[Psychological interventions in hospital during the first-wave of CoViD-19: an overview of the experiences of the Units of Clinical Psychology in Lombardy, Italy.].

The current CoViD-19 pandemic threatens both physical and psychological well-being. According to the bio-psycho-social model, Units of Clinical Psychology of the Hospitals in Lombardy (Italy) reacted to this risk, offering diversified interventions, described in the present contribution. The medical staff operated on the front line during the emergency: psychologists addressed their needs through individual clinical work, sessions of decompression and debriefing.

An alternative and simple method to consistently prepare viable isolated human islets for clinical transplantation.

We describe a method to consistently prepare human islets for transplantation. By combining a simple collagenase digestion method and a density gradient purification system, we were able to obtain successful isolations (>/=200,000 islet equivalents, >/=50% purity) in 69% of processed glands. No reagent of animal source was used.

Horizontal transmission of Candida parapsilosis candidemia in a neonatal intensive care unit.

This report describes the nosocomial acquisition of Candida parapsilosis candidemia by one of the six premature newborns housed in the same room of a neonatal intensive care unit at the Ospedale Santa Chiara, Pisa, Italy. The infant had progeria, a disorder characterized by retarded physical development and progressive senile degeneration. The infant, who was not found to harbor C.

Molecular monitoring of Candida albicans infections in liver transplant recipients.

This report describes the use of the 27A probe for the molecular monitoring of Candida albicans infections in liver transplant recipients. Nosocomial candidiasis is the major fungal infection in liver transplant recipients, with Candida albicans being the species most frequently isolated. The molecular epidemiology of Candida albicans infections has been widely investigated, but scant attention has been focused on monitoring the identity of infecting strains in individual patients over the entire course of their hospitalization.