empirical antibiotic therapy

Sindrome nefrosica secondaria a un'infezione da Mycoplasma penumoniae

Giacomini G, Bagni M

2025/6 — pag. 152-153 — DOI

The paper reports the case of an 8-year-old boy with type 1 diabetes mellitus and celiac disease who presented to the Emergency Room with bilateral periorbital oedema, low-grade fever and cough. Workup revealed nephrotic syndrome (nephrotic-range pro...

Nistagmo e diplopia: occhio alla diagnosi

Savino V, Bellini T, Siri L, De Grandis E, Tortora D, Piccotti E.

2024/8 — pag. 532-534 — DOI

Medulloblastoma is the most common malignant brain tumour in children, primarily located in the cerebellum. This clinical case highlights the importance of maintaining a high clinical suspicion and conducting timely evaluations, even when symptoms ar...

Una tumefazione mammaria

E. Desideri, S. Ventresca, S. Lasorella, M. Stella

2020/2 — pag. 117-118

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...

È davvero indispensabile fare la rachicentesi ai neonati senza segni neurologici?

G. Calvitti, F. Maisano, I. Guidotti, C. Rossi, G. Nicolini

2017/8 — pag. 493-501

Uno strano torcicollo

R. Pillon

2014/8

Quando l’apparenza inganna

S. Lega, M. Pavan

2012/6

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,...

Il lattante febbrile: analisi delle linee guida

M. Fontana, M. Capizzi, C. Stringhi

2002/7 — pag. 449-452

Existing guidelines for the case-management of the infant with fever are reviewed. Distinct approaches have been recommended for different age groups: 0-1 month, 1-3 months, 3-36 months, and for temperatures below 38 °C or above 39 °C. Although all...