Publications Authored by Gian Maria Rossolini

Structure of the capsular polysaccharide of the KPC-2-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae strain KK207-2 and assignment of the glycosyltransferases functions.

Authors:

Barbara Bellich Neil Ravenscroft Roberto Rizzo Cristina Lagatolla Marco Maria D'Andrea Gian Maria Rossolini Paola Cescutti

Int J Biol Macromol 2019 Jun 22;130:536-544. Epub 2019 Feb 22.

Department of Life Sciences, University of Trieste, via L. Giorgieri 1, Bdg C11, 34127 Trieste, Italy. Electronic address:

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2019.02.128	DOI Listing

June 2019

Microbial community composition of water samples stored inside the International Space Station.

Authors:

Giovanni Bacci Stefano Amalfitano Caterina Levantesi Simona Rossetti Laurent Garrelly Francesco Canganella Giovanna Bianconi Vincenzo Di Pilato Gian Maria Rossolini Alessio Mengoni Renato Fani Elena Perrin

Res Microbiol 2019 May 7. Epub 2019 May 7.

Department of Biology, University of Florence, Via Madonna del Piano 6, Sesto Fiorentino, FI, I-50019, Italy. Electronic address:

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.resmic.2019.04.003	DOI Listing

May 2019

The influence of age on the clinical efficacy of tigecycline in severely ill patients.

Authors:

Matteo Bassetti Xavier Guirao Philippe Montravers Gian Maria Rossolini Miguel Sánchez García Gabriele Sganga Christian Eckmann

J Glob Antimicrob Resist 2019 Apr 3. Epub 2019 Apr 3.

Klinikum Peine, Department of General, Visceral and Thoracic Surgery, Peine, Germany. Electronic address:

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jgar.2019.03.018	DOI Listing

April 2019

The role of infection acquisition site and inappropriate empirical treatment on the outcome of extended-beta-lactamase producing Enterobacteriaceae infections.

Authors:

Evelina Tacconelli Maria Adriana Cataldo Nico T Mutters Elena Carrara Alessandro Bartoloni Annibale Raglio Roberto Cauda Elisabetta Mantengoli Francesco Luzzaro Angelo Pan Lia A Beccara Patrizia Pecile Marco Tinelli Gian Maria Rossolini

Int J Antimicrob Agents 2019 Apr 12. Epub 2019 Apr 12.

Experimental and Clinical Medicine Department, Università degli Studi di Firenze, Florence, Italy; USC Microbiologia e Virologia, AOSP Papa Giovanni XXIII, Piazza OMS 1, Bergamo, Italy; Institute of Infectious Diseases, Catholic University of Rome, Rome, Italy; Clinical Microbiology and Virology Unit, Alessandro Manzoni Hospital, Lecco, Italy; Infectious Diseases Department, Azienda Socio Sanitaria Territoriale di Cremona, Cremona, Italy; Emergency Department, Azienda Socio Sanitaria Territoriale di Cremona, Cremona, Italy; Microbiology and Virology Unit, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi, Florence, Italy.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2019.04.007	DOI Listing

April 2019

In vitro activity of N-acetylcysteine against Stenotrophomonas maltophilia and Burkholderia cepacia complex grown in planktonic phase and biofilm.

Authors:

Simona Pollini Vincenzo Di Pilato Giulia Landini Tiziana Di Maggio Antonio Cannatelli Samantha Sottotetti Lisa Cariani Stefano Aliberti Francesco Blasi Francesco Sergio Gian Maria Rossolini Lucia Pallecchi

PLoS One 2018 1;13(10):e0203941. Epub 2018 Oct 1.

Department of Medical Biotechnologies, University of Siena, Siena, Italy.

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http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0203941	PLOS
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6166927	PMC

March 2019

Detection in Italy of a porcine Enterococcus faecium isolate carrying the novel phenicol-oxazolidinone-tetracycline resistance gene poxtA.

Authors:

Andrea Brenciani Simona Fioriti Gianluca Morroni Lucilla Cucco Alessandra Morelli Giovanni Pezzotti Marta Paniccià Alberto Antonelli Chiara Francesca Magistrali Gian Maria Rossolini Eleonora Giovanetti

J Antimicrob Chemother 2019 Mar;74(3):817-818

Department of Life and Environmental Sciences, Microbiology Unit, Polytechnic University of Marche, Ancona, Italy.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jac/dky505	DOI Listing

March 2019

Ceftolozane-Tazobactam Pharmacokinetics during Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation in a Lung Transplant Recipient.

Authors:

Fabio Arena Luca Marchetti Lucia Henrici De Angelis Enivarco Maglioni Martina Contorni Maria Iris Cassetta Andrea Novelli Gian Maria Rossolini

Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2019 Mar 26;63(3). Epub 2019 Feb 26.

Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/AAC.02131-18	DOI Listing
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6395943	PMC

March 2019

Evaluation of a new rapid fluorescence immunoassay for the diagnosis of dengue and Zika virus infection.

Authors:

Lorenzo Zammarchi Maria Grazia Colao Antonia Mantella Teresa Capobianco Gianna Mazzarelli Nunziata Ciccone Seble Tekle Kiros Elisabetta Mantengoli Gian Maria Rossolini Alessandro Bartoloni

J Clin Virol 2019 Mar 29;112:34-39. Epub 2019 Jan 29.

Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy; Infectious and Tropical Diseases Unit, Careggi University and Hospital, Florence, Italy; Referral Center for Tropical Diseases of Tuscany, Infectious and Tropical Diseases Unit, Careggi University Hospital, Florence, Italy. Electronic address:

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcv.2019.01.011	DOI Listing

March 2019

Common Community-acquired Bacterial Skin and Soft-tissue Infections in Children: an Intersociety Consensus on Impetigo, Abscess, and Cellulitis Treatment.

Clin Ther 2019 Mar 15;41(3):532-551.e17. Epub 2019 Feb 15.

Division of Dermatology, Department of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine, Sant'Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.clinthera.2019.01.010	DOI Listing

March 2019

Exportation of MDR TB to Europe from Setting with Actively Transmitted Persistent Strains in Peru.

Authors:

Fermín Acosta Juan Agapito Andrea Maurizio Cabibbe Tatiana Cáceres Christophe Sola Laura Pérez-Lago Estefanía Abascal Marta Herranz Erika Meza Bernice Klotoe Patricia Muñoz Gian María Rossolini Alessandro Bartoloni Enrico Tortoli Daniela María Cirillo Eduardo Gotuzzo Darío García de Viedma

Emerg Infect Dis 2019 03;25(3):596-598

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http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2503.180574	DOI Listing
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6390752	PMC

March 2019

AmpC β-lactamase-producing Enterobacterales: what a clinician should know.

