Vol. 11 No. 1 (2019): Review Articles, Original Articles, Scientific Letters, Case Reports, Letters to Editor. | Mediterranean Journal of Hematology and Infectious Diseases

Andreas Giannopoulos, Niki Rougkala, Theodoros Loupis, Marina Mantzourani, Nora-Athina Viniou, Eleni Variami, Theodoros Vassilakopoulos, George Dryllis, Ioannis Kotsianidis, Theodora Gougopoulou, Marianna Politou, Konstantinos Konstantopoulos, George Vassilopoulos

DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2019.009

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THE USE OF HPLC AS A TOOL FOR NEONATAL CORD BLOOD SCREENING OF HAEMOGLOBINOPATHY - A VALIDATION STUDY

A. Al-Madhani, Anil Pathare, Salam Alkindi

DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2019.005

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RESPIRATORY VIRAL INFECTIONS IN CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS WITH HEMATOLOGICAL MALIGNANCIES

Seung Beom Han, Ju Ae Shin, Seong koo Kim, Jae Wook Lee, Dong-Gun Lee, Nack-Gyun Chung, Bin Cho, Dae Chul Jeong, Jin Han Kang

DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2019.006

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BONE MINERAL DENSITY AND VITAMIN D RECEPTOR GENETIC VARIANTS IN EGYPTIAN CHILDREN WITH BETA THALASSEMIA ON VITAMIN D SUPPLEMENTATION

Hadeer A Abbassy, Reham Abdel Haleem Abo Elwafa, Omneya Magdy Omar

DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2019.013

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SOLUBLE ST2 AND CD163 AS POTENTIALBIOMARKERS TO DIFFERENTIATE PRIMARY HEMOPHAGOCYTIC LYMPHOHISTIOCYTOSIS FROM MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION SYNDROME

Zhuo Gao, Yini Wang, Jingshi Wang, Jia Zhang, Zhao Wang

DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2019.008

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INCREASE IN CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS CANDIDEMIA IN CANCER PATIENTS

Mingyue Sun, Chunguang Chen, weiqiang xiao, yanmin Chang, cailin Liu, Qingxia Xu

DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2019.012

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CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE AMONGST SICKLE CELL ANAEMIA PATIENT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MAIDUGURI TEACHING HOSPITAL, NORTH EASTERN NIGERIA: A STUDY OF PREVALENCE AND RISK FACTORS

Audu Abdullahi Bukar, Mohammad Maina Sulaiman, Adama Isa Ladu, Aisha Mohammed Abba, Mohammed Kabir Ahmed, Gideon Thomas Marama, Usman Ali Medugu Abjah

DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2019.010

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CAN BASE EXCESS BE USED FOR PREDICT TO NEONATAL SEPSIS IN PRETERM NEWBORNS?

Sema arayıcı

DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2019.014

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PROGNOSTIC IMPACT OF IMMUNOHISTOCHEMICAL P53 EXPRESSION IN BONE MARROW BIOPSY IN HIGHER RISK MDS: A PILOT STUDY

Alfredo Molteni, Emanuele Ravano, Marta Riva, Michele Nichelatti, Laura Bandiera, Lara Crucitti, Mauro Truini, Roberto Cairoli

DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2019.015

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SPECTRUM AND IMMUNOPHENOTYPIC PROFILE OF ACUTE LEUKEMIA: A TERTIARY CENTER FLOW CYTOMETRY EXPERIENCE

Nishit Gupta, Ravikiran Pawar, Sambhunath Banerjee, Subhajit Brahma, Asish Rath, Sundar Shewale, Mayur Parihar, Manish Singh, Arun SR, Shekhar Krishnan, Arpita Bhattacharyya, Anirban Das, Jeevan Kumar, Saurabh Bhave, Vivek Radhakrishnan, Reena nair, Mammen Chandy, Neeraj Arora, Deepak Kumar Mishra

DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2019.017

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DIFFERENCES IN EX-VIVO CHEMOSENSITIVITY TO ANTHRACYCLINES IN FIRST LINE ACUTE MYELOID LEUKEMIA

Juan Eduardo Megias-Vericat, David Martínez-Cuadrón, Joaquin Martínez López, Juan Miguel Bergua, Mar Tormo, Josefina Serrano, Ataulfo González, Jaime Pérez de Oteyza, Susana Vives, Belen Vidriales, Pilar Herrera, Juan Antonio Vera, Aurelio López Martínez, Adolfo De la Fuente, María Lourdes Amador, José Ángel Hernández-Rivas, María Ángeles Fernández, Carlos Javier Cerveró, Daniel Morillo, Pilar Hernández Campo, Julián Gorrochategui, Daniel Primo, José Luis Rojas, Margarita Guenova, Joan Ballesteros, Miguel Ángel Sanz, Pau Montesinos

DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2019.016

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H1N1 INFECTION IN PREGNANCY; A RETROSPECTIVE STUDY OF FETO-MATERNAL OUTCOME AND IMPACT OF THE TIMING OF ANTIVIRAL THERAPY

Naser Al-Husban, Dr. Prof., Nathir Obeidat, Dr. Prof., Oqba Al-Kuran, Dr. Prof., Khaled Al Oweidat, Dr. Prof., Faris Bakri, Dr. Prof.

DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2019.020

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SURVIVAL PROBABILITY IN PATIENTS WITH SICKLE CELL ANEMIA USING THE COMPETITIVE RISK STATISTICAL MODEL

Samir Ballas, Emilia Matos do Nascimento, PhD, Clarisse Lopes de Castro Lobo, MD, Basilio de Bragança Pereira, PhD

DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2019.022

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COMPARISON OF THE POWER OF PROCALCITONIN AND C-REACTIVE PROTEIN TO DISCRIMINATE BETWEEN DIFFERENT AETIOLOGIES OF FEVER IN PROLONGED PROFOUND NEUTROPENIA: A SINGLE-CENTRE PROSPECTIVE OBSERVATIONAL STUDY.

Anke Verlinden, Veronique De Vroey, Herman Goossens, Ella Roelant, Ann Van de Velde, Zwi Berneman, Wilfried Schroyens, Alain Gadisseur

DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2019.023

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FINAL HEIGHT AND ENDOCRINE COMPLICATIONS IN PATIENTS WITH ?-THALASSSEMIA INTERMEDIA: OUR EXPERIENCE IN NON-TRANSFUSED VERSUS INFREQUENTLY TRANSFUSED PATIENTS AND CORRELATIONS WITH LIVER IRON CONTENT

Vincenzo De Sanctis, Mohamed Yassin

DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2019.026

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LANGERANS CELL HISTIOCYTOSIS: SINGLE CENTER EXPERIENCE OF 25 YEARS

Gulen Tuysuz, İnci Yildiz, Nihal Ozdemir, Ibrahim Adaletli, Sebuh Kurugoglu, Hilmi Apak, Sergulen Dervisoglu, Selen Bozkurt, Tiraje Celkan

DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2019.035

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TREATMENT PATTERNS IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC-PHASE CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKAEMIA IN ROUTINE CLINICAL PRACTICE: THE SIMPLICITY ITALIAN POPULATION

Elisabetta Abruzzese

DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2019.025

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DIRECT ACTING ANTIVIRAL TREATMENT FOR PATIENTS WITH END STAGE KIDNEY DISEASE WITH ACUTE HCV INFECTION

Nawfal R Hussein, Zana Saleem, Kais Abd

DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2019.034

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NUCLEOTIDE SUBSTITUTIONS IN HEPATITIS B VIRUSES DERIVED FROM CHRONIC HBV PATIENTS

