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Nasir A, Bissonnette R, Maari C, DuBois J, Pene Dumitrescu T, Haddad J, Yamaguchi Y, Dalessandro M. A phase 2a randomized controlled study to evaluate the pharmacokinetic, safety, tolerability and clinical effect of topically applied Umeclidinium in subjects with primary axillary hyperhidrosis. J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol 2017; 32:145-151. [DOI: 10.1111/jdv.14651] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2017] [Accepted: 10/02/2017] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- A. Nasir
- Wake Research Institute; Raleigh NC USA
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- Innovaderm Research Inc.; Montreal QC Canada
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- Clinical Pharmacology Modeling and Simulation; GlaxoSmithKline Upper Merion PA USA
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- Dermatology Therapeutic Area Unit; GlaxoSmithKline; Collegeville PA USA
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- Dermatology Therapeutic Area Unit; GlaxoSmithKline; Collegeville PA USA
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- Dermatology Therapeutic Area Unit; GlaxoSmithKline; Collegeville PA USA
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Pollicita M, Alteri C, Bellocchi M, Armenia D, Carioti L, Salpini R, Colagrossi L, Battisti A, Aragri M, Fabeni L, Mariani R, Dalessandro M, Ranelli A, Paoloni M, Parruti G, Perno C, Svicher V. A recent epidemiological cluster of acute hepatitis B genotype F1b infection in a restricted geographical area of Italy. Clin Microbiol Infect 2015; 21:1124.e1-4. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cmi.2015.07.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2015] [Revised: 06/19/2015] [Accepted: 07/24/2015] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Mancino P, Dalessandro M, Falasca K, Ucciferri C, Pizzigallo E, Vecchiet J. Acute urinary retention due to HSV-1: a case report. Infez Med 2009; 17:38-40. [PMID: 19359825] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Complications in urinary tract nervous routes due to herpes viruses as VZV and HSV-2 are well known. Acute urinary retention and chronic neuropathic pain are not rare when sacral dermatomes are involved by these viruses. However, an analogous condition has not yet been clearly ascribed to HSV-1 infection. We present a 32-year-old immunocompetent patient with fever, lumbar pain and acute urinary retention who had never had herpetic clinical manifestations. Urodynamic studies diagnosed a neurologic bladder with an absent filling sensation. Cystoscopic assessment revealed the presence of reddened and isolated small mucosal areas in the bladder walls. The search for herpes viruses in plasma and CSF by PCR assay were positive for HSV-1. After treatment with antiviral therapy the disease resolved. Intermittent catheterization was necessary and voiding dysfunction resolved after three weeks by its appearance. Neurological damage to the central nervous system (CNS) and/or PNS due to HSV-1 seems to be the most likely reason. The course of disease was benign and self-remitting.
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- P Mancino
- Clinic of Infectious Diseases, University of Chieti, Italy
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Racciatti D, Dalessandro M, Delle Donne L, Falasca K, Zingariello P, Paganelli R, Pizzigallo E, Vecchiet J. Study of immune alterations in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome with different etiologies. Int J Immunopathol Pharmacol 2006; 17:57-62. [PMID: 15345193 DOI: 10.1177/03946320040170s210] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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The Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) is characterized by symptoms lasting for at least six months and accompanied by disabling fatigue. The etiology of CFS is still unclear. At the National Center for Study of the Infectious Diseases Department of the Chieti University some immune investigations were performed with the purpose of detecting markers of the disease. CD4+, CD8+, NK CD56+ and B CD19+ lymphocytes were studied in 92 male and 47 female patients and in 36 control subjects. CFS patients were divided in three groups with a post-infectious onset (PI-CFS), an non post-infectious onset (NPI-CFS) and a non post-infectious onset with associated infections (NPI-CFS + AI). Both CD4+ and CD8+ lymphocytes were reduced in the CFS patients. However, the CD4+/CD8+ ratio was increased in the CFS patients without difference between males and females. CD56+ cells of CFS patients were also reduced. In particular, blood CD56+ cells counts were significantly higher in PI-CFS patients than in the NPI-CFS subjects. These data confirm our preliminary results suggesting a key-role of a dysfunction of the immune system as a precipitating and-or perpetuating factor of the syndrome.
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- D Racciatti
- Sections of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine and Sciences of Aging, Centre of Excellence on Aging, University G. D'Annunzio, Chieti, Italy.
