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Outcomes of patients hospitalized with community-acquired, health care-associated, and hospital-acquired pneumoniaMario Venditti
University of Rome, Rome, Italy
Ann Intern Med 150:19-26. 2009..quot;Health care-associated pneumonia" refers to pneumonia in patients who have recently been hospitalized, had hemodialysis, or received intravenous chemotherapy or reside in a nursing home or long-term care facility...- Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia in patients with hematologic malignancies: a retrospective case-control studyMario Venditti
Department of Clinical Medicine, Policlinico Umberto I, University of Rome La Sapienza, Rome, Italy
Haematologica 88:923-30. 2003..Nevertheless few data are presently available in literature about this infection in patients with hematologic malignancies... 
Klebsiella pneumoniae ST258 producing KPC-3 identified in italy carries novel plasmids and OmpK36/OmpK35 porin variantsAurora García-Fernández
Department of Infectious, Parasitic and Immune Mediated Diseases, Istituto Superiore di Sanita, Rome, Italy
Antimicrob Agents Chemother 56:2143-5. 2012....- Infections with VIM-1 metallo-{beta}-lactamase-producing enterobacter cloacae and their correlation with clinical outcomeMarco Falcone
Nosocomial Infections Unit, Department of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Policlinico Umberto I, University of Rome La Sapienza, Viale dell Universita 37, 00185 Rome, Italy
J Clin Microbiol 47:3514-9. 2009..cloacae infections are difficult to diagnose due to an apparent susceptibility to various beta-lactams, including carbapenems, and are associated with a high relapse rate and a more prolonged duration of antibiotic therapy... 
Candidal thrombophlebitis of central veins: case report and reviewRoberta Caccese
Department of Emergency Medicine, San Giovanni Addolorata Hospital, Rome, Italy
Med Mycol 50:299-304. 2012..Thus, the decision for a combined surgical debridement should be assessed for each patient...- Retrospective case-control analysis of patients with staphylococcal infections receiving daptomycin or glycopeptide therapyMarco Falcone
Department of Public Health and Infectious Diseases, Policlinico Umberto I, Sapienza University of Rome, Viale dell Universita 37, Rome, Italy
Int J Antimicrob Agents 39:64-8. 2012..This latter aspect may have important pharmacoeconomic implications, promoting the use of daptomycin in the clinical setting... - Hospital-acquired infection surveillance in a neonatal intensive care unitGiovanni Battista Orsi
Department of Public Health Sciences, La Sapienza University, Rome, Italy
Am J Infect Control 37:201-3. 2009..Hospital-acquired infections (HAIs) represent an important cause of morbidity and mortality in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs)... - Staphylococcus haemolyticus endocarditis: clinical and microbiologic analysis of 4 casesMarco Falcone
Department of Clinical Medicine, Policlinico Umberto I, University of Rome La Sapienza, 00185 Rome, Italy
Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis 57:325-31. 2007..Methicillin-resistant multiresistant S. haemolyticus may represent a difficult-to-treat cause of both community and nosocomially acquired IE... - Cirrhotic patients are at risk for health care-associated bacterial infectionsManuela Merli
Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Clinical Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol 8:979-85. 2010..We assessed the epidemiology, risk factors, and clinical consequences of bacterial infections in hospitalized cirrhotic patients... - A plasma expander-related Pseudomonas aeruginosa outbreakGiovanni B Orsi
Department of Public Health Sciences, University La Sapienza, Rome, Italy
Scand J Infect Dis 38:1085-8. 2006..Environmental strains were isolated from a plasma-expander solution and tap water. All clinical and plasma-expander strains displayed the same PFGE pattern, whereas the water strains were unrelated to the outbreak... - In vitro activity of fosfomycin in combination with vancomycin or teicoplanin against Staphylococcus aureus isolated from device-associated infections unresponsive to glycopeptide therapyEleonora Pistella
