Rivista di formazione e aggiornamento professionale del pediatra e del medico di base, fondata nel 1982. In collaborazione con l'Associazione Culturale Pediatri.
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142 articoli — 1998-2026 Include sottocategorie MeSH

RI Farmacoriflessioni
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Reumatismo articolare acuto: il nodo del dolore nella profilassi intramuscolare

L. Donna, M. Sutera, E. Barbi, D. Zanon

2026/1 — pag. 36-38 — DOI

Acute Rheumatic Fever (ARF) is an autoimmune inflammatory disease resulting from a Group A streptococcus throat infection, primarily affecting children aged 5 to 15. While prophylaxis with benzathine penicillin is crucial for preventing recurrences a...

RI Lettere
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La profilassi con benzilpenicillina: cosa chiedono i genitori

Dell’Accio L, De Bianchi M, Ferrarin E.

2026/1 — pag. 15-15 — DOI

RI Casi contributivi
Enterobius vermicularis come cofattore di infezioni perianali in età pediatrica: descrizione di un caso e revisione della letteratura

Ippolito A, Rizzari R, Amoroso B, Corsello G.

2025/10 — pag. 665-666 — DOI

Enterobius vermicularis is the most common intestinal helminth in paediatric population. While often considered a benign condition, infestation may occasionally be complicated by extraintestinal inflammatory or infectious manifestations, especially i...

RI L'esperienza che insegna
Sifilide congenita: è ancora un problema?

Abbagnato L, Nicolini N, Selicorni A.

2025/9 — pag. 593-595 — DOI

The paper reports the clinical case of a 5-month-old girl with possible syphilis not identified during pregnancy or at birth, but diagnosed following the discovery of the disease in her parents. The case highlights the criticality of early diagnosis ...

RI Schede AIFA
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Faringite

2025/5 — pag. 313-314

EL Caso contributivo
Alla faccia di Bell: un caso clinico di paralisi bilaterale in una paziente di sei anni

Di Febo CM

2025/5 — pag. 107-111 — DOI

Bilateral facial palsy (BFP) is an uncommon condition characterised by the involvement of the opposite side within 30 days from the onset in the first side. If paralysis occurs simultaneously on both sides, it is termed simultaneous BFP. Otherwise, i...

RI News box
Accesso libero
Il rapporto AIFA 2023 sulla prescrizione di antibiotici in età pediatrica

2025/3 — pag. 149-152 — DOI

RI Farmacoriflessioni
Uso degli antibiotici in età pediatrica: riflessioni e azioni

Marchetti F.

2024/7 — pag. 450-457 — DOI

The annual report on the national use of antibiotics in Italy for the year 2022 was published by AIFA (Italian Medicines Agency). The report confirms an increase in antibiotic use post-pandemic, particularly in the paediatric population. There is a n...

EL I Poster degli specializzandi
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Una diagnosi difficile da accettare

Vrinceanu AM

2024/7 — pag. 139-139 — DOI

An 18-month-old girl presented with low weight. Her parents denied her sickle cell anaemia diagnosis, confirmed at birth and neglected in treatment. Social and legal intervention was needed to ensure disease management. The case emphasizes the import...

RI Ricerca
Prescrizione di antibiotici in Pronto Soccorso pediatrico

Pacati I, Ghitti C, Clavenna A.

2024/5 — pag. 297-302 — DOI

Background - The emergency department (ED) is an important site of care in which inappropriate antibiotic prescribing and the consequent impact of antibiotic-resistant bacteria can be reduced. Objective - The aim of this retrospective study was to ...

RI Pagine elettroniche
Un caso di shock tossico stafilococcico in un'adolescente

Barazzoni M, Lazzerotti A, Amoroso A, Tealdo M.

2024/5 — pag. 332-334 — DOI

A 13-year-old adolescent presented with symptoms compatible with septic shock following a vacation by the lake. Initially, she presented with gastrointestinal symptoms and fever, and later she developed rash, arthralgia, myalgia, asthenia, erythroder...

