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Marra G, Rajwa P, Montefusco G, Van Den Bergh R, Zattoni F, Dal Moro F, Magli A, Affentranger A, Grogg J, Hermanns T, Malkiewicz B, Kowalczyk K, Shariat S, Bianchi A, Antonelli A, Gallina S, Berchiche W, Cathelineau X, Afferi L, Fankhauser C, Mattei A, Scuderi S, Briganti A, Gontero P, Gandaglia G. Impact of pre-operative PSMA PET/CT for men with cN0M0 conventional imaging and pN+ prostate cancer: Results from a multicenter study. Eur Urol 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/s0302-2838(23)00296-8] [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: 02/12/2023]
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Bisaccia G, Khanji MY, Gallina S, Petersen SE, Bucciarelli-Ducci C, Ricci F. Diagnostic accuracy of stress CMR to evaluate chronic coronary syndromes: an updated meta-analysis. Eur Heart J 2022. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehac544.279] [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] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
Abstract
Abstract
Background
Stress cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging is utilised for the evaluation of patients with stable chest pain and intermediate or high pre-test likelihood of coronary artery disease (CAD).
Purpose
To provide an updated synthesis of diagnostic accuracy of stress CMR imaging for the diagnosis of anatomically and functionally significant CAD in patients with stable chest pain and suspected or known CAD.
Methods
After prospective registration and approval of the study protocol, we performed a systematic review and meta-analysis of studies published between 2000 through 2021, enrolling ≥100 patients, and reporting on the diagnostic accuracy of stress CMR imaging to diagnose anatomically and functionally significant CAD with invasive coronary angiography (ICA) or ICA and fractional flow reserve (FFR <0.80) as the reference standard. The novel split component synthesis method was used through the SCSmeta function in R. The meta-analysis yielded pooled diagnostic indicators including diagnostic odds ratio (DOR), sensitivity, specificity, positive likelihood ratio (pLR), negative likelihood ratio (nLR) and area under the curve (AUC).
Results
We identified a total of 32 studies pooling an overall population of 7,678 individuals (mean age 62 years, 70% males, CAD prevalence 52%). Compared with ICA (29 studies, 7,360 patients), stress CMR yielded a pooled DOR of 19.2 (95% CI: 12.5–29.4), a sensitivity of 84% (95% CI: 79–88%), a specificity of 79% (95% CI: 73–84%), a pLR of 3.9 (95% CI: 3.0–5.3), a nLR of 0.2 (95% CI: 0.2–0.3), and an AUC of 0.81 (95% CI: 0.78–0.84) for the detection of anatomically obstructive CAD. Compared with ICA and FFR (8 studies, 1,196 patients), stress CMR yielded a pooled DOR of 26.4 (95% CI: 10.6–65.9), a sensitivity of 81% (95% CI: 68–89), a specificity of 86% (95% CI: 75–93%), a pLR of 5.8 (95% CI: 3.0–11.4), a nLR of 0.2 (95% CI: 0.1–0.4), and an AUC of 0.84 (0.77–0.89) for the detection of functionally obstructive CAD. Higher diagnostic accuracy was observed for 3 Tesla myocardial perfusion imaging studies to detect both anatomically and functionally obstructive CAD, with pooled DORs of 24.3 and 33.2, respectively.
Conclusions
In patients with stable chest pain and known or suspected CAD, stress CMR imaging yields high diagnostic accuracy to detect both anatomically and functionally obstructive CAD. Stress CMR perfusion imaging at 3 Tesla is to be associated with overall greater diagnostic accuracy.
Funding Acknowledgement
Type of funding sources: None.
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- G Bisaccia
- G. d Annunzio University, Department of Neuroscience, Imaging and Clinical Sciences , Chieti , Italy
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- Queen Mary University of London , London , United Kingdom
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- G. d Annunzio University, Department of Neuroscience, Imaging and Clinical Sciences , Chieti , Italy
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- William Harvey Research Institute , London , United Kingdom
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- G. d Annunzio University, Department of Neuroscience, Imaging and Clinical Sciences , Chieti , Italy
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Bisaccia G, Khanji MY, Gallina S, Petersen SE, Bucciarelli-Ducci C, Ricci F. Prognostic yield of stress CMR to evaluate chronic coronary syndromes: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Eur Heart J 2022. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehac544.278] [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] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
Abstract
Abstract
Background
Assessment of ischemia with stress cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging is recommended in patients with stable chest pain and intermediate or high pre-test probability of coronary artery disease (CAD).
Purpose
To provide an updated synthesis on prognostic significance of stress CMR imaging in patients with stable chest pain and suspected or known CAD.
Methods
After prospective registration and approval of the study protocol, we performed a systematic review and meta-analysis of studies published between 2000 through 2021, enrolling ≥100 patients, and reporting outcome data of CAD patients undergoing stress CMR. Odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for all-cause death, cardiovascular (CV) death and major adverse cardiac events (MACE: CV death and myocardial infarction), were pooled through inverse variance random-effects meta-analysis to compute summary effect size. Annualized event rates (AERs) were extracted from each study and compared by χ2-statistic. A warranty period was defined as the time interval with an AER <1%.
Results
We identified a total of 33 studies pooling an overall tested population of 68920 patients (mean age 62 years; 56% males; known CAD 32%; 386117 person-years). Ischemia was found in 13617 (20%). Mean follow-up was 3.5±2.1 years. Presence of ischemia was associated with increased risk of all-cause death (OR 2.0 95% CI: 1.7–2.3), CV death (OR 6.4 95% CI: 4.5–9.1), and MACE (OR 5.0 95% CI: 3.6–6.8). Cumulative AERs for all-cause death, CV death and MACE were 2.97%, 2.51%, and 3.99% in patients with ischemia, and 1.40%, 0.59%, and 0.98% in patients without ischemia, respectively (p<0.0001 for all comparisons).
Conclusion
Stress CMR imaging yields robust prognostic information in patients with suspected or known CAD. Presence of ischemia is associated with increased risk of all-cause death, CV death and MACE. Patients with negative stress CMR have a very low risk (<1%) of CV death and MACE with a warranty period of at least 3.5 years.
Funding Acknowledgement
Type of funding sources: None.
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- G Bisaccia
- G. d Annunzio University, Department of Neuroscience, Imaging and Clinical Sciences , Chieti , Italy
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- Queen Mary University of London , London , United Kingdom
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- G. d Annunzio University, Department of Neuroscience, Imaging and Clinical Sciences , Chieti , Italy
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- William Harvey Research Institute , London , United Kingdom
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- G. d Annunzio University, Department of Neuroscience, Imaging and Clinical Sciences , Chieti , Italy
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Bianco F, Bucciarelli V, Colaneri M, Surace FC, Berton E, Baldoni M, Arcieri L, Baldinelli A, Gallina S, Pozzi M. Safety and reliability of dobutamine stress echocardiography in pediatric and young adult patients with coronary arteries abnormalities. Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging 2022. [DOI: 10.1093/ehjci/jeab289.288] [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] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Abstract
Funding Acknowledgements
Type of funding sources: Public grant(s) – National budget only. Main funding source(s): This study was conducted with the support of Regione Marche, Italy
Background
Risk stratification in coronary arteries abnormalities (CAA), both anomalous aortic origin of a coronary artery (AAOCA) and myocardial bridges (MBs), is still challenging. A reliable method to detect myocardial ischemia is missing in these anomalies. We studied the safety and feasibility of dobutamine stress echocardiography (DSE), compared with exercise stress echocardiography (ESE), in pediatric and young adult patients with CAA.
Methods
In 2019-21, N = 27 CAA [median age 16 years (Q1–Q3: 11, 22)] (n= 23 AAOCA, n = 4 MBs) were assessed. ESE was performed 1-2 days before the DSE examination, double-blinded for examiners and patients. Hemodynamic response and major (cardiac arrest, myocardial infarction, ventricular arrhythmia) and minor [hypertension (≥ 200/120 mmHg), paradoxical bradycardia, chest pain, nausea/vomiting, skin rash, anxiety, dizziness, dyspnea] events were recorded. Differences between rest/stress and DSE/ESE for wall motion abnormalities (WMA) and global longitudinal strain (GLS) were evaluated. Inter-observer agreement was also tested using the kappa (k) coefficient.
Results
Heart rate and blood pressure increased significantly from baseline (p < 0.001) in both DSE and ESE exams. Only DSE tests reached a heart rate ≥ 150 bpm (p < 0.001), while younger patients barely reached the heart rate target and frequently showed less compliance to the test. No patient had major events, while 5 (18.5%) had minor events, the majority during DSE. Inducible WMA were observed only at DSE examinations. Inter-observer agreement for WMA and GLS changes was good for both examinations (95%, k = 0.85, p < 0.001).
Conclusions
DSE is feasible in pediatric and young adult patients with AAOCA and MBs to assess inducible WMA and GLS rest/stress changes. It can be performed safely with a low incidence of major/minor events, with a better performance when compared to ESE. DSE is potentially a valuable test for detecting myocardial ischemia and probably helpful in managing CAA patients.
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- F Bianco
- University Hospital Riuniti of Ancona, Ancona, Italy
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- University Hospital Riuniti of Ancona, Ancona, Italy
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- University Hospital Riuniti of Ancona, Ancona, Italy
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- University Hospital Riuniti of Ancona, Ancona, Italy
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- University Hospital Riuniti of Ancona, Ancona, Italy
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- University Hospital Riuniti of Ancona, Ancona, Italy
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- University Hospital Riuniti of Ancona, Ancona, Italy
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- University Hospital Riuniti of Ancona, Ancona, Italy
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- G. d"Annunzio University, Cardiology, Chieti, Italy
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- University Hospital Riuniti of Ancona, Ancona, Italy
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Vidiri S, Princiotta A, Trabacchin N, D’Aietti D, Gallina S, Porcaro A, Cerruto M, Antonelli AC. Robot assisted repair of rectovesical fistula. EUR UROL SUPPL 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/s2666-1683(21)02286-2] [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: 10/19/2022] Open
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Vidiri S, Princiotta A, Trabacchin N, D’Aietti D, Gallina S, Porcaro A, Cerruto M, Antonelli A. Robot assisted radical nephrectomy with vena caval thrombectomy. EUR UROL SUPPL 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/s2666-1683(21)02291-6] [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: 10/19/2022] Open
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Bisaccia G, Ricci F, Melchiorre E, Tana C, Renda G, Khanji MY, Fedorowski A, De Caterina R, Gallina S. Cardiovascular morbidity and mortality related to non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective studies. Eur Heart J 2021. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehab724.2462] [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] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
Abstract
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Background
Whether non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a risk factor for cardiovascular (CV) events is still debated. Currently available evidence derives from non-homogeneous studies yielding conflicting results.
Purpose
We set out to assess the relationship between NAFLD and CV morbidity and mortality by pooling results of previous studies.
Methods
We performed a systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective observational studies published from 1966 through 2021 reporting summary-level outcome data in subjects with and without NAFLD. Adjusted risk ratios (RRs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for all-cause mortality, CV mortality, myocardial infarction (MI), stroke, major adverse cerebrocardiovascular events (MACCE) and atrial fibrillation (AF) were pooled through inverse variance random-effect meta-analysis to compute the summary effect size. We performed post-hoc subgroup analysis stratified by geographical region and univariate mixed-effect model meta-regression analysis to address statistical heterogeneity.
Results
We identified a total of 29 studies pooling an overall population of 5,626,573 middle-aged individuals (mean age 56±8; male sex 53%; NAFLD 5.8%, n=326,389). Mean follow-up was 10±6 years. Compared with control population, presence of NAFLD was associated with similar risk of all-cause death (RR 1.17; 95% CI 0.89–1.52) and CV death (RR 0.84; 95% CI 0.64–1.10). When analysed by geographic location, pooled estimates of RR (95% CI) for all-cause death were 1.57 (1.00–2.48) for Western countries, and 0.81 (0.52–1.1.26) for Eastern countries (test for subgroup difference, P=0.04). Meta-regression analysis showed a stronger relationship between NAFLD and all-cause mortality proportional to increasing body mass index (P=0.048). NAFLD was associated with increased risk of myocardial infarction (RR 1.35; 95% CI 1.09–1.68), stroke (RR 1.20; 95% CI 1.06–1.35), MACCE (RR 2.09; 95% CI 1.57–2.78) and atrial fibrillation (RR 1.37; 95% CI 1.05–1.78).
Conclusion
NAFLD portends excess all-cause mortality but only in Western countries. CV mortality was similar in NAFLD and non-NAFLD groups. NAFLD is associated with increased risk of incident MI, stroke, MACCE and AF.
Funding Acknowledgement
Type of funding sources: None. Figure 1Figure 2
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- G Bisaccia
- G. d Annunzio University, Department of Neuroscience, Imaging and Clinical Sciences, Chieti, Italy
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- G. d Annunzio University, Department of Neuroscience, Imaging and Clinical Sciences, Chieti, Italy
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- G. d Annunzio University, Department of Neuroscience, Imaging and Clinical Sciences, Chieti, Italy
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- SS. Annunziata Hospital, Chieti, Italy
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- G. d Annunzio University, Department of Neuroscience, Imaging and Clinical Sciences, Chieti, Italy
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- Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom
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- Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom
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- G. d Annunzio University, Department of Neuroscience, Imaging and Clinical Sciences, Chieti, Italy
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Bucciarelli V, Bianco F, Biasi A, Primavera M, Baldinelli A, Colaneri M, Gallina S, Pozzi M. The predictive role of neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio in post-operative arrhythmias in pediatric patients after cardiopulmonary bypass surgery. Eur Heart J 2021. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehab724.2792] [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] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
Abstract
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Background
Postoperative arrhythmias (POA) are a common complication after cardiac surgical repairs for congenital heart disease (CHD), representing a substantial source of morbidity, mortality and prolonged total in-hospital stay, with an incidence of 7.5–48% in postoperative pediatric cardiac patients. The etiology is multifactorial, and it has been related to the direct surgical manipulation of the cardiac conduction system, to the local tissue inflammation in the myocardium adjacent to the conduction system and to the arrhythmogenic effects of cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB), inotropes and electrolyte disturbances. Recently, the prognostic role of neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR), a novel inflammation marker, has been evaluated in pediatric patients after CPB surgery.
Purpose
To evaluate the predictive role of NLR in POA in a population of pediatric CHD patients after CPB.
Methods
We retrospectively collected perioperative clinical and laboratory data of 146 patients (age 8.27±10.79 years; male gender: 60.8%) consecutively admitted to the cardiac surgery intensive care unit (ICU) of our institute after elective cardiac surgery with CPB in 2018. We grouped and analyzed our population over NLR tertiles evaluated at 24 hours from CPB and types of POA: supraventricular (SVT) and junctional (JET). The prognostic value of NLR and its association with POA was analyzed.
Results
Diagnoses of 146 patients included atrial septal defect (n=36), ventricular septal defect (n=20), pulmonary atresia/stenosis (n=10), tetralogy of Fallot (n=20), endocardial cushion defect (n=8), left ventricular outflow tract obstruction (n=14), anomalous origin of coronary artery (n=6), complex CHD (n=13), interrupted/hypoplastic aortic arch (n=12), anomalous pulmonary artery venous return (n=3). The mean CPB time was 121.6±84.6 minutes. The median ICU hospitalization was 48 hours [Q1, Q3: 24, 96]. Twelve patients experienced POA: 6 SVT and 6 JET. The frequency of POA incremented over NLR-tertiles (P-Trend 0.017), while SVT onset was associated with higher values of NLR and C-reactive protein (P=0.034 and P=0.011, respectively). Patients in the second and third tertiles of NLR had a prolonged hospitalization (Log-rank, P=0.029), especially when associated with POA (Log-rank, P=0.012). At the multivariable analysis, higher age and NLR values were independently associated with SVT [OR per year 1.22; 95% CI (1.02, 1.25), P=0.043 and OR per point 1.91; 95% CI (1.29, 2.82), P=0.012, respectively], but not with JET.
Conclusions
24-h post-CPB NLR can predict postoperative SVT in a population of pediatric CHD patients. Our data suggest that the NLR could be a useful, easy-to-obtain marker for postoperative outcome in pediatric patients who had undergone elective CPB.
Funding Acknowledgement
Type of funding sources: None.
