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A very particular case of long-term non-progressor: nineteen consecutive years of follow-up in the absence of any detectable HIV-1 viraemiaR Manfredi
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Bologna Alma Mater Studiorum, S Orsola Malpighi Hospital, Bologna, Italy
Int J STD AIDS 19:784-5. 2008....
Atypical progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy in HIV with a high CD4 count: the use of magnetic resonance imaging plus spectrometry studiesR Manfredi
Department of Internal Medicine, Aging, and Nephrologic Diseases, Division of Infectious Diseases, Alma Mater Studiurum University of Bologna, S Orsola Malpighi Hospital, Bologna, Italy
Int J STD AIDS 23:e35-8. 2012....
Spontaneous clearance of chronic hepatitis C infection in a patient with a 20-year-old HIV-hepatitis C co-infection and chronic active hepatitisR Manfredi
Department of Internal Medicine, Aging, and Nephrologic Diseases, Division of Infectious Diseases, Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna, S Orsola Malpighi Hospital, Via Massarenti 11, Bologna I 40138, Italy
Int J STD AIDS 23:e48-50. 2012....
Fatal long-term immunosuppressive therapy with uncontrolled repeat prescriptionRoberto Manfredi
Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Bologna Alma Mater Studiorum, S Orsola Malpighi Hospital, Bologna, Italy
Ther Drug Monit 28:463-7. 2006..Current literature related to the presented case and the ongoing debate regarding repeated prescriptions are considered in this study...
Diffuse skin spread of HIV-associated visceral leishmaniasis: cumbersome diagnostic and therapeutic issuesR Manfredi
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Aging and Nephrologic Diseases, S Orsola Malpighi Hospital, Bologna, Italy
G Ital Dermatol Venereol 143:339-46. 2008..v. pentamidine isethionate together with oral paromomycin led to a slow, but complete cure of both visceral leishmaniasis and its related skin dissemination, in absence of adverse events and long-term disease relapses...
Clinical ritonavir and lopinavir hypersensitivity confirmed by a specific in vitro cellular allergen stimulation testRoberto Manfredi
Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna, S Orsola Malpighi Hospital, Bologna, Italy
Curr HIV Res 5:440-2. 2007....
Clozapine-related agranulocytosis associated with fever of unknown origin, protective hospitalisation, and multiple adverse events related to the administration of empiric antimicrobial treatmentRoberto Manfredi
Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna, S Orsola Malpighi Hospital, Bologna, Italy
Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf 16:1285-9. 2007....
Prolonged statin administration does not act on the cell-mediated immunity of HIV-infected dyslipidemic patients treated with a steady and effective highly active antiretroviral therapy. A two-year prospective study of statin versus fibrate administrationRoberto Manfredi
Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Bologna, Alma Mater Studiorum, S Orsola Hospital, Bologna, Italy
J Biol Regul Homeost Agents 20:1-9. 2006....
[International multicentre studies, inter-cohort analyses, unsustainable proliferation of authorship. Are these the expected answers to face HIV disease?]Roberto Manfredi
Divisione di Malattie Infettive, Dipartimento di Medicina Interna, dell Invecchiamento e Malattie Nefrologiche, Alma Mater Studiorum Universita di Bologna, Policlinico S Orsola Malpighi, Bologna
Recenti Prog Med 100:119-23. 2009....
Recent availability of two novel, fixed formulations of antiretroviral nucleoside analogues: a 12-month prospective, open-label survey of their practical use and therapeutic perspectives in antiretroviral-naive and -experienced patientsRoberto Manfredi
Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna, S Orsola Malpighi Hospital, Bologna, Italy
AIDS Patient Care STDS 22:279-90. 2008....
Severe brain co-infection with Cryptococcus neoformans and Mycobacterium tuberculosis in a young, otherwise healthy student recently immigrated from ChinaRoberto Manfredi
Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna, S Orsola Malpighi Hospital, Via Massarenti 11, I 40138 Bologna, Italy
Int J Infect Dis 12:438-41. 2008..Dual infective pathology in patients with cryptococcal meningitis. Neurology 1998;51:1213-5.]...
Recurring Candida albicans esophagitis in a HIV-infected patient undergoing long-Term antiretroviral therapy, and with absent-negligible immunodeficiencyRoberto Manfredi
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, S Orsola Malpighi Hospital, Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna, S Orsola Malpighi Hospital, Bologna, Italy
Braz J Infect Dis 11:605-9. 2007....
[Two novel fixed formulations of nucleoside analogues (tenofovir-emtricitabine, and abacavir-lamivudine). Prospective, open study on clinical practice and therapeutic perspectives, in patients naïve and in subjects pre-treated with antiretrovirals]Roberto Manfredi
Dipartimento di Medicina Interna, dell Invecchiamento e delle Malattie Nefrologiche, Divisione di Malattie Infettive, Alma Mater Studiorum Universita di Bologna, Policlinico S Orsola Malpighi, Bologna
Recenti Prog Med 99:492-501. 2008....
