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Daria Spicola

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Lymphocyte apoptosis in children with central nervous system tuberculosis: a case control study

2011

Abstract Background Studies of the apoptosis mechanisms involved in the pathogenesis of tuberculosis have suggested that Mycobacterium tuberculosis can actively interfere with the apoptosis of infected cells. In vivo studies have been performed in adult populations but have not focused on this process in children. In the present study, we analyzed spontaneous T lymphocyte (PBT) apoptosis in the peripheral blood of children with central nervous system tuberculosis (CNS TB), before and after chemotherapy, and compared the results with healthy controls. Methods A case-control study was conducted from January 2002 to June 2009. It included 18 children with CNS TB and 17 healthy controls. Sponta…

Central Nervous SystemMaleFas Ligand ProteinTuberculosisSettore MED/17 - Malattie InfettiveTuberculosiT-Lymphocytesmedicine.medical_treatmentCentral nervous systemApoptosisLymphocyte ActivationMycobacterium tuberculosisPathogenesismeningoencephalitichildrenCentral Nervous System Bacterial InfectionsmedicineHumansfas ReceptorPediatrics Perinatology and Child HealthChildSettore MED/04 - Patologia GeneraleChemotherapybiologybusiness.industrylcsh:RJ1-570Case-control studylcsh:PediatricsMycobacterium tuberculosisT lymphocyteTuberculosis Central Nervous Systembiology.organism_classificationmedicine.diseaseapoptosimedicine.anatomical_structureApoptosisCase-Control StudiesChild PreschoolPediatrics Perinatology and Child HealthImmunologyFemalebusinessResearch ArticleBMC Pediatrics
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Severe Mediterranean spotted fever complicated by acute renal failure and herpetic oesophagitis

2010

Mediterranean spotted fever (MSF) is a tick-borne disease caused by Rickettsia conorii. Recently, complicated cases have been more frequently reported, even in previously healthy patients. We describe a case of severe MSF complicated by acute renal failure and associated with herpetic oesophagitis. Acyclovir therapy resulted in remission of oesophageal symptoms within 48 h.

MaleMicrobiology (medical)Settore MED/07 - Microbiologia E Microbiologia Clinicamedicine.medical_specialtySettore MED/17 - Malattie InfettiveMediterranean spotted fever renal failure herpetic oesophagitisAcyclovirHerpesvirus 1 HumanAntibodies ViralBoutonneuse FeverAntiviral AgentsMicrobiologyGastroenterologyPharmacotherapyInternal medicinemedicineEsophagitisHumansbiologybusiness.industryHerpes SimplexGeneral MedicineAcute Kidney InjuryMiddle Agedmedicine.diseasebiology.organism_classificationSpotted feverSurgeryBoutonneuse feverRickettsia conoriiTreatment OutcomeRickettsiosisViral diseaseRickettsia conoriibusinessEsophagitisKidney diseaseJournal of Medical Microbiology
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Un caso di linfoma cardiaco primitivo in paziente HIV-NAIVE

2008

linfoma HIV
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