Publications by authors named "Vittoria Cinquepalmi"

The risk to public health from the large number of dog stools present on streets of urban areas is cause for concern. Dog faeces may be a serious hazard because they may contain microorganisms that are both pathogenic to humans and resistant to several classes of antibiotics. The aim of this study was to evaluate the potential for zoonotic infections and for the presence of antibiotic resistant bacteria in canine faeces which contaminates the urban environment.

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Purpose: To report a case of sympathetic ophthalmia (SO) after a severe Acanthamoeba keratitis.

Methods/design: Interventional case report.

Results: A 59-year-old white woman, wearing contact lenses, developed a severe Acanthamoeba keratitis in the left eye, which involved the limbus, and required 8 months of intensive antiamoeba therapy; the condition resolved leaving a painful, phthisical eye with complete corneal neovascularization.

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