Publications by authors named "Valentina Croce"
The Actinomycetota (formerly Actinobacteria) genus includes phytopathogens with devasting effects in several crops. , the causal agent of tomato bacterial canker, is the most notorious species of the genus. Yet, its origin and natural reservoirs remain elusive, and its populations show pathogenicity profiles with unpredictable plant disease outcomes.
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- Immune-checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) can cause immune-related adverse events (irAEs), with immune-mediated pneumonitis (im-PN) being a rare but serious complication that requires prompt diagnosis and management to prevent severe outcomes and allow for continued cancer treatment.
- A study collected data from 1004 cancer patients treated with ICIs, finding that 24 (2%) developed im-PN, with varying degrees of severity; most patients responded well to steroid treatment, leading to recovery in 21 individuals within an average of 14 weeks.
- Three main radiologic patterns of im-PN were identified (organizational pneumonia-like, pulmonary eosinophilia, and hypersensitivity pneumonitis), and bronchoalve
Bacterial diseases affecting wheat production in Uruguay are an issue of growing concern yet remain largely uninvestigated in the region. Surveys of 61 wheat fields carried out from 2017 to 2019 yielded a regional collection of 63 strains identified by 16S rRNA gene analysis as spp. A real-time PCR protocol with species-specific primers previously reported allowed the identification of 44 strains as , the causal agent of bacterial leaf streak (BLS) in wheat and other cereal crops.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFActinomycetes are generally recognized as a diverse group of gram-positive, mycelium-forming, soil bacteria that play an important role in mineralization processes and plant health, being the most well-known genus from this group. Although plant pathogenicity is a rare attribute in this genus, some species have significant impact worldwide due to their ability to cause important crop diseases such as potato common scab (CS). In this work, an integrative approach was applied to investigate the pathogenic potential of spp.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: To investigate the relationships between angle of deviation, fusional convergence and divergence amplitude, AC/A ratio, near point of convergence (NPC), and myopia-phoria in intermittent exotropia (IXT).
Methods: 93 patients with IXT, divided into two groups, were recruited in the study. In Group A (73 patients), fusional convergence and divergence amplitudes, NPC, and AC/A ratio were studied and compared with a control group.
Purpose: To study the effect of surgery on amblyopia and suppression associated with congenital cyclovertical strabismus.
Methods: The fixation pattern was investigated with microperimetry before and soon after surgery in ten consecutive children operated for congenital superior oblique palsy at the S. Martino Hospital, Belluno, Italy, between September 2014 and December 2015.