Authors:

Simone Meini Carlo Tascini Marco Cei Emanuela Sozio Gian Maria Rossolini

Infection 2019 Mar 6. Epub 2019 Mar 6.

Clinical Microbiology and Virology Unit, Florence Careggi University Hospital, Florence, Italy.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s15010-019-01291-9	DOI Listing

March 2019

Differential Responses of Colorectal Cancer Cell Lines to Strains Isolated from Healthy Donors and Colorectal Cancer Patients.

Authors:

Carolina Vieira De Almeida Matteo Lulli Vincenzo di Pilato Nicola Schiavone Edda Russo Giulia Nannini Simone Baldi Rossella Borrelli Gianluca Bartolucci Marta Menicatti Antonio Taddei Maria Novella Ringressi Elena Niccolai Domenico Prisco Gian Maria Rossolini Amedeo Amedei

J Clin Med 2019 Mar 20;8(3). Epub 2019 Mar 20.

Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, 50134 Florence, Italy.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm8030388	DOI Listing
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6463247	PMC

March 2019

Discrepancies in fosfomycin susceptibility testing of KPC-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae with various commercial methods.

Authors:

Giulio Camarlinghi Eva Maria Parisio Alberto Antonelli Maria Nardone Marco Coppi Tommaso Giani Romano Mattei Gian Maria Rossolini

Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis 2019 Jan 31;93(1):74-76. Epub 2018 Jul 31.

Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy; Microbiology and Virology Unit, Florence Careggi University Hospital, Florence, Italy. Electronic address:

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2018.07.014	DOI Listing

January 2019

Carriage rates and risk factors during an outbreak of invasive meningococcal disease due to Neisseria meningitidis serogroup C ST-11 (cc11) in Tuscany, Italy: a cross-sectional study.

Authors:

Alessandro Miglietta Francesco Innocenti Patrizio Pezzotti Eleonora Riccobono Maria Moriondo Patrizia Pecile Francesco Nieddu Gian Maria Rossolini Chiara Azzari Emanuela Balocchini Giovanni Rezza Fabio Voller Paola Stefanelli

BMC Infect Dis 2019 Jan 8;19(1):29. Epub 2019 Jan 8.

Department of Infectious Diseases, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Viale Regina Elena, 299, 00161, Rome, Italy.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-018-3598-3	DOI Listing
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6323866	PMC

January 2019

Evaluation of the OXA-23 K-SeT® immunochromatographic assay for the rapid detection of OXA-23-like carbapenemase-producing Acinetobacter spp.

Authors:

Eleonora Riccobono Pierre Bogaerts Alberto Antonelli Stephanie Evrard Tommaso Giani Gian Maria Rossolini Youri Glupczynski

J Antimicrob Chemother 2019 Jan 25. Epub 2019 Jan 25.

Laboratory of Clinical Microbiology, National Reference Centre for Monitoring Antimicrobial Resistance in Gram-Negative Bacteria, CHU UCL Namur, Yvoir, Belgium.

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https://academic.oup.com/jac/advance-article/doi/10.1093/jac	Publisher Site
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jac/dkz001	DOI Listing

January 2019

Rapid microbial identification and antimicrobial susceptibility testing to drive better patient care: an evolving scenario.

Authors:

Volkan Özenci Gian Maria Rossolini

J Antimicrob Chemother 2019 Jan;74(Supplement_1):i2-i5

Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy.

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https://academic.oup.com/jac/article/74/Supplement_1/i2/5300	Publisher Site
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jac/dky529	DOI Listing
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6382029	PMC

January 2019

Bloodstream infections due to carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae in Italy: results from nationwide surveillance, 2014 to 2017.

Authors:

Simone Iacchini Michela Sabbatucci Carlo Gagliotti Gian Maria Rossolini Maria Luisa Moro Stefania Iannazzo Fortunato D'Ancona Patrizio Pezzotti Annalisa Pantosti

Euro Surveill 2019 Jan;24(5)

Department of Infectious Diseases, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2019.24.5.1800159	DOI Listing
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6386214	PMC

January 2019

Auranofin and its Analogues Show Potent Antimicrobial Activity against Multidrug-Resistant Pathogens: Structure-Activity Relationships.

Authors:

Tiziano Marzo Damiano Cirri Simona Pollini Marco Prato Stefania Fallani Maria Iris Cassetta Andrea Novelli Gian Maria Rossolini Luigi Messori

ChemMedChem 2018 Nov 5;13(22):2448-2454. Epub 2018 Nov 5.

Laboratory of Metals in Medicine (MetMed), Department of Chemistry "U. Schiff", University of Florence, Via della Lastruccia 3, 50019, Sesto Fiorentino, Italy.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cmdc.201800498	DOI Listing

November 2018

High prevalence of carriage of -positive enteric bacteria among healthy children from rural communities in the Chaco region, Bolivia, September to October 2016.

Authors:

Tommaso Giani Samanta Sennati Alberto Antonelli Vincenzo Di Pilato Tiziana di Maggio Antonia Mantella Claudia Niccolai Michele Spinicci Joaquín Monasterio Paul Castellanos Mirtha Martinez Fausto Contreras Dorian Balderrama Villaroel Esther Damiani Sdenka Maury Rodolfo Rocabado Lucia Pallecchi Alessandro Bartoloni Gian Maria Rossolini

Euro Surveill 2018 Nov;23(45)

Clinical Microbiology and Virology Unit, Careggi University Hospital, Florence, Italy.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2018.23.45.1800115	DOI Listing
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6234532	PMC

November 2018

Epidemiology, management and outcome of varicella in pregnancy: a 20-year experience at the Tuscany Reference Centre for Infectious Diseases in Pregnancy.

Authors:

Michele Trotta Beatrice Borchi Alessandra Niccolai Elisabetta Venturini Susanna Giaché Gaetana Sterrantino Maria Grazia Colao Gian Maria Rossolini Alessandro Bartoloni Lorenzo Zammarchi

Infection 2018 Oct 15;46(5):693-699. Epub 2018 May 15.

SOD Malattie Infettive e Tropicali, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi, Largo Brambilla 3, 50134, Florence, Italy.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s15010-018-1150-4	DOI Listing

October 2018

Proposal for assignment of allele numbers for mobile colistin resistance (mcr) genes.

Authors:

Sally R Partridge Vincenzo Di Pilato Yohei Doi Michael Feldgarden Daniel H Haft William Klimke Samir Kumar-Singh Jian-Hua Liu Surbhi Malhotra-Kumar Arjun Prasad Gian Maria Rossolini Stefan Schwarz Jianzhong Shen Timothy Walsh Yang Wang Basil Britto Xavier

J Antimicrob Chemother 2018 Oct;73(10):2625-2630

Laboratory of Medical Microbiology, Vaccine & Infectious Disease Institute, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jac/dky262	DOI Listing
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6148208	PMC

October 2018

Mortality attributable to different Klebsiella susceptibility patterns and to the coverage of empirical antibiotic therapy: a cohort study on patients admitted to the ICU with infection.

