List of works - Adriana Ammassari

96 Week follow-up of HIV-infected patients in rescue with raltegravir plus optimized backbone regimens: a multicentre Italian experience

scientific article

A randomized trial comparing the introduction of ritonavir or indinavir in 1251 nucleoside-experienced patients with advanced HIV infection.

scientific article

Adherence to highly active antiretroviral therapy is better in patients receiving non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor-containing regimens than in those receiving protease inhibitor-containing regimens

scientific article published in May 2003

An anal cancer screening program for MSM in Italy: Prevalence of multiple HPV types and vaccine-targeted infections

scientific article published on 11 September 2015

Antiretroviral treatment-based cost saving interventions may offset expenses for new patients and earlier treatment start

scientific article published on 31 October 2013

Better response to chemotherapy and prolonged survival in AIDS-related lymphomas responding to highly active antiretroviral therapy

article

Beyond virological suppression: the role of adherence in the late HAART era.

scientific article published on 13 March 2012

Bone marrow CD34+ progenitor cells may harbour HIV-DNA even in successfully treated patients.

scientific article published on 11 November 2014

Chronic Hepatitis B and C Virus Infection and Risk for Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma in HIV-Infected Patients: A Cohort Study

scientific article

Cidofovir added to HAART improves virological and clinical outcome in AIDS-associated progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy

article

Cidofovir in addition to antiretroviral treatment is not effective for AIDS-associated progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy: a multicohort analysis

scientific article published in September 2008

Circulating levels and ex vivo production of beta-chemokines, interferon gamma, and interleukin 2 in advanced human immunodeficiency virus type 1 infection: the effect of protease inhibitor therapy.

scientific article published in June 2000

Clinical epidemiology and survival of progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy in the era of highly active antiretroviral therapy: data from the Italian Registry Investigative Neuro AIDS (IRINA).

scientific article

Combination chemotherapy with doxorubicin, bleomycin, and vindesine for AIDS-related Kaposi's sarcoma

scientific article published on 01 May 1996

Comparison of two medications in central nervous system toxoplasmosis in patients with AIDS

scientific article published on 01 September 1992

Correlates and predictors of adherence to highly active antiretroviral therapy: overview of published literature

scientific article

Cross-resistance among nonnucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors limits recycling efavirenz after nevirapine failure

scientific article published in August 2002

Depression is a risk factor for suboptimal adherence to highly active antiretroviral therapy

scientific article

Depressive Symptoms, Neurocognitive Impairment, and Adherence to Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy Among HIV-Infected Persons

article

Determinants of use of the fixed dose combination emtricitabine/rilpivirine/tenofovir (Eviplera) in HIV-infected persons receiving care in Italy

scientific article published on 2 November 2014

Discontinuation of secondary prophylaxis for Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia in human immunodeficiency virus-infected patients: a randomized trial by the CIOP Study Group

scientific article published on 12 February 2003

Discrepancies between physician's perception of depression in HIV patients and self-reported CES-D-20 assessment: the DHIVA study

scientific article published on 13 October 2015

Early ART in primary HIV infection may also preserve lymphopoiesis capability in circulating haematopoietic progenitor cells: a case report.

scientific article published on 20 January 2015

Efficacy and safety of a switch to unboosted atazanavir in combination with nucleoside analogues in HIV-1-infected patients with virological suppression under antiretroviral therapy

article

Epidemiology and prognosis of AIDS-associated progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy in the HAART era.

scientific article published in August 2001

Evaluation of cerebrospinal fluid EBV‐DNA and IL‐10 as markers for in vivo diagnosis of AIDS‐related primary central nervous system lymphoma ⬇️

scientific article published on August 1, 1995

Evaluation of different staging systems for Kaposi's sarcoma in HIV-infected patients

scientific article published on January 1, 1992

Evidence of Dual Sexual Transmission of Multi-resistant HIV with Two Years Persistence of Resistance to NRTI and NNRTI: a Case Report

article

Experience with brain biopsy in acquired immune deficiency syndrome-related focal lesions of the central nervous system

scientific article published on 01 October 1994

Female sex and the use of anti-allergic agents increase the risk of developing cutaneous rash associated with nevirapine therapy

scientific article

Fluconazole for Primary Prophylaxis of AIDS-associated Cryptococcosis: A Case-control Study

article

Four years data of raltegravir-based salvage therapy in HIV-1-infected, treatment-experienced patients: the SALIR-E Study.

