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Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Policlinico "P.
Giaccone" Palermo
Department of Sciences for Health Promotion and
Mother-Child Care, University of Palermo,
Correspondence
[street Via del Vespro 141]
[city Palermo], [state Italy] zip[, 90127]
[email protected]
Phone: [0039091309307]
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Paola Di Carlo, MD
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Paola_Di_Carlo2
PERSONAL DETAILS
Name Paola Di Carlo
Date of birth 19/12/1965
Full-time Medical Researcher (SSD MED 17) at the University of Palermo since 01/09/2000.
I've achieved the title of associate professor during the evaluation tests for the Italian national scientific qualification in the first
session 2012; https://abilitazione.cineca.it/ministero.php/public/esitoAbilitati/settore/06%252FD4/fascia/2
Telephone n. (work) (+39) 0916554062
Fax n. (work) (+39) 0916554060
E-mail (work) [email protected]; my personal contact: [email protected]
Education
High School:
Medical School:
Medical graduation:
Lyceum “G. Meli”, Palermo, “Maturità classica”
University of Palermo, School of Medicine, M.D.,
Final mark 110/110 summa cum laude
Thesis title: “Infectious pathology in immigrant patients”.
Date
Occupation or position held
October 1996 - June 1998
Junior Doctor in training
General Medicine Training course.
May 1996 - September 1996
Out-of-hours Health Service Doctor
Local Health Services Unit n. 6, Palermo
November 1995 - April 1996
Trainee Physician Assistant
School of Specialization in Paediatrics
After winning a competition to specialize in paediatrics, I worked in the Paediatrics Unit of
the “Aiuto Materno” Hospital, under the supervision of Prof. A. Albeggiani.
Following a decree issued by (then-)Health Minister Rosy Bindi forbidding a second
specialization, I was requested by Palermo University to withdraw.
October 1991 – October 1995
Trainee Physician Assistant in the School of Specialization in Infectious Diseases, Paediatric
Infectious Diseases Department, Institute of Infectious Pathology and Virology.
Scientific Disciplinary Sector “Infectious Diseases”.
ARNAS Children’s Hospital, P.zza Montalto, 8, 90127 Palermo
Research Experience February 1996
Chiron-Vaccine, Siena
Work experience placement in the Human Serology Laboratory. Measurement of antiHaemophilus influenzae type b antibodies, post vaccination
2010, Principal Investigator, final ranking score 10/36 (4 best score-36 worst score) unfunded
project.
Goal-oriented research: Surveillance of multi-drug resistant (MDR) micro-organism and fungi
colonization and infections acquired in a nosocomial setting, with particular reference to surgical
infections in cancer patients and emergency surgery patients, Project Code:RF-2010-2309791
2004, Principal Investigator
Palermo University
ORPA045473: Studio di sorveglianza sulla circolazione di stipiti di Pseudomonas aeruginosa
produttori di metallo beta lattamasi (MBL)
(Surveillance study on the circulation of metallo-beta-lactamase (MBL)-producing strains of
Pseudomonas aeruginosa.)
2005, Principal Investigator
Palermo University
ORPA058205: Epidemiologia e caratterizzazione molecolare delle ESBL prodotte da
enterobatteri isolati da pazienti ospedalizzati
(Epidemiology and molecular characterization of ESBLs produced by enterobacteriaceae isolated
from hospitalized patients.)
2006, Principal Investigator
Palermo University
ORPA0642NF: Epidemiologia e caratterizzazione molecolare delle ESBL prodotte da
enterobatteri isolati da pazienti ospedalizzati (Epidemiology and molecular characterization of
ESBLs produced by enterobacteriaceae isolated from hospitalized patients).
2007, Principal Investigator
Palermo University
ORPA073BRB: Management delle infezioni da gram positivi resistenti in pazienti ospedalizzati e
differenziazione con strumenti di epidemiologia molecolare tra patogeni acquisiti in comunità e
microrganismi ospedalieri.
(Management of resistant gram positive infections in hospitalized patients and differentiation
using molecular epidemiology instruments between community-acquired pathogens and
hospital microorganisms.)
2005, Participation in PRIM 2005, 067184_001
Palermo University
Tipizzazione molecolare di stipiti di Listeria monocytogenes isolati in Italia da fonte umana,
alimentare ed animale. Valutazione e confronto di tecniche di tipizzazione, elaborazione ed
applicazione di protocolli standardizzati: Pulsed Field Gel Electrophoresis (PFGE) e tecniche
basate sull'amplificazione genica.
(Molecular typification of Listeria monocytogenes strains isolated from humans, food and
animals in Italy. Evaluation and comparison of typification, elaboration and application of
standard protocols: Pulsed Field Gel Electrophoresis (PFGE) and techniques based on gene
amplification.)
2001, Scientific Coordinator
Infectious Diseases Division, Institute of Experimental Veterinary Medicine, Via Gino
Marinuzzi, 3-90129, Palermo
IZS SI 06/01/RC: Studio e Validazione di Metodi Analitici tradizionali e innovativi per
l’Isolamento in Alimenti di Origine Animale di Enteroccus spp resistenti ai Glicopeptidi (GRE).
Confronto fenotipico e genotipico con stipiti isolati da Fonte Umana.
(Study and Validation of Traditional and Innovative Analaytical Methods to isolate
glycopeptide-resistant enterococci (GRE) from food animals. Phenotype and genotype
comparison with strains isolated from humans.)