Servizio di Consulenze Internistico-Infettivologiche, III Clinica Medica, Dipartimento di Medicina Clinica-Policlinico Umberto I. Universita di Roma La Sapienza, Rome, Italy
Infez Med 13:97-102. 2005..If these results are confirmed by in vivo experiments, the combination of fosfomycin with glycopeptides might be useful for treating device-associated infections, and in preventing the phenomenon of increasing MICs for glycopeptides... - Outbreak of Acinetobacter baumannii producing the carbapenem-hydrolyzing oxacillinase OXA-58 in Rome, ItalyAlessandra Giordano
Department of Science and Public Health, Microbiology Unit, University of Rome La Sapienza, Rome, Italy
Microb Drug Resist 13:37-43. 2007..All the carbapenem resistant strains analyzed in this study carried the bla (OXA-58) gene located on plasmids... - Performance of PSI, CURB-65, and SCAP scores in predicting the outcome of patients with community-acquired and healthcare-associated pneumoniaMarco Falcone
Department of Public Health and Infectious Diseases, Policlinico Umberto I, University of Rome La Sapienza, Rome, Italy
Intern Emerg Med 6:431-6. 2011..PSI, CURB-65, and SCAP score have a good performance in patients with CAP but are less useful in patients with HCAP, especially in patients classified in the low-risk classes... - Surgical debridement with muscle flap transposition and systemic teicoplanin therapy for infected hip arthroplastyGabriella d'Ettorre
Department of Tropical and Infectious Diseases, University of Rome Sapienza, Rome, Italy
Hip Int 20:255-7. 2010..We report two cases of prosthetic joint infection treated by aggressive debridment and vastus lateralis transposition with associated appropriate antibiotic therapy. Complete recovery of functional status was observed... - Invasive aspergillosis in patients with liver diseaseMarco Falcone
Department of Public Health and Infectious Diseases, Policlinico Umberto I, University of Rome La Sapienza, Rome, Italy
Med Mycol 49:406-13. 2011..New diagnostic tools, e.g., galactomannan (GM) antigen test, in association with increased clinical suspicion may allow an early diagnosis and improve the outcome of IA in this particular category of patients... - Healthcare-associated pneumonia: diagnostic criteria and distinction from community-acquired pneumoniaMarco Falcone
Department of Infectious Diseases, Policlinico Umberto I, University of Rome La Sapienza, Rome, Italy
Int J Infect Dis 15:e545-50. 2011.... - Clinical impact of broad-spectrum empirical antibiotic therapy in patients with healthcare-associated pneumonia: a multicenter interventional studyMarco Falcone
Department of Public Health and Infectious Diseases, Policlinico Umberto I, University of Rome La Sapienza, Viale dell Universita 37, 00161, Rome, Italy
Intern Emerg Med 7:523-31. 2012..14 days, p = 0.02), and a lower mortality rate (17.8 vs. 7.1 %, p = 0.03). Our results suggest that an empirical broad-spectrum therapy is associated with improved outcome in patients with HCAP... - Endocarditis caused by nutritionally variant streptococci: a case report and literature reviewSimone Giuliano
Department of Public Health and Infectious Diseases, La Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
Infez Med 20:67-74. 2012..Heart valve replacement surgery should be considered in cases of hemodynamic derangement due to significant valve destruction... - Serious infections due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: an evolving challenge for physiciansMarco Falcone
Dipartimento di Medicina Clinica, Policlinico Umberto I, University of Rome La Sapienza, Italy
Eur J Intern Med 20:343-7. 2009..The aims of this article are to review the current state of knowledge regarding MRSA infections, to identify those factors which may help physicians to recognize the patients at high risk, and to manage these infections appropriately... - An ertapenem-resistant extended-spectrum-beta-lactamase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae clone carries a novel OmpK36 porin variantAurora García-Fernández
Department of Infectious, Parasitic and Immune Mediated Diseases, Istituto Superiore di Sanita, Rome, Italy