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- V Bucciarelli
- University Hospital Riuniti of Ancona, Paediatric and Congenital Cardiac Surgery and Cardiology, Ancona, Italy
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- University Hospital Riuniti of Ancona, Paediatric and Congenital Cardiac Surgery and Cardiology, Ancona, Italy
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- University of Chieti-Pescara, Cardiology Unit, Chieti, Italy
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- University of Chieti-Pescara, Cardiology Unit, Chieti, Italy
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- University Hospital Riuniti of Ancona, Paediatric and Congenital Cardiac Surgery and Cardiology, Ancona, Italy
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- University Hospital Riuniti of Ancona, Paediatric and Congenital Cardiac Surgery and Cardiology, Ancona, Italy
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- G. d'Annunzio University, Department of Neurosciences, Imaging and Clinical Sciences, Chieti, Italy
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- University Hospital Riuniti of Ancona, Paediatric and Congenital Cardiac Surgery and Cardiology, Ancona, Italy
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Rizzetto R, Porcaro A, Amigoni N, Tafuri A, Cerrato C, Bianchi A, Gallina S, Orlando R, Gozzo A, Migliorini F, Antoniolli SZ, Monaco C, De Marco V, Brunelli M, Cerruto M, Polati E, Antonelli A. The American Society of Anesthesiologists’ (ASA) physical status system classification predicted the risk of postoperative complications at hospital discharge in 1329 consecutive patients treated with radical prostatectomy for clinical prostate cancer. EUR UROL SUPPL 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/s2666-1683(21)01016-8] [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] Open
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Sciomer S, Gallina S, Mattioli AV, Agostoni PG, Moscucci F. Slow and steady wins the race: Better walking than running. The turtle's lesson in the times of COVID-19. Heart Lung 2021; 50:587-588. [PMID: 34090175 PMCID: PMC8169339 DOI: 10.1016/j.hrtlng.2021.04.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2021] [Revised: 04/07/2021] [Accepted: 04/12/2021] [Indexed: 12/02/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- S Sciomer
- Department of Clinical, Internal, Anesthesiological and Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Rome "Sapienza", Policlinico Umberto I, Viale del Policlinico n.155, Rome 00186, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience, Imaging and Clinical Sciences, "G. d'Annunzio" University, Chieti 66100, Italy
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- Surgical, Medical and Dental Department of Morphological Sciences Related to Transplant, Oncology and Regenerative Medicine, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Via Del Pozzo, 71, Modena 41124, Italy
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- Centro Cardiologico Monzino, IRCCS, Milan, Italy; Department of Clinical Sciences and Community Health, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Clinical, Internal, Anesthesiological and Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Rome "Sapienza", Policlinico Umberto I, Viale del Policlinico n.155, Rome 00186, Italy.
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Ricci F, Ceriello L, Khanji MY, Dangas G, Bucciarelli Ducci C, Di Mauro M, Fedorowski A, Zimarino M, Gallina S. Prognostic significance of cardiac amyloidosis in patients with aortic stenosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging 2021. [DOI: 10.1093/ehjci/jeaa356.364] [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] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Funding Acknowledgements
Type of funding sources: None.
Background
Cardiac amyloidosis (CA) has been increasingly recognized in elderly patients with aortic stenosis (AS), but with uncertain prognostic significance.
Objectives
We performed a systematic review and meta-analysis to clarify whether concurrent CA portends excess mortality in patients with aortic stenosis AS.
Methods
Our systematic review of the literature published through June 2020, sought observational studies reporting summary-level outcome data of all-cause mortality in AS patients with or without concurrent CA. Pooled estimate of Mantel-Haenszel odds ratio (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for all-cause death was assessed as the primary endpoint. We performed subgroup analysis stratified by severity of left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) and study-level meta-regression analysis to explore the effect of covariates on summary effect size and to address statistical heterogeneity.
Results
We identified 4 studies including 609 AS patients (9% AS-CA; 69% men; age, 84 ± 5 years). The average follow-up was 20 ± 5 months. Compared with lone AS, AS-CA was associated with 2-fold increase in all-cause mortality (pooled OR: 2.30; 95% CI: 1.02-5.18; I2 = 62%). When analysed according to LVH severity, pooled ORs (95% CI) for all-cause mortality were 1.29 (0.65-2.22) for mild LVH (≤16 mm), and 4.81 (2.19-10.56) for moderate/severe LVH (>16 mm). Meta-regression analysis confirmed a stronger relationship proportional to the degree of LVH, regardless of age and aortic valve replacement, explaining between-study heterogeneity variance.
Conclusions
CA heralds significantly higher risk of all-cause death in elderly patients with AS. Severity of LVH appears to be a major prognostic determinant in patients with dual AS-CA pathology.
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- F Ricci
- G. dAnnunzio University, Department of Neuroscience, Imaging and Clinical Sciences, Chieti, Italy
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- G. D"Annunzio University, Institute of Cardiology and Center of Excellence on Aging, Chieti, Italy
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- Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom of Great Britain & Northern Ireland
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- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, United States of America
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- Bristol Heart Institute, Bristol, United Kingdom of Great Britain & Northern Ireland
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- Maastricht University Medical Centre (MUMC), Maastricht, Netherlands (The)
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- G. dAnnunzio University, Department of Neuroscience, Imaging and Clinical Sciences, Chieti, Italy
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Bianco F, Colaneri M, Bucciarelli V, Surace FC, Iezzi FC, Primavera M, Biasi AC, Berton E, Baldoni M, Baldinelli A, Pozzi M, Gallina S. Ross procedure and aortic valve repair: long-term echocardiographic outcomes, quality of life and physical activity of different aortic valve surgery procedures. Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging 2021. [DOI: 10.1093/ehjci/jeaa356.409] [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] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
Abstract
Abstract
Funding Acknowledgements
Type of funding sources: None.
Background
To compare long-term outcomes of aortic valve repair (AVr) and pulmonary autograft replacement (Ross procedure) in terms of echocardiographic parameters, quality of life (QoL), physical activity (PA).
Methods
In 2005-19, 129 patients (median age 22 [13, 33 IQR], 75% males) underwent aortic surgery in our Department: 40 were Ross (22 years [19, 51 IQR]), 67 AVr (17 years [1, 50 IQR]) and 22 aortic valve replacements (52 years [30, 80 IQR]). We focused on Ross and AVr. Retrospectively, relevant data were collected from medical records and phone re-calls. Physical activity (spontaneous and active) and QoL were assessed utilizing the IPAQ and SF-36 questionnaires. All patients underwent echocardiography pre/post-surgery and the follow-up lasted 12 ± 4 years.
Results
At the baseline, Ross patients had more aortic stenosis than insufficiency (P = 0.045). At the follow-up, Ross procedures presented more right-ventricle and aortic annulus dilatation (P = 0.002 and P = 0.030, respectively), but higher left-ventricular global longitudinal strain (LV GLS: 18 ± 3.2 % vs. 16 ± 3.3, P = 0.0027). Conversely, AVr experienced more re-do operations (Log-rank P = 0.005). Ross reported better QoL (SF-36: 0.8 ± 0.07 vs. 19 ± 0.4, P-0.045) and were also more active in daily PA (IPAQ ≥ 2500 Mets: 63.8% vs. 6%; P = 0.006). Ross patients practiced more sports activities than AVr (P = 0.011).
Conclusions
In a relatively small cohort of young and adults post aortic surgery patients, Ross procedures had better prognosis in terms of re-do operations; presented better ventricular function, as assessed by LV GLS. Ross patients had better long-term QoL and showed more spontaneous PA and involvement in sports activity.
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- F Bianco
- G. d"Annunzio University, Cardiology, Chieti, Italy
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- University Hospital Riuniti of Ancona, Pediatric and Congenital Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery, Ancona, Italy
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- University Hospital Riuniti of Ancona, Pediatric and Congenital Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery, Ancona, Italy
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- University Hospital Riuniti of Ancona, Pediatric and Congenital Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery, Ancona, Italy
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- University Hospital Riuniti of Ancona, Pediatric and Congenital Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery, Ancona, Italy
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- G. d"Annunzio University, Cardiology, Chieti, Italy
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- G. d"Annunzio University, Cardiology, Chieti, Italy
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- University Hospital Riuniti of Ancona, Pediatric and Congenital Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery, Ancona, Italy
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- University Hospital Riuniti of Ancona, Pediatric and Congenital Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery, Ancona, Italy
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- University Hospital Riuniti of Ancona, Pediatric and Congenital Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery, Ancona, Italy
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- University Hospital Riuniti of Ancona, Pediatric and Congenital Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery, Ancona, Italy
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- G. d"Annunzio University, Cardiology, Chieti, Italy
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Rizzetto R, Tafuri A, Amigoni N, Sebben M, Shakir A, Gozzo A, Odorizzi K, Gallina S, Bianchi A, Ornaghi P, Brunelli M, De Marco V, Migliorini F, Cerruto M, Siracusano S, Artibani W, Porcaro A, Antonelli A. Upstaging after radical prostatectomy in clinically localized intermediate and high-risk prostate cancer: The role of obesity. EUR UROL SUPPL 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/s2666-1683(20)35359-3] [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] Open
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Jakobsen TBT, Pittureri C, Seganti P, Borissova E, Balzani I, Fabbri S, Amati P, Donigaglia S, Gallina S, Fabbri E. Incidence and prevalence of pressure ulcers in cancer patients admitted to hospice: A multicentre prospective cohort study. Int Wound J 2020; 17:641-649. [PMID: 32045116 DOI: 10.1111/iwj.13317] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2019] [Revised: 01/15/2020] [Accepted: 01/27/2020] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Pressure ulcers lead to discomfort for patients and may have an important impact on a patient's quality of life. Measure the incidence and prevalence of pressure ulcers in a Hospice environment; evaluate the risk factors associated with pressure ulcers; and calculate the incidence of Kennedy Terminal Pressure Ulcers. This multicentre prospective cohort study enrolled 440 cancer patients in advanced phase, consecutively admitted to five hospices of the AUSL della Romagna (Italy), during a period of 1 year. Five hundred more patients were excluded from the study because of inability to sign the consent form or refusal to participate. All patients were adults above 18 years of age. The National Pressure Advisory Panel Classification System was used to evaluate the pressure ulcers. Potential risk predictors were evaluated through the Braden Scale, the Numerical Scale, and the Pain Assessment in Advanced Dementia Scale. Starting in September 2016, 214 (48.6%) females and 226 (51.4%) males were analysed. The incidence of pressure ulcers in the total population was 17.3%. The risk factors that influence the development of pressure ulcers were age, proximity to death, and duration of stay in Hospice. The incidence of Kennedy Terminal Pressure Ulcers was 2.7%. This study demonstrates that 17.3% of all patients admitted to a hospice setting developed a pressure ulcer. The longer the patients stay in hospice and the clinical condition deteriorates, the higher the risk of developing a pressure ulcer.
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- Hospice «Valerio Grassi» e Hospice «Benedetta Bianchi Porro» U.O. Cure Palliative, Forlimpopoli, Italy
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- Hospice «Valerio Grassi» e Hospice «Benedetta Bianchi Porro» U.O. Cure Palliative, Forlimpopoli, Italy
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- Hospice «Benedetta Corelli Grappadelli» e Hospice «Villa Agnesina» U.O.S.D Cure Palliative e Hospice, Lugo, Italy
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- Hospice «Benedetta Corelli Grappadelli» e Hospice «Villa Agnesina» U.O.S.D Cure Palliative e Hospice, Lugo, Italy
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- Hospice «Benedetta Corelli Grappadelli» e Hospice «Villa Agnesina» U.O.S.D Cure Palliative e Hospice, Lugo, Italy
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- Uffici Ricerca Clinica e Organizzativa, Staff Direzione Sanitaria, Ausl della Romagna, Rimini, Italy
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Saraniti C, Speciale R, Santangelo M, Massaro N, Maniaci A, Gallina S, Serra A, Cocuzza S. Functional outcomes after supracricoid modified partial laryngectomy. J BIOL REG HOMEOS AG 2020; 33:1903-1907. [PMID: 31960661 DOI: 10.23812/19-282-l] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- C Saraniti
- ENT Department of the University of Palermo, Italy
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- ENT Department of the University of Palermo, Italy
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- ENT Department of the University of Palermo, Italy
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- ENT Department of the University of Palermo, Italy
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- ENT Department of the University of Catania, Italy
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- ENT Department of the University of Palermo, Italy
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- ENT Department, G.B. Morgagni Foundation, Catania, Italy
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- ENT Department of the University of Catania, Italy
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Filipello V, Mughini-Gras L, Gallina S, Vitale N, Mannelli A, Pontello M, Decastelli L, Allard MW, Brown EW, Lomonaco S. Attribution of Listeria monocytogenes human infections to food and animal sources in Northern Italy. Food Microbiol 2020; 89:103433. [PMID: 32138991 DOI: 10.1016/j.fm.2020.103433] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2019] [Revised: 12/16/2019] [Accepted: 01/15/2020] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Listeriosis is a foodborne illness characterized by a relatively low morbidity, but a large disease burden due to the severity of clinical manifestations and the high case fatality rate. Increased listeriosis notifications have been observed in Europe since the 2000s. However, the reasons for this increase are largely unknown, with the sources of sporadic human listerioris often remaining elusive. Here we inferred the relative contributions of several putative sources of Listeria monocytogenes strains from listerioris patients in Northern Italy (Piedmont and Lombardy regions), using two established source attribution models (i.e. 'Dutch' and 'STRUCTURE') in comparative fashion. We compared the Multi-Locus Sequence Typing and Multi-Virulence-Locus Sequence Typing profiles of strains collected from beef, dairy, fish, game, mixed foods, mixed meat, pork, and poultry. Overall, 634 L. monocytogenes isolates were collected from 2005 to 2016. In total, 40 clonal complexes and 51 virulence types were identified, with 36% of the isolates belonging to possible epidemic clones (i.e. genetically related strains from unrelated outbreaks). Source attribution analysis showed that 50% of human listerioris cases (95% Confidence Interval 44-55%) could be attributed to dairy products, followed by poultry and pork (15% each), and mixed foods (15%). Since the contamination of dairy, poultry and pork products are closely linked to primary production, expanding actions currently limited to ready-to-eat products to the reservoir level may help reducing the risk of cross-contamination at the consumer level.
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- Virginia Filipello
- University of Turin. Largo P, Braccini, 2, 10095, Grugliasco, Italy; Isituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale Della Lombardia e Dell'Emilia Romagna, Via A. Bianchi, 9, 25124, Brescia, Italy.
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- National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Center for Infectious Disease Control, Antonie van Leeuwenhoeklaan, 9, 3721 MA, Bilthoven, Netherlands; Utrecht University, Institute for Risk Assessment Sciences (IRAS), Yalelaan 2, 3584, CM, Utrecht, the Netherlands.
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- Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale Del Piemonte, Liguria e Valle D'Aosta, Via Bologna, 148, 10154, Torino, Italy.
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- Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale Del Piemonte, Liguria e Valle D'Aosta, Via Bologna, 148, 10154, Torino, Italy.
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- Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale Del Piemonte, Liguria e Valle D'Aosta, Via Bologna, 148, 10154, Torino, Italy.
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- US Food & Drug Administration. 5001 Campus Drive, 20740, College Park, MD, USA.
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- US Food & Drug Administration. 5001 Campus Drive, 20740, College Park, MD, USA.
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- University of Turin. Largo P, Braccini, 2, 10095, Grugliasco, Italy; US Food & Drug Administration. 5001 Campus Drive, 20740, College Park, MD, USA.
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Bianco F, Colaneri M, Bucciarelli V, Surace FC, Iezzi FV, Giusti G, Primavera M, Biasi A, Gallina S, Pozzi M. 1163 Diagnostic performance of a new echocardiographic method for coronary arteries abnormalities assessment. Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging 2020. [DOI: 10.1093/ehjci/jez319.667] [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] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Abstract
Background
The echocardiographic assessment of coronary arteries abnormalities (CCA) has always been challenging. In this view, we aimed to assess the performance of a new echocardiographic-based diagnostic method for CAA in pediatric and young adults’ population.
Methods
over 5 years, we examined all the outpatients undergoing routine echocardiography in our department. Our method consisted of 4-focused specific view scan: parasternal short-axis, parasternal long-axis, both left and right outflow tract, and apical 5-chamber view. Coronary-CT confirmed the CAA diagnosis. Two independent physicians retrospective reviewed the echocardiographic images, in a double-blinded fashion (coronary-CT and diagnosis), for performance analysis.