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Dalessandro M, Petrarca C, Falasca K, Lattanzio FM, Zingariello P, Manzoli L, Racciatti D, Fulvi S, Toniato E, Pizzigallo E, Martinotti S, Vecchiet J. Could S-100b Be a Marker of the Neurologic Involvement in HIV-Affected Patients? Int J Immunopathol Pharmacol 2006; 19:939-42. [PMID: 17166417 DOI: 10.1177/039463200601900426] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Dalessandro M, Racciatti D, Zingariello P, Falasca K, Cacciatore P, Mancino P, Gallenga P, Pizzigallo E, Vecchiet J. A Case Report of a New Inflammatory Eye Syndrome in an Hiv Positive Patient: The Immune Restoration Uveitis. EUR J INFLAMM 2005. [DOI: 10.1177/1721727x0500300109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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- Eye Clinic, University “G. D'Annunzio”, Chieti, Italy
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Dalessandro M, Falasca K, Racciatti D, Zingariello P, Cacciatore P, Scarinci A, Ceccomancini A, Di Giammarco G, Pizzigallo E, Vecchiet J. Cytomegalovirus Infection in Heart-Transplant Recipients in a Central Region of Italy. EUR J INFLAMM 2004. [DOI: 10.1177/1721727x0400200204] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection occurs very often after solid organ transplantation and is often a life-threatening complication of long-term immunosoppressive therapy. Actually it is unknown which type of drug is indicated to control the infection in immunocompromised patients. We studied 10 consecutive patients who had undergone heart-transplantation and in which CMV infection was the commonest post-transplant infectious disease. Our results suggest a careful monitoring of IgG seropositivity in heart transplant patients, especially when it is not possible to know the serum status of the donor.
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- Department of Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery, University “G. d'Annunzio”, Chieti, Italy
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- Department of Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery, University “G. d'Annunzio”, Chieti, Italy
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Antinori A, Cozzi-Lepri A, Ammassari A, Trotta MP, Nauwelaers D, Hoetelmans R, Murri R, Melzi S, Narciso P, Nasta P, Zaccarelli M, Santopadre P, Vecchiet J, Izzo CM, Monforte AD, Tirelli U, Nasti G, Carosi G, Nasta P, Manconi PE, Piano P, Pizzigallo E, Dalessandro M, Vecchiet J, Mazzotta F, Caputo SL, Soscia F, Tacconi L, Scasso A, Vincenti A, Scalzini A, Fibbia GC, Moroni M, Manforte AD, Melzi S, Esposito R, Mussini C, Piazza M, Abrescia N, Izzo MC, Marco MD, Manzillo E, Nappa S, Alberici F, Sisti M, Baldelli F, Loso K, Mele P, Acinapura R, Ammassari A, Antinori A, Antonucci G, Ciardi M, Delia S, Longis PD, D'Offizi G, Ippolito G, Lichtner M, Marconi P, Murri R, Narciso P, Noto P, Petrosillo N, Pezzotti P, Santopadre P, Trotta MP, Vullo V, Zaccarelli M, Caramello P, Orofino GC, Cozzi-Lepri A, Baltimore MD, Wu AW. Relative Prognostic Value of Self-Reported Adherence and Plasma Nnrti/Pi Concentrations to Predict Virological Rebound in Patients Initially Responding to Haart. Antivir Ther 2004. [DOI: 10.1177/135965350400900214] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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We studied the predictive value of self-reported adherence and plasma drug concentrations on virological rebound to HAART. Among 238 participants in the AdICoNA study who had viral load ≤500 copies/ml, 42 (17.6%) experienced virological rebound by 96 weeks. Both self-reported non-adherence and sub-optimal concentration were independently associated with a higher risk of virological rebound.
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- Istituto Nazionale per le Malattie Infettive, L Spallanzani IRCCS, Roma, Italy
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- Istituto di Clinica delle Malattie Infettive, Università Cattolica del S Cuore, Roma, Italy
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- Istituto Nazionale per le Malattie Infettive, L Spallanzani IRCCS, Roma, Italy
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- Istituto di Clinica delle Malattie Infettive, Università Cattolica del S Cuore, Roma, Italy
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- Istituto di Malattie Infettive e Tropicali, Università di Milano, Milano, Italy
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- Istituto Nazionale per le Malattie Infettive, L Spallanzani IRCCS, Roma, Italy
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- Istituto di Malattie Infettive e Tropicali, Università di Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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- Istituto Nazionale per le Malattie Infettive, L Spallanzani IRCCS, Roma, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Malattie Infettive e Tropicali, Università ‘La Sapienza’, Roma. Italy
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- Clinica delle Malattie Infettive, Università degli Studi di Chieti, Chieti, Italy
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Vecchiet J, Falasca K, Zingariello P, Travasi F, Manigrasso M, Di Ilio E, Dalessandro M, Capani F, Paganelli R, Pizzigallo E, Guagnano M. Metabolic Modifications in HIV-Infected Women. EUR J INFLAMM 2004. [DOI: 10.1177/1721727x0400200106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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To assess metabolic alterations and/or abnormal fat distribution in Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)-infected women undergoing Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy (HAART), a case-control study was carried out in a population of twenty-two HIV-infected, normal weight, non-diabetic, normotensive women. Twenty-five healthy non infected subjects matched for sex, age and Body Mass Index (BMI) were also included as a control group. Blood samples were collected for leptin and insulin measurements. Fasting glucose, triglycerides, total cholesterol and HDL-cholesterol were also measured. Insulin resistance was determined using the homeostasis model assessment index (HOMA-IR). Body fat distribution was evaluated using waist-to-hip ratio (WHR), Bioelectric Impedance Analysis (BIA) and abdominal CT-scan. Immunologic and virologic parameters included CD4- and CD8-T cell counts and HIV-RNA levels. HIV-infected patients showed higher levels of total cholesterol, LDL-cholesterol and triglycerides (P<0.05), higher fasting insulin and HOMA-IR (P<0.001), lower levels of HDL-cholesterol (P<0.001) and serum leptin (P<0.001) than the control group. With regard to body fat distribution, no statistically significant difference between cases and controls was found. Among the control women leptin levels were positively correlated with body fat distribution parameters (P<0.001).
