Caratteristiche epidemiologiche dell’Infezione da virus respiratorio sinciziale in Sicilia: dati preliminari su una casistica di infettivologia pediatrica

Definizione prognostica della malattia di Kawasaki: identificazione di markers ematochimici e clinici in una casistica personale

Compliance ed efficacia del Palivizumab a distanza. La nostra esperienza relativa al triennio 2002-2005.

Epidemiology of severe RSV infection in Palermo, a sicilian pediatric population: identifying risk factors, epidemic wave and severity

Epidemiologia dell'infezione da VRS a Palermo: 2 anni di esperienza

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

Respiratory syncytial virus infection in a Sicilian pediatric population: Risk factors, epidemiology, and severity

Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is the leading cause of hospitalization for lower respiratory tract infections (LRTIs) in young children worldwide. This study evaluated the epidemiological and clinical patterns of RSV infection in infants hospitalized for LRTIs in Sicily. Over a 7-month period (October 1, 2005 to April 30, 2006), all children 6 months old, with a gestational age (GA) of >36 weeks, with a birth weight of >2.50 g, with previous hospitalizations due to LRTI, with smokers in the household, and with a history of breast-feeding (p < 0.05 for each). RSV infection was associated with a higher likelihood to be admitted to neonatal intensive care units and to longer hospitalization…