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Burden of primary influenza and respiratory syncytial virus pneumonia in hospit...
Boattini, Matteo; Charrier, Lorena; Almeida, André; Christaki, Eirini; Moreira Marques, Torcato; Tosatto, Valentina; Bianco, Gabriele; Iannaccone, MarcoPublisher Copyright: © 2021 The Authors. Internal Medicine Journal published by John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd on behalf of Royal Australasian College of Physicians.; Background: Viral community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is a potentially serious illness, particularly in adult patients with underlying chronic conditions. In addition to the most recent SARS-CoV-2, influenza, and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)...
Severity of RSV infection in Southern European elderly patients during two cons...
Boattini, Matteo; Almeida, André; Christaki, Eirini; Marques, Torcato Moreira; Tosatto, Valentina; Bianco, Gabriele; Iannaccone, MarcoIn Europe, the respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) surveillance system is very heterogeneous and there is growing evidence of the importance of RSV infections resulting in hospitalization of elderly patients. The aim of this study was to assess the severity of RSV infection in the elderly living in the aged Southern European countries. We conducted a retrospective study of elderly patients (≥65-year old) admitted...
Fast-track identification of CTX-M-extended-spectrum-β-lactamase- and carbapene...
Boattini, Matteo; Bianco, Gabriele; Iannaccone, Marco; Ghibaudo, Davide; Almeida, André; Cavallo, Rossana; Costa, CristinaThis study aims at presenting a reliable fast-track diagnostics for the detection of CTX-M ESBL- (CTX-M-p) and carbapenemase-producers (CA-p) directly from blood cultures (BCs) of patients with Enterobacterales (EB) bloodstream infections (BSIs) admitted in emergency and internal medicine departments and its contribution in estimation of in vitro antibiotic susceptibility. A fast-track workflow including MALDI-...