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Paolo Castiglia
Researcher at University of Sassari
Publications - 155
Citations - 2908
Paolo Castiglia is an academic researcher from University of Sassari. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Medicine. The author has an hindex of 27, co-authored 136 publications receiving 2263 citations.
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Efficacy, safety and tolerability of linezolid containing regimens in treating MDR-TB and XDR-TB: systematic review and meta-analysis
Giovanni Sotgiu,Rosella Centis,Lia D'Ambrosio,Jan-William C. Alffenaar,Holly Anger,Jose A. Caminero,Paolo Castiglia,Saverio De Lorenzo,Giovanni Ferrara,Giovanni Ferrara,Won-Jung Koh,Giesela F. Schecter,Tae Sun Shim,Rupak Singla,Alena Skrahina,Antonio Spanevello,Zarir F Udwadia,Miguel Villar,Elisabetta Zampogna,Jean-Pierre Zellweger,Alimuddin Zumla,Giovanni Battista Migliori +21 more
TL;DR: The study results suggest an excellent efficacy but also the necessity of caution in the prescription of linezolid, and the proportion of adverse events was significantly higher when the lineZolid daily dosage exceeded 600 mg.
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Multiple sclerosis epidemiology in Sardinia: evidence for a true increasing risk.
Maura Pugliatti,Stefano Sotgiu,Giuliana Solinas,Paolo Castiglia,M. I. Pirastru,B Murgia,L. Mannu,G. Sanna,Giulio Rosati +8 more
TL;DR: A comparison between the data collected in the present work and those recently reported from a more industrialized province in Northern Italy seems to prove an at least partially real increase in MS risk among Sardinians and favours the hypothesis of a MS “Sardinian focus” as related to its latitude.
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Why Italy first? Health, geographical and planning aspects of the COVID-19 outbreak
TL;DR: In this article, the authors analyzed the spatial distribution and pattern of COVID-19-related mortality in Italy with several geographical, environmental and socio-economic variables at a Provincial level, analyzing them by means of spatial analytical techniques such as LISA.
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National pathfinder survey on children's oral health in Italy: pattern and severity of caries disease in 4-year-olds.
Guglielmo Campus,Giovanni Solinas,Laura Strohmenger,Maria Grazia Cagetti,A. Senna,Liliana Minelli,Silvia Majori,Maria Teresa Montagna,Daniela Reali,Paolo Castiglia +9 more
TL;DR: A need to plan preventive programs to reduce oral health disparities among Italian preschool children, based on educational intervention with parents and children concerning oral health and caries prevention, is suggested.
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Italian multicenter study on infection hazards during dental practice: Control of environmental microbial contamination in public dental surgeries
Paolo Castiglia,Giorgio Liguori,Maria Teresa Montagna,Christian Napoli,Cesira Pasquarella,Margherita Bergomi,Leila Fabiani,Silvano Monarca,Stefano Petti +8 more
TL;DR: The findings confirm that some Italian dental surgeries show high biocontamination, as in other European Countries, which highlights the risk of occupational exposure and the need to apply effective measures to reduce microbial loads.