Diagnosis of congenital toxoplasmosis: pre-and post-natal evaluation in Sicilian (Italy) epidemiological area. Preliminary data.

2007

La granulisina nella malattia tubercolare: considerazioni su una casistica pediatrica.

2006

ENDOCRINE, AUXOLOGICAL AND CLINICAL FOLLOW UP IN CONNATAL HIV-INFECTED CHILDREN: PERSONAL EXPERIENCE

2006

A novel ELISA system for detecting serum granulysin in tuberculosis patients

2006

Diagnosis of congenital toxoplasmosis: pre e post natal evaluation in a sicilian (Italy) epidemiological area

2006

Hormonal, auxological and clinical follow-up in children with connatal HIV infection: personal records

2006

Auxological and endocrinological complications frequently occur in children with connatal HIV infection. These complications seem to be related both to the infection itself and the antiretroviral therapy. Many children consequently show height-weight and pubertal retardation without any evidence of hormonal deficit. We studied 10 children with connatal HIV infection who were enrolled in this analysis and followed up for 7 years in order to evaluate their height-weight growth, pubertal maturation, bone age progression and hormonal pattern [basal Growth hormone (GH) and GH after Clonidine or Insulin stimulation, Insulin-like Growth Factor 1 (IGF-1), Insulin-like Growth Factor Binding Protein …

Comparative study of a whole-cell pertussis vaccine and a recombinant acellular pertussis vaccine.

1994

The safety and immunogenicity of an acellular pertussis vaccine containing the genetically detoxified pertussis toxin PT-9K/129C, filamentous hemagglutinin, and pertactin, together with diphtheria and tetanus toxoids, were compared with those of a whole-cell pertussis component-diphtheria-tetanus vaccine. Four hundred eighty infants were enrolled into this prospective, multicenter, double-blind study. Each infant was randomly given three doses of one of the two vaccines at 2, 4, and 6 months of age. Both local and systemic adverse reactions, reported within 48 hours and 7 days of each injection, were less frequent after the acellular vaccine than after the whole-cell vaccine. The enzyme-lin…

Magnetic resonance and computed tomography findings in childhood central nervous system tuberculosis

2007

[Epidemiology of paediatric tuberculosis today].

2003

Tuberculosis (TB) kills 2 million people each year in the world, of which 250,000 are children. In Italy, paediatric TB is 3.5% of total cases with a steady trend in the last ten years. Childhood tuberculosis remains a disease of great concern because its occurrence always indicates recent transmission and is a pivotal indicator of effectiveness of TB control efforts. The epidemiological study, including DNA fingerprinting, of 71 children affected by TB - 62 pulmonary, 9 meningitis, 2 renal-shows that the source case is frequently a parent or household member. Sensitivity to anti-tubercular drugs was tested for 18/20 isolates obtained from the children and 21/44 isolates obtained from infec…