RI Aggiornamento
Allergia agli antibiotici beta-lattamici: i miti da sfatare e le azioni pratiche da adottare

Badina L, Marchetti F, Fontijn S, Berti I.

2024/3 — pag. 155-161 — DOI

The penicillins (amoxicillin) are among the most effective and safe antibiotics for many common bacterial respiratory infections in paediatric age and should be avoided only when a true allergy is highly suspected. Severe true antibiotic allergies ...

RI Lettere
Faringite e rivalutazione dello score di McIsaac

Salvatore B, Marchetti F.

2024/3 — pag. 148 — DOI

RI Lettere
Farmaci essenziali, leggi del mercato, innovazione e regole

Neri A, Marchetti F, Addis A.

2024/2 — pag. 82-83 — DOI

RI Domande e risposte
Scoliosi e Rx rachide Diaminocillina e Pandas

2023/10 — pag. 667 — DOI

RI Pagine elettroniche
Dermatofitosi diffusa con kerion

Scaglione M, Repetto A, Maghnie M, Di Vito M, Aicardi M, Fratangeli N.

2023/7 — pag. 465-468 — DOI

Tinea capitis is the most common scalp dermatophytosis and is, along with tinea corporis, one of the major skin mycoses in paediatric age. This condition is usually noninvasive and treatable with oral antifungal therapy combined with topical remedies...

RI Lettere
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La vicenda amoxicillina trova “vie” alternative

Cosenza L, Marchetti F, Longo G.

2023/7 — pag. 420-421 — DOI

RI Problemi correnti
Faringotonsillite da streptococco, tempi di risposta all’antibiotico e implicazioni per la pratica corrente

Iacono A, Mambelli L, De Nardi L, Marchetti F.

2023/6 — pag. 363-367 — DOI

An increase in Group A Streptococcal (GAS) infections higher than seasonally expected levels has been recently reported. Since GAS infections and correlated bacterial diffusion always start from an index case, adopting public health strategies based ...

EL I Poster degli specializzandi
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La meningite da Streptococcus pyogenes: avete visto mai?

Gagliardo di Carpinello B, Bellotto A, Biserna L, Addeo AM, Marchetti F

2023/6 — pag. 105-106 — DOI

The case of a 12-year-old girl presenting with severe headache and a septic status finally diagnosed as mastoiditis related to meningitis due to Streptococcus pyogenes is described....

RI L'aria che tira
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Amoxicillina: quando manca l’essenziale

Marchetti F.

2023/4 — pag. 255-257 — DOI

The antibiotic amoxicillin is usually recommended as a first-line treatment for many common infections affecting children. Repeated lockdowns related to the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic have contributed to supply difficulties for many drugs, inc...

EL I Poster degli specializzandi
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La polmonite da adenovirus

Zago A, Benvenuto S

2023/4 — pag. 75-75 — DOI

The author describes the case of a 3-year-old boy presenting with cough and fever that had been persisting for seven days and not respondent to amoxicillin. Neutrophilic leukocytosis and diarrhoea were also present. The diagnosis of adenovirus infect...

RI Pagine elettroniche
Terapia breve per la polmonite non complicata acquisita in comunità in età pediatrica: si può fare!

Troisi A, Iacono A, Marchetti F.

2023/2 — pag. 127-130 — DOI

The paper reports the results published in the journal JAMA Pediatrics in November 2022 of a systematic review and meta-analysis comparing brief therapy and prolonged therapy for the treatment of non-severe community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) with the...

EL I Poster degli specializzandi
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“Sembrava un lombrico”: la cisti del rafe mediano

Romano S, Conti R

2023/1 — pag. 17-17 — DOI

The Authors describe the rare (and striking) case of a 4-year-old child with an infected median raphe cyst....

RI Domande e risposte
Amoxicillina; broncopolmonite

2022/5 — pag. 333 — DOI

RI News box
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L’uso degli antibiotici nelle cure primarie pediatriche: tempo di cambiare?

Marchetti F.

