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Maurizio de Martino

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1 Virologic, immunologic, and clinical benefits from early combined antiretroviral therapy in infants with perinatal HIV-1 infection. AIDS 2006 2.26
2 Community‐acquired bacteremic pneumococcal pneumonia in children: diagnosis and serotyping by real‐time polymerase chain reaction using blood samples. Clin Infect Dis 2010 2.22
3 Interferon-gamma release assay improves the diagnosis of tuberculosis in children. Pediatr Infect Dis J 2009 2.03
4 Infections and autoimmunity. Pediatr Infect Dis J 2012 2.03
5 Herpes simplex encephalitis with occipital localization in an infant: a different route of entry in the brain system? Pediatr Neurol 2013 1.96
6 Analysis of different recommendations from international guidelines for the management of acute pharyngitis in adults and children. Clin Ther 2011 1.84
7 Molecular detection methods and serotyping performed directly on clinical samples improve diagnostic sensitivity and reveal increased incidence of invasive disease by Streptococcus pneumoniae in Italian children. J Med Microbiol 2008 1.71
8 Maternal drug use is a preeminent risk factor for mother-to-child hepatitis C virus transmission: results from a multicenter study of 1372 mother-infant pairs. J Infect Dis 2002 1.68
9 Realtime PCR is more sensitive than multiplex PCR for diagnosis and serotyping in children with culture negative pneumococcal invasive disease. PLoS One 2010 1.59
10 Pertussis is still common in a highly vaccinated infant population. Acta Paediatr 2014 1.48
11 Pertussis re-emergence in the post-vaccination era. BMC Infect Dis 2013 1.44
12 Malaria prophylaxis in African and Asiatic children traveling to their parents' home country: a Florentine Study. J Travel Med 2011 1.33
13 Changing patterns of clinical events in perinatally HIV-1-infected children during the era of HAART. AIDS 2007 1.28
14 Management of fever in children: summary of the Italian Pediatric Society guidelines. Clin Ther 2009 1.28
15 Myositis ossificans circumscripta: a paediatric case and review of the literature. Eur J Pediatr 2009 1.25
16 Parental and medical knowledge and management of fever in Italian pre-school children. BMC Pediatr 2012 1.18
17 Five-year follow-up of children with perinatal HIV-1 infection receiving early highly active antiretroviral therapy. BMC Infect Dis 2009 1.14
18 Enteral nutrition and microflora in pediatric Crohn's disease. JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr 2005 1.05
19 Drug use and upper gastrointestinal complications in children: a case-control study. Arch Dis Child 2012 1.04
20 Comparison of the effect of antibiotic treatment on the possibility of diagnosing invasive pneumococcal disease by culture or molecular methods: a prospective, observational study of children and adolescents with proven pneumococcal infection. Clin Ther 2009 1.03
21 Nosocomial Rotavirus Gastroenteritis in pediatric patients: a multi-center prospective cohort study. BMC Infect Dis 2010 1.03
22 Update of the 2009 Italian Pediatric Society Guidelines about management of fever in children. Clin Ther 2012 1.02
23 Performance of non-contact infrared thermometer for detecting febrile children in hospital and ambulatory settings. J Clin Nurs 2011 1.01
24 Tuberculosis and HIV co-infection in children. BMC Infect Dis 2014 1.00
25 Varicella-zoster virus acquired at 4 months of age reactivates at 24 months and causes encephalitis. J Pediatr 2002 1.00
26 The first case of Mycobacterium sherrisii disseminated infection in a child with AIDS. AIDS 2007 1.00
27 Final height in patients perinatally infected with the human immunodeficiency virus. Horm Res Paediatr 2010 1.00
28 Viraemia is a common finding in immunocompetent children with rotavirus infection. J Med Virol 2005 0.99
29 Molecular epidemiology of Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Burkholderia cepacia complex and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a cystic fibrosis center. J Cyst Fibros 2004 0.99
30 Utility of interferon-γ release assay results to monitor anti-tubercular treatment in adults and children. Clin Ther 2012 0.98
31 Update on the management of acute pharyngitis in children. Ital J Pediatr 2011 0.98
