DI PERRI G.

The wide dissemination of carbapenemase producing K. pneumoniae (KPC-Kp) has caused a public health crisis of global dimensions, due to the serious infections in hospitalized patients associated with high mortality. In 2014, we aim to review clinical data on KPC-Kp at a time when a pro-active strategy (combating the problem before it is...

Background: Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) is a life-saving bridging procedure in patients with severe acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). Official indications for ECMO are unclear for immunocompromised and HIV-positive patients affected by severe hypoxemia. Uncertainties are related to prognosis and efficacy of treatment of...

Introduction: immune-checkpoint inhibition using programmed cell death-1 and its ligand drug inhibitors have improved survival, among patients with advanced non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC): nivolumab is one of the last approved. Vitamin D deficiency (<20 ng/mL) is frequent in lung cancer patients and studies showed this pre-hormone modulates...

Patients coinfected with hepatitis C virus (HCV) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) are at high risk of liver disease progression. We report a favorable safety profile and SVR12 rates of 96.7% among HIV/HCV coinfected patients participating in an Italian compassionate-use program of ombitasvir/ paritaprevir/ritonavir + dasabuvir (OBV/PTV/r...