2022/4 — pag. 223-227 — DOI

EL Ricerca
Uso degli antibiotici in età pediatrica

Ravaglia A, Guala A, Borraccino A; GdL Antibiotici Regione Piemonte

2022/4 — pag. 75-80 — DOI

The pharmaceutical prescription allows a quantitatively but not qualitative evaluation of a drug as it does not report the reason. The software used by family paediatricians is designed to receive the diagnosis, but the field is not usually filled in...

EL Il punto su
Il tifo

Palladino F, Coppola C, Prisco A, Puzone S, Imperatore A, Brienza C, Nunziata F

2022/3 — pag. 68-70 — DOI

The paper describes the case of a 13-year-old boy presenting with fever with chills, abdominal pain and diarrhoea. Further investigation showed an “enteric fever”. Finally, clinical onset, diagnosis and disease management are discussed. ...

RI Domande e risposte
Bronchite batterica protratta, trattamento antibiotico

2022/2 — pag. 131

EL Pediatria per immagini
Perforazione ileale da febbre tifoide

Piqué M, Ladisa E, Brasili L, Putoto G, Iughetti L

2021/9 — pag. 280-282 — DOI

Typhoid fever continues to be a major public health problem in developing countries and mortality is mainly related to its most frequent complication, namely: intestinal perforation. The paper presents the case of a 12-year-old girl with abdominal pa...

RI Farmacoriflessioni
La polmonite acquisita in comunità

Iacono A, Troisi A, Marchetti F

2021/8 — pag. 515-518 — DOI

Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is one of the most common serious infections in children. The appropriate duration of antimicrobial therapy is unclear. In current practice antibiotic treatment courses of 10 days are prescribed in mild-moderate CAP...

RI Speciale
Antibiotici

Marchetti F, Barbi E

2021/26 — pag. 2 — DOI

RI Farmacoriflessioni
Otite media acuta: le abitudini difficili a perdersi e l’aderenza alle linee guida

F. Marchetti, S. Tagliani

2020/9 — pag. 581-583 — DOI

A recent publication on the prescriptive attitude of American paediatricians towards a child older than two years of age with acute otitis media (OMA) showed that 98% of cases received antibiotic therapy, only in 4.5% of cases administered after “del...

RI Ricerca
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Prescrizione di antibiotici in Pediatria tra il 2012 e il 2018 in Regione Piemonte

A. Ravaglia, A. Guala, R. Gnavi, A. Borraccino; GdL Antibiotici Piemonte

2020/9 — pag. 575-580 — DOI

Background - he variability in the prescription of antibiotics in the infant population registers changes that cannot always be explained by the associated morbidity alone. Italy, despite its decreasing trend, is still among those countries with the ...

RI Pagine elettroniche
La malattia infiammatoria pelvica

S. Tagliani, S. Ventresca, L. Mambelli, A. Cuppari, S. Missiroli, F. Marchetti

2020/8 — pag. 533-535 — DOI

The paper describes a case of Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID) in a fourteen-year-old girl who presented with salpingitis, low abdominal pain, fever, high inflammation indexes and infection by Chlamydia trachomatis and Gardnerella. As guidelines sug...

EL Il punto su
La malattia infiammatoria pelvica

S. Tagliani, S. Ventresca, L. Mambelli, A. Cuppari, S. Missiroli, F. Marchetti

2020/8 — pag. 207-211 — DOI

The paper describes a case of Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID) in a fourteen-year-old girl who presented with salpingitis, low abdominal pain, fever, high inflammation indexes and infection by Chlamydia trachomatis and Gardnerella. As guidelines sug...

RI News box
Accesso libero
Utilizzo dei farmaci in età pediatrica

2019/7 — pag. 425-429

RI Domande e risposte
Amoxicillina, allergia, test di provocazione

2019/6 — pag. 393

RI Editoriali
Accesso libero
Perché abbiamo paura di prescrivere bene gli antibiotici?