Authors:

Guido Bertolini Giovanni Nattino Carlo Tascini Daniele Poole Bruno Viaggi Greta Carrara Carlotta Rossi Daniele Crespi Matteo Mondini Martin Langer Gian Maria Rossolini Paolo Malacarne

Intensive Care Med 2018 Oct 25;44(10):1709-1719. Epub 2018 Sep 25.

Rianimazione/Pronto Soccorso, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Pisana, Pisa, Italy.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00134-018-5360-0	DOI Listing

October 2018

Cryptic severe malaria in a Moroccan man living in Tuscany, Italy, August 2018.

Authors:

Lorenzo Zammarchi Nicoletta Di Lauria Filippo Bartalesi Lorenzo Roberto Suardi Giampaolo Corti Jessica Mencarini Daniela Boccolini Carlo Severini Luigi Gradoni Carla Buonamici Giorgio Garofalo Anna Maria Bartolesi Nunziata Ciccone Andrea Berni Loredana Poggesi Fabrizio Niccolini Gian Maria Rossolini Roberto Romi Alessandro Bartoloni

Euro Surveill 2018 Oct;23(41)

Infectious and Tropical Diseases Unit, Careggi University Hospital, Florence, Italy.

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https://www.eurosurveillance.org/content/10.2807/1560-7917.E	Publisher Site
http://dx.doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2018.23.41.1800527	DOI Listing
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6194912	PMC

October 2018

In vitro synergism of colistin in combination with N-acetylcysteine against Acinetobacter baumannii grown in planktonic phase and in biofilms.

Authors:

Simona Pollini Selene Boncompagni Tiziana Di Maggio Vincenzo Di Pilato Teresa Spanu Barbara Fiori Francesco Blasi Stefano Aliberti Francesco Sergio Gian Maria Rossolini Lucia Pallecchi

J Antimicrob Chemother 2018 Sep;73(9):2388-2395

Department of Medical Biotechnologies, University of Siena, Siena, Italy.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jac/dky185	DOI Listing
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6105873	PMC

September 2018

Attitudes of physicians from 10 European countries on adherence and how treatment modalities in ABSSSI affect adherence: results from a Delphi survey.

Authors:

Tom Stargardt Christian Eckmann Emilio Bouza Gian Maria Rossolini Paolo Antonio Grossi

Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 2018 Sep 6;37(9):1611-1618. Epub 2018 Jun 6.

Department of Medicine and Surgery, Section of Infectious Diseases, University of Insubria, Varese, Italy.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10096-018-3264-0	DOI Listing
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6133032	PMC

September 2018

TEM-184, a Novel TEM-Derived Extended-Spectrum β-Lactamase with Enhanced Activity against Aztreonam.

Authors:

Alessandra Piccirilli Mariagrazia Perilli Gianfranco Amicosante Viola Conte Carlo Tascini Gian Maria Rossolini Tommaso Giani

Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2018 Sep 27;62(9). Epub 2018 Aug 27.

Dipartimento di Medicina Sperimentale e Clinica, Università degli Studi di Firenze, Florence, Italy

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/AAC.00688-18	DOI Listing
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6125571	PMC

September 2018

Correction to: Attitudes of physicians from 10 European countries on adherence and how treatment modalities in ABSSSI affect adherence: results from a Delphi survey.

Authors:

Tom Stargardt Christian Eckmann Emilio Bouza Gian Maria Rossolini Paolo Antonio Grossi

Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 2018 09;37(9):1619

Department ofMedicine and Surgery, Section of Infectious Diseases, University of Insubria, Varese, Italy.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10096-018-3310-y	DOI Listing

September 2018

Characterization of vB_Kpn_F48, a Newly Discovered Lytic Bacteriophage for Klebsiella pneumoniae of Sequence Type 101.

Authors:

Nagaia Ciacci Marco Maria D'Andrea Pasquale Marmo Elisa Demattè Francesco Amisano Vincenzo Di Pilato Maurizio Fraziano Pietro Lupetti Gian Maria Rossolini Maria Cristina Thaller

Viruses 2018 09 9;10(9). Epub 2018 Sep 9.

Department of Biology, University of Rome "Tor Vergata", 00133 Rome, Italy.

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http://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/10/9/482	Publisher Site
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/v10090482	DOI Listing
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6163469	PMC

September 2018

Characterization of a Multiresistance Plasmid Carrying the and Resistance Genes From an Clinical Isolate.

Authors:

Gianluca Morroni Andrea Brenciani Alberto Antonelli Marco Maria D'Andrea Vincenzo Di Pilato Simona Fioriti Marina Mingoia Carla Vignaroli Oscar Cirioni Francesca Biavasco Pietro E Varaldo Gian Maria Rossolini Eleonora Giovanetti

Front Microbiol 2018 11;9:2189. Epub 2018 Sep 11.

Unit of Microbiology, Department of Life and Environmental Sciences, Polytechnic University of Marche, Ancona, Italy.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2018.02189	DOI Listing
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6142821	PMC

September 2018

Evaluation of candidemia and antifungal consumption in a large tertiary care Italian hospital over a 12-year period.

Authors:

Jessica Mencarini Elisabetta Mantengoli Lorenzo Tofani Eleonora Riccobono Rossella Fornaini Filippo Bartalesi Giampaolo Corti Alberto Farese Patrizia Pecile Luca Boni Gian Maria Rossolini Alessandro Bartoloni

Infection 2018 Aug 13;46(4):469-476. Epub 2018 Apr 13.

Infectious Disease Unit, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s15010-018-1139-z	DOI Listing

August 2018

The GISA call to action for the appropriate use of antimicrobials and the control of antimicrobial resistance in Italy.

Authors:

Francesco Menichetti Marco Falcone Pierluigi Lopalco Carlo Tascini Angelo Pan Luca Busani Bruno Viaggi Gian Maria Rossolini Fabio Arena Andrea Novelli Francesco De Rosa Stefania Iannazzo Jonathan Cohen

Int J Antimicrob Agents 2018 Aug 24;52(2):127-134. Epub 2018 May 24.

Department of Medicine, Brighton & Sussex Medical School, Brighton, UK.

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https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S09248579183014	Publisher Site
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2018.05.010	DOI Listing

August 2018

Spectroscopic Characterization of Natural Melanin from a Strain and Comparison with Melanin Enzymatically Synthesized by Tyrosinase and Laccase.