Results
in 2014-18, 5,998 outpatients underwent echocardiography (median age 14 years [6, 21 - IQR]). A total of 27 CAA were diagnosed: overall prevalence 0.0045%, 0.022% of incidence. N = 17/27 were anomalous aortic origin of coronary arteries (AAOCA), N = 3/27 anomalous coronary arteries from the pulmonary artery (ACAPA), and 7/27 fistulas. After the implementation, we found a progressive increment of CAA diagnosis (P for Trend = 0.038), in particular of AAOCA: both left and right coronaries (P-trend = 0.021 and P = trend 0.010, respectively). Our method showed better sensitivity than traditional CAA echocardiographic evaluation: 85% vs 55%, P = 0.032 [AUC 0.77, 95% CI (0.68, 0.87) and AUC 0.92, 95% CI (0.85, 0.99), respectively], with a good interobserver agreement for the adjudicated double-blinded retrospective diagnosis (99.75%, K = 0.73, P < 0.001).
Conclusions
the application of a new echocardiographic-based method for CAA-detection led to a significantly increased rate of identified anomalies. This approach demonstrated better sensitivity than traditional echocardiographic assessment. Implementing this protocol in clinical practice may improve the CAA diagnosis, and probably reduce the occurrence of CAA-related sudden cardiac death.
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- F Bianco
- G. d"Annunzio University, Cardiology, Chieti, Italy
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- University Hospital Riuniti of Ancona, Pediatric and Congenital Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery, Ancona, Italy
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- University Hospital Riuniti of Ancona, Pediatric and Congenital Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery, Ancona, Italy
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- University Hospital Riuniti of Ancona, Pediatric and Congenital Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery, Ancona, Italy
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- University Hospital Riuniti of Ancona, Pediatric and Congenital Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery, Ancona, Italy
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- University Hospital Riuniti of Ancona, Pediatric and Congenital Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery, Ancona, Italy
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- G. d"Annunzio University, Cardiology, Chieti, Italy
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- G. d"Annunzio University, Cardiology, Chieti, Italy
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- G. d"Annunzio University, Cardiology, Chieti, Italy
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- University Hospital Riuniti of Ancona, Pediatric and Congenital Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery, Ancona, Italy
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Listorti V, Battistini R, Ercolini C, Tramuta C, Razzuoli E, Vencia W, Decastelli L, Gallina S, Masotti C, Serracca L. In Vitro Susceptibility of Multidrug Resistant Strains of Salmonella to Essential Oils. Nat Prod Commun 2020. [DOI: 10.1177/1934578x19878904] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Antimicrobial resistance has become a global threat to public health. There is a critical need to find new antimicrobial substances from natural sources. The aim of this study was to investigate the antimicrobial activity of essential oils (EOs) obtained from Origanum vulgare, Thymus serpyllum, Thymus vulgaris, and Melaleuca alternifolia against multidrug resistant strains of Salmonella isolated from samples of diverse animal origin. The strains were biochemically identified, serotyped, and characterized for their antimicrobial resistance profiles. The antimicrobial activity of the EOs against the strains was evaluated using the Kirby-Bauer diffusion method, followed by determination of the minimal inhibitory concentration and minimum bactericidal concentrations. The EOs of T. serpyllum and O. vulgare, which contain carvacrol as the main compound, show excellent antimicrobial activity.
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- Valeria Listorti
- Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Piemonte, Liguria e Valle d’Aosta, Sezione La Spezia, Italy
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- Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Piemonte, Liguria e Valle d’Aosta, Sezione La Spezia, Italy
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- Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Piemonte, Liguria e Valle d’Aosta, Sezione La Spezia, Italy
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- Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Piemonte, Liguria e Valle d’Aosta, SC Controllo Alimenti e Igiene delle produzioni, Torino, Italy
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- Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Piemonte, Liguria e Valle d’Aosta, Sezione Genova, Italy
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- Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Piemonte, Liguria e Valle d’Aosta, Sezione Genova, Italy
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- Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Piemonte, Liguria e Valle d’Aosta, SC Controllo Alimenti e Igiene delle produzioni, Torino, Italy
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- Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Piemonte, Liguria e Valle d’Aosta, SC Controllo Alimenti e Igiene delle produzioni, Torino, Italy
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- Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Piemonte, Liguria e Valle d’Aosta, Sezione La Spezia, Italy
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- Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Piemonte, Liguria e Valle d’Aosta, Sezione La Spezia, Italy
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Macori G, Bellio A, Bianchi DM, Chiesa F, Gallina S, Romano A, Zuccon F, Cabrera-Rubio R, Cauquil A, Merda D, Auvray F, Decastelli L. Genome-Wide Profiling of Enterotoxigenic Staphylococcus aureus Strains Used for the Production of Naturally Contaminated Cheeses. Genes (Basel) 2019; 11:E33. [PMID: 31892220 PMCID: PMC7016664 DOI: 10.3390/genes11010033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2019] [Revised: 12/19/2019] [Accepted: 12/22/2019] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Staphylococcus aureus is a major human pathogen and an important cause of livestock infections. More than 20 staphylococcal enterotoxins with emetic activity can be produced by specific strains responsible for staphylococcal food poisoning, one of the most common food-borne diseases. Whole genome sequencing provides a comprehensive view of the genome structure and gene content that have largely been applied in outbreak investigations and genomic comparisons. In this study, six enterotoxigenic S. aureus strains were characterised using a combination of molecular, phenotypical and computational methods. The genomes were analysed for the presence of virulence factors (VFs), where we identified 110 genes and classified them into five categories: adherence (n = 31), exoenzymes (n = 28), genes involved in host immune system evasion (n = 7); iron uptake regulatory system (n = 8); secretion machinery factors and toxins' genes (n = 36), and 39 genes coding for transcriptional regulators related to staphylococcal VFs. Each group of VFs revealed correlations among the six enterotoxigenic strains, and further analysis revealed their accessory genomic content, including mobile genetic elements. The plasmids pLUH02 and pSK67 were detected in the strain ProNaCC1 and ProNaCC7, respectively, carrying out the genes sed, ser, and selj. The genes carried out by prophages were detected in the strain ProNaCC2 (see), ProNaCC4, and ProNaCC7 (both positive for sea). The strain ProNaCC5 resulted positive for the genes seg, sei, sem, sen, seo grouped in an exotoxin gene cluster, and the strain ProNaCC6 resulted positive for seh, a transposon-associated gene. The six strains were used for the production of naturally contaminated cheeses which were tested with the European Screening Method for staphylococcal enterotoxins. The results obtained from the analysis of toxins produced in cheese, combined with the genomic features represent a portrait of the strains that can be used for the production of staphylococcal enterotoxin-positive cheese as reference material.
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- Guerrino Macori
- National Reference Laboratory for Coagulase-Positive Staphylococci including Staphylococcus aureus, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Piemonte, Liguria e Valle d’Aosta, Via Bologna 148, 10154 Torino, Italy; (A.B.); (D.M.B.); (S.G.); (A.R.); (F.Z.); (L.D.)
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- National Reference Laboratory for Coagulase-Positive Staphylococci including Staphylococcus aureus, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Piemonte, Liguria e Valle d’Aosta, Via Bologna 148, 10154 Torino, Italy; (A.B.); (D.M.B.); (S.G.); (A.R.); (F.Z.); (L.D.)
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- National Reference Laboratory for Coagulase-Positive Staphylococci including Staphylococcus aureus, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Piemonte, Liguria e Valle d’Aosta, Via Bologna 148, 10154 Torino, Italy; (A.B.); (D.M.B.); (S.G.); (A.R.); (F.Z.); (L.D.)
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Veterinarie, Università di Torino, 10095 Grugliasco, Italy;
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- National Reference Laboratory for Coagulase-Positive Staphylococci including Staphylococcus aureus, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Piemonte, Liguria e Valle d’Aosta, Via Bologna 148, 10154 Torino, Italy; (A.B.); (D.M.B.); (S.G.); (A.R.); (F.Z.); (L.D.)
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- National Reference Laboratory for Coagulase-Positive Staphylococci including Staphylococcus aureus, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Piemonte, Liguria e Valle d’Aosta, Via Bologna 148, 10154 Torino, Italy; (A.B.); (D.M.B.); (S.G.); (A.R.); (F.Z.); (L.D.)
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- National Reference Laboratory for Coagulase-Positive Staphylococci including Staphylococcus aureus, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Piemonte, Liguria e Valle d’Aosta, Via Bologna 148, 10154 Torino, Italy; (A.B.); (D.M.B.); (S.G.); (A.R.); (F.Z.); (L.D.)
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- Teagasc Food Research Centre, Moorepark, Fermoy, P61 C996, Ireland-APC Microbiome Ireland, University College Cork, T12YT20 Cork, Ireland;
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- European Laboratory for Coagulase-Positive Staphylococci including Staphylococcus aureus, Laboratory for Food Safety, ANSES, Université Paris-Est, F-94700 Maisons-Alfort, France; (A.C.); (D.M.); (F.A.)
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- European Laboratory for Coagulase-Positive Staphylococci including Staphylococcus aureus, Laboratory for Food Safety, ANSES, Université Paris-Est, F-94700 Maisons-Alfort, France; (A.C.); (D.M.); (F.A.)
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- European Laboratory for Coagulase-Positive Staphylococci including Staphylococcus aureus, Laboratory for Food Safety, ANSES, Université Paris-Est, F-94700 Maisons-Alfort, France; (A.C.); (D.M.); (F.A.)
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- National Reference Laboratory for Coagulase-Positive Staphylococci including Staphylococcus aureus, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Piemonte, Liguria e Valle d’Aosta, Via Bologna 148, 10154 Torino, Italy; (A.B.); (D.M.B.); (S.G.); (A.R.); (F.Z.); (L.D.)
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Traversa A, Gallina S, Martucci F, Boteva C, Baioni E, Maurella C, Chiavacci L, Benvenuto E, Ferrero I, Ferrero E, Giacometti F, Piva S, Chiesa F, Bianchi DM, Serraino A, Decastelli L. Arcobacter spp. in raw milk from vending machines in Piedmont and occurrence of virulence genes in isolates. Ital J Food Saf 2019; 8:7859. [PMID: 31897394 PMCID: PMC6912143 DOI: 10.4081/ijfs.2019.7859] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2018] [Accepted: 07/09/2019] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Arcobacter spp. has been recognized as an emerging foodborne pathogen and a hazard to human health. In the dairy chain, it has been isolated from different sources, nevertheless data on Arcobacter occurrence in raw milk provided by vending machines are few. This study aimed to identify potentially pathogenic Arcobacter spp. in raw milk intended for human consumption sold through vending machines located in Piedmont. In an 8-month period, 37 raw milk samples were collected from 24 dairy farms: 12 (32,4%) were collected directly in farm from bulk tank milk and 25 (67,6%) from vending machines. Eight (21,6%) out of the 37 milk samples and 7 (29,2%) out of the 24 dairy farms were positive for Arcobacter spp. by culture examination. Four (16%) out of the 25 samples from vending machines and 4 (33,3%) out of the 12 samples from bulk tank milk were positive. All 8 isolates were identified as A. butzleri both by MALDI-TOF MS and multiplex end-point PCR. According to the detection of virulence genes, a total of four Patho-types were highlighted: 5 isolates in P-type 1 and only one isolate for each of the P-types 2-3-4. A. butzleri isolates carrying encoding virulence factors genes were isolated from raw milk intended for human consumption: these findings strengthen the compulsory consumption after boiling as required by current legislation and suggest the need of enlarging the analytical investigations to other microorganisms not yet included in the food safety criteria.
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- Amaranta Traversa
- Food Control and Production Hygiene complex Unit, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Piemonte, Liguria e Valle d'Aosta, Torino
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- Food Control and Production Hygiene complex Unit, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Piemonte, Liguria e Valle d'Aosta, Torino
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- Food Control and Production Hygiene complex Unit, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Piemonte, Liguria e Valle d'Aosta, Torino
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- Food Control and Production Hygiene complex Unit, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Piemonte, Liguria e Valle d'Aosta, Torino
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- Epidemiology and Epidemiological Observatory complex Unit, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Piemonte, Liguria e Valle d'Aosta, Torino
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- Epidemiology and Epidemiological Observatory complex Unit, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Piemonte, Liguria e Valle d'Aosta, Torino
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- Epidemiology and Epidemiological Observatory complex Unit, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Piemonte, Liguria e Valle d'Aosta, Torino
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- Food Control and Production Hygiene complex Unit, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Piemonte, Liguria e Valle d'Aosta, Torino
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- Food Control and Production Hygiene complex Unit, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Piemonte, Liguria e Valle d'Aosta, Torino
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- Food Control and Production Hygiene complex Unit, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Piemonte, Liguria e Valle d'Aosta, Torino
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- Department of Veterinary Medical Sciences, University of Bologna, Ozzano dell'Emilia
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- Department of Veterinary Medical Sciences, University of Bologna, Ozzano dell'Emilia
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- Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Torino, Grugliasco, Italy
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- Food Control and Production Hygiene complex Unit, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Piemonte, Liguria e Valle d'Aosta, Torino
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- Department of Veterinary Medical Sciences, University of Bologna, Ozzano dell'Emilia
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- Food Control and Production Hygiene complex Unit, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Piemonte, Liguria e Valle d'Aosta, Torino
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Ricci F, Patti G, Di Martino G, Renda G, Hamrefors V, Melander O, Sutton R, Gallina S, Engstrom G, De Caterina R, Fedorowski A. P6223Relationship between platelet indices and future cardiovascular events: results from a population-based cohort study. Eur Heart J 2019. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehz746.0827] [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] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Background
Studies evaluating the relationship between platelet indices and cardiovascular outcome yielded conflicting results. In particular, the evidence from large, population-based, prospective studies with extended follow-up duration is scarce.
Purpose
We investigated the incidence of major adverse events in relation to baseline values of platelet count, mean platelet volume (MPV) and platelet distribution width (PDW) in the prospective cohort of the Malmö Diet and Cancer Study.
Methods
A total of 30,314 middle-aged individuals (mean age 57±8 years; 40% men) were overall included and followed up for a median of 16 years (in total, 468,490 person-years). The following outcome measures were considered: all-cause death, myocardial infarction (MI) and ischemic stroke.
Results
There was no relationship between increase in MPV or PDW values and adverse events during follow-up. In particular, the incidence of all-cause death, MI and stroke in patients in the 4thquartile of MPV was 19.8% (vs. 20.7% in the 1stquartile; p=0.08), 8.5% (vs. 8.2%; p=0.78) and 7.9% (vs. 7.1%; p=0.09), respectively. The rates of all-cause death, MI and stroke in patients in the 4thquartile of PDW were 20.1% (vs. 20.7% in the 1stquartile; p=0.16), 8.7% (vs. 8.1%; p=0.30) and 8.1% (vs. 7.2%; p=0.09), respectively. There was a significant rise in mortality by platelet count increase (log-rank p<0.001). In multivariable analysis, patients in the 4thquartile of platelet count (>264 x 109/L) showed a significantly higher incidence of all-cause death (HR 1.17, 95% CI 1.07–1.28; p=0.001), MI (HR 1.24, 95% CI 1.08–1.43; p=0.003) and stroke (HR 1.20, 95% CI 1.04–1.39; p=0.014) vs the 1stquartile. The higher mortality in the 4thquartile of platelet count was independent of the history of previous stroke, was significant in patients without prior MI (HR 1.18, 95% CI 1.08–1.29; p<0.001) and non-significant in those with prior MI (HR 0.86, 95% CI 0.56–1.33; p=0.51). The risk of MI in the 4thquartile of platelet count was higher regardless of the history of previous MI (p for interaction=0.11). The risk of stroke in the 4thquartile of platelet count was higher regardless of the history of previous stroke (p for interaction=0.15).
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In this population-based, prospective, cohort study there was no difference in the incidence of adverse events across various strata of baseline platelet morphology. However, patients with highest platelet count at baseline showed a significantly higher risk of all-cause death, MI and stroke. Whether or not these individuals should be targeted by more aggressive primary prophylactic measures including antiplatelet treatment, remains to be proven.