F. Marchetti

2019/4 — pag. 211-212

RI Pagine elettroniche
Una enterocolite da Campylobacter jejuni che confonde

A. Iacono, C. Guiducci, M. Mainetti, S. Brocchi, F. Marchetti

2019/1 — pag. 52-54

Campylobacter infection is one of the most frequent enteritis in developed countries and in most cases it features a self-limiting character. In some cases it shows severe clinical pictures and it requires antibiotic therapy. Cases of antibiotic resi...

RI Rubrica iconografica
Una dermatite esfoliativa in un neonato

I. Bruno, L. Casadio, C. Muratori, C. Renzelli, G. Piccinini, F. Marchetti

2018/6 — pag. 397-398

RI Il graffio
Accesso libero
Il bambino delicato

J. Apley

2018/1 — pag. 11

RI Farmacoriflessioni
Uso di antibiotici in Pediatria

S. Di Mario, C. Gagliotti, R. Buttazzi, L. Cisbani, A. Brambilla, M.L. Moro a nome del Comitato tecnico-scientifico regionale “Progetto ProBA 2014”*

2017/9 — pag. 578-583

Inappropriate antibiotic use in paediatric care is a main issue in Italy where prescription rates are among the highest in Europe and wide spectrum antibiotics (e.g. the association amoxicillin + clavulanic acid) are the most prescribed with an inc...

RI Medicina e società
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Bambini, soprattutto: storia di bambini-migranti dei nostri giorni

D. Ferrara, A. Gangemi, L. Magro, G. Moceri, G. Corsello

2017/4 — pag. 243-246

RI Ricerca
Linee guida e antibiotici: un’esperienza territoriale di miglioramento a Reggio Emilia

R. Manzotti, R. Montanari, P. Giorgi Rossi, P. Mancuso, M. Pinotti

2017/4 — pag. 229-236

Background - International and Italian guidelines consistently recommend amoxicillin as first line antibiotic for bacterial respiratory infections in children. However, Italian data on antibiotic prescriptions still show inappropriateness. The prov...

RI Editoriali
La razionalità della prescrizione nell’uso degli antibiotici

F. Marchetti

2016/9 — pag. 551-553

RI Pagine elettroniche
Terapia antibiotica a spettro ristretto versus terapia ad ampio spettro nell'appendicite acuta

S. Pusceddu, P. Gallo, C. Lama, F. Marchetti

2016/7 — pag. 463-465

EL Appunti di Terapia
Terapia antibiotica a spettro ristretto versus terapia ad ampio spettro nell’appendicite acuta

S. Pusceddu, P. Gallo, C. Lama, F. Marchetti

2016/7

RI Pagine elettroniche
Può l'amoxicillina aumentare il rischio di rash nei casi di mononucleosi?

S. Pusceddu, V. Murgia, F. Marchetti

2016/6 — pag. 393-394

RI Casi indimenticabili
Genitori dottori

S. Rizza

2016/5 — pag. 316-318

RI Casi indimenticabili
Batti 5: ho lo shock settico

A. Pirrone

2016/4 — pag. 255-258

EL Casi indimenticabili
Dermato WhatsApp

I. Marinelli

2016/4

EL Caso contributivo
Entero-artrite reattiva da Clostridium difficile:relazione casuale o causale? Descrizione di un caso clinico

F. Pugliese, A. Zucchini, P. Ricciardelli, M. Cappella, F. Marchetti

2015/5

In adults reactive arthritis (ReA) following Clostridium diffıcile-enterocolitis has been documented. In children only five case of C. diffıcile-associated ReA has been reported. The paper describes a case of ReA in a six-year-old boy treat...

RI Casi indimenticabili
Un caso di polmonite

B. Salvatore

2014/8 — pag. 531-532

RI Domande e risposte
Allergia all’amoxicillina Allergia agli anestetici locali

2014/6 — pag. 400

RI Il graffio
Balotelli

2014/6 — pag. 353

RI Ricerca
Una lista di farmaci condivisa per la pediatria territoriale di famiglia: uno studio osservazionale

D. Piovani, A. Clavenna, M. Bonati e il Gruppo PeFAB

2014/5 — pag. 315-321

Objectives - To identify a list of shared drugs on the basis of those prescribed by a group of paediatricians during the daily clinical practice. The group were involved in initiatives concerning health care for years. Materials and methods - A to...

