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  1. Article ; Online: Latent Tuberculosis Infection Cascade of Care among Asylum Seekers in Verona, Italy.

    Bordin, Paola / Gazzani, Diana / Postiglione, Chiara / Conti, Emma / Colucci, Laura / Napoletano, Giuseppina / Bosco, Oliviero / Moretti, Francesca / Majori, Silvia

    Journal of health care for the poor and underserved

    2022  Volume 33, Issue 2, Page(s) 934–949

    Abstract: Our study aimed to assess latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) prevalence, screening uptake, adherence to preventive treatment, and their predictors in a large cohort of asylum seekers. We retrospectively analysed data of migrants screened in 2015-2017 ... ...

    Abstract Our study aimed to assess latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) prevalence, screening uptake, adherence to preventive treatment, and their predictors in a large cohort of asylum seekers. We retrospectively analysed data of migrants screened in 2015-2017 at the Migrant's Service in Verona, Italy. Sequential interferon-gamma-release-assay (IGRA) was performed to confirm only tuberculin-skin-test (TST) results ranking from 5 to 14 mm. Among 2,486 asylum seekers, screening adherence was 89.74% and LTBI prevalence was 28.8% (CI95% 27.0;30.5). Predictors of LTBI diagnosis were: male gender (OR 1.62), age 24 years or older (OR 1.47) and African origin (OR 1.78). Therapy completion rate was 69.6% and resulted associated with African origin (OR 1.75) and being older than 24 years (OR 2.89). Sequential IGRA testing, given its expensiveness, could be used to confirm only intermediate TST results, thus enabling further LTBI cases to be detected and avoiding unnecessary preventive treatments.
    MeSH term(s) Adult ; Humans ; Interferon-gamma Release Tests/methods ; Latent Tuberculosis/diagnosis ; Latent Tuberculosis/epidemiology ; Male ; Mass Screening ; Refugees ; Retrospective Studies ; Tuberculin Test/methods ; Young Adult
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-05-27
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 1142637-8
    ISSN 1548-6869 ; 1049-2089
    ISSN (online) 1548-6869
    ISSN 1049-2089
    DOI 10.1353/hpu.2022.0073
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  2. Book ; Online: Autonomous Rendezvous with Non-cooperative Target Objects with Swarm Chasers and Observers

    Mahendrakar, Trupti / Holmberg, Steven / Ekblad, Andrew / Conti, Emma / White, Ryan T. / Wilde, Markus / Silver, Isaac

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    Abstract: Space debris is on the rise due to the increasing demand for spacecraft for com-munication, navigation, and other applications. The Space Surveillance Network (SSN) tracks over 27,000 large pieces of debris and estimates the number of small, un-trackable ...

    Abstract Space debris is on the rise due to the increasing demand for spacecraft for com-munication, navigation, and other applications. The Space Surveillance Network (SSN) tracks over 27,000 large pieces of debris and estimates the number of small, un-trackable fragments at over 1,00,000. To control the growth of debris, the for-mation of further debris must be reduced. Some solutions include deorbiting larger non-cooperative resident space objects (RSOs) or servicing satellites in or-bit. Both require rendezvous with RSOs, and the scale of the problem calls for autonomous missions. This paper introduces the Multipurpose Autonomous Ren-dezvous Vision-Integrated Navigation system (MARVIN) developed and tested at the ORION Facility at Florida Institution of Technology. MARVIN consists of two sub-systems: a machine vision-aided navigation system and an artificial po-tential field (APF) guidance algorithm which work together to command a swarm of chasers to safely rendezvous with the RSO. We present the MARVIN architec-ture and hardware-in-the-loop experiments demonstrating autonomous, collabo-rative swarm satellite operations successfully guiding three drones to rendezvous with a physical mockup of a non-cooperative satellite in motion.

    Comment: Presented at AAS/AIAA Spaceflight Mechanics Meeting 2023, 17 pages, 9 figures, 3 tables
    Keywords Computer Science - Robotics ; Computer Science - Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
    Subject code 629
    Publishing date 2023-01-22
    Publishing country us
    Document type Book ; Online
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  3. Article ; Online: Erysipelas and cellulitis: clinical and microbiological spectrum in an Italian tertiary care hospital.

    Lazzarini, Luca / Conti, Emma / Tositti, Giulia / de Lalla, Fausto

    The Journal of infection

    2005  Volume 51, Issue 5, Page(s) 383–389

    Abstract: Patients hospitalized in the authors' institution for erysipelas or cellulitis between January 1995 and December 2002 were included in this retrospective review. Two hundred cases of soft tissue infections were hospitalized during the study period. The ... ...

