EURL Publications

2020

Genomic Characterization of hlyF-positive Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli, Italy and the Netherlands, 2000-2019. Gigliucci F, van Hoek A H. A. M., Chiani P, Knijn A, Minelli F, Scavia G, Franz E, Morabito S, Michelacci V.Emerg Infect Dis. 2021 Mar;27(3):853-861. doi: 10.3201/eid2703.203110.

Investigation on the Evolution of Shiga Toxin-Converting Phages Based on Whole Genome Sequencing. Zuppi M, Tozzoli R, Chiani P, Quiros P, Martinez-Velazquez A, Michelacci V, Muniesa M, Morabito S. Front Microbiol. 2020 Jul 10;11:1472. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.01472. eCollection 2020.

Epidemiology of Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli Infections in Southern Italy after Implementation of Symptom-Based Surveillance of Bloody Diarrhea in the Pediatric Population. Loconsole D, Giordano M, Centrone F, Accogli M, Casulli D, De Robertis AL, Morea A, Quarto M, Parisi A, Scavia G, Chironna M, On Behalf Of The Bloody Diarrhea Apulia Working Group. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2020 Jul 16;17(14):5137. doi: 10.3390/ijerph17145137.

Tracing Back the Evolutionary Route of Enteroinvasive Escherichia coli (EIEC) and Shigella Through the Example of the Highly Pathogenic O96:H19 EIEC Clone. Michelacci V, Tozzoli R, Arancia S, D'Angelo A, Boni A, Knijn A, Prosseda G, Greig DR, Jenkins C, Camou T, Sirok A, Navarro A, Schelotto F, Varela G, Morabito S.Front Cell Infect Microbiol. 2020 Jun 3;10:260. doi: 10.3389/fcimb.2020.00260.

Case-management protocol for bloody diarrhea as a model to reduce the clinical impact of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli infections. Experience from Southern Italy. Loconsole D, Giordano M, Laforgia N, Torres D, Santangelo L, Carbone V, Parisi A, Quarto M, Scavia G, Chironna M; Bloody Diarrhea Apulia Working Group. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis. 2020 Mar;39(3):539-547. doi: 10.1007/s10096-019-03755-0.

Particulate Shiga Toxin 2 in Blood is Associated to the Development of Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome in Children. Brigotti M, He X, Carnicelli D, Arfilli V, Porcellini E, Galassi E, Tazzari PL, Ricci F, Patfield SA, Testa S, Paglialonga F, Picicco D, Caprioli A, Scavia G, Morabito S, Ardissino G. Thromb Haemost. 2020 Jan;120(1):107-120. doi: 10.1055/s-0039-3400301.

Advanced Research Infrastructure for Experimentation in genomicS (ARIES): a lustrum of Galaxy experienceKnijn A, Michelacci V, Orsini M, Morabito S. Preprint. bioRxiv 2020.05.14.095901; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.05.14.095901

2019

Casemanagement protocol for bloody diarrhea as a model to reduce the clinical impact of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli infections. Experience from Southern Italy. Loconsole D, Giordano M, Laforgia N, Torres D, Santangelo L, Carbone V, Parisi A, Quarto M, Scavia G, Chironna M; Bloody Diarrhea Apulia Working Group. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis. 2019 Nov 27. doi: 10.1007/s10096019-03755-0. [Epub ahead of print] Erratum in: Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis. 2019 Dec 19.

Particulate Shiga Toxin 2 in Blood is Associated to the Development of Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome in Children. Brigotti M, He X, Carnicelli D, Arfilli V, Porcellini E, Galassi E, Tazzari PL, Ricci F, Patfield SA, Testa S, Paglialonga F, Picicco D, Caprioli A, Scavia G, Morabito S, Ardissino G. Thromb Haemost. 2020 Jan;120(1):107-120. doi: 10.1055/s-0039-3400301. Epub 2019 Dec 13.

A pediatric neurologic assessment score may drive the eculizumab-based treatment of Escherichia coli-related hemolytic uremic syndrome with neurological involvement. Giordano P, Netti GS, Santangelo L, Castellano G, Carbone V, Torres DD, Martino M, Sesta M, Di Cuonzo F, Resta MC, Gaeta A, Milella L, Chironna M, Germinario C, Scavia G, Gesualdo L, Giordano M. Pediatr Nephrol. 2019 Mar;34(3):517-527. doi: 10.1007/s00467-018-4112-2.

Detection and isolation of Shiga Toxinproducing Escherichia coli (STEC) strains in caecal samples from pigs at slaughter in Italy. Arancia S, Iurescia M, Lorenzetti S, Stravino F, Buccella C, Caprioli A, Franco A, Battisti A, Morabito S, Tozzoli R. Vet Med Sci. 2019 Aug;5(3):462-469. doi: 10.1002/vms3.175. Epub 2019 May 23

Validation on milk and sprouts of EN ISO 16654:2001 - Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal method for the detection of Escherichia coli O157. Tozzoli R, Maugliani A, Michelacci V, Minelli F, Caprioli A, Morabito S. Int J Food Microbiol. 2019 Jan 2;288:53-57. doi: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2018.05.005. Epub 2018 May 8.