32 Pneumococcal DNA is not detectable in the blood of healthy carrier children by real-time PCR targeting the lytA gene. J Med Microbiol 2011 0.97
33 Reduced frequency of wheezing respiratory illness in infants with perinatal human immunodeficiency virus-type 1 infection: a model for immunologic and inflammatory mechanisms of airway obstruction? Pediatr Allergy Immunol 2003 0.96
34 Gestational and neonatal characteristics of children with cystic fibrosis: a cohort study. J Pediatr 2005 0.95
35 Thyroid function and anti-thyroid autoantibodies in untreated children with vertically acquired chronic hepatitis C virus infection. Clin Endocrinol (Oxf) 2007 0.95
36 Potential role of M. tuberculosis specific IFN-γ and IL-2 ELISPOT assays in discriminating children with active or latent tuberculosis. PLoS One 2012 0.94
37 Severe hemorrhagic bullous lesions in Henoch Schonlein purpura: three pediatric cases and review of the literature. Rheumatol Int 2009 0.93
38 Long-term effect of highly active antiretroviral therapy on immunologic features in children. Pediatr Infect Dis J 2015 0.92
39 Clinical efficacy and tolerability of linezolid in pediatric patients: a systematic review. Clin Ther 2010 0.92
40 Metabolic and renal adverse effects of antiretroviral therapy in HIV-infected children and adolescents. Pediatr Infect Dis J 2015 0.91
41 Higher risk of hepatitis C virus perinatal transmission from drug user mothers is mediated by peripheral blood mononuclear cell infection. J Med Virol 2008 0.90
42 Use of combination neonatal prophylaxis for the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV infection in European high-risk infants. AIDS 2013 0.90
43 Self-reported pediatricians' management of the well-appearing young child with fever without a source: first survey in an European country in the anti-pneumococcal vaccine era. BMC Public Health 2009 0.89
44 Clinical peculiarities of tuberculosis. BMC Infect Dis 2014 0.89
45 Vaccine against tuberculosis: what's new? BMC Infect Dis 2014 0.88
46 Viremia and clinical manifestations in children with rotavirus infection. J Infect Dis 2006 0.88
47 Cancer rates after year 2000 significantly decrease in children with perinatal HIV infection: a study by the Italian Register for HIV Infection in Children. J Clin Oncol 2007 0.88
48 Long-term auxological and endocrinological evaluation of patients with 9p trisomy: a focus on the growth hormone-insulin-like growth factor-I axis. BMC Endocr Disord 2014 0.88
49 Results of a 5-year prospective surveillance study of antibiotic resistance among Salmonella enterica isolates and ceftriaxone therapy among children hospitalized for acute diarrhea. Clin Ther 2002 0.88
50 Defective FOXP3 expression in patients with acute Kawasaki disease and restoration by intravenous immunoglobulin therapy. Clin Exp Rheumatol 2010 0.87
51 Potential serotype coverage of three pneumococcal conjugate vaccines against invasive pneumococcal infection in Italian children. Vaccine 2011 0.87
52 Alanine transaminase levels in the year before pregnancy predict the risk of hepatitis C virus vertical transmission. J Med Virol 2006 0.87
53 Cross-sectional and longitudinal evaluation of bone mass in children and young adults with juvenile idiopathic arthritis: the role of bone mass determinants in a large cohort of patients. J Rheumatol 2010 0.87
54 Rotavirus infections and development of type 1 diabetes: an evasive conundrum. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr 2007 0.86
55 Is the interruption of antiretroviral treatment during pregnancy an additional major risk factor for mother-to-child transmission of HIV type 1? Clin Infect Dis 2009 0.86
56 Serogroup C Neisseria meningitidis invasive infection: analysis of the possible vaccination strategies for a mass campaign. Acta Paediatr 2010 0.85
57 Vitamin D and tuberculosis: a review on a hot topic. J Chemother 2015 0.84
58 Management of acute pharyngitis in children: summary of the Italian National Institute of Health guidelines. Clin Ther 2012 0.84
59 Tandem mass spectrometry, but not T-cell receptor excision circle analysis, identifies newborns with late-onset adenosine deaminase deficiency. J Allergy Clin Immunol 2012 0.83
60 Congenital hypothyroidism due to unexpected iodine sources. Horm Res Paediatr 2010 0.83
61 Increasing incidence of tuberculosis in Tuscan youth, 1997 to 2011. Pediatr Infect Dis J 2013 0.83
