List of works by Leonardo Antonio Sechi

"In vitro" activities of antimycobacterial agents against Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis linked to Crohn's disease and paratuberculosis.

scientific article published on 15 November 2006

An outbreak of post-cataract surgery endophthalmitis caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

scientific article published on 7 October 2009

Analysis of genomic downsizing on the basis of region-of-difference polymorphism profiling of Mycobacterium tuberculosis patient isolates reveals geographic partitioning

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Anti Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis heat shock protein 70 antibodies in the sera of Sardinian patients with multiple sclerosis

scientific article published on 13 September 2013

Antibacterial activity of ozonized sunflower oil (Oleozon)

scientific article published on 01 February 2001

Antibodies against Proinsulin and Homologous MAP Epitopes Are Detectable in Hashimoto's Thyroiditis Sardinian Patients, an Additional Link of Association

scientific article published on 20 July 2015

Antibodies recognizing Mycobacterium avium paratuberculosis epitopes cross-react with the beta-cell antigen ZnT8 in Sardinian type 1 diabetic patients

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Antibodies recognizing specific Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis's MAP3738c protein in type 1 diabetes mellitus children are associated with serum Th1 (CXCL10) chemokine.

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Antigenic epitopes of MAP2694 homologous to T-cell receptor gamma-chain are highly recognized in multiple sclerosis Sardinian patients.

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Antigenic profiles of recombinant proteins from Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis in sheep with Johne's disease

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Antimicrobial activity of Inula helenium L. essential oil against Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria and Candida spp

scientific article published on 02 May 2008

Association of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis and SLC11A1 polymorphisms in Sardinian multiple sclerosis patients.

scientific article published on 14 March 2013

Bacillus cereus keratitis associated with contact lens wear.

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Clinical diagnostic utility of IP-10 and LAM antigen levels for the diagnosis of tuberculous pleural effusions in a high burden setting

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Clinical utility of a commercial LAM-ELISA assay for TB diagnosis in HIV-infected patients using urine and sputum samples

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Clinical utility of anti-lipoarabinomannan antibodies testing for the diagnosis of tuberculous arthritis.

scientific article published on 5 February 2015

Comparative genomics of Helicobacter pylori isolates recovered from ulcer disease patients in England.

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Comparison of the incidence of virulence determinants and antibiotic resistance between Enterococcus faecium strains of dairy, animal and clinical origin.

scientific article published in December 2003

Concurrent proinflammatory and apoptotic activity of a Helicobacter pylori protein (HP986) points to its role in chronic persistence.

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Correction: Helicobacter pylori and gastroduodenal pathology: New threats of the old friend

scholarly article by Niyaz Ahmed & Leonardo Antonio Sechi published 2008 in Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials

Cows Get Crohn's Disease and They're Giving Us Diabetes

scientific article published on 17 October 2019

Cutaneous Mycobacterium chelonae I infection extending in the lower extremities in a renal transplanted patient

scientific article published on 01 July 2005

Detection and Isolation of Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis from intestinal mucosal biopsies of patients with and without Crohn's disease in Sardinia

scientific article published on 01 July 2005

Detection of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis (MAP)-specific IS900 DNA and antibodies against MAP peptides and lysate in the blood of Crohn's disease patients

scientific article published on 02 September 2010

Detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis by PCR analysis of urine and other clinical samples from AIDS and non-HIV-infected patients

scientific article published on 01 August 1997

Detection of mycobacterial DNA by a specific and simple lateral flow assay incorporating cadmium selenide quantum dots.

scientific article published on 9 June 2015

Detection of pathogenic mycobacteria based on functionalized quantum dots coupled with immunomagnetic separation.

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Detection of serum antibodies cross-reacting with Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis and beta-cell antigen zinc transporter 8 homologous peptides in patients with high-risk proliferative diabetic retinopathy

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Detection of virulence factors in Serratia strains isolated from contact lens-associated corneal ulcers

scientific article published on 20 October 2009

Detection of virulence factors in high-level gentamicin-resistant Enterococcus faecalis and Enterococcus faecium isolates from a Tunisian hospital.

scientific article published on March 2007

Direct detection of unamplified DNA from pathogenic mycobacteria using DNA-derivatized gold nanoparticles

scientific article published on 17 June 2009

Distribution of Vibrio cholerae virulence genes among different Vibrio species isolated in Sardinia, Italy.

