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Marco Pataracchia

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Fontana S, Buttinelli G, Fiore S, Amato C, Pataracchia M, Kota M, et al.
Vaccines (Basel) . 2022 Jan; 10(1). PMID: 35062705
Here we analyzed six years of acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) surveillance, from 2015 to 2020, of 10 countries linked to the WHO Regional Reference Laboratory, at the Istituto Superiore di...
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Creti R, Imperi M, Berardi A, Lindh E, Alfarone G, Pataracchia M, et al.
Microorganisms . 2021 Dec; 9(12). PMID: 34946181
Invasive infections by group B streptococci (iGBS) are the leading cause of sepsis and meningitis in the first three months of life worldwide. The clinical and microbiological characteristics of neonatal...
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Creti R, Imperi M, Berardi A, Pataracchia M, Recchia S, Alfarone G, et al.
Pediatr Infect Dis J . 2016 Nov; 36(3):256-262. PMID: 27870810
Background: The characteristics of group B streptococcus (GBS) neonatal disease in a period of 7 years are reported. Methods: The estimation of the neonatal GBS disease risk and prevention strategies...
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Creti R, Berardi A, Baldassarri L, Imperi M, Pataracchia M, Alfarone G, et al.
Ann Ist Super Sanita . 2013 Dec; 49(4):370-5. PMID: 24334782
Introduction: The characteristics of Group B Streptococcal (GBS) early onset (EOD) and late onset (LOD) neonatal infections in Italy were analyzed. Two periods were considered, a first 3-years period (2007-2010),...
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Gherardi G, Imperi M, Palmieri C, Magi G, Facinelli B, Baldassarri L, et al.
J Med Microbiol . 2013 Oct; 63(Pt 1):90-98. PMID: 24149625
A recent increase in virulence of pathogenic Streptococcus dysgalactiae subsp. equisimilis (SDSE) has been widely proposed. Such an increase may be partly explained by the acquisition of new virulence traits...
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Mancini F, Monaco M, Pataracchia M, Von Hunolstein C, Pantosti A, Ciervo A
Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis . 2012 Apr; 73(2):111-20. PMID: 22494559
With the recognition of several diphtheria outbreaks and the emergence of nontoxigenic corynebacteria strains, there has been renewed interest in the development of laboratory diagnostic methods. Previously reported polymerase chain...
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Imperi M, Pataracchia M, Alfarone G, Baldassarri L, Orefici G, Creti R
J Microbiol Methods . 2009 Dec; 80(2):212-4. PMID: 19958797
A multiplex PCR assay for the identification of serotypes Ia to IX of Streptococcus agalactiae was developed. By using a single PCR reaction containing a mix of 19 primers the...
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Gherardi G, Imperi M, Baldassarri L, Pataracchia M, Alfarone G, Recchia S, et al.
J Clin Microbiol . 2007 Jul; 45(9):2909-16. PMID: 17634303
Group B streptococci (GBS) comprising three different sets of isolates (31 invasive, 36 noninvasive, and 24 colonizing isolates) were collected in Italy during the years 2002 to 2005. Clonal groups...
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Creti R, Imperi M, Baldassarri L, Pataracchia M, Recchia S, Alfarone G, et al.
J Clin Microbiol . 2007 May; 45(7):2249-56. PMID: 17494723
To investigate the epidemiology and characteristics of invasive group A streptococcal (GAS) disease over 11 years in Italy, this study compared the emm types and the superantigen toxin genes speA...
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Baldassarri L, Creti R, Imperi M, Recchia S, Pataracchia M, Orefici G
J Clin Microbiol . 2007 Feb; 45(4):1284-7. PMID: 17287324
A total of 161 Streptococcus pyogenes isolates from patients with invasive infections or from asymptomatic carriers were examined for genes (prtF1, prtF2, and fba) coding for fibronectin-binding proteins to evaluate...