HIV infection and the pancreas: risk factors and potential management guidelinesRoberto Manfredi
Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna, S Orsola Malpighi Hospital, Bologna, Italy
Int J STD AIDS 19:99-105. 2008..single (gabexate mesilate or ocreotide) therapy. Reduced disease recurrences and a better tolerability of antiretroviral regimens, were also noticed...
Linezolid activity against disseminated Listeria monocytogenes meningitis and central nervous system abscesses: focus on early drug myelotoxicityRoberto Manfredi
Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna, S Orsola Malpighi Hospital, Bologna, Italy
Curr Drug Saf 2:141-5. 2007....
Tubercular disease caused by Bacillus of Calmette-Guérin as a local adjuvant treatment of relapsing bladder carcinomaRoberto Manfredi
Department of Internal Medicine, Aging, and Nephrologic Diseases, Division of Infectious Diseases, Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna, S Orsola Malpighi Hospital, I 40138 Bologna, Italy
Cancer Biother Radiopharm 24:621-7. 2009..One (1) episode of ours represents the first described case with a dual, concomitant granulomatous localization of BCG-itis, also involving the genitourinary tract...
HIV-associated early gastric adenocarcinoma successfully cured with surgery, and followed over eight yearsRoberto Manfredi
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna, S Orsola Malpighi Hospital, Bologna, Italy
Int J STD AIDS 18:501-4. 2007....
Bartonellosis: suggestive case reports in adult and pediatric patients and therapeutic issuesRoberto Manfredi
Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Bologna Alma Mater Studiorum, S Orsola Hospital, Bologna, Italy
Braz J Infect Dis 10:411-5. 2006....
Need to evaluate the cost effectiveness of early diagnosis and treatment of osteopenia and osteoporosis in the setting of HIV and highly active antiretroviral therapyRoberto Manfredi
Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna, S. Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, Bologna, Italy
AIDS Patient Care STDS 20:665-7. 2006
Trend of mortality observed in a cohort of drug addicts of the metropolitan area of Bologna, North-Eastern Italy, during a 25-year-periodRoberto Manfredi
Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Bologna Alma Mater Studiorum, S Orsola Malpighi Hospital, Bologna, Italy
Coll Antropol 30:479-88. 2006..In most recent years, a sharp decrease in the number of AIDS-related deaths, attributable to the increased use of potent antiretroviral regimens, was recorded among IVDUs, although overall mortality rate remained appreciable...
Listeria monocytogenes meningitis and multiple brain abscesses in an immunocompetent host. Favorable response to combination linezolid-meropenem treatmentR Manfredi
Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Alma Mater StudiorumUniversity of Bologna, S. Orsola Hospital, Bologna, Italy
J Chemother 18:331-3. 2006
Associated thyreoiditis, myasthenia gravis, thymectomy, Chron's disease, and erythema nodosum: pathogenetic and clinical correlations, immune system involvement, and systemic infectious complicationsRoberto Manfredi
Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna, S Orsola Malpighi Hospital, Bologna, Italy
Rheumatol Int 28:1173-5. 2008....
Novel pharmaceutical molecules against emerging resistant gram-positive cocciRoberto Manfredi
Department of Internal Medicine, Aging, and Nephrological Diseases, Division of Infectious Diseases, S Orsola Hospital, Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
Braz J Infect Dis 14:96-108. 2010..Vancomycin (glycopeptide) resistance has emerged primarily among Enterococci, but the MIC values of vancomycin for the entire Staphylococcus species are also increasing worldwide...
[Therapeutic perspectives of linezolid in the management of infections due to multiresistant Gram-positive pathogens]Roberto Manfredi
Sezione di Malattie Infettive, Dipartimento di Medicina Clinica Specialistica e Sperimentale, Alma Mater Studiorum Universita di Bologna, Policlinico S Orsola Malpighi, Bologna
Recenti Prog Med 98:143-54. 2007....
Epstein-Barr Virus Associated Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma and Local Polymorphic B-Cell Lymphoproliferative Disorder in a Patient With HIV DiseaseRoberto Manfredi
Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Bologna Alma Mater Studiorum, S Orsola Hospital, Bologna, Italy
J Int Assoc Physicians AIDS Care (Chic) 6:255-9. 2007..The relevant pathogenetic, diagnostic, and therapeutic questions raised by this infrequent intriguing association retrieved in a patient with prominent HIV-related immunodeficiency are focused on...
