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Belmadani A, Jayaraj N, Ren D, George D, Paller A, Miller R, Menichella D. 666 Role for epidermal keratinocytes in small fiber degeneration in diabetic peripheral neuropathy. J Invest Dermatol 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jid.2019.03.742] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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van Schaik IN, Bril V, van Geloven N, Hartung HP, Lewis RA, Sobue G, Lawo JP, Praus M, Mielke O, Durn BL, Cornblath DR, Merkies ISJ, Sabet A, George K, Roberts L, Carne R, Blum S, Henderson R, Van Damme P, Demeestere J, Larue S, D'Amour C, Bril V, Breiner A, Kunc P, Valis M, Sussova J, Kalous T, Talab R, Bednar M, Toomsoo T, Rubanovits I, Gross-Paju K, Sorro U, Saarela M, Auranen M, Pouget J, Attarian S, Le Masson G, Wielanek-Bachelet A, Desnuelle C, Delmont E, Clavelou P, Aufauvre D, Schmidt J, Zschuentssch J, Sommer C, Kramer D, Hoffmann O, Goerlitz C, Haas J, Chatzopoulos M, Yoon R, Gold R, Berlit P, Jaspert-Grehl A, Liebetanz D, Kutschenko A, Stangel M, Trebst C, Baum P, Bergh F, Klehmet J, Meisel A, Klostermann F, Oechtering J, Lehmann H, Schroeter M, Hagenacker T, Mueller D, Sperfeld A, Bethke F, Drory V, Algom A, Yarnitsky D, Murinson B, Di Muzio A, Ciccocioppo F, Sorbi S, Mata S, Schenone A, Grandis M, Lauria G, Cazzato D, Antonini G, Morino S, Cocito D, Zibetti M, Yokota T, Ohkubo T, Kanda T, Kawai M, Kaida K, Onoue H, Kuwabara S, Mori M, Iijima M, Ohyama K, Baba M, Tomiyama M, Nishiyama K, Akutsu T, Yokoyama K, Kanai K, van Schaik I, Eftimov F, Notermans N, Visser N, Faber C, Hoeijmakers J, Rejdak K, Chyrchel-Paszkiewicz U, Casanovas Pons C, Alberti Aguiló M, Gamez J, Figueras M, Marquez Infante C, Benitez Rivero S, Lunn M, Morrow J, Gosal D, Lavin T, Melamed I, Testori A, Ajroud-Driss S, Menichella D, Simpson E, Chi-Ho Lai E, Dimachkie M, Barohn R, Beydoun S, Johl H, Lange D, Shtilbans A, Muley S, Ladha S, Freimer M, Kissel J, Latov N, Chin R, Ubogu E, Mumfrey S, Rao T, MacDonald P, Sharma K, Gonzalez G, Allen J, Walk D, Hobson-Webb L, Gable K. Subcutaneous immunoglobulin for maintenance treatment in chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (PATH): a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase 3 trial. Lancet Neurol 2018; 17:35-46. [DOI: 10.1016/s1474-4422(17)30378-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 130] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2017] [Revised: 09/28/2017] [Accepted: 10/02/2017] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Coltella L, Mancinelli L, Onori M, Lucignano B, Menichella D, Sorge R, Raponi M, Mancini R, Russo C. Advancement in the routine identification of anaerobic bacteria by MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 2013; 32:1183-92. [PMID: 23584672 DOI: 10.1007/s10096-013-1865-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2013] [Accepted: 03/13/2013] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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We evaluated matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) Biotyper as a tool for the identification of anaerobic bacteria compared with 500 base-pair (bp) 16S ribosomal ribonucleic acid (rRNA) gene sequencing analysis, which is considered to be the "gold standard" method. A total of 484 anaerobic bacteria were retrieved from the clinical specimens of 318 pediatric patients. Molecular identification resulted in 18 genera and 51 species. The most prevalent genus was Clostridium (76.85 %), with 70 % C. difficile isolates. The concordance and sensitivity determined by MALDI-TOF MS for C. difficile, the most prevalent species isolated, was 94.08 %, whereas the specificity was 100 %. For the other anaerobes, the sensitivity and specificity were 94.07 % and 81.82 %, respectively, with a concordance of 93.15 %. Low performance was observed for Propionibacterium acnes and Fusobacterium nucleatum, for which a dedicated pretreatment procedure should likely be set up. MALDI-TOF MS was shown to be a valid alternative for the fast and reliable identification of the most clinically relevant anaerobic bacteria; moreover, it is less time-consuming, the cost for reagents is minimized, and it does not require dedicated personnel.