Antimicrob Agents Chemother 54:4178-84. 2010..pneumoniae isolates derived from patients from 2006 to 2009 demonstrated the high frequency of this gene variant as well as its association with ertapenem resistance, reduced susceptibility to meropenem, and susceptibility to imipenem... - Efficacy of current guidelines for the treatment of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis in the clinical practiceStefania Angeloni
Department of Clinical Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, Roma, Italy
World J Gastroenterol 14:2757-62. 2008..To verify the validity of the International Ascites Club guidelines for treatment of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP) in clinical practice... - Successful treatment of Corynebacterium urealyticum encrusted cystitis: a case report and literature reviewAntonio Pierciaccante
Servizio di Consulenze Internistico Infettivologiche, III Clinica Medica, Dipartimento di Medicina Clinica, Policlinico Umberto I Università di Roma La Sapienza, Rome, Italy
Infez Med 15:56-8. 2007..Eventually the infection was definitively cured after a two-week course with intramuscular teicoplanin... - Invasive infections caused by Trichosporon species and Geotrichum capitatum in patients with hematological malignancies: a retrospective multicenter study from Italy and review of the literatureCorrado Girmenia
Dipartimento di Biotecnologie Cellulari ed Ematologia, Universita La Sapienza, Via Benevento 6, 00161 Rome, Italy
J Clin Microbiol 43:1818-28. 2005..and 55.7% for G. capitatum. The optimal therapy for trichosporonosis has yet to be identified; however, in vitro experiences are providing encouraging evidence of the potential role of the new triazoles, in particular, voriconazole... - Long-term posaconazole treatment and follow-up of rhino-orbital-cerebral mucormycosis in a diabetic girlLuigi Tarani
Pediatric Department, University La Sapienza, Rome, Italy
Pediatr Diabetes 10:289-93. 2009.... - [Linezolid therapy for the treatment of nocardial infection: report of a case and review of the literature]Marco Falcone
Dipartimento di Medicina Clinica, Policlinico Umberto I, Universita degli Studi di Roma La Sapienza, Italy
Infez Med 16:94-8. 2008..On the basis of the available evidence, linezolid appears an effective option for the treatment of nocardiosis... - A case of Lactobacillus casei bacteraemia associated with aortic dissection: is there a link?Alessandro Russo
Department of Internal Medicine, University La Sapienza, Rome, Italy
New Microbiol 33:175-8. 2010..On the basis of the patient's symptoms, a possible penetration of L. casei in an aortic wall defect with development of aortic dissection is hypothesized... - Surveillance and infection control in an intensive care unitGiovanni Battista Orsi
Department of Public Health Sciences, University La Sapienza Rome, Rome, Italy
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 26:321-5. 2005..To evaluate the effect of an infection control program on the incidence of hospital-acquired infection (HAI) and associated mortality... - Identification of a variant "Rome clone" of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus with decreased susceptibility to vancomycin, responsible for an outbreak in an intensive care unitMarco Cassone
Department of Clinical Medicine, University La Sapienza, Rome, Italy
Microb Drug Resist 10:43-9. 2004.... - Candida infective endocarditis: report of 15 cases from a prospective multicenter studyMarco Falcone
Dipartimento di Medicina Clinica, Policlinico Umberto I, Universita degli Studi di Roma La Sapienza, Rome, Italy
Medicine (Baltimore) 88:160-8. 2009..Candida PVE usually is a late-onset disease, which becomes clinically evident even several months after an initial episode of transient candidemia... - Reliability of white blood cell scan in the follow-up of osteomyelitisMauro Liberatore
Nuclear Medicine Unit, Department of Radiological Sciences, University of Rome La Sapienza, Rome, Italy
Biomed Pharmacother 61:272-6. 2007..Our aim was to study the relationship between scintigraphic findings of WBCS and antibiotic therapy in a group of patients affected with osteomyelitis (OM)... - Outbreak of Saccharomyces cerevisiae subtype boulardii fungemia in patients neighboring those treated with a probiotic preparation of the organismMarco Cassone
III Clinica Medica, Dipartimento di Medicina Clinica, Universita degli Studi di Roma La Sapienza, Rome, Italy