Date 2004, Principal Investigator
Organization
Research Local Health Department
Project for the Prevention of Sexually-transmitted Diseases
Date 1997, Collaborator
Organization
Research SmithKline Beecham, S.p.A
Project to evaluate the economic impact of a measles epidemic
in Palermo in 1996-1997
Sep 2003 – Apr 2015
Research Assistant
Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Policlinico "P. Giaccone" Palermo, Biomedical Department of
Internal Medicine and Specialities, University of Palermo, Via del Vespro 141, 90127 Palermo, Italy.
Correspondence
Palermo, Italy
My assistant hospital medical infectious disease job referred to other Department respect to
research work
Sep 2000 – present
Sep 2000 – at present
Researcher
Università degli Studi di Palermo, Department of Sciences for Health Promotion and Mother-Child
Care “G. D’Alessandro”
Palermo, Italy
Professor (Assistant)
Università degli Studi di Palermo, Department of Scienze per la promozione della Salute "G.
D'Alessandro"
Palermo, Italy
Medical Doctor
01/09/2003 – present
Medical Researcher with adult patient care responsibilities
“Paolo Giaccone“ Polyclinic University Hospital
Infectious Diseases Unit, c/o Viale Del Vespro 147 – 90147 Palermo.
In-patient and day hospital patient management; outpatient Infectious
Disease Clinic for the management of HIV and tuberculosis infections.
Consultant in other units
Job title: “Doctor in Charge of Respiratory Tract Infections”.
01/09/2000 - 31/08/2003
Medical Researcher
Institute of Infectious Diseases and Virology
Scientific Disciplinary Sector “Infectious Diseases”
ARNAS Children’s Hospital, P.zza Montalto, 8, 90127 Palermo.
20/07/1998 - 31/08/2000
Staff Grade Doctor (permanent employment contract, under the supervision of Dr. G. Foti)
Infectious Diseases Unit, “Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli” Hospital
Via Vallone Petrara 1, Reggio Calabria, 89100.
In-patient and day hospital care; weekly out-patient infectious disease clinic, providing medical
services for HBV/HCV co-infected patients and follow-up care for patients with central and
peripheral nervous system infection
Assignment: “Central and Peripheral Nervous System Infectious Diseases: Clinical Assessment,
Diagnosis and Treatment”.
Course/training Durham, North Carolina, U.S.A, 19-21 November 2009, Infectious Disease at Duke
Statistics
RG Score
Publications
Total Impact Points
Reads
Citations
32.46
92
143.79
1,874
650
Awards & Grants Achievement award SIMI (Italian Society for Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology) 2011, XXIII National Congress
SIUMB Rome 19-22 November 2011.
Skills & Activities
Skills
Languages
Diagnosis, Treatment, Infection, Tuberculosis, Immunology, Infection Biology, Infectious Disease
Medicine, Mycobacterium Tuberculosis, Bioscience, Science 2.0 and Open Access, Immunology of
Infectious Diseases, Science Education, Antibiotics, Science Communication, Microbiology,
Pedagogy and Education, Child Health, Infection Control
Mother tongue(s) Italian
Other languages English
Self-assessment level Reading: [X] excellent / [ ] good / [_] elementary
Writing: [ ] excellent / [X] good / [_] elementary
Oral expression (in technical and didactic situations)
[ ] excellent / [X] good / [ ] elementary
Scientific Memberships
Member of the Editorial Board of Journal of Infectious Disease Case report,
Member of the Italian Society for the Study of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, Italian Society of
Paediatrics
Interests
Play piano
Journal Publications
Claudia Colomba, Paola Di Carlo, Francesco Scarlata, Chiara Iaria, Giuseppina Barberi, Fausto Famà, Valeria Cama, Antonio
Cascio: Visceral leishmaniasis, hypertriglyceridemia and secondary hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis. Infection 02/2016;
DOI:10.1007/s15010-016-0881-3
Giovanni Corsello, Paola Carlo: The Burden of Respiratory Syncytial Virus Disease in Pre-Term Infants.
Paola Di Carlo, Lucia Siracusa, Giovanni Mazzola, Piero Colletti, Maurizio Soresi, Lydia Giannitrapani, Valentina Li Vecchi,
Giuseppe Montalto: Vitamin D and Osteoporosis in HIV/HCV Coinfected Patients: A Literature Review. International Journal of
Endocrinology 08/2015; 2015(12):969040. DOI:10.1155/2015/969040
Erminia Bentivegna, Emanuele Citarrella, Roberto Vivaldi, Dario De Luca, Giovanna Grazia Maira, Alessandra Casuccio, Paola
Di Carlo: Leg ulcer and osteomyelitis due to methicillin-susceptible staphylococcus aureus infection after fracture repair
treatment: A case highlighting the potential role of prostaglandin E1 vasodilator. Le infezioni in medicina: rivista periodica di
eziologia, epidemiologia, diagnostica, clinica e terapia delle patologie infettive 03/2015; 23(1):69-73.
Nadia Caccamo, Gabriella Pietra, Lucy C. Sullivan, Andrew G. Brooks, Teresa Prezzemolo, Marco P La Manna, Diana Di
Liberto, Simone A. Joosten, Krista E van Meijgaarden, Paola Di Carlo, Lucina Titone, Lorenzo Moretta, Maria C. Mingari, Tom
H.M. Ottenhoff, Francesco Dieli: Human CD8 T lymphocytes recognize Mycobacterium tuberculosis antigens presented by
HLA-E during active tuberculosis and express type 2 cytokines. European Journal of Immunology 01/2015; 45(4).
