Lucia Taramasso: Role: ConceptualizationRole: Data curationRole: MethodologyRole: Writing – original
draft
Antonio Di Biagio:
ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1436-5089
Role: Conceptualization
Francesca Bovis: Role: Formal analysis
Laura Ambra Nicolini: Role: InvestigationRole: Writing – original draft
Andrea Antinori: Role: InvestigationRole: Writing – review & editing
Laura Milazzo: Role: InvestigationRole: Writing – review & editing
Salvatore Sollima: Role: Data curationRole: InvestigationRole: Writing – review & editing
Guido Gubertini: Role: Investigation
Fosca Niero: Role: Investigation
Annalisa Saracino: Role: InvestigationRole: Writing – review & editing
Raffaele Bruno: Role: InvestigationRole: Writing – review & editing
Vanni Borghi: Role: InvestigationRole: Writing – review & editing
Francesca Montagnani: Role: Investigation
Annamaria Cattelan: Role: InvestigationRole: Writing – review & editing
Hamid Hasson: Role: InvestigationRole: Writing – review & editing
Gloria Taliani: Role: InvestigationRole: Writing – review & editing
Antonella D’Arminio Monforte: Role: InvestigationRole: Writing – review & editing
Claudio Mastroianni: Role: InvestigationRole: Writing – review & editing
Giovanni Di Perri: Role: InvestigationRole: Writing – review & editing
Sara Bigoni: Role: InvestigationRole: Writing – original draft
Massimo Puoti: Role: InvestigationRole: Writing – review & editing
Angiola Spinetti: Role: InvestigationRole: Writing – review & editing
Andrea Gori: Role: InvestigationRole: Writing – review & editing
Nicola Boffa: Role: InvestigationRole: Writing – review & editing
Bruno Cacopardo: Role: InvestigationRole: Writing – review & editing
Andrea Giacometti: Role: InvestigationRole: Writing – review & editing
Giustino Parruti: Role: InvestigationRole: Writing – review & editing
Vincenzo Vullo: Role: InvestigationRole: Writing – review & editing
Antonio Chirianni: Role: InvestigationRole: Writing – review & editing
Elisabetta Teti: Role: InvestigationRole: Writing – review & editing
Caterina Pasquazzi: Role: InvestigationRole: Writing – original draft
Daniela Segala: Role: ConceptualizationRole: InvestigationRole: Writing – review & editing
Massimo Andreoni: Role: ConceptualizationRole: MethodologyRole: Project administrationRole: SupervisionRole:
Writing – review & editing
Chen-Hua Liu: Role: Editor
Journal ID (nlm-ta): PLoS One
Journal ID (iso-abbrev): PLoS ONE
Journal ID (publisher-id): plos
Journal ID (pmc): plosone
Title:
PLoS ONE
Publisher:
Public Library of Science
(San Francisco, CA USA
)
ISSN
(Electronic):
1932-6203
Publication date
(Electronic):
20
February
2018
Publication date Collection: 2018
Volume: 13
Issue: 2
Electronic Location Identifier: e0192627
Affiliations
[1
]
University of Genova (DISSAL), Infectious Diseases Clinic, Policlinico Hospital San
Martino, Genova, Italy
[2
]
Infectious Diseases Clinic, Policlinico Hospital San Martino, Genova, Italy
[3
]
Biostatistics Unit, Department of Health Sciences, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
[4
]
Clinical Department, National Institute for Infectious Diseases, INMI L. Spallanzani,
Rome, Italy
[5
]
Department of Biomedical and Clinical Science, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
[6
]
1st Division of Infectious Diseases, ASST Fatebenefratelli-Sacco, Milan, Italy
[7
]
Institute of Infectious Disease, University of Bari, Bari, Italy
[8
]
Division of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia,
Italy
[9
]
Infectious Diseases Clinic, University Hospital, Modena, Italy
[10
]
Department of Internal and Specialty Medicine University Infectious Diseases Unit,
AOU Senese, Siena, Italy
[11
]
Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, University Hospital, Padova, Italy
[12
]
Department of Infectious Diseases, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
[13
]
Department of Clinical Medicine, Policlinico Umberto I, Sapienza University of Rome,
Rome, Italy
[14
]
Clinic of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, Department of Health Sciences, University
of Milan, Milan, Italy
[15
]
Infectious Diseases Unit, Sapienza University of Rome, Latina, Italy, and Department
of Public Health and Infectious Diseases, Policlinico Umberto I, Sapienza University
of Rome, Rome, Italy
[16
]
Unit of Infectious Diseases, University of Turin, Department of Medical Sciences,
Amedeo di Savoia Hospital, Turin, Italy
[17
]
Division of Infectious Diseases, AO Papa Giovanni XXIII, Bergamo, Italy
[18
]
Division of Infectious Diseases, AO Niguarda Ca' Granda Hospital, Milan, Italy
[19
]
Division of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, University of Brescia and Spedali Civili
General Hospital, Brescia, Italy
[20
]
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, San Gerardo Hospital,
University of Milan-Bicocca, Milan, Italy
[21
]
First Division of Infectious Diseases, S. Giovanni di Dio e Ruggi d'Aragona Hospital,
Salerno, Italy
[22
]
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine,
ARNAS Garibaldi Hospital, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
[23
]
Infectious Diseases Unit, Department of Biomedical Sciences and Public Health, Marche
Polytechnic University c/o Ospedali Riuniti, Ancona, Italy
[24
]
Infectious Disease Unit, Pescara General Hospital, Pescara, Italy
[25
]
Department of Public Health and Infectious Diseases, Policlinico Umberto I, Sapienza
University of Rome, Rome, Italy
[26
]
III U.O.C. P.O. Cotugno, AORN Ospedali dei Colli, Naples, Italy
[27
]
Clinical Infectious Diseases, Department. of Systems Medicine, Tor Vergata University,
Rome, Italy
[28
]
Clinical Infectious Diseases, Sant'Andrea Hospital—Sapienza University of Rome, Rome,
Italy
[29
]
Unit of Infectious Diseases, University Hospital of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy
National Taiwan University Hospital, TAIWAN
Author notes
Competing Interests: AbbVie provided study drugs at no charge which were distributed through a competitive
enrollment program. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing
data and materials.
Author information
Article
Publisher ID:
PONE-D-17-31618
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0192627
PMC ID: 5819795
PubMed ID: 29462201
SO-VID: 644b315d-d0bf-483d-99c2-7fc5b324762e
Copyright © © 2018 Taramasso et al
License:
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the original author and source are credited.
Funded by: AbbVie (ITA)
AbbVie provided study drugs at no charge which were distributed through a competitive
enrollment program. No additional financial support was provided for this study. The
funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish,
or preparation of the manuscript.
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