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- F Ricci
- G. D'Annunzio University, Institute of Cardiology and Center of Excellence on Aging, Chieti, Italy
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- University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy
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- G. D'Annunzio University, Institute of Cardiology and Center of Excellence on Aging, Chieti, Italy
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- Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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- University of Chieti-Pescara, Chieti, Italy
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Ricci F, Ianni U, Forcucci F, Fedorowski A, Zimarino M, Gallina S, Renda G. P2555Efficacy and safety of oral anticoagulant versus antiplatelet therapy for secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease in patients without atrial fibrillation. Eur Heart J 2019. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehz748.0883] [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] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Background
Anticoagulation is the mainstay of prevention of arterial thromboembolism in patients with atrial fibrillation, but it could be effective also in secondary prevention of patients who are in sinus rhythm.
Purpose
We performed this meta-analysis to determine relative efficacy and safety of oral anticoagulant therapy (OAC) as compared with antiplatelet therapy (APT) in patients with prevalent cerebro-cardiovascular disease without atrial fibrillation.
Methods
Our systematic review of the literature published through January 31st, 2019 sought all phase III randomized controlled trials which compare OAC with APT in patients with sinus rhythm and report at least one of the following outcomes: ischemic stroke, death, myocardial infarction, and major bleeding, assessed at the longest available follow-up. We used random-effects models to estimate summary relative risk reduction (RRR) and 95% confidence intervals (95% CI).
Results
We identified a total of 9 randomized controlled trials including a total of 34,912 patients (ASA, n=17,726; adjusted-dose warfarin, n=4,460; rivaroxaban, n=12726), with a mean follow-up of 2.2 years. When compared with antiplatelet therapy, OAC was associated with reduced risk of ischemic stroke (RRR 38%, 95% CI: 1; 47; P=0.04; I2=72%) and myocardial infarction (RRR 13%, 95% CI: 0,23; P=0.05, I2=0%), but increased risk of major bleeding (RRR −52%, 95% CI: −129; −1; P=0.04; I2=76%). Compared to antiplatelet treatment, OAC did not significantly affect the risk of all-cause death (RRR 1%, 95% CI: −9; 10; P=0.86; I2=12%).
Conclusions
In sinus rhythm patients with prevalent cardiovascular disease, OAC reduces risk of ischemic stroke and myocardial infarction, but significantly increases risk of major bleeding. The choice of antithrombotic treatment does not appear to influence all-cause mortality.
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- F Ricci
- G. dAnnunzio University, Department of Neuroscience, Imaging and Clinical Sciences, Chieti, Italy
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- University of Chieti-Pescara, Chieti, Italy
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- G. dAnnunzio University, Department of Neuroscience, Imaging and Clinical Sciences, Chieti, Italy
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- G. D'Annunzio University, Institute of Cardiology and Center of Excellence on Aging, Chieti, Italy
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- University of Chieti-Pescara, Chieti, Italy
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- G. D'Annunzio University, Institute of Cardiology and Center of Excellence on Aging, Chieti, Italy
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Zimarino M, Ricci F, Capodanno D, De Innocentiis C, Verrengia E, Swaans MJ, Lombardi C, Brouwer J, Gallina S, Grasso C, De Caterina R, Tamburino C. 4289Clinical outcomes of percutaneous mitral valve repair in secondary mitral regurgitation: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Eur Heart J 2019. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehz745.0142] [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] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Background
The benefit of percutaneous mitral valve repair with mitraclip (PMVR) in patients with secondary mitral regurgitation (MR) is still debated.
Methods
In order to compare the outcome of PMVR with optimal medical therapy (OMT) versus OMT alone in patients with secondary MR, we performed a systematic review and meta-analysis of 2 randomized clinical trials (RCT) and 7 non-randomized observational studies (nROS). Hazard ratios (HR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) were pooled through inverse variance random-effect model to compute the summary effect size for all-cause mortality, cardiovascular death and cardiac-related hospitalization. Subgroup and meta-regression analysis were also performed.
Results
An overall population of 3,118 individuals (67% men; mean age, 73 years) was included: 1,775 PMVR+OMT and 1,343 OMT patients, with mean follow-up of 24±15 months. PMVR+OMT was associated with a lower risk of all-cause death (HR: 0.77; 95% CI: 0.68–0.87), cardiovascular death (HR: 0.55; 95% CI: 0.34–0.89) and cardiac-related hospitalization (HR: 0.77; 95% CI: 0.64–0.92). Meta-regression analysis showed that larger left ventricular end-diastolic volume index (LVEDVI) portends higher mortality after PMVR (p<0.001).
Conclusions
This study-level meta-analysis shows that PMVR+OMT is associated with reduced all-cause death, cardiovascular death and cardiac-related hospitalization when compared with OMT alone in secondary MR. LVEDVI is a predictive marker of efficacy, as patients with smaller LVEDVI derive the largest benefit from PMVR.
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- G. d Annunzio University, Chieti, Italy
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- St Antonius Hospital, Nieuwegein, Netherlands (The)
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- St Antonius Hospital, Nieuwegein, Netherlands (The)
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- G. d Annunzio University, Chieti, Italy
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- University of Catania, Catania, Italy
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Ricci F, Caterino AL, Mantini C, Rotondo D, Cotroneo AR, Gallina S. P431Aliasing planimetry by phase-contrast imaging for grading of aortic stenosis severity. Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging 2019. [DOI: 10.1093/ehjci/jez118.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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- F Ricci
- University of Chieti-Pescara, Department of Neuroscience, Imaging and Clinical Sciences, Chieti, Italy
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- University of Chieti-Pescara, Department of Neuroscience, Imaging and Clinical Sciences, Chieti, Italy
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- University of Chieti-Pescara, Department of Neuroscience, Imaging and Clinical Sciences, Chieti, Italy
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- SS. Annunziata Hospital , Chieti, Italy
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- University of Chieti-Pescara, Department of Neuroscience, Imaging and Clinical Sciences, Chieti, Italy
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- University of Chieti-Pescara, Department of Neuroscience, Imaging and Clinical Sciences, Chieti, Italy
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Ceriello L, Ricci F, Verrengia E, Mantini L, Gallina S. P366An unexpected finding after double-patch repair of postinfarction ventricular septal defect. Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging 2019. [DOI: 10.1093/ehjci/jez109.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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- L Ceriello
- G. dAnnunzio University, Institute of Cardiology, Department of Neuroscience, Imaging and Clinical Sciences, “G. d’Annunzio” , Chieti, Italy
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- G. dAnnunzio University, Institute for Advanced Biomedical Technologies, University of Chieti-Pescara, Chieti, Italy
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- G. dAnnunzio University, Institute of Cardiology, Department of Neuroscience, Imaging and Clinical Sciences, “G. d’Annunzio” , Chieti, Italy
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- Villa Serena Foundation, Cardiac Rehabiliation, Città S. Angelo, Italy
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- G. dAnnunzio University, Institute of Cardiology, Department of Neuroscience, Imaging and Clinical Sciences, “G. d’Annunzio” , Chieti, Italy
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Maurella C, Gallina S, Ru G, Adriano D, Bellio A, Bianchi DM, Chiavacci L, Crescio MI, Croce M, D'Errico V, Dupont MF, Marra A, Natangelo U, Pomilio F, Romano A, Stanzione S, Zaccaria T, Zuccon F, Caramelli M, Decastelli L. Outbreak of febrile gastroenteritis caused by Listeria monocytogenes 1/2a in sliced cold beef ham, Italy, May 2016. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2019. [PMID: 29536831 PMCID: PMC5850591 DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.es.2018.23.10.17-00155] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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In May 2016, two separate clusters of febrile gastroenteritis caused by Listeria monocytogenes were detected by the local health authority in Piedmont, in northern Italy. We carried out epidemiological, microbiological and traceback investigations to identify the source. The people affected were students and staff members from two different schools in two different villages located in the Province of Turin; five of them were hospitalised. The epidemiological investigation identified a cooked beef ham served at the school canteens as the source of the food-borne outbreak. L. monocytogenes was isolated from the food, the stools of the hospitalised pupils and the environment of the factory producing the cooked beef ham. All isolates except one were serotype 1/2a, shared an indistinguishable PFGE pattern and were 100% identical by whole genome sequencing (WGS). By combining a classical epidemiological approach with both molecular subtyping and WGS techniques, we were able to identify and confirm a Listeria gastroenteritis outbreak associated with consumption of sliced cold beef ham.
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- Cristiana Maurella
- Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Piemonte, Liguria e Valle D'Aosta, Turin, Italy
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- Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Piemonte, Liguria e Valle D'Aosta, Turin, Italy
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- Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Piemonte, Liguria e Valle D'Aosta, Turin, Italy
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- Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Piemonte, Liguria e Valle D'Aosta, Turin, Italy
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- Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Piemonte, Liguria e Valle D'Aosta, Turin, Italy
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- Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Piemonte, Liguria e Valle D'Aosta, Turin, Italy
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- Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Piemonte, Liguria e Valle D'Aosta, Turin, Italy
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- Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Piemonte, Liguria e Valle D'Aosta, Turin, Italy
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- Igiene degli Alimenti e della Nutrizione (Food hygien and Nutrition Service) Local Health Unit TO4, Ciriè, Italy
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- Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Piemonte, Liguria e Valle D'Aosta, Turin, Italy
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- Igiene degli Alimenti e della Nutrizione (Food hygien and Nutrition Service) Local Health Unit TO4, Ciriè, Italy
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- Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Piemonte, Liguria e Valle D'Aosta, Turin, Italy
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- Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Piemonte, Liguria e Valle D'Aosta, Turin, Italy
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- Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell'Abruzzo e del Molise, National Reference Centre for Listeria monocytogenes, Teramo, Italy
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- Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Piemonte, Liguria e Valle D'Aosta, Turin, Italy
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- Igiene degli Alimenti e della Nutrizione (Food hygien and Nutrition Service) Local Health Unit TO4, Ciriè, Italy
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- Laboratorio Microbiologia e Virologia U Città della Salute di Torino, Turin, Italy
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- Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Piemonte, Liguria e Valle D'Aosta, Turin, Italy
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- Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Piemonte, Liguria e Valle D'Aosta, Turin, Italy
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- Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Piemonte, Liguria e Valle D'Aosta, Turin, Italy
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Grattarola C, Gallina S, Giorda F, Pautasso A, Ballardini M, Iulini B, Varello K, Goria M, Peletto S, Masoero L, Serracca L, Romano A, Dondo A, Zoppi S, Garibaldi F, Scaglione FE, Marsili L, Di Guardo G, Lettini AA, Mignone W, Fernandez A, Casalone C. First report of Salmonella 1,4,[5],12:i:- in free-ranging striped dolphins (Stenella coeruleoalba), Italy. Sci Rep 2019; 9:6061. [PMID: 30988332 PMCID: PMC6465278 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-42474-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2018] [Accepted: 04/02/2019] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
Abstract
Between 2015 and the beginning of 2018 (January-March), 30 cetaceans were found stranded along the Ligurian Sea coast of Italy. Necropsies were performed in 22 cases and infectious diseases resulted the most common cause of death. Three striped dolphins, showed a severe coinfection involving the monophasic variant of Salmonella Typhimurium (Salmonella 1,4,[5],12:i:-). The isolates were characterized based on antimicrobial resistance, Multiple-Locus Variable-number tandem-repeat Analysis (MLVA) and whole-genome sequencing (WGS). All isolates demonstrated the same multidrug resistant genotype (ASSuT isolates), showed three different MLVA profiles, two of which closely related, and were identified as Sequence Type 34. Moreover, Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP) analysis confirmed strong correlations between two out of the three isolates. To our knowledge, S. 1,4,[5],12:i:-, one of the most common serovars in cases of human infection and food sources worldwide, has not previously been described in marine mammals, and reports of Salmonella-associated disease in free-ranging cetaceans are rare. These results highlight the role of cetaceans as sentinel species for zoonotic and terrestrial pathogens in the marine environment, suggest a potential risk for cetaceans and public health along the North Western Italian coastline and indicate cetaceans as a novel potential reservoir for one of the most widespread Salmonella serovars.
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- C Grattarola
- Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Piemonte, Liguria e Valle d'Aosta, Torino, 10154, Italy.
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- Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Piemonte, Liguria e Valle d'Aosta, Torino, 10154, Italy
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- Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Piemonte, Liguria e Valle d'Aosta, Torino, 10154, Italy.,Institute of Animal Health, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Arucas, Las Palmas, 35416, Spain
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- Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Piemonte, Liguria e Valle d'Aosta, Torino, 10154, Italy
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- Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Piemonte, Liguria e Valle d'Aosta, Torino, 10154, Italy
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- Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Piemonte, Liguria e Valle d'Aosta, Torino, 10154, Italy
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- Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Piemonte, Liguria e Valle d'Aosta, Torino, 10154, Italy
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- Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Piemonte, Liguria e Valle d'Aosta, Torino, 10154, Italy
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- Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Piemonte, Liguria e Valle d'Aosta, Torino, 10154, Italy
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- Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Piemonte, Liguria e Valle d'Aosta, Torino, 10154, Italy
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- Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Piemonte, Liguria e Valle d'Aosta, Torino, 10154, Italy
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- Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Piemonte, Liguria e Valle d'Aosta, Torino, 10154, Italy
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- Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Piemonte, Liguria e Valle d'Aosta, Torino, 10154, Italy
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- Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Piemonte, Liguria e Valle d'Aosta, Torino, 10154, Italy
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- Department of Earth, Environmental and Life Sciences, University of Genoa, Genoa, 16132, Italy
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- Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Turin, Grugliasco, Turin, 10095, Italy
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- Department of Physical, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Siena, Siena, 53100, Italy
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- Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Teramo, Teramo, 64100, Italy
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- Reference Laboratory for Salmonella, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Venezie, Legnaro, Padua, 35020, Italy
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- Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Piemonte, Liguria e Valle d'Aosta, Torino, 10154, Italy
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- Institute of Animal Health, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Arucas, Las Palmas, 35416, Spain
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- Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Piemonte, Liguria e Valle d'Aosta, Torino, 10154, Italy
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Bellio A, Chiesa F, Gallina S, Bianchi DM, Macori G, Bossi D, Nia Y, Mutel I, Messio S, Hennekinne JA, Decastelli L. Insight Into the Distribution of Staphylococci and Their Enterotoxins in Cheeses Under Natural Conditions. Front Microbiol 2019; 9:3233. [PMID: 30666242 PMCID: PMC6330353 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2018.03233] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2018] [Accepted: 12/12/2018] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
Abstract
Staphylococcal food poisoning outbreaks are a major cause of food-borne illness in the European Union and their notification has been mandatory since 2005. Criteria for the enumeration of coagulase-positive Staphylococci (CPS) and the detection of staphylococcal enterotoxins (SEs) in cheese have been set down in Commission Regulation EC 2073/2005. Currently, few information are available about the distribution of SEs in naturally contaminated cheeses, including raw-milk and artisanal dairy products. The aim of this study was therefore to investigate at both the CPS enumeration and the succession of the enterotoxigenic Staphylococcus aureus and produced enterotoxins levels on the rind and the core of a raw-milk semi-hard cheese, produced on farm. The study has been conducted in three steps: (I) seven wheels at different time of ripening where tested for the presence of SEs. (II) from each wheel, four portions were subsequently sampled from four different areas (peripheral rind, central rind, peripheral core and central core). (III) two cheese wheels, characterized by the highest and lowest CPS numbers and SEs quantification, based on the second step of the study, were further analyzed. A significant difference has been observed in the distribution of CPS and SEs in the four areas sampled, irrespectively of the batch and the time of ripening. The results of this study provided a set of previously unknown information on the influence of natural conditions on the distribution of CPS and SEs thereof in the cheese matrix, filling a gap in the understanding of SEs biosynthesis process.
