Vol. 25 No. 1 (2010)

Original Articles

• Microbiological characterization of plasmid-mediated AmpC ß-lactamases and E. coli hyperproducers: how and why ?

  Annibale Raglio, Marco Arosio, Paola Stano, Angela Acerbis, Francesca Vailati, Marco Passera, Annalisa Grigis, Antonio Goglio

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2010.2471

  Published: 31 March 2010

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• Strongyloides stercoralis infestation in an onco-haematogenic patient

  Carlotta Guidetti, Francesco Merli, Luigi Vecchia

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2010.2472

  Published: 31 March 2010

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• Clinical utility of QuantiFERON TB Gold Test in the diagnosis of latent tuberculosis infections

  Salvatore Nisticò, Giuseppe Ivan Potente, Maria Teresa Cerminara, Lavinia Scuro, Angela Luciano

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2010.2473

  Published: 31 March 2010

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• Indeterminate/moderate IgG avidity during HCMV infection: comparison of methods

  Massimo De Paschale, Alessia Paganini, Maria Teresa Manco, Laura Marinoni, Luigi Bertinotti, Carlo Agrappi, Paola Mirri, Arianna Gatti, Cristina Rescaldani, Pierangelo Clerici

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2010.2474

  Published: 31 March 2010

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• A rapid molecular detection protocol for Chikungunya virus directly performed on Aedes albopictus (tiger mosquito)

  Simone Barocci, Stefano Gavaudan, Chiara Bartolini, Elisa Antognini, Francesca Barchiesi, Dino Donati, Paolo Mancini, Erica Calandri, Annarita Pelliccioni, Matteo Sabbatini, Sara Briscolini

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2010.2475

  Published: 31 March 2010

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• Pros and Cons of serological testing in syphilis diagnosis and follow up

  Gino Ciarrocchi, Marco D’anzeo, Luca Butini, Giuliano Brandozzi, Davide Drenaggi, Massimo Simeone

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2010.2476

  Published: 31 March 2010

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• Evaluation of a new system (RAD 120) for the serologic determination of the T.O.R.C.H complex analytes

  Mauro Carcheri, Ilaria Chiossone, Paola Milano, Anna Alabiso, Fabrizia Capanna, Annamaria Ferretti, Licia Muselli, Caterina Oliveri, Laura Tassi, Roberto Capuzzo

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2010.2477

  Published: 31 March 2010

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• Preliminary indications for antibiotic susceptibility tests in less than six hour in positive blood cultures

  Vesselina Kroumova, Elisa Gobbato, Paola Macaluso, Sabrina Tamburelli, Francesca Marini, Marcella Perone, Stefania Orlandi, Morena Viviani, Giacomo Fortina

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2010.2478

  Published: 31 March 2010

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• Antimicrobial susceptibility of enterococci from Italian patients with infective endocarditis

  Claudio Farina, Giuseppe Russello, Annibale Raglio, Francesca Vailati, Veronica Ravasio, Maria Bruna Pasticci, Pierangelo Chinello, Claudio Scarparo, Gruppo SEI

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2010.2479

  Published: 31 March 2010

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• Molecular analysis of genital HPV: results of a study made in the years 2005-2008

  Maria Di Bello, Giuseppe Lenoci, Carmela Mazzone, Michele Direnzo

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2010.2480

  Published: 31 March 2010

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• Blood culture: improvement project through training and feedback of results and quality criteria

  Annamaria Calvo, Enrica Martini, Claudia Cutrini, Sandra Savini, Andrei Zhdan, Manso Esther

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2010.2481

  Published: 31 March 2010

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• In vitro activity of tigecycline against 313 Gram-positive and Gram-negative clinical isolates

  Elisabetta Maioli, Erika Coppo, Ramona Barbieri, Elisabetta Canepa, Laura Gualco, Carla Pruzzo, Eugenio A. Debbia, Anna Marchese

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2010.2482

  Published: 31 March 2010

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• Characterization of integrons in Burkholderia cepacia clinical isolates

  Linda Furlanis, Lucia Corich, Lucilla Dolzani, Enrico Angelo Tonin, Cristina Lagatolla