RI Pagine elettroniche
Corea: malattia reumatica o lupus eritematoso sistemico?

F. Cuoco, M. Torcoletti, A. Petaccia, F. Corona

2014/2 — pag. 109-110

Chorea is a manifestation of inflammatory involvement of the basal ganglia and caudate nucleus of the central nervous system. A patient with chorea presents with persistent involuntary, purposeless, and usually symmetric movements of the extremit...

EL Caso contributivo
Corea: malattia reumatica o lupus eritematoso sistemico?

F. Cuoco, M. Torcoletti, A. Petaccia, F. Corona

2014/2

Chorea is a manifestation of inflammatory involvement of the basal ganglia and caudate nucleus of the central nervous system. A patient with chorea presents with persistent involuntary, purposeless, and usually symmetric movements of the extremities ...

RI Domande e risposte
Bronchite batterica protratta Sanguinamento dal capezzolo

2013/5 — pag. 331

RI Ricerca
Accesso libero
Prescrizione di antibiotici equivalenti nella popolazione pediatrica in Lombardia

A. Iommarini, M. Sequi, M. Cartabia, D. Piovani, A. Bortolotti, I. Fortino, L. Merlino, A. Clavenna, M. Bonati

2013/3 — pag. 173-178

Aims - To evaluate the prescription profile of generic antibiotics in paediatric outpatient population in the Lombardy region. Methods - All reimbursed prescriptions (class A) dispensed to children < 14 years old in 2008 resident in 15 Local Health ...

RI Digest
Le nuove linee guida sulla polmonite di comunità

2011/10 — pag. 661-662

RI Farmacoriflessioni
Le linee guida della SIP e dell’AAP sull’otite media acuta

G. Longo

2011/3 — pag. 175-179

The debate about acute otitis media (AOM) is endless, like any other subject that greatly affects the daily routine of the family paediatrician. However, much greater rigour is needed in the use of antibiotics (to safeguard a heritage that is certa...

EL Pediatria per immagini
Una sinusite complicata

G. Gorlato, S. Pastore, M. Chinello, D. Sanabor, F. Marchetti

2011/2

We report the case of a 13-year-old girl with a one-month-and-an-half story of fever, rhinorrhoea, headache and vomiting. Initially neurological assessment resulted normal and a diagnosis of acute sinus infection was made. Since the patient worsened,...

RI Pagine elettroniche ; Ricerca
Applicabilità della strategia della “vigile attesa” nel trattamento dell’OMA: le attitudini dei Pediatri di famiglia in Friuli Venezia Giulia

Daniele Orso, Mariagrazia Pizzul, Nilo Bassani, et al.

2010/10 — pag. 665-666

Objectives - Evaluating the applicability of international practice guidelines based on wait-and-see strategy for children with acute otitis media (AOM) in a regional primary care paediatric practices (PPs) setting. Methods and materials - A simple ...

RI ABC
Infezioni delle vie respiratorie e antibiotico: sì, no, quando?

F. Marchetti, F. Panizon

2010/9 — pag. 577-584

It is reasonable to delay the antibiotic treatment of a few days in all the apparently not serious cases of upper respiratory infection. “Risk” groups, in which antibiotics should be used to treat each fever, are: chronic pulmonary, kidney and hear...

RI Focus
Infezioni respiratorie, self help e prescrizione antibiotica nella pratica ambulatoriale

L. Mauri, M. Narducci, A. Nova, F. Zanetto

2010/9 — pag. 565-574

Aims - Assessing the primary care paediatricians (PCPs) antibiotic prescriptions and the self-help use during respiratory infections in children. Methods - 58 PCPs have registered diagnosis, self-help and therapy of the respiratory infections obse...

RI Focus
PEDIATRI & FARMACI Farmaci essenziali e attitudini prescrittive dei pediatri

A. Clavenna, M. Sequi, A. Bortolotti, I. Fortino, L. Merlino, M. Bonati

2010/9 — pag. 565-574

The objective of the study was to identify which drugs are considered “essential” by Italian family paediatricians based on their prescriptions. So, prescriptions reimbursed by the National Health System, involving 923,177 children ...