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- Alberto Bellio
- National Reference Laboratory for Coagulase Positive Staphylococci, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Piemonte, Liguria e Valle d'Aosta, Turin, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Medicina Veterinaria, Università degli Studi di Torino, Turin, Italy
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- National Reference Laboratory for Coagulase Positive Staphylococci, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Piemonte, Liguria e Valle d'Aosta, Turin, Italy
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- S.C. Controllo Alimenti e Igiene delle Produzioni, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Piemonte, Liguria e Valle d'Aosta, Turin, Italy
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- S.C. Controllo Alimenti e Igiene delle Produzioni, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Piemonte, Liguria e Valle d'Aosta, Turin, Italy
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- Servizio Veterinario Asl VC, Vercelli, Italy
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- European Union Reference Laboratory for Coagulase Positive Staphylococci, Agence Nationale de Sécurité Sanitaire de l'Alimentation, de l'Environnement et du Travail, Maisons-Alfort, France
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- European Union Reference Laboratory for Coagulase Positive Staphylococci, Agence Nationale de Sécurité Sanitaire de l'Alimentation, de l'Environnement et du Travail, Maisons-Alfort, France
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- European Union Reference Laboratory for Coagulase Positive Staphylococci, Agence Nationale de Sécurité Sanitaire de l'Alimentation, de l'Environnement et du Travail, Maisons-Alfort, France
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- European Union Reference Laboratory for Coagulase Positive Staphylococci, Agence Nationale de Sécurité Sanitaire de l'Alimentation, de l'Environnement et du Travail, Maisons-Alfort, France
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- National Reference Laboratory for Coagulase Positive Staphylococci, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Piemonte, Liguria e Valle d'Aosta, Turin, Italy.,S.C. Controllo Alimenti e Igiene delle Produzioni, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Piemonte, Liguria e Valle d'Aosta, Turin, Italy
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Guidi F, Duranti A, Gallina S, Nia Y, Petruzzelli A, Romano A, Travaglini V, Olivastri A, Calvaresi V, Decastelli L, Blasi G. Characterization of A Staphylococcal Food Poisoning Outbreak in A Workplace Canteen during the Post-Earthquake Reconstruction of Central Italy. Toxins (Basel) 2018; 10:E523. [PMID: 30563233 PMCID: PMC6315814 DOI: 10.3390/toxins10120523] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2018] [Revised: 11/30/2018] [Accepted: 12/03/2018] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
Abstract
In summer 2017, a foodborne outbreak occurred in Central Italy, involving 26 workers employed in the post-earthquake reconstruction. After eating a meal provided by a catering service, they manifested gastrointestinal symptoms; 23 of them were hospitalized. The retrospective cohort study indicated the pasta salad as the most likely vehicle of poisoning. Foods, environmental samples, and food handlers' nasal swabs were collected. Bacillus cereus (Bc) and coagulase-positive staphylococci (CPS) including S. aureus, together with their toxins, were the targets of the analysis. CPS, detected in all the leftovers, exceeded 10⁵ CFU/g in the pasta salad, in which we found Staphylococcal Enterotoxins (SEs) (0.033 ng SEA/g; 0.052 ng SED/g). None of the environmental and human swabs showed contamination. We characterized 23 S. aureus from foods. They all belonged to the human biotype, showed the same toxigenic profile (sea, sed, sej, and ser genes), and had the same Pulsed Field Gel Electrophoresis (PFGE) pattern; none of them harbored mecA or mupA genes. We also detected Bc contamination in the pasta salad but none of the isolates harbored the ces gene for the emetic toxin cereulide. The EU Reference Laboratory for CPS confirmed the case as a strong-evidence outbreak caused by the ingestion of SEs produced by a single strain of S. aureus carried by the same human source. This outbreak was successfully investigated despite the emergency situation in which it occurred.
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- Fabrizia Guidi
- Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale Umbria e Marche "Togo Rosati", via G. Salvemini 1, 06126 Perugia, Italy.
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- Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale Umbria e Marche "Togo Rosati", via G. Salvemini 1, 06126 Perugia, Italy.
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- National Reference Laboratory for Coagulase Positive Staphylococci - Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Piemonte, Liguria e Valle d'Aosta, via Bologna 148, 10154 Torino, Italy.
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- European Union Reference Laboratory for Coagulase Positive Staphylococci - Laboratory for Food Safety, Anses, Université Paris-Est, F-94700 Maisons-Alfort, France.
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- Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale Umbria e Marche "Togo Rosati", via G. Salvemini 1, 06126 Perugia, Italy.
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- National Reference Laboratory for Coagulase Positive Staphylococci - Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Piemonte, Liguria e Valle d'Aosta, via Bologna 148, 10154 Torino, Italy.
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- Presidio Ospedaliero C. e G. Mazzoni, Azienda Sanitaria Unica Regione Marche, Area Vasta n°5, via Degli Iris 1, 63100 Ascoli Piceno, Italy.
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- Dipartimento di Prevenzione, Azienda Sanitaria Unica Regione Marche, Area Vasta n°5, Viale Marcello Federici, 63100 Ascoli Piceno, Italy.
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- Dipartimento di Prevenzione, Azienda Sanitaria Unica Regione Marche, Area Vasta n°5, Viale Marcello Federici, 63100 Ascoli Piceno, Italy.
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- National Reference Laboratory for Coagulase Positive Staphylococci - Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Piemonte, Liguria e Valle d'Aosta, via Bologna 148, 10154 Torino, Italy.
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- Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale Umbria e Marche "Togo Rosati", via G. Salvemini 1, 06126 Perugia, Italy.
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Sciomer S, Moscucci F, Maffei S, Gallina S, Mattioli AV. Prevention of cardiovascular risk factors in women: The lifestyle paradox and stereotypes we need to defeat. Eur J Prev Cardiol 2018; 26:609-610. [PMID: 30373379 DOI: 10.1177/2047487318810560] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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- S Sciomer
- 1 Department of Cardiovascular, Respiratory, Nephrological, Anesthesiological and Geriatric Sciences, University of Rome "Sapienza", Italy
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- 1 Department of Cardiovascular, Respiratory, Nephrological, Anesthesiological and Geriatric Sciences, University of Rome "Sapienza", Italy
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- 2 Cardiovascular and Gynaecological Endocrinology, Fondazione Toscana 'G. Monasterio' for Clinical Research and Public Health, Italy
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- 3 Department of Neuroscience and Imaging, "G. d'Annunzio", University of Chieti-Pescara, Italy
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- 4 Department of Surgical, Medical and Dental Department of Morphological Sciences related to Transplant, Oncology and Regenerative Medicine, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy
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Chiappara G, Sciarrino S, Di Sano C, Gallina S, Speciale R, Lorusso F, Di Vincenzo S, D'Anna C, Bruno A, Gjomarkaj M, Pace E. Notch-1 signaling activation sustains overexpression of interleukin 33 in the epithelium of nasal polyps. J Cell Physiol 2018; 234:4582-4596. [PMID: 30259982 DOI: 10.1002/jcp.27237] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2018] [Accepted: 07/24/2018] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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BACKGROUND Alterations in the nasal epithelial barrier homeostasis and increased interleukin 33 (IL-33) expression contribute to the pathogenesis of chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps (CRSwNP). AIMS As Notch-1 signaling is crucial in repair processes of mucosa, the current study assessed Notch-1/Jagged-1 signaling and IL-33 in the epithelium of nasal polyps biopsies from allergic (A-CRSwNP; n = 9) and not allergic (NA-CRSwNP; n = 9) subjects by immunohistochemistry. We also assessed, in a model of nasal epithelial cells, the effects of stimulation of Notch-1 with Jagged-1 on the expression of IL-33 (by flow cytometry, immunofluorescence, and immunocytochemistry), Jagged-1 (by flow cytometry), and p-CREB transcription factor (by western blot analysis). RESULTS Ex vivo (a) in normal epithelium, the expression of Notch-1 and IL-33 were higher in NA-CRSwNP than in A-CRSwNP; (b) in metaplastic epithelium, the expression of Notch-1, Jagged-1, and IL-33 were higher in NA-CRSwNP than in A-CRSwNP; (c) in hyperplastic epithelium, the expression of Notch-1, Jagged-1, and IL-33 were higher in A-CRSwNP than in NA-CRSwNP; and (d) in basal epithelial cells, no differences were observed in the expression of Jagged-1, IL-33, and Notch-1. The expression of Notch-1 significantly correlated with the expression of IL-33. In vitro, stimulation of Notch-1 with Jagged-1 induced the expression of (a) Jagged-1; (b) IL-33; and (c) p-CREB transcription factor. The inhibitor of Notch-1, DAPT, reduced all the effects of Jagged-1 on nasal epithelial cells. CONCLUSIONS The data herein provided support, for the first time, a putative role of Notch-1/Jagged-1 signaling in the overexpression of IL-33 in the epithelium of nasal polyps from patients with CRSwNP.
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- G Chiappara
- Istituto di Biomedicina e Immunologia Molecolare, Dipartimento di Biomedicina, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Palermo, Italy
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- Istituto di Biomedicina e Immunologia Molecolare, Dipartimento di Biomedicina, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Palermo, Italy
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- Istituto di Biomedicina e Immunologia Molecolare, Dipartimento di Biomedicina, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Palermo, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Biomedicina Sperimentale e Neuroscienze Cliniche, Sezione di Otorinolaringoiatria, Università degli Studi di Palermo, Palermo, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Biomedicina Sperimentale e Neuroscienze Cliniche, Sezione di Otorinolaringoiatria, Università degli Studi di Palermo, Palermo, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Biomedicina Sperimentale e Neuroscienze Cliniche, Sezione di Otorinolaringoiatria, Università degli Studi di Palermo, Palermo, Italy
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- Istituto di Biomedicina e Immunologia Molecolare, Dipartimento di Biomedicina, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Palermo, Italy
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- Istituto di Biomedicina e Immunologia Molecolare, Dipartimento di Biomedicina, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Palermo, Italy
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- Istituto di Biomedicina e Immunologia Molecolare, Dipartimento di Biomedicina, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Palermo, Italy
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- Istituto di Biomedicina e Immunologia Molecolare, Dipartimento di Biomedicina, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Palermo, Italy
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- Istituto di Biomedicina e Immunologia Molecolare, Dipartimento di Biomedicina, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Palermo, Italy
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Tramuta C, Gallina S, Bellio A, Bianchi DM, Chiesa F, Rubiola S, Romano A, Decastelli L. A Set of Multiplex Polymerase Chain Reactions for Genomic Detection of Nine Edible Insect Species in Foods. J Insect Sci 2018; 18:5095291. [PMID: 30215801 PMCID: PMC6132929 DOI: 10.1093/jisesa/iey087] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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On 1 January 2018, a new regulation on 'Novel Food' has come into application in the EU. Insects and insect-based products are therefore included among the categories of food which constitute novel foods. Insects are nutrient-rich, produce fewer greenhouse gases and ammonia than conventional livestock, and have high feed conversion efficiency. Insects may be an alternative food source in the near future, but consideration of insects as a food requires scrutiny due to the risk of allergens. The aim of the present study was to develop a set of multiplex polymerase chain reaction (PCR) to detect nine edible insect species directly in foods. Four sets of mPCRs were designed to detect Locusta migratoria migratorioides (Reiche & Fairmaire, 1849) (Orthoptera: Acrididae), Tenebrio molitor (Linnaeus, 1758) (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) (mPCR-I), Acheta domesticus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Orthoptera: Gryllidae), Bombyx mori (Linnaeus, 1758) (Lepidoptera: Bombycidae (mPCR-II), Alphitobius diaperinus (Panzer, 1797) (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae), Schistocerca gregaria (Forskål, 1775) (Orthoptera: Acrididae), Zophobas atratus (Fabricius, 1775) (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) (mPCR-III), Galleria mellonella (Linnaeus, 1758) (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae), and Gryllodes sigillatus (Walker, 1869) (Orthoptera: Gryllidae) (mPCR-IV). Results demonstrate that the panel of mPCRs allowed a rapid genetic identification of the insect species and has proved to be a sensible and highly discriminatory method. The assay is a potential tool in issues related to the labeling of products and food safety, in case of allergic consumers.
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- Clara Tramuta
- Controllo Alimenti e Igiene delle Produzioni, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale Piemonte, Liguria e Valle d’Aosta, via Bologna, Turin, Italy
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- Controllo Alimenti e Igiene delle Produzioni, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale Piemonte, Liguria e Valle d’Aosta, via Bologna, Turin, Italy
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- Controllo Alimenti e Igiene delle Produzioni, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale Piemonte, Liguria e Valle d’Aosta, via Bologna, Turin, Italy
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- Controllo Alimenti e Igiene delle Produzioni, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale Piemonte, Liguria e Valle d’Aosta, via Bologna, Turin, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Veterinarie, Università di Torino, Largo Paolo Braccini, Grugliasco, Turin, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Veterinarie, Università di Torino, Largo Paolo Braccini, Grugliasco, Turin, Italy
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- Controllo Alimenti e Igiene delle Produzioni, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale Piemonte, Liguria e Valle d’Aosta, via Bologna, Turin, Italy
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- Controllo Alimenti e Igiene delle Produzioni, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale Piemonte, Liguria e Valle d’Aosta, via Bologna, Turin, Italy
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Ricci F, Pingitore A, Gallina S, De Innocentiis C, Rossi S, Emdin M, De Caterina R, Aquaro G. P4681Exercise-induced myocardial edema in master triathletes: insights from cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging. Eur Heart J 2018. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehy563.p4681] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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- F Ricci
- G. D'Annunzio University, Institute of Cardiology and Center of Excellence on Aging, Chieti, Italy
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- G. D'Annunzio University, Institute of Cardiology and Center of Excellence on Aging, Chieti, Italy
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- G. D'Annunzio University, Institute of Cardiology and Center of Excellence on Aging, Chieti, Italy
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- G. D'Annunzio University, Institute of Cardiology and Center of Excellence on Aging, Chieti, Italy
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- Gabriele Monasterio Foundation, Pisa, Italy
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- Gabriele Monasterio Foundation, Pisa, Italy
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Ricci F, Aung N, Boubertakh R, Camaioni C, Doimo S, Fung K, Khanji M, Malcomson J, Mantini C, Paiva J, Gallina S, Fedorowski A, Mohiddin S, Aquaro GD, Petersen SE. 3004Pulmonary blood volume index as a quantitative biomarker of diastolic function in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Eur Heart J 2018. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehy563.3004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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- F Ricci
- G. D'Annunzio University, Institute of Cardiology and Center of Excellence on Aging, Chieti, Italy
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- Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom
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- Barts Health NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom
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- University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy
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- Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom
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- Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom
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- Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom
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- G. d'Annunzio University, Chieti, Italy
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- Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom
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- G. d'Annunzio University, Chieti, Italy
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- Barts Health NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom
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- Gabriele Monasterio Foundation, Pisa, Italy
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- Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom
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Ricci F, Soderholm M, Hamrefors V, Aung N, Di Baldassarre A, Gallina S, De Caterina R, Melander O, Engstrom G, Fedorowski A. P617Neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio and risk of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in the adult general population. Eur Heart J 2018. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehy564.p617] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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- F Ricci
- G. D'Annunzio University, Institute of Cardiology and Center of Excellence on Aging, Chieti, Italy
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- Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom
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- G. d'Annunzio University, Chieti, Italy
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- G. D'Annunzio University, Institute of Cardiology and Center of Excellence on Aging, Chieti, Italy
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Macori G, Gilardi G, Bellio A, Bianchi DM, Gallina S, Vitale N, Gullino ML, Decastelli L. Microbiological Parameters in the Primary Production of Berries: A Pilot Study. Foods 2018; 7:E105. [PMID: 29976895 PMCID: PMC6069088 DOI: 10.3390/foods7070105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2018] [Revised: 06/26/2018] [Accepted: 07/02/2018] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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The primary production of fresh soft fruits was considered to be a suspected critical point for the contamination of frozen berries that were responsible for the large 2013⁻2014 Hepatitis A virus (HAV) outbreak in Europe. In this study, an Italian berries’ production area was studied for its agro-technical characteristics, and the fresh fruits were analyzed for the presence of enteric viruses (HAV and Norovirus (NoV) genogroup I and genogroup II (GGI and GGII)), the enumeration of hygienic quality parameters, and the prevalence of bacterial pathogens. A total of 50 producers were sampled, who specialized in the exclusive or shared cultivation of berries. Escherichia coli was detected in two blackberry samples, whereas HAV and Norovirus were not detected. The samples were negative for Salmonella spp., Listeria monocytogenes, and Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC). The farms’ attributes were not associated with positive samples, apart from the presence of E. coli and the aerobic mesophilic bacteria for blackberry that were statistically correlated. In blueberries, the high aerobic mesophilic count could likely be associated with the resistance of the outer layer to handling. However, the two pathogens (Salmonella spp. and STEC) and the targeted viruses (HAV, NoV GGI and GGII) were not detected, highlighting the low risk of foodborne pathogens and viral contamination at the primary production stage of the berry food chain in the area considered in this pilot study.
