Publications by authors named "E Diaconu"
Purpose: Limited availability of life cycle assessment (LCA) data poses a significant challenge to its mainstream adoption, rendering it a central issue within the LCA community. The Global LCA Data Access (GLAD) network aims to increase the accessibility and interoperability of LCA data and offers benefits for different use cases. GLAD is an intergovernmental collaboration involving different stakeholders organized into working groups.
View Article and Find Full Text PDF(homotypic synonym: ) represents an ungrouped thermotolerant rapidly growing mycobacteria (RGM) species occasionally associated with infections and disease in humans. In this report, we describe a case of pyogranulomatous dermatitis and panniculitis due to in an immunocompetent adult cat. To the best of our knowledge, this represents the first report of infection in animals.
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- Equine influenza (EI) is a contagious viral disease in horses that may require updated vaccines due to antigenic changes over time.
- A study in Italy collected samples from 20 symptomatic horses to genetically characterize circulating strains of equine influenza, especially in the absence of active surveillance.
- The research identified the first occurrence of the H3N8 Florida lineage clade 1 strain in Italy, demonstrating the need for ongoing monitoring to ensure vaccine effectiveness.
Tuberculosis (TB) affects humans and other animals, and it is caused by bacteria within the complex (MTBC). In this study, we report the characterisation of that caused a TB case in a sea lion () kept in an Italian zoo. The animal died due to severe, progressive disorders involving the respiratory and gastro-enteric systems and the skin.
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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.