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- L Coltella
- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Virology Unit, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, IRCCS, Piazza S. Onofrio 4, 00165 Rome, Italy
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Valentini D, Vittucci AC, Grandin A, Tozzi AE, Russo C, Onori M, Menichella D, Bartuli A, Villani A. Coinfection in acute gastroenteritis predicts a more severe clinical course in children. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 2013; 32:909-15. [PMID: 23370970 DOI: 10.1007/s10096-013-1825-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2012] [Accepted: 01/10/2013] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The objectives of this study were to determine the incidence of enteric pathogens causing acute gastroenteritis (AGE) among hospitalized children in a large Italian hospital, to measure the incidence of coinfections, and to compare the clinical characteristics of those infected with one versus multiple agents. A prospective study was conducted from March 2010 to April 2011 at the Bambino Gesù Pediatric Hospital in Rome, Italy. All patients between 1 month and 16 years of age admitted to the Pediatric Department with a diagnosis of AGE were eligible for enrollment. Two stool samples for each patient were tested for gastrointestinal pathogens. We summarized the clinical severity of episodes, describing the duration of diarrhea, duration and frequency of vomiting, fever, and severity of dehydration. All the patients underwent medical evaluation with estimation of dehydration. One or more etiological agents were detected in 151 out of 232 patients (65.1%), while we did not detect any etiological agent in 81 (34.9%). Rotavirus was detected in 96 (63.6%), adenovirus in 17 (11.2%), norovirus in 7 (4.6%), toxin-producing Clostridium difficile in 23 (15.2%), Salmonella spp. in 15 (9.9%, B group in 12/15 and D group in 3/15), C. perfringens in 12 (7.9%), Campylobacter spp. in 6 (4%), and verotoxigenic Escherichia coli (VTEC) in 2 (1.3%). In 27 children out of 151 (17.9%), we found evidence of coinfection. Coinfection with rotavirus and toxin-producing C. difficile was the most common (63%). Children with coinfection had a more severe clinical presentation and had a higher probability to be severely dehydrated, independently of age and living community type.
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- D Valentini
- Department of Pediatrics, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, Piazza S. Onofrio 4, 00165 Rome, Italy.
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Putignani L, Mancinelli L, Del Chierico F, Menichella D, Adlerstein D, Angelici MC, Marangi M, Berrilli F, Caffara M, di Regalbono DAF, Giangaspero A. Investigation of Toxoplasma gondii presence in farmed shellfish by nested-PCR and real-time PCR fluorescent amplicon generation assay (FLAG). Exp Parasitol 2010; 127:409-17. [PMID: 20920501 DOI: 10.1016/j.exppara.2010.09.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2010] [Revised: 09/20/2010] [Accepted: 09/21/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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To evaluate the presence of Toxoplasma gondii in edible farmed shellfish, 1734 shellfish specimens i.e., 109 Crassostrea gigas (6 pools), 660 Mytilus galloprovincialis (22 pools), 804 Tapes decussatus (28 pools) and 161 Tapes philippinarum (6 pools), were collected from the Varano Lagoon (Apulia, Italy). Shellfish from 62 pools were subjected to two molecular techniques: a nested-PCR assay, and a fluorescent amplicon generation (FLAG) real-time PCR assay, both based on the multi-copy B1 target, were performed. One pooled sample of gills from C. gigas and one pooled sample of haemolymphs from T. decussatus were assessed as positive for T. gondii DNA by both techniques. The results demonstrated the presence of T. gondii in edible farmed C. gigas and T. decussatus and indicate that there may be a considerable health threat involved in eating contaminated raw shellfish.
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- L Putignani
- Unità di Microbiologia, Bambino Gesù, Ospedale Pediatrico e Istituto di Ricerca, Piazza Sant'Onofrio 4, 00165 Roma, Italy
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Putignani L, Raffa S, Pescosolido R, Signore F, Menichella D, Boldrini R, Torrisi M, Grammatico P. Development of phenotypic indexes for the description of morphological injury in breast cancer cell mitochondria. J Clin Oncol 2009. [DOI: 10.1200/jco.2009.27.15_suppl.e22055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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e22055 Background: Mitochondriopathy has been recently rekindled as new cancer theory. We report on structural damage of breast-infiltrating ductal carcinoma (IDC) mitochondria characterised by reduced expression levels of the oxidative phosphorylation system (OXPHOS). Methods: Mitochondria from HMC-1 (human mammary carcinoma) and HMEC (human mammary epithelial cell) cultures, traced by Mitotracker, were assayed for OXPHOS expression levels using cryo-immunoelectron microscopy (CIEM) quantitative labelling and fluorescence immunolabelling on unfractionated HMC-1 and HEMC cells. Convolution degeneration was established by transmission electron microscopy (TEM). Twenty different cell sections for both HMC-1 and HEMC cells, including 65 and 72 mitochondria, respectively, were randomly recorded and quantitatively analyzed for the percentage of area occupied by intact cristae to provide a grading of mitochondrial damage (cristae loss index). Results: Depressed expression levels were detected for all HMC-1 OXPHOS complexes by CIEM. Normalized labelling density (HEMC/HMC-1), expressed as colloidal gold particles/mitochondrial area (ρ) provided the following values: 1.77 for the NADH-ubiquinone oxidoreductase complex I NDUFS3; 1.86 for the succinate- dehydrogenase complex II SDH-B protein; 1.63 for the ubiquinol cytochrome c reductase complex III UQCRC2; 4.88 and 1.58 for the cytochrome-oxidase complex IV (CO) subunit I and IV, respectively; 2.70 for the ATP-synthase complex V F1β protein. Fluorescence immunolabelling confirmed CIEM quantitative data. MitoTracker's co-staining showed altered membrane potential and permeability. Injury grading was categorised assigning three levels of morphological damage: i) severe, ii) moderate, iii) slight, corresponding to 0 % (6.2 % and 1.4 % for HMC-1 and HMEC, respectively), 1–50 % (21.5 % and 2.8 % for HMC-1 and HMEC, respectively) and 51–75 % (44.6 % and 15.3 % for HMC-1 and HMEC, respectively) of area occupied by intact cristae (p<0.0001, χ2Test). The entire HMC-1 mitochondrial damage resulted 3.7 times higher than that observed for HMEC cells (72.3HMC-1 %/19.5HMEC %). Conclusions: New phenotypic harm indexes for IDC cell mitochondria might provide new hallmarks in breast cancer cell biology. No significant financial relationships to disclose.
