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  1. Article ; Online: Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Monoclonal Antibody Combination Therapy in Patients With Coronavirus Disease 2019 and Primary Antibody Deficiency.

    Pulvirenti, Federica / Milito, Cinzia / Cinetto, Francesco / Fernandez Salinas, Ane / Terreri, Sara / Piano Mortari, Eva / Auria, Stefania / Soccodato, Valentina / Miriam, Lichtner / Nicastri, Emanuele / Vincenzi, Laura / Carsetti, Rita / D'Offizi, Gianpiero / Quinti, Isabella

    The Journal of infectious diseases

    2021  Volume 225, Issue 5, Page(s) 820–824

    Abstract: Background: Previous reports highlighted the efficacy of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)-specific monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) against coronavirus disease 2019.: Methods: We conducted a prospective study on the clinical ... ...

    Abstract Background: Previous reports highlighted the efficacy of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)-specific monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) against coronavirus disease 2019.
    Methods: We conducted a prospective study on the clinical outcome and antiviral effects of mAbs added to standard of care therapy in SARS-CoV-2-infected patients with primary antibody defects.
    Results: Median time of SARS-CoV-2 quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) positivity was shorter in 8 patients treated with mAbs (22 days) than in 10 patients treated with standard of care therapy only (37 days, P=.026). Median time of SARS-CoV-2 qPCR positivity from mAb administration was 10 days.
    Conclusions: The SARS-CoV-2 mAbs treatment was effective and well tolerated in patients with primary antibody defects.
    MeSH term(s) Antibodies, Monoclonal/immunology ; Antibodies, Monoclonal/therapeutic use ; Antibodies, Viral/immunology ; Antibodies, Viral/therapeutic use ; Antineoplastic Agents, Immunological ; COVID-19/drug therapy ; Common Variable Immunodeficiency ; Humans ; Primary Immunodeficiency Diseases/drug therapy ; Prospective Studies ; Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction ; SARS-CoV-2/isolation & purification ; Standard of Care
    Chemical Substances Antibodies, Monoclonal ; Antibodies, Viral ; Antineoplastic Agents, Immunological
    Language English
    Publishing date 2021-10-26
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 3019-3
    ISSN 1537-6613 ; 0022-1899
    ISSN (online) 1537-6613
    ISSN 0022-1899
    DOI 10.1093/infdis/jiab554
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  2. Article: Long-Term Follow-Up of Acute Hepatitis B: New Insights in Its Natural History and Implications for Antiviral Treatment.

    Menzo, Stefano / Minosse, Claudia / Vincenti, Donatella / Vincenzi, Laura / Iacomi, Fabio / Zaccaro, Paola / D'Offizi, Gianpiero / Capobianchi, Maria R

    Genes

    2018  Volume 9, Issue 6

    Abstract: Acute hepatitis B infection (AHB) is still a common viral acute hepatitis worldwide. As vaccination, antiviral treatment, and immigration are bound to affect the epidemiological landscape of HBV infections, and some of its aspects need to be investigated: ...

    Abstract Acute hepatitis B infection (AHB) is still a common viral acute hepatitis worldwide. As vaccination, antiviral treatment, and immigration are bound to affect the epidemiological landscape of HBV infections, and some of its aspects need to be investigated: (1) the circulation of vaccine escape mutants and of primary drug resistant strains; (2) the change in HBV genotype prevalence; and (3) the clinical implications of AHB and the probability of chronification. The serological, virological, and clinical parameters of 75 patients, acutely infected by HBV, were gathered for a retrospective study. Long-term follow up, either to complete seroconversion or for up to five years, was possible for 44 patients. Sequence analysis of the reverse transcriptase/HBsAg and precore regions was performed to investigate the molecular epidemiology and pathogenesis of recent infections by HBV. Genotype distribution in AHB in Italian patients was radically different from that of chronic infections, with a dramatic increase of extra-European genotypes (A1, F), suggesting that a proportion of AHBs are currently related to imported strains. None of the documented infections occurred in vaccinated individuals, while HBsAg variants (potentially vaccine escape variants) were rare and less prevalent than in chronic infections. No drug resistant strains were observed. Spontaneous viral clearance occurred in all but three cases. Time to viral clearance was inversely proportional to liver damage, but HBsAg titer on day 28 and, better still, HBsAg decay from day 0 to day 28 after admission, were the best predictors of chronification. They are, thus, potentially useful to guide antiviral treatment to prevent chronic evolution.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2018-06-12
    Publishing country Switzerland
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2527218-4
    ISSN 2073-4425
    ISSN 2073-4425
    DOI 10.3390/genes9060293
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  3. Article ; Online: The impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic on a central Italy transplant center.

