Many patients with severe COVID-19 rapidly progress to critical disease with refractory
hypoxemia requiring invasive mechanical ventilation (IMV). 1 Elevated levels of C reactive …

Background Many COVID-19 patients develop a hyperinflammatory response which
activates blood coagulation and may contribute to the occurrence of thromboembolic …

To evaluate the agreement between QuantiFERON®-TB Gold In-Tube test (QFT-GIT) and
tuberculin skin test (TST) for the screening of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) in recent …

The influence of antiretroviral therapy on co‐receptor tropism remains controversial. To
verify if co‐receptor tropism shift was affected by HAART, the evolution of proviral DNA V3 …

Extensively drug resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa (XDR-PA) strains with limited or absent
residual antimicrobial susceptibility cause a growing burden of difficult-to treat infections …

BACKGROUND: The genetic heterogeneity of the HBV genome has been established and
eight genotypes can be classified according to the criterion of> 8% differences in the …

The aim of this study is to describe the features, the outcomes, and the clinical issues related
to Remdesivir administration of a cohort of 220 patients (pts) with COVID-19 hospitalized …

The extent to which HIV‐1 proviral DNA mutations cause clinically relevant antiretroviral
resistance is still controversial. Paired plasma HIV‐1 RNA and whole blood DNA were …

Background Infections caused by multidrug-resistant Enterobacteriaceae are hard to treat
and life-threatening due to reduced therapeutic options. Systemic infections caused by …

This study evaluated the prevalence of HBV infection in a population of South American
immigrants in Italy and to determine in patients with detectable serum HBV-DNA the …