62 Pharmacological modulation of blood-brain barrier increases permeability of doxorubicin into the rat brain. Am J Cancer Res 2013 0.83
63 Respiratory impedance and bronchodilator responsiveness in healthy children aged 2-13 years. Pediatr Pulmonol 2012 0.83
64 Prognostic value of the stromal cell-derived factor 1 3'A mutation in pediatric human immunodeficiency virus type 1 infection. J Infect Dis 2002 0.82
65 Crohn disease and mycobacterial infection in children: an intriguing relationship. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr 2009 0.82
66 Oral desensitization to milk: how to choose the starting dose! Pediatr Allergy Immunol 2009 0.81
67 Thyroid function and morphology in subjects with microdeletion of chromosome 22q11 (del(22)(q11)). Clin Endocrinol (Oxf) 2009 0.81
68 Changed bone status in human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) perinatally infected children is related to low serum free IGF-I. Clin Endocrinol (Oxf) 2004 0.81
69 Reflections on the immunology of tuberculosis: will we ever unravel the skein? BMC Infect Dis 2014 0.81
70 Lower mother-to-child HIV-1 transmission in boys is independent of type of delivery and antiretroviral prophylaxis: the Italian Register for HIV Infection in Children. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 2005 0.81
71 Diagnostic features of community-acquired pneumonia in children: what's new? Acta Paediatr Suppl 2013 0.80
72 Interleukin 28B rs12979860 single-nucleotide polymorphism predicts spontaneous clearance of hepatitis C virus in children. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr 2014 0.80
73 Interleukin-7 and immunologic failure despite treatment with highly active antiretroviral therapy in children perinatally infected with HIV-1. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 2003 0.80
74 Bone density and metabolism in subjects with microdeletion of chromosome 22q11 (del22q11). Eur J Endocrinol 2010 0.80
75 Serial T-SPOT.TB and quantiFERON-TB-Gold In-Tube assays to monitor response to antitubercular treatment in Italian children with active or latent tuberculosis infection. Pediatr Infect Dis J 2012 0.80
76 Immunological recovery despite virological failure is independent of human immunodeficiency virus-type 1 resistant mutants in children receiving highly active antiretroviral therapy. J Med Virol 2003 0.79
77 Type II diabetes and impaired glucose tolerance due to severe hyperinsulinism in patients with 1p36 deletion syndrome and a Prader-Willi-like phenotype. BMC Med Genet 2014 0.79
78 Patient risk of contact with respiratory pathogens from inanimate surfaces in a cystic fibrosis outpatient clinic. A prospective study over a four-year period. Pediatr Pulmonol 2007 0.79
79 Interferon-gamma release assay sensitivity in children younger than 5 years is insufficient to replace the use of tuberculin skin test in western countries. Pediatr Infect Dis J 2014 0.79
80 Cutaneous adverse reactions to amoxicillin-clavulanic acid suspension in children: the role of sodium benzoate. Curr Drug Saf 2012 0.79
81 Alteration of bone mineral density in cystic fibrosis adults. Chest 2006 0.78
82 Adherence among Italian paediatricians to the Italian guidelines for the management of fever in children: a cross sectional survey. BMC Pediatr 2013 0.78
83 Aquagenic palmoplantar keratoderma: a sign of cystic fibrosis early in life. Int J Dermatol 2014 0.78
84 Advantages of Polymerase Chain Reaction Assay Performed on Gastric Aspirates for Rapid Diagnosis of Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Children in a Low Prevalence Country. Pediatr Infect Dis J 2015 0.78
85 Sensitivity and specificity of skin tests in the diagnosis of clarithromycin allergy. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol 2010 0.78
86 Rapid and sensitive LC-MS/MS method for the analysis of antibiotic linezolid on dried blood spot. J Pharm Biomed Anal 2012 0.78
87 An increasing incidence of chickenpox central nervous system complications in children: what's happening in Tuscany? J Clin Virol 2007 0.78
88 Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae Infections in Children: An Italian Retrospective Multicenter Study. Pediatr Infect Dis J 2016 0.78
89 Antibiotic induced liver injury: what about children? J Chemother 2013 0.78
