List of works by Francesco Drago

A Case of Complete Adult-Onset Kawasaki Disease: A Review of Pathogenesis and Classification

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A Survey of Current Knowledge on Sexually Transmitted Diseases and Sexual Behaviour in Italian Adolescents

scientific article published on 13 April 2016

A calcified lipoma of the foot in a 100-year-old Italian woman

scientific article published on July 2015

A case of drug rash with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms (DRESS) induced by telaprevir associated with HHV-6 active infection

scientific article published on 18 September 2014

A new enhanced antibiotic treatment for early and late syphilis

scientific article published on 21 January 2016

A retrospective study of cutaneous drug reactions in an outpatient population

scientific article published on 7 June 2015

Acute autoimmune thrombocytopenia and worsening of dermatomyositis after administration of clarithromycin

scientific article published on 01 November 2013

Acute localized exanthem due to Coxsackievirus A4.

scientific article published on September 2017

Acute pain and postherpetic neuralgia related to Varicella zoster virus reactivation: Comparison between typical herpes zoster and zoster sine herpete

scientific article published on 24 September 2018

Additional evidence that pityriasis rosea is associated with reactivation of human herpesvirus-6 and -7.

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Annular and arciform lesions of the palms as unique manifestations of secondary syphilis

scientific article published on 27 September 2020

Are anti-epidermal transglutaminase (eTG) antibodies titre correlated with dermatitis herpetiformis lesions during the disease follow-up?

scientific article published on 15 November 2016

Are genital ulcers always sexually transmitted? First report of scrotal ulcer caused by Serratia marcescens infection.

scientific article published on 27 February 2017

Atypical exanthemas in the Emergency Department

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Atypical exanthems associated with HHV-6 reactivation after hematopoietic cell transplantation.

scientific article published on 17 October 2015

Atypical exanthems associated with Parvovirus B19 (B19V) infection in children and adults.

scientific article published on 12 May 2015

Atypical exanthems associated with parvovirus B19 infection: similarities and differences between adults and children.

scientific article published in September 2015

Atypical hand, foot, and mouth disease in adults.

scientific article published in August 2017

Atypical presentations of bullous pemphigoid: Clinical and immunopathological aspects

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Atypical presentations of pityriasis rosea: a reply.

scientific article published on 15 August 2017

Can Unilateral Pityriasis Rosea be Considered a Form of Superimposed Lateralized Exanthem?

scientific article published on June 2017

Cardiac involvement in cutaneous sarcoidosis: case reports and review of the literature

scientific article published on 16 September 2015

Case Report: Atypical Cutaneous Manifestations of Tularemia after Horsefly Bite

Cerebrospinal fluid tests for neurosyphilis diagnosis

scientific article published on 04 May 2020

Clinical, pathological and dermoscopic phenotype of MITF p.E318K carrier cutaneous melanoma patients

scientific article published on 13 February 2020

Commentary on: "Pityriasis Rosea Recurrence is Much Higher than Previously Known: A Prospective Study"

scientific article published on 01 October 2019

Contemporary infectious exanthems: an update

scientific article published on 14 November 2016

Cutaneous immunologic reactions to hepatitis B virus vaccine.

scientific article published in May 2002

Cutaneous vasculitis induced by cyclo-oxygenase-2 selective inhibitors

scientific article published in December 2004

Dermatological manifestations of Epstein-Barr virus systemic infection: a case report and literature review

scientific article published on 28 April 2020

Distinguishing the status of human herpesvirus 6 and 7 infection.

scientific article published on 23 July 2015

Effects of the treatment for small intestine bacterial overgrowth on rosacea.

scientific article published on 7 August 2017

Efficacy Assessment of a Topically Applied Nitric-Zinc Complex Solution for the Treatment of External Ano-genital Warts in 100 Patients.

scientific article published on 30 April 2019

Enhanced Molecular Typing of Treponema pallidum subsp. pallidum strains from four Italian hospitals shows geographical differences in strain type heterogeneity, widespread resistance to macrolides, and lack of mutations associated with doxycycline r

scientific article published on 10 October 2017

Epidemiological study of onychomycosis in older adults with onychodystrophy

scientific article published on 15 May 2015

Estimation of Full-Length TprK Diversity in Treponema pallidum subsp. pallidum

scientific article published on 27 October 2020

Etiopathogenesis of rosacea: a prospective study with a three-year follow-up.

scientific article published on 18 February 2016

Evaluation of cardiac involvement in caucasian patients with skin sarcoidosis

scientific article published on 26 February 2015

Evidence of human herpesvirus-6 and -7 reactivation in miscarrying women with pityriasis rosea.

scientific article published in July 2014

Exanthems associated with parvovirus B19 infection in adults.

scientific article published on 15 November 2014

Facial involvement in pityriasis rosea: differences among Caucasian and dark-skinned patients

First report of genital ulcer due to Morganella morganii infection.

scientific article published in April 2018

First report of tertiary syphilis presenting as lipoatrophic panniculitis in an immunocompetent patient.