Authors:

Maher Al Khatib Mohamed Harir Jessica Costa Maria Camilla Baratto Irene Schiavo Lorenza Trabalzini Simona Pollini Gian Maria Rossolini Riccardo Basosi Rebecca Pogni

Molecules 2018 Aug 1;23(8). Epub 2018 Aug 1.

Department of Biotechnology, Chemistry and Pharmacy, University of Siena, 53100 Siena, Italy.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/molecules23081916	DOI Listing
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6222888	PMC

August 2018

Synergistic Activity of Colistin in Combination With Resveratrol Against Colistin-Resistant Gram-Negative Pathogens.

Authors:

Antonio Cannatelli Silvia Principato Olga L Colavecchio Lucia Pallecchi Gian Maria Rossolini

Front Microbiol 2018 7;9:1808. Epub 2018 Aug 7.

Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2018.01808	DOI Listing
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6091244	PMC

August 2018

Interconnected clusters of invasive meningococcal disease due to serogroup C ST-11 (cc11), involving bisexuals and men who have sex with men, with discos and gay-venues hotspots of transmission, Tuscany, Italy, 2015 to 2016.

Authors:

Alessandro Miglietta Cecilia Fazio Arianna Neri Patrizio Pezzotti Francesco Innocenti Chiara Azzari Gian Maria Rossolini Maria Moriondo Francesco Nieddu Stefania Iannazzo Fortunato D'Ancona Francesco Paolo Maraglino Raniero Guerra Giovanni Rezza Fabio Voller Paola Stefanelli

Euro Surveill 2018 Aug;23(34)

Department of Infectious Diseases, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2018.23.34.1700636	DOI Listing
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6113744	PMC

August 2018

Chronic infection sustained by a Pseudomonas aeruginosa High-Risk clone producing the VIM-1 metallo-β-lactamase in a cystic fibrosis patient after lung transplantation.

Authors:

Simona Pollini Claudia Mugnaioli Daniela Dolce Silvia Campana Anna Silvia Neri Giovanni Taccetti Gian Maria Rossolini

J Cyst Fibros 2018 Jul 12;17(4):470-474. Epub 2018 Feb 12.

Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy; Clinical Microbiology and Virology Unit, Florence Careggi University Hospital, Florence, Italy. Electronic address:

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcf.2018.01.007	DOI Listing

July 2018

Characterization of poxtA, a novel phenicol-oxazolidinone-tetracycline resistance gene from an MRSA of clinical origin.

Authors:

Alberto Antonelli Marco Maria D'Andrea Andrea Brenciani Cesira L Galeotti Gianluca Morroni Simona Pollini Pietro Emanuele Varaldo Gian Maria Rossolini

J Antimicrob Chemother 2018 Jul;73(7):1763-1769

Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jac/dky088	DOI Listing

July 2018

Characterization of Extensively Drug-Resistant or Pandrug-Resistant Sequence Type 147 and 101 OXA-48-Producing Klebsiella pneumoniae Causing Bloodstream Infections in Patients in an Intensive Care Unit.

Authors:

Kalliope Avgoulea Vincenzo Di Pilato Olympia Zarkotou Samanta Sennati Leda Politi Antonio Cannatelli Katerina Themeli-Digalaki Tommaso Giani Athanassios Tsakris Gian Maria Rossolini Spyros Pournaras

Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2018 07 26;62(7). Epub 2018 Jun 26.

Department of Microbiology, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/AAC.02457-17	DOI Listing
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6021667	PMC

July 2018

Procalcitonin-guided antibiotic therapy: an expert consensus.

Authors:

Michele Bartoletti Massimo Antonelli Francesco Arturo Bruno Blasi Ivo Casagranda Arturo Chieregato Roberto Fumagalli Massimo Girardis Filippo Pieralli Mario Plebani Gian Maria Rossolini Massimo Sartelli Bruno Viaggi Pierluigi Viale Claudio Viscoli Federico Pea

Clin Chem Lab Med 2018 07;56(8):1223-1229

Institute of Clinical Pharmacology, Santa Maria della Misericordia University Hospital of Udine, ASUIUD, Udine, Italy.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/cclm-2018-0259	DOI Listing

July 2018

Countrywide implementation of whole genome sequencing: an opportunity to improve tuberculosis management, surveillance and contact tracing in low incidence countries.

Authors:

Andrea Maurizio Cabibbe Alberto Trovato Maria Rosaria De Filippo Arash Ghodousi Laura Rindi Carlo Garzelli Simonetta Baretti Guendalina Allodi Roberta Mannino Gian Maria Rossolini Alessandro Bartoloni Enrico Tortoli Daniela Maria Cirillo

Eur Respir J 2018 06 28;51(6). Epub 2018 Jun 28.

Emerging Bacterial Pathogens Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1183/13993003.00387-2018	DOI Listing

June 2018

Ceftolozane/tazobactam: place in therapy.

Authors:

Daniele Roberto Giacobbe Matteo Bassetti Francesco Giuseppe De Rosa Valerio Del Bono Paolo Antonio Grossi Francesco Menichetti Federico Pea Gian Maria Rossolini Mario Tumbarello Pierluigi Viale Claudio Viscoli

Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther 2018 04 9;16(4):307-320. Epub 2018 Mar 9.

a Infectious Diseases Unit, Ospedale Policlinico San Martino - IRCCS per l'Oncologia and Department of Health Sciences , University of Genoa , Genoa , Italy.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14787210.2018.1447381	DOI Listing

April 2018

A new selective broth enrichment automated method for detection of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae from rectal swabs.

Authors:

Fabio Arena Tommaso Giani Alberto Antonelli Olga Lorenza Colavecchio Patrizia Pecile Bruno Viaggi Riccardo Favilli Gian Maria Rossolini

J Microbiol Methods 2018 04 7;147:66-68. Epub 2018 Mar 7.

Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy; Clinical Microbiology and Virology Unit, Florence Careggi University Hospital, Florence, Italy.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mimet.2018.03.002	DOI Listing

April 2018

Italian nationwide survey on Pseudomonas aeruginosa from invasive infections: activity of ceftolozane/tazobactam and comparators, and molecular epidemiology of carbapenemase producers.

Authors:

Tommaso Giani Fabio Arena Simona Pollini Vincenzo Di Pilato Marco Maria D'Andrea Lucia Henrici De Angelis Matteo Bassetti Gian Maria Rossolini

J Antimicrob Chemother 2018 03;73(3):664-671

Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jac/dkx453	DOI Listing

March 2018

Effect of combination therapy containing a high-dose carbapenem on mortality in patients with carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae bloodstream infection.

Int J Antimicrob Agents 2018 Feb 24;51(2):244-248. Epub 2017 Aug 24.