    Montalbano, Marzia / Levi Sandri, Giovanni Battista / Visco Comandini, Ubaldo / Lionetti, Raffaella / Vincenzi, Laura / Berardi, Giammauro / Guglielmo, Nicola / Pellicelli, Adriano / Ettorre, Giuseppe Maria / D'Offizi, Gianpiero

    Medicine

    2020  Volume 99, Issue 41, Page(s) e22174

    Abstract: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is challenging health care systems worldwide, raising the question of reducing the transplant program due to the shortage of intensive care unit beds and to the risk of infection in donors and recipients.We report the ... ...

    Abstract Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is challenging health care systems worldwide, raising the question of reducing the transplant program due to the shortage of intensive care unit beds and to the risk of infection in donors and recipients.We report the positive experience of a single Transplant Center in Rome, part of the National Institute for Infectious Diseases Lazzaro Spallanzani, one of the major national centers involved in the COVID-19 emergency.
    MeSH term(s) COVID-19 ; Coronavirus Infections ; Hospitals/statistics & numerical data ; Humans ; Italy ; Liver Transplantation/statistics & numerical data ; Pandemics ; Pneumonia, Viral
    Keywords covid19
    Language English
    Publishing date 2020-10-08
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Observational Study
    ZDB-ID 80184-7
    ISSN 1536-5964 ; 0025-7974
    ISSN (online) 1536-5964
    ISSN 0025-7974
    DOI 10.1097/MD.0000000000022174
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  4. Article: Acute rifampicin-associated interstitial tubulopathy in a patient with pulmonary tuberculosis: a case report.

    Rosati, Silvia / Cherubini, Chiara / Iacomi, Fabio / Giannakakis, Konstantinos / Vincenzi, Laura / Ippolito, Giuseppe / Palmieri, Fabrizio

    Journal of medical case reports

    2013  Volume 7, Page(s) 106

    Abstract: Introduction: Rifampicin is one of the most effective antibiotics for treating tuberculosis, but it has been associated with adverse reactions, such as nephrotoxicity, sometimes resulting in acute renal failure with oligoanuria, and hepatotoxicity. ... ...

    Abstract Introduction: Rifampicin is one of the most effective antibiotics for treating tuberculosis, but it has been associated with adverse reactions, such as nephrotoxicity, sometimes resulting in acute renal failure with oligoanuria, and hepatotoxicity. Although deterioration of renal function, determined by acute tubulointerstitial nephritis and/or acute tubular necrosis, typically appears in patients receiving intermittent rifampicin therapy, some authors have also reported cases occurring during continuous rifampicin therapy.
    Case presentation: We describe the case of acute renal failure with polyuria occurring in a previously healthy 50-year-old Caucasian man undergoing continuous therapy with rifampicin for culture-confirmed pulmonary tuberculosis. The patient was admitted to the L. Spallanzani National Institute for Infectious Diseases, Rome, Italy, with a 1-month history of coughing, fever and weight loss. After 6 weeks of standard antituberculous treatment, progressive deterioration of his renal function was observed: creatinine levels rose from 38.9μmol/L to 318.2μmol/L and urine volume also progressively increased to reach a state of true polyuria (8 to 10L of urine per day). He was diagnosed with suspected acute rifampicin-induced renal failure. A renal biopsy showed focal segmental glomerulosclerosis associated with acute tubulointerstitial nephritis. Rifampicin was discontinued with excellent results: after 15 days his renal function began to improve and his serum creatinine values returned to normal.
    Conclusion: A high index of suspicion for rifampicin-associated acute renal failure should be maintained in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis who develop progressive deterioration of renal function during treatment with rifampicin. Early diagnosis and discontinuation of rifampicin are of fundamental importance for recovering renal function.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2013-04-17
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2269805-X
    ISSN 1752-1947
    ISSN 1752-1947
    DOI 10.1186/1752-1947-7-106
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  5. Article: The impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic on a central Italy transplant center

