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Clin Case Rep ; 11(9): e7812, 2023 Sep.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37636871

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Fibromyalgia is a rare disease, difficult to diagnose and to treat. We think that hyperbaric oxygen therapy could improve its signs and symptoms although more evidences have to be accumulated.

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Scand J Infect Dis ; 45(8): 629-34, 2013 Aug.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-23565771

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OBJECTIVES: This investigation was conducted to study co-colonization by carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase-producing K. pneumoniae (KPC-Kp) and Acinetobacter baumannii (CRAB) in intensive care unit (ICU) patients in Palermo, Sicily, a geographic area where both organisms are endemic in the healthcare setting. Risk factors at admission and during ICU stay and outcomes were also evaluated. METHODS: All patients colonized by KPC-Kp, or CRAB, or both in 2 ICUs of a large general hospital during the period October 2011-March 2012 were enrolled. Demographics and clinical data were collected. Resistance determinants and clonality of the 2 organisms were characterized by molecular methods. RESULTS: Seventy-five of 391 patients (19.2%) proved to be colonized by KPC-Kp, CRAB, or both: 30 (40%) were co-colonized and 44 (58.7%) were mono-colonized by CRAB and 1 by KPC-Kp. Younger age, major trauma, and length of stay were positively associated with co-colonization. However, no significant differences were detected between co-colonized and non co-colonized patients in infection and ICU mortality rates and length of stay after the first isolation. Both organisms proved to be circulating in a clonal way. CONCLUSIONS: In our setting, co-colonization by KPC-Kp and CRAB disproportionately affected young trauma patients with those with a prolonged ICU stay.


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Acinetobacter Infections/epidemiology , Bacterial Proteins/metabolism , Coinfection/epidemiology , Klebsiella Infections/epidemiology , beta-Lactamases/metabolism , Acinetobacter Infections/microbiology , Acinetobacter baumannii/classification , Acinetobacter baumannii/drug effects , Acinetobacter baumannii/genetics , Acinetobacter baumannii/isolation & purification , Adult , Aged , Aged, 80 and over , Bacterial Proteins/genetics , Coinfection/microbiology , Critical Illness , Drug Resistance, Bacterial , Female , Genotype , Hospitals, General , Humans , Intensive Care Units , Klebsiella Infections/microbiology , Klebsiella pneumoniae/classification , Klebsiella pneumoniae/drug effects , Klebsiella pneumoniae/genetics , Klebsiella pneumoniae/isolation & purification , Male , Middle Aged , Molecular Typing , Risk Factors , Sicily/epidemiology , beta-Lactamases/genetics
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BMC Res Notes ; 5: 365, 2012 Jul 20.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-22818424

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BACKGROUND: Multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii, initially considered as having a poor clinical relevance, is frequently isolated from infection cases in intensive care units. We describe the epidemiology of carbapenem resistant A. baumannii (CRAB) in a general ICU in Palermo, Italy, from October 2010 to March 2011. FINDINGS: 58 of 61 isolates exhibited MICs for meropenem or imipenem ≥16 mg/L. Forty-nine carried blaOXA-23 and two blaOXA-58 genes.Five subtype clusters were detected by rep-PCR. Clusters D and E included 10 isolates that tested negative for the carbapenem resistance genes. MLST attributed all isolates, but two, with sequence type (ST)2, whereas the two remaining isolates with ST78.The respiratory tract was the most common site of infection (26 out of 36 cases. 72.2%). A high infection related mortality rate was observed (18 out of 35 patients, 51.4%). Nineteen patients tested positive for other multidrug resistant organisms in addition to CRAB. In eight cases isolates belonging to distinct subtype clusters and/or with distinct carbapenemase profiles were identified. CONCLUSIONS: Carbapenem resistance was prominently driven by the dissemination of CRAB isolates belonging to ST2, carrying the carbapenemase gene blaOXA-23. The colonization/infection of some patients by multiple strains is suggestive of an endemic circulation of CRAB.


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Acinetobacter Infections/epidemiology , Acinetobacter Infections/microbiology , Acinetobacter baumannii/drug effects , Acinetobacter baumannii/isolation & purification , Carbapenems/pharmacology , Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial/drug effects , Intensive Care Units/statistics & numerical data , Acinetobacter baumannii/genetics , Adolescent , Adult , Aged , Aged, 80 and over , Clone Cells , Demography , Female , Humans , Italy/epidemiology , Male , Microbial Sensitivity Tests , Middle Aged , Polymerase Chain Reaction , Time Factors , Young Adult
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