Vol. 25 No. 2 (2010)

Original Articles

• Excellence in clinical laboratories: the standard ISO 15189:2007

  Antonio Scipioni, Cristina Marangoni, Anna Mazzi, Antonietta Cavallaro

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2010.2438

  Published: 30 June 2010

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• Phylogenetic relationships, virulence factors and Rep-PCR epidemiological analysis of E. coli from human sources

  Simona Caroppo, Vesselina Kroumova, Elena Grossini, Rosalia Ticozzi, Alessandro Raimondi, Giacomo Fortina

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2010.2439

  Published: 30 June 2010

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• Syphilis serology: Seroprevalence in a selected population and considerations on the Euroline WB test

  Andrea Amodeo, Francesco Caccamo, Emanuela Fichera, Patrizia Grassi, Elena Grasso, Giuliana Guardo, Silvana Mastrojeni, Ildebrando Patamia, Vanessa Scriffignano, Agata Sciacca

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2010.2440

  Published: 30 June 2010

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• Pre-analytic phase in molecular biology: criticism and non-compliance management

  Catia Sias, Loredana Aleo, Stefania Di Filippo, Marco Paterno, Anna Rosa Garbuglia, Maria Rosaria Capobianchi

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2010.2441

  Published: 30 June 2010

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• Detection of bacterial species involved in perimplantitis concerned with cultural and RT-PCR

  Marcello Gatti, Giovanna Costa, Tatiana Giulia Rizzati, Francesca Scandurra

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2010.2442

  Published: 30 June 2010

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• Development of a PCR test for the diagnosis of Toxoplasma gondii infections

  Alessia Moiana, Maurizio Gramegna, Francesca Genco, Valeria Meroni

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2010.2443

  Published: 30 June 2010

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• Role of interferon-gamma release assays (IGRAs) for the screening of latent tuberculosis infection in patients candidates for TNF-α antagonist

  Ilaria Sauzullo, Fabio Mengoni, Rossana Scrivo, Guido Valesini, Concetta Potenza, Nevena Skroza, Miriam Lichtner, Raffaella Marocco, Vullo Vincenzo, Claudio Maria Mastroianni

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2010.2444

  Published: 30 June 2010

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• Infectious caused by community-acquired Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA): three-years experience of an universitary hospital in Rome

  Anna Altieri, Maria Cristina Bossa, Silvia Minelli, Carla Fontana, Cartesio Favalli

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2010.2445

  Published: 30 June 2010

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• Microbiological surveillance in patients with cystic fibrosis

  Paola Gualdi, Roberta Gazzini, Roberta Gazzini, Michele Schinella, Ermanno Baldo, Grazia Dinella, Cristina Guerzoni

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2010.2446

  Published: 30 June 2010

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• Etiology and Incidence of positive Microbiological tests in the Department of Pneumology

  Carmela Mazzone, Maria Rizzi, Lucio Tauro

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2010.2448

  Published: 30 June 2010

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• Prevalence and clinical role of Human Bocavirus in bronchoalveolar lavages of adult patients

  Stefano Gambarino, Sara Astegiano, Francesca Sidoti, Maria Elena Terlizzi, Daniela Libertucci, Massimiliano Bergallo, Rossana Cavallo, Cristina Costa

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2010.2449

  Published: 30 June 2010

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• Fluoroquinolone resistance: relation between drug use and evolution of resistance in some Units of the “San Bassiano” hospital from 2007 to 2008

  Claudia Mascotto, Dina Bonini, Alessandra Dinale, Maria Frizzo, Gilberto Lorenzin, Elio Manni, Michela Pozza, Dario Cesco, Maria Teresa Guidi

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2010.2450

  Published: 30 June 2010

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• Virulence factors in P. aeruginosa strains isolated from cystic fibrosis patients

  Giovanna Pulcrano, Francesco Antonio Blasio, Dimitrios Panellis, Nunziata Ciccone, Vita Dora Iula, Mariassunta Del Pezzo, Maria Rosaria Catania, Fabio Rossano

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2010.2451

  Published: 30 June 2010

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• Evaluation of the HB&L system for the culture of prosthetic and osteoarticular origin samples

  Agostina Ronca, Sabrina Brenci, Giuliana Carrega, Gianni Riccio, Luisa Santoriello

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2010.2452

  Published: 30 June 2010

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• CVC related infections reported from Salam Center for Cardiac Surgery of Khartoum

  Margherita Scapaticci, Nino Di Pietro, Enzo Tucci

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2010.2453

  Published: 30 June 2010

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• Isolation of biofilm producing microorganisms isolated from urinary indwelling catheter in geriatric hospitalized patients