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- Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine and Sciences of Aging University “G. d'Annunzio”, Chieti, Italy
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- Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine and Sciences of Aging University “G. d'Annunzio”, Chieti, Italy
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- Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Department of Medicine and Sciences of Aging University “G. d'Annunzio”, Chieti, Italy
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Vecchiet J, Dalessandro M, Travasi F, Falasca K, Di Iorio A, Schiavone C, Zingariello P, Di Ilio E, Pizzigallo E, Paganelli R. Interleukin-4 and interferon-gamma production during HIV-1 infection and changes induced by antiretroviral therapy. Int J Immunopathol Pharmacol 2003; 16:157-66. [PMID: 12797907 DOI: 10.1177/039463200301600210] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Several lines of evidence indicate that a switch of the cytokine pattern from a predominant type 1 (antiviral and cell mediated response) to type 2 (polyclonal humoral immune response) occurs during the course of Human Immunodeficiency Virus-1 (HIV-1) infection, and represents a key event in the progression of immunodeficiency and dysregulated immune activation. We proposed to further investigate this immunological aspect of HIV-1 disease, in naive and in patients treated with Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy (HAART). The prototypic cytokines chosen were Interleukin (IL)-4 and Interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma), whose in vitro production was determined in mononuclear cell cultures stimulated with different T lymphocyte mitogenic agents (anti-CD3, Phytohaemoagglutin-P -PHA-, E. coli B04/035 Lipopolysaccharide -LPS-). We classified all the patients on the basis of the number of CD4+ lymphocytes and we found a progressive, even if not significant decrease in the baseline production of IFN-gamma with the progression of the immunodeficiency. The mean value of baseline IFN-gamma in the group of patients with CD4+>500 cells/microL was 7.79 +/- 3.1 pg/mL while in the group with CD4+<200 cells/microL it was 4.66 +/- 2.22. We didn't find significant differences in the baseline production of IL-4 in these groups and in IFN-gamma and IL-4 production in LPS-stimulated cultures. We also re-assessed 12 patients after one year's follow-up. They presented a significant increase in IFN-gamma production compared to the first assessment in the LPS-stimulated cultures (baseline IFN-gamma 2.87 +/- 1.17 pg/mL, after 12 months 19.15 +/- 5.19 pg/mL; p= 0.03). In the 12 patients in follow-up IL-4 production showed a decreased in PHA-stimulated cultures with mean values of 16.65 +/- 14.32 pg/mL at baseline and 6.54 +/- 6.54 pg/mL after follow-up. These results highlight the immunorestoring effects of HAART. IL-4 production was lower in the treated subjects compared to the naive ones in PHA-stimulated cultures (mean values: IL-4=13.42 +/- 11.08 pg/mL in the naive patients and 9.75 +/- 65 pg/mL in the treated patients). The IFN-gamma values in anti-CD3 stimulated cultures were also higher in the treated patients, but this increase was not significant.