Increasing pathomorphism of pulmonary tuberculosis: an observational study of slow clinical, microbiological and imaging response of lung tuberculosis to specific treatment. Which role for linezolid?Roberto Manfredi
Department of Infectious Diseases, Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna, S Orsola Malpighi Hospital, Bologna, Italy
Braz J Infect Dis 13:297-303. 2009..tuberculosis strains. Randomized clinical trials including initially patients with ascertained chemioresistant tuberculosis, are strongly warranted...
[Malignancies not included among AIDS-defining disorders, in the era of highly active antiretroviral therapy]Roberto Manfredi
Dipartimento di Medicina Interna, dell Invecchiamento e delle Malattie Nefrologiche, Divisione di Malattie Infettive, Policlinico S Orsola Malpighi, Alma Mater Studiorum Università, Bologna
Recenti Prog Med 100:547-9. 2009..The diagnostic and clinical implications are discussed on the ground of the most recent literature evidences...
A woman with multiple autoimmune diseases: pathologic correlations and complicationsRoberto Manfredi
Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Alma Mater Studiorum, University of Bologna, S Orsola Malpighi Hospital, Bologna, Italy
Gac Med Mex 145:347-8. 2009..Clinicians who are engaged in the management of these patients should be aware that multiple, concurrent or subsequent disorders may occur in these subjects, and also severe infectious complications may be of relevant concern...
[The health professional in the dental/oral field and exposure to risk of infection: epidemiology and prevention]R Manfredi
Dipartimento di Medicina Clinica Specialistica e Sperimentale, Sezione Malattie Infettive, Ama Mater Studiorum Università degli Studi di Bologna, Policlinico S Orsola Malpighi, Bologna, Italy
G Ital Med Lav Ergon 29:11-20. 2007..Epidemiological issues and specific risk factors are treated systematically, together with all available, recommended chemoprophylactic and immunological prophylactic strategies...
Antiretroviral therapy voluntarily taken at half-dosage, but fully effective after 6-10 years: a provocative issue for adherence requirements: case reportRoberto Manfredi
Department of Infectious Diseases, University of Bologna Alma Mater Studiorum, S Orsola Malpighi Hospital, Bologna, Italy
Curr HIV Res 6:171-2. 2008..The potential causes and consequences of this apparent misconduct of our patients on drug tolerability, resistance development, compliance monitoring, direct drug delivery, and health care providers behavior, are discussed...
Human immunodeficiency virus and hepatitis C virus coinfection: epidemiology, natural history, therapeutic options and clinical managementG Verucchi
Dept of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Bologna Alma Mater Studiorum, S Orsola Hospital, via G Massarenti 11, I 40138, Bologna, Italy
Infection 32:33-46. 2004..Available data show that the sustained virological response rates in coinfected persons treated with standard IFN plus ribavirin range from 18-40%, and several studies with pegylated IFN plus ribavirin are ongoing...
Efficacy and tolerability of a fosamprenavir-ritonavir-based versus a lopinavir-ritonavir-based antiretroviral treatment in 82 therapy-naïve patients with HIV-1 infectionL Calza
Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Section of Infectious Diseases, Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna, S Orsola Hospital, Bologna, Italy
Int J STD AIDS 19:541-4. 2008..5% vs. 25.6% and 69.8% vs. 43.6%, respectively; P < 0.01). In subjects with virological failure, no viral protease resistance mutations were detected by genotype analysis...
[Sexually transmitted diseases (STD) and their relationship with sexual behaviour and condom use, in a cohort of teenagers referring to a STD centre. A nine-year, prospective study]R Manfredi
Dipartimento di Medicina Clinica Specialistica e Sperimentale, Sezione di Malattie Infettive, Universit degli Studi di Bologna, Azienda Ospedaliera di Bologna, Policlinico S. Orsola-Malpighi, Bologna, Italy
Infez Med 9:147-53. 2001..Besides their diagnostic and therapeutic role, STD centres are able to carry out permanent monitoring of STD, as a starting point to plan adequate information campaigns and specific prevention strategies...
HIV disease among immigrants coming to Italy from outside of the European Union: a case-control study of epidemiological and clinical featuresR Manfredi
Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Bologna, S. Orsola Hospital, Italy
Epidemiol Infect 127:527-33. 2001..0001), and the shorter mean duration of antiretroviral treatment (11.1 +/- 2.2 months of immigrants vs. 16.2 +/- 6.7 months of controls; P < 0.0001)...
Cardiovascular risk factors and ultrasound evaluation of carotid atherosclerosis in patients with HIV-1 infectionL Calza
Department of Internal Medicine, Geriatrics and Nephrologic Diseases, Section of Infectious Diseases, Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna, S Orsola Malpighi Hospital, Bologna, Italy
Int J STD AIDS 20:683-9. 2009....
