Vol. 9 No. 1 (2017): Review, Original Articles, Case Reports | Mediterranean Journal of Hematology and Infectious Diseases

Eleonora De Bellis, Luana Fianchi, Francesco Buccisano, Marianna Criscuolo, Luca Maurillo, Laura Cicconi, Mattia Brescini, Maria Ilaria Del Principe, Ambra Di Veroli, Adriano Venditti, Francesco Lo-Coco, Maria Teresa Voso

DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2017.045

Pages e2017045

PDF HTML

POEMS SYNDROME: AN UPDATE

Andrea Nozza

DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2017.051

Pages e2017051

PDF HTML

SOLITARY PLASMACYTOMA

Sara Grammatico, Emilia Scalzulli, Maria Teresa Petrucci

DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2017.052

Pages e2017052

PDF HTML

NON-SECRETORY MYELOMA: READY FOR A NEW DEFINITION?

Alessandro Corso, Silvia Mangiacavalli

DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2017.053

Pages e2017053

PDF HTML

BING-NEEL SYNDROME: ILLUSTRATIVE CASES AND COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE

Marzia Varettoni, Irene Defrancesco, Luca Diamanti, Enrico Marchioni, Lisa Maria Farina, Anna Pichiecchio

DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2017.061

Pages e2017061

PDF HTML

PATIENTS WITH HAEMOGLOBINOPATHIES AND CHRONIC HEPATITIS C: A REALLY DIFFICULT TO TREAT POPULATION IN 2016?

Kalliopi Zachou, Pinelopi Arvaniti, Nikolaos K. Gatselis, Kalliopi Azariadis, Georgia Papadamou, Eirini Rigopoulou, George N. Dalekos

DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2017.003

Pages e2017003

PDF HTML

A HOSPITAL-BASED RETROSPECTIVE COMPARATIVE STUDY OF COMPLICATIONS, OUTCOMES, CLINICAL AND LABORATORY PARAMETERS OF MALARIA WITH AND WITHOUT NEUROLOGICAL INVOLVEMENT

Sohaib Ahmad, Nadia Shirazi, Nowneet Kumar Bhat, Minakshi Dhar, Garima Mittal, Manish Mittal, Nidhi Kaeley, Manoj Kumar

DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2017.006

Pages e2017006

PDF HTML

ALLOIMMUNIZATION IN PATIENTS WITH SICKLE CELL DISEASE AND THALASSAEMIA: EXPERIENCE OF SINGLE CENTRE FROM OMAN

Anil Pathare, Salam Alkindi

DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2017.013

Pages e2017013

PDF HTML

TREOSULFAN-BASED CONDITIONING REGIMEN IN SIBLING AND ALTERNATIVE DONOR HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION FOR CHILDREN WITH SICKLE CELL DISEASE

Antonio Marzollo, Elisabetta Calore, Manuela Tumino, Marta Pillon, Maria Vittoria Gazzola, Roberta Destro, Raffaella Colombatti, Piero Marson, Tiziana Tison, Anna Colpo, Chiara Mainardi, Maria Gabelli, Maria Paola Boaro, Sara Rossin, Aurora Strano, Nadia Quaglia, Federica Menzato, Giuseppe Basso, Laura Sainati, Chiara Messina

DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2017.014

Pages e2017014

PDF HTML

ASSESSMENT OF OBESITY AND HEPATIC LATE ADVERSE EFFECTS IN THE EGYPTIAN SURVIVORS OF PEDIATRIC ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA: SINGLE CENTER STUDY

Farida El-Rashedy, Mahmoud Ahmed El-Hawy, Sally El Hefnawy, Mona Mohammed

DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2017.026

Pages e2017026

PDF HTML

PEDIATRIC TUBERCULOSIS IN THE NORTH SARDINIA

Maria Grazia Clemente, Elena Dore, Lidia Abis, Paola Molicotti, Stefania Zanetti, Paolina Olmeo, Roberto Antonucci

DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2017.027

Pages e2017027

PDF HTML

INCREASED VASOOCCLUSIVE CRISIS IN “O” BLOOD GROUP SICKLE CELL DISEASE PATIENTS: ASSOCIATION WITH UNDERLYING THROMBOSPONDIN LEVELS.

