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Commentary

Antimicrobial stewardship in primary health care programs in humanitarian settings: the time to act is now

Truppa C, Alonso B, Clezy K, Deglise C, Dromer C,  et al.
2023-09-04 • Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control
2023-09-04 • Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control
Fragile and conflict-affected settings bear a disproportionate burden of antimicrobial resistance, due to the compounding effects of weak health policies, disrupted medical supply chains...
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Case Report/Series

Retrospective analysis of fungemia among children in Anka General Hospital, Nigeria, from October 2018 to November 2021: a case series

Olubiyo R, Chukwumeze F, Lawal AM, Oloruntuyi G, Musoka H,  et al.
2023-07-18 • Oxford Medical Case Reports
2023-07-18 • Oxford Medical Case Reports
Yeast-related bloodstream infections (BSIs) in pediatric patients are associated with severe acute malnutrition (SAM), hematological/oncological malignancies and admission to an intensiv...
Conference Material
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Poster

Post-traumatic Pseudomonas aeruginosa osteomyelitis patients admitted to MSF orthopaedic centers in Mosul, Iraq and Gaza, Palestine: a retrospective study

Qasim A, Aqel R, Walker C, Moussally K, Alnajjar M,  et al.
2023-06-07 • MSF Scientific Day International 2023
2023-06-07 • MSF Scientific Day International 2023
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Review

C-reactive protein and procalcitonin use in adults in low- and middle-income countries: a narrative review

Lamrous A, Repetto EC, Depp T, Jimenez C, Chua AC,  et al.
2023-05-17 • JAC-Antimicrobial Resistance
2023-05-17 • JAC-Antimicrobial Resistance
OBJECTIVES
C-reactive protein (CRP) and procalcitonin (PCT) are widely used biomarkers in high-income countries. However, evidence for their use in low- and middle-income countries (...
Journal Article
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Research

When first line treatment of neonatal infection is not enough: blood culture and resistance patterns in neonates requiring second line antibiotic therapy in Bangui, Central African Republic

Nebbioso A, Ogundipe OF, Repetto EC, Mekiedje C, Sanke-Waigana H,  et al.
2021-12-13 • BMC Pediatrics
2021-12-13 • BMC Pediatrics
BACKGROUND
Infectious diseases account for the third most common cause of neonatal deaths. Globally, antibiotic resistance (ABR) has been increasingly challenging neonatal sepsis tre...
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Research

Profile of Trypanosoma cruzi infection in a tropical medicine reference center, Northern Italy

Gobbi F, Angheben A, Anselmi M, Postiglione C, Repetto EC,  et al.
2014-12-11 • PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
2014-12-11 • PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
BACKGROUND
Chagas disease (CD) is endemic in Central and South America, Mexico and even in some areas of the United States. However, cases have been increasingly recorded also in no...
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Research

Prevalence of MDR bacteria in an acute trauma hospital in Port-au-Prince, Haiti: a retrospective analysis from 2012 to 2018

Acma A, Williams A, Repetto EC, Cabral S, Sunyoto T,  et al.
2021-09-06 • JAC-Antimicrobial Resistance
2021-09-06 • JAC-Antimicrobial Resistance
BACKGROUND
Antibiotic resistance (ABR) is recognized as an increasing threat to global health. Haiti declared ABR an emerging public health threat in 2018, however, the current surve...
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Review

The socioeconomic burden of antibiotic resistance in conflict-affected settings and refugee hosting countries: a systematic scoping review

Kobeissi L, Menassa M, Mousally K, Repetto EC, Soboh I,  et al.
2021-04-06 • Conflict and Health
2021-04-06 • Conflict and Health
BACKGROUND
Antibiotic resistance (ABR) is a major global threat. Armed and protracted conflicts act as multipliers of infection and ABR, thus leading to increased healthcare and soci...
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Research

Serological evaluation for Chagas disease in migrants from Latin American countries resident in Rome, Italy

Pane S, Giancola ML, Piselli P, Corpolongo A, Repetto EC,  et al.
2018-05-08 • BMC Infectious Diseases
2018-05-08 • BMC Infectious Diseases
Chagas disease (CD) is a systemic parasitic infection caused by the protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi, whose chronic phase may lead to cardiac and intestinal disorders. Endemic in Latin Americ...
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Research

Neglect of a neglected disease in Italy: the challenge of access-to-care for Chagas disease in Bergamo area

Repetto EC, Zachariah R, Kumar AMV, Angheben A, Gobbi F,  et al.
2015-09-25 • PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
2015-09-25 • PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
OBJECTIVES
Chagas disease (CD) represents a growing problem in Europe; Italy is one of the most affected countries but there is no national framework for CD and access-to-care is cha...
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Research

Chagas disease knocks on our door: a cross-sectional study among Latin American immigrants in Milan, Italy

Antinori S, Galimberti L, Grande R, Bianco R, Oreni L,  et al.
2018-03-16 • Clinical Microbiology and Infection
2018-03-16 • Clinical Microbiology and Infection
OBJECTIVES:
We aimed to assess the prevalence and risk factors for Chagas disease (CD) in Latin American immigrants and to evaluate the accuracy of diagnostic tests. Moreover, we of...
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Research

Lessons learnt from TB screening in closed immigration centres in Italy

Crepet A, Repetto EC, Al Rousan A, Sane Schepisi M, Girardi E,  et al.
2016-05-20 • International Health
2016-05-20 • International Health
BACKGROUND
Between June 2012 and December 2013 Médecins Sans Frontières launched a pilot project with the aim of testing a strategy for improving timely diagnosis of active pulmonary...
Journal Article
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Commentary

How COVID-19 highlighted the need for infection prevention and control measures to become central to the global conversation: experience from the conflict settings of the Middle East

Mouallem RE, Moussally K, Williams A, Repetto EC, Menassa M,  et al.
2021-08-19 • International Journal of Infectious Diseases
2021-08-19 • International Journal of Infectious Diseases
The COVID-19 pandemic has managed to bring to the foreground, in just few months, the conversation around what Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) experts have been pushing for decade...
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Research

The challenge of antibiotic resistance in post-war Mosul, Iraq: An analysis of 20 months microbiological samples from a tertiary orthopaedic care centre

M'Aiber S, Maamari K, Williams A, Albakry Z, Taher AQM,  et al.
2022-06-01 • Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance
2022-06-01 • Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance
BACKGROUND
Iraq has suffered unrest and conflicts in the past decades leaving behind a weakened healthcare system. In 2018, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) opened a tertiary orthopaed...
Conference Material
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Poster

Retrospective analysis of fungemia among children in Anka General Hospital, Nigeria, from October 2018 to November 2021: A case series

Philip RR, Chukwumeze F, Lawal AM, Oloruntuyi G, Musoka H,  et al.
2022-11-30 • MSF Paediatric Days 2022
2022-11-30 • MSF Paediatric Days 2022