Volume 3, Issue 3 (2007) | American Journal of Infectious Diseases

Prevalence of Herpesvirus 8 Infection in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Patients

A. Ingianni — 2007-09-30

American Journal of Infectious Diseases, Published online: 30 September 2007; doi:10.3844/ajidsp.2007.123.127

In this study a possible relationship between the presence of type 2 diabetes (DM2) and the Human Herpesvirus 8 infection (HHV-8) has been evaluated. The presence of HHV-8 DNA was monitored by nested ...

Standard Versus Specific Therapy for Chronic Osteomyelitis Treatment

Angela Ingianni — 2007-09-30

American Journal of Infectious Diseases, Published online: 30 September 2007; doi:10.3844/ajidsp.2007.128.133

58 patients with chronic osteomyelitis were treated either with a standard therapy or with a specific targeted therapy based on the antibiogram assay. Standard therapy was performed by a 15-day course...

Prevalence of Oncogenic HPV Types in Sardinia (Italy): Implications for the Impact of Prophylactic Anti-HPV Vaccines

Stefania Montisci — 2007-09-30

American Journal of Infectious Diseases, Published online: 30 September 2007; doi:10.3844/ajidsp.2007.134.141

Infection with high-risk HPV genotypes is considered an essential step in cervical carcinogenesis. Recently, prophylactic anti-HPV vaccines have shown to provide effective protection in clinical trial...

Cholesterol Metabolism in Brain and Skin Fibroblasts from Sarda Breed Sheep With Scrapie-resistant and Scrapie-susceptible Genotypes

Alessandra Pani — 2007-09-30

American Journal of Infectious Diseases, Published online: 30 September 2007; doi:10.3844/ajidsp.2007.142.150

Scrapie is a fatal spongiform encephalopathy of sheep, a transmissible form of prion disease caused by neuronal accumulation of the aberrantly conformed prion protein (PrPsc). Currently, no ante-morte...

Inhibition of Cholesterol Esterification Influences Cytokine Exspression in Lypopolisaccharide-activated P388D1 Macrophages

Rosa Rita Bonatesta — 2007-09-30

American Journal of Infectious Diseases, Published online: 30 September 2007; doi:10.3844/ajidsp.2007.151.158

Several in vivo and in vitro studies have demonstrated the involvement of infectious agents in the development of atherosclerosis. However, the mechanisms by which micro-organisms induce and/or aggrav...

Isolation and Identification of Listeria monocytogenes in Processed Meat by a Combined Cultural-molecular Method

Angela Ingianni — 2007-09-30

American Journal of Infectious Diseases, Published online: 30 September 2007; doi:10.3844/ajidsp.2007.159.164

The isolation and identification of Listeria monocytogenes in processed meat samples by a combined cultural-molecular method is described. It allows the identification of Listeria strains by means of ...

Accumulation of Cholesterol Esters in ex vivo Lymphocytes from Scrapie-susceptible Sheep and in Scrapie-infected Mouse Neuroblastoma Cell Lines

Alessandra Pani — 2007-09-30

American Journal of Infectious Diseases, Published online: 30 September 2007; doi:10.3844/ajidsp.2007.165.168

Our studies on the role of cholesterol homeostasis in the pathogenesis of scrapie in sheep, revealed abnormal accumulation of cholesterol esters in brains and in ex vivo skin fibroblasts from genetica...