DOI:10.1002/eji.201445193
Paola Di Carlo: Real-time PCR for early diagnosis of Rickettsia conorii and prompt management in patients with septic shock
and multiple organ failure: two case reports.
Valentina Li Vecchi, Maurizio Soresi, Lydia Giannitrapani, Giovanni Mazzola, Pietro Colletti, Ilaria Domenica Amico, Fabio
Tramuto, Walter Granà, Massimo Midiri, Giuseppe Caruso, Giuseppe Montalto, Paola Di Carlo: Associated Factors and Liver
Disease Severity for Decreased Bone Mineral Density in HIV Mono- and HIV/HCV Co-infected Patients. Journal of AIDS &
Clinical Research 01/2015; 06(03). DOI:10.4172/2155-6113.1000438
N. Caccamo, G. Pietra, L. C. Sullivan, A. G. Brooks, T. Prezzemolo, S. Joosten, M. P. La Manna, D. Di Liberto, K. E. van
Meijgaarden, P. Di Carlo, L. Titone, L. Moretta, M. C. Mingari, T. H. M. Ottenhoff, F. Dieli: Analysis of CD8 T-cells
recognising Mycobacterium tuberculosis antigen presented by HLA-E molecule. Immunology 12/2014; 143:69-69.
Alessandra Casuccio, Claudio D'Angelo, Nicolò Casuccio, Paola Di Carlo, Palmira Immordino: Visiting Friends and Relatives
(VFRs) travelers and imported malaria in the Palermo district (Sicily). Annali dell'Istituto superiore di sanita 12/2014;
50(4):369-374. DOI:10.4415/ANN_14_04_13
Paola Di Carlo, Palmira Immordino, Giovanni Mazzola, Pietro Colletti, Ilenia Alongi, Maurizio Mineo, Marco Scognamillo,
Francesco Vitale, Alessandra Casuccio: Determinants of HIV outpatient service utilization according to HIV parameters.
Journal of the International AIDS Society 11/2014; 17(4 Suppl 3):19611. DOI:10.7448/IAS.17.4.19611
Paola Di Carlo, Francesco Vitale, Criostóir O'Súilleabháin, Alessandra Casuccio: Management of Intra-abdominal Infections
due to Carbapenemase-Producing Organisms. Current Infectious Disease Reports 10/2014; 16(10):428. DOI:10.1007/s11908014-0428-7
Paola Di Carlo, Roberto Pirrello, Giuliana Guadagnino, Pierina Richiusa, Antonio Lo Casto, Caterina Sarno, Francesco
Moschella, Daniela Cabibi: Multimodal Surgical and Medical Treatment for Extensive Rhinocerebral Mucormycosis in an
Elderly Diabetic Patient: A Case Report and Literature Review. Case Reports in Medicine 05/2014; 2014:527062.
DOI:10.1155/2014/527062
S Bonventre, A Inviati, V Di Paola, P Morreale, S Di Giovanni, P Di Carlo, D Schifano, G Frazzetta, G Gulotta, G Scerrino:
Evaluating the efficacy of current treatments for reducing postoperative ileus: A randomized clinical trial in a single center.
Minerva chirurgica 02/2014; 69(1):47-55.
Paola Di Carlo, Gaetano Di Vita, Giuliana Guadagnino, Gianfranco Cocorullo, Francesco D Arpa, Giuseppe Salamone, Buscemi
Salvatore, Gaspare Gulotta, Daniela Cabibi: Surgical pathology and the diagnosis of invasive visceral yeast infection: Two case
reports and literature review. World Journal of Emergency Surgery 09/2013; 8(1):38. DOI:10.1186/1749-7922-8-38
Dr. Carlo Lucioni, S. Ciriminna, P. Di Carlo, S. Mazzi, G. Serra, L. Titone: Il costo sociale del morbillo in età pediatrica.
L’epidemia a Palermo nel 1996–97. PharmacoEconomics - Italian Research Articles 09/2013; 1(1). DOI:10.1007/BF03320516
Valentina Li Vecchi, Lydia Giannitrapani, Paola Di Carlo, Giovanni Mazzola, Pietro Colletti, Emanuele La Spada, Giovanni
Vizzini, Giuseppe Montalto, Maurizio Soresi: Non-invasive assessment of liver steatosis and fibrosis in HIV/HCV- and HCVinfected patients. Annals of hepatology: official journal of the Mexican Association of Hepatology 09/2013; 12(5):740-8.
Fabio Tramuto, Carmelo Massimo Maida, Giuseppina M E Colomba, Paola Di Carlo, Francesco Vitale: Prevalence of Occult
Hepatitis B Virus Infection in a Cohort of HIV-Positive Patients Resident in Sicily, Italy. 08/2013; 2013(3):859583.
DOI:10.1155/2013/859583
Paola Di Carlo, Gaspare Gulotta, Alessandra Casuccio, Gianni Pantuso, Maurizio Raineri, Clizia Airò Farulla, Sebastiano
Bonventre, Giuliana Guadagnino, Daniela Ingrassia, Gianfranco Cocorullo, Caterina Mammina, Antonino Giarratano: KPC - 3
Klebsiella pneumoniae ST258 clone infection in postoperative abdominal surgery patients in an intensive care setting: Analysis
of a case series of 30 patients. BMC Anesthesiology 07/2013; 13(1):13. DOI:10.1186/1471-2253-13-13
Paola Di Carlo, Natale D'Alessandro, Giuliana Guadagnino, Celestino Bonura, Caterina Mammina, Monica Lunetta, Salvatore
Novo, Antonino Giarratano: High dose of trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole and daptomycin as a therapeutic option for MRSA
endocarditis with large vegetation complicated by embolic stroke: A case report and literature review. Le infezioni in medicina:
rivista periodica di eziologia, epidemiologia, diagnostica, clinica e terapia delle patologie infettive 03/2013; 21(1):41-5.
