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List of works by Chiara Azzari

A rare cause of osteomyelitis with a rare genetic mutation: when Mycobacterium doesn't only mean tuberculosis

scientific article published in August 2015

A retrospective analysis of hospital discharge records for S. pneumoniae diseases in the elderly population of Florence, Italy, 2010-2012

scientific article published in November 2014

Acetaminophen, via its reactive metabolite N-acetyl-p-benzo-quinoneimine and transient receptor potential ankyrin-1 stimulation, causes neurogenic inflammation in the airways and other tissues in rodents

scientific article published on 18 August 2010

Alanine transaminase levels in the year before pregnancy predict the risk of hepatitis C virus vertical transmission

scientific article published in July 2006

Alterations in the brain adenosine metabolism cause behavioral and neurological impairment in ADA-deficient mice and patients

scientific article published on 11 January 2017

Altered natural killer cells subsets distribution in children with hepatitis C following vertical transmission

scientific article published on 16 October 2015

Anaphylaxis to the amoxicillin skin prick test: utility of the basophil activation test in diagnosis

scientific article published on 21 January 2016

Anti-HBs and immunological memory to HBV vaccine: implication for booster timing

scientific article published in January 1993

Assessment and validation of bronchodilation using the interrupter technique in preschool children

scientific article published on July 2010

Association Between Mannose-binding Lectin Gene Polymorphisms and Necrotizing Enterocolitis in Preterm Infants

scientific article published in August 2012

Autoimmunity and extrahepatic manifestations in treatment-naïve children with chronic hepatitis C virus infection.

scientific article published on 08 May 2012

Bactericidal antibodies against hypervirulent <i>Neisseria meningitidis</i> C field strains following MenC-CRM or MenACWY-CRM priming and MenACWY-CRM booster in children

scientific article published on 16 December 2020

Bone density and metabolism in subjects with microdeletion of chromosome 22q11 (del22q11).

scientific article published in June 2010

Broad-spectrum antibodies against self-antigens and cytokines in RAG deficiency

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Changing epidemiologic pattern of chronic hepatitis C virus infection in Italian children

scientific article published on September 1998

Characterization and sorting of flow cytometric populations in human semen.

scientific article published on 3 April 2014

Chronic hepatitis C virus infection in childhood: clinical patterns and evolution in 224 white children.

scientific article published on 14 January 2003

Clinical and molecular profile of a new series of patients with immune dysregulation, polyendocrinopathy, enteropathy, X-linked syndrome: inconsistent correlation between forkhead box protein 3 expression and disease severity.

scientific article published on 25 October 2008

Clinical features and follow-up in patients with 22q11.2 deletion syndrome

scientific article published on 20 March 2014

Clinical features and progression of perinatally acquired hepatitis C virus infection.

scientific article published in July 2003

Clinical features, long-term follow-up and outcome of a large cohort of patients with Chronic Granulomatous Disease: an Italian multicenter study

scientific article published on 26 November 2007

Clinical, immunological, and molecular analysis in a large cohort of patients with X-linked agammaglobulinemia: an Italian multicenter study

scientific article published in September 2002

Coeliac disease and risk for other autoimmune diseases in patients with Williams-Beuren syndrome.

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Community‐acquired bacteremic pneumococcal pneumonia in children: diagnosis and serotyping by real‐time polymerase chain reaction using blood samples

scientific article published in November 2010

Comparative analysis of rs12979860 SNP of the IFNL3 gene in children with hepatitis C and ethnic matched controls using 1000 Genomes Project data

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Comparison of the effect of antibiotic treatment on the possibility of diagnosing invasive pneumococcal disease by culture or molecular methods: a prospective, observational study of children and adolescents with proven pneumococcal infection

scientific article published in June 2009

Cost of varicella-related hospitalisations in an Italian paediatric hospital: comparison with possible vaccination expenses

scientific article published in December 2007

Cryptogenic stroke in a boy with atrial septal defect and hyperhomocysteinemia

scientific article published on 12 May 2008

Culture and Real-time Polymerase Chain reaction sensitivity in the diagnosis of invasive meningococcal disease: Does culture miss less severe cases?

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Defective regulatory and effector T cell functions in patients with FOXP3 mutations.

