Graziotti P, Maggi S, Mirone V, Montironi R, Muto G, Noale M, Pecoraro S, Porreca A, Tubaro A, Zagonel V, Zattoni F, Crepaldi G. OC-0146: The PROS-IT CNR study: comorbidities and medications at the time of diagnosis of prostate cancer. Radiother Oncol 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/s0167-8140(16)31395-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Bianchi E, Bombardi C, Bassi P, Bolcato M, Gentile A, Militerno G. Bilateral Trochlear Nerve Palsy as a Consequence of Cerebellar Medulloblastoma: Clinical and Pathological Findings in a Calf. J Vet Intern Med 2015; 29:1117-21. [PMID: 26110579 PMCID: PMC4895356 DOI: 10.1111/jvim.13568] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2015] [Revised: 04/15/2015] [Accepted: 05/11/2015] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Sabattini S, Bassi P, Bettini G. Histopathological findings and proliferative activity of canine sebaceous gland tumours with a predominant reserve cell population. J Comp Pathol 2015; 152:145-52. [PMID: 25678426 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcpa.2014.12.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2014] [Revised: 10/29/2014] [Accepted: 12/18/2014] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Sebaceous gland tumours represent the third most common skin tumours in dogs, but diagnostic criteria for tumours with basal differentiation (i.e. sebaceous epithelioma) are poorly defined and there is lack of correlation with biological behaviour. The aim of this study was to identify the main histological criteria associated with malignancy in 30 canine sebaceous gland tumours with a predominant reserve cell population. For each case, tumour proliferative activity was assessed by determining mitotic index and the Ki67/MIB-1 index. Additional histological features included endophytic or exophytic growth, proportion of reserve/intermediate/mature cells, connection to the epidermis, nuclear characteristics, peripheral invasion, neoplastic emboli and necrosis. Mitotic and Ki67 indexes were variable, but correlated (R = 0.66; P < 0.001), and both were significantly higher in infiltrative tumours (P = 0.018 and P < 0.001, respectively). No significant difference in histological features was observed between tumours comprised of more or less than 90% reserve cells, nor among tumours showing proliferative activity in sebocytes. This study suggests that high proliferative activity and peripheral invasion should be considered the most significant parameters for the differentiation between benign and malignant sebaceous gland tumours. Furthermore, the incidence of circumanal gland and testicular tumours in these dogs was significantly higher compared with an age-matched control population, suggesting a potential androgen-related pathway for the tumourigenesis of canine sebaceous gland neoplasms.
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Consoli D, Vidale S, Aguglia U, Bassi P, Cavallini A, Galati F, Guidetti D, Marcello N, Micieli G, Pracucci G, Rasura M, Siniscalchi A, Sterzi R, Toni D, Inzitari D. Previous infection and the risk of ischaemic stroke in Italy: the IN2 study. Eur J Neurol 2014; 22:514-9. [PMID: 25443877 DOI: 10.1111/ene.12601] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2014] [Accepted: 09/25/2014] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE There is an increasing interest in new risk factors for ischaemic stroke. Acute and chronic infections could contribute to different aetiological mechanisms of atherosclerosis that lead to cerebrovascular disease. The aim of this study was to investigate the hypothesis that previous infections and Chlamydia pneumoniae in particular increase the risk of ischaemic stroke in the population. METHODS This was a prospective case-control study involving 11 Italian stroke units. Controls were age- and sex-matched with cases, represented by patients admitted to hospital for acute ischaemic stroke. For each participant classical vascular risk factors and previous inflammatory and infectious events up to 1 month before were registered. Blood samples were collected to analyse inflammatory markers and titres of antibodies against C. pneumoniae. RESULTS A total of 1002 participants were included (mean age 69 years) with 749 ischaemic stroke patients. Infections occurred within 1 month previously in 12% of the entire sample with a higher prevalence in the case group (14.4% vs. 3.9%). At multivariate analysis of the seropositivity of IgA antibodies against C. pneumoniae increased the risk of stroke significantly (relative risk 2.121; 95% confidence interval 1.255-3.584) and an early previous infection (up to 7 days before the event) contributed to a rise in probability of acute cerebral ischaemia (relative risk 3.692; 95% confidence interval 1.134-6.875). CONCLUSIONS Early previous infections and persistent chronic infection of C. pneumoniae could contribute to increase the risk of ischaemic stroke significantly, in the elderly especially.
