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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

  5484

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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

  182

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  Passengers screening for SARS-CoV-2 infection at Rome Fiumicino Airport: a strategy aimed at limiting the spreading of the infection through COVID-free air flights revealed the airport role as a formidable sentinel center for monitoring pandemic trends and viral variants circulation

  Alessandra Amendola, Claudia Minosse, Fabrizio Carletti, Elena Specchiarello, Eleonora Lalle, Licia Bordi, Concetta Castilletti, Federica Forbici, Maria Pisciotta, Fabrizio Rossi, Tiziano Scarparo, Anna Rosa Garbuglia, Francesco Vaia

  30-08-2022

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2022.10682

  1070

  Downloads: 341

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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

  22-04-2025

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

  808

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  Evaluation of a rapid diagnostic test for detection of SARS-CoV-2 antigen in nasopharyngeal swabs

  Davide Carcione, Jari Intra, Daniela Riggio, Simona Sabella, Lorenza Rondelli, Simone Barbieri, Valerio Leoni, Maria Luisa Biondi

  06-05-2021

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2021.9623

  2312

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  Qualitative evaluation of the new rapid point-of-care antigen Afias Covid-19/Flu Ag Combo assay

  Mara Lorusso, Edmondo Adorisio, Giuseppe Gagliardi, Achille Meneghini, Domenico Lagravinese, Mario Antonio Lerario

  30-12-2021

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2021.10315

  941

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  Superficial and subcutaneous mycoses

  Gianluigi Lombardi, Giuliana Lo Cascio, Stefano Andreoni, Elisabetta Blasi, Marco Conte, Claudio Farina, Paolo Fazii, Silvana Sanna, Laura Trovato

  22-07-2020

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2020.9156

  3839

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  Molecular methods: are their results of help or do they make more confuse the clinical management of patients?

  Anna Pierro, Vittorio Sambri

  22-12-2016

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2016.6494

  1584

  Downloads: 806

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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

  28-05-2024

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

  1644

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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

  948

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• Advancing antimicrobial susceptibility testing in body fluid-associated infections: a focus on direct testing for timely and targeted therapeutic interventions

  Nisha Goyal, Vikas Saini, Nimisha Jain, Bandi Shravana, Shukla Das, Narendra Pal Singh, Meenakshi Goswami

  04-08-2025

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2025.13602

  476

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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

  1911

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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

  1429

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  Non-Covid causes of acute undifferentiated febrile illness during the Covid pandemic: an etiological analysis from Uttar Pradesh, India

  Vikas Kumar, Satender Saraswat, Pranay Singh, Ankur Goyal, Sanjeev Kumar, Madhav Agrawal, Himanshu Kumar

  22-08-2023

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2023.11092

  1124

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• Seroprevalence of scrub typhus at tertiary care hospital in Nagpur

  Priyanka Chandankhede, Khushboo Agarwal, Dilip Gedam, Gopal Agrawal

  02-03-2026

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

  129

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  Comparison between TRCReady MTB and MTB ELITe MGB kit for the direct detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex in respiratory and non-respiratory samples

  Arianna Gatti, Paolo Melloni, Emanuela Vasconi, Carlo Agrappi, Paola Mirri, Pierangelo Clerici

  07-07-2017

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2017.6794

  1934

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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

  1824

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  Bacterial vaginosis: epidemiologic, clinical and diagnostic updates

  Giorgio Dirani, Silvia Zannoli, Maria Federica Pedna, Francesco Congestrì, Patrizia Farabegoli, Barbara Dalmo, Vittorio Sambri

  27-02-2018

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2017.7347

  2486

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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

  2180

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• The occurrence and comparative analysis of bacterial vaginosis and its association with urinary tract infections among pregnant women in a tertiary care hospital of Western Uttar Pradesh

  Khilika Sethi, Naila Begum, Aysha Aymen

  07-07-2025

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2025.12828

  614

  Downloads: 234

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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

  1067

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  Management of unscheduled tetanus prophylaxis in Emergency Departments: Point-of-Care implementation as a rapid tool for the evaluation of anti-tetanus antibodies

  Andrea Rocchetti, Rossana Uberti, Carolina Prevaldi, Clara Maria Lazzara, Federica Riccio

  31-03-2016

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2016.5082

  1919

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

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

  29-03-2024

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

  1374

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  Atopobium vaginae: a literature review, on findings and potential clinical implications

  Andrea Mariano, Angelo Salzo, Valentina Felice, Massimiliano Scutellà

  22-05-2019

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2019.8014

  1885

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  Scedosporium species and Lomentospora prolificans in Italian cystic fibrosis patients: prevalence and distribution in seven centers using a selective medium