90 Bacterial lung infections in cystic fibrosis patients: an update. Pediatr Infect Dis J 2014 0.78
91 Valganciclovir for congenital CMV infection: a pilot study on plasma concentration in newborns and infants. Pediatr Infect Dis J 2007 0.78
92 Increased risk of coeliac disease in patients with congenital hypothyroidism. Horm Res Paediatr 2011 0.78
93 Diabetes mellitus in a girl with thyroid hormone resistance syndrome: a little recognized interaction between the two diseases. Hormones (Athens) 2014 0.78
94 The new face of the pediatric HIV epidemic in Western countries: demographic characteristics, morbidity and mortality of the pediatric HIV-infected population. Pediatr Infect Dis J 2015 0.77
95 Starting treatment in pediatric HIV infection: try to clarify a gray area. Pediatr Infect Dis J 2015 0.77
96 Williams-beuren syndrome is a genetic disorder associated with impaired glucose tolerance and diabetes in childhood and adolescence: new insights from a longitudinal study. Horm Res Paediatr 2014 0.77
97 Intrafamilial transmission of hepatitis C virus: infection of the father predicts the risk of perinatal transmission. J Med Virol 2008 0.77
98 What steps do we need to take to improve diagnosis of tuberculosis in children? Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther 2015 0.77
99 Severe infections caused by Panton-Valentine leukocidin-positive Staphylococcus aureus in infants: report of three cases and review of literature. Acta Paediatr 2013 0.77
100 Nitric oxide in HIV-1 perinatally infected children treated with highly active antiretroviral therapy. Lancet Infect Dis 2003 0.77
101 Your diagnosis? A 12-year-old girl with latent tuberculosis presenting with nausea, vomiting and increasing frontal headache. Eur J Pediatr 2008 0.77
102 Early triple therapy vs mono or dual therapy for children with perinatal HIV infection. JAMA 2006 0.77
103 The ever-expanding conundrum of primary osteoporosis: aetiopathogenesis, diagnosis, and treatment. Ital J Pediatr 2014 0.77
104 Clinical usefulness of the semiquantitative procalcitonin test in the diagnosis of bacterial infections in a third level children's hospital. Clin Lab 2011 0.77
105 A SOX3 (Xq26.3-27.3) duplication in a boy with growth hormone deficiency, ocular dyspraxia, and intellectual disability: a long-term follow-up and literature review. Hormones (Athens) 2014 0.77
106 Coeliac disease and risk for other autoimmune diseases in patients with Williams-Beuren syndrome. BMC Med Genet 2014 0.77
107 Controversies in preventive therapy for children contacts of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis. J Chemother 2013 0.77
108 Intracerebral atypical presentation of echinococcosis in a child. Pediatr Neurosurg 2008 0.77
109 International guidelines on tackling community-acquired pneumonia show major discrepancies between developed and developing countries. Acta Paediatr Suppl 2013 0.76
110 Parathyroid Hormone Levels in Healthy Children and Adolescents. Horm Res Paediatr 2015 0.76
111 Fluoroquinolones in children: update of the literature. J Chemother 2015 0.76
112 Preventable zidovudine overdose during postnatal prophylaxis in healthy children born to HIV-1-positive mothers. AIDS 2008 0.76
113 Policaptil Gel Retard significantly reduces body mass index and hyperinsulinism and may decrease the risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) in obese children and adolescents with family history of obesity and T2DM. Ital J Pediatr 2015 0.76
114 Persistently high IgA serum levels are a marker of immunological or virological failure of combined antiretroviral therapy in children with perinatal HIV-1 infection. Clin Exp Immunol 2005 0.76
115 Incidence of diverticular disease and complicated diverticular disease in young patients with Williams syndrome. Pediatr Surg Int 2010 0.76
116 Management and prevention of pertussis infection in neonates. Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther 2014 0.76
117 Malaria in Children Adopted from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Emerg Infect Dis 2017 0.75
118 Gender differences in the acquisition of P. aeruginosa. Pediatr Pulmonol 2003 0.75
119 New rotavirus vaccines: renewed optimism and reason for caution. J Pediatr 2007 0.75