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- L. Putignani
- Bambino Gesù, Rome, Italy; S. Andrea Hospital, Rome, Italy; S. Camillo-Forlanini Hospital, Rome, Italy; Bambino Gesù Hospital, Rome, Italy; S. Andrea Hospital, University Sapienza, Rome, Italy
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- Bambino Gesù, Rome, Italy; S. Andrea Hospital, Rome, Italy; S. Camillo-Forlanini Hospital, Rome, Italy; Bambino Gesù Hospital, Rome, Italy; S. Andrea Hospital, University Sapienza, Rome, Italy
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- Bambino Gesù, Rome, Italy; S. Andrea Hospital, Rome, Italy; S. Camillo-Forlanini Hospital, Rome, Italy; Bambino Gesù Hospital, Rome, Italy; S. Andrea Hospital, University Sapienza, Rome, Italy
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- Bambino Gesù, Rome, Italy; S. Andrea Hospital, Rome, Italy; S. Camillo-Forlanini Hospital, Rome, Italy; Bambino Gesù Hospital, Rome, Italy; S. Andrea Hospital, University Sapienza, Rome, Italy
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- Bambino Gesù, Rome, Italy; S. Andrea Hospital, Rome, Italy; S. Camillo-Forlanini Hospital, Rome, Italy; Bambino Gesù Hospital, Rome, Italy; S. Andrea Hospital, University Sapienza, Rome, Italy
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- Bambino Gesù, Rome, Italy; S. Andrea Hospital, Rome, Italy; S. Camillo-Forlanini Hospital, Rome, Italy; Bambino Gesù Hospital, Rome, Italy; S. Andrea Hospital, University Sapienza, Rome, Italy
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- Bambino Gesù, Rome, Italy; S. Andrea Hospital, Rome, Italy; S. Camillo-Forlanini Hospital, Rome, Italy; Bambino Gesù Hospital, Rome, Italy; S. Andrea Hospital, University Sapienza, Rome, Italy
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- Bambino Gesù, Rome, Italy; S. Andrea Hospital, Rome, Italy; S. Camillo-Forlanini Hospital, Rome, Italy; Bambino Gesù Hospital, Rome, Italy; S. Andrea Hospital, University Sapienza, Rome, Italy
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Concato C, Diociaiuti A, Parisi F, Giraldi L, Ciasulli A, Menichella D, El Hachem M. Human Herpesvirus-8 Serology in Pediatric Organ Transplantation. Transplant Proc 2008; 40:3683-4. [DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2008.06.085] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2007] [Accepted: 06/27/2008] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Putignani L, Sessa R, Petrucca A, Manfredini C, Coltella L, Menichella D, Nicoletti M, Russo C, Cipriani P. Genotyping of Different Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Morphotypes Arising from the Lower Respiratory Tract of a Patient Taken to an Intensive Care Unit. Int J Immunopathol Pharmacol 2008; 21:941-7. [DOI: 10.1177/039463200802100418] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Pseudomonas aeruginosa is an opportunistic pathogen and an ubiquitous environmental bacterium. Fifty-seven days after hospitalization, we isolated three distinct P. aeruginosa morphotypes (smooth, rough and mucoid) from the lower respiratory tract of a patient admitted to a Cardiology Intensive Care Unit (ICU). Moreover, a group of nine colony variants, arising from the three P. aeruginosa isolates growing in laboratory growth media, were also isolated. The resulting 12 isolates were characterised for antibiotic resistance profile and subjected to genotypic analysis by fluorescent-Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphism (f-AFLP) and automated repetitive extragenic palindromic-PCR (rep-PCR) fingerprinting. The three smooth, rough and mucoid morphotypes presented different antibiotic resistance profiles and genotyping analysis showed that they belonged to distinct clones, indicating that at day 57 after the admission the patient was simultaneously colonized by three distinct P. aeruginosa isolates. On the other hand, the nine colony variants presented heterogeneous antibiotic resistance profiles and clustered together with the three parental isolates. The understanding of the link between genotype plasticity and antibiotic resistance may contribute to improving our knowledge of this life-threatening pathogen.