Narjes Shokatpour, Maryam Vaezjalali, Graham R Foster, Shahnaz Sali

DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2019.046

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HOMOZYGOUS DELETION ALFA-THALASSEMIA AND HEREDITARY PERSISTENCE OF FETAL HEMOGLOBIN, TWO GENETIC FACTORS PREDICTIVE THE REDUCTION OF MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY DURING PREGNANCY IN SICKLE CELL PATIENTS . A REPORT FROM DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

Tite Minga MIKOBI, Prosper Tshilobo LUKUSA

DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2019.039

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MOLECULAR ANALYSIS OF NON-TRANSFUSION DEPENDENT THALASSEMIA ASSOCIATED WITH HEMOGLOBIN E-?-THALASSEMIA DISEASE WITHOUT ?--THALASSEMIA

Paramee Phanrahan, Supawadee Yamsri, Nattiya Teawtrakul, Goonnapa Fucharoen, Kanokwan Sanchaisuriya, Supan Fucharoen

DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2019.038

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MALNUTRITION, SEPSIS AND TUMOR LYSIS SYNDROME ARE ASSOCIATED WITH INCREASED RATE OF ACUTE MORTALITY IN MATURE B CELL NON-HODGKIN LYMPHOMA IN PEDIATRIC POPULATION- STUDY FROM TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL IN PAKISTAN

Raheela Mansoor

DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2019.043

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PREVALENCE OF BLATEM, BLASHV, AND BLACTX-M GENES AMONG ESBL-PRODUCING KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE AND ESCHERICHIA COLI ISOLATED FROM THALASSEMIA IN ERBIL, IRAQ

Pishtiwan Ahmad Hamad, Khalil Mustafa Khadija

DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2019.041

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DIRECT ORAL ANTICOAGULANTS IN PATIENTS AFFECTED BY MAJOR CONGENITAL THROMBOPHILIA

alessandra serrao, benedetta lucani, davide mansour, antonietta ferretti, erminia baldacci, cristina santoro, robin foà, antonio chistolini

DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2019.044

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COMPARISON OF PRESEPSIN, PROCALCITONIN, INTERLEUKIN-8 AND C-REACTIVE PROTEIN IN PREDICTING BACTERAEMIA IN FEBRILE NEUTROPENIC ADULT PATIENTS WITH HAEMATOLOGICAL MALIGNANCIES

Irena Kostic, Carmela Gurrieri, Elisa Piva, Gianpietro Semenzato, Mario Plebani, Ilaria Caputo, Fabrizio Vianello

DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2019.047

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PREVALENCE AND FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH HUMAN PARVOVIRUS B19 INFECTION IN SICKLE CELL PATIENTS HOSPITALIZED IN TANZANIA

Florence Urio, Humphrey George, Furahini Tluway, Thomas B Nyambo, Bruno P Mmbando, Julie Makani

DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2019.054

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CMV MANAGEMENT WITH SPECIFIC IMMUNOGLOBULINS: A MULTICENTRIC RETROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS ON 92 ALLOTRANSPLANTED PATIENTS.

Michele Malagola, Raffaella Greco, Stella Santarone, Anna Paola Iori, Luisa Quatrocchi, Walter Barberi, Bruzzese Antonella, Salvatore Leotta, Alessandra Carotti, Antonio Pierini, Simon Bernardi, Enrico Morello, Nicola Polverelli, Alessandro Turra, Federica Cattina, Lisa Gandolfi, Benedetta Rambaldi, Francesca Lorentino, Francesca Serio, Annalisa Natale, Giuseppe Milone, Andrea Velardi, Robin Foà, Fabio Ciceri, Domenico Russo, Jacopo Peccatori

DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2019.048

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SEROLOGICAL CHANGES AGAINST HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN IN CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS RECEIVING CHEMOTHERAPY FOR ACUTE LEUKEMIA

Seung Beom Han, Hye Jo Shin, Eui Soo Lee, Jae Wook Lee, Nack-Gyun Chung, Bin Cho, Jin Han Kang

DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2019.052

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PLATELET TO LYMPHOCYTE RATIO IN NEONATES: A PREDICTOR OF EARLY ONSET NEONATAL SEPSIS

Birol Karabulut, Baran Cengiz Arcagok

DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2019.055

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NURSING MANAGEMENT OF HAEMORRHAGIC CYSTITIS IN PATIENTS UNDERGOING HAEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION: A MULTICENTRE ITALIAN SURVEY

alvisa palese, chiara visintini, margherita venturini, gianpaolo gargiulo, stefano botti

DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2019.051

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PREGNANCY LOSS IN WOMEN WITH HIV IS NOT ASSOCIATED WITH HIV MARKERS: DATA FROM A NATIONAL STUDY IN ITALY, 2001-2018

Marco Floridia, Giulia Masuelli, Beatrice Tassis, Enrica Tamburrini, Valeria Savasi, Matilde Sansone, Arsenio Spinillo, Giuseppina Liuzzi, Anna Degli Antoni, Serena Dalzero, Laura Franceschetti, Giuliana Simonazzi, Gianpaolo Maso, Daniela Francisci, Carmela Pinnetti, Marina Ravizza

DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2019.050

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MONITORING OF PARTICLE ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION AND FUNGAL ISOLATIONS DURING HOSPITAL BUILDING-WORK ACTIVITIES IN A HEMATOLOGY WARD.

Fabio Pattavina, Daniele Ignazio La Milia, Sara Vincenti, Barbara Fiori, Riccardo Torelli, Malgorzata Wachocka, Umberto Moscato, Simona Sica, Walter Ricciardi, Patrizia Laurenti

DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2019.062

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VIRAL ETIOLOGY OF ACUTE RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS IN PEDIATRIC PATIENTS IN LEBANON

Khaldoun Masoud, Ghassan Matar, Ghassan Dbaibo, Geoarge F Araj, Hasan Zaraket, Rima Hanna Wakim

DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2019.059

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IS IT SAFE AND COST SAVING TO DEFER THE CD4+ CELL COUNT MONITORING IN STABLE PATIENTS ON ART WITH MORE THAN 350 OR 500 CELLS/µL?

Benedetto Maurizio Celesia, Dr., Andrea Marino, Dr., Rosa Fontana del Vecchio, Dr., Roberto Bruno, Dr., Filippo Palermo, Professor, Maria Gussio, Dr., Giuseppe Nunnari, Professor, Bruno Cacopardo, Professor

DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2019.063

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DIAGNOSTIC PERFORMANCE AND SAFETY OF BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE IN THROMBOCYTOPENIC HAEMATOLOGICAL PATIENTS FOR ASPERGILLOSIS DIAGNOSIS: A MONOCENTRIC, RETROSPECTIVE EXPERIENCE.

Mariagiovanna Cefalo, Ermanno Puxeddu, Loredana Sarmati, giovangiacinto paterno, Carla Fontana, Daniela Nassa, Gloria Pane, Eleonora De Bellis, Raffaele Palmieri, Elisa Buzzatti, Federico Meconi, Roberta Laureana, Paola Casciani, Anna Giulia Zizzari, Paola Rogliani, Paolo de Fabritiis, Luca Maurillo, Francesco Buccisano, Maria Cantonetti, William Arcese, Adriano Venditti, Maria Ilaria Del Principe

DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2019.065

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PREVALENCE OF HEPATITIS B, HEPATITIS C AND HIV IN MULTIPLY TRANSFUSED SICKLE CELL DISEASE PATIENTS FROM OMAN

Anil Pathare, Salam Alkindi, prof.

DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2019.058

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THE COURSE OF HEPATITIS C INFECTION AND RESPONSE TO ANTI-VIRAL THERAPY IN PATIENTS WITH THALASSEMIA MAJOR AND HEPATITIS C INFECTION: A LONGITUDINAL, PROSPECTIVE STUDY.

