Publications by authors named "Roberto Allegri"
X-linked agammaglobulinemia (XLA) is a primary immunodeficiency characterized by marked reduction in serum immunoglobulins and early-onset infections. Coronavirus Disease-2019 (COVID-19) pneumonia in immunocompromised patients presents clinical and radiological peculiarities which have not yet been completely understood. Very few cases of agammaglobulinemic patients with COVID-19 have been reported since the beginning of the pandemic in February 2020.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFEmergence of Pandemic Clonal Lineage Sequence Types 131 and 69 of Extraintestinal Escherichia coli as a Cause of Meningitis: Is It Time To Revise Molecular Assays?
Microbiol Spectr
February 2023
Article Synopsis
- Two E. coli strains linked to neonatal and adult meningitis were analyzed for antibiotic resistance and genetic features using whole-genome sequencing.
- Identification techniques like multiplex real-time PCR failed to detect these strains, but they were confirmed as E. coli through MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry.
- Genomic analysis revealed these strains possessed distinctive sequence types and virulence factors, highlighting the rising threat of extraintestinal pathogenic E. coli and the necessity for improved surveillance and detection methods for meningitis.
The impact of gender and anchor drugs on TDF renal toxicity.
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr
October 2010
Background: We measured frequency and epidemiologic, clinical, and hematochemical variables associated with respiratory tract infections (RTIs) in foreign-born and national patients hospitalized with fever with a history of international travel, and compared the final diagnosis of RTI with the presence of a respiratory syndrome (RS) at presentation.
Methods: A prospective, multicenter, observational study was conducted at tertiary care hospitals in Northern Italy from September 1998 to December 2000.
Results: A final diagnosis of RTI was obtained in 40 cases (7.