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- Department of Public Health, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome
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- Laboratory of Microbiology, “Sant'Andrea” Hospital, Rome
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University “G. D'Annunzio”, Chieti, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University “G. D'Annunzio”, Chieti, Italy
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- Laboratory of Microbiology, “Sant'Andrea” Hospital, Rome
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Putignani L, Raffa S, Pescosolido R, Signore F, Menichella D, Boldrini R, Torrisi MR, Grammatico P. Oxidative metabolism dysfunction and morphological damage in breast cancer cell mitochondria. J Clin Oncol 2008. [DOI: 10.1200/jco.2008.26.15_suppl.22200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Russo C, Bernaschi P, Manfredini C, Argentieri M, Coltella L, Menichella D. USO DELLE TECNICHE DI FINGERPRINTING IN SOSPETTA INFEZIONE NOSOCOMIALE DA PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA. Microbiol Med 2007. [DOI: 10.4081/mm.2007.2877] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Bernaschi P, Manfredini C, Lucignano B, Ranno S, Mancinelli L, Russo C, Menichella D. IDENTIFICAZIONE MOLECOLARE RAPIDA DI BATTERI E DI GENI DI RESISTENZA DA FLACONI EMOCOLTURALI: ESPERIENZA PEDIATRICA. Microbiol Med 2007. [DOI: 10.4081/mm.2007.2884] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Coltella L, Ranno S, Argentieri M, Russo C, Menichella D. IL SEQUENZIAMENTO GENICO DEL 16S rDNA NELLA DIAGNOSI DELLE INFEZIONI DA BATTERI ANAEROBI. Microbiol Med 2007. [DOI: 10.4081/mm.2007.2885] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Meroni V, Putignani L, Russo C, Genco F, Adlerstein D, Menichella D. SVILUPPO DI SAGGI LAMP (LOOP-MEDIATED ISOTHERMAL AMPLIFICATION) PER LA DIAGNOSI DI TOXOPLASMA GONDII. Microbiol Med 2007. [DOI: 10.4081/mm.2007.2782] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Russo C, Coltella L, Tozzi A, Menichella D. IL NUOVO SAGGIO ELISA PER LA RILEVAZIONE RAPIDA DI INFEZIONE TUBERCOLARE PUÒ ESSERE UTILIZZATO NEI BAMBINI ? Microbiol Med 2007. [DOI: 10.4081/mm.2007.2756] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Vinci MR, Russo C, Zaffina S, di Felice C, Menichella D, Pietroiusti A. [Role of screening tests for indirect diagnosis of tuberculosis in health care workers: Mantoux and the new tests on blood ELISA]. G Ital Med Lav Ergon 2007; 29:399-401. [PMID: 18409744] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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The Tuberculosis infection in recent years has become always more a threat. The failure in the attempt to stop it (O.M.S. Millennium Global Plan) brought to the revision of the world control strategy to at least contain this disease (The Global Plan to Stop TB 2006-2015). Due to these severe facts it is even more important now to elaborate more sensitive and specific methods to find out, as fast as possible, the infected cases. As of today, the main TB infection screening test is the Skin PPD test (Mantoux). Recently new tests for the population screening are in use; these tests are based on the evaluation of immunity cell-mediated. They (QFT-G) do not have the typical limits of the Skin Test and they are more suitable as serial tests and therefore more useful, according to us, in the screening programs of the TB infection in low prevalence countries, like Italy.
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- M R Vinci
- Istituto di Medicina del Lavoro, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore.
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Menichella D, Bernaschi P, Lucignano B, Manfredini C, Russo C. P1548 Rapid molecular detection of bacterial species and resistance determination in paediatric blood cultures. Int J Antimicrob Agents 2007. [DOI: 10.1016/s0924-8579(07)71387-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Russo C, Tortoli E, De Florio L, Coltella L, Menichella D. VALUTAZIONE DELLA CAPACITÀ DISCRIMINANTE DELLE REGIONI 16S, Hsp65, ITS E 23S DEL GENOMA DEL GENERE MYCOBACTERIUM. Microbiol Med 2005. [DOI: 10.4081/mm.2005.3479] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Concato C, Fiscarelli E, Lucidi V, Menichella D. IDENTIFICAZIONE MOLECOLARE DI BATTERI GRAM-NEGATIVI NON FERMENTANTI IN SOGGETTI AFFETTI DA FIBROSI CISTICA. Microbiol Med 2005. [DOI: 10.4081/mm.2005.3459] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Russo C, Gobbi S, Menichella D. VALUTAZIONE DI UN NUOVO METODO DI RIVELAZIONE DI INF-γ IN RISPOSTA ALL’INFEZIONE DA MYCOBACTERIU TUBERCULOSIS NELLA POPOLAZIONE PEDIATRICA. Microbiol Med 2005. [DOI: 10.4081/mm.2005.3482] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Coltella L, De Florio L, Manfredini C, Innocenzi D, Menichella D. INDIVIDUAZIONE DI UN NUOVO MARKER DA IMPIEGARE PER UNA CORRETTA STADIAZIONE DELL’INFEZIONE DA EBV. Microbiol Med 2005. [DOI: 10.4081/mm.2005.3629] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Argentieri M, Sabbi T, Torroni F, Dall’Oglio L, Chiavelli S, Menichella D. HELICOBACTER PYLORI IN PAZIENTI PEDIATRICI: L’ESAME COLTURALE NELLA DIAGNOSI DI INFEZIONE E STUDIO DELLE RESISTENZE VERSO AMOXICILLINA, METRONIDAZOLO E CLARITROMICINA. Microbiol Med 2004. [DOI: 10.4081/mm.2004.3783] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Portanova A, Bernaschi P, Argentieri M, Menichella D, Langiano T. SORVEGLIANZA DELLE INFEZIONI OSPEDALIERE DA ROTAVIRUS IN UN OSPEDALE PEDIATRICO. Microbiol Med 2004. [DOI: 10.4081/mm.2004.3976] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Bernaschi P, Portanova A, Lucignano B, Chiavelli S, Menichella D. BATTERIEMIE IN ETÀ PEDIATRICA E NEONATALE: INCIDENZA DELLE INFEZIONI NOSOCOMIALI IN UN OSPEDALE PEDIATRICO NEL BIENNIO 2002-2003. Microbiol Med 2004. [DOI: 10.4081/mm.2004.3797] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Kamholz J, Menichella D, Jani A, Garbern J, Lewis RA, Krajewski KM, Lilien J, Scherer SS, Shy ME. Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 1: molecular pathogenesis to gene therapy. Brain 2000; 123 ( Pt 2):222-33. [PMID: 10648431 DOI: 10.1093/brain/123.2.222] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 1 (CMT1) is caused by mutations in the peripheral myelin protein, 22 kDa (PMP22) gene, protein zero (P0) gene, early growth response gene 2 (EGR-2) and connexin-32 gene, which are expressed in Schwann cells, the myelinating cells of the peripheral nervous system. Although the clinical and pathological phenotypes of the various forms of CMT1 are similar, including distal muscle weakness and sensory loss, their molecular pathogenesis is likely to be quite distinct. In addition, while demyelination is the hallmark of CMT1, the clinical signs and symptoms of the disease are probably produced by axonal degeneration, not demyelination itself. In this review we discuss the molecular pathogenesis of CMT1, as well as approaches to an effective gene therapy for this disease.
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- J Kamholz
- Department of Neurology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI 48201, USA.
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Kamholz J, Awatramani R, Menichella D, Jiang H, Xu W, Shy M. Regulation of myelin-specific gene expression. Relevance to CMT1. Ann N Y Acad Sci 1999; 883:91-108. [PMID: 10586235] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/14/2023]
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Schwann cells, the myelinating cells of the peripheral nervous system, are derived from the neural crest. Once neural crest cells are committed to the Schwann cell fate, they can take on one of two phenotypes to become myelinating or nonmyelinating Schwann cells, a decision that is determined by interactions with axons. The critical step in the differentiation of myelinating Schwann cells is the establishment of a one-to-one relationship with axons, the so-called "promyelinating" stage of Schwann cell development. The transition from the promyelinating to the myelinating stage of development is then accompanied by a number of significant changes in the pattern of gene expression, including the activation of a set of genes encoding myelin structural proteins and lipid biosynthetic enzymes, and the inactivation of a set of genes expressed only in immature or nonmyelinating Schwann cells. These changes are regulated mainly at the transcriptional level and also require continuous interaction between Schwann cells and their axons. Two transcription factors, Krox 20 (EGR2) and Oct 6 (SCIP/Tst1), are necessary for the transition from the promyelinating to the myelinating stage of Schwann cell development. Krox 20, expressed in myelinating but not promyelinating Schwann cells, is absolutely required for this transition, and myelination cannot occur in its absence. Oct 6, expressed mainly in promyelinating Schwann cells and then down-regulated before myelination, is necessary for the correct timing of this transition, since myelination is delayed in its absence. Neither Krox 20 nor Oct 6, however, is required for the initial activation of myelin gene expression. Although the mechanisms of Krox 20 and Oct 6 action during myelination are not known, mutation in Krox 20 has been shown to cause CMT1, further implicating this protein in the pathogenesis of this disease. Identifying the molecular mechanisms of Krox 20 and Oct 6 action will thus be important both for understanding myelination and for designing future treatments for CMT1. Point mutlations in the genes encoding the myelin proteins PMP22 and P0 cause CMT1A without a gene duplication and CMT1B, respectively. Although the clinical and pathological phenotypes of CMT1A and CMT1B are similar, their molecular pathogenesis is quite different. Point mutations in PMP22 alter the trafficking of the protein, so that it accumulates in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) and intermediate compartment (IC). Mutant PMP22 also sequesters its normal counterpart in the ER, further reducing the amount of PMP22 available for myelin synthesis at the membrane, and accounting, at least in part, for its severe effect on myelination. Mutant PMP22 probably also activates an ER-to-nucleus signal transduction pathway associated with misfolded proteins, which may account for the decrease of myelin gene expression in Schwann cells in Trembler mutant mice. In contrast, absence of expression of the homotypic adhesion molecule, P0, in mice in which the gene has been inactivated, produces a unique pattern of Schwann cell gene expression, demonstrating that P0 plays a regulatory as well as a structural role in myelination. Whether this role is direct, through a P0-mediated adhesion pathway, or indirect, through adhesion pathways mediated by cadherins or integrins, however, remains to be determined. The molecular mechanisms underlying dysmyelination in CMT1 are thus complex, with pleitropic effects on Schwann cell physiology that are determined both by the type of mutation and the protein mutated. Identifying these molecular mechanisms, however, are important both for understanding myelination and for designing future treatments for CMT1. Although demyelination is the hallmark of CMT1, the clinical signs and symptoms of this disease are probably produced by axonal degeneration, not demyelination. (ABSTRACT TRUNCATED)
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- J Kamholz
- Department of Neurology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan 48201, USA.