[Hyperlactacidemia during antiretroviral therapy: frequency and clinical-therapeutic correlations]R Manfredi
Dipartimento di Medicina Clinica Specialistica e Sperimentale, Sezione di Malattie Infettive, Universita degli Studi di Bologna, Alma Mater Studiorum, Policlinico S. Orsola, Bologna, Italy
Infez Med 14:33-6. 2006..Our case-control study on an extensive, single centre population treated for HIV infection provides novel insights on these emerging issues, reported and discussed on the basis of the most recently published findings...
The incidence of cytomegalovirus (CMV) antigenemia and CMV disease is reduced by highly active antiretroviral therapyS Varani
Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Bologna, Italy
Eur J Epidemiol 16:433-7. 2000..001, t test)...
The use of efavirenz as a part of late rescue antiretroviral treatmentR Manfredi
Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Bologna, S Orsola Hospital, Bologna, Italy
HIV Clin Trials 2:413-20. 2001..Because rescue antiretroviral strategies are increasingly needed, patients' response to a late salvage treatment including efavirenz plus a novel protease inhibitor (PI), with or without at least one novel nucleoside analogue, was assessed...
Rosuvastatin for the treatment of hyperlipidaemia in HIV-infected patients receiving protease inhibitors: a pilot studyLeonardo Calza
Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Section of Infectious Diseases, Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna, S. Orsola Hospital, Bologna, Italy
AIDS 19:1103-5. 2005..01). In our small pilot study, rosuvastatin was found to be effective for the treatment of PI-associated hyperlipidaemia, in association with a favourable tolerability profile, without significant clinical or laboratory adverse events...
Role of gancyclovir and HAART administration in the treatment of a rare complication of HIV disease: cytomegalovirus-associated Guillain-Barré syndromeL Calza
Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Bologna, S Orsola Hospital, Italy
J Chemother 13:575-7. 2001....
[HIV infection and AIDS in advanced age. Epidemiological and clinical issues, and therapeutic and management problems]R Manfredi
Dipartimento di Medicina Clinica Specialistica e Sperimentale, Sezione di Malattie Infettive, Universita degli Studi Alma Mater, Policlinico S.Orsola-Malpighi, Bologna, Italy
Infez Med 12:152-73. 2004....
Human herpesvirus-8-related Kaposi's sarcoma after liver transplantation successfully treated with cidofovir and liposomal daunorubicinG Verucchi
Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Section of Infectious Diseases, S. Orsola Hospital Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna, Italy
Transpl Infect Dis 7:34-7. 2005....
[Pathogenic role of Acinetobacter spp during HIV infection]R Manfredi
Dipartimento di Medicina Clinica Specialistica e Sperimentale, Sezione di Malattie Infettive, Universit degli Studi di Bologna, Azienda Ospedaliera di Bologna, Policlinico S. Orsola Malpighi, Bologna
Infez Med 9:43-51. 2001..Notwithstanding the high drug resistance profile of the majority of isolated organisms, a timely diagnosis and a treatment based on in vitro assays, contribute to avoid recurrences and potentially life-threatening complications...
Development of acute psychotic disorders and HIV-1 infectionD De Ronchi
Institute of Psychiatry, Medical School, University of Bologna, Italy
Int J Psychiatry Med 30:173-83. 2000....
Clinical and microbiological survey of Serratia marcescens infection during HIV diseaseR Manfredi
Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Bologna, S Orsola Hospital, Italy
Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 19:248-53. 2000..organisms. In fact, a rapid diagnosis and an adequate and timely treatment can avoid disease relapses and mortality...
Silent oophoritis due to cytomegalovirus in a patient with advanced HIV diseaseR Manfredi
Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Marcello Malpighi, University of Bologna, Italy
Int J STD AIDS 11:410-2. 2000..This unusual case report is discussed with a review of the literature dealing with CMV involvement of genital organs in the immunocompromised host, and in patients with HIV infection and AIDS...
First-line efavirenz versus lopinavir-ritonavir-based highly active antiretroviral therapy for naive patientsRoberto Manfredi
Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Bologna 'Alma Mater Studiorum, S. Orsola Hospital, Bologna, Italy
AIDS 18:2331-3. 2004..Randomized studies comparing these two recommended first-line treatments are warranted, particularly from a pharmacoeconomic viewpoint...
[HIV genotypic mutation selectively induced by the protease inhibitor nelfinavir at codon 30. Case series and consequences for antiretroviral management]Roberto Manfredi
Dipartimento di Medicina Clinica Specialistica e Sperimentale, Sezione di Malattie Infettive, , Azienda Ospedaliera di Bologna, Policlinico S. Orsola-Malpighi, Bologna, Italy
Infez Med 10:151-6. 2002....
Dual nucleoside analogue treatment in the era of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART): a single-centre cross-sectional surveyR Manfredi
Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Bologna, S Orsola Hospital, Via Massarenti 11, I 40138 Bologna, Italy
J Antimicrob Chemother 48:299-302. 2001....
