MARCELLO CEPPI

Abstract: Background: Clostridioides difficile Infection (CDI) is an acute disease that needs a fast proper treatment. Unfortunately, the diagnosis, and above all the understanding of the results, remain arduous. Objective: This study analyzed routine and integrative results of all fecal samples from patients over time. Our aim was to...

Background: Clostridium Difficile infection (CDI) is considered a ward-based nosocomial infection, due to contagion among patients. Molecular studies recently questioned ward-based contact for disease spread. Objective: To investigate whether it is plausible that CDI spread in San Martino Hospital of Genoa was due to a ward-based contact and...

Urinary tract infections are often polymicrobial and are mainly due to uropathogenic Escherichia coli (UPEC). We previously demonstrated a link among clinical fluoroquinolone susceptible E. coli reducing in vitro urothelial interleukin-8 (CXCL8) induced by E. coli K-12, polymicrobial cystitis, and pyuria absence. Here, we evaluated whether...