A Case of Myiasis Caused by Cordylobia anthropophaga (Diptera: Calliphoridae) in an Italian Traveler Returning from Senegal.

Purpose: Myiases are infestations of human and animal tissues by fly larvae. These conditions are widespread in tropical countries and travelers in those areas are at risk of becoming infested. Although Cordylobia anthropophaga (Blanchard & Berenger-Feraud, 1872) is one of the most common myiasis-causing species, few high-quality images and molecular sequences are available for this fly.

Leishmania tarentolae: a vaccine platform to target dendritic cells and a surrogate pathogen for next generation vaccine research in leishmaniases and viral infections.

Parasites of the genus Leishmania are unusual unicellular microorganisms in that they are characterized by the capability to subvert in their favor the immune response of mammalian phagocytes, including dendritic cells. Thus, in overt leishmaniasis, dendritic cells and macrophages are converted into a niche for Leishmania spp. in which the parasite, rather than being inactivated and disassembled, survives and replicates.

The red thread between methylation and mutation in bacterial antibiotic resistance: How third-generation sequencing can help to unravel this relationship.

DNA methylation is an important mechanism involved in bacteria limiting foreign DNA acquisition, maintenance of mobile genetic elements, DNA mismatch repair, and gene expression. Changes in DNA methylation pattern are observed in bacteria under stress conditions, including exposure to antimicrobial compounds. These changes can result in transient and fast-appearing adaptive antibiotic resistance (AdR) phenotypes, e.

Hypervariable-Locus Melting Typing: a Novel Approach for More Effective High-Resolution Melting-Based Typing, Suitable for Large Microbiological Surveillance Programs.

Pathogen typing is pivotal to detecting the emergence of high-risk clones in hospital settings and to limit their spread. Unfortunately, the most commonly used typing methods (i.e.

Biotics in pediatrics: a short overview.

The aim of this review was to provide a general overview to the topic of this special issue. In this study the available categories of biotics were defined (i.e.

Antibiotic Susceptibility, Virulome, and Clinical Outcomes in European Infants with Bloodstream Infections Caused by Enterobacterales.

Mortality in neonates with Gram-negative bloodstream infections has remained unacceptably high. Very few data are available on the impact of resistance profiles, virulence factors, appropriateness of empirical treatment and clinical characteristics on patients' mortality. A survival analysis to investigate 28-day mortality probability and predictors was performed including (I) infants <90 days (II) with an available Enterobacterales blood isolate with (III) clinical, treatment and 28-day outcome data.