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EBNA-1 IgG titers in Sardinian multiple sclerosis patients and controls

scientific article published on 3 August 2013

Epitopes of HERV-Wenv induce antigen-specific humoral immunity in multiple sclerosis patients

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Epstein-Barr virus and Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis peptides are cross recognized by anti-myelin basic protein antibodies in multiple sclerosis patients.

scientific article published on 6 March 2014

Evaluation of the Antimicrobial Properties of the Essential Oil of Myrtus communis L. against Clinical Strains of Mycobacterium spp

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Evaluation of the humoral response against mycobacterial peptides, homologous to MOG₃₅₋₅₅, in multiple sclerosis patients

scientific article published on 22 September 2014

Expression profiling of Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv and Mycobacterium smegmatis in acid-nitrosative multi-stress displays defined regulatory networks

scientific article published in November 2013

From Sardinia to Japan: update on the role of MAP in multiple sclerosis

scientific article published on 31 May 2019

Gene expression profiling of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis in simulated multi-stress conditions and within THP-1 cells reveals a new kind of interactive intramacrophage behaviour.

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Genome and transcriptome scale portrait of sigma factors in Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis

scientific article published on 12 January 2007

Genomes of Helicobacter pylori from native Peruvians suggest admixture of ancestral and modern lineages and reveal a western type cag-pathogenicity island

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HCoV-NL63 and SARS-CoV-2 Share Recognized Epitopes by the Humoral Response in Sera of People Collected Pre- and during CoV-2 Pandemic

scientific article published on 14 December 2020

Helicobacter pylori and gastroduodenal pathology: new threats of the old friend

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Human interferon regulatory factor 5 homologous epitopes of Epstein-Barr virus and Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis induce a specific humoral and cellular immune response in multiple sclerosis patients.

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Humoral immune responses of type 1 diabetes patients to Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis lend support to the infectious trigger hypothesis.

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Humoral immunity response to HERV-K/W differentiates between amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and other neurological diseases.

scientific article published on 31 March 2018

IL-2 and Mycobacterial Lipoarabinomannan as Targets of Immune Responses in Multiple Sclerosis Patients

scientific article published on 01 April 2020

Identification of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis (MAP) in Sheep Milk, a Zoonotic Problem

scientific article published on 20 August 2020

Identification of a HERV-K env surface peptide highly recognized in Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) patients: a cross-sectional case-control study.

scientific article published on 21 March 2017

Identification of mycobacterial infections in wild boars in Northern Sardinia, Italy

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Immune response induced by Epstein-Barr virus and Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis peptides in current and past infectious mononucleosis: a risk for multiple sclerosis?

scientific article published on 9 October 2015

Immunization with DNA vaccines encoding different mycobacterial antigens elicits a Th1 type immune response in lambs and protects against Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis infection.

scientific article published on 8 September 2005

In vitro activity of essential oil of Myrtus communis L. against Helicobacter pylori

scientific article published on 11 September 2007

In vitro activity of new quinoxalin 1,4-dioxide derivatives against strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and other mycobacteria.

scientific article published in February 2005

In vitro adherence of Staphylococcus epidermidis to polymethyl methacrylate and acrysof intraocular lenses

scientific article published on 01 June 2000

In vitro adherence of Staphylococcus epidermidis, Serratia marcescens, and Pseudomonas aeruginosa to AcrySof intraocular lenses.

scientific article published in December 2005

In vitro susceptibility of Vibrio spp. isolated from the environment.

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Incidence of virulence determinants in clinical Enterococcus faecium and Enterococcus faecalis isolates collected in Sardinia (Italy)

scientific article published on 01 June 2003

Increased Epstein-Barr Virus DNA Load and Antibodies Against EBNA1 and EA in Sardinian Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis.

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Increased seroreactivity to proinsulin and homologous mycobacterial peptides in latent autoimmune diabetes in adults.

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Isocitrate dehydrogenase of Helicobacter pylori potentially induces humoral immune response in subjects with peptic ulcer disease and gastritis.

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Lack of humoral response against Helicobacter pylori peptides homologous to human ZnT8 in Hashimoto's thyroiditis patients.

scientific article published on 4 July 2015

MAP3738c and MptD are specific tags of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis infection in type I diabetes mellitus.

scientific article published on 14 May 2011

Molecular genotyping of a large, multicentric collection of tubercle bacilli indicates geographical partitioning of strain variation and has implications for global epidemiology of Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

scientific article published on July 2004

Multiple Non-Species-Specific Pathogens Possibly Triggered the Mass Mortality in Pinna nobilis

scientific article published on 13 October 2020

Mycobacterium avium ss. paratuberculosis Zoonosis - The Hundred Year War - Beyond Crohn's Disease.

scientific article published on 04 March 2015

Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis in an Italian cohort of type 1 diabetes pediatric patients.

scientific article published on 11 July 2012

Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis is not discerned in diabetes mellitus patients in Hyderabad, India.

