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Savini V, Marrollo R, Fazii P. Antepartum and intrapartum screening for Group B Streptococcus. J Gynecol Obstet Hum Reprod 2018; 47:209. [PMID: 29475046 DOI: 10.1016/j.jogoh.2017.11.014] [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] [Received: 10/20/2017] [Accepted: 11/08/2017] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- V Savini
- Clinical Microbiology and Virology, Spirito Santo Hospital, via Fonte Romana 8, CAP 65124, Pescara, Italy.
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- Clinical Microbiology and Virology, Spirito Santo Hospital, via Fonte Romana 8, CAP 65124, Pescara, Italy
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- Clinical Microbiology and Virology, Spirito Santo Hospital, via Fonte Romana 8, CAP 65124, Pescara, Italy
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Giufrè M, Ricchizzi E, Accogli M, Barbanti F, Monaco M, Pimentel de Araujo F, Farina C, Fazii P, Mattei R, Sarti M, Barozzi A, Buttazzi R, Cosentino M, Nardone M, Savini V, Spigaglia P, Pantosti A, Moro ML, Cerquetti M. Colonization by multidrug-resistant organisms in long-term care facilities in Italy: a point-prevalence study. Clin Microbiol Infect 2017; 23:961-967. [PMID: 28412380 DOI: 10.1016/j.cmi.2017.04.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2016] [Revised: 03/30/2017] [Accepted: 04/06/2017] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
Abstract
OBJECTIVES To determine prevalence and risk factors for colonization by multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs) in long-term care facility (LTCF) residents in Italy. Genotypes of MDRO isolates were investigated. METHODS A point-prevalence study was conducted at 12 LTCFs located in four Italian cities (2 February to 14 March 2015). Rectal swabs, faeces and nasal/auxiliary swabs were cultured for extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL)- and/or carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae, Clostridium difficile and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) respectively. Antimicrobial susceptibility testing, detection of ESBL and/or carbapenemase genes and molecular typing of MDROs were performed. Risk factors for colonization were determined by univariate and multivariate analysis. RESULTS A total of 489 LTCF residents aged ≥65 years were enrolled. The prevalence of colonization by ESBL-producing Enterobacteriaceae, MRSA and C. difficile was 57.3% (279/487), 17.2% (84/487) and 5.1% (21/409) respectively. Carriage rate of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae was 1% (5/487). Being bedridden was a common independent risk factor for colonization by all MDROs, although risk factors specific for each MDRO were identified. ESBL-producing Escherichia coli carriage was associated with the sequence type (ST) 131-H30 subclone, but other minor STs predominated in individual LTCF or in LTCFs located in the same city, suggesting a role for intrafacility or local transmission. Similarly, MRSA from LTCF residents belonged to the same spa types/ST clones (t008/ST8 and t032/ST22) commonly found in Italian acute-care hospitals, but infrequent spa types were recovered in individual LTCFs. The prevalent C. difficile PCR ribotypes were 356/607 and 018, both common in Italian acute-care hospitals. CONCLUSIONS MDRO colonization is common among residents in Italian LTCFs.
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- M Giufrè
- Department of Infectious Diseases, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy
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- Health and Social Agency, Emilia-Romagna Region, Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy
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- Papa Giovanni XXIII Hospital, Bergamo, Italy
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- Spirito Santo Hospital, Pescara, Italy
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- Campo di Marte Hospital, Lucca, Italy
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- S. Agostino-Estense-Baggiovara Hospital, Modena, Italy
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- S. Agostino-Estense-Baggiovara Hospital, Modena, Italy
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- Health and Social Agency, Emilia-Romagna Region, Bologna, Italy
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- Papa Giovanni XXIII Hospital, Bergamo, Italy
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- Campo di Marte Hospital, Lucca, Italy
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- Spirito Santo Hospital, Pescara, Italy
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy
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- Health and Social Agency, Emilia-Romagna Region, Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy.