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Development and validation of a 2nd tier test for identification of purine nucleoside phosphorylase deficiency patients during expanded newborn screening by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry

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Development of a specific method to evaluate 8-hydroxy,2-deoxyguanosine in sperm nuclei: relationship with semen quality in a cohort of 94 subjects

scientific article published in March 2013

Diagnosis of immunodeficiency caused by a purine nucleoside phosphorylase defect by using tandem mass spectrometry on dried blood spots

scientific article published on 24 April 2014

Different degrees of NADPH oxidase 2 regulation and in vivo platelet activation: lesson from chronic granulomatous disease

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Differing Patterns of Transforming Growth Factor-β Expression in Normal Intestinal Mucosa and in Active Celiac Disease

scientific article published on 01 September 1999

Distribution of invasive meningococcal B disease in Italian pediatric population: implications for vaccination timing.

scientific article published on 8 October 2013

ERbeta is a potent inhibitor of cell proliferation in the HCT8 human colon cancer cell line through regulation of cell cycle components.

scientific article published on June 2005

Early infantile epileptic-dyskinetic encephalopathy due to biallelic PIGP mutations

scientific article published on 02 January 2020

Economic and clinical evaluation of a catch-up dose of 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in children already immunized with three doses of the 7-valent vaccine in Italy

scientific article published on 18 October 2011

Editorial Commentary:Reduction of Carriage and Transmission ofStreptococcus pneumoniae:The Beneficial “Side Effect” of Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine

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Effect of Different Intravenous Immunoglobulin Regimens on Hemorrhages, Platelet Numbers and Volume in a Child with Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome

scientific article published on 01 January 1994

Epidemiology of Respiratory Syncytial Virus-Related Hospitalization Over a 5-Year Period in Italy: Evaluation of Seasonality and Age Distribution Before Vaccine Introduction

scientific article published on 04 January 2020

Evaluation of bivalent human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine safety and tolerability in a sample of 25 year old Tuscan women.

scientific article published on 9 April 2013

Evans syndrome and antibody deficiency: an atypical presentation of chromosome 22q11.2 deletion syndrome

scientific article published on 6 September 2010

Evolving role of 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in clinical practice

scientific article published on August 2014

Factors That Negatively Affect the Prognosis of Pediatric Community-Acquired Pneumonia in District Hospital in Tanzania.

scientific article published on 13 March 2017

False diagnosis of non-A/non-B hepatitis hiding two cases of cystic fibrosis

scientific article published on 01 December 1990

First Human Case of Meningitis and Sepsis in a Child Caused by Actinobacillus suis or Actinobacillus equuli

scientific article published on 15 April 2015

Five-year follow-up of vaccination against hepatitis B virus in newborns vaccinated with a reduced number of doses

scientific article published in January 1991

Genetic variation in interleukin-28B locus is associated with spontaneous clearance of HCV in children with non-1 viral genotype infection

scientific article published on 3 July 2011

Genome-based study of a spatio-temporal cluster of invasive meningococcal disease due to Neisseria meningitidis serogroup C, clonal complex 11.

scientific article published on 24 May 2016

Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis in 2 patients with underlying IFN-γ receptor deficiency

scientific article published on 13 January 2015

Hepatitis C in Children Co-infected With Human Immunodeficiency Virus

scientific article published on 02 July 2015

Hepatitis C viraemia after apparent spontaneous clearance in a vertically infected child

scientific article published on May 2016

Hepatitis C virus antibodies in a long-term follow-up of beta-thalassaemic children with acute and chronic non-A non-B hepatitis

scientific article published on August 1992

Hepatitis C virus infection and related liver disease in children of mothers with antibodies to the virus

scientific article published in June 1997

Hepatitis: Immunoregulation in pregnancy and perinatal transmission of HCV.

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High levels of IgA in HIV-1-perinatally-infected children. Antigen specificity and possible role of increased substance P plasma levels

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Higher risk of hepatitis C virus perinatal transmission from drug user mothers is mediated by peripheral blood mononuclear cell infection.

scientific article published in January 2008

Highly active antiretroviral therapy restores in vitro mitogen and antigen-specific T-lymphocyte responses in HIV-1 perinatally infected children despite virological failure

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Histopathology of hepatitis C in children, a systematic review: implications for treatment

scientific article published on 22 July 2015

Human papillomavirus prevalence in paired urine and cervical samples in women invited for cervical cancer screening.

scientific article published on 21 November 2014

Impact on disease incidence of a routine universal and catch-up vaccination strategy against Neisseria meningitidis C in Tuscany, Italy

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Impaired platelet activation in patients with hereditary deficiency of p47phox

scientific article published on 10 October 2016

In vitro differentiation of human mesenchymal stem cells on Ti6Al4V surfaces

scientific article published on 26 November 2007

Incidence and clinical significance of reactive thrombocytosis in children aged 1 to 24 months, hospitalized for community-acquired infections

scientific article published on September 2008

Inhibition of in vitro growth and arrest in the G0/G1 phase of HCT8 line human colon cancer cells by kaempferide triglycoside from Dianthus caryophyllus

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Inhibition of natural killer cell cytotoxicity and interferon gamma production by the envelope protein of HIV and prevention by vasoactive intestinal peptide

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Injection drug use facilitates hepatitis C virus infection of peripheral blood mononuclear cells

scientific article published in July 2002

Interferon-Gamma Release Assay Improves the Diagnosis of Tuberculosis in Children

scientific article published on 01 June 2009

Interferon-gamma release assay sensitivity in children younger than 5 years is insufficient to replace the use of tuberculin skin test in western countries.

scientific article published in December 2014

Intergenerational and intrafamilial phenotypic variability in 22q11.2 deletion syndrome subjects.