Sanaa Kamal, Sara Abdelhakam, Dr., Dahlia Ghoraba, Mohamad Amer Mohsen, Ahmed Abdelsalam, Huda Hassan, Leila Nabeigh

DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2019.060

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SERO PREVALENCE OF TOXARA CANIS IN THE CITY OF CATANIA, ITALY.

Alessandra Nicoletti, Calogero Edoardo Cicero, Antonia Mantella, Loretta Giuliano, Cristina Rascunà, Vincenza Paradisi, Alessandro Bartoloni, Mario Zappia, Vito Sofia

DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2019.031

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A real-world study on Clofarabine and Cytarabine combination in patients with relapsed/refractory acute myeloid leukemia

Claudio Fozza, Valeria Crobu, Giovanni Caocci, Giorgio La Nasa, Giovanni Sotgiu, Laura Saderi

DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2019.032

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Azacytidine failure revisited: an appraisal based on real life data from the MDS registry of the Hellenic Myelodysplastic Syndrome Study Group (HMDS).

IOANNIS KOTSIANIDIS

DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2019.045

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Does splenectomy influence the development of Hypothyroidism in Transfusion Dependent Thalassemia Patients? A retrospective study.

Christos KATTAMIS, Myrto Skafida, Christalena Sofocleous, Antonis Kattamis

DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2019.064

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In Vivo Emergence of UL56 C325Y Cytomegalovirus Resistance to Letermovir in a Patient with Acute Myeloid Leukemia after Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation

Jochen J Frietsch, Detlef Michel, Thomas Stamminger, Friederike Hunstig, Sebastian Birndt, Ulf Schnetzke, Sebastian Scholl, Andreas Hochhaus, Inken Hilgendorf

DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2019.001

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Bortezomib maintenance for the treatment of Monoclonal Gammopathy of Renal Significance

Holly Lee, Peter Duggan, Ernesta Paola Neri, Jason Tay, Victor Jimenez Zepeda

DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2019.007

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Novel deleterious sequence change in the NLRP12 gene in a child with autoinflammatory syndrome, joint hypermobility and cutis laxa from India.

Kanjaksha Ghosh, Kanchan Mishra, Avani Shah, Parizad Patel, Shrimati Shetty

DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2019.018

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West Nile virus encephalitis in haematological setting: report of two cases and brief review of the literature

Isacco Ferrarini, Antonella Rigo, Alberto Gandini, Fabrizio Vinante

DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2019.033

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Response to Interferon-Free Direct Antivirals (DAAS) Treatment in HCV-Related Subcutaneous Lipoma-Like Marginal Zone B-Cell Lymphoma

Maria Lucia De Luca, Laura Lombardi, Germana Tartaglia, Francesca Fazio, Alessio Di Prima, Laura Cesini, Alessandra Serrao, Martina Canichella, Alessandro Pulsoni

DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2019.053

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Response to ibrutinib of a refractory IgA lymphoplasmacytic lymphoma carrying the MYD88 L265P gene mutation

Francesca Maria Quaglia, Gian Matteo Rigolin, Elena Saccenti, Massimo Negrini, Eleonora Volta, Melissa Dabusti, Maria Ciccone, Antonio Urso, Michele Laudisi, Antonio Cuneo

DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2019.057

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Rhino-Orbital-Cerebral Mucormycosis after Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation and Isavuconazole Therapeutic Drug Monitoring during Intestinal Graft versus Host Disease

Giacomo Andreani, Gianluca Fadda, Dario Gned, Matteo Dragani, Giovanni Cavallo, Valentina Monticone, Alessandro Morotti, Marco De Gobbi, Angelo Guerrasio, Antonio D'Avolio, Daniela Cilloni

DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2019.061

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Assessment of cabin crew awareness about malaria in a major airline

Soha Shawqi Albayat, DR., Suresh B Kokku, DR., Hamad Eid Al-Romaihi, DR., Devendra Bansal, Hayat Salahaldin Khogali, DR., Elmoubasher Farag, DR.

DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2019.049

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