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- J Vecchiet
- Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine and Sciences of Aging, University G d'Annunzio, Chieti, Italy
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Parruti G, Tarquini P, Falasca K, Ballone E, D'Amico G, Agostinone A, Placido G, Graziani RV, Di Giammartino D, Dalessandro M, Vecchiet J, Di Nicola M, Schioppa F, Alterio L, Consorte A, Pieri A, Marani Toro G. -Dual nucleoside therapy for HIV infection: analysis of results and factors influencing viral response and long term efficacy. Int J Immunopathol Pharmacol 2003; 16:81-8. [PMID: 12578736 DOI: 10.1177/039463200301600112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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We performed a retrospective analysis of our experience with dual nucleoside regimens to look for predictors of long term benefit. The study evaluated a cohort of 68 HIV-infected patients treated at 3 Italian hospital-based facilities. The results were evaluated using univariate and multivariate statistical analysis. Fourty-three males and 25 females were treated for 22 +/- 14 months. Sixty three patients (92.6%) suffered no or low-grade side-effects. Thirty-four patients (50%) reached a viral load <400 copies/ml (undetectable). Viremia remained persistently undetectable in 9 cases (13.2%). Variable relapses of viremia were seen in 13 patients (19.1%) even though their therapys were not modified. Eight patients (11.8%) showed relapsing viremias persistently around or below 10,000 copies/ml. All patients reaching undetectable viremia but one showed increasing or stable CD4+ cell counts. Factors predicting favourable response were: pre-treatment CD4+ T-cells >150/microl, pre-treatment viremia <50,000 copies/ml, pre-treatment lymphocytes >1,500/microl, and no previous exposure to NRTI. Total lymphocyte counts and CD4+ T-cells showed a significant correlation. Dual NRTI regimens may be still considered for patients unable to tolerate HAART regimens and presenting with favourable predictors of response.
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- G Parruti
- Infectious Disease Unit, Ospedale Civile Spirito Santo, Pescara, Italy.
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Scarpellini P, Braglia S, Brambilla AM, Dalessandro M, Cichero P, Gori A, Lazzarin A. Detection of rifampin resistance by single-strand conformation polymorphism analysis of cerebrospinal fluid of patients with tuberculosis of the central nervous system. J Clin Microbiol 1997; 35:2802-6. [PMID: 9350737 PMCID: PMC230065 DOI: 10.1128/jcm.35.11.2802-2806.1997] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Mutations in a 69-bp region of the rpoB gene of Mycobacterium tuberculosis are associated with rifampin resistance (Rif[r]). These have been detected with mycobacterial DNA extracted from bacterial suspensions or respiratory specimens that were acid-fast smear positive. We experimented with a strategy for the rapid detection of Rif(r) in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) samples. The strategy involves the amplification of the 69-bp region of rpoB by means of PCR and the identification of nucleotide mutations by single-strand conformation polymorphism (SSCP) analysis of the amplification products. Sixty-five CSF specimens collected from 29 patients (19 patients were coinfected with human immunodeficiency virus) with culture or autopsy-confirmed (22 patients) or highly probable (7 patients) tuberculosis of the central nervous system (CNS-TB) were processed. Amplified products suitable for evaluation by SSCP analysis were obtained from 37 CSF specimens from 25 subjects (86.2%). PCR-SSCP of CSF correctly identified the rifampin susceptibility phenotype of isolates from all 17 patients for whom the results of susceptibility tests carried out with strains cultured from CSF or respiratory samples were available. Moreover, this assay revealed the rifampin susceptibility genotype of isolates from the eight patients (three patients with culture-confirmed CNS-TB and five patients in whom CNS-TB was highly probable) for whom no susceptibility test results were available; the PCR-SSCP data obtained for these patients were concordant with the outcome after a standard antituberculosis treatment. The evolution of a mutation in the rpoB gene was documented in a patient during the course of treatment. PCR-SSCP analysis of CSF seems to be an efficacious method of predicting Rif(r) and would reduce the time required for susceptibility testing from approximately 4 to 8 weeks to a few days.
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- P Scarpellini
- Infectious Diseases Division, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy.
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Valzelli L, Bernasconi S, Dalessandro M. Time-courses of p-CPA-induced depletion of brain serotonin and muricidal aggression in the rat. Pharmacol Res Commun 1983; 15:387-95. [PMID: 6223323 DOI: 10.1016/s0031-6989(83)80048-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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p-Chlorophenylalanine is known to selectively decrease brain serotonin and to induce muricidal aggression in previously docile rats. With regard to the substance's relatively time-limited effect on brain serotonergic system, the neurochemical activity of p-CPA on tryptophan, serotonin and 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid on seven discrete areas of the rat brain is studied in parallel to the time-course of muricidal aggression induced by the drug. Evidence indicates that, following the disruption of brain serotonergic inhibitory control, muricidal aggression becomes a stable behavior, probably on account of its self-reinforcing property.
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Valzelli L, Bernasconi S, Dalessandro M. Effect of tryptophan administration on spontaneous and P-CPA-induced muricidal aggression in laboratory rats. Pharmacol Res Commun 1981; 13:891-7. [PMID: 6175000 DOI: 10.1016/s0031-6989(81)80048-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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