Paola Di Carlo: Chancre of the eyelid as manifestation of primary syphilis, and precocious chorioretinitis and uveitis in an HIVinfected patient: a case report.
Manlio Tolomeo, Marinella Roberti, Leonardo Scapozza, Chiara Tarantelli, Elisa Giacomini, Lucina Titone, Laura Saporito,
Paola Di Carlo, Claudia Colomba: TTAS a New Stilbene Derivative that Induces Apoptosis in Leishmania Infantum..
Experimental Parasitology 10/2012; 133(1). DOI:10.1016/j.exppara.2012.10.006
Salvatore Cillino, Francesco Di Pace, Marcello Trizzino, Valentina Li Vecchi, Paola Di Carlo: Chancre of the eyelid as
manifestation of primary syphilis, and precocious chorioretinitis and uveitis in an HIV-infected patient: a case report. BMC
Infectious Diseases 09/2012; 12(1). DOI:10.1186/1471-2334-12-226
Claudia Colomba, Raffaella Rubino, Paolo Di Carlo, Caterina Mammina, Celestino Bonura, Lucia Siracusa, Lucina Titone,
Laura Saporito: Probable disseminated Mycobacterium abscessus subspecies bolletii infection in a patient with idiopathic CD4+
T lymphocytopenia: A case report. Journal of Medical Case Reports 09/2012; 6(1):277. DOI:10.1186/1752-1947-6-277
Valentina Li Vecchi, Maurizio Soresi, Lydia Giannitrapani, Giovanni Mazzola, Sara La Sala, Fabio Tramuto, Giuseppe Caruso,
Claudia Colomba, Pasquale Mansueto, Simona Madonia, Giuseppe Montalto, Paola Di Carlo: Dairy calcium intake and lifestyle
risk factors for bone loss in hiv-infected and uninfected Mediterranean subjects. BMC Infectious Diseases 08/2012; 12(1):192.
DOI:10.1186/1471-2334-12-192
Fabio Tramuto, Carmelo M Maida, Giuseppina M E Colomba, Paola Di Carlo, Giovanni Mazzola, Valentina Li Vecchi, Mario
Affronti, Giuseppe Montalto, Francesco Vitale: Occult Hepatitis B Infection in the Immigrant Population of Sicily, Italy. Journal
of Immigrant and Minority Health 08/2012; 15(4). DOI:10.1007/s10903-012-9699-y
Caterina Mammina, Cinzia Calà, Celestino Bonura, Paola Di Carlo, Aurora Aleo, Teresa Fasciana, Anna Giammanco:
Polyclonal non multiresistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates from clinical cases of infection occurring in Palermo, Italy, during
a one-year surveillance period. Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 06/2012; 11(1):17. DOI:10.1186/14760711-11-17
V. Li Vecchi, M. Soresi, L. Giannitrapani, P. Di Carlo, G. Mazzola, P. Colletti, A. Terranova, G. Montalto: 1303 PREVALENCE
OF HEPATIC STEATOSIS AND ITS RELATIONSHIP WITH CARDIOVASCULAR RISK IN HIV-PATIENTS WITH OR
WITHOUT HCV CO-INFECTION. Journal of Hepatology 04/2012; 56:S514. DOI:10.1016/S0168-8278(12)61315-4
Celestino Bonura, Paola Di Carlo, Daria Spicola, Cinzia Cal, Caterina Mammina, Teresa Fasciana, Anna Giammanco: Rapidly
growing mycobacteria in TB/HIV co-infection: A report of two cases focusing on difficulties in diagnosis and management. The
New Microbiologica: official journal of the Italian Society for Medical Virology (SIVIM) 04/2012; 35(2):239-43.