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Jani A, Menichella D, Jiang H, Chbihi T, Acsadi G, Kamholz J, Shy ME. Overcoming cellular immunity to prolong adenoviral-mediated gene expression in sciatic nerve. Ann N Y Acad Sci 1999; 883:397-414. [PMID: 10586264] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/14/2023]
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In a previous report, we demonstrated that a first generation (E1- and E3-deleted) recombinant adenovirus can transduce expression of the E. coli lacZ gene into Schwann cells, both in vitro and in vivo, suggesting that this method might be useful for future therapy of peripheral neuropathy, including CMT1. Adenoviral-mediated gene transfer was limited, however, by demyelination and Wallerian degeneration at the site of virus injection, as well as by attenuation of viral gene expression over time. In our current work we have optimized adenoviral-mediated gene expression after intraneural injection into sciatic nerve. Using an improved injection protocol, peak expression of lacZ occurs between 10 and 14 days after injection of 2-week-old animals, decreases thereafter, and there is minimal associated tissue injury. In contrast, very few adenoviral-infected Schwann cells are found in nerves of adult animals 10 days after injection, probably due to immune clearance of viral-infected cells. Consistent with this notion, high levels of lacZ are found in sciatic nerve 30 days after injection of adult SCOD mice, which have a genetic defect in both cellular and humoral immunity, of adult beta 2 microglobulin-deficient mice (beta 2 M-/-), which have a genetic defect in cellular immunity, or of adult mice treated with the immunosuppressing agent FK506. In addition, adenoviral-infected Schwann cells co-cultured with axons in vitro, in the absence of a host immune response, ensheath axons and express lacZ for at least 8 weeks. These data thus demonstrate that expression of first generation recombinant adenovirus in sciatic nerve in adult mice, as in other tissues, is limited mainly by the host cellular immune response to the virus, which can be overcome by attenuation of host cell-mediated immunity. Adenoviral vectors might thus be used to modulate Schwann cell gene expression in patients with peripheral neuropathy after appropriate immunosuppression.
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- A Jani
- Department of Neurology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan 48201, USA
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Pareyson D, Menichella D, Botti S, Sghirlanzoni A, Fallica E, Mora M, Ciano C, Shy ME, Taroni F. Heterozygous null mutation in the P0 gene associated with mild Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease. Ann N Y Acad Sci 1999; 883:477-80. [PMID: 10586278] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/14/2023]
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- D Pareyson
- Istituto Nazionale Neurologico C. Besta, Milan, Italy.
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Jani A, Menichella D, Jiang H, Chbihi T, Acsadi G, Shy ME, Kamholz J. Modulation of cell-mediated immunity prolongs adenovirus-mediated transgene expression in sciatic nerve. Hum Gene Ther 1999; 10:787-800. [PMID: 10210146 DOI: 10.1089/10430349950018544] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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In a previous report, we demonstrated that a first-generation (E1- and E3-deleted) recombinant adenovirus can transduce expression of the E. coli lacZ gene into Schwann cells, both in vitro and in vivo, suggesting that this method might be useful for future therapy of peripheral neuropathy, including CMT1. Adenovirus-mediated gene transfer was limited, however, by demyelination and Wallerian degeneration at the site of virus injection, as well as by attenuation of viral transgene expression over time. In our current work we have optimized adenoviral vector-mediated transgene expression after intraneural injection into sciatic nerve. Using an improved injection protocol, peak expression of lacZ occurs between 10 and 14 days after injection of 2-week-old rats, decreases thereafter, and there is minimal associated tissue injury. In contrast, few lacZ-expressing Schwann cells are found in nerve of adult animals 10 days after injection, probably owing to immune clearance of virus-infected cells. Consistent with this notion, high levels of LacZ are found in sciatic nerve 30 days after injection of adult SCID mice, which have a genetic defect in both cellular and humoral immunity, of adult beta2-microglobulin-deficient mice (beta2M4-/-), which have a genetic defect in cellular immunity, or of adult mice treated with the immunosuppressing agent FK506. In addition, adenovirus-infected Schwann cells cocultured with axons in vitro, in the absence of a host immune response, ensheathe axons and express lacZ for at least 8 weeks. These data thus demonstrate that lacZ transgene expression of first-generation recombinant adenovirus in sciatic nerve in adult mice, as in other tissues, is limited mainly by the host cellular immune response to the virus, which can be overcome by attenuation of host cell-mediated immunity. Adenoviral vectors might thus be used to modulate Schwann cell gene expression in patients with peripheral neuropathy after appropriate immunosuppression.