RI Farmacoriflessioni
Uso del ceftriaxone in italia: inappropriato e non esente da rischi

F. Marchetti

2010/5 — pag. 315-316

In Italy, data concerning the utilization of ceftriaxone in adults and children increased by about 75% from 2001 to 2008. Moreover, a significant variability in its utilization can be observed in the Italian regions, indeed it is more frequently us...

RI Farmacoriflessioni
L'uso dei farmaci in Italia: i risultati del rapporto OsMed 2008

F. Marchetti

2009/7 — pag. 450-454

The data relative to the OsMed report on the drug prescription in Italy during 2008 are summed up in the present work. The total cost for drugs (public + private) was equal to 410 euros for each citizen, 24 billion euros, a much higher sum than the...

RI Pagine elettroniche ; Ricerca
Le polmoniti di comunità: migliorarne il trattamento sia sul territorio che in ospedale con un protocollo comune

P. Siani, L. de Seta, F. Saitta, et al.

2008/10 — pag. 681-682

The present treatment of community acquiredbronchopneumonias is rarely consistent to the international guidelines. The hospital records of 58 children and the clinical sheets of 52 cases treated at home during a period of 6 months have been revie...

RI Digest
Accesso libero
Pediatria quotidiana: pielonefrite e disprassia

2008/2 — pag. 120-121

RI Farmacoriflessioni
Accesso libero
Farmaci e utilizzo “wrong-label” in pediatria. L’esempio del paracetamolo, del salbutamolo e dell’amoxicillina

I. L'Erario, A. di Benedetto, J. Bua, S. Norbedo, E. Barbi, F. Marchetti

2007/9 — pag. 580-585

Two thirds of the drugs prescribed for children are off-label. However, off-label is not synonymous with incorrect, since it often represents the most rational, evidence-based therapy. One aspect of the off-label problem in paediatrics depends on the...

EL Casi indimenticabili
Accesso libero
Una febbre di lunga durata

S. Armari, A. Santullo, M. Zerial, M. Pocecco

2007/5

RI Problemi correnti
Il commento

F. Panizon

2006/9 — pag. 570-578

RI Problemi correnti
Una vecchia “conoscenza” (la faringotonsillite) e i nuovi dubbi: trattare, non trattare…

M. Bergamini e collaboratori

2006/9 — pag. 570-578

Pharyngotonsillitis is a very common reason for people to seek medical care, but whether or not to prescribe antibiotics is controversial. This review provides an overview of the studies which assessed the appropriateness of treating Group A streptoc...

RI Pagine elettroniche
La prescrizione di farmaci soggetti a Nota nella popolazione pediatrica italiana

S. Maschi, A. Clavenna, E. Rossi, et al.

2005/7 — pag. 475-477

The objectives of the study are to evaluate the pattern of drug prescriptions reimbursed with limitations (AIFA notes) by the National Health System in the Italian paediatric population. Prescriptions involving 982,035 children ...

RI Ricerca
Il profilo prescrittivo della popolazione pediatrica italiana nelle cure primarie: il rapporto ARNO 2003

A. Clavenna, M. Bonati, E. Rossi, et al.

2005/5 — pag. 305-311

Objective: to evaluate the pattern of drug prescription reimbursed by the national health system in the Italian paediatric population. Prescriptions involving 982.035 children ...

RI Problemi correnti
L’impetigine

A. Lenhardt, J. Bua, F. Marchetti

2004/11 — pag. 695-698

As a rule bollous impetigo is caused by Staphylococcus aureus. Non bullous, or contagious, impetigo is also caused by Staphylococcus aureus, less frequently by its association with Streptococcus pyogenes. Controlled studies showed that topical anti...

RI Farmacoriflessioni
La terapia antibiotica della pielonefrite acuta

F. Marchetti et al.

2004/5 — pag. 316-319

This is a review article about antibiotic treatment of acute pyelonephritis (APN). Diagnosis of APN requires high fever and urine test positive for leukocytes and bacteria. The major decisions about treatment that are to be made concern the use of ...

