Publications by authors named "Susanna Baltieri"
Background: Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is an important pathogen in cystic fibrosis (CF), with increasing incidence in recent years. We examined the association between bacterial colonization in the sputum (MRSA with or without pseudomonas (PA)) and computed tomography (CT) scores in CF patients.
Methods: MRSA patients were divided according to PA status based on at least three consecutive sputum cultures; controls were patients without MRSA (with or without PA), matched for gender and age at CT.
Purpose: To retrospectively determine the accuracy of magnetic resonance (MR) imaging combined with MR cholangiopancreatography (CP) in differentiating benign from malignant intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms (IPMNs) involving the main pancreatic duct (MPD), with histopathologic analysis as the reference standard.
Materials And Methods: The informed consent requirement was waived for this institutional review board-approved study. A total of 51 patients with histopathologically proved IPMNs (MPD IPMN, n = 29; mixed type IPMN, n = 22), underwent MR imaging, MR CP, and surgery, with a mean interval of 2.
Purpose: To evaluate the accuracy of MRCP in diagnosing choledocholithiasis considering Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) as the gold standard. To compare the results achieved during the first two years of use (1999-2000) of Magnetic Resonance Cholangiopancreatography (MRCP) in patients with suspected choledocholithiasis with those achieved during the following two years (2001-2002) in order to establish the repeatability and objectivity of MRCP results.
Materials And Methods: One hundred and seventy consecutive patients underwent MRCP followed by ERCP within 72 h.