Valentina Li Vecchi, Maurizio Soresi, Lydia Giannitrapani, Paola Di Carlo, Giovanni Mazzola, Pietro Colletti, Antonino
Terranova, Giovanni Vizzini, Giuseppe Montalto: Prospective evaluation of hepatic steatosis in HIV-infected patients with or
without hepatitis C virus co-infection. International journal of infectious diseases: IJID: official publication of the International
Society for Infectious Diseases 03/2012; 16(5):e397-402. DOI:10.1016/j.ijid.2012.01.011
Paola Di Carlo, Alessandra Casuccio, Amelia Romano, Daria Spicola, Lucina Titone, Nadia Caccamo, Francesco Dieli, Caterina
Mammina, Elisabetta Pace, Mark Gjomarkaj, Mario Melis, Manlio Tolomeo: Lymphocyte apoptosis in children with central
nervous system tuberculosis: A case control study. BMC Pediatrics 11/2011; 11(1):108. DOI:10.1186/1471-2431-11-108
Paola Di Carlo, Gianni Pantuso, Alessia Cusimano, Francesco D'Arpa, Anna Giammanco, Gaspare Gulotta, Adelfio M Latteri,
Simona Madonia, Giuseppe Salamone, Caterina Mammina: Two cases of monomicrobial intraabdominal abscesses due to KPC
- 3 Klebsiella pneumoniae ST258 clone. BMC Gastroenterology 09/2011; 11(1):103. DOI:10.1186/1471-230X-11-103
Paola di Carlo, Amelia Romano, Alessandra Casuccio, Salvatore Cillino, Maria Gabriella Schimmenti, Giorgio Mancuso, Stella
la Chiusa, Vincenzo Novara, Daniela Ingrassia, Valentina Li Vecchi, Marcello Trizzino, Lucina Titone: Investigation and
management of Toxoplasma gondii infection in pregnancy and infancy: A prospective study. Acta Pharmacologica Sinica
08/2011; 32(8):1063-70. DOI:10.1038/aps.2011.55
A Mazzariol, C Mammina, R Koncan, V Di Gaetano, P Di Carlo, D Cipolla, G Corsello, G Cornaglia: A novel VIM‐type
metallo‐beta‐lactamase (VIM‐14) in a Pseudomonas aeruginosa clinical isolate from a neonatal intensive care unit. Clinical
Microbiology and Infection 05/2011; 17(5):722-4. DOI:10.1111/j.1469-0691.2010.03424.x
P. Di Carlo, R. La Sala, D. Bruno, P. Colletti, G. Mazzola, M. Mineo, M. A. Raimondo, G. B. Rini, L. Titone, G. Caruso: BONE
MINERAL STATUS IN HIV INFECTED PATIENTS IN MEDITERRANEAN REGION: PRELIMINARY DATA. Infection
03/2011; 39:S61-S61.
P. Di Carlo, G. Mazzola, D. Ingrassia, G. Guadagnino, F. Vitale, F. Tramuto: OCCULT HEPATITIS B INFECTION (OBI) IN
HIV-INFECTED PATIENTS IN PALERMO, ITALY: PRELIMINARY DATA. Infection 03/2011; 39:S55-S56.
Francesco Scarlata, Salvatore Giordano, Laura Saporito, Lorenzo Marasa, Giuseppe Li Pani, Antonio Odierna, Vincenzo
Scaglione, Paola Di Carlo, Amelia Romano: Cystic hydatidosis: A rare case of spine localization. Le infezioni in medicina:
rivista periodica di eziologia, epidemiologia, diagnostica, clinica e terapia delle patologie infettive 03/2011; 19(1):39-41.
Paola Di Carlo, Marcello Trizzino, Lucina Titone, Giuseppina Capra, Piero Colletti, Giovanni Mazzola, Daniela Pistoia,
Caterina Sarno: Unusual MRI findings in an immunocompetent patient with EBV encephalitis: A case report. BMC Medical
Imaging 03/2011; 11(1):6. DOI:10.1186/1471-2342-11-6
Paola Di Carlo, Daniela Cabibi, Anton Maria La Rocca, Dario De Luca, Francesco La Licata, Ennio Sacco: Post-bronchoscopy
fatal endobronchial hemorrhage in a woman with bronchopulmonary mucormycosis: A case report. Journal of Medical Case
Reports 12/2010; 4(1):398. DOI:10.1186/1752-1947-4-398
Celestino Bonura, Maria Rosa Anna Plano, Paola Di Carlo, Cinzia Calà, Domenico Cipolla, Giovanni Corsello, Caterina
Mammina: MRSA ST22-IVa (EMRSA-15 clone) in Palermo, Italy. 12/2010; 3(4):188-91. DOI:10.1016/j.jiph.2010.09.004
Paola Di Carlo, Amelia Romano, Maria Rosa Anna Plano, Alessandra Gueli, Francesco Scarlata, Caterina Mammina: Children,
parents and Respiratory Syncytial Virus in Palermo, Italy: prevention is primary. Journal of Child Health Care 12/2010;
14(4):396-407. DOI:10.1177/1367493509359231
Valentina Li Vecchi, Maurizio Soresi, Claudia Colomba, Giovanni Mazzola, Pietro Colletti, Maurizio Mineo, Paola Di Carlo,
Emanuele La Spada, Giovanni Vizzini, Giuseppe Montalto: Transient elastography: a non-invasive tool for assessing liver
fibrosis in HIV/HCV patients.. World Journal of Gastroenterology 11/2010; 16(41):5225-32.
Caterina Mammina, Celestino Bonura, Paola di Carlo, Cinzia Calà, Aurora Aleo, Rachele Monastero, Daniela M Palma:
Daptomycin non-susceptible, vancomycin intermediate methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus ST398 from a chronic leg
ulcer, Italy. Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases 10/2010; 42(11-12):955-7. DOI:10.3109/00365548.2010.524662
Nadia Caccamo, Giuliana Guggino, Simone A Joosten, Giuseppe Gelsomino, Paola Di Carlo, Lucina Titone, Domenico Galati,
Marialuisa Bocchino, Alessandro Matarese, Alfredo Salerno, Alessandro Sanduzzi, Willeke P J Franken, Tom H M Ottenhoff,
Francesco Dieli: Multifunctional CD4(+) T cells correlate with active Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection. Eur J Immunol.
European Journal of Immunology 08/2010; 40(8):2211-20. DOI:10.1002/eji.201040455
V. Li Vecchi, G. Mazzola, M. Soresi, P. Colletti, M. Mineo, C. Colomba, P. Di Carlo, F. La Licata, E. La Spada, G. Vizzini, G.
Montalto: Prevalence and risk factors for advanced liver fibrosis in HIV/HCV-coinfected individuals. Infection 06/2010; 38:8384.