120 Infectious diseases prevalence, vaccination coverage, and diagnostic challenges in a population of internationally adopted children referred to a Tertiary Care Children's Hospital from 2009 to 2015. Medicine (Baltimore) 2017 0.75
121 Varicella-zoster virus reactivation in the central nervous system. Pediatr Infect Dis J 2004 0.75
122 Recurrent pericarditis after meningococcal infection. Pediatr Infect Dis J 2004 0.75
123 Author reply: To PMID 23188099. Pediatr Infect Dis J 2013 0.75
124 Neonatal screening for cystic fibrosis and Pseudomonas aeruginosa acquisition. J Pediatr 2004 0.75
125 The Use of Anthracyclines for Therapy of CNS Tumors. Anticancer Agents Med Chem 2015 0.75
126 Kawasaki disease in a girl with Turner syndrome: a remarkable association. Ital J Pediatr 2014 0.75
127 A real-time reverse transcriptase-polymer chain reaction to evaluate natural history of viral shedding in outpatient children and adolescents with pandemic 2009 influenza A(H1N1). Chest 2010 0.75
128 Telephone use in primary care. Telephones have proved useful in managing cystic fibrosis. BMJ 2002 0.75
129 Survey assessment on pediatricians' attitudes on head lice management. Ital J Pediatr 2013 0.75
130 VP7 and VP4 sequence analyses of rotavirus strains from Italian children with viraemia and acute diarrhoea. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr 2010 0.75
131 The Risk of M. tuberculosis Transmission from Pediatric Index Cases to School Pupils. Pediatr Infect Dis J 2017 0.75
132 Assessment and validation of bronchodilation using the interrupter technique in preschool children. Pediatr Pulmonol 2010 0.75
133 Dramatic Pertussis Resurgence in Tuscan Infants in 2014. Pediatr Infect Dis J 2016 0.75
134 Management of acute rhinosinusitis. Pediatr Allergy Immunol 2012 0.75
135 Successful treatment of metastatic βHCG-secreting germ cell tumor occurring 3 years after total resection of a pineal mature teratoma. Eur J Pediatr 2014 0.75
136 The Risk of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Transmission from Pediatric Index Cases to School Pupils. Pediatr Infect Dis J 2017 0.75
137 Antibiotic resistance among Salmonella enterica isolates in Southern European children hospitalized for acute diarrhea. Eur J Pediatr 2006 0.75
138 Mother-to-infant transmission of multiple blood-borne viral infections from multi-infected mothers. J Med Virol 2007 0.75
139 Selective deficiency of naïve CD4+ T-lymphocytes in a child with congenital lymphoedema. Eur J Pediatr 2003 0.75
140 Use of non-conventional nurses' attire in a paediatric hospital: a quasi-experimental study. J Clin Nurs 2009 0.75
141 [Influenza vaccination of nurses in an Italian pediatric hospital: effects on absenteeism and on costs, factors associated with vaccine uptake and analysis of personal motivations. A prospective cohort study]. Assist Inferm Ric 2007 0.75
142 Use of Second-line Medications and Treatment Outcomes in Children With Tuberculosis in a Single Center From 2007 to 2018. Pediatr Infect Dis J 2019 0.75
143 Treatment of pediatric HIV infection. Curr Infect Dis Rep 2007 0.75
144 Congenital cytomegalovirus infection associated with corpus callosum agenesis. Pediatr Neurol 2007 0.75
145 Incidence of cystic fibrosis in the Albanian population. Pediatr Pulmonol 2008 0.75
146 A further experience of propranolol for severe infantile hemangiomas of the face: an observational study. Dermatol Ther 2014 0.75
147 Strategies for the prevention of mother to child transmission in Western countries: an update. Pediatr Infect Dis J 2015 0.75
148 Images in cardiovascular medicine. Echocardiographic history of an asymptomatic congenital cardiac tumor: no changes in mass dimensions during a 14-year follow-up. Circulation 2006 0.75
149 Raised serum aminotransferase levels and muscle pseudohypertrophy caused by hypothyroidism. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr 2013 0.75
150 Lymphocytopenia as a marker for pandemic influenza A/H1N1 2009 virus infection in children. J Med Virol 2011 0.75
151 An 18-month-old child with seizures and bloody diarrhea. Inflamm Bowel Dis 2005 0.75
152 Use of post-natal antiretroviral prophylaxis for prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV is increasing in Italy. Clin Infect Dis 2009 0.75
153 Antiretroviral use in Italian children with perinatal HIV infection over a 14-year period. Acta Paediatr 2012 0.75