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Infectious and tropical diseases

4 October 2018
2018

Potential Diagnostic Properties of Chest Ultrasound in Thoracic Tuberculosis – A Systematic Review

2018-12-04T11:59:04+01:004 October 2018|

Di Gennaro F., Pisani L., Veronese N., Pizzol D., Lippolis V., Saracino A., Monno L., Huson M., Copetti R., Putoto G., Schultz M.
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2018 October

The aim of this study was to analyze the role and effectiveness of chest ultrasound in the diagnosis of tuberculosis (TB). There were an estimated 10.4 million new cases of TB worldwide in 2015, 1.4 million of which resulted in death. In order to achieve the World Health Organization’s End TB Strategy by 2035, early [...]

1 July 2018
2018

Risk Factors for Mortality in Children Admitted for Suspected Malaria to a Pediatric Emergency Ward in a Low-Resource Setting: A Case-Control Study

2018-10-17T16:24:41+01:001 July 2018|

Cavallin F., Pisani L., Stancari L., Massaquoi V., Sharif A., Pisani E., Putoto G., Trevisanuto D.
Pediatric Critical Care Medicine Journal, 2018 July

Malaria is a serious public health problem, with some 212 million new cases and nearly half a million malaria deaths worldwide in 2015 alone. Despite recent progress in control and treatment of the disease, the African region continues to bear the brunt of the global malaria burden. Most of the population there continues to lack [...]

3 June 2018
2018

Surgical diseases and HIV status in patients at Central Hospital of Beira, Mozambique

2018-10-17T16:23:33+01:003 June 2018|

Antunes M., Pizzol D., Chhaganlal K., Putoto G., De Palma A., Schiavone M., Lorusso M.G., Di Gennaro F.
Euromediterranean Biomedical Journal, 2018 June

HIV-infected patients with surgical conditions are at greater risk of developing post-operative complications than those without HIV. This study assessed the main surgical pathologies occurring in both HIV-infected and non-HIV-infected patients in the surgical division of Mozambique’s Beira Central Hospital (BCH). A total of 237 adult patients were admitted to the surgical division of BCH [...]

3 June 2018
2018

Pathways of care for HIV infected children in Beira, Mozambique: pre-post intervention study to assess impact of task shifting

2018-10-17T16:25:07+01:003 June 2018|

Marotta C., Giaquinto C., Di Gennaro F., Chhaganlal K.D., Saracino A., Moiane J., Maringhini G., Pizzol D., Putoto G., Monno L., Casuccio A., Vitale F., Mazzucco W.
BMC Public Health , 2018 June

Mozambique has the eighth highest HIV prevalence in the world. In June 2013 the country launched a task-shifting (TS) initiative for the administration of antiretroviral therapy (ART) to under-5 HIV-positive children, to be carried out not only by doctors working in HIV outpatient services but also nurses trained in mother and child care. This study, [...]

25 May 2018
2018

Health-care services for young people with HIV in Mozambique

2018-10-17T16:22:14+01:0025 May 2018|

Praticò L., Pizzol D.
The Lancet - Child & Adolescent Health, 2018 May

Adolescence is a delicate phase vis-à-vis adherence to antiretroviral therapy (ART) by young HIV-positive patients, who often drop out of treatment due to personal reasons or the transfer of their therapy management from pediatric to adult services. Mozambique has the eighth-highest HIV prevalence in the world, particularly among adolescents aged 15-19. To help protect youth [...]

1 April 2018
2018

Breast tuberculosis in men: A systematic review

2018-05-25T16:10:32+01:001 April 2018|

Quaglio G., Pizzol D., Bortolani A., Manenti F., Isaakidis P., Putoto G., Olliaro P.L.
Plos One, 2018 April

Breast tuberculosis in men is a rarely reported and poorly described condition. The aim of this systematic review of the available literature was to quantify its incidence and describe its clinical features and the procedures used to diagnose and treat it. The average age of the men in the 26 cases analyzed was 56.5. In [...]

1 February 2018
2018

Predictors of therapy failure in newly diagnosed pulmonary tuberculosis cases in Beira, Mozambique

2018-05-25T16:08:57+01:001 February 2018|

Pizzol D., Veronese N., Marotta C., Di Gennaro F., Moiane J., Chhaganlal K., Monno L., Putoto G., Mazzucco W., Saracino A.
BMC Research Notes, 2018 February

Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the top ten causes of death worldwide. Mozambique is one of the countries worst affected by the disease, with a significant failure rate in the treatment of TB patients. In order to develop effective TB treatment regimens even for the most vulnerable groups within a population, it is necessary to [...]