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Interleukin 28B rs12979860 single-nucleotide polymorphism predicts spontaneous clearance of hepatitis C virus in children

scientific article published on May 2014

Interleukin-7 and Immunologic Failure Despite Treatment with Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy in Children Perinatally Infected with HIV-1

scientific article published on 01 August 2003

Intrafamilial transmission of hepatitis C virus: infection of the father predicts the risk of perinatal transmission

scientific article published on November 2008

Investigation on the Origin of Sperm DNA Fragmentation: Role of Apoptosis, Immaturity and Oxidative Stress.

scientific article published on 30 January 2015

Kinetic of Virologic Response to Pegylated Interferon and Ribavirin in Children With Chronic Hepatitis C Predicts the Effect of Treatment

scientific article published on 15 September 2016

Knowledge of vaccination of allergic children among Italian primary care pediatricians, hospital pediatricians and pediatric residents

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Lack of transmission of TT virus through immunoglobulins

scientific article published in December 2001

Lupin allergy in a child

scientific article published on 01 June 1999

MBL2 gene polymorphisms increase the risk of adverse neurological outcome in preterm infants: a preliminary prospective study.

scientific article published on 13 August 2014

Maternal drug use is a preeminent risk factor for mother-to-child hepatitis C virus transmission: results from a multicenter study of 1372 mother-infant pairs

scientific article published on 14 February 2002

Molecular detection methods and serotyping performed directly on clinical samples improve diagnostic sensitivity and reveal increased incidence of invasive disease by Streptococcus pneumoniae in Italian children.

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Mother-to-infant transmission of hepatitis C virus

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Mother-to-infant transmission of multiple blood-borne viral infections from multi-infected mothers

scientific article published in June 2007

Neisseria meningitidis with H552Y substitution on rpoB gene shows attenuated behavior in vivo: report of a rifampicin-resistant case following chemoprophylaxis

scientific article published on 10 February 2020

Neonatal screening for severe combined immunodeficiency caused by an adenosine deaminase defect: a reliable and inexpensive method using tandem mass spectrometry

scientific article published in June 2011

Neprilysin levels in plasma and synovial fluid of juvenile idiopathic arthritis patients

scientific article published on 03 March 2004

Nitric oxide in HIV-1 perinatally infected children treated with highly active antiretroviral therapy

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OL-EDA-ID Syndrome: a Novel Hypomorphic NEMO Mutation Associated with a Severe Clinical Presentation and Transient HLH.

scientific article published on 12 November 2016

Oral desensitization to milk: how to choose the starting dose!

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PAX1 is essential for development and function of the human thymus

scientific article published on 01 February 2020

PCV13 serotype decrease in Italian adolescents and adults in the post-PCV13 era: Herd protection from children or secular trend?

scientific article published on 9 February 2017

Pathogenesis of posttransfusion viral hepatitis in children with β-thalassemia

scientific article published on 01 March 1994

Perinatal transmission of hepatitis C virus

scientific article published on 3 August 2013

Pneumococcal DNA is not detectable in the blood of healthy carrier children by real-time PCR targeting the lytA gene

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Pneumococcal serotype distribution in 1315 nasopharyngeal swabs from a highly vaccinated cohort of Italian children as detected by RT-PCR.

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Pneumococcal serotype distribution in adults with invasive disease and in carrier children in Italy: Should we expect herd protection of adults through infants' vaccination?

scientific article published on 08 December 2015

Pneumococcal vaccination in Europe: schedule adherence

scientific article published on 18 April 2014

Polymorphisms in the IFNL3/IL28B gene and hepatitis C: from adults to children

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Potential serotype coverage of three pneumococcal conjugate vaccines against invasive pneumococcal infection in Italian children

scientific article published on 14 December 2011

Prevalence of hepatitis C virus antibody in beta-thalassemic polytransfused children in a long-term follow-up

scientific article published in January 1991

Realtime PCR is more sensitive than multiplex PCR for diagnosis and serotyping in children with culture negative pneumococcal invasive disease