J Clin Microbiol 41:5340-3. 2003..The fungemia was probably due to central venous catheter contamination and resolved after fluconazole treatment. The need for stringent application of proper hygiene when using a probiotic preparation of this organism is emphasized... - Fluconazole in combination with flucytosine in the treatment of fluconazole-resistant Candida infectionsCorrado Girmenia
Dipartimento di Biotecnologie Cellulari ed Ematologia, University La Sapienza, Rome, Italy
Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis 46:227-31. 2003..In the event of infections by Candida isolates resistant to fluconazole but susceptible to 5-fluorocytosine, the combination of these drugs may be a possible therapeutic choice... - Tc-99m exametazime-labeled leukocyte scans in the study of infections in skull neurosurgeryMauro Liberatore
Department of Experimental Medicine and Pathology, Section of Nuclear Medicine, Institute of Radiology, University of Rome I La Sapienza, Policlinico Umberto I, Viale Regina Elena 324, 00161 Rome, Italy
Clin Nucl Med 28:971-4. 2003..This study may have an important role both in the diagnosis and in the management of infections in skull neurosurgery, which, it is hoped, will be confirmed in the future... - [Piperacillin-tazobactam in the treatment of severe nosocomial infections]Mario Venditti
Servizio Aggregato di Consulenze Internistico-Infettivologiche, Cattedra di Clinica Medica III, Dipartimento di Medicina Clinica, , Roma
Recenti Prog Med 93:200-11. 2002..After a detailed description of the above mentioned context, the pre-eminent role of piperacillin-tazobactam in the treatment of nosocomial infections is reviewed and discussed... - Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus necrotizing pneumoniaMonica Monaco
Emerg Infect Dis 11:1647-8. 2005 - [Staphylococcus aureus sepsis in hospitalized non neutropenic patients: retrospective clinical and microbiological analysis]Marco Falcone
Dipartimento di Medicina Clinica, Divisione di Clinica Medica III,
Ann Ital Med Int 17:166-72. 2002..05) were confirmed as associated with a complicated outcome. SAS in non neutropenic patients is associated with significant morbidity consequent to a high rate of metastatic infectious disease and with a considerable related mortality... - Characterization of a variant of the SCCmec element in a bloodstream isolate of Staphylococcus intermediusFloriana Campanile
Department of Microbiological and Gynaecological Science, University of Catania, Via Androne 81, 95124 Catania, Italy
Microb Drug Resist 13:7-10. 2007..intermedius isolate carrying SCCmec-like elements. Our study could be useful to explain the mechanism and routes of transfer of the chromosomal cassette carrying the mec complex, among staphylococci... - Health care associated pneumonia: a new clinical entityMarco Falcone
Arch Intern Med 168:109-10. 2008 - In vitro activity of daptomycin against methicillin- and multi-resistant Staphylococcus haemolyticus invasive isolates carrying different mec complexesFloriana Campanile
Department of Microbiology, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis 61:227-31. 2008..Our results show the good in vitro activity of daptomycin in MRSH strains possessing a multi-resistant phenotype. Clinical data on daptomycin efficacy are necessary to confirm our in vitro findings... - Class I integron-borne bla(VIM-1) carbapenemase in a strain of Enterobacter cloacae responsible for a case of fatal pneumoniaMariagrazia Perilli
Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Biomediche, Universita degli Studi dell Aquila, L Aquila, Italy
Microb Drug Resist 14:45-7. 2008..Our results clearly demonstrate the transfer of this kind of resistance in E. cloacae with potentially serious clinical implications... - [Microbiological surveillance in an intensive care unit of a large Roman hospital]Cristiana Franchi
Dipartimento di Malattie Infettive, Azienda Policlinico Umberto I, Roma, Italy
Infez Med 10:93-9. 2002..aeruginosa 70,0%). The surveillance software CIN-2000 proved to be very accurate, usefull and easy to use. The results showed a high incidence of infections associated to invasive procedures and the presence of multiresistant bacteria..