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Epidemiological, clinical and laboratory features of chronic hepatitis B infection in a cohort of immigrant and Italian patients from Ferrara, ItalyCarlo Contini
Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Section of Infectious Diseases, University of Ferrara, Italy
Ann Hepatol 11:862-9. 2012....
Molecular evidence of Ureaplasma urealyticum and Ureaplasma parvum colonization in preterm infants during respiratory distress syndromeRosario Cultrera
Infectious Diseases, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy
BMC Infect Dis 6:166. 2006..urealyticum or U. parvum infection. The influence of chemotherapy on the clinical course was also evaluated...
Detection of Chlamydophila pneumoniae in patients with arthritis: significance and diagnostic valueCarlo Contini
Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Section of Infectious Diseases, University of Ferrara, via Fossato di Mortara 23, 44100, Ferrara, Italy
Rheumatol Int 31:1307-13. 2011..pneumoniae. The different kinetics of bacterial DNA at both peripheral and synovial levels should be taken into consideration when monitoring and evaluating the effectiveness of antibiotic treatment...- Clinical and diagnostic management of toxoplasmosis in the immunocompromised patientC Contini
Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Ferrara, via Fossato di Mortara 23, 44100 Ferrara, Italy
Parassitologia 50:45-50. 2008..Molecular diagnosis of toxoplasmosis can be improved by performing real-time PCR protocols. This article summarises the clinical manifestations, diagnostic procedures and management strategies for this condition... - Chlamydophila pneumoniae DNA and mRNA transcript levels in peripheral blood mononuclear cells and cerebrospinal fluid of patients with multiple sclerosisCarlo Contini
Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy
Neurosci Res 62:58-61. 2008..These preliminary findings suggest that C. pneumoniae may occur in a persistent and metabolically active state at both peripheral and intrathecal levels in MS, but not in OIND and NIND... - Molecular detection of Parachlamydia-like organisms in cerebrospinal fluid of patients with multiple sclerosisC Contini
Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy
Mult Scler 14:564-6. 2008..These findings suggest a possible association between C. pneumoniae and Chlamydia-like organism brain infections as a cofactor in MS development... - International conference on chlamydial and Mycoplasma human infectionsCarlo Contini
Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Ferrara, 44100 Ferrara, Italy
Future Microbiol 2:373-6. 2007 - Evidence of cerebrospinal fluid free kappa light chains in AIDS patients with Toxoplasma gondii encephalitisC Contini
Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, via Fossato di Mortara 23, University of Ferrara, I 44100, Ferrara, Italy
J Neuroimmunol 108:221-6. 2000..These findings suggest that the increased production of T. gondii-specific FkappaLC could provide insights into pathogenesis of reactivated TE in immunocompromised patients and may have important diagnostic usefulness... - Cerebrospinal fluid molecular demonstration of Chlamydia pneumoniae DNA is associated to clinical and brain magnetic resonance imaging activity in a subset of patients with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosisC Contini
Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Ferrara, Via Fossato di Mortara, 23, 1 44100 Ferrara, Italy
Mult Scler 10:360-9. 2004..pneumoniae-specific DNA detection can occur in a subset of MS patients with clinical and MRI active RR form in whom a C. pneumoniae brain chronic persistent infection may play a significant role in the development of disease... - Efficacy of a novel reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) for detecting Toxoplasma gondii bradyzoite gene expression in human clinical specimensR Cultrera
Infectious Diseases, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Ferrara, Italy
Mol Cell Probes 16:31-9. 2002..These findings suggest that RT-PCR method is able to identify the bradyzoite stage of T. gondii especially in patients who are at risk for TE relapse... - Investigation of the simian polyomavirus SV40 as a potential causative agent of human neurological disorders in AIDS patientsM Tognon
Department of Morphology and Embryology, University of Ferrara, Italy
J Med Microbiol 50:165-72. 2001..These results suggest that SV40 may be involved in the aetiology of PML in AIDS patients, and raise the possibility that SV40 and JCV may act synergically in vivo to enhance their pathogenicity... - Assessment of HIV-intrathecal humoral immune response in AIDS-related neurological disordersE Fainardi