scientific article

Genotypic Tropism Testing in HIV-1 Proviral DNA Can Provide Useful Information at Low-Level Viremia

scientific article

Granulocytic Myeloid-Derived Suppressor Cells Increased in Early Phases of Primary HIV Infection Depending on TRAIL Plasma Level

scientific article published on 2 January 2017

HIV-1 infection and progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy in a person without detectable HIV antibodies ⬇️

scientific article published on July 9, 1998

HIV-1 integrase genotyping is reliable and reproducible for routine clinical detection of integrase resistance mutations even in patients with low-level viraemia

scientific article published on 23 February 2015

Highly active antiretroviral therapy reduces the age-associated risk of dementia in a cohort of older HIV-1-infected patients

scientific article published on May 2006

Immune Status and Serial Quantiferon-TB Gold In-Tube Screening for LatentMycobacterium tuberculosisInfection Among HIV-Infected Persons in a Country With a Low Tuberculosis Incidence

scientific article published on 26 January 2015

Impact of CD4 and CD8 dynamics and viral rebounds on loss of virological control in HIV controllers

scientific article published on 5 April 2017

Impact of body weight on virological and immunological responses to efavirenz-containing regimens in HIV-infected, treatment-naive adults

scientific article

Impact of metabolic complications on antiretroviral treatment adherence: clinical and public health implications.

scientific article published on August 2009

Impact of pre-therapy viral load on virological response to modern first-line HAART.

scientific article published on 23 January 2013

Impact of social determinants on antiretroviral therapy access and outcomes entering the era of universal treatment for people living with HIV in Italy.

scientific article published on 13 July 2018

Inconsistent condom use among HIV-positive women in the "Treatment as Prevention Era": data from the Italian DIDI study

scientific article

Induced first abortion rates before and after HIV diagnosis: results of an Italian self‐administered questionnaire survey carried out in 585 women living with HIV ⬇️

scientific article published on June 26, 2012

Italian consensus statement on management of HIV-infected individuals with advanced disease naïve to antiretroviral therapy.

scientific article published on 28 May 2009

Italian consensus statement on paediatric HIV infection.

scientific article published on June 2010

Italian guidelines for the use of antiretroviral agents and the diagnostic-clinical management of HIV-1 infected persons

scientific article published on April 30, 2011

Italian guidelines for the use of antiretroviral agents and the diagnostic-clinical management of HIV-1 infected persons. Update 2011

scientific article published on March 31, 2012

Italian guidelines for the use of antiretroviral agents and the diagnostic-clinical management of HIV-1 infected persons. Update December 2014.

scientific article published on July 2015

Less drug regimens and PI/r-based strategies in HIV infection: focus on best practices using the HIV patient's journey methodology

scientific article published on April 2014

Liver stiffness reduction and serum fibrosis score improvement in HIV/hepatitis C virus-coinfected patients treated with direct-acting antivirals

article

Macrophage chemoattractant protein-1 levels in cerebrospinal fluid correlate with containment of JC virus and prognosis of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome--associated progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy

scientific article

No significant association between patient self-reported non-adherence to antiretrovirals and HIV-tropism: a preliminary analysis

article

Patient-reported and physician-estimated adherence to HAART: social and clinic center-related factors are associated with discordance.

scientific article

Phase II controlled trial of post-exposure immunization with recombinant gp160 versus antiretroviral therapy in asymptomatic HIV-1-infected adults ⬇️

scientific article published on March 26, 1998

Physician estimates of adherence and the patient-physician relationship as a setting to improve adherence to antiretroviral therapy

scientific article

Potent anti-retroviral therapy with or without cidofovir for AIDS-associated progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy: extended follow-up of an observational study

scientific article published in August 2001

Pre-ART HIV-1 DNA in CD4+ T cells correlates with baseline viro-immunological status and outcome in patients under first-line ART

article

Pre-existent NRTI and NNRTI resistance impacts on maintenance of virological suppression in HIV-1-infected patients who switch to a tenofovir/emtricitabine/rilpivirine single-tablet regimen

scientific article published on 20 December 2016

Prevalence of Prolonged Amenorrhea in HIV-Infected Women ⬇️

scientific article published on October 1, 2012

Prevalence, Associated Factors, and Prognostic Determinants of AIDS‐Related Toxoplasmic Encephalitis in the Era of Advanced Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy

article

Primary central nervous system lymphoma and brain biopsy in AIDS.