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- Guerrino Macori
- Food Control and Production Hygiene Unit, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Piemonte, Liguria e Valle d'Aosta, via Bologna 148, 10154 Turin, Italy.
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- Centre of Competence for Innovation in Agro-Environmental Field, Agroinnova, University of Torino, Largo Paolo Braccini 2, 10095 Grugliasco (TO), Italy.
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- Food Control and Production Hygiene Unit, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Piemonte, Liguria e Valle d'Aosta, via Bologna 148, 10154 Turin, Italy.
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- Food Control and Production Hygiene Unit, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Piemonte, Liguria e Valle d'Aosta, via Bologna 148, 10154 Turin, Italy.
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- Food Control and Production Hygiene Unit, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Piemonte, Liguria e Valle d'Aosta, via Bologna 148, 10154 Turin, Italy.
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- Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Piemonte, Liguria e Valle d'Aosta, via Bologna 148, 10154 Turin, Italy.
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- Centre of Competence for Innovation in Agro-Environmental Field, Agroinnova, University of Torino, Largo Paolo Braccini 2, 10095 Grugliasco (TO), Italy.
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- Food Control and Production Hygiene Unit, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Piemonte, Liguria e Valle d'Aosta, via Bologna 148, 10154 Turin, Italy.
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Bellio A, Bianchi D, Vitale N, Vernetti L, Gallina S, Decastelli L. Behavior of Escherichia coli O157:H7 during the manufacture and ripening of Fontina Protected Designation of Origin cheese. J Dairy Sci 2018; 101:4962-4970. [DOI: 10.3168/jds.2017-13458] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2017] [Accepted: 02/18/2018] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Johler S, Macori G, Bellio A, Acutis PL, Gallina S, Decastelli L. Short communication: Characterization of Staphylococcus aureus isolated along the raw milk cheese production process in artisan dairies in Italy. J Dairy Sci 2018; 101:2915-2920. [PMID: 29397175 DOI: 10.3168/jds.2017-13815] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2017] [Accepted: 12/09/2017] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Staphylococcus aureus is a common cause of food-borne intoxications. Several staphylococcal food poisoning outbreaks have been linked to consumption of raw milk cheeses and artisanal cheese production. However, information on Staph. aureus isolated from artisanal raw milk cheeses and small-scale dairy production environments is very limited. Therefore, we aimed to characterize Staph. aureus isolated along the artisanal raw milk production chain by determining (1) the population structure, and (2) the presence/absence of enterotoxin genes, mecA/C, and pvl. We collected 276 samples from different production stages (raw milk, whey, curd, brine, drying worktops, and cheese) at 36 artisan dairies in Italy. A total of 102 samples from 25 dairies tested positive for Staph. aureus, with 80% positive samples among the tested artisan cheeses. All isolates were further characterized by spa typing and PCR screening for staphylococcal enterotoxin genes, the mecA/mecC genes characteristic for methicillin-resistant Staph. aureus, and the pvl gene encoding Panton-Valentine leukocidin. The 102 isolates represented 15 different spa types and were assigned to 32 different Staph. aureus strains. The spa type most frequently detected was t2953 (30%), which is associated with genotype B strains causing high within-herd levels of bovine mastitis. In addition, 3 novel spa types (t13269, t13277, and t13278) were identified. Although none of the strains harbored mecA/mecC or pvl, 55% of the isolates exhibited at least one enterotoxin gene. Many strains were present in samples from multiple dairies from different regions and years, highlighting the spread of Staph. aureus in small-scale cheese production plants. Our findings demonstrate that enterotoxigenic Staph. aureus and in particular t2953 (genotype B) isolates commonly occur in artisanal dairies and raw milk cheeses in Italy. It is particularly alarming that 80% of the artisan cheeses sampled in our study were positive for Staph. aureus. These findings stress the need for effective measures preventing staphylococcal food poisoning by limiting Staph. aureus growth and enterotoxin formation along the production chain and in the final product.
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- Institute for Food Safety and Hygiene, Vetsuisse Faculty University of Zurich, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Piemonte, Liguria e Valle d'Aosta, 10154 Torino, Italy.
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- Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Piemonte, Liguria e Valle d'Aosta, 10154 Torino, Italy
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- Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Piemonte, Liguria e Valle d'Aosta, 10154 Torino, Italy
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- Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Piemonte, Liguria e Valle d'Aosta, 10154 Torino, Italy
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- Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Piemonte, Liguria e Valle d'Aosta, 10154 Torino, Italy
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Fedorowski A, Ricci F, Palermi S, Renda G, Gallina S, Melander O, De Caterina R, Sutton R. 073_16968-G2 Non-Cardiac Syncope and All-Cause Mortality in Adults: A Meta-Analysis of Prospective Studies. JACC Clin Electrophysiol 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jacep.2017.09.007] [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: 10/18/2022]
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Ricci F, Sutton R, Palermi S, Renda G, Gallina S, Melander O, De Caterin R, Fedorowski A. P830Non-cardiac syncope and all-cause mortality in the adult general population: a meta-analysis of prospective studies. Eur Heart J 2017. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehx501.p830] [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] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Sireci F, Speciale R, Gallina S, Sorrentino R, Canevari FR. Clarithromycin in the Management of Chronic Rhinosinusitis: Preliminary Results of a Possible Its New Use. Indian J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2017; 70:87-91. [PMID: 29456949 DOI: 10.1007/s12070-017-1153-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2016] [Accepted: 07/17/2017] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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The aim of this study is to evaluate the efficacy and safety of prolonged therapy with low-dose clarithromycin in patients with chronic rhinosinusitis with polyps (CRSwP) after endoscopic sinus surgery (ESS). A total of 10 patients with CRSwP were identified and subjected to bilateral ESS. In post-operative patients they were treated with nasal wash with saline solution and steroid sprays (beclomethasone). During follow-up, after 30-40 days after the operation (M = 35.4 SD = +4.33), patients reported a worsening of symptoms with onset of nasal obstruction; reduction/loss of smell; headache; onset of viscous secretions and therefore all patients continued therapy with saline nasal irrigation, topical steroid therapy and started macrolide (clarithromycin 500 mg/pill: 1 pill/day for 3 days a week for 1 month). 22-item SinoNasal Outcome Test (SNOT-22) and a score to the endoscopic evaluation (endoscopic appearance score, EAS) before and after treatment were performed to evaluate efficacy of treatment. The results of the SNOT-22 and EAS showed statistically significant improvements (p < 0.05) for some parameters such as: the need to blow nose, sneezing, hyposmia, viscous mucous secretions about the SNOT-22 and reduction of secretions and edema of the nasal mucosa about the EAS. The preliminary results of our study show that the low-dose clarithromycin for a period of 1 month can improve patient complaints with CRSwP not only through the antibacterial properties but also for the immunomodulatory characteristics.
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- 1Otorhinolaryngology Section, Department of Experimental Biomedicine and Clinical Neurosciences, (BioNeC), University of Palermo, via del Vespro 129, 90127 Palermo, Italy
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- 1Otorhinolaryngology Section, Department of Experimental Biomedicine and Clinical Neurosciences, (BioNeC), University of Palermo, via del Vespro 129, 90127 Palermo, Italy
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- 1Otorhinolaryngology Section, Department of Experimental Biomedicine and Clinical Neurosciences, (BioNeC), University of Palermo, via del Vespro 129, 90127 Palermo, Italy
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- Otorinolaryngology Section, SS Antonio Biagio e Cesare Arrigo Hospital, Alessandria, Italy
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- Otorinolaryngology Section, SS Antonio Biagio e Cesare Arrigo Hospital, Alessandria, Italy
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Macori G, Giacinti G, Bellio A, Gallina S, Bianchi DM, Sagrafoli D, Marri N, Giangolini G, Amatiste S, Decastelli L. Molecular Epidemiology of Methicillin-Resistant and Methicillin-Susceptible Staphylococcus aureus in the Ovine Dairy Chain and in Farm-Related Humans. Toxins (Basel) 2017; 9:E161. [PMID: 28509842 PMCID: PMC5450709 DOI: 10.3390/toxins9050161] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2017] [Revised: 05/05/2017] [Accepted: 05/09/2017] [Indexed: 01/14/2023] Open
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Staphylococcus aureus is a major cause of clinical infections in humans and its enterotoxins cause foodborne disease. In the present study, we tested a total of 51 isolates of S. aureus from small-ruminant dairy farms with artisan dairy facilities, all located in Latium, Italy. The farms have a known history of a high prevalence of methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA). Most of the MRSA isolates (27 of 51) belonged to spa-type t127 (43.1%), followed by t2678 (3.9%), t044 (2%), t1166 (2%), and t1773 (2%). PFGE performed on mecA positive strains identified one cluster (≥ 80% of similarity), comprising 22 MRSA. Nine of twenty-two MRSA isolates were assigned human host origin, and 13 isolates did not belong to a specific host. During the characterization study, one strain isolated from bulk tank milk samples harbored the pvl gene; the strain was not enterotoxigenic with a non-specific host according to the biotyping scheme, highlighting the possible emerging risk of transmission of bacterial virulence factors by foods, the environment, and foodhandlers. These findings stress the importance of hygienic measures at all processing steps of the food production chain and underline that monitoring for the presence of MRSA throughout the food chain is essential for public health.
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- Guerrino Macori
- National Reference Laboratory for Coagulase-Positive Staphylococci including Staphylococcus aureus, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Piemonte, Liguria e Valle d'Aosta, Via Bologna 148, 10154 Torino, Italy.
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- Centro di Referenza Nazionale Della Qualità Del Latte E Dei Derivati Ovini E Caprini, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Regioni Lazio e Toscana , Via Appia Nuova, 1411, 00178 Roma, Italy.
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- National Reference Laboratory for Coagulase-Positive Staphylococci including Staphylococcus aureus, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Piemonte, Liguria e Valle d'Aosta, Via Bologna 148, 10154 Torino, Italy.
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- National Reference Laboratory for Coagulase-Positive Staphylococci including Staphylococcus aureus, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Piemonte, Liguria e Valle d'Aosta, Via Bologna 148, 10154 Torino, Italy.
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- National Reference Laboratory for Coagulase-Positive Staphylococci including Staphylococcus aureus, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Piemonte, Liguria e Valle d'Aosta, Via Bologna 148, 10154 Torino, Italy.
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- Centro di Referenza Nazionale Della Qualità Del Latte E Dei Derivati Ovini E Caprini, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Regioni Lazio e Toscana , Via Appia Nuova, 1411, 00178 Roma, Italy.
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- Centro di Referenza Nazionale Della Qualità Del Latte E Dei Derivati Ovini E Caprini, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Regioni Lazio e Toscana , Via Appia Nuova, 1411, 00178 Roma, Italy.
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- Centro di Referenza Nazionale Della Qualità Del Latte E Dei Derivati Ovini E Caprini, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Regioni Lazio e Toscana , Via Appia Nuova, 1411, 00178 Roma, Italy.
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- Centro di Referenza Nazionale Della Qualità Del Latte E Dei Derivati Ovini E Caprini, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Regioni Lazio e Toscana , Via Appia Nuova, 1411, 00178 Roma, Italy.
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- National Reference Laboratory for Coagulase-Positive Staphylococci including Staphylococcus aureus, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Piemonte, Liguria e Valle d'Aosta, Via Bologna 148, 10154 Torino, Italy.
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Ercoli L, Gallina S, Nia Y, Auvray F, Primavilla S, Guidi F, Pierucci B, Graziotti C, Decastelli L, Scuota S. Investigation of a Staphylococcal Food Poisoning Outbreak from a Chantilly Cream Dessert, in Umbria (Italy). Foodborne Pathog Dis 2017; 14:407-413. [PMID: 28402712 PMCID: PMC5512467 DOI: 10.1089/fpd.2016.2267] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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On August 28, 2015, a staphylococcal food poisoning outbreak occurred in Umbria, Italy, affecting 24 of the 42 customers who had dinner at a local restaurant. About 3 h after ingesting a variety of foods, the customers manifested gastrointestinal symptoms. Within 24 h of notification from the hospital emergency department, Sanitary Inspectors of the local Public Health Unit performed an epidemiological investigation. A retrospective cohort study was conducted among the customers. Food and environmental samples were collected. Due to the rapid onset of symptoms (vomiting, diarrhea), the food samples were analyzed for the presence of toxigenic bacteria and their toxins; nasopharyngeal swabs were collected from the waiters and cooks. Among the food tested, high levels of coagulase-positive staphylococci (CPS) (3.4 × 108 CFU/g) and staphylococcal enterotoxins (2.12 ng SEA/g) were only detected in the Chantilly cream dessert. CPS were also detected on the surface of a kitchen table (10 CFU/swab), and five food handlers were positive for Staphylococcus aureus. In total, five enterotoxigenic S. aureus isolates were recovered from three food handlers, a kitchen surface, and the Chantilly cream dessert. These isolates were further characterized by biotyping, pulsed-field gel electrophoresis, and multiplex polymerase chain reaction assays for the detection of eleven enterotoxin encoding genes (sea, seb, sec, sed, see, seg, seh, sei, sej, sep, and ser) and three genes involved in antibiotic resistance (mecA, mecC, and mupA). Three sea-positive strains, isolated from the dessert, environment, and one of the cooks, had the same pulsed-field gel electrophoresis profile and belonged to the human biotype, suggesting that the contamination causing the outbreak most likely originated from a food handler. Moreover, improper storage of the dessert, at room temperature for about 5 h, permitted microbial growth and SEA production. This study underlines the importance of both laboratory evidence and epidemiological data for outbreak investigation.
