Publications by authors named "Buccella C"
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- The study focuses on a specific methyltransferase gene in staphylococci, particularly methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), which leads to resistance against several antibiotics.
- Researchers conducted a genomic analysis of multidrug-resistant MRSA strains from Italian pigs between 2008 and 2011 using advanced sequencing technologies, finding differences in antibiotic resistance profiles among the isolates.
- The discovery of a functional resistance gene associated with one of the MRSA strains highlights the need for ongoing monitoring of antibiotic-resistant bacteria in livestock for public health management.
Avian malaria is a worldwide distributed, vector-born disease of birds caused by parasites of the order Haemosporida. There is a lack of knowledge about the presence and pathogenetic role of Haemosporida in Psittacidae. Here we report a case of avian malaria infection in lovebirds (), with the genetic characterization of the species involved.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: To the best of our knowledge, we describe the first evidence in Europe of an MDR, blaNDM-4-positive Escherichia coli isolated from a food-producing animal, harboured by a novel IncFII plasmid of which we report the complete sequence.
Methods: One blaNDM-4-positive E. coli isolated in 2019 from the caecal contents of a fattening pig in Italy was in-depth characterized by combined bioinformatic analysis of Oxford Nanopore long reads and Illumina short reads, for in silico typing, determination of the blaNDM-4 genetic context and full reconstruction of the blaNDM-4-carrying plasmid.
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- * In a study conducted in 2015, 234 samples of swine caecal content were tested at Italian abattoirs, revealing the presence of stx genes in 52.1% of the samples.
- * Out of the isolated STEC strains, 74.2% had the stx2a gene subtype, with others showing combinations of subtypes but none showed the eae gene, indicating that while pigs can carry certain STEC strains, they might not be the main source of human
EXTRAPOLATION METHOD FOR MAXIMAL AND 24-H AVERAGE LTE TDD EXPOSURE ESTIMATION.
Radiat Prot Dosimetry
January 2018
The Long-Term Evolution (LTE) system represents the evolution of the Universal Mobile Telecommunication System technology. This technology introduces two duplex modes: Frequency Division Duplex and Time Division Duplex (TDD). Despite having experienced a limited expansion in the European countries since the debut of the LTE technology, a renewed commercial interest for LTE TDD technology has recently been shown.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA 1-year study on the animal-level prevalence and concentration of Escherichia coli O157 in adult sheep at slaughter was performed, to collect qualitative and quantitative information on the diffusion of the pathogen in adult sheep from Italy. A total 533 samples were collected, with a similar distribution in the four seasons. For prevalence estimates, a simple random sampling technique was used.
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