M. Al Huneini, Anil Pathare

DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2017.028

Pages e2017028

PDF HTML

THE START-UP OF THE FIRST HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION CENTER IN THE IRAQI KURDISTAN: A CAPACITY-BUILDING COOPERATIVE PROJECT BY THE HIWA CANCER HOSPITAL, SULAYMANIYAH, AND THE ITALIAN AGENCY FOR DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION

Ignazio Majolino

DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2017.031

Pages e2017031

PDF HTML

BACTERIAL BLOOD STREAM INFECTIONS NEGATIVELY IMPACT ON OUTCOME OF PATIENTS TREATED WITH ALLOGENEIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION: 6 YEARS SINGLE-CENTRE EXPERIENCE

Michele Malagola

DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2017.036

Pages e2017036

PDF HTML

LIVER IRON CONTENT (LIC) IN ADULTS WITH NON-TRANSFUSION DEPENDENT SICKLE CELL DISEASE (NT-SCD). CORRELATION WITH SERUM FERRITIN AND LIVER ENZYMES CONCENTRATIONS

Vincenzo De Sanctis

DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2017.037

Pages e2017037

PDF HTML

PREVALENCE AND AETIOLOGY OF BACTEREMIA IN FEBRILE CHILDREN WITH SICKLE CELL DISEASE AT A NIGERIA TERTIARY HOSPITAL

Biobele Jotham Brown, Hannah O Dada-Adegbola, Catherine Trippe, Olufunmilayo Olopade

DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2017.039

Pages e2017039

PDF HTML

ALBUMIN COBALT BINDING OR ISCHAEMIA MODIFIED ALBUMIN: A TEST OF GREAT PROGNOSTIC VALUE IN MALARIA

Kinjalka Ghosh, M G Muddeshwar, Monoj Lokhande, Kanjaksha Ghosh

DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2017.041

Pages e2017041

PDF HTML

HAPTOGLOBIN PHENOTYPES AND SUSCEPTIBILITY OF SCHISTOSOMA PARASITES INFECTION IN CENTRAL SUDAN

Ashraf Siddig Yousif, Atif Abdelrahman Elagib

DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2017.042

Pages e2017042

PDF HTML

A POPULATION-BASED STUDY ON MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROMES IN THE LAZIO REGION (ITALY), MEDICAL MISCODING AND 11-YEAR MORTALITY FOLLOW-UP: THE GRUPPO ROMANO-LAZIALE MIELODISPLASIE EXPERIENCE OF RETROSPECTIVE MULTICENTRIC REGISTRY

Flavia Mayer, Laura Faglioni, Nera Agabiti, Susanna Fenu, Francesco Buccisano, Roberto Latagliata, Roberto Ricci, Maria Antonietta Aloe Spiriti, Caterina Tatarelli, Massimo Breccia, Giuseppe Cimino, Luana Fianchi, Svitlana Gumenyuk, Stefano Mancini, Luca Maurillo, Carolina Nobile, Pasquale Niscola, Anna Lina Piccioni, Agostino Tafuri, Giulio Trapè, Alessandro Andriani, Paolo De Fabritis, Maria Teresa Voso, Marina Davoli, Gina Zini

DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2017.046

Pages e2017046

PDF HTML

CLINICO-PATHOLOGICAL SPECTRUM AND NOVEL KARYOTYPIC FINDINGS IN MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROME: EXPERIENCE OF TERTIARY CARE CENTRE IN INDIA.

Ruchi Gupta, Khaliqur Rahman, Manish Kumar Singh, Surabhi Kumari, Geeta yadav, Soniya Nityanand

DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2017.048

Pages e2017048

PDF HTML

EBV AND HHV-6 CIRCULATING SUBTYPES IN PEOPLE LIVING WITH HIV IN BURKINA FASO, IMPACT ON CD4 T CELL COUNT AND HIV VIRAL LOAD

Lassina TRAORE, Ouéogo NIKIEMA, Abdoul Karim OUATTARA, Tegwindé Rébéca COMPAORE, Serge Théophile SOUBEIGA, Birama DIARRA, Dorcas OBIRI-YEBOAH, Pegdwendé Abel SORGHO, Florencia Wendkuuni DJIGMA, Cyrille BISSEYE, Albert Théophane YONLI, Jacques SIMPORE

DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2017.049

Pages e2017049

PDF HTML

PATTERN OF CEREBRAL BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY USING TRANSCRANIAL DOPPLER ULTRASONOGRAPHY IN CHILDREN WITH SICKLE CELL DISORDER IN LAGOS STATE, NIGERIA

Motunrayo Oluwabukola Adekunle

DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2017.050

Pages e2017050

PDF HTML

HEMATOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF YEMENI ADULTS AND CHILDREN WITH VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS. COULD EOSINOPENIA BE A SUSPICION INDEX?

