Publications by authors named "Elisa Stolaj"
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- A study focused on a 2022 outbreak of Opisthorchis felineus infection in Central Italy, tracing 67 individuals with 47 diagnosed cases linked to a lakeshore restaurant, highlighting patterns from previous outbreaks between 2003-2011.* -
- Symptoms included fever in most patients, with 16 needing hospitalization; diagnostic tests revealed a high percentage of parasitic eggs in feces and significant lab abnormalities, such as eosinophilia.* -
- The study emphasizes the difficulty in diagnosing asymptomatic cases and raises concerns about the ineffectiveness of albendazole as a treatment option, advocating for better control measures in endemic regions.*
represents diverse species and includes pathogenic and non-pathogenic variants. Particularly serogroups O1 and O139 are related to cholera epidemics, while non-O1/O139 serogroups (NOVC) in general are non-pathogenic or asymptomatic colonizers in humans, but also can cause different diseases. , a non-O1/non-O-139 serogroup, is rarely implicated in human infections.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Infective endocarditis (IE) is still a severe disease with elevated morbidity and mortality. Nevertheless, the last European guidelines (GL) date back to 2015, and a recent survey described a diffuse suboptimal adherence to their recommendations. Here, we described a real-life scenario about adherence to IE treatment GL.
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