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- Laura Ercoli
- 1 Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale Umbria e Marche , Perugia, Italy
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- 2 National Reference Laboratory Stafilococchi coagulasi positivi-Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Piemonte , Liguria e Valle d'Aosta, Torino, Italy
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- 3 Laboratory for Food Safety, Anses, Université Paris-Est , Maisons-Alfort, France
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- 3 Laboratory for Food Safety, Anses, Université Paris-Est , Maisons-Alfort, France
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- 1 Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale Umbria e Marche , Perugia, Italy
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- 1 Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale Umbria e Marche , Perugia, Italy
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- 4 Dipartimento Prevenzione Servizio Igiene Alimenti e Nutrizione, USL Umbria 1, Piazza Giovanni XXIII, Citta' di Castello, Italy
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- 4 Dipartimento Prevenzione Servizio Igiene Alimenti e Nutrizione, USL Umbria 1, Piazza Giovanni XXIII, Citta' di Castello, Italy
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- 2 National Reference Laboratory Stafilococchi coagulasi positivi-Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Piemonte , Liguria e Valle d'Aosta, Torino, Italy
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- 1 Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale Umbria e Marche , Perugia, Italy
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Szepfalusi Z, Fehrenbach H, Jensen-Jarolim E, Hartmann A, Pali-Schöll I, Untersmayr E, Wille S, Meyer P, Klingebiel C, Lidholm J, Ehrenberg A, Östling J, Cleach I, Mège JL, Vitte J, Aina R, Dubiela P, Pfeifer S, Bublin M, Radauer C, Humeniuk P, Kabasser S, Asero R, Bogas G, Gomez F, Campo P, Salas M, Doña I, Barrionuevo E, Guerrero MA, Mayorga C, Prieto A, Barber D, Torres MJ, Jamin A, Wangorsch A, Ballmer B, Vieths S, Scheurer S, Apostolovic D, Mihailovic J, Krstic M, Starkhammar M, Velickovic TC, Hamsten C, van Hage M, van Erp FC, Knol EF, Kansen HM, Pontoppidan B, Meijer Y, van der Ent CK, Knulst AC, Sayers R, Brown H, Custovic A, Simpson A, Mills C, Schulz J, Akkerdaas J, Totis M, Capt A, Herouet-Guicheney C, van Ree R, Banerjee T, Banerjee A, Claude M, Bouchaud G, Lupi R, Castan L, Tranquet O, Denery-Papini S, Bodinier M, Brossard C, De Poi R, Gritti E, De Dominicis E, Popping B, de Laureto PP, Palosuo K, Kukkonen AK, Pelkonen A, Mäkelä M, Lee NA, Rost J, Muralidharan S, Campbell D, Mehr S, Nock C, Baumert J, Taylor S, Mastrorilli C, Tripodi S, Caffarelli C, Perna S, Di Rienzo Businco A, Sfika I, Dondi A, Bianchi A, Dascola CP, Ricci G, Cipriani F, Maiello N, del Giudice MM, Frediani T, Frediani S, Macrì F, Pistoletti C, Iacono ID, Patria MF, Varin E, Peroni D, Comberiati P, Chini L, Moschese V, Lucarelli S, Bernardini R, Pingitore G, Pelosi U, Olcese R, Moretti M, Cirisano A, Faggian D, Travaglini A, Plebani M, Verga MC, Calvani M, Giordani P, Matricardi PM, Ontiveros N, Cabrera-Chavez F, Galand J, Beaudouin E, Pineau F, Sakai S, Matsunaga K, Teshima R, Larré C, Denery S, Tschirner S, Trendelenburg V, Schulz G, Niggemann B, Beyer K, Bouferkas Y, Belabbas Y, Saidi D, Kheroua O, Mecherfi KEE, Guendouz M, Haddi A, Kaddouri H, Amaral L, Pereira A, Rodrigues S, Datema M, Jongejan L, Clausen M, Knulst A, Papadopoulos N, Kowalski M, de Blay F, Zwinderman A, Hoffman-Sommergruber K, Ballmer-Weber B, Fernandez-Rivas M, Deng S, Yin J, Eisenmann C, Nassiri M, Reinert R, van der Valk JPM, van Wijk RG, Vergouwe Y, Steyerberg EW, Reitsma M, Wichers HJ, Savelkoul HFJ, Vlieg-Boerstra B, Dubois AEJ, de Jong NW, Carolino F, Rodolfo A, Cernadas J, Roa-Medellín D, Rodriguez-Fernandez A, Navarro J, Albendiz V, Baeza ML, Intente-Herrero S, Mikkelsen A, Mehlig K, Lissner L, Verrill L, Luccioli S, van Bilsen J, Kuper F, Wolterbeek A, Rankouhi TR, Verschuren L, Cnossen H, Jeurink P, Garssen J, Knippels L, Garthoff J, Houben G, Leeman W, Eleonore Pettersson M, Schins AMM, Koppelman GH, Kollen BJ, Zubchenko S, Kuntz S, Mérida P, Álvaro M, Piquer M, Riggioni C, Castellanos JH, Jimenez R, Cap M, Drumez E, Lejeune S, Thumerelle C, Mordacq C, Nève V, Ricò S, Varini M, Nocerino R, Cosenza L, Amoroso A, Di Costanzo M, Di Scala C, Bedogni G, Canani RB, Turner PJ, Poza-Guedes P, González-Pérez R, Sánchez-Machín I, Matheu-Delgado V, Wambre E, Ballegaard AS, Madsen C, Gregersen J, Bøgh KL, Aubert P, Neunlist M, Magnan A, Lozano-Ojalvo D, Pablos-Tanarro A, Pérez-Rodríguez L, Molina E, López-Fandiño R, Rekima A, Macchiaverni P, Turfkruyer M, Holvoet S, Dupuis L, Baiz N, Annesi-Maesano I, Mercenier A, Nutten S, Verhasselt V, Mrakovcic-Sutic I, Banac S, Sutic I, Baricev-Novakovic Z, Sutic I, Pavisic V, Muñoz-Cano R, Jiménez-Rodríguez T, Corbacho D, Roca-Ferrer J, Bartra J, Bulog A, Micovic V, Markiewicz L, Szymkiewicz A, Szyc A, Wróblewska B, Harvey BM, Harthoorn LF, Wesley Burks A, Rentzos G, Björk ALB, Bengtsson U, Barber C, Kalicinsky C, Breynaert C, Coorevits L, Jansen C, Van Hoeyveld E, Verbeke K, Kochuyt AM, Schrijvers R, Deleanu D, Muntean A, Konstantakopoulou M, Pasioti M, Papadopoulou A, Iliopoulou A, Mikos N, Kompoti E, de Castro ED, Bartalomé B, Ue KL, Griffiths E, Till S, Grimshaw K, Roberts G, Selby A, Butiene I, Larco JI, Dubakiene R, Fiandor A, Fiocchi A, Papadopoulos N, Sigurdardottir S, Sprikkelman A, Schoemaker AF, Xepapadaki P, Keil T, Cojocariu Z, Barbado BS, Iancu V, Arroabarren E, Esarte MG, Arteaga M, Andrade MC, Borges D, Kalil J, Bianchi PG, Agondi RC, Gupta RK, Sharma A, Gupta K, Das M, Dwivedi P, Karseladze R, Jorjoliani L, Saginadze L, Tskhakaia M, Basello K, Piuri G, Speciani AF, Speciani MC, Camerotto C, Zinno F, Pakholchuk O, Nedelska S, Pattini S, Costantino MT, Peveri S, Villalta D, Savi E, Costanzi A, Revyakina VA, Kiseleva MA, Kuvshinova ED, Larkova IA, Shekhetov AA, Silva D, Moreira A, Plácido J, van der Kleij H, van Twuijver E, Sutorius R, de Kam PJ, van Odijk J, Lindqvist H, Lustig E, Jácome AAA, Aguilar KLB, Domínguez MG, Hernández DAM, Caruso C, Casale C, Rapaccini GL, Romano A, De Vitis I, Cocco RR, Aranda C, Mallozi MC, Motta JF, Moraes L, Pastorino A, Rosario N, Goudouris E, Porto A, Wandalsen NF, Sarinho E, Sano F, Solé D, Pitsios C, Petrodimopoulou M, Papadopoulou E, Passioti M, Kontogianni M, Adamia N, Khaleva E, del Prado AP, Du Toit G, Krzych E, Samolinska-Zawisza U, Furmanczyk K, Tomaszewska A, Raciborski F, Lipiec A, Samel-Kowalik P, Walkiewicz A, Borowicz J, Samolinski B, Nano AL, Recto M, Somoza ML, López NB, Alzate DP, Ruano FJ, Garcimartín MI, Haroun E, de la Torre MV, Rojas A, Onieva ML, Canto G, Rodrigues A, Forno A, Cabral AJ, Gonçalves R, Vorozhko I, Sentsova T, Chernyak O, Denisova S, Ilènko L, Muhortnich V, Zimmermann C, Rohrbach A, Bakhsh FR, Boudewijn K, Oomkes-Pilon AM, Van Ginkle D, Šilar M, Jeverica A, Vesel T, Avčin T, Korošec P, van der Valk J, Berends I, Arends N, van Maaren M, Wichers H, Emons J, Dubois A, de Jong N, Matsyura O, Besh L, Huang CH, Jan TR, Stiefel G, Tratt J, Kirk K, Carolino F, Arasi S, Caminiti L, Crisafulli G, Fiamingo C, Fresta J, Pajno G, Remington B, Kruizinga A, Marty Blom W, Westerhout J, Bijlsma S, Baumert J, Blankestijn M, Otten H, Klemans R, Michelsen-Huisman AD, van Os-Medendorp H, Kruizinga AG, Versluis A, van Duijn G, de Zeeuw-Brouwer HML, Castenmiller JJM, Noteborn HPJM, Houben GF, Bravin K, Luyt D, Javed B, Couch P, Munro C, Padfield P, Sperrin M, Byrne A, Oosthuizen L, Kelleher C, Ward F, Brosnan N, King G, Corbet E, Guzmán JAH, García MB, Asensio O, Navarrete LV, Larramona H, Miró XD, Pyrz K, Austin M, Boloh Y, Couch P, Galloway D, Hernandez P, Hourihane JO, Kenna F, Majkowska-Wojciechowska B, Regent L, Themisb M, Schnadt S, Semic-Jusufagic A, Galvin AD, Kauppila T, Kuitunen M, Kitsioulis NA, Douladiris N, Kostoudi S, Manolaraki I, Mitsias D, Manousakis E, Papadopoulos NG, Knibb R, Hammond J, Cooke R, Yrjänä J, Hanni AM, Vähäsarja P, Mustonen O, Dunder T, Kulmala P, Lasa E, D’Amelio C, Martínez S, Joral A, Gastaminza G, Goikoetxea MJ, Candy DCA, Van Ampting MTJ, Oude Nijhuis MM, Butt AM, Peroni DG, Fox AT, Knol J, Michaelis LJ, Padua I, Padrao P, Moreira P, Barros R, Sharif H, Ahmed M, Gomaa N, Mens J, Smit K, Timmermans F, Poredoš T, Jeverica AK, Sedmak M, Benedik E, Accetto M, Zupančič M, Yonamine G, Soldateli G, Aquilante B, Pastorino AC, de Moraes Beck CL, Gushken AK, de Barros Dorna M, dos Santos CN, Castro APM, Al-Qahtani A, Arnaout R, Khaliq AR, Amin R, Sheikh F, Alvarez J, Anda M, Palacios M, De Prada M, Ponce C, Balbino B, Sibilano R, Marichal T, Gaudenzio N, Karasuyama H, Bruhns P, Tsai M, Reber LL, Galli SJ, Ferreira AR, Cernadas JR, del Campo García A, Fernández SP, Carrera NS, Sánchez-Cruz FB, Lorenzo JRF, Claus S, Pföhler C, Ruëff F, Treudler R, Jaume ME, Madroñero A, Perez MTG, Julia JC, Plovdiv CH, Gethings L, Langridge J, Adel-Patient K, Bernard H, Barcievic-Jones I, Sokolova R, Yankova R, Ivanovska M, Murdjeva M, Popova T, Dermendzhiev S, Karjalainen M, Lehnigk U, Brown D, Locklear JC, Locklear J, Maris I, Hourihane J, Ornelas C, Caiado J, Ferreira MB, Pereira-Barbosa M, Puente Y, Daza JC, Monteseirin FJ, Ukleja-Sokolowska N, Gawronska-Ukleja E, Zbikowska-Gotz M, Bartuzi Z, Sokolowski L, Adams A, Mahon B, English K, Gourdon-Dubois N, Sellam L, Pereira B, Michaud E, Messaoudi K, Evrard B, Fauquert JL, Palomares F, Gomez G, Rodriguez MJ, Galindo L, Molina A, Paparo L, Mennini M, Aitoro R, Wawrzeńczyk A, Przybyszewski M, Wawrzeńczyk A, Sarıcoban HE, Ugras M, Yalvac Z, Flokstra-de Blok BMJ, van der Velde JL, Vereda A, Ippolito C, Traversa A, Adriano D, Bianchi DM, Gallina S, Decastelli L, Makatsori M, Miles A, Devetak SP, Devetak I, Tabet SA, Trandbohus JF, Winther P, Malling HJ, Hansen KS, Garvey LH, Wang CC, Cheng YH, Tung CW, Dietrich M, Marenholz I, Kalb B, Grosche S, Blümchen K, Schlags R, Price M, Rietz S, Esparza-Gordillo J, Lau S, Lee YA, Almontasheri A, Bahkali MA, Elshorbagi S, Alfhaid A, Altamimi M, Madbouly E, Al-Dhekri H, Arnaout RK, Basagaña M, Miquel S, Bartolomé B, Brix B, Rohwer S, Brandhoff S, Berger A, Suer W, Weimann A, Bueno C, Martín-Pedraza L, Abián S, Segundo-Acosta PS, López-Rodríguez JC, Barderas R, Batanero E, Cuesta-Herranz J, Villalba MT, Correia M, Benito-Garcia F, Arêde C, Piedade S, Morais-Almeida M, Hindley J, Yarham R, Kuklinska-Pijanka A, Gillick D, Patient K, Chapman MD, Bøgh KL, Miranda A, Matos E, Sokolova A, Rao H, Baricevic-Jones I, Smith F, Xue W, Magnusdottir H, Vidarsdottir AG, Lund S, Jensen AB, Ludviksson BR, Simon R, Elfont R, Bennett S, Voyksner R, de Lurdes Torre M, Yürek S, Faber MA, Bastiaensen A, Mangodt E, van Gasse A, Decuyper I, Sabato V, Hagendorens MM, Bridts CH, De Clerck LS, Ebo D, Schwarz S, Ziegert M, Albroscheit S, Schwager C, Kull S, Behrends J, Röckendorf N, Schocker F, Frey A, Homann A, Becker WM, Jappe U, Zaabat N, Osscini S, Agabriel C, Sterling B, Carsin A, Liabeuf V, Maćków M, Zbróg A, Bronkowska M, Courtois J, Gadisseur R, Bertholet C, Lukas P, Cavalier E, Delahaut P, Quinting B, Gertmo MB, Hasseus ET, Barzylovych V, Oliveira J, Ensina LF, Aranda CS, Dopazo L, Lopez R, Perez R, Santos-Diez L, Bilbao A, Garcia JM, Núñez IG, Mármol MÁA, Villarejo MJB, Martos JAB, Vergara MS, García JMI, Michalska A, Sergiejko G, Zacniewski R, Ghiordanescu IM, Deaconu C, Popescu M, Bumbacea RS, Ibranji A, Nikolla E, Loloci G, Juel-Berg N, Larsen LF, Poulsen LK, Marcelino J, Prata R, Costa AC, Duarte F, Neto M, Santos J, Pestana LC, Sampaio D, Minale P, Dignetti P, Bignardi D, Nedelea I, Popescu FD, Vieru M, Secureanu FA, Ganea CS, Vieira M, Silva JPM, Watts T, Watts S, Lomikovska M, Peredelskaya M, Nenasheva N, Filipovic I, Zivkovic Z, Filipovic D, Higgs J, Warner A, Jones C. Abstracts from the Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Meeting 2016. Clin Transl Allergy 2017. [PMCID: PMC5384531 DOI: 10.1186/s13601-017-0142-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Filipello V, Gallina S, Amato E, Losio MN, Pontello M, Decastelli L, Lomonaco S. Diversity and persistence of Listeria monocytogenes within the Gorgonzola PDO production chain and comparison with clinical isolates from the same area. Int J Food Microbiol 2017; 245:73-78. [PMID: 28153561 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2017.01.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2016] [Revised: 12/06/2016] [Accepted: 01/22/2017] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
Abstract
Listeria monocytogenes causes invasive syndromes with high fatality rates in specific population groups. Cheeses have been commonly implicated in outbreaks worldwide. Gorgonzola is a cheese only produced in Northwestern Italy (it is the third Italian cheese in terms of production and export) and L. monocytogenes is frequently isolated from the production chain. The aims of this study were to assess the distribution of L. monocytogenes Virulence Types (VTs) in isolates collected in Gorgonzola processing plants and to determine the presence of Epidemic Clones (ECs). Fifty-Six L. monocytogenes strains collected between 2004 and 2016 from cheese and environmental samples were subtyped with Multi-Virulence-Locus Sequence Typing (MVLST) and compared to previously typed strains. Most isolates (n=50) belonged to two new VTs (VT113 and VT114). The remaining isolates belonged to previously identified VTs: VT14-ECVIII (milk chocolate outbreak, 1994, USA) and VT80 (ricotta salata outbreak, 2012, USA). VT14, VT80 and VT113 were shared with isolates from apparently sporadic human cases in the same geographical area and temporal period (Piedmont and Lombardy, 2005-2016). The overall L. monocytogenes population appears to be homogeneous and may be characteristic of Gorgonzola production. Nevertheless, the detection in cheese and environmental samples of VTs observed in clinical isolates or outbreak related strains (VT80, VT14) contributed to better describe the current scenario and pointed out the need for increased surveillance.
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- Virginia Filipello
- Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Turin, Largo P. Braccini, 2, 10095 Grugliasco, Italy.
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- Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Piemonte Liguria e Valle d'Aosta, Via Bologna 48, 10154 Torino, Italy.
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- Department of Health Sciences, University of Milan, Via di Rudinì 8, 20142 Milan, Italy.
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- Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Lombardia ed Emilia Romagna, Via A. Bianchi 9, 25124 Brescia, Italy.
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- Department of Health Sciences, University of Milan, Via di Rudinì 8, 20142 Milan, Italy.
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- Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Piemonte Liguria e Valle d'Aosta, Via Bologna 48, 10154 Torino, Italy.
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- Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Turin, Largo P. Braccini, 2, 10095 Grugliasco, Italy.