Jameel Al-Ghazaly, Waled Al-Dubai, Munasser Abdullah, Leila Al-Gharasi

DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2017.056

Pages e2017056

PDF HTML

FEASIBILITY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF TUBERCULOSIS ACTIVE CASE-FINDING AMONG CHILDREN LIVING WITH TUBERCULOSIS RELATIVES: A CROSS SECTIONAL STUDY IN GUINEA-BISSAU

Raffaella Colombatti

DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2017.059

Pages e2017059

PDF HTML

OUTCOME OF FRONTLINE TREATMENT WITH “GENERIC” IMATINIB IN ADULT PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA IN ALGERIAN POPULATION: A MULTICENTER STUDY

Mohamed Amine BEKADJA

DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2017.062

Pages e2017062

PDF HTML

FOETAL HAEMOGLOBIN AND DISEASE SEVERITY IN NIGERIAN CHILDREN WITH SICKLE CELL ANAEMIA.

Oluwagbemiga Adeodu, Morenike Akinlosotu, Samuel Adegoke, Saheed Oseni

DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2017.063

Pages e2017063

PDF HTML

Correlation to FVIII:C in two thrombin generation tests: TGA-CAT and INNOVANCE ETP

Marcus Ljungkvist

DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2017.064

Pages e2017064

PDF HTML

MOLECULAR SCREENING FOR MALARIA AMONG BLOOD DONORS IN A WHO CLAIMED REGION OF EGYPT, FAYOUM GOVERNORATE

Salwa Bakr Hassan

DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2017.065

Pages e2017065

PDF HTML

The Efficacy and Safety of Sofosbuvir Containing Regimen in the Treatment of Hcv Infection in Patients with Haemoglobinopathy

Nawfal R Hussein

DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2017.005

Pages e2017005

PDF HTML

VCAM-1 and ICAM-1 serum levels as markers of relapse in visceral leishmaniasis

Alexandros Makis, Sophia Tsabouri, Paraskevi Karagouni, Maria Rogalidou, Irene Sionti, Nikolaos Chaliasos

DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2017.011

Pages e2017011

PDF HTML

Impact of Donor-Specific anti-HLA antibodies and donor KIR characteristics in haploidentical HSCT for beta-Thalassemia

Marco Andreani, Manuela Testi, Pietro Sodani, Maria Troiano, Andrea Di Luzio, Giuseppe Testa, Michela Falco, Elvira Poggi, Javid Gaziev, Antonina Piazza

DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2017.020

Pages e2017020

PDF HTML

Respiratory function in pediatric African SCA patients underwent bone marrow transplantation

Antonella Isgrò, Javid Gaziev, Marco Marziali, Katia Paciaroni, Gioia De Angelis, Cecilia Alfieri, Michela Ribersani, Festus Olusola Olowoselu, Guido Lucarelli

DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2017.030

Pages e2017030

PDF HTML

How we manage invasive fungal disease in acute myeloid leukemia patients with Glucose 6 Dehydrogenase deficiency

Marco Sanna, Giovanni Caocci, Giorgio La Nasa

DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2017.047

Pages e2017047

PDF HTML

Effectiveness and Safety of Sitagliptin in Patients with Beta-thalassaemia Major and Diabetes Mellitus: A Case Series

Shahrzad Zonoozi

DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2017.004

Pages e2017004

PDF HTML

A Young Adult with Unintentional Acute Parenteral Iron intoxication Treated with Oral Chelation: The Use of Liver Ferriscan.

Vincenzo De Sanctis

DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2017.008

Pages e2017008

PDF HTML

A strange case of Malaria in a Nigerian native boy.

Paola Magro, Ilaria Izzo, Barbara Saccani, Salvatore Casari, Silvio Caligaris, Lina Rachele Tomasoni, Alberto Matteelli, Annamaria Lombardi, Antonella Meini, Francesco Castelli

DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2017.023

Pages e2017023

PDF HTML

Morphologic confounders and CD19 negativity in a case of hairy cell leukemia.