Claudia Colomba, Laura Saporito, Fabrizio Vitale, Stefano Reale, Giustina Vitale, Alessandra Casuccio, Manlio Tolomeo,
Daniela Maranto, Raffaella Rubino, Paola Di Carlo, Lucina Titone: Cryptic Leishmania infantum infection in Italian HIV
infected patients. BMC Infectious Diseases 12/2009; 9(1):199. DOI:10.1186/1471-2334-9-199
Laura Saporito, Ada Maria Florena, Claudia Colomba, Diego Pampinella, Paola Di Carlo: Prurigo nodularis due to
Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Journal of Medical Microbiology 09/2009; 58(Pt 12):1649-51. DOI:10.1099/jmm.0.007518-0
Paola Di Carlo, Amelia Romano, Ludovico Salsa, Alessandra Gueli, Antonella Poma, Fortunata Fucà, Piera Dones, Mirella
Collura, Diego Pampinella, Delia Motisi, Giovanni Corsello: Epidemiological assessment of Respiratory Syncytial Virus
infection in hospitalized infants, during the season 2005–2006 in Palermo, Italy. Italian Journal of Pediatrics 05/2009; 35(1):11.
DOI:10.1186/1824-7288-35-11
Nadia Caccamo, Giuliana Guggino, Serena Meraviglia, Giuseppe Gelsomino, Paola Di Carlo, Lucina Titone, Marialuisa
Bocchino, Domenico Galati, Alessandro Matarese, Jan Nouta, Michel R Klein, Alfredo Salerno, Alessandro Sanduzzi,
Francesco Dieli, Tom H M Ottenhoff: Analysis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis-Specific CD8 T-Cells in Patients with Active
Tuberculosis and in Individuals with Latent Infection. PLoS ONE 02/2009; 4(5):e5528. DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0005528
P. Di Carlo, A. Romano, M. Melis, L. Abbagnato, N. Caccamo, S. Meraviglia, F. Dieli: An overview of the role of T cells in
controlling tuberculosis infection in a pediatric population.
Caterina Mammina, Paola Di Carlo, Domenico Cipolla, Alessandra Casuccio, Matilde Tantillo, Maria Rosa Anna Plano, Angela
Mazzola, Giovanni Corsello: Nosocomial colonization due to imipenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa epidemiologically
linked to breast milk feeding in a neonatal intensive care unit. Acta Pharmacologica Sinica 01/2009; 29(12):1486-92.
DOI:10.1111/j.1745-7254.2008.00892.x
Paola Di Carlo, Amelia Romano, Maria Gabriella Schimmenti, Angela Mazzola, Lucina Titone: Materno-fetal Toxoplasma
gondii infection: Critical review of available diagnostic methods. Le infezioni in medicina: rivista periodica di eziologia,
epidemiologia, diagnostica, clinica e terapia delle patologie infettive 04/2008; 16(1):28-32.
P. Di Carlo, Cabibi D, Casuccio A, Mazzola A, Romano A, Titone L: Features in Tubercular Meningoencephalitis Diagnosis:
18 Childhood Cases. American journal of infectious diseases 03/2008; 4(3). DOI:10.3844/ajidsp.2008.187.192
Romano A, Giordano S, Follis F, Marasa L, Mazzola A, Cabibbi D, P. Di Carlo: Multiple Pulmonary and Multivesicular
Interatrial Septum Hydatid Cysts in A Native Italian Patient. American journal of infectious diseases 03/2008; 4(3).
DOI:10.3844/ajidsp.2008.183.186
P. Di Carlo, Cabibi D, Mazzola A, D. De Luca, A.M. La Rocca, Sacco E: Fatal Pulmonary Hemorrhage Through Fiberoptic
Broncoscopy in a Well Controlled Diabetic Female With Mucormycosis. American journal of infectious diseases 03/2008; 4(3).
DOI:10.3844/ajidsp.2008.179.182
Giovanni Corsello, Paola Di Carlo, Ludovico Salsa, Bruna Gabriele, Lidia Meli, Sandra Bruno, Lucina Titone: Respiratory
syncytial virus infection in a Sicilian pediatric population: Risk factors, epidemiology, and severity. Allergy and Asthma
Proceedings 03/2008; 29(2):205-10. DOI:10.2500/aap.2008.29.3101
Guido Sireci, Francesco Dieli, Diana Di Liberto, Simona Buccheri, Marco Pio La Manna, Francesco Scarpa, Pasquale Macaluso,
Amelia Romano, Lucina Titone, Paola Di Carlo, Mahavir Singh, Jurayi Ivanyi, Alfredo Salerno: Anti-16-Kilodalton
Mycobacterial Protein Immunoglobulin M Levels in Healthy but Purified Protein Derivative-Reactive Children Decrease after
Chemoprophylaxis. Clinical and Vaccine Immunology 10/2007; 14(9):1231-4. DOI:10.1128/CVI.00057-07
Diana Di Liberto, Simona Buccheri, Nadia Caccamo, Serena Meraviglia, Amelia Romano, Paola Di Carlo, Lucina Titone,
Francesco Dieli, Alan M Krensky, Alfredo Salerno: Decreased serum granulysin levels in childhood tuberculosis which reverse
after therapy. Tuberculosis 08/2007; 87(4):322-8. DOI:10.1016/j.tube.2007.01.003
A Mazzola, A Casuccio, A Romano, M G Schimmenti, L Titone, P Di Carlo: Diagnostic problems and postnatal follow-up in
congenital toxoplasmosis. Minerva pediatrica 07/2007; 59(3):207-13.