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- A Jani
- Department of Neurology, Center for Molecular Medicine and Genetics, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI 48201, USA
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Shy ME, Arroyo E, Sladky J, Menichella D, Jiang H, Xu W, Kamholz J, Scherer SS. Heterozygous P0 knockout mice develop a peripheral neuropathy that resembles chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP). J Neuropathol Exp Neurol 1997; 56:811-21. [PMID: 9210878] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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Demyelinating peripheral neuropathies are clinically divided into inherited and acquired types. Inherited demyelinating neuropathies are caused by mutations in genes expressed by myelinating Schwann cells, whereas acquired ones, including chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP), are probably caused by autoimmune mechanisms. We find that heterozygous P0 knockout (P0+/-) mice develop a neuropathy that resembles CIDP. By one year of age, P0+/- mice develop severe, asymmetric slowing of motor nerves, with temporal dispersion or conduction block, which are features of acquired demyelinating neuropathies including CIDP. Moreover, morphological analysis of affected nerves reveals severe and selective demyelination of motor fibers, focal regions of demyelination, and inflammatory cells. These data suggest that immune-mediated mechanisms may contribute to the pathogenesis of the neuropathy in P0+/- mice.
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- M E Shy
- Department of Neurology, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan 48201, USA
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Ragona G, Calogero A, Cirone M, Cuomo L, Gonnella R, Zompetta C, Gentile G, Martino P, Menichella D, Frati L, Faggioni A. HHV-6 infection in Italy: characterization of an endemic isolate and seroepidemiologic analysis. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1994; 1:261-70. [PMID: 15566740 DOI: 10.1016/0928-0197(94)90056-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/1993] [Revised: 09/16/1993] [Accepted: 09/27/1993] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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A biologic, immunologic and molecular characterization of an HHV-6 isolate (BA92) rescued by the peripheral blood mononuclear cells of a child affected by Exanthem subitum is reported. The comparison with the known HHV-6 prototype strains showed that BA92 is indistinguishable from the Z29 isolate, and can be included in the variant B group of HHV-6. A seroepidemiologic analysis of the antibody response to BA92 of normal individuals as well as patients affected by diseases potentially associated to HHV-6 infection has shown an overall seroprevalence of 81%, and that no variations in seroprevalence or in antibody geometric mean titer are observed assaying the sera also against G.S., U1102, or Z29 infected cells, respectively. These findings indicate: (1) HHV-6 infection is widely diffuse in Italy; (2) it is not possible to discriminate between the viral variants by the currently available IF assays, and (3) no conclusions can be drawn on the potential association of HHV-6 with any of the diseases examined.
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- G Ragona
- Dipartimento di Medicina Sperimentale, Università La Sapienza, Rome, Italy
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Donelli G, Superti F, Tinari A, Marziano ML, Caione D, Concato C, Menichella D. Viral childhood diarrhoea in Rome: a diagnostic and epidemiological study. New Microbiol 1993; 16:215-25. [PMID: 8396194] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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During the period May 1987-January 1989, faecal samples from 417 paediatric inpatients admitted to the main paediatric hospital in Rome were screened by direct electron microscopy and rotavirus enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Rotaviruses were detected in 18.2% of cases and adenoviruses in 7%, whereas astroviruses were found in 1% of cases. Different percentages of rotavirus excretors were revealed by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and electron microscopy. This discrepancy seems to be due to false positive results introduced by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Analysis of electron microscopy-positive samples by rotaviral RNA polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis showed different electropherotypes of rotavirus among which a single, largely predominant long electropherotype (55.4%) was revealed. Short electropherotype subgroup I rotaviruses were demonstrated in about 10.7% of samples.
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- G Donelli
- Laboratorio di Ultrastrutture, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy
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Melino G, Concato C, Menichella D, Vescia N, Mastroeni I, Pestalozza S, Buonavoglia C, Caliò R. Lymphocyte proliferative response to rabies virus antigen. Microbiologica 1989; 12:215-23. [PMID: 2779457] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Rabies virus (RV) infection, as well as active immunisation using viral antigen, elicit both humoral and cellular reactions whose protective effects are still unclear. We evaluated both responses in order to find valuable monitoring parameters for the immunisation procedure. Three laboratory workers repetitively immunised with booster human diploid cell vaccine against rabies virus, 13 patients from the anti-rabies centre (vaccinated for the first time) and 10 healthy volunteers (not immunised nor exposed to rabies virus antigen), were monitored for: (i) in vivo RV-specific antibody production; (ii) in vitro anti-RV lymphocyte proliferative response and (iii) in vitro phenotype modulation induced by the viral antigen. In particular CD3, CD4, CD8, and surface immunoglobulins were monitored. All 3 subjects receiving the booster immunisation and, to a lesser extent, those receiving 4 doses of vaccine did recognise the antigen in vitro. The proliferation involved mainly CD4 positive cells leading to an increased number of cell bearing surface immunoglobulins, i.e. B cells. The proliferation index was in good correlation with the in vivo antibody production (p = less than 0.00009441). Nevertheless the presence of some cases without correlation between those parameters (in particular 5 out of 6 patients over 65 years of age failed to mount an adequate cellular proliferative response) reveals the need to use cellular response in parallel to the current humoral response, in order to evaluate and monitor the immunisation procedure. This conclusion is further stressed by the fact that protection against rabies infection is mainly cellular.