RI Pagine elettroniche
Pielonefrite acuta nel lattante: eziologia e sensibilità agli antibiotici

2004/5 — pag. 325-326

Acute pyelonephritis (APN) involves a risk of irreversible renal injury. There is no consensus on which therapy is most effective. In this study, we evaluated 108 infants aged 0-18 months, enrolled from 1/5/98 to 31/1/03, for APN. 35 patients (37%...

EL Caso Clinico Interattivo
Accesso libero
Una dattilite bilaterale simmetrica

M. Lazzerini

2004/2

RI Domande e risposte
Domande e risposte

2004/1 — pag. 57

EL Appunti di Terapia
Accesso libero
Infezioni delle vie urinarie nel bambino: il ruolo dei flurochinoloni

G. Bartolozzi

2004/1

RI Problemi non correnti
La sifilide congenita C’è ancora?

E. Tridapalli, et al.

2003/10 — pag. 663-669

Syphilis is a re-emerging infectious disease. Over the last decade, an increase in the incidence of congenital syphilis has been observed, due to higher numbers of migrants, drug users and sex workers among women in fertile age. Serologic screening...

RI Aggiornamento
Il reumatismo articolare acuto oggi, tra epidemiologia, genetica e clinica

L. Lepore, S. Tambe’, S. Minisini

2003/2 — pag. 85-89

In developed countries, rheumatic fever represents nowadays a rare complication of group A streptococcal infection. In Italy, the annual incidence is 4-6 cases per 100.000 population under 18 years. Primary prophylaxis is based on treatment of stre...

RI Aggiornamento monografico
Accesso libero
Le complicanze settiche in ORL

V. Leone

2002/10 — pag. 647-654

The Author reviews the topic of septic complications in paediatric otolaryngology, which, although now rare due to improved nutrition, immunisation and case management, still represent an challenge for practicing paediatricians, also due to their i...

RI Aggiornamento monografico
Accesso libero
La profilassi dell’infezione neonatale da streptococco di gruppo B

A. Berardi, K. Rossi, C. Bussetti, F. Ferrari

2002/9 — pag. 571-578

Group B Streptococcus is the leading cause of vertically transmitted neonatal bacterial infections. The consequence of early and late-onset infections can be fatal diseases or severe neurological sequelae, when central nervous system is involved. M...

RI Domande e risposte
Accesso libero
Domande e risposte

G. Longo

2002/8 — pag. 539-540

EL Contributi Originali - Casi contributivi
Accesso libero
Meningoencefalite da Listeria Monocytogenes: due casi pediatrici

E.Barth, I.Bruno, B.Longo, P.Petaros, M.Busetti, G.A.Zanazzo, M.Rabusin, P.Tamaro

2002/7

RI Pagine elettroniche
Accesso libero
Meningoencefalite da Listeria in oncologia pediatrica

2002/7 — pag. 460-460

Report on two cases of Listeria-induced meningoencephalitis in a child aged 19 months with pre-B lymphatic leukemia, slightly neutropenic, and a child aged 15 years with T lymphatic leukemia, not neutropenic but lymphopenic. The disease rapidly ev...

RI Controversie
Accesso libero
Streptococco: tra il dire e il fare, ovvero sulla conflittualità tra le raccomandazioni ufficiali e la pratica quotidiana

V. Leone, F. Panizon

2002/6 — pag. 377-382

In the light of scientific evidence, the Authors discuss the official statements by paediatric societies with regard to: use of rapid group A Streptococcus diagnostic test (RADT), need to confirm the diagnosis by culture from pharyngeal swab, treat...

EL Editoriali sui contributi originali
Accesso libero
La prescrzione di antibiotici in eta' pediatrica: punto e a capo?