scientific article published in May 1993

Proportion and factors associated with recent HIV infection in a cohort of patients seen for care in Italy over 1996-2014: Data from the ICONA Foundation Study cohort

scientific article published on 5 December 2017

Randomized trial of DRV/r or LPV/r QD monotherapy vs maintaining a PI/r-based antiretroviral regimen in persons with suppressed HIV replication

scientific article

Rate of CD4+ cell count increase over periods of viral load suppression: relationship with the number of previous virological failures

scientific article published in August 2010

Reduced rate of diagnostic positive detection of JC virus DNA in cerebrospinal fluid in cases of suspected progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy in the era of potent antiretroviral therapy

scientific article

Relative prognostic value of self-reported adherence and plasma NNRTI/PI concentrations to predict virological rebound in patients initially responding to HAART.

scientific article published in April 2004

Reliability and clinical relevance of the HIV-1 drug resistance test in patients with low viremia levels

scientific article published on 14 January 2014

Self-Reported Sexual Dysfunction Is Frequent Among HIV-Infected Persons and Is Associated with Suboptimal Adherence to Antiretrovirals

article

Sexual Activity Without Condoms and Risk of HIV Transmission in Serodifferent Couples When the HIV-Positive Partner Is Using Suppressive Antiretroviral Therapy

scientific article published on July 2016

Sexual dysfunction in HIV infection

scientific article published in The Lancet

Simplification to co-formulated rilpivirine/emtricitabine/tenofovir in virologically suppressed patients: Data from a multicenter cohort

scientific article

Stanford V regimen and concomitant HAART in 59 patients with Hodgkin disease and HIV infection.

scientific article published in September 2002

Successful prevention of HIV mother-to-child transmission with dolutegravir-based combination antiretroviral therapy in a vertically infected pregnant woman with multiclass highly drug-resistant HIV-1.

scientific article published on 13 September 2015

Switching to Coformulated Rilpivirine/Emtricitabine/Tenofovir in Virologically Suppressed Patients: Data From a Multicenter Cohort

scientific article published on 18 June 2015

Switching to boosted protease inhibitor plus a second antiretroviral drug (dual therapy) for treatment simplification: a multicenter analysis

scientific article

Switching to boosted protease inhibitor plus a second antiretroviral drug (dual therapy) for treatment simplification: a multicenter observational study

scientific article

The effect of potent antiretroviral therapy and JC virus load in cerebrospinal fluid on clinical outcome of patients with AIDS-associated progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy.

scientific article published on 31 August 2000

Timed short messaging service improves adherence and virological outcomes in HIV-1-infected patients with suboptimal adherence to antiretroviral therapy

scientific article published in December 2011

Timing of antiretroviral therapy initiation after a first AIDS-defining event: temporal changes in clinical attitudes in the ICONA cohort

scientific article

Treating HIV disease: back to the patient?

scientific article

Treatment-related factors and highly active antiretroviral therapy adherence

scientific article

Usefulness of monitoring HIV drug resistance and adherence in individuals failing highly active antiretroviral therapy: a randomized study (ARGENTA).

scientific article published in February 2002

Variable prediction of antiretroviral treatment outcome by different systems for interpreting genotypic human immunodeficiency virus type 1 drug resistance

scientific article published on 22 May 2003

List of works by Adriana Ammassari

96 Week follow-up of HIV-infected patients in rescue with raltegravir plus optimized backbone regimens: a multicentre Italian experience

A randomized trial comparing the introduction of ritonavir or indinavir in 1251 nucleoside-experienced patients with advanced HIV infection.

Adherence to highly active antiretroviral therapy is better in patients receiving non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor-containing regimens than in those receiving protease inhibitor-containing regimens

An anal cancer screening program for MSM in Italy: Prevalence of multiple HPV types and vaccine-targeted infections

Antiretroviral treatment-based cost saving interventions may offset expenses for new patients and earlier treatment start

Better response to chemotherapy and prolonged survival in AIDS-related lymphomas responding to highly active antiretroviral therapy

Beyond virological suppression: the role of adherence in the late HAART era.