scientific article published on 24 August 2016

Fixed drug eruption due to propranolol

scientific article published on 01 January 2006

Gianotti-Crosti syndrome as presenting sign of cytomegalovirus infection: A case report and a critical appraisal of its possible cytomegalovirus etiology

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HHV-6 reactivation as a cause of fever in autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients: A reply

scientific article published on 04 August 2017

Human Herpesvirus-7 Papular Rash: A Comment to Brazzelli et al

scientific article published on 01 October 2017

Human herpes virus-like particles in pityriasis rosea lesions: an electron microscopy study.

scientific article published in July 2002

Human herpesvirus 6, 7 and Epstein Barr virus reactivation in pityriasis rosea during COVID-19

scientific article published on 24 September 2020

Human papillomavirus (HPV) and Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) in keratinizing versus non- keratinizing squamous cell carcinoma of the oropharynx

scientific article published on 09 November 2018

Is a treatment for pityriasis rosea really needed?

scientific article published on September 2016

Is the Standard Treatment for Early Syphilis Sufficient to Prevent Cardiovascular and Neurologic Syphilis?

scientific article published on 06 November 2015

Is there a relationship between environmental factors and pityriasis rosea? Reply to Singh et al

scientific article published on 01 December 2019

Localized exanthem due to echovirus 9.

scientific article published on 28 April 2015

May syphilis protect against human papillomavirus infection? An example of heterologous immunity.

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Modulation of gene expression in Kaposi’s sarcoma-associated herpesvirus-infected lymphoid and epithelial cells

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Multiple arterial aneurysms: do not forget syphilitic etiology

scientific article published on 11 May 2018

Neuro sweet syndrome: a systematic review. A rare complication of Sweet syndrome

scientific article published on 22 September 2016

Neurosyphilis: from infection to autoinflammation?

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Oral erosions and petechiae during SARS-CoV-2 infection

scientific article published on 24 June 2020

Oropharyngeal lesions in pityriasis rosea.

scientific article published on 17 July 2017

PSOdisk is a reliable, intuitive instrument for the evaluation of psychological distress, which strongly correlates with DLQI: a preliminary study

scientific article published on 01 June 2018

Pediatric pityriasis rosea

scientific article published on 23 August 2017

Pemphigus Improving with Gluten-free Diet

scientific article published on 01 January 2005

Persistent pityriasis rosea: an unusual form of pityriasis rosea with persistent active HHV-6 and HHV-7 infection

scientific article published on 16 January 2015

Pigmentogenes Pityriasis rosea: an atypical presentation of the exanthem.

scientific article published on 19 November 2015

Pityriasis Rosea during Pregnancy: Major and Minor Alarming Signs

scientific article published on 22 June 2018

Pityriasis Rosea in Children: Clinical Features and Laboratory Investigations.

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Pityriasis Rosea: A Comprehensive Classification.

scientific article published on 21 April 2016

Pityriasis Rosea: An Update on Etiopathogenesis and Management of Difficult Aspects - A Reply

scientific article published on January 2017

Pityriasis rosea and herpesviruses: facts and controversies.

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Pityriasis rosea and other infectious eruptions during pregnancy: Possible life-threatening health conditions for the fetus

scientific article published on 25 October 2019

Pityriasis rosea and pityriasis rosea-like eruption: can they be distinguished?

scientific article published on 01 September 2014

Pityriasis rosea and pityriasis rosea-like eruptions: How to distinguish them?

Pityriasis rosea and pityriasis rosea–like eruptions

scientific article published on 01 January 2014

Pityriasis rosea during omalizumab treatment for chronic spontaneous urticaria

scientific article published on 02 October 2020

Pityriasis rosea following human papillomavirus vaccination

scientific article published on 17 December 2014

Pityriasis rosea in a hepatitis B-positive patient treated with pegylated interferon α2a: report of a case and review of the literature.

scientific article published on 04 December 2013

Pityriasis rosea in a patient with retrovirus infection: a reply.

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Pityriasis rosea: an update with a critical appraisal of its possible herpesviral etiology

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Porphyrin Elevation in a Patient on Treatment With Simeprevir: Could It Be a Possible Explanation for Simeprevir-Associated Photosensitivity?

scientific article published in September 2016

Possible long-term sequelae in hand, foot, and mouth disease caused by Coxsackievirus A6

scientific article published on 17 January 2019

Postfebrile telogen effluvium: hair fall after Rickettsia conorii infection

scientific article published on 11 July 2017

Pregnancy outcome in patients with pityriasis rosea

scientific article published on 01 May 2008

Prevalence of genital HPV infection in STI and healthy populations and risk factors for viral persistence

scientific article published on 16 October 2020

Prevalence of genital, oral, and anal HPV infection among STI patients in Italy.

scientific article published on 9 December 2016

Prevalence of oral human papillomavirus in men attending an Italian sexual health clinic

scientific article published on 7 October 2016

Prevalence of stratified epithelium-specific antinuclear antibodies in 138 patients with lichen planus

scientific article published on 30 January 2007

Prevalence of syphilis among voluntary blood donors in Liguria region (Italy) from 2009 to 2013.