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Gherardi G, Di Bonaventura G, Pompilio A, Savini V. Corynebacterium glucuronolyticum causing genitourinary tract infection: Case report and review of the literature. IDCases 2015; 2:56-8. [PMID: 26793456 PMCID: PMC4672622 DOI: 10.1016/j.idcr.2015.03.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2015] [Revised: 03/08/2015] [Accepted: 03/08/2015] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Corynebacterium species are increasingly recognized as opportunistic pathogens. A growing number of taxonomic studies has yielded a description of numerous new Corynebacterium species, such as those related to the urogenital tract, with Corynebacterium glucuronolyticum found to be rarely involved in genitourinary tract infections, particularly in male individuals. In this report, we describe a urethritis case caused by C. glucuronolyticum in a 37-year-old, apparently healthy male, who complained mild pain in the lower abdomen, with several urinary symptoms. While urethral and semen specimens did not yield positive results for microbiological evaluation, cultures of urine samples revealed the monomicrobial growth on blood-containing media of tiny colonies after 24 h of incubation, clearly evident only after 48 h of incubation under CO2-enriched atmosphere. Colonies were identified as C. glucuronolyticum both by matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight (MALDI-TOF) and 16S rRNA gene sequencing. Oral ciprofloxacin gradually led to clinical improvement and, finally, to a complete recovery, in accordance with microbiological findings. In spite of its infrequent detection, C. glucuronolyticum might be a potential urogenital pathogen in males more commonly that what believed, perhaps due to slow growth leading to underrecognition; we suggest therefore to consider the organism in the differential diagnostics of bacterial diseases of the urinary tract.
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- G Gherardi
- Integrated Research Centre (CIR), University Campus Biomedico, Via Alvaro del Portillo 200, 00128 Rome, Italy
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- Department of Medical, Oral and Biotechnological Sciences, "G. d'Annunzio" University of Chieti-Pescara, Via Vestini 31, 66100 Chieti, Italy; Center of Excellence on Aging, "G. d'Annunzio" University Foundation, Via Luigi Polacchi 11, 66100 Chieti, Italy
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- Department of Medical, Oral and Biotechnological Sciences, "G. d'Annunzio" University of Chieti-Pescara, Via Vestini 31, 66100 Chieti, Italy; Center of Excellence on Aging, "G. d'Annunzio" University Foundation, Via Luigi Polacchi 11, 66100 Chieti, Italy
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- Clinical Microbiology and Virology, Spirito Santo Hospital, Via Fonte Romana 8, 65124 Pescara, Italy
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Savini V, Catavitello C, Favaro M, Masciarelli G, Astolfi D, Balbinot A, Bianco A, Mauti A, Dianetti J, Fontana C, D'Amario C, D'Antonio D. Enterococcus raffinosus sinusitis post-Aspergillus flavus paranasal infection, in a patient with myelodysplastic syndrome: report of a case and concise review of pertinent literature. J Clin Pathol 2010; 63:264-5. [DOI: 10.1136/jcp.2009.070177] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Pompilio A, Catavitello C, Picciani C, Confalone P, Piccolomini R, Savini V, Fiscarelli E, D'Antonio D, Di Bonaventura G. Subinhibitory concentrations of moxifloxacin decrease adhesion and biofilm formation of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia from cystic fibrosis. J Med Microbiol 2010; 59:76-81. [DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.011981-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Stenotrophomonas maltophilia is an emerging nosocomial bacterial pathogen that is currently isolated with increasing frequency from the airways of cystic fibrosis (CF) patients. In this study the effect of subinhibitory concentrations (subMICs) of moxifloxacin on adhesion, biofilm formation and cell-surface hydrophobicity of two strains of S. maltophilia isolated from CF patients were evaluated. Adhesion and biofilm formation assays were carried out on polystyrene and quantified by colony counts. Cell-surface hydrophobicity was determined by a test for adhesion to n-hexadecane. Moxifloxacin at 0.03× and 0.06× MIC caused a significant decrease in adhesion and biofilm formation by both strains tested. A significant reduction in cell-surface hydrophobicity following exposure to subMICs of moxifloxacin was observed for one strain only. The results of the present study provide an additional rationale for the use of moxifloxacin in CF patients and more generally in biofilm-related infections involving S. maltophilia.