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Reduction of bcl-2 in T cells during immunosuppressive therapy in patients with severe juvenile onset systemic lupus erythematosus

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Respiratory impedance and bronchodilator response in healthy Italian preschool children

scientific article published on November 2010

Restored antioxidant capacity parallels the immunologic and virologic improvement in children with perinatal human immunodeficiency virus infection receiving highly active antiretroviral therapy

scientific article published in July 2001

Role of mannose-binding lectin in nosocomial sepsis in critically ill neonates

scientific article published on 21 August 2010

SEN virus co-infection among HCV-RNA-positive mothers, risk of transmission to the offspring and outcome of child infection during a 1-year follow-up

scientific article published in May 2007

Safety and immunogenicity of measles–mumps–rubella vaccine in children with congenital immunodeficiency (DiGeorge syndrome)

scientific article published on 01 February 2005

Search for poliovirus long-term excretors among patients affected by agammaglobulinemia

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Selective deficiency of naïve CD4+ T-lymphocytes in a child with congenital lymphoedema

Sensitivity and specificity of different skin prick tests with latex extracts in pediatric patients with suspected natural rubber latex allergy--a cohort study

scientific article published on 5 February 2008

Sensitivity and specificity of skin tests in the diagnosis of clarithromycin allergy

scientific article published in May 2010

Serial T-SPOT.TB and quantiFERON-TB-Gold In-Tube assays to monitor response to antitubercular treatment in Italian children with active or latent tuberculosis infection

scientific article published in September 2012

Serum levels of hepatitis C virus RNA in infants and children with chronic hepatitis C.

scientific article published in September 1999

Shift from intravenous or 16% subcutaneous replacement therapy to 20% subcutaneous immunoglobulin in patients with primary antibody deficiencies.

scientific article published on 7 December 2016

Significant impact of pneumococcal conjugate vaccination on pediatric parapneumonic effusion: Italy 2006-2018

scientific article published on 10 April 2019

Subcutaneous immunoglobulin replacement therapy in patients with primary immunodeficiency in routine clinical practice: the VISPO prospective multicenter study

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Sublingual immunotherapy with a latex extract in paediatric patients: a double-blind, placebo-controlled study

scientific article published in August 2006

TREC and KREC in very preterm infants: reference values and effects of maternal and neonatal factors

scientific article published on 29 December 2019

Tandem mass spectrometry, but not T-cell receptor excision circle analysis, identifies newborns with late-onset adenosine deaminase deficiency

scientific article published on 30 December 2012

Ten-year follow-up study of neonatal hepatitis B immunization: are booster injections indicated?

scientific article published in August 1997

Th17 transcription factor RORC2 is inversely correlated with FOXP3 expression in the joints of children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis.

scientific article published on 31 July 2009

The Cost-Effectiveness of Universal Varicella Vaccination in Italy: A Model-Based Assessment of Vaccination Strategies

scientific article published on 08 June 2020

The Role of DNA Amplification and Cultural Growth in Complicated Acute Appendicitis

scientific article published on 19 September 2016

The burden of bacteremia and invasive diseases in children aged less than five years with fever in Italy.

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The inclusion of ADA-SCID in expanded newborn screening by tandem mass spectrometry.

scientific article published on 8 September 2013

The utility of the basophil activation test in the diagnosis of immediate amoxicillin or amoxicillin-clavulanate hypersensitivity in children and adults

scientific article published on 21 April 2017

Thyroid function and anti-thyroid autoantibodies in untreated children with vertically acquired chronic hepatitis C virus infection

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Thyroid function and morphology in subjects with microdeletion of chromosome 22q11 (del(22)(q11)).

scientific article published on 26 October 2009

Transfusion-transmitted virus infection in children with chronic hepatitis C.

scientific article published in December 2000

Transmission of hepatitis C virus from infected mother to offspring during subsequent pregnancies

scientific article published in May 2000

Underestimation of Invasive Meningococcal Disease in Italy

scientific article published on March 2016

Undetectable serum IgA and low IgM concentration in children with congenital hypothyroidism

scientific article published on 01 July 2005

Universal childhood immunisation against Streptococcus pneumoniae: The five-year experience of Liguria Region, Italy

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Upper Respiratory Tract Colonization With Streptococcus pneumoniae in Adults

scientific article published on 1 April 2020

VP7 and VP4 Sequence Analyses of Rotavirus Strains From Italian Children With Viraemia and Acute Diarrhoea

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Viraemia is a common finding in immunocompetent children with rotavirus infection

scientific article published on June 2005

West Nile Virus infections in children: a disease pediatricians should think about

scientific article published on January 2011

Why, when and for what diseases pregnant and new mothers "should" be vaccinated

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