    Montalbano, Marzia / Levi Sandri, Giovanni Battista / Visco Comandini, Ubaldo / Lionetti, Raffaella / Vincenzi, Laura / Berardi, Giammauro / Guglielmo, Nicola / Pellicelli, Adriano / Ettorre, Giuseppe Maria / D039, / Offizi, Gianpiero

    Medicine (Baltimore)

    Abstract: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is challenging health care systems worldwide, raising the question of reducing the transplant program due to the shortage of intensive care unit beds and to the risk of infection in donors and recipients.We report the ... ...

    Abstract Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is challenging health care systems worldwide, raising the question of reducing the transplant program due to the shortage of intensive care unit beds and to the risk of infection in donors and recipients.We report the positive experience of a single Transplant Center in Rome, part of the National Institute for Infectious Diseases Lazzaro Spallanzani, one of the major national centers involved in the COVID-19 emergency.
    Keywords covid19
    Publisher WHO
    Document type Article
    Note WHO #Covidence: #841113
    Database COVID19

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  6. Article ; Online: Acute hepatitis associated with clopidogrel: a case report and review of the literature.

    Pisapia, Raffaella / Abdeddaim, Amina / Mariano, Andrea / Rianda, Alessia / Vincenzi, Laura / Taibi, Chiara / Baiocchini, Andrea / Del Nonno, Franca / DʼOffizi, Gianpiero

    American journal of therapeutics

    2015  Volume 22, Issue 1, Page(s) e8–e13

    Abstract: Drug-induced hepatotoxicity is a common cause of acute hepatitis, and the recognition of the responsible drug may be difficult. We describe a case of clopidogrel-related acute hepatitis. The diagnosis is strongly suggested by an accurate medical history ... ...

    Abstract Drug-induced hepatotoxicity is a common cause of acute hepatitis, and the recognition of the responsible drug may be difficult. We describe a case of clopidogrel-related acute hepatitis. The diagnosis is strongly suggested by an accurate medical history and liver biopsy. Reports about cases of hepatotoxicity due to clopidogrel are increasing in the last few years, after the increased use of this drug. In conclusion, we believe that physicians should carefully consider the risk of drug-induced hepatic injury when clopidogrel is prescribed.
    MeSH term(s) Acute Disease ; Biopsy ; Chemical and Drug Induced Liver Injury/diagnosis ; Chemical and Drug Induced Liver Injury/etiology ; Female ; Humans ; Middle Aged ; Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors/adverse effects ; Ticlopidine/adverse effects ; Ticlopidine/analogs & derivatives
    Chemical Substances Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors ; clopidogrel (A74586SNO7) ; Ticlopidine (OM90ZUW7M1)
    Language English
    Publishing date 2015-01
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Case Reports ; Journal Article ; Review
    ZDB-ID 1280786-2
    ISSN 1536-3686 ; 1075-2765
    ISSN (online) 1536-3686
    ISSN 1075-2765
    DOI 10.1097/MJT.0b013e318293b0d6
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  7. Article: Endocarditis and meningitis associated to nape piercing in a young female: a case report.

    Mariano, Andrea / Pisapia, Raffaella / Abdeddaim, Amina / Taibi, Chiara / Rianda, Alessia / Vincenzi, Laura / D'Offizi, Gianpiero

    Le infezioni in medicina

    2015  Volume 23, Issue 3, Page(s) 275–279

    Abstract: Body piercing is a social phenomenon on the rise especially among young people. This procedure may be complicated by serious bacterial and viral infections. We report a case of Staphylococcus aureus infective endocarditis and meningitis arising from the ... ...

