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List of works by Paola Mastrantonio

A natural pertactin deficient strain of Bordetella pertussis shows improved entry in human monocyte-derived dendritic cells

scientific article published on 01 April 2009

Aetiology of bacterial meningitis and resistance to antibiotics of causative pathogens in Europe and in the Mediterranean region

scientific article published on 26 March 2007

Analysis of macrolide-lincosamide-streptogramin B (MLS(B)) resistance determinant in strains of Clostridium difficile

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Analysis of metronidazole susceptibility in different Clostridium difficile PCR ribotypes

scientific article published on 26 October 2012

Antibiotic resistance patterns and PCR-ribotyping of Clostridium difficile strains isolated from swine and dogs in Italy

scientific article published on 12 October 2014

Antimicrobial susceptibility of Haemophilus influenzae strains isolated from invasive disease in Italy

scientific article published on 14 October 2004

Binding of Clostridium difficile to Caco-2 epithelial cell line and to extracellular matrix proteins.

scientific article published on February 2002

Biofilm-growing intestinal anaerobic bacteria

scientific article published on April 23, 2012

Bordetella pertussis inhibition of interleukin-12 (IL-12) p70 in human monocyte-derived dendritic cells blocks IL-12 p35 through adenylate cyclase toxin-dependent cyclic AMP induction

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Bordetella pertussis-infected human monocyte-derived dendritic cells undergo maturation and induce Th1 polarization and interleukin-23 expression.

scientific article published on March 2005

Characterization of invasive serogroup Y meningococci in Italy: prevalence of ST-23 Complex/Cluster A3

scientific article published on 01 October 2008

Clostridium difficile erm(B)-containing elements and the burden on the in vitro fitness

scientific article published on 5 June 2013

Clostridium difficile isolates resistant to fluoroquinolones in Italy: emergence of PCR ribotype 018.

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Comparative analysis of Clostridium difficile clinical isolates belonging to different genetic lineages and time periods

scientific article published in November 2004

Conservation and diversity of HMW1 and HMW2 adhesin binding domains among invasive nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae isolates.

scientific article published on February 2006

Detection of six copies of the capsulation b locus in a Haemophilus influenzae type b strain isolated from a splenectomized patient with fulminant septic shock.

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Diagnostic testing for Clostridium difficile in Italian microbiological laboratories

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Differential in vitro expression of the brkA gene in Bordetella pertussis and Bordetella parapertussis clinical isolates

scientific article published on September 2006

Divergent rifamycin susceptibilities of Clostridium difficile strains in Canada and Italy and predictive accuracy of rifampin Etest for rifamycin resistance

scientific article published on 12 October 2011

Diversity of cwp loci in clinical isolates of Clostridium difficile

scientific article published on 30 May 2013

Emergence in Italy of a Neisseria meningitidis clone with decreased susceptibility to penicillin.

scientific article published on August 2004

ErmB determinants and Tn916-Like elements in clinical isolates of Clostridium difficile

scientific article published on June 2005

Eubacterium plautii infection in a kidney transplant recipient: a noteworthy case of pleural effusion and fever.

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Evaluation of repetitive element sequence-based PCR as a molecular typing method for Clostridium difficile

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Evidence for cytoskeletal changes secondary to plasma membrane functional alterations in the in vitro cell response to Clostridium perfringens epsilon-toxin.

scientific article published on May 2003

First characterization of heterogeneous resistance to imipenem in invasive nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae isolates.

scientific article published on 9 July 2007

First report of capsule replacement among electrophoretic type 37 Neisseria meningitidis strains in Italy

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Fluoroquinolone resistance does not impose a cost on the fitness of Clostridium difficile in vitro

scientific article published on 22 December 2014

Fluoroquinolone resistance in Clostridium difficile isolates from a prospective study of C. difficile infections in Europe

scientific article published in June 2008

Genetic Diversity of Invasive Strains of Haemophilus influenzae Type b before and after Introduction of the Conjugate Vaccine in Italy

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Genetic characterization of the capsulation locus of Haemophilus influenzae serotype e.

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Haemophilus influenzae serotype e meningitis in an infant

scientific article published on 01 April 2004

Haemophilus parainfluenzae meningitis in an adult associated with acute otitis media.

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Horizontal transfer of erythromycin resistance from Clostridium difficile to Butyrivibrio fibrisolvens

scientific article published on December 2005

Integration of erm(B)-containing elements through large chromosome fragment exchange in Clostridium difficile

scientific article published on January 2015

Inter- and intraspecies transfer of a Clostridium difficile conjugative transposon conferring resistance to MLSB.

scientific article published on December 2014

Invasive type e Haemophilus influenzae disease in Italy

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Microbial biofilms associated with biliary stent clogging

scientific article published on 19 April 2010

Molecular analysis of the gyrA and gyrB quinolone resistance-determining regions of fluoroquinolone-resistant Clostridium difficile mutants selected in vitro

scientific article published on 13 April 2009

Molecular analysis of the pathogenicity locus and polymorphism in the putative negative regulator of toxin production (TcdC) among Clostridium difficile clinical isolates

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Molecular characterization of Neisseria meningitidis B:NT:P1.14/162 clonal complex responsible of invasive meningococcal disease in the north of Italy

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Multidisciplinary analysis of a nontoxigenic Clostridium difficile strain with stable resistance to metronidazole

scientific article published on 9 June 2014

Multidrug resistance in European Clostridium difficile clinical isolates

scientific article published on 19 July 2011

Neisseria meningitidis serogroup X sequence type 2888, Italy

scientific article published on February 2010

Nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae meningitis in children: phenotypic and genotypic characterization of isolates

scientific article published on 01 July 2007

Prediction of decreased susceptibility to penicillin of Neisseria meningitidis strains by real-time PCR

scientific article published on October 2003

Presence of multiple copies of the capsulation b locus in invasive Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) strains isolated from children with Hib conjugate vaccine failure

scientific article published on 26 July 2005

Role of immune sera in the in-vitro phagocytosis of Bordetella pertussis strains

scientific article published on March 2002

Serogroup C meningococci in Italy in the era of conjugate menC vaccination

scientific article published on 22 August 2009

Serotype Distribution, Antibiotic Susceptibility, and Genetic Relatedness of Neisseria meningitidis Strains Recently Isolated in Italy

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Surface layer protein A variant of Clostridium difficile PCR-ribotype 027.

scientific article published on February 2011

Surface layer proteins from Clostridium difficile induce inflammatory and regulatory cytokines in human monocytes and dendritic cells

scientific article published on 08 August 2006

Tetracycline resistance gene tet(W) in the pathogenic bacterium Clostridium difficile

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Underdiagnosis of Clostridium difficile across Europe: the European, multicentre, prospective, biannual, point-prevalence study of Clostridium difficile infection in hospitalised patients with diarrhoea (EUCLID).

scientific article published on 7 November 2014

Variant IS1016 insertion elements in invasive Haemophilus influenzae type b isolates harboring multiple copies of the capsulation b locus

scientific article published on 01 November 2006

Variation in expression of HMW1 and HMW2 adhesins in invasive nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae isolates.

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