  Sergio Frugoni, Andrea Anicito, Maria Aurora Burgio, Letizia Tagliabue, Paolo Landini, Agata Lanzafame, Roberto Mattina

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2010.2454

  Published: 30 June 2010

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• Prevalence study of HPV mixed infections in Italian HIV positive women

  Anna Rosa Garbuglia, Pierluca Piselli, Claudia Minosse, Catia Sias, Claudia Cimaglia, Alessandro Agresta, Daniele Lapa, Franca Del Nonno, Maria Rosaria Capobianchi

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2010.2455

  Published: 30 June 2010

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• HPV: screening and prevalence of genotypes in the lower-Molise

  Mariangela Spinosa, Pasquale Spagnolo

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2010.2456

  Published: 30 June 2010

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• Clinical and economic importance of applying the guidelines for the diagnosis of viral encephalitis

  Maddalena Perotti, Franco Belmondo Bianchi, Oliviero E. Varnier

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2010.2457

  Published: 30 June 2010

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• KI and WU Polyomavirus detection in tonsils of immunocompetent patients

  Massimiliano Bergallo, Sara Astegiano, Maria Elena Terlizzi, Giovanni Cavallo, Mariateresa Elia, Muhammed Babakir-Mina, Marco Ciotti, Carlo Federico Perno, Rossana Cavallo, Cristina Costa

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2010.2458

  Published: 30 June 2010

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• Meningitis due to Fusobacterium necrophorum

  Luana Coltella, Paola Bernaschi, Cristina Russo, Livia Mancinelli, Donato Menichella

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2010.2459

  Published: 30 June 2010

  1038

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• Molecular epidemiology of C. pneumoniae infections

  Alisa Shurdhi, Federica Delucca, Francesca Savegnago, Maria Di Paolo, Manuela Donati

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2010.2460

  Published: 30 June 2010

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• Chlamydophila pneumoniae serological epidemiology

  Salvatore Pignanelli, Alisa Shurdhi, Elisabetta Loggi, Francesca Delucca, Pietro Andreone

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2010.2461

  Published: 30 June 2010

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• Development of an EliSPOT assay for detection of CMV-specific immune response

  Maria Elena Terlizzi, Sara Astegiano, Francesca Sidoti, Stefano Gambarino, Rossana Cavallo, Cristina Costa, Massimiliano Bergallo

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2010.2462

  Published: 30 June 2010

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• Minimal residual HIV viremia: verification of the Abbott Real-Time HIV-1 assay sensitivity

  Alessandra Amendola, Stefano Belladonna, Angela Bibbò, Rosella Sabatini, Gioia De Cunto, F. Renato Pulvirenti, M. Rosaria Capobianchi

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2010.2463

  Published: 30 June 2010

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• Flocked swabs combined with platforms to inoculate and streak specimens: a pre-analytical workstation for microbiology automation

  Marta Argentieri, Laura Bartolini, Donato Menichella, Pierluigi Nicoletti

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2010.2464

  Published: 30 June 2010

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• Polyomavirus BK replication in renal transplant recipients: combined monitoring of viremia and VP1 mRNA in urine

  Sara Astegiano, Maria Elena Terlizzi, Samantha Mantovani, Maria Messina, Francesca Sidoti, Giuseppe P. Segoloni, Rossana Cavallo, Cristina Costa, Massimiliano Bergallo

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2010.2465

  Published: 30 June 2010

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• Endotoxin activity dosage in septic patients

  Tito Del Gaudio, Maria Antonietta Distasi, Mariella Porzio, Adriana Mosca, Giuseppe Miragliotta

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2010.2466

  Published: 30 June 2010

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• Bacteraemia due to Campylobacter fetus subsp. fetus in a liver transplanted patient

  Tito Del Gaudio, Maria Antonietta Distasi, Mariella Porzio, Antonio Parisi, Michele Cannone, Nicola Minervino, Adriana Mosca, Giuseppe Miragliotta

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2010.2467

  Published: 30 June 2010

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• Etiology and antibiotic susceptibility patterns of bacteria collected from urinary tract infections in the ASL3 in Genoa

  Manuela Fedele, Paolo Piazzai, Orietta Illiberi, Alida Galleano, Susanna Oddera, Elisabetta Schellino, Stefania Urbini, Luigi Carlo Bottaro

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2010.2468

  Published: 30 June 2010

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

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

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2010.2469

  Published: 30 June 2010

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• Infections caused by Salmonella: epidemiological investigation in Rho Hospital

  Giovanna Miseferi, Gabriella Candelieri, Marina Re, Mario Cavalleri, Michele Ognissanti, Viviana Peluso

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2010.2470

  Published: 30 June 2010

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