P Di Carlo, A Casuccio, S La Chiusa, A Mazzola, D Pampinella, A Romano, M G Schimmenti, L Titone, G Mancuso: Diagnosis
of congenital toxoplasmosis: Pre- and post-natal evaluation in Sicilian (Italy) epidemiological area. Preliminary data.
Parassitologia 07/2007; 49(1-2):39-41.
Caterina Mammina, Paola Di Carlo, Domenico Cipolla, Mario Giuffrè, Alessandra Casuccio, Vincenzo Di Gaetano, Maria Rosa
Anna Plano, Emma D'Angelo, Lucina Titone, Giovanni Corsello: Surveillance of multidrug-resistant gram-negative bacilli in a
neonatal intensive care unit: prominent role of cross transmission. American Journal of Infection Control 06/2007; 35(4):22230. DOI:10.1016/j.ajic.2006.04.210
L Titone, M C Maggio, P Di Carlo, A Romano, S Teresi, E Guicciardino, M Saitta, A Liotta: Hormonal, auxological and
clinical follow-up in children with connatal HIV infection: Personal records. Minerva pediatrica 10/2006; 58(5):461-7.
Maria Cristina Maggio, Lucina Titone, Amelia Romano, Marcello Saitta, Maria Concetta Celauro, Luisa Abbagnato, Valentina
Frasca Polara, Laura Infurnari, Andrea Liotta, Paola Di Carlo: Hormonal, auxological and clinical follow-up in children with
connatal HIV infection: Personal records. Le infezioni in medicina: rivista periodica di eziologia, epidemiologia, diagnostica,
clinica e terapia delle patologie infettive 10/2006; 14(3):135-44.
P. Di Carlo, S. De Grazia, D. Cipolla, S. Arista, G.M. Giammanco, C. Mammina, C. Colomba, G. Corsello: Surveillance of
enteric virus infection in a neonatal intensive care unit.
A Romano, S Giordano, P Di Carlo, L Abbagnato, F Sapuppo, G Lazzaro, R Tetamo, L Titone: Pulmonary infection caused by
Blastoschizomices capitatus. Le infezioni in medicina: rivista periodica di eziologia, epidemiologia, diagnostica, clinica e terapia
delle patologie infettive 09/2005; 13(3):187-91.
Paola Di Carlo, Angela Mazzola, Amelia Romano, Maria Gabriella Schimmenti, Paola Colicchia, Piero Bellipanni, Lucina
Titone: Postnatal follow-up of infants born to mothers with certain Toxoplasma gondii infection: Evaluation of prenatal
management. Le infezioni in medicina: rivista periodica di eziologia, epidemiologia, diagnostica, clinica e terapia delle patologie
infettive 07/2005; 13(2):72-8.
L Titone, P Di Carlo, A Romano, M C Maggio, L Salsa, L Abbagnato, A Mazzola: Tuberculosis of the central nervous system in
children: 32 Years survey. Minerva pediatrica 12/2004; 56(6):611-7.
A Romano, P Di Carlo, L Abbagnato, L Salsa, A Mazzola, M C Maggio, L Titone: Pulmonary tubercolosis in Italian children
by age at presentation. Minerva pediatrica 04/2004; 56(2):189-95.
Lucina Titone, Amelia Romano, Luisa Abbagnato, Angela Mazzola, Paola Di Carlo: [Epidemiology of paediatric tuberculosis
today].. Le infezioni in medicina: rivista periodica di eziologia, epidemiologia, diagnostica, clinica e terapia delle patologie
infettive 10/2003; 11(3):127-32.
M Tolomeo, P Di Carlo, V Abbadessa, L Titone, S Miceli, E Barbusca, G Cannizzo, S Mancuso, S Arista, F Scarlata: Monocyte
and Lymphocyte Apoptosis Resistance in Acute and Chronic Brucellosis and Its Possible Implications in Clinical Management.
Clinical Infectious Diseases 07/2003; 36(12):1533-8. DOI:10.1086/375223
S. Arista, S. De Grazia, A. Romano, P.M. Miraglia, P. Di Carlo: Pediatric HIV infection revealed by parvovirus B19-induced
anaemia.
S Arista, S De Grazia, G M Giammanco, P Di Carlo, E Iannitto: Human cytomegalovirus glycoprotein B genotypes in
immunocompetent, immunocompromised, and congenitally infected Italian populations. Archives of Virology 04/2003;
148(3):547-54. DOI:10.1007/s00705-002-0941-0
A Liotta, M C Maggio, P Di Carlo, S Teresi, A Romano, E Guicciardino, P M Miraglia, L Titone: Serum leptin and interleukin-6
levels in pediatric patients with HIV. Journal of pediatric endocrinology & metabolism: JPEM 03/2003; 16(2):179-83.