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- G Melino
- Dipartimento di Medicina Sperimentale e Scienze Biochimiche, II Università di Roma Tor Vergata, Italy
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Bonito L, Viviano G, Giampaolo R, Rossi M, Monfortese R, Mancini S, Menichella D. [Chlamydia trachomatis pneumonia in childhood. An underestimated problem?]. Pediatr Med Chir 1988; 10:379-82. [PMID: 3231546] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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The study of infections due to Chlamydia trachomatis in children has advanced remarkably during the past ten years. It has been established that Chlamydia trachomatis is a major etiologic agent of conjunctivitis in newborns and genital infections among sexually active persons. Chlamydial pneumonia has come to be recognized as one of the most common forms of pneumonia during the first three months of life. The Authors reported a case of a child admitted to Bambino Gesù Hospital of Rome, affected by Chlamydia trachomatis afebrile pneumonia. The diagnosis was made on the basis of direct and indirect laboratory findings. The remarkable improvement in direct and indirect diagnostic techniques can help the clinicians in diagnostic and therapeutic evaluations.
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- L Bonito
- Servizio di Virologia, Ospedale pediatrico Bambino Gesù di Roma - Istituto di Ricerca Scientifica, Roma, Italia
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Donelli G, Ruggeri FM, Tinari A, Marziano ML, Menichella D, Caione D, Concato C, Rocchi G, Vella S. A three-year diagnostic and epidemiological study on viral infantile diarrhoea in Rome. Epidemiol Infect 1988; 100:311-20. [PMID: 2833404 PMCID: PMC2249227 DOI: 10.1017/s0950268800067443] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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Rotavirus infection was demonstrated in 168 (29.3%) of 573 children hospitalized for acute diarrhoea in Rome between January 1982 and December 1984. Laboratory diagnosis of these infections was made by transmission electron microscopy and enzyme immunoassay techniques with an overall agreement of 91.3%. Astroviruses, adenoviruses and small round viruses were detected in the faeces of 36 patients (6.4%). Whereas in 1982 rotavirus positive patients were clustered in the winter and following spring, in the following years cases were recorded all year round. The median age of patients with rotavirus infections was 17, 10 and 11.5 months in 1982, 1983 and 1984, respectively. In addition, a smaller number of rotavirus positive cases were admitted in 1983 when compared to those admitted during the previous as well as the subsequent years. It is suggested that a herd immunity was induced in the population by epidemic spread of rotavirus in the first half of 1982.
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- G Donelli
- Laboratorio di Ultrastrutture, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome
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Pasquini P, Kahn HA, Pileggi D, Menichella D, Maddaluno R, Perroni L, Panà A, Guzzanti E. Hepatitis B in two Italian General Hospitals. Boll Ist Sieroter Milan 1983; 62:308-16. [PMID: 6661288] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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A study to evaluate the extent of Hepatitis B among Hospital Staff in two hospitals in central Italy, blood tested 1212 individuals (80.2% of the staff). 33.7% of staff tested was positive to at least 1 marker of prior B hepatitis infection. The study confirms that B hepatitis is an occupational hazard for those exposed to blood. Specific risks in terms of odds ratios are estimated to be about 2.0 for professional nurse compared to other nursing categories, about 1.7 for staff in high risk departments compared to low risk departments and about 5.0 for professional nurses in high risk departments compared to clerks or nurses aides in low risk departments. The computation of attributable risk indicates that working in a hospital contributes only a minor fraction of the total national burden of this disease. However, immunization of hospital workers in Italy can prevent every year as many as 6,500 new Hepatitis B infections in this high risk group.
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A random sample of sera from children admitted over a 23-month period to a large paediatric hospital in Rome for diagnoses believed unrelated to viral hepatitis, was tested for HBsAG, anti-HBs, anti-HBc and anti-HAV. No sex or area of residence differences were found. The prevalence for markers of prior hepatitis B infection in children aged 1-12 years was 6.5%, in agreement with other observations in Italy and European countries. Prevalence of anti-HAV among children age 1-12 admitted for diagnoses believed unrelated to viral hepatitis was 10%. Prevalence of hepatitis markers in Roman women of reproductive age is estimated as 23.5 for B and 68.2 for A.
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Pasquini P, Laurenzi M, Panà A, Maddaluno R, Perroni L, Pileggi D, Menichella D. [Distribution of anti-HAV antibodies in hospital personnel in the Lazio region]. Ann Sclavo 1982; 24:123-8. [PMID: 6305289] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Rochi GU, Vella S, Resta S, Cochi S, Donelli G, Tangucci F, Menichella D, Varveri A, Inglese R. Outbreak of rotavirus gastroenteritis among premature infants. Br Med J (Clin Res Ed) 1981; 283:886. [PMID: 6269687 PMCID: PMC1507146 DOI: 10.1136/bmj.283.6296.886] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Russo V, Delia S, Menichella D. [Studies on the spread of influenza infection due to virus type A in the winter period 1974-1975 in Rome]. Nuovi Ann Ig Microbiol 1975; 26:397-402. [PMID: 1233461] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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