Institute of Infectious Diseases, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli, Rome, Italy.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2017.08.019	DOI Listing

February 2018

Clinical outcomes of elderly patients with bloodstream infections due to extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Enterobacteriaceae in an Italian Internal Medicine ward.

Authors:

Simone Meini Raffaele Laureano Carlo Tascini Fabio Arena Lucia Fani Anna Frullini Maria Teresa Passaleva Anna Teresa Roberts Dario Mannini Francesco Sbrana Andrea Ripoli Gian Maria Rossolini

Eur J Intern Med 2018 02 28;48:50-56. Epub 2017 Oct 28.

Don Carlo Gnocchi Foundation, Florence, Italy.; Clinical Microbiology and Virology Unit, Florence Careggi University Hospital, Florence, Italy; Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejim.2017.10.014	DOI Listing

February 2018

Evaluation of the KPC K-SeT® immunochromatographic assay for the rapid detection of KPC carbapenemase producers from positive blood cultures.

Authors:

Eleonora Riccobono Alberto Antonelli Patrizia Pecile Pierre Bogaerts Marco Maria D'Andrea Gian Maria Rossolini

J Antimicrob Chemother 2018 02;73(2):539-540

Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jac/dkx406	DOI Listing

February 2018

Isolation and characterization of a novel tyrosinase produced by Sahara soil actinobacteria and immobilization on nylon nanofiber membranes.

Authors:

Mohammed Harir Miloud Bellahcene Maria Camilla Baratto Simona Pollini Gian Maria Rossolini Lorenza Trabalzini Enrico Fatarella Rebecca Pogni

J Biotechnol 2018 Jan 11;265:54-64. Epub 2017 Nov 11.

Department of Biotechnology, Chemistry and Pharmacy, University of Siena, 53100 Siena, Italy. Electronic address:

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiotec.2017.11.004	DOI Listing

January 2018

Regional spread of contact lens-related Acanthamoeba keratitis in Italy.

Authors:

Alberto Antonelli Eleonora Favuzza Angelo Galano Margherita Montalbano Di Filippo Nunziata Ciccone Federica Berrilli Rita Mencucci David Di Cave Gian Maria Rossolini

New Microbiol 2018 Jan;41(1):83-85

Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy.

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January 2018

Infections caused by carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae with hypermucoviscous phenotype: A case report and literature review.

Authors:

Fabio Arena Lucia Henrici De Angelis Marco Maria D'Andrea Antonio Cannatelli Lucina Fossati Vincenzo Di Pilato Tommaso Giani Rossana Cavallo Gian Maria Rossolini

Virulence 2017 11 23;8(8):1900-1908. Epub 2017 Feb 23.

a Department of Medical Biotechnologies , University of Siena , Siena , Italy.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21505594.2017.1286439	DOI Listing
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5810476	PMC

November 2017

Linezolid-Resistant Enterococcus faecalis Infection Following Prolonged Low-Dosage Linezolid Treatment for Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis.

Authors:

Ilaria Baccani Alberto Antonelli Angelo Galano Filippo Bartalesi Alessandro Bartoloni Gian Maria Rossolini

Clin Infect Dis 2017 11;65(12):2159-2160

Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cid/cix729	DOI Listing

November 2017

Incidence, Risk Factors and Outcome of Pre-engraftment Gram-Negative Bacteremia After Allogeneic and Autologous Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation: An Italian Prospective Multicenter Survey.

Clin Infect Dis 2017 Nov;65(11):1884-1896

Divisione di Ematologia, ASST Papa Giovanni XXIII, Bergamo.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cid/cix690	DOI Listing

November 2017

CXC Chemokines Exhibit Bactericidal Activity against Multidrug-Resistant Gram-Negative Pathogens.

Authors:

Matthew A Crawford Debra J Fisher Lisa M Leung Sara Lomonaco Christine Lascols Antonio Cannatelli Tommaso Giani Gian Maria Rossolini Yohei Doi David R Goodlett Marc W Allard Shashi K Sharma Erum Khan Robert K Ernst Molly A Hughes

MBio 2017 11 14;8(6). Epub 2017 Nov 14.

Division of Infectious Diseases and International Health, Department of Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/mBio.01549-17	DOI Listing
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5686536	PMC

November 2017

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Authors:

Filippo Pieralli Silvia Baroncelli Alberto Farese Antonio Mancini Fabio Luise Lucia Sammicheli Alessandro Bartoloni Gian Maria Rossolini Carlo Nozzoli

Intern Emerg Med 2017 Sep 10;12(6):811-815. Epub 2017 May 10.

Emergency and Internal Medicine Department, Careggi University Hospital, Florence, Italy.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11739-017-1675-z	DOI Listing

September 2017

Atypical hand, foot and mouth disease due to Coxsackievirus A6 in a traveler returning from Indonesia to Italy.

Authors:

Donata Magnelli Lorenzo Zammarchi Alberto Antonelli Francesco Martelli Gian Maria Rossolini Alessandro Bartoloni

J Travel Med 2017 09;24(5)

Dipartimento di Medicina Sperimentale e Clinica, Università Degli Studi di Firenze, Largo Brambilla 3, 50134 Florence, Italy.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jtm/tax029	DOI Listing

September 2017

Differential Th17 response induced by the two clades of the pandemic ST258 Klebsiella pneumoniae clonal lineages producing KPC-type carbapenemase.

Authors:

Ann Maria Clemente Giuseppe Castronovo Alberto Antonelli Marco Maria D'Andrea Michele Tanturli Eloisa Perissi Sara Paccosi Astrid Parenti Federico Cozzolino Gian Maria Rossolini Maria Gabriella Torcia

PLoS One 2017 6;12(6):e0178847. Epub 2017 Jun 6.

Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Firenze, Firenze, Italy.

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http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0178847	PLOS
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5460819	PMC

September 2017

Genetic and biochemical characterisation of CTX-M-37 extended-spectrum β-lactamase from an Enterobacter cloacae clinical isolate from Mongolia.

Authors:

Kyungwon Lee Dongeun Yong Seok Hoon Jeong Khosbayar Tulgaa Jean-Denis Docquier Gian Maria Rossolini Yunsop Chong

J Glob Antimicrob Resist 2017 09 3;10:3-7. Epub 2017 Jun 3.

Department of Laboratory Medicine and Research Institute of Bacterial Resistance, Yonsei University College of Medicine, 50-1 Yonsei-ro, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul 03722, South Korea. Electronic address:

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jgar.2017.03.007	DOI Listing

September 2017

pHTβ-promoted mobilization of non-conjugative resistance plasmids from Enterococcus faecium to Enterococcus faecalis.