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Traversa A, Adriano D, Bellio A, Bianchi DM, Gallina S, Ippolito C, Romano A, Durelli P, Pezzana A, Decastelli L. Food Safety and Sustainable Nutrition Workshops: Educational Experiences for Primary School Children in Turin, Italy. Ital J Food Saf 2017; 6:6177. [PMID: 28299288 PMCID: PMC5337781 DOI: 10.4081/ijfs.2017.6177] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2016] [Revised: 11/30/2016] [Accepted: 12/07/2016] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
Abstract
European control and prevention policies are focused to guarantee a high level of protection of consumers' health. Food-borne diseases as obesity, diabetes, food allergy, and food-borne outbreaks are increasing. To prevent food-borne diseases, it is fundamental to involve consumers, in particular children, in educational experiences aimed to learn the proper behaviours to be applied. In this context, we designed and performed 5 educational workshops about food safety, hidden allergens in food and nutrition aimed to involve children attending primary and summer school. These experiences let us collect observations about children knowledge and behaviours. From May to October 2015, a total of 1708 children aged 6 to 11 years joined our workshops. Children were involved in listening activities, laboratory experiments, handling games and sensory experiences. All participants were familiar with food allergy and were interested to know how to behave with allergic people. Children showed great curiosity in discovering that many foods normally contain live bacteria. Less than 25% of children reported to skip breakfast, to have it watching TV or to spend few minutes for it. Many of them (>75%) thought that fruits and vegetables are all year-round available and are not related to a specific period. Very few participants (<25%) knew that freezing is the treatment to be applied to make fresh fish safe from parasites. Children involved in food safety and nutrition educational experiences have the opportunity to increase their awareness about the correct behaviours to prevent food-borne diseases and to improve their own critical thinking about food consumption.
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Affiliation(s)
- Amaranta Traversa
- Food Control and Production Hygiene Unit, Institute for Experimental Veterinary Medicine of Piedmont, Liguria and Aosta Valley, Turin, Italy
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- Food Control and Production Hygiene Unit, Institute for Experimental Veterinary Medicine of Piedmont, Liguria and Aosta Valley, Turin, Italy
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- Food Control and Production Hygiene Unit, Institute for Experimental Veterinary Medicine of Piedmont, Liguria and Aosta Valley, Turin, Italy
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- Food Control and Production Hygiene Unit, Institute for Experimental Veterinary Medicine of Piedmont, Liguria and Aosta Valley, Turin, Italy
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- Food Control and Production Hygiene Unit, Institute for Experimental Veterinary Medicine of Piedmont, Liguria and Aosta Valley, Turin, Italy
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- Food Control and Production Hygiene Unit, Institute for Experimental Veterinary Medicine of Piedmont, Liguria and Aosta Valley, Turin, Italy
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- Food Control and Production Hygiene Unit, Institute for Experimental Veterinary Medicine of Piedmont, Liguria and Aosta Valley, Turin, Italy
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- Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition Unit, San Giovanni Bosco Hospital, Turin, Italy
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- Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition Unit, San Giovanni Bosco Hospital, Turin, Italy
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- Food Control and Production Hygiene Unit, Institute for Experimental Veterinary Medicine of Piedmont, Liguria and Aosta Valley, Turin, Italy
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Duchenne J, Michalski BW, Valente F, Bianco F, Almeida Morais L, Ricci F, Darmon A, Bezy S, Claus P, Pagourelias E, Gheysens O, Rega F, Voigt JU, Stankovic I, Paqourelias E, Faber L, Ciarka A, Aarones M, Winter S, Aakhus S, Fehske W, Voigt JU, Ruiz-Munoz A, Galian L, Dux-Santoy L, Pizzi N, Aguade S, Otaegui I, Huguet M, Sao-Avilez A, Gutierrez L, Maldonado G, Gonzalez-Alujas T, Garcia-Dorado D, Evangelista A, Rodriguez-Palomares JF, Bucciarelli V, Ricci F, Aquilani R, Di Pace GG, Miniera E, De Caterina R, Gallina S, Santos N, Moura Branco L, Galrinho A, Aguiar Rosa S, Rodrigues I, Portugal G, Pinto-Teixeira P, Viveiros-Monteiro A, Cruz-Ferreira R, Aquilani R, Dipace G, Bucciarelli V, Bianco F, Miniero E, Gallina S, Verdonk C, Lepage L, Cimadevilla C, Nataf P, Vahanian A, Messika-Zeitoun D. HIT moderated posters session: imaging of tomorrowP88Contribution of LV dilatation and left bundle branch block to functional mitral regurgitation in DCM heartsP89Can we predict improvement of secondary mitral regurgitation after CRT?P90Dual-energy computed tomography myocardial perfusion to detect coronary artery disease and predict need of revascularizationP91Prognostic role of ventricular-arterial coupling after cardiac surgeryP93Long-term prognostic determinants in valvular aortic stenosis - is optimized medical therapy an option?P94Diagnostic performance and prognostic value of cardiopulmonary ultrasound for the early diagnosis of postoperative heart failure after cardiac surgeryP95Does tricuspid annuloplasty increases surgical mortality and morbidity during mitral valve replacement? Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging 2016. [DOI: 10.1093/ehjci/jew232] [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] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Kanda T, Borizanova A, Borizanova A, Zayat R, Bianco F, Hajdu M, Cherata DA, Ariani R, Sanchez J, Surkova E, Kalcik M, Demkina AE, Di Meglio M, Luszczak JM, Filipiak D, Sanz Sanchez J, Kolesnyk MY, Cersit S, Chokesuwattanaskul R, De Lepper AGW, Hubert A, Tavares Da Silva M, Svetlin Nedkov Tsonev ST, Ahmed A, Fujita M, Iida O, Masuda M, Okamoto S, Ishihara T, Nanto K, Uematsu M, Kinova E, Goudev A, Kinova E, Goudev A, Aljalloud A, Musetti G, Kang HJ, Jansen-Park SH, Goetzenich A, Autschbach R, Hatam N, Cicchitti V, Bucciarelli V, Di Girolamo E, Tonti G, De Caterina R, Gallina S, Vertes V, Meiszterics ZS, Szabados S, Simor T, Faludi R, Muraru D, Palermo C, Romeo G, Aruta P, Binotto G, Semenzato G, Carstea D, Iliceto S, Badano LP, Soesanto AM, Ruiz M, Mesa D, Delgado M, Gutierrez G, Aristizabal CH, Fernandez J, Ferreiro C, Duran E, Anguita M, Castillo JC, Pan M, Arizon JM, Suarez De Lezo J, Bidviene J, Brunello G, Veronesi F, Cavalli G, Sokalskis V, Aruta P, Badano LP, Muraru D, Yesin M, Bayam E, Gunduz S, Gursoy MO, Karakoyun S, Astarcioglu MA, Cersit S, Candan O, Ozkan M, Krylova NS, Poteshkina NG, Kovalevskaya EA, Hashieva FM, Venner C, Huttin O, Guillaumot A, Chaouat A, Chabot F, Juilliere Y, Selton-Suty C, Williams CA, Stuart AG, Pieles GE, Kasprzak JD, Lipiec P, Osa Saez A, Arnau Vives MA, Buendia Fuentes F, Ferre Valverdu M, Quesada Carmona A, Serrano Martinez F, Montero Argudo A, Martinez Dolz L, Rueda Soriano J, Nikitjuk OV, Dzyak GV, Gunduz S, Tabakci M, Gursoy O, Karakoyun S, Bayam E, Kalcik M, Yesin M, Ozkan M, Satitthummanid S, Boonyaratavej S, Herold IHF, Saporito S, Bouwman RA, Mischi M, Korsten HHM, Reesink KD, Houthuizen P, Galli E, Bouzille G, Samset E, Donal E, Pestana G, De Sousa C, Pinto R, Ribeiro V, Vasconcelos M, Almeida PB, Macedo F, Maciel MJ, Manov E, Runev N, Shabani R, Gartcheva M, Donova T, Petrov I, Al-Mallah M. HIT Poster session 1P161E/e'*SV is a better predictor of outcome than E/e' in patients with heart failure with preserved left ventricular ejection fractionP162Subclinical left atrial and left ventricular structural and functional abnormalities in postmenopausal women with abdominal obesityP163Central obesity and hypertension: double burden to the left atrium of postmenopausal womenP164Comparison between 3-D blood pressure pulse analyser and pulsed-wave doppler echocardiography derived hemodynamic parameters in cardiac surgery patients - a pilot studyP165Paced-induced heart electrical activation modifies the orientation of left ventricular flow momentum: novel insights from echocardiographic particle image velocimetryP166Correlations between echocardiographic and CMR-derived parameters of right ventricular size and function in patients with COPDP167Longitudinal strain analysis allows the identification of subclinical deterioration of right ventricular myocardial function in patients with cancer therapy-related left ventricular dysfunctionP168Effect of atrial fibrillation to pulmonary hypertension and right ventricular function in patient with severe mitral stenosisP169Evolution of etiologic spectrum and clinical features of mitral regurgitation since 2007 until 2015P170Tricuspid annulus area correlates more with right atrial than right ventricular volumes in patients with different mechanisms of functional tricuspid regurgitation: a 3D echocardiography studyP171The effect of hemolysis on serum lipid levels in patients suffering from severe paravalvular leakageP172Right ventricular dysfunction in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathyP173Interest of variations of echocardiographic parameters after initiation of specific therapy in the risk stratification of patients with pulmonary hypertensionP174Comparison of left and right atrial size and function in elite adolescent male football playersP175Do pocket-size imaging devices allow for reliable bedside vascular screening?P176Evolution of tricuspid regurgitation after pulmonary valve replacement for pulmonary regurgitation in repaired tetralogy of fallotP177Effect of perindopril/amlodipine combination on post-exercise E/e' in patients with arterial hypertensionP178Relationship between pulmonary venous flow and prosthetic mitral valve thrombosis P179Mitral valve parameters derived from 3-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography dataset: correlation between qlab and tomtec softwareP180Non-invasive pulmonary transit time: a new parameter for global cardiac performanceP181Assessment of the positive work and mechanical dispersion: new methods to quantify left ventricular function in aortic stenosisP182Atrial function in Takotsubo cardiomyopathy: deformation analysisP183Cardiac syndrome X- proven left ventricular perfusion and kinetic abnormalities by SPECT-CT and pharmacological dobutamine stress testP184Impact of frailty assessment on myocardial perfusion imaging results: a prospective cohort study. 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Cueva Recalde JF, Velcea A, Aguiar Rosa S, Surkova E, Bucciarelli V, Kupczynska K, Miskowiec D, Reskovic Luksic V, Verseckaite R, Jillott N, Muraru D, Muraru D, Borizanova A, Caroli S, Guerreiro S, Miskowiec D, Miskowiec D, Mahmoud HM, Peovska Mitevska I, Babukov R, Brecht A, Garcia-Sanchez MJ, Gayan Ordas J, Lacambra Blasco I, Mihaila S, Andronic AA, Marcu S, Vinereanu D, Galrinho A, Branco L, Timoteo A, Cunha P, Lousinha A, Valente B, Pereira Silva T, Oliveira M, Cruz Ferreira R, Aalen J, Samset E, Bidviene J, Aruta P, Romeo G, Sambugaro F, Badano LP, Muraru D, Bianco F, Di Blasio A, Izzicupo P, Ghinassi B, Napolitano G, Di Baldassarre A, Gallina S, Michalski B, Miskowiec D, Kasprzak JD, Lipiec P, Kupczynska K, Michalski B, Simiera M, Lipiec P, Wejner-Mik P, Wierzbowska-Drabik K, Ojrzanowski M, Kasprzak JD, Pasalic M, Separovic Hanzevacki J, Mizariene V, Montvilaite A, Unikaite R, Bieseviciene M, Jurkevicius R, Wilson S, Marotta C, Mihaila S, Calore C, Bidviene J, Surkova E, Romeo G, Aruta P, Palermo C, Badano LP, Marotta C, Mihaila S, Calore C, Aruta P, Romeo G, Surkova E, Bidviene J, Iliceto S, Badano LP, Kinova E, Kundurzhiev T, Goudev A, Bellsham-Revell HR, Bell AJ, Miller OI, Simpson JM, Raposo L, Andrade MJ, Horta E, Reis C, Almeida M, Mendes M, Wejner-Mik P, Kasprzak JD, Qawoq HD, Zycinski P, Wcislo T, Kupczynska K, Lipiec P, Wejner-Mik P, Kasprzak JD, Qawoq HD, Zycinski P, Wcislo T, Kupczynska K, Lipiec P, Abdel Raouf O, Kheir A, Halawa S, Al-Ghamdi M, Ghabashi A, Srbinovska E, Antova E, Bosevski M, Bazilev VV, Bartosh FL, Bathe M, Oertelt-Prigione S, Seeland U, Regitz-Zagrosek V, Baumann G, Stangl K, Stangl V, Knebel F, Dreger H, Barreiro-Perez M, Arribas-Jimenez A, Martin-Garcia A, Diaz-Pelaez E, Rama-Merchan JC, Cruz-Gonzalez I, Sanchez PL. HIT Poster session 2P479Strain concordance in a real-world setting: experience in our laboratory after equipment upgradeP4803D echocardiography is a fast-learning and reliable method for the measurements of left atrial volumesP481Echocardiographic parameters associated with long-term appropriate antiarrhythmic therapies in cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillator patientsP482Noninvasively measured global wasted myocardial work allows for quantitative assessment of typical left ventricular mechanical dyssynchrony pattern in patients with left bundle branch blockP483The impact of adherence to physical exercise on the improvement of cardiovascular remodeling and metabolic status in healthy untrained postmenopausal womenP484The impact of the latest chamber quantification recommendations on the prediction of left atrial appendage thrombus presenceP485The cardiac-enriched miRNAs plasma levels (miR-1, miR-133a, miR-499) reflect the impaired left ventricular systolic function and correlate with cardiac necrosis markers in early phase of NSTE-ACSP486Acute regional myocardial deformation changes in patients with severe aortic stenosis and preserved ejection fraction after isolated aortic valve replacementP487Left ventricular rotational deformation in asymptomatic patients with chronic aortic regurgitation and normal left ventricular ejection fraction P488The appropriate use of transthoracic echocardiography for the exclusion of infective endocarditisP489In patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, left ventricular mass and shape by three-dimensional echocardiography are related with dynamic obstruction and functional capacityP490Mitral leaflet sizing in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: impact of method and timingP491Echocardiographic predictors of atrial fibrillation in obese womenP492Echocardiographic risk factors for 30 day mortality after the hybrid procedure for hypoplastic left heart syndromeP493Left ventricular mass is an independent predictor of coronary flow reserve: insights from a single centre stress echo cohortP494Transesophageal echocardigoraphy uner conscious sedation for guiding cryoballoon pulmonary vein isolation in paroxysmal atrial fibrillation - the safety and feasibility studyP495Transesophageal echocardigoraphy under conscious sedation for guiding cryoballoon pulmonary vein isolation in paroxysmal atrial fibrillation - the safety and feasibility studyP496Three-dimensional trans-esophageal echocardiography assessment of the immediate morphological changes of the mitral annulus after percutaneous mitral edge-to-edge repairP497Clinical value of global and regional longitudinal strain in prediction of myocardial ischemia in asymptomatic diabetes type 2 patientsP499Comparison of prognostic operative risk impact on the global longitudinal strain right ventricle (GLS RV) and tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion (TAPSE) values in patients with ischemic cardioP498Right heart function in early diastolic dysfunction: 2D speckle-tracking echocardiography-based assessment of right atrial and right ventricular functionP500 Comparison of 2D, 3D transesophageal echocardiography and computed tomography during the assessment of left atrial appendage closure. 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Bellio A, Bianchi DM, Acutis P, Biolatti C, Luzzi I, Modesto P, Rocchetti A, Decastelli L, Gallina S. Salmonella bongori 48:z35:– The first Italian case of human infection outside Sicily. Microbiol Med 2016. [DOI: 10.4081/mm.2016.5884] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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<em>Salmonella bongori</em> 48:z35:– is considered endemic to Sicily (Italy) due to its epidemiological peculiarity. To our knowledge, no previous cases of human infection caused by <em>S. bongori</em> 48:z35:– have ever been reported in mainland Italy. Here we describe the isolation of <em>S. bongori</em> 48:z35:– from a 1-year-old symptomatic child in northwest Italy (Piedmont Region). The strain showed no antimicrobial resistance. Reporting of <em>S. bongori</em> 48:z35:– in a previously safe area is important to identify epidemiological changes.
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