scientific article published on 6 September 2014

Prevention of non-melanoma skin cancers with nicotinamide in transplant recipients: a case-control study.

scientific article published in August 2017

Primary cutaneous melanoma: correlation between clinical and histologic aspects in a retrospective Italian study

scientific article published on 01 October 2019

Primary syphilis of the oropharynx: an unusual location of a chancre

scientific article published on 4 September 2014

Psoriasis and small intestine bacterial overgrowth

scientific article published on 23 October 2017

Re-evaluation of serological criteria for early syphilis treatment efficacy: progression to neurosyphilis despite therapy—a reply

scientific article published on 22 August 2012

Reactivation of human herpesvirus 6 (HHV-6) infection in patients with connective tissue diseases

scientific article published on 09 June 2009

Recurrence of hepatitis C virus infection during pityriasis rosea

scientific article published on July 2013

Recurrent episodes of neuro-Sweet syndrome in a Caucasian patient

scientific article published on 01 July 2014

Recurrent herpes labialis and HSV-1 herpes genitalis: which is the link?

scientific article published on 8 February 2017

Relapsing pityriasis rosea.

scientific article published on 18 November 2014

Relevance in biology and mechanisms of immune and treatment evasion of Treponema pallidum: a review.

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Remitting seronegative symmetrical synovitis with pitting edema associated with parvovirus B19 infection: two new cases and review of the comorbidities

scientific article published on 03 July 2015

Rhino-cerebral and cutaneous zygomycosis: An increasingly emerging life-threating infection

scientific article published on 08 October 2020

Rosacea and alcohol intake.

scientific article published on 7 November 2017

Rosacea treatments: What's new and what's on the horizon?

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SARS-COV-2 As Possible Inducer of Viral Reactivations

scientific article published on 19 June 2020

Screening, treatment, and follow-up of syphilis patients: Issues, concerns and efforts to improve current paradigms.

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Scrotal ulcer due to Serratia marcescens

scientific article published on 01 June 2017

Selective reactivation of human herpesvirus 6 in patients with autoimmune connective tissue diseases.

scientific article published on November 2013

Setting reference values in trichology

Sexually transmitted infections in male prison inmates. Prevalence, level of knowledge and risky behaviours

scientific article published on 01 September 2020

Simultaneous occurrence of hand foot and mouth disease and pityriasis rosea

scientific article published on 16 November 2017

Skin eruption and cholestatic hepatic injury due to vismodegib

scientific article published in December 2017

Small intestinal bacterial overgrowth in rosacea: clinical effectiveness of its eradication.

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Strongyloides Autoinfection Manifesting as Larva Currens in an Immunocompetent Patient

scientific article published on 01 November 2016

Study on the impact of Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) on quality of life, mood and sexual function

scientific article published on 14 December 2020

Subacute cutaneous lupus erythematosus induced by lansoprazole.

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Syphilitic aortitis and its complications in the modern era.

scientific article published on 16 December 2016

Telaprevir-induced moderate cutaneous eruptions associated with HHV-6 reactivation

scientific article published on 15 May 2015

The Role of Cytokines, Chemokines, and Growth Factors in the Pathogenesis of Pityriasis Rosea

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The association between cigarettes smoke, small intestine bacterial overgrowth and rosacea

scientific article published on 26 February 2018

The challenge of diagnosing atypical exanthems: a clinico-laboratory study.

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The changing face of the exanthems.

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The efficacy of macrolides and acyclovir in pityriasis rosea

scientific article published on 01 January 2015

The microbiome and its relevance in complex wounds

scientific article published on 01 February 2019

The role of small intestinal bacterial overgrowth in rosacea: A 3-year follow-up

scientific article published on 01 September 2016

The saliva quantitative PCR assay is inadequate to detect and monitor human herpesvirus-7 and -6 reactivation in patients with Pityriasis rosea.

scientific article published on 7 October 2014

Topical treatment with gallium maltolate reduces Treponema pallidum subsp. pertenue burden in primary experimental lesions in a rabbit model of yaws

scientific article published on 02 January 2019

Treatment of late-stage syphilis

Treponema pallidum subsp. pallidum DNA and RNA in Semen of a Syphilis Patient Without Genital or Anal Lesions

scientific article published on 01 June 2019

Two cases of oligosymptomatic neurosyphilis in immunocompetent patients: Atypical neurosyphilis presentation.

scientific article published in February 2016

Understanding a role of folliculotropic viral infections in the pathogenesis of psoriasis.

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Ureaplasma parvum as a possible enhancer agent of HPV-induced cervical intraepithelial neoplasia: Preliminary results.

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Urticaria associated with Epstein-Barr virus reactivation. Cutaneous manifestations of Epstein-Barr virus.

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Use of high-dose acyclovir in pityriasis rosea.

scientific article published in January 2006