Bone marrow CD34+ progenitor cells may harbour HIV-DNA even in successfully treated patients.

Chronic Hepatitis B and C Virus Infection and Risk for Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma in HIV-Infected Patients: A Cohort Study

Cidofovir added to HAART improves virological and clinical outcome in AIDS-associated progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy

Cidofovir in addition to antiretroviral treatment is not effective for AIDS-associated progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy: a multicohort analysis

Circulating levels and ex vivo production of beta-chemokines, interferon gamma, and interleukin 2 in advanced human immunodeficiency virus type 1 infection: the effect of protease inhibitor therapy.

Clinical epidemiology and survival of progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy in the era of highly active antiretroviral therapy: data from the Italian Registry Investigative Neuro AIDS (IRINA).

Combination chemotherapy with doxorubicin, bleomycin, and vindesine for AIDS-related Kaposi's sarcoma

Comparison of two medications in central nervous system toxoplasmosis in patients with AIDS

Correlates and predictors of adherence to highly active antiretroviral therapy: overview of published literature

Cross-resistance among nonnucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors limits recycling efavirenz after nevirapine failure

Depression is a risk factor for suboptimal adherence to highly active antiretroviral therapy

Depressive Symptoms, Neurocognitive Impairment, and Adherence to Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy Among HIV-Infected Persons

Determinants of use of the fixed dose combination emtricitabine/rilpivirine/tenofovir (Eviplera) in HIV-infected persons receiving care in Italy

Discontinuation of secondary prophylaxis for Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia in human immunodeficiency virus-infected patients: a randomized trial by the CIOP Study Group

Discrepancies between physician's perception of depression in HIV patients and self-reported CES-D-20 assessment: the DHIVA study

Early ART in primary HIV infection may also preserve lymphopoiesis capability in circulating haematopoietic progenitor cells: a case report.

Efficacy and safety of a switch to unboosted atazanavir in combination with nucleoside analogues in HIV-1-infected patients with virological suppression under antiretroviral therapy

Epidemiology and prognosis of AIDS-associated progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy in the HAART era.

Evaluation of cerebrospinal fluid EBV‐DNA and IL‐10 as markers for in vivo diagnosis of AIDS‐related primary central nervous system lymphoma ⬇️

Evaluation of different staging systems for Kaposi's sarcoma in HIV-infected patients

Evidence of Dual Sexual Transmission of Multi-resistant HIV with Two Years Persistence of Resistance to NRTI and NNRTI: a Case Report

Experience with brain biopsy in acquired immune deficiency syndrome-related focal lesions of the central nervous system

Female sex and the use of anti-allergic agents increase the risk of developing cutaneous rash associated with nevirapine therapy

Fluconazole for Primary Prophylaxis of AIDS-associated Cryptococcosis: A Case-control Study

Four years data of raltegravir-based salvage therapy in HIV-1-infected, treatment-experienced patients: the SALIR-E Study.

Genotypic Tropism Testing in HIV-1 Proviral DNA Can Provide Useful Information at Low-Level Viremia

Granulocytic Myeloid-Derived Suppressor Cells Increased in Early Phases of Primary HIV Infection Depending on TRAIL Plasma Level

HIV-1 infection and progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy in a person without detectable HIV antibodies ⬇️

HIV-1 integrase genotyping is reliable and reproducible for routine clinical detection of integrase resistance mutations even in patients with low-level viraemia

Highly active antiretroviral therapy reduces the age-associated risk of dementia in a cohort of older HIV-1-infected patients

Immune Status and Serial Quantiferon-TB Gold In-Tube Screening for LatentMycobacterium tuberculosisInfection Among HIV-Infected Persons in a Country With a Low Tuberculosis Incidence

Impact of CD4 and CD8 dynamics and viral rebounds on loss of virological control in HIV controllers

Impact of body weight on virological and immunological responses to efavirenz-containing regimens in HIV-infected, treatment-naive adults

Impact of metabolic complications on antiretroviral treatment adherence: clinical and public health implications.

Impact of pre-therapy viral load on virological response to modern first-line HAART.

Impact of social determinants on antiretroviral therapy access and outcomes entering the era of universal treatment for people living with HIV in Italy.