    Abstract Body piercing is a social phenomenon on the rise especially among young people. This procedure may be complicated by serious bacterial and viral infections. We report a case of Staphylococcus aureus infective endocarditis and meningitis arising from the site of a nape piercing, after its removal. A 21-year-old Italian female was admitted to hospital with neurological impairment and sepsis. A diagnosis of endocarditis associated with meningitis by S. aureus, complicated by septic emboli in the brain, retina, skin and kidney, was formulated on the basis of modified Duke's criteria. The likely port-of-entry was the site of a nape piercing, removed two months before. In view of the widespread practice of body piercing, provision of correct and timely information concerning the associated serious risks is now imperative. Such information should emphasise the option for antibiotic prophylaxis, and the importance of careful local hygiene, even after piercing removal.
    MeSH term(s) Adult ; Anti-Bacterial Agents/therapeutic use ; Bacteremia/complications ; Bacteremia/diagnosis ; Bacteremia/microbiology ; Body Piercing/adverse effects ; Drug Therapy, Combination ; Endocarditis, Bacterial/diagnostic imaging ; Endocarditis, Bacterial/microbiology ; Female ; Gentamicins/therapeutic use ; Humans ; Meningitis, Bacterial/diagnosis ; Meningitis, Bacterial/microbiology ; Oxacillin/therapeutic use ; Risk Factors ; Staphylococcal Infections/complications ; Staphylococcal Infections/diagnosis ; Staphylococcus aureus/isolation & purification ; Time Factors ; Treatment Outcome
    Chemical Substances Anti-Bacterial Agents ; Gentamicins ; Oxacillin (UH95VD7V76)
    Language English
    Publishing date 2015-09-22
    Publishing country Italy
    Document type Case Reports ; Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 2041081-5
    ISSN 1124-9390
    ISSN 1124-9390
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  8. Article ; Online: Varicella zoster virus infection presenting as isolated diplopia: a case report.

    Pisapia, Raffaella / Rianda, Alessia / Mariano, Andrea / Testa, Angela / Galgani, Simonetta / Vincenzi, Laura / Abdeddaim, Amina / Oliva, Alessandra / Narciso, Pasquale

    BMC infectious diseases

    2013  Volume 13, Page(s) 138

    Abstract: Background: Involvement of trochlear nerve during Varicella Zoster Virus (VZV) Infection has been rarely described, and always in association with skin rash.: Case presentation: We describe the case of a patient with VZV infection presenting as ... ...

    Abstract Background: Involvement of trochlear nerve during Varicella Zoster Virus (VZV) Infection has been rarely described, and always in association with skin rash.
    Case presentation: We describe the case of a patient with VZV infection presenting as isolated diplopia due to fourth cranial nerve palsy. The diagnosis has been obtained through the application of a standardized molecular diagnostic panel, and diplopia resolved after specific antiviral and corticosteroid therapy.
    Conclusion: This case evidences that clinicians should be aware of atypical VZV infection, even in the absence of the typical skin rash.
    MeSH term(s) Adult ; Anti-Inflammatory Agents/therapeutic use ; Antiviral Agents/therapeutic use ; Diagnosis, Differential ; Diplopia/diagnosis ; Herpes Zoster/diagnosis ; Herpes Zoster/drug therapy ; Herpesvirus 3, Human/genetics ; Herpesvirus 3, Human/isolation & purification ; Humans ; Male ; Molecular Diagnostic Techniques ; Trochlear Nerve Diseases/diagnosis
    Chemical Substances Anti-Inflammatory Agents ; Antiviral Agents
    Language English
    Publishing date 2013-03-15
    Publishing country England
    Document type Case Reports ; Journal Article
    ISSN 1471-2334
    ISSN (online) 1471-2334
    DOI 10.1186/1471-2334-13-138
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  9. Article: Endocarditi infettive. Protocollo per la diagnosi e la terapia.

    Boumis, Evangelo / Alba, Lucia / Cicalini, Stefania / De Marco, Michele / Festa, Anna / Macrì, Giulia / Vincenzi, Laura / Petrosillo, Nicola

    Recenti progressi in medicina

    2004  Volume 95, Issue 12, Page(s) 591–603

    Abstract: After careful review of evidence-based literature, clinical and laboratory criteria for diagnosis of bacterial and fungal endocarditis are examined. The choice criteria for therapy of bacterial endocarditis, both empiric and directed against a specific ... ...

    Title translation Infective endocarditis. Guidelines for diagnosis and treatment.
    Abstract After careful review of evidence-based literature, clinical and laboratory criteria for diagnosis of bacterial and fungal endocarditis are examined. The choice criteria for therapy of bacterial endocarditis, both empiric and directed against a specific pathogen, are reviewed, on the basis of the clinical and epidemiological context (prosthetic or native valve, left or right heart, drug addiction). Different treatment options are proposed, based on results of antibiotic resistance testing. Indications and contraindications for a parenteral home treatment and those for surgical treatment are examined, also according to the results of ultrasonography.
    MeSH term(s) Administration, Oral ; Ambulatory Care ; Anti-Bacterial Agents/administration & dosage ; Anti-Bacterial Agents/therapeutic use ; Cardiac Surgical Procedures/standards ; Contraindications ; Diagnosis, Differential ; Drug Administration Schedule ; Drug Resistance, Bacterial ; Echocardiography ; Endocarditis, Bacterial/diagnosis ; Endocarditis, Bacterial/drug therapy ; Endocarditis, Bacterial/microbiology ; Endocarditis, Bacterial/surgery ; Endocarditis, Bacterial/therapy ; Evidence-Based Medicine ; Heart Valve Prosthesis/microbiology ; Home Infusion Therapy/standards ; Humans ; Infusions, Intravenous
    Chemical Substances Anti-Bacterial Agents
    Language Italian
    Publishing date 2004-12
    Publishing country Italy
    Document type Guideline ; Journal Article ; Practice Guideline ; Review
    ZDB-ID 138266-4
    ISSN 0034-1193
    ISSN 0034-1193
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  10. Article: NK cell activity controls human herpesvirus 8 latent infection and is restored upon highly active antiretroviral therapy in AIDS patients with regressing Kaposi's sarcoma.

    Sirianni, Maria Caterina / Vincenzi, Laura / Topino, Simone / Giovannetti, Antonello / Mazzetta, Francesca / Libi, Fabio / Scaramuzzi, Donato / Andreoni, Massimo / Pinter, Elena / Baccarini, Sara / Rezza, Giovanni / Monini, Paolo / Ensoli, Barbara

    European journal of immunology

    2002  Volume 32, Issue 10, Page(s) 2711–2720

    Abstract: Kaposi's sarcoma (KS) develops upon reactivation of human herpesvirus 8 (HHV8) infection and virus dissemination to blood and tissue cells, including endothelial and KS spindle cells where the virus is mostly present in a latent form. However, this may ... ...

    Abstract Kaposi's sarcoma (KS) develops upon reactivation of human herpesvirus 8 (HHV8) infection and virus dissemination to blood and tissue cells, including endothelial and KS spindle cells where the virus is mostly present in a latent form. However, this may likely require the presence of compromised host immune responses and/or the evasion of infected cells from the host immune response. In this regard, mechanisms of evasion of productively infected cells from both CTL and NK cell responses, and resistance of latently infected cells from specific CTL, have already been shown. Here we show that cells which are latently infected by HHV8 are indeed efficiently lysed by NK cells from individuals with a normal immune response. Notably, NK cell-mediated immunity was found to be significantly reduced in AIDS patients with progressing KS as compared to both HIV-negative patients with indolent classic KS or normal blood donors. However, it was restored after treatment with the highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) in AIDS-KS patients, that showed regression and clearance of HHV8 from PBMC. By contrast, AIDS-KS patients with a more aggressive disease and no clinical response had persistent HHV8 viremia associated with reduced NK cell cytotoxicity. These results suggest a key role for NK cells in the control of HHV8 latent infection, KS development, and in disease remission upon HAART.
    MeSH term(s) Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/drug therapy ; Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/immunology ; Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/virology ; Antibodies, Viral/blood ; Antiretroviral Therapy, Highly Active ; Cytotoxicity, Immunologic ; DNA, Viral/blood ; Herpesvirus 8, Human/immunology ; Herpesvirus 8, Human/isolation & purification ; Humans ; Killer Cells, Natural/immunology ; Sarcoma, Kaposi/immunology ; Sarcoma, Kaposi/virology
    Chemical Substances Antibodies, Viral ; DNA, Viral
    Language English
    Publishing date 2002-10
    Publishing country Germany
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 120108-6
    ISSN 1521-4141 ; 0014-2980
    ISSN (online) 1521-4141
    ISSN 0014-2980
    DOI 10.1002/1521-4141(2002010)32:10<2711::AID-IMMU2711>3.0.CO;2-3
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