True gynecomastia in congenitally HIV-infected children treated with antiretroviral agentsR Manfredi
Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Bologna Alma Mater Studiorum, S Orsola Hospital, Bologna, Italy
J Chemother 16:303-5. 2004..We report the first two cases of true gynecomastia observed in prepubertal congenitally-infected boys, and clinical, antiretroviral, metabolic, hormonal, virological, and immunological aspects...
Another emerging event occurring during HIV infection treated with any antiretroviral therapy: frequency and role of gynecomastiaR Manfredi
Dipartimento di Medicina Clinica Specialistica e Sperimentale, Sezione di Malattie Infettive, , Azienda Ospedaliera di Bologna, Policlinico S Orsola-Malpighi, Bologna, Italy
Infez Med 12:51-9. 2004..The frequent association with metabolic abnormalities suggests some common ethiologic pathway with other HAART-related disturbances...
Enterobacter spp. infections complicating the course of HIV diseaseR Manfredi
Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Bologna, S Orsola Hospital, Italy
J Chemother 13:195-201. 2001..Despite the unpredictable antibiotic susceptibility profile of these organisms, HIV-related Enterobacter spp. disease may be properly managed through rapid identification and timely and appropriate antimicrobial treatment...
Gynecomastia associated with highly active antiretroviral therapyR Manfredi
Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Bologna, S Orsola Hospital, Italy
Ann Pharmacother 35:438-9. 2001..To report four cases of HIV-associated gynecomastia diagnosed during treatment with nucleoside analogs with or without protease inhibitors...
Disseminated histoplasmosis with atypical cutaneous lesions in an Italian HIV-infected patient: another autochtonous caseL Calza
Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Section of Infectious Diseases, University of Bologna, S Orsola Hospital, Bologna, Italy
HIV Med 4:145-8. 2003..Our patient represents the fifth autochtonous case of AIDS-associated histoplasmosis described in Italy...
Abacavir-induced reaction with fever and severe skin rash in a patient tested human leukocyte antigen-B*5701 negativeL Calza
Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Section of Infectious Diseases, Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna, S Orsola Malpighi Hospital, Bologna, Italy
Int J STD AIDS 20:276-7. 2009..Similar reports suggest that not all severe abacavir-induced adverse events occur as a result of classic hypersensitivity reactions, and can present also in HLA-B*5701-negative patients...
Associated actinomycosis and rhinopharyngeal adenocarcinoma during HIV infection: diagnostic and therapeutic issuesSergio Sabbatani
Department of Infectious Diseases, University of Bologna, S Orsola Malpighi Hospital, Bologna, Italy
Infez Med 16:164-72. 2008....
Measles outbreak in the city of Bologna, December 2007 to May 2008L Calza
Department of Internal Medicine, University of Bologna, S Orsola Hospital, Bologna, Italy
Infez Med 17:28-32. 2009..Orsola Hospital in Bologna in the northern Italian region of Emilia Romagna between December 2007 and May 2008...
Capnocytophaga spp. brain abscess in an immunocompetent host: problems in antimicrobial chemotherapy and literature reviewS Sabbatani
Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Bologna Alma Mater Studiorum, S. Orsola Hospital, Bologna, Italy
J Chemother 16:497-501. 2004....
Disorders of lipid metabolism in patients with HIV disease treated with antiretroviral agents: frequency, relationship with administered drugs, and role of hypolipidaemic therapy with bezafibrateR Manfredi
Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Bologna, S. Orsola Hospital, Bologna, Italy
J Infect 42:181-8. 2001..Specific guidelines for the management of disorders of lipid metabolism in HIV-infected patients are needed...
An active microbiological surveillance project at an Italian teaching hospital: microbial isolates, recent epidemiological trends, major clinical concerns, and antimicrobial susceptibility rates during a four-year periodR Manfredi
Divisione di Malattie Infettive, Alma Mater Studiorum Universita degli Studi di Bologna, Policlinico S Orsola Malpighi, Bologna, Italy
Infez Med 17:219-27. 2009....
Prevalence of diabetes mellitus, hyperinsulinaemia and metabolic syndrome among 755 adult patients with HIV-1 infectionL Calza
Department of Internal Medicine, Geriatrics and Nephrologic Diseases, Section of Infectious Diseases, S Orsola Malpighi Hospital, Alma Mater Studiorum, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
Int J STD AIDS 22:43-5. 2011..5% and 9.1%, respectively. A longer exposure to antiretroviral therapy and a diagnosis of lipodystrophy syndrome were significantly associated with both metabolic disturbances...