Authors:

Laura Di Sante Gianluca Morroni Andrea Brenciani Carla Vignaroli Alberto Antonelli Marco Maria D'Andrea Andrea Di Cesare Eleonora Giovanetti Pietro E Varaldo Gian Maria Rossolini Francesca Biavasco

J Antimicrob Chemother 2017 09;72(9):2447-2453

Unit of Microbiology, Department of Life and Environmental Sciences, Polytechnic University of Marche, Ancona, Italy.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jac/dkx197	DOI Listing

September 2017

Impact of Pre-Analytical Time on the Recovery of Pathogens from Blood Cultures: Results from a Large Retrospective Survey.

Authors:

Claudia Venturelli Elena Righi Lucia Borsari Gabriella Aggazzotti Stefano Busani Cristina Mussini Fabio Rumpianesi Gian Maria Rossolini Massimo Girardis

PLoS One 2017 3;12(1):e0169466. Epub 2017 Jan 3.

Anesthesia and Intensive Care Unit, University Hospital of Modena and University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy.

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http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0169466	PLOS
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5207733	PMC

August 2017

Differences in Inflammatory Response Induced by Two Representatives of Clades of the Pandemic ST258 Klebsiella pneumoniae Clonal Lineage Producing KPC-Type Carbapenemases.

Authors:

Giuseppe Castronovo Ann Maria Clemente Alberto Antonelli Marco Maria D'Andrea Michele Tanturli Eloisa Perissi Sara Paccosi Astrid Parenti Federico Cozzolino Gian Maria Rossolini Maria Gabriella Torcia

PLoS One 2017 12;12(1):e0170125. Epub 2017 Jan 12.

Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Firenze, Firenze, Italy.

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http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0170125	PLOS
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5231394	PMC

August 2017

Usefulness of procalcitonin in differentiating Candida and bacterial blood stream infections in critically ill septic patients outside the intensive care unit.

Authors:

Filippo Pieralli Lorenzo Corbo Arianna Torrigiani Dario Mannini Elisa Antonielli Antonio Mancini Francesco Corradi Fabio Arena Alberto Moggi Pignone Alessandro Morettini Carlo Nozzoli Gian Maria Rossolini

Intern Emerg Med 2017 Aug 4;12(5):629-635. Epub 2017 Feb 4.

Department of Medical Biotechnologies, University of Siena, Siena, Italy.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11739-017-1627-7	DOI Listing

August 2017

Evolving beta-lactamase epidemiology in Enterobacteriaceae from Italian nationwide surveillance, October 2013: KPC-carbapenemase spreading among outpatients.

Authors:

Tommaso Giani Alberto Antonelli Mariasofia Caltagirone Carola Mauri Jessica Nicchi Fabio Arena Elisabetta Nucleo Silvia Bracco Annalisa Pantosti Francesco Luzzaro Laura Pagani Gian Maria Rossolini

Euro Surveill 2017 Aug;22(31)

Department of Medical Biotechnologies, University of Siena, Siena, Italy.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2017.22.31.30583	DOI Listing
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5553057	PMC

August 2017

Citrobacter braakii carrying plasmid-borne mcr-1 colistin resistance gene from ready-to-eat food from a market in the Chaco region of Bolivia.

Authors:

Samanta Sennati Vincenzo Di Pilato Eleonora Riccobono Tiziana Di Maggio Ana Liz Villagran Lucia Pallecchi Alessandro Bartoloni Gian Maria Rossolini Tommaso Giani

J Antimicrob Chemother 2017 07;72(7):2127-2129

Department of Medical Biotechnologies, University of Siena, Siena, Italy.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jac/dkx078	DOI Listing

July 2017

Multicenter evaluation of the RAPIDEC® CARBA NP test for rapid screening of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae and Gram-negative nonfermenters from clinical specimens.

Authors:

Marco Coppi Alberto Antonelli Tommaso Giani Teresa Spanu Flora Marzia Liotti Carla Fontana Walter Mirandola Raffaele Gargiulo Agostino Barozzi Carola Mauri Luigi Principe Gian Maria Rossolini

Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis 2017 Jul 27;88(3):207-213. Epub 2017 Apr 27.

Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Italy; Microbiology and Virology Unit, Florence Careggi University Hospital, Florence, Italy. Electronic address:

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2017.04.009	DOI Listing

July 2017

An allelic variant of the PmrB sensor kinase responsible for colistin resistance in an Escherichia coli strain of clinical origin.

Authors:

Antonio Cannatelli Tommaso Giani Noemi Aiezza Vincenzo Di Pilato Luigi Principe Francesco Luzzaro Cesira L Galeotti Gian Maria Rossolini

Sci Rep 2017 07 11;7(1):5071. Epub 2017 Jul 11.

University of Siena, Department of Medical Biotechnologies, Siena, 53100, Italy.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-05167-6	DOI Listing
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5506025	PMC

July 2017

in patients with cystic fibrosis: low impact of inter-human transmission in Italy.

Authors:

Enrico Tortoli Thomas A Kohl Alberto Trovato Rossella Baldan Silvia Campana Lisa Cariani Carla Colombo Danila Costa Simona Cristadoro M Clelia Di Serio Antonio Manca Giovanna Pizzamiglio Paola M V Rancoita Gian Maria Rossolini Giovanni Taccetti Antonio Teri Stefan Niemann Daniela M Cirillo

Eur Respir J 2017 07 13;50(1). Epub 2017 Jul 13.

Emerging Bacterial Pathogens Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1183/13993003.02525-2016	DOI Listing

July 2017

φBO1E, a newly discovered lytic bacteriophage targeting carbapenemase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae of the pandemic Clonal Group 258 clade II lineage.

Authors:

Marco Maria D'Andrea Pasquale Marmo Lucia Henrici De Angelis Mattia Palmieri Nagaia Ciacci Gustavo Di Lallo Elisa Demattè Elisa Vannuccini Pietro Lupetti Gian Maria Rossolini Maria Cristina Thaller

Sci Rep 2017 06 1;7(1):2614. Epub 2017 Jun 1.

Department of Biology, University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Rome, Italy.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-02788-9	DOI Listing
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5453958	PMC

June 2017

New Genome Sequence of an Endophyte, sp. Strain EpSL27, Able To Inhibit Human-Opportunistic Pathogens.

Authors:

Elisangela Miceli Luana Presta Valentina Maggini Marco Fondi Emanuele Bosi Carolina Chiellini Camilla Fagorzi Patrizia Bogani Vincenzo Di Pilato Gian Maria Rossolini Alessio Mengoni Fabio Firenzuoli Elena Perrin Renato Fani

Genome Announc 2017 Jun 22;5(25). Epub 2017 Jun 22.

Department of Biology, University of Florence, Florence, Italy

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/genomeA.00565-17	DOI Listing
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5481584	PMC

June 2017

Effects of photodynamic laser and violet-blue led irradiation on Staphylococcus aureus biofilm and Escherichia coli lipopolysaccharide attached to moderately rough titanium surface: in vitro study.