M.L. Moro

2002/4

RI Pagine elettroniche
Accesso libero
Prescrizione di antibiotici in età pediatrica nella regione Emilia-Romagna

2002/4 — pag. 259-260

We performed a survey on the administration of antibiotics to children in the Emilia-Romagna region. This survey shows a large use of antibiotics, particularly in children aged less than 4 years. They also more frequently receive multiple treatmen...

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Il trattamento sintomatico dell’otite media acuta: uno studio collaborativo in Pediatria ambulatoriale

L. Ronfani, S. Conti Nibali, F. Marchetti per il gruppo di lavoro OMA-ACP

2002/3 — pag. 170-178

Available evidence from controlled trials on antibiotic treatment of acute otitis media (AOM) show that the benefit of antibiotic treatment is marginal. A large observational prospective study aimed at evaluating to which extent symptomatic treatme...

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Tre consigli per tre malattie: polmonite, tosse, otite

F. Panizon

2002/1 — pag. 31-34

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Vasculite da immunocomplessi in sindrome mononucleosica trattata con amoxicillina

M.Zoppo, A.Perino, R.Balboni, P.Capalbo, P.Pistamiglio, A.Urbino, E.Rossi

2001/10

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Vasculite da immunocomplessi in sindrome mononucleosica trattata con amoxicillina

M. Zoppo, A. Perino, R. Balboni, P. Capalbo, P. Pistamiglio, A. Urbino, E. Rossi

2001/10 — pag. 698

Report of a case of necrotising vasculitis with circulating immunocomplexes and alterations in hemocoagulation during a mononucleosis syndrome treated with amoxicillin....

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Malattia meningoccica (Parte seconda)

2001/8

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Esantema Kawasaki-like da anite streptococcica

F. Panizon

2000/10 — pag. 679-680

An atypical polymorphous exanthem was observed in a 2-year old female child. The exanthem was urticarial in the face, scarlatiniform in the abdomen and inner thighs, desquamating in the perianal region; endurated erythematous oedema in the palms a...

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5 giorni versus 10 nella cura con antibiotici dell'otite media acuta

G. Bartolozzi

2000/7

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Sinusiti acute

2000/7 — pag. 441-447

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Otiti medie acute

2000/7 — pag. 438-447

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PRESCRIZIONE AMBULATORIALE DEGLI ANTIBIOTICI NELLE INFEZIONI RESPIRATORIE

2000/7 — pag. 431-447

Guidelines on antibiotic treatment of common respiratory infections were developed by an interdisciplinary group including family paediatricians, hospital paediatricians, community paediatricians, microbiologists and epidemiologists. Systematic lit...

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Polmonite ricorrente (da adenovirus?)

F. Panizon

2000/5 — pag. 325-328

A case of pneumonia: clinical and radiological picture of a bacterial form of pneumonia, characterised by persistent temperature for 5-7 days, despite an antibiotic treatment (ceftriaxone+azithromycin) against Pneumococcus and Mycoplasma. The pict...

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Streptococcus pneumoniae resistente alla penicillina e alle cefalosporine

G. Bartolozzi

1999/10

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Un caso di polmonite tipica da mycoplasma

L. Gnemmi, M. Pocecco

1999/4 — pag. 217-218

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Antibiotici per uso sistemico: la prescrizione negli anni 1993-97

M.G. Troncon

1999/2

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Le aziende informano

F. Marchetti

1998/8 — pag. 491-492

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Trattare o non trattare? Il caso dell’otite media acuta

F. Marchetti

1998/7 — pag. 453-455

The Author reviews the available evidence on antibiotic treatment of Acute Otitis Media (AOM) on the basis of current evidence, including two recent metanalyses. Antibiotic treatment of AOM, given the self-limited character of AOM, produces litt...

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Profilassi dell’endocardite batterica

F. Marchetti

1998/3 — pag. 185-187

Guidelines for prevention of bacterial endocarditis have been recently revised by the American Heart Association and approved by the American Academy of Pediatrics. The revised guidelines aim at simplifying both eligibility criteria and antibiot...

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Serendipity

A. Fasano

1998/2 — pag. 76

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La cena delle beffe : un’epidemia streptococcica sui generis

I. Merisi

1998/2 — pag. 108