2018

Characterization of a novel plasmid encoding F4-like fimbriae present in a Shiga-toxin producing enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli isolated during the investigation on a case of hemolytic-uremic syndrome. Michelacci V, Maugliani A, Tozzoli R, Corteselli G, Chiani P, Minelli F, Gigliucci F, Arancia S, Conedera G, Targhetta C, Pierasco A, Collini L, Parisi A, Scavia G, Morabito S. Int J Med Microbiol. 2018 Oct;308(7):947-955. doi: 10.1016/j.ijmm.2018.07.002.

Soluble Toll-Like Receptor 4 Impairs the Interaction of Shiga Toxin 2a with Human Serum Amyloid P Component. Brigotti M, Arfilli V, Carnicelli D, Ricci F, Tazzari PL, Ardissino G, Scavia G, Morabito S, He X. Toxins (Basel). 2018 Sep 18;10(9). pii: E379. doi: 10.3390/toxins10090379.

Emergence of quinolone-resistant Shigella flexneri in Italy (March 2017). Zatta M, Di Bella S, Busetti M, Michelacci V, Owczarek S, Luzzi I, Luzzati R. Int J STD AIDS. 2018 Nov;29(11):1123-1126. doi: 10.1177/0956462418769805.

A case of haemolytic uraemic syndrome (HUS) revealed an outbreak of Shiga toxin-2-producing Escherichia coli O26:H11 infection in a nursery, with long-lasting shedders and person-to-person transmission, Italy 2015. Scavia G, Gianviti A, Labriola V, Chiani P, Maugliani A, Michelacci V, Minelli F, Tozzoli R, Caprioli A, Morabito S. J Med Microbiol. 2018 Apr 23. doi: 10.1099/jmm.0.000738.

2017

Metagenomic Characterization of the Human Intestinal Microbiota in Fecal Samples from STEC-Infected Patients. Gigliucci F, von Meijenfeldt FAB, Knijn A, Michelacci V, Scavia G, Minelli F, Dutilh BE, Ahmad HM, Raangs GC, Friedrich AW, Rossen JWA, Morabito S. Front Cell Infect Microbiol. 2018 Feb 6;8:25. doi: 10.3389/fcimb.2018.00025. eCollection 2018.

The Intriguing Evolutionary Journey of Enteroinvasive E. coli (EIEC) toward Pathogenicity. Pasqua M, Michelacci V, Di Martino ML, Tozzoli R, Grossi M, Colonna B, Morabito S, Prosseda G. Front Microbiol. 2017 Dec 5;8:2390. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2017.02390. eCollection 2017. Review.

Molecular characterisation of human Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli O26 strains: results of an outbreak investigation, Romania, February to August 2016. Usein CR, Ciontea AS, Militaru CM, Condei M, Dinu S, Oprea M, Cristea D, Michelacci V, Scavia G, Zota LC, Zaharia A, Morabito S. Euro Surveill. 2017 Nov;22(47). doi: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2017.22.47.17-00148.

The Gene tia, Harbored by the Subtilase-Encoding Pathogenicity Island, Is Involved in the Ability of Locus of Enterocyte Effacement-Negative Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli Strains To Invade Monolayers of Epithelial Cells. Bondì R, Chiani P, Michelacci V, Minelli F, Caprioli A, Morabito S. Infect Immun. 2017 Nov 17;85(12). pii: e00613-17. doi: 10.1128/IAI.00613-17. Print 2017 Dec.

Paediatric HUS Cases Related to the Consumption of Raw Milk Sold by Vending Machines in Italy: Quantitative Risk Assessment Based on Escherichia coli O157 Official Controls over 7 years. Giacometti F, Bonilauri P, Piva S, Scavia G, Amatiste S, Bianchi DM, Losio MN, Bilei S, Cascone G, Comin D, Daminelli P, Decastelli L, Merialdi G, Mioni R, Peli A, Petruzzelli A, Tonucci F, Liuzzo G, Serraino A. Zoonoses Public Health. 2017 Nov;64(7):505-516. doi: 10.1111/zph.12331. Epub 2016 Dec 19.

PulseNet International: Vision for the implementation of whole genome sequencing (WGS) for global food-borne disease surveillance. Trees E, Kubota K, Takkinen J, Nielsen EM, Carleton H; FWD-NEXT Expert Panel. Euro Surveill. 2017 Jun 8;22(23). pii: 30544. doi: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2017.22.23.30544. Review.

Comparative analysis of metagenomes of Italian top soil improvers. Gigliucci F, Brambilla G, Tozzoli R, Michelacci V, Morabito S. Environ Res. 2017 May;155:108-115. doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2017.02.004. Epub 2017 Mar 10.

Pathogenic Escherichia coli and enteric viruses in biosolids and related top soil improvers in Italy. Tozzoli R, Di Bartolo I, Gigliucci F, Brambilla G, Monini M, Vignolo E, Caprioli A, Morabito S. J Appl Microbiol. 2017 Jan;122(1):239-247. doi: 10.1111/jam.13308. Epub 2016 Nov 10.