DOI:10.1515/JPEM.2003.16.2.179
Francesco Dieli, Guido Sireci, Nadia Caccamo, Caterina Di Sano, Lucina Titone, Amelia Romano, Paola Di Carlo, Annalisa
Barera, Antonia Accardo-Palumbo, Alan M Krensky, Alfredo Salerno: Selective Depression of Interferon‐γ and Granulysin
Production with Increase of Proliferative Response by Vγ9/Vδ2 T Cells in Children with Tuberculosis. The Journal of Infectious
Diseases 01/2003; 186(12):1835-9. DOI:10.1086/345766
S. Giordano, P. Carlo, M. Gangi, C. Martelletti, A. Mazzola, R. Monastero, A. Romano, F. Sapuppo, L. Titone: INVASIVE
FUNGAL INFECTIONS IN INTENSIVE CARE UNIT. Mycoses 08/2002; 45(S2). DOI:10.1111/j.1439-0507.2002.tb04607.x
Francesco Dieli, Guido Sireci, Caterina Di Sano, Amelia Romano, Lucina Titone, Paola Di Carlo, Juraj Ivanyi, Jean Jacques
Fourniè, Alfredo Salerno: Ligand‐Specific αβ and γδ T Cell Responses in Childhood Tuberculosis. The Journal of Infectious
Diseases 01/2000; 181(1):294-301. DOI:10.1086/315180
A Romano, F Scarlata, P Di Carlo, A Musca, L Titone: [Descriptive analysis of measles epidemic in Palermo, from September
1996 to June 1997. Failure of a vaccination campaign].. Minerva pediatrica 01/1998; 50(1-2):15-21.
L. Titone, A. Romano, P. Di Carlo, D. Paternostro, R. Giambrone, F. Cataldo: Deficit of IgG subclasses in children with acute
bacterial meningitis.
F Scarlata, L Salsa, P Di Carlo, F Di Felice, D Manzoni, F Arena: [Respiratory syncytial virus lower respiratory tract infection:
our series].. Le infezioni in medicina: rivista periodica di eziologia, epidemiologia, diagnostica, clinica e terapia delle patologie
infettive 02/1996; 4(4):217-20.
A Romano, L Salsa, M L Furnari, P Di Carlo, F Scarlata, L Titone: [Tuberculous meningo-encephalitis in pediatrics.
Considerations on 71 cases (1968-1993)].. Le infezioni in medicina: rivista periodica di eziologia, epidemiologia, diagnostica,
clinica e terapia delle patologie infettive 02/1996; 4(1):41-4.
A. Romano, P. Di Carlo, M.G. Schimmenti, L. Titone: Transient and permanent sequelae in Haemophilus influenzae type b
meningitis: Long-term follow-up.
A. Romano, M.L. Furnari, P. Di Carlo, L. Salsa, P. Dones: Thrombocytosis in acute bacterial meningitis: Pathogenesis and
prognosis.
International Conference Proceedings Highlights
P Di Carlo, P Immordino, angelo, N Casuccio, G Mazzola, A Casuccio: Pattern of Imported Malaria in Immigrants Resident in SicilyItaly.
ICAAC; 09/2015
A Ghodousi, P Di Carlo, C Bonura, C Mammina;: Extraintestinal Pathogenic Escherichia coli Sequence Type 131 (ST131) Subclone H30 as
an Emergent Multidrug•resistant Pathogen in Patients and Chicken Meat in Italy. ICAAC/ICC 2015, USA; 09/2015
Paola Di Carlo: EV0515 Candida spp. infections after abdominal urgent surgery: comparative analysis of histologic data for which
microbiological results were positive for Candida spp. Paola Di Carlo Palermo, Italy Rodolico, Vito; Gulotta, Gaspare; Montana, Laura;
Salamone, Giuseppe; Paola , Di Carlo *; 25 April 2015 Abstract (eposter) Diagnostic/laboratory methods other than molecular ECCMID
2015 Copenhagen, Denmark. ECCMID 2015 Copenhagen, Denmark; 04/2015
Poster oral presenation 2001 - S BERTELLONI, L TITONE, A LIOTTA, GI BARONCELLI, A ROMANO, MC MAGGIO, DI
CARLO P, PM MIRAGLIA (2001). Bone turnover in children with connatal HIV-infection. In: 8 th European conference on
clinical aspets and treatment of HIV-infection, 2001. Athens 28-31 october 2001, p. 142
Oral communication 2002 - MR MELIS, E PACE, DI CARLO P, A.ROMANO, L TITONE, AM VIGNOLA, M FERRARO, A
TIPA, G BONSIGNORE, M. GJOMARKAJ (2002). Increased peripheral T-Lymphocyte apoptosis in Childhood tuberculosis.
In: International Conference, May 17-22, 2002, Atlanta, Georgia, American Thoracic Society. vol. 165, p. 289
The 2014 Pathology Congress www.regonline.co.uk/Path2014 2nd - 4th December 2014 London, UK, Histopathologic
diagnosis in the era of new and old yeast infections in critical ill surgical patients.
CONFERENCE BEATING MALARIA LONDON 2015, The role of visiting friends and relatives (VFRS) in imported malaria
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REFEREES
1) Prof. Francesco Dieli, [email protected]
2) Prof. Caterina Mammina, [email protected]
3) Prof. Gaspare Gulotta, [email protected]
4) Prof. Alessandra Casuccio, [email protected]
Signature
April, 20, 2016
To whom it may concern:
PRESENTATION CONFIRMATION AT ECCMID 2016
We hereby confirm that the following abstract has been submitted, accepted and
presented at the 26th ECCMID Congress, the European Congress of Clinical
Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, which took place in Amsterdam, Netherlands
April 9 – 12, 2016.
Title: RANK expression by monocytes marks active disease/inflammation
during tuberculosis
Abstract Authors: M. La Manna, P. Di Carlo, A. Cascio, V. Orlando, F. Dieli, N.
Caccamo
Presenter: Paola Di Carlo (Palermo/ Italy)
Session Title: Frontiers in tuberculosis
Presentation Type: Oral Presentation
Presentation Number: O507
Yours sincerely,
Carla Seiler
Scientific Programme Coordinator