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  Microbial biofilm: a “sticky” problem

  Arianna Pompilio, Giovanni Di Bonaventura

  19-12-2018

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2018.7851

  1657

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  Parvovirus B19: recent insights and implications for pathogenesis, diagnosis and therapy

  Giorgio Gallinella

  10-10-2017

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2017.7109

  2402

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  Distribution and virulence properties of extra-intestinal pathogenic Escherichia coli in Turkey

  Elif Bozcal

  22-12-2016

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2016.6324

  2607

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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

  12-12-2025

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

  824

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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

  20-11-2024

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

  1223

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  Evaluation of the in vitro activity of ceftobiprole against clinical isolates of Staphylococcus aureus

  Carola Mauri, Silvia Bracco, Elisa Meroni, Davide Oggioni, Luigi Principe, Beatrice Pini, Francesco Luzzaro

  22-12-2016

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2016.6205

  1446

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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

  03-12-2024

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

  1036

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  The global Mycobacterium chimaera outbreak

  Enrico Tortoli

  22-05-2019

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2019.8037

  1384

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  Introduction of Gram negative microrganisms rapid identification and direct susceptibility testing to reduce turnaround time in blood cultures

  Maria Vittoria Mauro, Saveria Dodaro, Daniela Perugini, Francesca Greco, Cristina Giraldi

  30-12-2017

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2017.6963

  1997

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  Rapid acquisition and modulation of colistin-resistance by an extensively drug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii: case report and review of current literature

  Jari Intra, Roberta M. Sala, Eduardo Beck, Paolo Brambilla

  18-10-2016

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2016.5869

  1385

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• The value of rapid diagnostics in pediatric care: a stewardship-based framework informed by a multidisciplinary meeting in Rome

  Venere Cortazzo, Gianluca Vrenna, Paola Bernaschi, Alberto Villani, Carlo Federico Perno

  09-06-2026

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2026.15721

  410

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  The clinical relevance of pathogen Aerococcus urinae identification by MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry: a case of sepsis in 86-year-old Caucasian male

  Jari Intra, Cecilia Sarto, Giuseppe Serra, Paolo Brambilla

  05-08-2020

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2020.8965

  995

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  Molecular characterization of multidrug-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae and Escherichia coli harbouring extended spectrum beta-lactamases and carbapenemases genes at a tertiary hospital, Kenya

  Daniel Maina, Gunturu Revathi, Andrew C. Whitelaw

  30-12-2017

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2017.7076

  2376

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  Elizabethkingia meningosepticum: an emerging nosocomial pathogen in a critical patient with septicaemia

  Vittorio Panetta, Rita Greco, Sandra Costanzo, Andrea Morello, Angelo Costanzo, Giuseppe Canzano

  28-03-2017

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2017.5009

  2330

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• Identification of Brucella (Ochrobactrum) anthropi by MALDI-TOF MS from blood: a case report

  Maria Teresa Della Rocca, Filomena Merola, Adriana Durante, Vittorio Panetta, Stefano Labella, Giuseppina Tucci, Antonio Marino, Giusy Natale, Francesco Pardo, Catia Sabbato, Rita Greco

  12-03-2024

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2024.11885

  1268

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  Detection of enterotoxins and genotyping of Staphylococcus aureus strains isolated from Isfahan Educational Hospital, Iran

  Seyed Asghar Havaei, Nahid Rezaei, Roholla Havaei, Amirmorteza Ebrahimzadeh Namvar

  10-10-2017

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2017.6965

  1496

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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

  02-03-2026

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

  425

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• A fatal rhabdomyolysis with the presence of Bacillus cereus on blood culture: description of a clinical case

  Lara Scoppapietra, Alessio Audino, Guido Ricciardelli, Giuseppina Amarù, Maura Millesimo, Cristina Crocillà, Valentino Granero

  27-05-2024

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2024.12419

  980

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  New methods in meningitis diagnosis

  Francesco d'Aleo, Roberta Bonanno, Martina Bonofiglio

  30-12-2021

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2021.10235

  1138

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  Colistin-resistant microorganisms and cystic fibrosis: microbiological surveillance in an Italian Children’s Hospital

  Anna Lisa Montemari, Vanessa Tuccio Guarna Assanti, Giulia Linardos, Giovanni Di Bonaventura, Gabriella Ricciotti, Ersilia Vita Fiscarelli

  22-05-2019

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2019.8163

  1354

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  Epidemiology of extended spectrum β-lactamase, AmpC and class A carbapenemases-producing organisms isolated at San Camillo Hospital of Treviso (Italy) between April 2012 and March 2014

  Margherita Scapaticci, Giacomo Fossen, Vittorina Ius

  31-03-2016

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2016.4622

  1840

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• Detection of free-living amoeba in a tertiary care hospital

  Nairita Choudhuri, Bhaskar Narayan Chaudhuri, Partha Guchhait, Arup Kumar Dawn, Satadal Das

  21-05-2024

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2024.12287

  1200

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  The San Luigi Gonzaga Hospital experience: improving blood and urine culture preanalytical quality by shared protocols

  Angela Samiolo, Elena Ardizzi, Angela Ardizzola, Ornella Bianco, Anna Rita De Luigi, Paola Lovera, Stefania Pelassa, Paola Silvaplana, Giuseppina Viberti, Giuseppe De Renzi

  07-07-2017

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2017.6602

  2025

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  Current antimicrobial sensitivity pattern of typhoidal salmonellae in a referral diagnostic centre

  Umer Shujat, Aamer Ikram, Inam Qadir Javaid Hashmi, Shahid Ahmed Abbasi, Amna Afzal, Muhammad Ayyub

  31-03-2016

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2016.4669

  2181

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  Risk factors matter: case report of Y. pseudotuberculosis in obese patient