A puzzling microbiological and clinical discrepancy in the management of acute, severe skin-soft tissue and joint staphylococcal infection. In vitro antimicrobial susceptibility to glycopeptides, versus in vivo clinical efficacy of linezolid aloneRoberto Manfredi
Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Bologna Alma Mater Studiorum, S. Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, Bologna, Italy
Infez Med 14:157-64. 2006..When managing severe multiresistant gram-positive infections, in vitro activity should be carefully evaluated against expected drug penetration rates into the relevant infectious tissues...
Carpal tunnel syndrome in HIV-infected patients treated with highly active antiretroviral therapy: other case reportsR Manfredi
Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Bologna, S Orsola Hospital, Italy
Rheumatol Int 21:81-3. 2001..In our patients, carpal tunnel syndrome occurred in apparent absence of all presumed risk factors of this disease and metabolic abnormalities potentially related to HIV protease inhibitor administration...
Voriconazole proves effective in long-term treatment of a cerebral cryptococcoma in a chronic nephropathic HIV-negative patient, after fluconazole failureS Sabbatani
Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Bologna Alma Mater Studiorum, S. Orsola Hospital, Bologna, Italy
Mycopathologia 158:165-71. 2004..A cerebral cryptococcoma in a chronic nephropathic HIV-negative subject with homocystinuria, completely cured with neurosurgery and voriconazole after fluconazole failure, is described...
Long-term maintenance antiretroviral therapy with saquinavir hard gel, after voluntary abandonment of successful induction HAARTR Manfredi
Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Bologna, Italy
J Chemother 14:185-8. 2002....
Frequency, epidemiology, risk factors, clinical and bacteriological features of enterococcal disease in patients with HIV infection in a decade surveyR Manfredi
Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Bologna, Ospedale Policlinico S. Orsola-Malpighi
New Microbiol 25:179-86. 2002..1% of lethal cases among our septic patients)...
Epidemiological, clinical and therapeutic features of AIDS-related Mycobacterium kansasii infection during the HIV pandemic: an 11-year follow-up studyR Manfredi
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Bologna, Alma Mater Studiorum, Bologna, Italy
HIV Med 5:431-6. 2004..Optimal diagnosis and timely treatment of atypical mycobacteriosis, and especially Mycobacterium kansasii disease, remain a serious challenge for clinicians engaged in the management of the immunocompromised host...
Vasoactive intestinal polypeptide (VIP) secretion and refractory diarrhea in patients with AIDS or AIDS-related complex (ARC)R Manfredi
Department of Infectious Diseases, Gastroenterology, University of Bologna, Italy
Scand J Infect Dis 26:55-7. 1994..Evaluation of plasma VIP levels may provide a pathophysiological basis for explaining the efficacy of octreotide therapy in HIV-infected patients suffering from both infectious and non-infectious refractory diarrhea...
Stenotrophomonas (Xanthomonas) maltophilia as an emerging opportunistic pathogen in association with HIV infection: a 10-year surveillance studyL Calza
Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Section of Infectious Diseases, University of Bologna, S Orsola Hospital, via G Massarenti 11, I 40138 Bologna, Italy
Infection 31:155-61. 2003..At present very limited information is available concerning its clinical significance in the setting of HIV infection...
Gabexate mesilate and/or octreotide in human immunodeficiency virus-associated pancreatic abnormalitiesR Manfredi
Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Bologna, S Orsola Hospital, Italy
Aliment Pharmacol Ther 16:1791-4. 2002....
Statins and fibrates for the treatment of hyperlipidaemia in HIV-infected patients receiving HAARTLeonardo Calza
Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Section of Infectious Diseases, University of Bologna, S. Orsola Hospital, Italy
AIDS 17:851-9. 2003..CONCLUSIONS: All administered statins and fibrates revealed a similar, significant efficacy in the treatment of diet-resistant hyperlipidaemia, and showed a favourable tolerability profile...
[Problems in the management of HIV infection in clinical practice. Patients still on dual therapy 8 years after the introduction of HAART]Roberto Manfredi
Sezione di Malattie Infettive, Dipartimento di Medicina Clinica Specialistica e Sperimentale,
Recenti Prog Med 94:506-7. 2003..Three representative case reports are described, and their implications discussed on the ground of current guidelines of antiretroviral therapy and common clinical practice...
Linezolid in the treatment of severe central nervous system infections resistant to recommended antimicrobial compoundsSergio Sabbatani
Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Bologna Alma Mater Studiorum, S. Orsola Hospital, Bologna, Italy
Infez Med 13:112-9. 2005..Three representative case reports (two brain abscesses and one post-surgical meningitis) are presented and discussed in light of the current literature: in all these cases, salvage linezolid treatment proved resolutory...
Nevirapine versus efavirenz in 742 patients: no link of liver toxicity with female sex, and a baseline CD4 cell count greater than 250 cells/microlRoberto Manfredi
Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna, S. Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, Bologna, Italy
AIDS 20:2233-6. 2006....
