PRIVITERA G.

Background: Failure in the reprocessing of thermolabile flexible endoscopes has been reported as one of the most important threats to patient health. Method: A case report and observational study was conducted, from August 2014 to December 2019, in the Digestive Endoscopy Unit of a University Hospital in Italy, where two cases of Klebsiella...

Neurofibromatosis type 2 (NF2) with onset before the first year of life has been anecdotally reported in the literature. We (a) prospectively (years 1997-2012) followed up three unrelated NF2 children, all harbouring NF2 gene mutations whose onset of disease was before age 1 year, and (b) systematically reviewed published reports on NF2 in the...