Publications

immunization coverage among splenectomized patients: results of an ad hoc survey in puglia region (south of italy).	patients with anatomic or functional asplenia have a 10-50 times higher risk than general population to develop overwhelming post-splenectomy infection. evidences are unanimous in recommending splenectomised patients to receive meningococcal, antipneumococcal and haemophilus influenzae type b vaccinations according to a specific timing. in italy there are no current data on the immunisation coverage in these patients. this study aims to investigate immunisation coverage in patients undergoing el ...	2016	26890256
[haemophilus influenzae type b meningitis in apulia. retrospective study from the years 1994-1995].		1998	9833337
bacterial isolates and cigarette smoking in patients with chronic bronchitis: results from an italian multicenter survey.	patients who were cigarette smokers suffering exacerbations of chronic bronchitis were examined in eight outpatient clinics in five regions of italy, three from the south (campania, 82 patients; sicily, 82 patients; and puglia, 29 patients) and two from north (lombardy, 33 patients; and liguria, 50 patients). haemophilus influenzae was the most frequently isolated bacterium in the patients' sputum (in 30% of the total group), followed by streptococcus pneumoniae (in 20%), staphylococcus aureus ( ...	1990	2112984