  Lisa Cariani, Arianna Biffi, Davide Guarneri, Antonio Teri, Daniela Girelli, Chiara Vignati, Patrizia Morelli, Silvia Campana, Daniela Dolce, Vita Dora Iula, Maria Rosaria Catania, Natalia Cirilli, Sara Rapagnani, Martina Rossitto, Ersilia Vita Fiscarelli

  06-05-2021

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2021.9335

  1852

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  No-touch automated disinfection: test results using 254nm UV-C light

  Francesco Merante, Silvio Canino, Maria Laura Baldoni

  11-05-2021

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2021.9577

  1817

  Downloads: 556

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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

  610

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  Molecular evaluation of 7 sexually transmissible microorganisms in symptomatic and asymptomatic Italian childbearing age women: is Ureaplasma parvum a real innocent bystander?

  Manuela Avolio, Maria Luisa Modolo, Paola Stano, Rita De Rosa, Alessandro Camporese

  18-10-2016

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2016.5864

  2567

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  Proteomics: the new era of microbiology

  Marco Toscano, Roberta de Grandi, Lorenzo Drago

  27-02-2018

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2017.7348

  2201

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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

  1961

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  Legionella pneumophila urinary antigen: diagnostic efficiency of a new quantitative ELISA test

  Gino Ciarrocchi, Barbara Cinti, Marco d’Anzeo, Maria Enrica Cimarelli, Brunilde Berti, Helena Cerutti, Francesco Cocola, Andrea Ianniello, Claudia Soldatini

  11-12-2014

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2014.4890

  2304

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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

  2296

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  Evaluation of LIAISON® C. difficile glutamate dehydrogenase and LIAISON® C. difficile toxin A and B in Copan FecalSwabTM samples in a three-step algorithm for the diagnosis of Clostridium difficile infection

  Massimo Oggioni, Alessandra Bielli, Alice Nava, Daniela Adele Pia Campisi

  18-06-2015

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2015.4953

  2351

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  Correlation between cycle threshold and viral load through comparison of RT-PCR qualitative versus quantitative assay for SARS-CoV-2

  Angela Saraiello, Federica Ferrentino, Nunzia Cuomo, Maria Grimaldi, Erasmo Falco, Marcello Raffone, Antimo Di Spirito, Nazareno Melillo, Gennaro Montanino, Valentino Guarino, Francesco Nappo, Martina Esposito, Ilaria Cavallaro, Giovanni D’Auria, Luigi Atripaldi, Claudia Tiberio

  26-10-2021

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2021.9999

  1654

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  Blood transfusion malaria among blood donors in the Central Blood Bank in Kassala State, Sudan

  Amani Mohammed Jibreel, Hadeel Omer Mohammed, Hawa Ali Taher, Mogtaba Tag Alser, Omnia Hashim Sulieman, Tafawl Ibrahim Karrar, Mohamed Hassan Ahmed Kebayer, Khadega Suleiman Mohammed Zarroug, R.M. Hajhamed, Mubarak Ibrahim Idriss Musa, Hajrhma Ismael Hajrhma

  26-07-2022

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2022.10283

  1150

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  Actinobaculum shaalii: a new uropathogen?

  Valentina Felice, Massimiliano Scutellà, Silvia Lombardi

  18-06-2015

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2015.4801

  2958

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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

  1116

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• Comparison of methods for laboratory diagnosis of respiratory syncytial virus

  Maria Cristina Arcangeletti, Silvia Preti, Maria del Pilar Esteban, Emanuel Merep Djouvoup, Valeria Albonetti, Giuseppe Dettori, Carlo Chezzi

  30-09-2010

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2010.2417

  932

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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

  12-12-2025

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

  673

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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

  1780

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  Rapid detection of cryptococcal antigen by a flow assay

  Graziano Bargiggia, Silvia Corbellini, Gaia Ortalli, Fausto Moioli, Claudio Farina

  10-10-2017

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2017.6977

  1307

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  Clinical microbiologists, could we forget the history?

  Roberta Migliavacca, Vittorio Sambri

  10-10-2017

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2017.7108

  1457

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  Malaria and HIV sero-positivity: study on selected individuals at a tertiary healthcare centre in Port Harcourt, Nigeria

  Iheanyi O. Okonko, Anwuli U. Osadebe, Eberechukwu M. Okoli, Ego D. Eke

  06-11-2019

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2019.8160

  1566

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• Standardization of nucleic acid amplification tests in diagnostic molecular microbiology

  Alberta Azzi, Federico Chiodo, Marina Crovatto, Valeria Ghisetti, Carlo Mancini, Paolo Ravanini, Marisa Zerbini

  30-09-2008

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2008.2567

  1602

  Downloads: 1401

• Combined use of two rapid test in Legionella pneumophila infections

  Gino Ciarrocchi, Marco D’anzeo, Maria Enrica Cimarelli, Brunilde Berti, Francesco Petrini

