Milena La Spina

A survey on the institutional practices of the use of isavuconazole in onco-hematological children, on behalf of the Infectious Working Group of AIEOP

Isavuconazole is a broad-spectrum antifungal agent approved for the treatment of invasive fungal infections (IFIs) in adults and, recently, in pediatric patients aged 1 year and older. Use in the pediatric setting remains limited, but available data indicate generally favorable s...

To Tap or Not to Tap? A Still Unanswered Question for Lumbar Puncture and Treatment Strategies in Asymptomatic Pediatric Papilledema: A Narrative Review

Papilledema is a potentially vision-threatening finding in children, often diagnosed during routine ophthalmological evaluation in asymptomatic subjects, which requires prompt diagnostic evaluation to exclude intracranial pathology. The available literature suggests that a signif...

L-AmB as the Real First-Line Therapy for Paediatric Visceral Leishmaniasis: A Multicentre Retrospective Study from an Endemic Area of Southern Italy

Background/Objectives: visceral leishmaniasis (VL) remains an important zoonotic disease in endemic Mediterranean regions, where children represent one of the populations at highest risk of developing symptomatic infection. Although pentavalent antimonials have historically been...