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Editorial: Osteoporosis in Rheumatic Diseases, What's New?
Ruaro, Barbara; Guiducci, Serena; Silva, José A. P. da; Wade, Barbara; Baratella, Elisa; Confalonieri, Marco
The Updated Role of Ultrasound in Assessing Dermatological Manifestations in Sy...
Ruaro, Barbara; Santiago, Tânia; Hughes, Michael; Lepri, Gemma; Poillucci, Gabriele; Baratella, Elisa; Salton, Francesco; Confalonieri, MarcoSystemic sclerosis (SSc), an autoimmune connective tissue disease, characterized by skin fibrosis, increased dermal thickness and microvascular involvement. Fibroblasts and myofibroblasts deposit excessive amounts of collagenous and non-collagenous extracellular matrix components in the skin. This leads to microvascular abnormalities and Raynaud's phenomenon, with painful digital ulcers (DU) at the fingertips a...
Bacterial etiology of community-acquired pneumonia in immunocompetent hospitali...
Carugati, Manuela; Aliberti, S.; Sotgiu, G.; Blasi, F.; Gori, A.; Menendez, R.; Encheva, M.; Gallego, M.; Leuschner, P.; Ruiz-Buitrago, S.An accurate knowledge of the epidemiology of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is key for selecting appropriate antimicrobial treatments. Very few etiological studies assessed the appropriateness of empiric guideline recommendations at a multinational level. This study aims at the following: (i) describing the bacterial etiologic distribution of CAP and (ii) assessing the appropriateness of the empirical treat...