Publications

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
universal childhood immunisation against streptococcus pneumoniae: the five-year experience of liguria region, italy.	liguria was the first italian administrative region, since 2003, to actively recommend free-of-charge immunisation, of all infants, with heptavalent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (pcv-7), within a research pilot-project. vaccination coverage among infants rapidly increased from 42.8% in 2003 to 83.3% in 2004, progressively reaching levels of 93.4% in 2007. two scientific projects have been carried out, aimed: (i) to assess the immunogenicity of pcv-7 and of a hexavalent vaccine diphtheria-tetan ...	2009	19200823
invasive bacterial diseases: national surveillance in italy and vaccination coverage in the local health agency 4 "chiavarese", liguria region (italy).	in 2007 in italy, the national institute of health published a new protocol for the national surveillance of invasive bacterial diseases, in order to enhance the notification system of these diseases and to improve immunization strategies. available vaccines to prevent these diseases were introduced for the first time into the 1999-2000 national immunization plan (nip) (vaccination against haemophilus influenzae type b) and the 2005-2007 nip (vaccination against streptococcus pneumoniae and neis ...	2012	23240174
prevention of invasive diseases: strategies to increase vaccination coverage in children and adolescents.	vaccines able to prevent invasive bacterial diseases have been introduced into national and/or regional immunization plans through different strategies. we evaluated haemophilus influenzae type b, pneumococcus and meningococcus c vaccination coverage in the 5 ligurian local health agencies, in the liguria region, and in italy in order to assess the efficacy of current immunisation policies concerning children at the 24th month and adolescents. furthermore, we considered new strategies for increa ...	2012	23240175