Section of Neurology, University of Ferrara, Arcispedale S Anna, Corso della Giovecca 203, 1 44100, Ferrara, Italy
J Neuroimmunol 119:278-86. 2001.... - Detection of parvovirus B19 and Chlamydophila pneumoniae in a patient with atypical sarcoidosisC Contini
Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Ferrara, via Fossato di Mortara 23, 44100, Ferrara, Italy
Infection 37:52-5. 2009..The present case highlights the potential difficulty to diagnose sarcoidosis in the presence of unusual infections which may complicate the course of this disease... - [Epidemiological, social and public health aspects of tuberculosis in Ferrara in the 19th century]E Guidi
Sezione di Igiene e Medicina del Lavoro, Dipartimento di Medicina Clinica e Sperimentale, Universita di Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy
Infez Med 19:266-77. 2011.... - Structural changes in rat Pneumocystis carinii surface antigens after terbinafine administration in experimental P. carinii pneumoniaC Contini
Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Ferrara, via Fossato di Mortara 23, I 44100 Ferrara, Italy
J Antimicrob Chemother 43:301-4. 1999..These surface antigen modifications could be related to disease severity and could provide additional information for monitoring the efficacy of this treatment... - Intrathecal production of Chlamydia pneumoniae-specific high-affinity antibodies is significantly associated to a subset of multiple sclerosis patients with progressive formsEnrico Fainardi
Multiple Sclerosis Center, Department of Neurology, University of Ferrara, Arcispedale S Anna, Corso della Giovecca 203, I 44100, Ferrara, Italy
J Neurol Sci 217:181-8. 2004..pneumoniae-specific high-affinity IgG can occur in a subset of patients with MS progressive forms in which a C. pneumoniae brain chronic persistent infection may play an important pathogenetic role... - The role of stage-specific oligonucleotide primers in providing effective laboratory support for the molecular diagnosis of reactivated Toxoplasma gondii encephalitis in patients with AIDSCarlo Contini
Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Ferrara, Italy
J Med Microbiol 51:879-90. 2002.... - Molecular identification and antibody testing of Chlamydophila pneumoniae in a subgroup of patients with HIV-associated dementia complex. Preliminary resultsCarlo Contini
Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Via Fossato di Mortara, 23, University of Ferrara, Italy
J Neuroimmunol 136:172-7. 2003..The results suggest a hypothetical role of C. pneumoniae in the pathogenesis or progression of HADC... - Detection of Chlamydia pneumoniae in cholesteatoma tissue: any pathogenetic role?Francesco Ronchetti
Departments of Neurology and Otorhinolaryngology, University La Sapienza I, Rome, Italy
Otol Neurotol 24:353-7. 2003..The results were compared with those relative to other two common middle-ear pathogens, Mycoplasma pneumoniae and Haemophilus influenzae... - Evaluation of a Real-time PCR-based assay using the lightcycler system for detection of Toxoplasma gondii bradyzoite genes in blood specimens from patients with toxoplasmic retinochoroiditisCarlo Contini
Section of Infectious Diseases, Department Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Via Fossato di Mortara, 23, 44100 Ferrara, Italy
Int J Parasitol 35:275-83. 2005..gondii loads, varied with respect to specific antitoxoplasmic treatment... - Detection of clinical-stage specific molecular Toxoplasma gondii gene patterns in patients with toxoplasmic lymphadenitisCarlo Contini
Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Ferrara, via Fossato di Mortara 23, 44100 Ferrara, Italy
J Med Microbiol 55:771-4. 2006..The real-time PCR assay with new alternative targets to the B1 gene may have potential for monitoring the clinical outcome of disease and for providing molecular information regarding the actual state of infection... - Simian virus 40 sequences in an AIDS patient with a cerebral lesion: a case reportFernanda Martini
Department of Morphology and Embryology, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy
Scand J Infect Dis 38:731-3. 2006..This case illustrates the need to consider the SV40 polyomavirus among viral agents potentially responsible of encephalitis and neurological disorders in AIDS patients... - Urokinase plasminogen activator and TGF-beta production in immunosuppressed patients with and without P. Jiroveci infectionElena Angelici
Department of Clinical Medicine, University La Sapienza, Rome, Italy
Microb Pathog 41:1-9. 2006..Further studies are warranted to elucidate whether the decrease in uPA and TGF-beta activity impairs a host's defence against P. jiroveci infection...