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2010.2483

  Published: 31 March 2010

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• QuantiFERON® TB Gold IT in the diagnosis of active pulmonary TB

  Clara Fabris, Adriana Abrami, Daiana Bevilacqua, Tiziana Bordon, Franca Cian, Bruno Biasioli

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2010.2484

  Published: 31 March 2010

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• Fitness cost associated with the chromosomal integron In70.2 in Pseudomonas aeruginosa clinical isolates

  Lucia Corich, Linda Furlanis, Lucilla Dolzani, Raffaela Bressan, Enrico Angelo Tonin, Cristina Lagatolla

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2010.2485

  Published: 31 March 2010

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• Respiratory infections by Achromobacter xylosoxidans in a cohort of Cystic Fibrosis patients: identification, antimicrobial susceptibility and molecular epidemiology

  Antonietta Lambiase, Maria Rosaria Catania, Mariassunta Del Pezzo, Valeria Raia, Antonino Giangrasso, Fabio Rossano

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2010.2486

  Published: 31 March 2010

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• Onychomycosis by Paecilomyces lilacinus in a patient with leukonychia

  Patrizia Innocenti, Elisabetta Pagani, Dunja Vigl, Valentina Pasquetto, Katia Scalzo, Clara Larcher

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2010.2487

  Published: 31 March 2010

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• Diagnostic accuracy of a new commercially available HCV-antigen test

  Marta Monari, Serenella Valaperta, Roberto Assandri, Alessandro Montanelli

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2010.2488

  Published: 31 March 2010

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• Micobatteriological control of diagnostic instrumentation

  Valeria Olivo, Giulia Santoro, Gabriella Corsi,, Francesco Russo, Elena Mosca, Riccardo Smeraglia

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2010.2489

  Published: 31 March 2010

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• Evaluation of a new commercial assay for the detection of norovirus in stool samples

  Maria Cristina Arcangeletti, Maria Cristina Medici, Maria del Pilar Esteban, Silvia Preti, Valeria Albonetti, Emanuel Merep Djouvoup, Giuseppe Dettori, Carlo Chezzi

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2010.2491

  Published: 31 March 2010

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• HB&L System: rapid determination of antibiotic sensitivity of bacteria isolated from blood cultures.

  Simone Barocci, Marinella Giacomini, Antonella Renzi, Marcello Palma, Luciano Latini, Luciano Quagliarini, Antonio Migali

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2010.2492

  Published: 31 March 2010

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• c-DNA of HIV-1 detection on spot of Buffy-Coat of leukocytes (DBCS)

  Marco Rossi de Gasperis, Maria Daniela Caione, Carlo Concato, Ersilia Fiscarelli, Nicola Di Pietro, Vittorio Salotti, Lorenza Putignani, Donato Menichella, Francesco Callea

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2010.2493

  Published: 31 March 2010

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• Norovirus circulation in pediatric patients

  Sara Giordana Rimoldi, Cristina Pagani, Fabrizio Stefani, Nadia Zanchetta, Gian Vincenzo Zuccotti, Ilaria di Bartolo, Franco Ruggeri, Maria Rita Gismondo

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2010.2494

  Published: 31 March 2010

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• Multicentre epidemiological survey on the incidence of Streptococcus agalactiae in pregnancy

  Leonardo Lodolo, Michelangelo Barbaglia, Claudia Canale, Cinzia Rossi, Andrea Guala, Nino Cappuccia

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2010.2495

  Published: 31 March 2010

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• Erythema chronicum migrans and salmon fishing in Alaska: an enigma resolved by microbiology laboratory

  Silvio Daffara, Valeria Brazzelli, Giorgia Ronzi, Nadia Vicari, Daniela Barbarini, Dario Pistone, Massimo Pajoro, Massimo Fabbi, Claudio Bandi, Piero Marone

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2010.2496

  Published: 31 March 2010

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• Case report of disseminated nocardiosis during immunosppressive treatment

  Maria Teresa Gallo, Grazia Prignano, Pietro Donati, Elena Greco, Alan Di Maio, Chiara Pascolini, Laura Cilli, Alessandra De Santis, Matteo Vespaziani, Fabrizio Ensoli

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2010.2497

  Published: 31 March 2010

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