Inconsistent condom use among HIV-positive women in the "Treatment as Prevention Era": data from the Italian DIDI study

Induced first abortion rates before and after HIV diagnosis: results of an Italian self‐administered questionnaire survey carried out in 585 women living with HIV ⬇️

Italian consensus statement on management of HIV-infected individuals with advanced disease naïve to antiretroviral therapy.

Italian consensus statement on paediatric HIV infection.

Italian guidelines for the use of antiretroviral agents and the diagnostic-clinical management of HIV-1 infected persons

Italian guidelines for the use of antiretroviral agents and the diagnostic-clinical management of HIV-1 infected persons. Update 2011

Italian guidelines for the use of antiretroviral agents and the diagnostic-clinical management of HIV-1 infected persons. Update December 2014.

Less drug regimens and PI/r-based strategies in HIV infection: focus on best practices using the HIV patient's journey methodology

Liver stiffness reduction and serum fibrosis score improvement in HIV/hepatitis C virus-coinfected patients treated with direct-acting antivirals

Macrophage chemoattractant protein-1 levels in cerebrospinal fluid correlate with containment of JC virus and prognosis of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome--associated progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy

No significant association between patient self-reported non-adherence to antiretrovirals and HIV-tropism: a preliminary analysis

Patient-reported and physician-estimated adherence to HAART: social and clinic center-related factors are associated with discordance.

Phase II controlled trial of post-exposure immunization with recombinant gp160 versus antiretroviral therapy in asymptomatic HIV-1-infected adults ⬇️

Physician estimates of adherence and the patient-physician relationship as a setting to improve adherence to antiretroviral therapy

Potent anti-retroviral therapy with or without cidofovir for AIDS-associated progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy: extended follow-up of an observational study

Pre-ART HIV-1 DNA in CD4+ T cells correlates with baseline viro-immunological status and outcome in patients under first-line ART

Pre-existent NRTI and NNRTI resistance impacts on maintenance of virological suppression in HIV-1-infected patients who switch to a tenofovir/emtricitabine/rilpivirine single-tablet regimen

Prevalence of Prolonged Amenorrhea in HIV-Infected Women ⬇️

Prevalence, Associated Factors, and Prognostic Determinants of AIDS‐Related Toxoplasmic Encephalitis in the Era of Advanced Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy

Primary central nervous system lymphoma and brain biopsy in AIDS.

Proportion and factors associated with recent HIV infection in a cohort of patients seen for care in Italy over 1996-2014: Data from the ICONA Foundation Study cohort

Randomized trial of DRV/r or LPV/r QD monotherapy vs maintaining a PI/r-based antiretroviral regimen in persons with suppressed HIV replication

Rate of CD4+ cell count increase over periods of viral load suppression: relationship with the number of previous virological failures

Reduced rate of diagnostic positive detection of JC virus DNA in cerebrospinal fluid in cases of suspected progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy in the era of potent antiretroviral therapy

Relative prognostic value of self-reported adherence and plasma NNRTI/PI concentrations to predict virological rebound in patients initially responding to HAART.

Reliability and clinical relevance of the HIV-1 drug resistance test in patients with low viremia levels

Self-Reported Sexual Dysfunction Is Frequent Among HIV-Infected Persons and Is Associated with Suboptimal Adherence to Antiretrovirals

Sexual Activity Without Condoms and Risk of HIV Transmission in Serodifferent Couples When the HIV-Positive Partner Is Using Suppressive Antiretroviral Therapy

Sexual dysfunction in HIV infection

Simplification to co-formulated rilpivirine/emtricitabine/tenofovir in virologically suppressed patients: Data from a multicenter cohort

Stanford V regimen and concomitant HAART in 59 patients with Hodgkin disease and HIV infection.

Successful prevention of HIV mother-to-child transmission with dolutegravir-based combination antiretroviral therapy in a vertically infected pregnant woman with multiclass highly drug-resistant HIV-1.

Switching to Coformulated Rilpivirine/Emtricitabine/Tenofovir in Virologically Suppressed Patients: Data From a Multicenter Cohort

Switching to boosted protease inhibitor plus a second antiretroviral drug (dual therapy) for treatment simplification: a multicenter analysis

Switching to boosted protease inhibitor plus a second antiretroviral drug (dual therapy) for treatment simplification: a multicenter observational study

The effect of potent antiretroviral therapy and JC virus load in cerebrospinal fluid on clinical outcome of patients with AIDS-associated progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy.