Coexistence of bla, bla, bla, bla genes in multidrug-resistant K. pneumoniae ST437-carrying OmpK36 and OmpK37 porin mutations: First report in Italy.

Objectives: K. pneumoniae is a common cause of severe hospital-acquired infections. In the present study, we have characterised the whole-genome of two K.

Pediatric Epidemic of Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium in the Area of L'Aquila, Italy, Four Years after a Catastrophic Earthquake.

Background: A Salmonella enterica epidemic occurred in children of the area of L'Aquila (Central Italy, Abruzzo region) between June 2013 and October 2014, four years after the catastrophic earthquake of 6 April 2009.

Methods: Clinical and laboratory data were collected from hospitalized and ambulatory children. Routine investigations for Salmonella infection were carried out on numerous alimentary matrices of animal origin and sampling sources for drinking water of the L'Aquila district, including pickup points of the two main aqueducts.

Nocardia brasiliensis in Italy: a nine-year experience.

In the past, no case reports concerning N. brasiliensis infections were published from Italy. We now report 4 cases observed during 1998-2006 in 4 Italian patients, 1 immunosuppressed and 3 immunocompetent.