Publications

[incidence and antibiotic resistance of various species of staphylococci in a hospital environment in eastern sicily].	in this work we carry out an epidemiologic investigation of the incidence of staphylococci in some hospitals of east sicily, in relation with hospitalized patients. the tests were performed every ten days for a period of four months, by using fisher technique. the strains were isolated from clinical specimens from hospitalized patients, and after identification, we made antibiotics-resistance essays. the results show a correlation between staphylococcus strains isolated from patients and that of ...	1984	6536546
the polymorphism of the apob 3' vntr in the populations of the three largest islands of the western mediterranean.	to enlarge the knowledge of genetic characteristics of the populations of the three largest islands of the western mediterranean--corsica (france), sardinia and sicily (italy)--the allele distribution of the vntr apob 3' locus was studied. a total of 250 individuals was examined. twelve different alleles were found, with a minimum of 7 alleles in sicily and a maximum of 9 alleles in the sardinians from campidano of cagliari and nuorese. the most frequent allele in all the samples is allele 37, f ...	1998	9816426
differences in kaposi sarcoma-associated herpesvirus-specific and herpesvirus-non-specific immune responses in classic kaposi sarcoma cases and matched controls in sicily.	kaposi sarcoma (ks) might develop because of incompetent immune responses, both non-specifically and specifically against the ks-associated herpesvirus (kshv). peripheral blood mononuclear cells from 15 classic (non-aids) ks cases, 13 kshv seropositives (without ks) and 15 kshv-seronegative controls were tested for interferon-+¦ t-cell (enzyme-linked immunospot [elispot]) responses to kshv-latency-associated nuclear antigen (lana), kshv-k8.1 and cmv/epstein-barr virus (ebv) peptide pools. the fo ...	2011	21740480
[the relationship between mobbing and depression syndrome in the female working population of service industry: the problem statement and the prevention strategies in sicilian environment].	the concept of "work" and the social interactions in the workplace contribute to develop the working satisfaction and the social and personal identity of the adult. the aim of the survey is that of checking up on the presence of a statistically significant relation between the depression syndrome and the mobbing phenomenon. it is necessary to understand and value if and how some of the employer's behaviours could have a heavy influence on the worker's psychophysical condition, up to causing a st ...	2015	18409900