    Abstract Patients hospitalized in the authors' institution for erysipelas or cellulitis between January 1995 and December 2002 were included in this retrospective review. Two hundred cases of soft tissue infections were hospitalized during the study period. The mean age of the patients was 58 years. The most commonly involved site was the leg (66%), followed by the arm (24%) and face (6%). Most patients (71%) had a recognized risk factor for soft tissue infection. Fever was present in 71% of cases, with a mean duration of 3 days. Blood cultures were positive in 3 out of 141 (2%) cases, whereas cutaneous swabs were positive in 73 out of 92 (79%) cases. On admission, white blood cells counts (WBC), erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR), and C-reactive protein (CRP) levels were elevated above normal levels in 100 out of 191 (50%) cases, 151 out of 176 (85%) cases, and 150 out of 154 (97%) cases, respectively. Patients with a hospital stay of more than 10 days had significantly higher CRP and ESR values than patients hospitalized for 10 days or less (P<0.01). A single antibiotic was used as treatment in 115 cases, whereas in the remaining 85 cases a combination of two antibiotics was administered. The most commonly used antibiotics were amoxicillin-clavulanic acid as single agent and penicillin with clindamycin as combination therapy. The mean duration of hospitalization was 7 days for patients treated with a single antibiotic and 11 days for patients treated with an antibiotic combination. A recurrence of infection occurred in 34 (17%) patients. Soft tissue infections are common and have a high degree of morbidity and require prolonged hospitalization and antibiotic treatment. Microbiological diagnosis is difficult and treatment is based on empiric evidence. ESR and CPR levels on admission may predict the severity of the disease and duration of hospitalization.
    MeSH term(s) Adolescent ; Adult ; Aged ; Aged, 80 and over ; Amoxicillin-Potassium Clavulanate Combination/therapeutic use ; Anti-Bacterial Agents/therapeutic use ; Blood Sedimentation ; C-Reactive Protein/analysis ; Cellulitis/diagnosis ; Cellulitis/drug therapy ; Cellulitis/microbiology ; Clindamycin/therapeutic use ; Erysipelas/diagnosis ; Erysipelas/drug therapy ; Erysipelas/microbiology ; Female ; Humans ; Italy ; Length of Stay ; Leukocyte Count ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Penicillins/therapeutic use ; Recurrence ; Retrospective Studies ; Risk Factors ; Treatment Outcome
    Chemical Substances Anti-Bacterial Agents ; Penicillins ; Clindamycin (3U02EL437C) ; Amoxicillin-Potassium Clavulanate Combination (74469-00-4) ; C-Reactive Protein (9007-41-4)
    Language English
    Publishing date 2005-12
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 424417-5
    ISSN 1532-2742 ; 0163-4453
    ISSN (online) 1532-2742
    ISSN 0163-4453
    DOI 10.1016/j.jinf.2004.12.010
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  4. Article: Lycopodium similiaplex-induced acute hepatitis: a case report.

    Conti, Emma / De Checchi, Giovanna / Mencarelli, Roberto / Pinato, Samuela / Rovere, Pierangelo

    European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

    2008  Volume 20, Issue 5, Page(s) 469–471

    Abstract: A 46-year-old woman was admitted to our department with symptoms of nausea, anorexia and asthenia. Serum alanine aminotransferase and aspartate aminotransferase levels were increased; all serological tests for viral hepatitis and autoimmune disorders ... ...

    Abstract A 46-year-old woman was admitted to our department with symptoms of nausea, anorexia and asthenia. Serum alanine aminotransferase and aspartate aminotransferase levels were increased; all serological tests for viral hepatitis and autoimmune disorders were negative. She had taken Lycopodium similiaplex solution as sedative for the previous 8 weeks, whose two constituents, Lycopodium serratum and Chelidonium majus, are found to be potentially toxic. After discontinuing L. similiaplex use, liver values returned to normal and she was asymptomatic. The diagnosis was definitively confirmed by liver biopsy; on the basis of the histological specimen, a hypersensitivity reaction was hypothesized as a possible pathogenic mechanism. Hepatotoxicity of phytotherapy has already been described, although so far, the true incidence and the pathogenic mechanisms are largely unknown. It is important to increase awareness of both clinicians and patients about the potential dangers of herbal remedies; surveillance systems and quality control of these products are necessary.
    MeSH term(s) Acute Disease ; Biopsy ; Chemical and Drug Induced Liver Injury/etiology ; Chemical and Drug Induced Liver Injury/pathology ; Female ; Humans ; Liver/pathology ; Lycopodium/adverse effects ; Middle Aged ; Phytotherapy/adverse effects ; Plant Extracts/adverse effects
    Chemical Substances Plant Extracts
    Language English
    Publishing date 2008-05
    Publishing country England
    Document type Case Reports ; Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 1034239-4
    ISSN 1473-5687 ; 0954-691X
    ISSN (online) 1473-5687
    ISSN 0954-691X
    DOI 10.1097/MEG.0b013e3282f1623d
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