  Lara Scoppapietra, Giuseppina Amarù, Cristina Crocillà, Mara Finotti, Marika Salafia, Alessandra Canevaro, Valentino Granero

  12-12-2022

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2022.10784

  926

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  An unusual case of Rhodotorula mucilaginosa fungaemia in a cancer patient

  Valentino Granero, Elvio Peyronel, Nicoletta Mensa, Nicola Liuzzi, Cristina Costa, Maria Rita Cavallo

  10-10-2017

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2017.6827

  1537

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  Evaluation of the HB&L carbapenemase and extended spectrum beta lactamase-AmpC automated screening kits for the rapid detection of resistant Enterobacteriaceae in rectal swabs

  Sara Marani, Maria Federica Pedna

  28-03-2017

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2017.6709

  1952

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• A rare case report of Aeromonas salmonicida causing neonatal septicaemia

  Ankita Shreya, Hina Rahangdale, Sangeeta Bhalavi, Swati Kale, Sunanda Shrikhande

  02-03-2026

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2025.14523

  261

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  Evaluation of the Verigene® Blood Culture Nucleic Acid test for rapid identification of gram positive pathogens from positive blood cultures

  Agnese Cellini, Maria Federica Pedna, Francesca Del Bianco, Vittorio Sambri

  18-06-2015

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2015.4945

  2266

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  Emergency management in bacterial meningitis and sepsis: application of real time-polymerase chain reaction and FilmArray technology performed directly on cerebrospinal fluid and blood samples

  Loria Bianchi, Zaleida Napoli, Swan Donati, Patrizia Lencioni, Fabiano Santoni, Riccardo Lari

  18-12-2015

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2015.5084

  5567

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• Central Venous Catheter (CVC) related infections: a local retrospective study

  Manuela Fresu, Agostina Ronca, Carla Pruzzo, Simona Roveta

  30-06-2008

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2008.2581

  2206

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  Postmortem microbiology as a routine tool for legal-medicine in Italy: is it time?

  Francesco d'Aleo, Roberta Bonanno, Giovanna Bianco, Antonino Trunfio

  07-07-2017

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2017.6828

  2054

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  Bacteremia due to anaerobic bacteria: epidemiology in a northern Bari Hospital, Italy

  Maria Antonietta Distasi, Donatella Rizzi, Nicola Sciannandrone, Mirella Caldarone, Simonetta Gioscia, Annamaria Leonetti, Tito Del Gaudio

  18-06-2015

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2015.4738

  2781

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• Epidemiologia delle batteriemie nosocomiali in Lombardia nel triennio 1999-2001

  Egidio Franco Viganò, Daniela Fossati, Massimo Colciago, Milena Arghittu, Marinella Cainarca, Antonio Grossi, Francesco Luzzaro, Manuela Montuori, Angelo Sala, Panajota Troupioti

  31-12-2004

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2004.2995

  1184

  Downloads: 1310
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  Sepsis by Capnocytophaga

  Lara Ines Bellazzi, Liudmyla Diachyshyna, Marcella Mercuri, Cristina Terulla, Panajota Troupioti, Filippo Costanzo

  30-12-2017

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2017.7105

  1606

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  Real life turnaround time of blood cultures in the clinical microbiology laboratory: results of the first Italian survey, May 2015

  Fabio Arena, Marta Argentieri, Paola Bernaschi, Giacomo Fortina, Vesselina Kroumova, Esther Manso, Pier Giorgio Montanera, Pierluigi Nicoletti, Patrizia Pecile, Mario Rassu, Gian Maria Rossolini, Teresa Spanu, Pierangelo Clerici, Carla Fontana

  18-10-2016

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2016.6127

  2655

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  Comparison of the Etest and Sensititre methods for anaerobe susceptibility testing

  Karin Puechler, Katia Scalzo, Maira Nicoletti, Stefanie Wieser, Richard Aschbacher, Elisabetta Pagani

  28-07-2023

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2023.11056

  1530

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  Direct antimicrobial susceptibility testing of Gram-negative bacteria from positive blood cultures

  Andrea Zappavigna, Enrica Cavatorta, Rossana Chiarabini, Roberta Schiavo, Daniela Padrini, Camilla Reboli, Massimo Confalonieri

  18-03-2014

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2013.3272

  2233

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• Confronto dei risultati dell’esame microscopico diretto e dell’identificazione definitiva nei casi di batteriemia

  Antonio Goglio, Francesca Vailati, Annalisa Grigis, Bianca Ricciardella, Fausto Moioli

  30-06-2006

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2006.2929

  1247

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• The burden of Candida parapsilosis bloodstream infections: from azole resistance to biofilm production

  N. Ferraro, E. N. R. Iskandar, G. Ferrari, A. M. G. Pitrolo, A. Prigitano, M. C. Esposto, F. Baldanti, C. Cavanna

  03-12-2024

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2024.13220

  323

  Downloads: 232

• Le infezioni catetere vascolare correlate: risultati di tre anni di sorveglianza (2001-2003)

  Vesselina Kroumova, Ilaria Crespi, Gian Lorenzo Molinari, Stefano Andreoni, Carmelina Di Natale, Paola Fonio, Giacomo Fortina

  30-06-2005

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2005.2980

  1535

  Downloads: 1075

• Vancomycin variable enterococci (VVE) responsible for two cases of severe bloodstream infections in immunocompromised patients colonized with vancomycin resistant Enterococcus faecium (VRE)

  A. Giardina, M. Meschiari, C. Venturelli, S. A. Fortuna, P. Conti, I. Venturelli, M. Del Monte, A. Dessilani, C. Mussini, F. Campanile, M. Sarti

  03-12-2024

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2024.13224

  436

  Downloads: 298