  30-09-2009

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2009.2528

  949

  Downloads: 971
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  Assessment of serum Aspergillus galactomannan expression and associated risk factors among patients living with HIV at Ilorin, Nigeria

  Hafeez Aderinsayo Adekola, Olajide Olubunmi Agbede, Idris Nasir Abdullahi, Lawal O. Olayemi, Anthony Uchenna Emeribe, Amos Dangana, Thairu Yunusa

  06-11-2019

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2019.8158

  1458

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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

  25-10-2024

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

  1263

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  Global epidemiology of Zika and Chikungunya virus human infections

  Silvia Zannoli, Manuela Morotti, Agnese Denicolò, Martina Tassinari, Claudia Chiesa, Anna Pierro, Vittorio Sambri

  10-10-2017

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2017.7054

  2243

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  Value of immunoglobulin G avidity for primary cytomegalovirus diagnosis in pregnant women compared to nested polymerase chain reaction

  Maysaa El Sayed Zaki, Walaa Othman El Shabrawy

  30-06-2016

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2016.4914

  1728

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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

  1132

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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

  928

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  Widespread circulation of echovirus 6 causing aseptic meningitis in paediatric patients in the area of Modena, Italy, in 2011

  Sara Tagliazucchi, Francesca Frascaro, Giulia Fregni Serpini, Nadia Nanni, Giulia Forbicini, Rita Magnani, William Gennari, Antonella Grottola, Fabio Rumpianesi, Monica Pecorari

  18-10-2016

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2016.5806

  1215

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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

  02-03-2026

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

  150

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

  Maria Cristina Arcangeletti, Maria Cristina Medici, Maria del Pilar Esteban, Silvia Preti, Valeria Albonetti, Emanuel Merep Djouvoup, Giuseppe Dettori, Carlo Chezzi

  31-03-2010

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2010.2491

  995

  Downloads: 834
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  Frequency of sexually transmitted diseases and main methodological implications

  Zaleida Napoli, Patrizia Lencioni, Margherita Niccolai, Riccardo Lari, Loria Bianchi

  31-08-2013

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2013.2250

  1433

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  The global Mycobacterium chimaera outbreak

  Enrico Tortoli

  22-05-2019

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

  1311

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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

  30-06-2010

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2010.2469

  1006

  Downloads: 846

• HB&L System: rapid determination of antibiotic sensitivity of bacteria isolated from blood cultures.

  Simone Barocci, Marinella Giacomini, Antonella Renzi, Marcello Palma, Luciano Latini, Luciano Quagliarini, Antonio Migali

  31-03-2010

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2010.2492

  1575

  Downloads: 1613

• The mass spectrometry technology MALDI-TOF (Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization Time- Of-Flight) for a more rapid and economic workflow in the clinical microbiology laboratory

  Simona Barnini, Paola Morici, Laura Micio, Giuseppina Grasso, Mario Campa

  31-12-2012

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2012.2291

  1152

  Downloads: 1031

• Periorbital cellulitis with Zoster encephalitis: a case report

  Mustafa Usanmaz, Bahar Busra Sivrikaya, Ozgur Gunal, Mehmet Hakan Taskin, Duygu Yener

  29-07-2025

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2025.13691

  568

  Downloads: 216

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• Valutazione di un metodo rapido per la diagnosi d’infezione da H. pylori attraverso ricerca di antigene fecale

  Paolo Gaibani, Antonella Pace, H. Cesari, Vittorio Sambri

  31-03-2007

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2007.2903

  1092

  Downloads: 451

• Citomegalovirus: monitoraggio dell’infezione e della terapia nei pazienti trapiantati di rene

  Nicola Liritano, Maria Gabriella Lepore, Rosangela De Grazia, Elio De Fazio, Rosanna Masciari, Gianfranco Merando, Isolina Mantelli, Luigi Lombardi, Paolo Scerbo, Lucio Cosco, Teresa Ferraro, Caterina Filia, Ignazio Vasapollo

  31-12-2003

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2003.3031

  1728

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  Epidemiology of mycobacteria infections in Basilicata, Italy: 1999-2012

  Leonardo Buono, Giuseppe Montesano

  28-03-2017

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2017.5668

  1463

  Downloads: 820

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• Evaluation of GeneXpert® system for detection of methicillin-resistant Staphyloccocus aureus in clinical samples

  Antonella Mencacci, Luca Merlini, Marta Meucci, Mariolina Vitali, Senia Farinelli, Maria Rita Pagliochini, Francesco Bistoni, Alessandra Sensini

  31-03-2011

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2011.2382

  996

  Downloads: 977