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- A. Pompilio
- Center for Excellence on Aging, ‘G. D’Annunzio’ University Foundation, Chieti, Italy
- Clinical Microbiology Unit, Department of Biomedical Sciences, ‘G. D’Annunzio’ University of Chieti-Pescara, Chieti, Italy
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- Clinical Microbiology and Virology Unit, Department of Transfusion Medicine, ‘Spirito Santo’ Hospital, Pescara, Italy
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- Center for Excellence on Aging, ‘G. D’Annunzio’ University Foundation, Chieti, Italy
- Clinical Microbiology Unit, Department of Biomedical Sciences, ‘G. D’Annunzio’ University of Chieti-Pescara, Chieti, Italy
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- Center for Excellence on Aging, ‘G. D’Annunzio’ University Foundation, Chieti, Italy
- Clinical Microbiology Unit, Department of Biomedical Sciences, ‘G. D’Annunzio’ University of Chieti-Pescara, Chieti, Italy
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- Center for Excellence on Aging, ‘G. D’Annunzio’ University Foundation, Chieti, Italy
- Clinical Microbiology Unit, Department of Biomedical Sciences, ‘G. D’Annunzio’ University of Chieti-Pescara, Chieti, Italy
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- Clinical Microbiology and Virology Unit, Department of Transfusion Medicine, ‘Spirito Santo’ Hospital, Pescara, Italy
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- Laboratory of Clinical Microbiology, ‘Bambino Gesù’ Pediatric Hospital, Rome, Italy
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- Clinical Microbiology and Virology Unit, Department of Transfusion Medicine, ‘Spirito Santo’ Hospital, Pescara, Italy
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- Center for Excellence on Aging, ‘G. D’Annunzio’ University Foundation, Chieti, Italy
- Clinical Microbiology Unit, Department of Biomedical Sciences, ‘G. D’Annunzio’ University of Chieti-Pescara, Chieti, Italy
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Savini V, Catavitello C, Bianco A, Masciarelli G, Astolfi D, Balbinot A, D'Antonio D. First enteric Escherichia fergusonii from Italy. Infez Med 2009; 17:259-260. [PMID: 20046110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Savini V, Catavitello C, Carlino D, Bianco A, Pompilio A, Balbinot A, Piccolomini R, Di Bonaventura G, D'Antonio D. Staphylococcus pasteuri bacteraemia in a patient with leukaemia. J Clin Pathol 2009; 62:957-8. [PMID: 19542075 DOI: 10.1136/jcp.2009.067041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Savini V, Favaro M, Fontana C, Catavitello C, Balbinot A, Talia M, Febbo F, D'Antonio D. Bacillus cereus heteroresistance to carbapenems in a cancer patient. J Hosp Infect 2008; 71:288-90. [PMID: 19100659 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2008.11.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2008] [Accepted: 11/07/2008] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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D'Antonio D, Staniscia T, Piccolomini R, Fioritoni G, Rotolo S, Parruti G, Di Bonaventura G, Manna A, Savini V, Fiorilli MP, Di Giovanni P, Francione A, Schioppa F, Romano F. Addition of Teicoplanin or Vancomycin for the Treatment of Documented Bacteremia due to Gram-Positive Cocci in Neutropenic Patients with Hematological Malignancies: Microbiological, Clinical and Economic Evaluation. Chemotherapy 2004; 50:81-7. [PMID: 15211082 DOI: 10.1159/000077807] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2002] [Accepted: 07/25/2003] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
Abstract
A prospective, randomized, double-blind trial was conducted on 124 febrile patients with hematological malignancies to compare teicoplanin with vancomycin as an addition to the initial empiric amikacin-ceftazidime regimen after documented bacteremia due to gram-positive cocci. At enrollment, patients in both groups were comparable with respect to age, sex, underlying hematologic disorders and duration of neutropenia. Rates of therapeutic success were 55/63 (87.3%) in the teicoplanin group and 56/61 (91.8%) in the vancomycin group (p = 0.560). The mean duration of treatment was similar, being 12.2 and 11.4 days, respectively (p = 0.216). Patients treated with teicoplanin remained febrile for slightly longer than those treated with vancomycin (4.9 vs. 4.0 days) (p = 0.013). Thirteen patients experienced an adverse drug reaction, but without any significant difference in the two arms. Isolated staphylococci showed a progressive and significant decrease in susceptibility to both glycopeptides during the 8 study years. The economic analysis performed showed that the addition of vancomycin is cost-saving.
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- D D'Antonio
- Dipartimento di Ematologia e Medicina Trasfusionale, Ospedale Spirito Santo, Pescara, Italy.
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