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Pan A, Gagliotti C, Arlotti M, Bassi P, Bertozzi L, Borsari M, Cancellieri C, Carletti R, Giordani S, Libanore M, Magnani G, Marchegiano P, Mazzini E, Mezzadri S, Minghetti M, Nola S, Puggioli C, Ragni P, Ratti G, Sisti M, Vandelli C, Viale P, Vitali P, Moro ML. Antimicrobial stewardship programs in Emilia-Romagna, Italy. BMC Proc 2011. [PMCID: PMC3239559 DOI: 10.1186/1753-6561-5-s6-p143] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Re A, Aiello A, Nanni S, Grasselli A, Benvenuti V, Pantisano V, Strigari L, Colussi C, Ciccone S, Mazzetti AP, Pierconti F, Pinto F, Bassi P, Gallucci M, Sentinelli S, Trimarchi F, Bacchetti S, Pontecorvi A, Lo Bello M, Farsetti A. Silencing of GSTP1, a prostate cancer prognostic gene, by the estrogen receptor-β and endothelial nitric oxide synthase complex. Mol Endocrinol 2011; 25:2003-16. [PMID: 22052999 DOI: 10.1210/me.2011-1024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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We recently identified in prostate tumors (PCa) a transcriptional prognostic signature comprising a significant number of genes differentially regulated in patients with worse clinical outcome. Induction of up-regulated genes was due to chromatin remodeling by a combinatorial complex between estrogen receptor (ER)-β and endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS). Here we show that this complex can also repress transcription of prognostic genes that are down-regulated in PCa, such as the glutathione transferase gene GSTP1. Silencing of GSTP1 is a common early event in prostate carcinogenesis, frequently caused by promoter hypermethylation. We validated loss of glutathione transferase (GST) P1-1 expression in vivo, in tissue microarrays from a retrospective cohort of patients, and correlated it with decreased disease-specific survival. Furthermore, we show that in PCa cultured cells ERβ/eNOS causes GSTP1 repression by being recruited at estrogen responsive elements in the gene promoter with consequential remodeling of local chromatin. Treatment with ERβ antagonist or its natural ligand 5α-androstane-3β,17β-diol, eNOS inhibitors or ERβ small interference RNA abrogated the binding and reversed GSTP1 silencing, demonstrating the direct involvement of the complex. In vitro, GSTP1 silencing by ERβ/eNOS was specific for cells from patients with worse clinical outcome where it appeared the sole mechanism regulating GSTP1 expression because no promoter hypermethylation was present. However, in vivo chromatin immunoprecipitation assays on fresh PCa tissues demonstrated that silencing by ERβ/eNOS can coexist with promoter hypermethylation. Our findings reveal that the ERβ/eNOS complex can exert transcriptional repression and suggest that this may represent an epigenetic event favoring inactivation of the GSTP1 locus by methylation. Moreover, abrogation of ERβ/eNOS function by 3β-adiol emphasizes the significance of circulating or locally produced sex steroid hormones or their metabolites in PCa biology with relevant clinical/therapeutic implications.
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Gentile A, Militerno G, Schares G, Nanni A, Testoni S, Bassi P, Gollnick NS. Evidence for bovine besnoitiosis being endemic in Italy--first in vitro isolation of Besnoitia besnoiti from cattle born in Italy. Vet Parasitol 2011; 184:108-15. [PMID: 21978744 DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2011.09.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2011] [Revised: 07/13/2011] [Accepted: 09/05/2011] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Until 2009, bovine besnoitiosis had never been considered endemic in Italy and the only report on the disease in this country referred to animals imported from France shortly before. However, recently, an autochthonous outbreak of bovine besnoitiosis was reported in four herds located at the intersection of the borders between Emilia-Romagna, Toscana and Marche (Northern Apennine Mountains), which has led to an increased awareness concerning this disease. The present study describes a further outbreak of bovine besnoitiosis in Italy. The afflicted herd was a dairy herd with no evidence for contact with cattle from regions known to be endemic for bovine besnoitiosis. The farm investigation was initiated after a three-year old Holstein Friesian dairy cow with generalized thickening and lichenification of the skin was diagnosed with bovine besnoitiosis. The clinical diagnosis was confirmed by gross pathology, histopathology, serology and PCR. Bradyzoites released from tissue cysts obtained from the skin of this animal enabled the first in vitro isolation of Besnoitia besnoiti in Italy. This isolate was named Bb-Italy1. Sequencing of a 2118 bp spanning region including the complete internal transcribed spacer 1 and parts of the 18S and the 5.8S rRNA gene from DNA extracted from skin-derived zoites revealed a 99.9% identity to sequences known for other B. besnoiti isolated from cattle in Europe. Two GKO mice which had been inoculated intraperitoneally with bovine skin-derived bradyzoites became ill 7 days post inoculation. Parasitophorous vacuoles with multiplying zoites were observed in the cell culture inoculated with peritoneal fluids of these mice and a B. besnoiti infection in the mice and in the cell culture could be confirmed by real-time PCR. A serological investigation in the afflicted herd using immunoblots and an immunofluorescent antibody test (IFAT) revealed an overall herd seroprevalence of 9.7% (31/321), whereas within the female animals older than 2 years 17.0% (29/171) of the dams were tested positive. With one exception, an imported cow from Germany, all the seropositive animals were born in Italy. In connection with previously described autochthonous cases of bovine besnoitiosis the case described herein suggests that bovine besnoitiosis should be considered endemic in Italy.
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