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Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis, genetic susceptibility to Crohn's disease, and Sardinians: the way ahead.

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Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis bacteremia in type 1 diabetes mellitus: an infectious trigger?

scientific article published on 01 January 2008

Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis infection in cases of irritable bowel syndrome and comparison with Crohn's disease and Johne's disease: common neural and immune pathogenicities

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Mycobacterium chelonae I infection mimicking acne conglobata in an immunocompetent host

scientific article published on 01 July 2004

Mycobacterium marinum, a further infectious agent associated with sarcoidosis: the polyetiology hypothesis

scientific article published on 01 January 2006

Mycobacterium tuberculosis lipoarabinomannan antibodies are associated to rheumatoid arthritis in Sardinian patients.

scientific article published on 25 May 2014

Novel substituted quinoxaline 1,4-dioxides with in vitro antimycobacterial and anticandida activity.

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PCR-based detection of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex in urine of HIV-infected and uninfected pulmonary and extrapulmonary tuberculosis patients in Burkina Faso.

scientific article published in January 2005

Performance of QuantiFERON-TB testing in a tuberculosis outbreak at a primary school

scientific article published on 01 April 2008

PtpA and PknG Proteins Secreted by Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis are Recognized by Sera from Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Case-Control Study

scientific article published on 03 December 2019

Quantitative lung T cell responses aid the rapid diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis

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Quinoxalin-2-ones. Part 5. Synthesis and antimicrobial evaluation of 3-alkyl-, 3-halomethyl- and 3-carboxyethylquinoxaline-2-ones variously substituted on the benzo-moiety.

scientific article published in December 2003

Rapid identification of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Beijing genotypes on the basis of the mycobacterial interspersed repetitive unit locus 26 signature.

scientific article published on January 2006

Rapid identification of cutaneous infections by nontubercular mycobacteria by polymerase chain reaction-restriction analysis length polymorphism of the hsp65 gene.

scientific article published in August 2001

Recognition of zinc transporter 8 and MAP3865c homologous epitopes by Hashimoto's thyroiditis subjects from Sardinia: a common target with type 1 diabetes?

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Recognition of zinc transporter 8 and MAP3865c homologous epitopes by new-onset type 1 diabetes children from continental Italy

scientific article published on 05 February 2014

Role of Infections in the Pathogenesis of Rheumatoid Arthritis: Focus on Mycobacteria

scientific article published on 23 September 2020

Role of interferon-beta in Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis antibody response in Sardinian MS patients

scientific article published on 09 January 2015

Sardinian Type 1 diabetes patients, Transthyretin and Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis infection.

scientific article published on 27 December 2012

Simple and rapid identification of different species of Mycobacteria by PCR.

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Specific detection of OCT4 isoforms in inflammatory bowel disease

scientific article published on October 2015

Specific detection of unamplified mycobacterial DNA by use of fluorescent semiconductor quantum dots and magnetic beads.

scientific article published on 16 June 2010

Specific immunoassays confirm association of Mycobacterium avium Subsp. paratuberculosis with type-1 but not type-2 diabetes mellitus.

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Synthesis of 3,6,7-substituted-quinoxalin-2-ones for evaluation of antimicrobial and anticancer activity. Part 2

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Synthesis of substituted 2-ethoxycarbonyl- and 2-carboxyquinoxalin-3-ones for evaluation of antimicrobial and anticancer activity

scientific article published on 01 July 1998

Synthesis, anti-mycobacterial, anti-trichomonas and anti-candida in vitro activities of 2-substituted-6,7-difluoro-3-methylquinoxaline 1,4-dioxides.

scientific article published in February 2004

The Interplay between Mucosal Microbiota Composition and Host Gene-Expression is Linked with Infliximab Response in Inflammatory Bowel Diseases

scientific article published on 20 March 2020

The cag pathogenicity island of Helicobacter pylori is disrupted in the majority of patient isolates from different human populations.

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The use of amikacin in the treatment of primary cutaneous mycobacteriosis due to Mycobacterium fortuitum

scientific article published on 01 January 1999

Utility of quantitative T-cell responses versus unstimulated interferon-{gamma} for the diagnosis of pleural tuberculosis.

scientific article published on 22 April 2009

Within-subject variability and boosting of T-cell interferon-gamma responses after tuberculin skin testing.

scientific article published on 2 April 2009

Zinc transporter (ZnT)8(186-194) is an immunodominant CD8+ T cell epitope in HLA-A2+ type 1 diabetic patients.

scientific article published on 20 April 2012

Zinc transporter 8 and MAP3865c homologous epitopes are recognized at T1D onset in Sardinian children.

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