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Microbiologia Medica (MM) is the official publication of the Italian Association of Clinical Microbiologists (AMCLI). It publishes peer-reviewed papers that present basic and applied research relevant to therapy and diagnostics in the fields of: bacteriology, mycology, virology, parasitology, mycobacteriology, infectious diseases, chemotherapy, antimicrobial agents, immunology, autoimmunity and epidemiology.

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• Susceptibility patterns of Streptococcus pyogenes isolated in the Italian Hospital of Desio: a 20-year (2000-2019) retrospective study

  Jari Intra, Davide Carcione, Roberta Maria Sala, Claudia Siracusa, Paolo Brambilla, Valerio Leoni

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2025.14201

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• Optimizing Gram stain interpretation: a comparison of four smear preparation methods for Gram staining of positively automated blood culture bottles

  Swati Nirmal, Kirti Nirmal, Nimisha Jain, Arghya Bandyopadhyay, Shukla Das

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2025.14213

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• Nocardia farcinica brain abscess in an immunocompromised patient: a case report

  Tiziana Laurano, Maria Teresa Della Rocca, Adriana Durante, Vittorio Panetta, Mariassunta Claudia D'amato, Giusy Natale, Stefano Labella, Giuseppina Tucci, Rosalba Di Virgilio, Rita Greco

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2025.14204

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• Seroprevalence of scrub typhus at tertiary care hospital in Nagpur

  Priyanka Chandankhede, Khushboo Agarwal, Dilip Gedam, Gopal Agrawal

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2025.14639

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• Entamoeba histolytica in urine: a case report

  Suhaib H. Kakamad, Shevan M. Mustafa, Fahmi H. Kakamad, Mohieddin Barzegar, Lava T. Mahmud

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2025.13899

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• Extended incubation in blood cultures: necessity or nuance?

  Prakriti Negi, Salman Khan, Kuhu Chatterjee, Munesh Kumar Gupta, Deepak Kumar, Pradyot Prakash

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2025.14134

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• A study on non-fermenting Gram-negative bacilli: their isolation and in vitro susceptibility in a tertiary care hospital in Central India

  Preeti Sharma, Varsha Wanjare, Sunanda Shrikhande Zodpey

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2025.13765

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• Bacteriological profile in patients having chronic dacryocystitis presenting for cataract surgery in a tertiary care centre

  Mrunal Dhiran, Hina Rahangdale, Rajesh Joshi, Sunanda Shrikhande Zodpey

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2025.12741

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• Optimizing urinary tract infection diagnosis: time and resource efficiency with the Sysmex UF-4000i

  Babacar Ndiaye, Moustapha Faye, Abdou Diop, Mareme Thiam, Rena Derwiche, Samba Diao, Thierno Abdoulaye Diallo, Chantal Mahou, Abdoulaye Seck

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2025.13299

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• Same-day identification and genotypic antibiotic resistance testing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and non-tuberculous mycobacteria from positive blood culture bottles – a proof of principle assessment

  Anna Camaggi, Rosalba Minisini, Stelvio Tonello, Monia Mantovani, Maria Simona Caroppo, Anna Merlo, Miriam Cordovana, Markus Kostrzewa, Hagen Frickmann, Stefano Andreoni

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2024.12755

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• Epidemiology and diagnostics of intestinal parasitic infections in Italy: a multicentric survey

  Libera Clemente, Raffaele Gargiulo, Daniele Crotti, Stefania Varani, Nicola Menegotto, Francesco Bernieri, Ester Oliva, Valeria Besutti, Maria Grazia Coppola, Luciana Petrullo, Francesco Fontana, Annibale Raglio, Luca Masucci

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2024.12585

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• Respiratory viruses and SARS-CoV-2 virus circulation in the provinces of Lucca and Massa Carrara during the 2022/2023 and 2023/2024 flu seasons

  Veronica Cunsolo, Paola Alessandra Petrocelli, Chiara Bianchimani, Lorenzo Sardone, Veronica Brucculeri, Deborah Baglini , Silvia Del Priore, Valentina Lattaro, Giulia Rossi, Maria Nardone, Stefano Rapi

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2024.12644

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• A rare case of loiasis clinically manifested 9 years after the last epidemiological exposure

  Giorgia Bizzotto, Stefania De Toni, Monica Trambaioli, Paola Cornoldi, Roberto Ghirardo, Alberto Ruggeri, Gianfranco Biasio, Anna Maria Leo

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2024.12698

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• Colistin, the last resort antibiotic: challenges in the implementation of its routine susceptibility testing

  Nisha Goyal, Seema Gangar, Krishna Sarkar, Narendra Pal Singh, Shukla Das, Aditya Nath Dwivedi

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2024.12388

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• Results of an Italian multi-long-term care facilities survey on diagnostic, therapeutic, and infection control topics: state of the art and future perspective

  Roberta Migliavacca, Luca Vaccaro, Melissa Spalla, Anna De Col, Richard Aschbacher, GLISTer working group

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2024.12386

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• Parasites (protozoa and helminths) localized to the central nervous system

  Nicola Menegotto, Fabrizio Bruschi, Daniele Crotti, Valeria Meroni, Annibale Raglio

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2024.12471

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