Reversal of major genotypic tipranavir mutations under long-term treatment with tipranavir/ritonavir itself with very limited optimized background, during deep salvage antiretroviral therapySergio Sabbatani
Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Bologna, S Orsola Malpighi Hospital, Bologna, Italy
Curr HIV Res 7:311-3. 2009....
[Nocardiosis as the first opportunistic disease in a patient with missed HIV infection. Pathomorphism of presentation, clinical course, and evolution]Roberto Manfredi
Sezione di Malattie Infettive, Dipartimento di Medicina Clinica Specialistica e Sperimentale, , Policlinico S. Orsola-Malpighi, Bologna
Recenti Prog Med 97:262-5. 2006....
Limits of deep salvage antiretroviral therapy with nelfinavir plus either efavirenz or nevirapine, in highly pre-treated patients with HIV diseaseR Manfredi
Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Bologna, S Orsola Hospital, Via Massarenti 11, I 40138, Bologna, Italy
Int J Antimicrob Agents 17:511-6. 2001..However, the concurrent change of nucleoside analogues significantly improves treatment outcome...
Community-acquired Pseudomonas aeruginosa sacro-iliitis in a previously healthy patientL Calza
Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Bologna, S Orsola Hospital, Italy
J Med Microbiol 51:620-2. 2002..The first case of Pseudomonas aeruginosa sacro-iliitis is described, which occurred in a previously healthy young man, without history of prior traumatic events, hospitalisation or chronic underlying disease...
Doxycycline and chloroquine as treatment for chronic Q fever endocarditisL Calza
Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Bologna, S Orsola Hospital, Bologna, Italy
J Infect 45:127-9. 2002..A case of chronic Q fever endocarditis is described in a patient with biological prosthetic aortic valve and aortic homograft, successfully treated with doxycycline and chloroquine for 2 years...
Iliac osteomyelitis and gluteal muscle abscess caused by Streptococcus intermediusL Calza
Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Bologna, S Orsola Hospital, Italy
J Med Microbiol 50:480-2. 2001....
Primary cytomegalovirus infection in otherwise healthy adults with Fever of unknown origin: a 3-year prospective surveyR Manfredi
Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Bologna Alma Mater Studiorum, S Orsola Hospital, Via Massarenti 11, 40138 Bologna, Italy
Infection 34:87-90. 2006..Primary cytomegalovirus disease is probably still underestimated or missed in common clinical practice, and further prevalence studies should be performed, in particular in the setting of fever of under-determined origin (FUO) in adults...
Transient reversal of HIV-associated motor neuron disease following the introduction of highly active antiretroviral therapyL Calza
Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Section of Infectious Diseases, University of Bologna Alma Mater Studiorum, S Orsola Hospital, Bologna, Italy
J Chemother 16:98-101. 2004..A case of MND in a male HIV-infected patient with significant but transient reversal of neurological symptoms after the use of protease inhibitor-containing antiretroviral regimen is described...
[Epidemics of bovine spongiform encephalopathy and new variant of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in humans. Most recent findings on prion disease]L Calza
Dipartimento di Medicina Clinica Specialistica e Sperimentale, Sezione di Malattie Infettive, Universita degli Studi di Bologna, Policlinico S Orsola, Bologna
Recenti Prog Med 92:140-9. 2001..New epidemiological, clinical, histopathological and experimental data on prion diseases are reviewed, focusing our attention on the possible transmission of prion proteins from animals to humans...
Switch of protease inhibitor-containing HAART in routine clinical practice: a four-year prospective observational studyR Manfredi
Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Bologna, S Orsola Hospital, Italy
Int J STD AIDS 12:84-8. 2001....
American cutaneous leishmaniasis as a rare imported disease in Europe: a case report favourably treated with antimonial derivativesR Manfredi
Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Bologna, S Orsola Malpighi General Hospital, Italy
Eur J Epidemiol 17:793-5. 2001....
A new syndrome of long-term idiopathic, severe CD4+ lymphocytopenia: isolated paraparesis and conjunctival ischemic microangiopathyR Manfredi
Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Bologna Alma Mater Studiorum, S Orsola Hospital, Bologna, Italy
J Biol Regul Homeost Agents 18:33-7. 2004....
Limited access to hospitalization in an Italian infectious disease wardR Manfredi
Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Bologna Alma Mater Studiorum, S Orsola Hospital, Bologna, Italy
Med Mal Infect 34:144-7. 2004....
Pentamidine isethionate as treatment and secondary prophylaxis for disseminated cutaneous leishmaniasis during HIV infection: case reportL Calza
Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Bologna, S Orsola Hospital, Italy
J Chemother 13:653-7. 2001....
