Vol. 25 No. 2 (2010)

https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2010.2

Published: 30-06-2010

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

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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

1662

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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

1381

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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

1064

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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

1128

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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

1266

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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

1041

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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

1060

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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

1287

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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

1069

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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

1431

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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

1413

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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

1448

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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

1149

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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

1056

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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

1256

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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

1162

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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

940

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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

1131

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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

1423

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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

1312

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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

1163

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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

1089

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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

1748

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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

1759

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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

1393

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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

1572

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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

1086

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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

1035

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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

1002

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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

1024

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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

1130

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Vol. 25 No. 2 (2010)

Original Articles

Excellence in clinical laboratories: the standard ISO 15189:2007

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Microbiological surveillance in patients with cystic fibrosis

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Prevalence study of HPV mixed infections in Italian HIV positive women

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

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

KI and WU Polyomavirus detection in tonsils of immunocompetent patients

Meningitis due to Fusobacterium necrophorum

Molecular epidemiology of C. pneumoniae infections

Chlamydophila pneumoniae serological epidemiology

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

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

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

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

Endotoxin activity dosage in septic patients

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

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

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

Infections caused by Salmonella: epidemiological investigation in Rho Hospital

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