Pulkit Rastogi, Sreejesh Sreedharanunni, Uday Yanamandra, Man Updesh Singh Sachdeva, Neelam Varma

DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2017.033

Pages e2017033

PDF HTML

Acquired von Willebrand Syndrome associated to secondary IgM MGUS emerging after Autologous Stem Cell Transplantation for AL Amyloidosis

Victor H Jimenez-Zepeda, Hina Qamar, Adrienne Lee, Karen Valentine, Leslie Skeith

DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2017.034

Pages e2017034

PDF HTML

Idiopathic pulmonary embolism in a case of severe family ANKRD26 thrombocytopenia

Jérôme Guison, Gilles Blaison, Oana Stoica, Remy Hurstel, Marie Favier, Remi Favier

DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2017.038

Pages e2017038

PDF HTML

Lenalidomide and temozolomide combination in a very elderly patient with CNS relapse of diffuse large b-cell lymphoma.

Emanuele Cencini, Alberto Fabbri, Umberto Arrigucci, Alfonso Cerase, Monica Bocchia

DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2017.040

Pages e2017040

PDF HTML

Hairy B-cell lymphoproliferative disorder and its differential diagnosis: a case with long-term follow-up

Kensuke Matsuda, Yosuke Matsumoto, Mihiko Yoshida, Kazuho Shimura, Hiroto Kaneko, Tohru Inaba, Shigeo Horiike, Junya Kuroda, Masafumi Taniwaki

DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2017.054

Pages e2017054

PDF HTML

Graves’ disease thyrotoxicosis and propylthiouracil related agranulocytosis successfully treated with therapeutic plasma exchange and g-csf followed by total thyroidectomy.

Anna Candoni

DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2017.058

Pages e2017058

PDF HTML

Transfusion-related acute lung injury (TRALI) in two thalassaemia patients caused by the same multiparous blood donor

George J Kontoghiorghes

DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2017.060

Pages e2017060

PDF HTML

Myeloid neoplasms with isolated isochromosome 17q: a yet to be defined entity

Eleftheria Lamprianidou, Chryssoula Kordella, Menelaos Papoutselis, Zoi Bezyrgiannidou, Evangelia Nakou, Spyros Papamichos, Emmanouil Spanoudakis, Andreas Giannopoulos, Katerina Zoi, Ioannis Kotsianidis

DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2017.066

Pages e2017066

PDF HTML

A 9month-old-boy with atypical hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis

Monia Ouederni, MONIA BEN KHALED, Samia Rekaya, Ilhem Ben Fraj, Fethi Mellouli, Mohamed Bejaoui

DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2017.057

Pages e2017057

PDF HTML

Defining invasive fungal infection risk in hematological malignancies: a new tool for clinical practice

Benedetta Rambaldi, Domenico Russo, Livio Pagano

DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2017.012

Pages e2017012

PDF HTML

Zika virus infection - Proposed Management Strategies

Viroj Wiwanitkit

DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2017.016

Pages e2017016

PDF HTML

The importance of updating and continuous education on imported emerging diseases.

Alessandro Bartoloni, Lorenzo Zammarchi

DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2017.022

Pages e2017022

PDF HTML

H1N1 influenza among hematological patients: monocentric influenza cases from 2011 to 2016.

Elisabetta Metafuni, Rosaria Santangelo, Patrizia Chiusolo, Luca Laurenti, Federica Sorà, Sabrina Giammarco, Simona Sica

DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2017.024

Pages e2017024

PDF HTML

Emerging cases of pertussis among early infants born to unvaccinated mothers, an infectious disease long absent in Northwestern Greece

Alexandros Makis, Vasileios Grammeniatis, Charis Galati, Panagiota Kostara, Evangelia Petridou, Constantina Gartzonika, Athanasios Pappas, Nikolaos Chaliasos

DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2017.043

Pages e2017043

PDF HTML

Peripheral T-Cell Lymphoma in mediastinum lymph nodes and lung associated to histoplasmosis in a patient with Chronic Lymphoid Leukemia/Small Lymphocytic Lymphoma

Cristiano Claudino Oliveira

DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2017.044

Pages e2017044

PDF HTML

Should every patient with MDS get iron chelation – probably yes.

Kanjaksha Ghosh, Emanuele Angelucci, Federica Pilo, Kinjalka Ghosh

DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2017.055

Pages e2017055

PDF HTML

Review, Original Articles, Case Reports

Highlights

Review Articles

Original Articles

Scientific Letters

Case Reports

MJHID Educational Clinical Cases

Letters to Editor