[Anthrax]L Calza
Sezione di Malattie Infettive, Dipartimento di Medicina Clinica Specialistica e Sperimentale, Università Alma Mater, Policlinico S Orsola, Bologna
Recenti Prog Med 92:717-26. 2001..Today, after the new events in the United States, at least 17 nations are believed to have offensive biological weapon programs, and this old bacterial infection became a modern menace to world safety...
Merkel cell carcinoma in a human immunodeficiency virus-infected patientL Calza
Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Bologna, S Orsola Hospital, Via Massarenti 11, 40138 Bologna, Italy
Br J Dermatol 146:895-8. 2002..A case of this cutaneous malignancy, characterized by a short-term local recurrence and systemic fatal spread in spite of surgical treatment, radiotherapy and chemotherapy, is described in a patient with advanced HIV infection...
[Economic burden and clinical course of HIV infection and AIDS today: how the variation of natural history, available treatments, and strictly related costs play a role in needs of health care]R Manfredi
Sezione di Malattie Infettive, Dipartimento di Medicina Clinica Specialistica e Sperimentale, Università Alma Mater, Azienda Ospedaliera Policlinico S Orsola Malpighi, Bologna
Recenti Prog Med 92:648-54. 2001....
Changing epidemiology of hepatitis A in the Bologna metropolitan area, northern Italy: importance of counselling and prophylactic measures for the male homo/bisexual populationR Manfredi
Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Bologna Alma Mater Studiorum, S Orsola Hospital, Bologna, Italy
Clin Microbiol Infect 11:845-8. 2005..0032). There is a need to re-emphasise targeted educational programmes and anti-HAV vaccination for at-risk subjects...
Osteonecrosis and highly active antiretroviral therapy during HIV infection: report of a series and literature reviewL Calza
Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Bologna, S Orsola Hospital, Bologna, Italy
AIDS Patient Care STDS 15:385-9. 2001..Five cases of osteonecrosis were observed among over 1300 patients with HIV disease. According to our experience, novel antiretroviral regimens do not represent a constant risk factor for avascular necrosis of bone during HIV infection...
Lack of change in the distribution of AIDS-defining opportunistic diseases and the related degree of immunodeficiency during the periods before and after the introduction of highly active antiretroviral therapyR Manfredi
Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Bologna, S Orsola Hospital, Italy
Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 20:410-3. 2001..Even in recent years, the large majority of patients newly diagnosed with AIDS have not been able to take advantage of HAART prior to diagnosis of their disease...
Infective endocarditis: a review of the best treatment optionsLeonardo Calza
Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna, S Orsola Hospital, via G Massarenti 11, I 40138 Bologna, Italy
Expert Opin Pharmacother 5:1899-916. 2004..This review should help redefine the best therapeutic and preventive strategies against infective endocarditis...
A prospective case-control survey of laboratory markers of skeletal muscle damage during HIV disease and antiretroviral therapyRoberto Manfredi
Dipartimento di Medicina Clinica Specialistica e Sperimentale, Sezione di Malattie Infettive, , Italy
AIDS 16:1969-71. 2002
A prospective comparison of the two main indications of efavirenz in 2001 highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) regimens: first-line versus salvage useRoberto Manfredi
Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Bologna, S Orsola Hospital, Via Massarenti 11, I 40138 Bologna, Italy
J Antimicrob Chemother 49:723-9. 2002..To determine the efficacy of efavirenz introduction in first-line HAART compared with salvage multidrug regimens...
[HIV disease, antiretroviral treatment and the liver--emerging problems]Roberto Manfredi
Dipartimento di Medicina Clinica Specialistica e Sperimentale, Sezione di Malattie Infettive, Universita degli Studi di Bologna Alma Mater Studiorum, Azienda Ospedaliera di Bologna, Policlinico S Orsola Malpighi, Bologna
Recenti Prog Med 94:149-53. 2003....
Hodgkin's disease in the setting of human immunodeficiency virus infectionLeonardo Calza
Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Section of Infectious Diseases, Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna, S Orsola Hospital, Bologna, Italy
Scand J Infect Dis 35:136-41. 2003..In this report cases of Hodgkin's disease are described among over 1,000 HIV-infected patients referring to a tertiary care centre during a 6 y study period...
HIV disease and advanced age: an increasing therapeutic challengeRoberto Manfredi
Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Bologna, S Orsola Hospital, Via Massarenti 11, I 40138 Bologna, Italy
Drugs Aging 19:647-69. 2002..Antiretroviral drug dosage adjustment to take into account underlying pathological conditions or other pharmacological treatments is another emerging issue...
Systemic and discoid lupus erythematosus in HIV-infected patients treated with highly active antiretroviral therapyLeonardo Calza
Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Bologna, S Orsola Hospital, Italy
Int J STD AIDS 14:356-9. 2003..To our knowledge, this is the second case of DLE and the twenty-seventh case of SLE reported to date in association with HIV infection...