Authors:

Marco Giannelli Giulia Landini Fabrizio Materassi Flaminia Chellini Alberto Antonelli Alessia Tani Daniele Nosi Sandra Zecchi-Orlandini Gian Maria Rossolini Daniele Bani

Lasers Med Sci 2017 May 10;32(4):857-864. Epub 2017 Mar 10.

Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine-Section of Anatomy and Histology, Largo Brambilla 3, University of Florence, 50134, Florence, Italy.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10103-017-2185-y	DOI Listing

May 2017

Meningococci of Serogroup X Clonal Complex 181 in Refugee Camps, Italy.

Authors:

Paola Stefanelli Arianna Neri Paola Vacca Damiano Picicco Laura Daprai Giulia Mainardi Gian Maria Rossolini Alessandro Bartoloni Anna Anselmo Andrea Ciammaruconi Antonella Fortunato Anna Maria Palozzi Silvia Fillo Marino Faccini Sabrina Senatore Florigio Lista Cecilia Fazio

Emerg Infect Dis 2017 05;23(5):870-872

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http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2305.161713	DOI Listing
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5403042	PMC

May 2017

Draft Genome Sequence of sp. Strain Ep R1 Isolated from Roots and Effective in the Growth Inhibition of Human Opportunistic Pathogens Belonging to the Complex.

Authors:

Valentina Maggini Luana Presta Elisangela Miceli Marco Fondi Emanuele Bosi Carolina Chiellini Camilla Fagorzi Patrizia Bogani Vincenzo Di Pilato Gian Maria Rossolini Alessio Mengoni Fabio Firenzuoli Elena Perrin Renato Fani

Genome Announc 2017 May 18;5(20). Epub 2017 May 18.

Department of Biology, University of Florence, Florence, Italy

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http://genomea.asm.org/lookup/doi/10.1128/genomeA.00351-17	Publisher Site
http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/genomeA.00351-17	DOI Listing
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5477323	PMC

May 2017

Phenotypic and genomic characterization of the antimicrobial producer Rheinheimera sp. EpRS3 isolated from the medicinal plant Echinacea purpurea: insights into its biotechnological relevance.

Authors:

Luana Presta Emanuele Bosi Marco Fondi Isabel Maida Elena Perrin Elisangela Miceli Valentina Maggini Patrizia Bogani Fabio Firenzuoli Vincenzo Di Pilato Gian Maria Rossolini Alessio Mengoni Renato Fani

Res Microbiol 2017 Apr 22;168(3):293-305. Epub 2016 Nov 22.

Dept of Biology, University of Florence, Via Madonna del Piano 6, I-50019 Sesto F.no, FI, Italy. Electronic address:

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.resmic.2016.11.001	DOI Listing

April 2017

Synergistic activity profile of an antimicrobial peptide against multidrug-resistant and extensively drug-resistant strains of Gram-negative bacterial pathogens.

Authors:

Simona Pollini Jlenia Brunetti Samanta Sennati Gian Maria Rossolini Luisa Bracci Alessandro Pini Chiara Falciani

J Pept Sci 2017 Apr 8;23(4):329-333. Epub 2017 Feb 8.

Department of Medical Biotechnologies, University of Siena, Siena, Italy.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/psc.2978	DOI Listing

April 2017

Molecular antibiogram in diagnostic clinical microbiology: advantages and challenges.

Authors:

Fabio Arena Tommaso Giani Simona Pollini Bruno Viaggi Patrizia Pecile Gian Maria Rossolini

Future Microbiol 2017 04 31;12:361-364. Epub 2017 Mar 31.

Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.2217/fmb-2017-0019	DOI Listing

April 2017

First report of NDM-1-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae imported from Africa to Italy: Evidence of the need for continuous surveillance.

Authors:

Luigi Principe Carola Mauri Viola Conte Beatrice Pini Tommaso Giani Gian Maria Rossolini Francesco Luzzaro

J Glob Antimicrob Resist 2017 03 5;8:23-27. Epub 2016 Dec 5.

Clinical Microbiology and Virology Unit, A. Manzoni Hospital, Via dell'Eremo 9/11, 23900 Lecco, Italy. Electronic address:

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jgar.2016.10.004	DOI Listing

March 2017

Etest® versus broth microdilution for ceftaroline MIC determination with Staphylococcus aureus: results from PREMIUM, a European multicentre study.

Authors:

Rafael Cantón David M Livermore María Isabel Morosini Jazmín Díaz-Regañón Gian Maria Rossolini

J Antimicrob Chemother 2017 02 20;72(2):431-436. Epub 2016 Oct 20.

Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence and Clinical Microbiology and Virology Unit, Florence Careggi University Hospital, Florence, Italy.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jac/dkw442	DOI Listing

February 2017

Mother-To-Child Transmission of KPC Carbapenemase-Producing Klebsiella Pneumoniae at Birth.

Authors:

Paolo Bonfanti Roberto Bellù Luigi Principe Ilaria Caramma Manuela Condò Tommaso Giani Gian Maria Rossolini Francesco Luzzaro

Pediatr Infect Dis J 2017 02;36(2):228-229

From the *Infectious Diseases Unit, †Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, and ‡Microbiology and Virology, A. Manzoni Hospital, Lecco, Italy; §Department of Medical Biotechnologies, University of Siena, Siena, Italy; and ¶Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, ‖Clinical Microbiology, Virology and Serology Unit, Florence Careggi University Hospital, and **Don Carlo Gnocchi Foundation, Florence, Italy.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/INF.0000000000001403	DOI Listing

February 2017

Plasmid-mediated or chromosomally mediated colistin resistance in Klebsiella pneumoniae?

Authors:

Alberto Antonelli Marco Maria D'Andrea Tommaso Giani Gian Maria Rossolini

Lancet Infect Dis 2017 01;17(1):26-27

Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy; Department of Medical Biotechnologies, University of Siena, Siena, Italy; Clinical Microbiology and Virology Unit, Careggi University Hospital, Florence, Italy; IRCCS Don Carlo Gnocchi Foundation, Florence, Italy. Electronic address:

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1473-3099(16)30552-7	DOI Listing

January 2017

Molecular epidemiology of KPC-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae from invasive infections in Italy: increasing diversity with predominance of the ST512 clade II sublineage.

Authors:

Viola Conte Monica Monaco Tommaso Giani Fortunato D'Ancona Maria Luisa Moro Fabio Arena Marco Maria D'Andrea Gian Maria Rossolini Annalisa Pantosti

J Antimicrob Chemother 2016 12 1;71(12):3386-3391. Epub 2016 Sep 1.

