Publications by authors named "Anna Claudia Turdo"
Objective: In this study, we described the first results of a surveillance system for infections associated with long-term central venous catheters (LT-CVC) in patients under outpatient chemotherapy.
Design: This was a multicentric, prospective study.
Setting: Outpatient chemotherapy services.
Ectonucleotidases modulate inflammatory responses by balancing extracellular ATP and adenosine (ADO) and might be involved in COVID-19 immunopathogenesis. Here, we explored the contribution of extracellular nucleotide metabolism to COVID-19 severity in mild and severe cases of the disease. We verified that the gene expression of ectonucleotidases is reduced in the whole blood of patients with COVID-19 and is negatively correlated to levels of CRP, an inflammatory marker of disease severity.
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- - A healthcare worker contracted monkeypox virus (MPXV) from a patient due to a needlestick injury, leading to a lesion forming five days later.
- - The worker tested positive for MPXV in their blood before showing severe symptoms, and the virus was still detectable 19 days after symptoms began.
- - Implementing postexposure prophylaxis could help prevent the spread of MPXV through bloodborne routes in similar cases.