Department of Infectious, Parasitic and Immune-mediated Diseases, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jac/dkw337	DOI Listing

December 2016

Crystal Structure of the Pseudomonas aeruginosa BEL-1 Extended-Spectrum β-Lactamase and Its Complexes with Moxalactam and Imipenem.

Authors:

Cecilia Pozzi Filomena De Luca Manuela Benvenuti Laurent Poirel Patrice Nordmann Gian Maria Rossolini Stefano Mangani Jean-Denis Docquier

Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2016 12 21;60(12):7189-7199. Epub 2016 Nov 21.

Dipartimento di Biotecnologie Mediche, Università di Siena, Siena, Italy

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/AAC.00936-16	DOI Listing
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5118998	PMC

December 2016

Effect of High N-Acetylcysteine Concentrations on Antibiotic Activity against a Large Collection of Respiratory Pathogens.

Authors:

Giulia Landini Tiziana Di Maggio Francesco Sergio Jean-Denis Docquier Gian Maria Rossolini Lucia Pallecchi

Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2016 12 21;60(12):7513-7517. Epub 2016 Nov 21.

Department of Medical Biotechnologies, University of Siena, Siena, Italy

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/AAC.01334-16	DOI Listing
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5119039	PMC

December 2016

Use of WGS in Mycobacterium tuberculosis routine diagnosis.

Authors:

Daniela M Cirillo Andrea M Cabibbe Maria Rosaria De Filippo Alberto Trovato Tullia Simonetti Gian Maria Rossolini Enrico Tortoli

Int J Mycobacteriol 2016 Dec 11;5 Suppl 1:S252-S253. Epub 2016 Nov 11.

Emerging Bacterial Pathogens Unit, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Via Olgettina 60, Milan, Italy.

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http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S221255311630191	Publisher Site
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmyco.2016.09.053	DOI Listing

December 2016

The effects of diode laser on Staphylococcus aureus biofilm and Escherichia coli lipopolysaccharide adherent to titanium oxide surface of dental implants. An in vitro study.

Authors:

Marco Giannelli Giulia Landini Fabrizio Materassi Flaminia Chellini Alberto Antonelli Alessia Tani Sandra Zecchi-Orlandini Gian Maria Rossolini Daniele Bani

Lasers Med Sci 2016 Nov 30;31(8):1613-1619. Epub 2016 Jul 30.

Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine - Section of Anatomy and Histology, Largo Brambilla 3, University of Florence, 50134, Florence, Italy.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10103-016-2025-5	DOI Listing

November 2016

Recent Chikungunya Virus Infection in 2 Travelers Returning from Mogadishu, Somalia, to Italy, 2016.

Authors:

Lorenzo Zammarchi Claudia Fortuna Giulietta Venturi Francesca Rinaldi Teresa Capobianco Maria Elena Remoli Gian Maria Rossolini Giovanni Rezza Alessandro Bartoloni

Emerg Infect Dis 2016 11 15;22(11):2025-2027. Epub 2016 Nov 15.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2211.161225	DOI Listing
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5088032	PMC

November 2016

Characterization of KPC-encoding plasmids from two endemic settings, Greece and Italy.

Authors:

Costas C Papagiannitsis Vincenzo Di Pilato Tommaso Giani Panagiota Giakkoupi Eleonora Riccobono Giulia Landini Vivi Miriagou Alkiviadis C Vatopoulos Gian Maria Rossolini

J Antimicrob Chemother 2016 10 21;71(10):2824-30. Epub 2016 Jun 21.

Department of Medical Biotechnologies, University of Siena, Siena, Italy Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy Microbiology and Virology Unit, Careggi University Hospital, Florence, Italy Don Carlo Gnocchi Foundation, Florence, Italy

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jac/dkw227	DOI Listing

October 2016

The esophageal microbiota in health and disease.

Authors:

Vincenzo Di Pilato Giancarlo Freschi Maria Novella Ringressi Lucia Pallecchi Gian Maria Rossolini Paolo Bechi

Ann N Y Acad Sci 2016 10 14;1381(1):21-33. Epub 2016 Jul 14.

Department of Surgery and Translational Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/nyas.13127	DOI Listing

October 2016

Comment on: Resistance gene naming and numbering: is it a new gene or not?

Authors:

George A Jacoby Robert A Bonomo Patricia A Bradford Karen Bush Yohei Doi Michael Feldgarden Daniel Haft William Klimke Patrice Nordmann Timothy Palzkill Laurent Poirel Arjun Prasad Gian Maria Rossolini Timothy Walsh

J Antimicrob Chemother 2016 09 3;71(9):2677-8. Epub 2016 Jun 3.

Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Disease, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jac/dkw204	DOI Listing
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6281366	PMC

September 2016

Performance of the BD MAX™ instrument with Check-Direct CPE real-time PCR for the detection of carbapenemase genes from rectal swabs, in a setting with endemic dissemination of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae.

Authors:

Alberto Antonelli Fabio Arena Tommaso Giani Olga Lorenza Colavecchio Stoyanka Valentinova Valeva Suzanne Paule Peter Boleij Gian Maria Rossolini

Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis 2016 Sep 7;86(1):30-4. Epub 2016 Jun 7.

Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy; Department of Medical Biotechnologies, University of Siena, Siena, Italy; Florence Careggi University Hospital, Florence; Don Carlo Gnocchi Foundation, Florence, Italy. Electronic address:

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2016.06.002	DOI Listing

September 2016

Inhibitory activity of avibactam against selected β-lactamases expressed in an isogenic Escherichia coli strain.

Authors:

Tommaso Giani Antonio Cannatelli Vincenzo Di Pilato Raymond Testa Wright W Nichols Gian Maria Rossolini

Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis 2016 Sep 2;86(1):83-5. Epub 2016 Mar 2.

Department of Medical Biotechnologies, University of Siena, Siena, Italy; Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy; Clinical Microbiology and Virology Unit, Florence Careggi University Hospital, Florence, Italy; Don Carlo Gnocchi Foundation, Florence, Italy. Electronic address:

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2016.03.002	DOI Listing

September 2016

mcr-1.2, a New mcr Variant Carried on a Transferable Plasmid from a Colistin-Resistant KPC Carbapenemase-Producing Klebsiella pneumoniae Strain of Sequence Type 512.

Authors:

Vincenzo Di Pilato Fabio Arena Carlo Tascini Antonio Cannatelli Lucia Henrici De Angelis Simona Fortunato Tommaso Giani Francesco Menichetti Gian Maria Rossolini

Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2016 09 22;60(9):5612-5. Epub 2016 Aug 22.

Department of Medical Biotechnologies, University of Siena, Siena, Italy Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy Clinical Microbiology and Virology Unit, Florence Careggi University Hospital, Florence, Italy Don Carlo Gnocchi Foundation, Florence, Italy

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