OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of International Journal of Medical Microbiology is 3. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2020-07-01 to 2024-07-01.)

Article	Citations
Fungi of the human gut microbiota: Roles and significance	85
Modulation of inflammatory responses by gastrointestinal Prevotella spp. – From associations to functional studies	48
Exploring the antibacterial mechanism of essential oils by membrane permeability, apoptosis and biofilm formation combination with proteomics analysis against methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aure	47
The role of fecal sulfur metabolome in inflammatory bowel diseases	43
Strain inheritance and neonatal gut microbiota development: A meta-analysis	34
Emergence of linezolid-resistance in vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium ST117 associated with increased linezolid-consumption	29
Establishing causality in Salmonella-microbiota-host interaction: The use of gnotobiotic mouse models and synthetic microbial communities	29
Reverse vaccinology approach for the identifications of potential vaccine candidates against Salmonella	23
Introduction of a bead beating step improves fungal DNA extraction from selected patient specimens	22
Orientia tsutsugamushi: The dangerous yet neglected foe from the East	21
The effect of gut microbiota on the intestinal lipidome of mice	20
Discovery of myricetin as an inhibitor against Streptococcus mutans and an anti-adhesion approach to biofilm formation	19
Recent advances in culture-based gut microbiome research	19
Molecular epidemiology and antimicrobial resistance of Clostridioides difficile in Germany, 2014–2019	19
The role of the blood group-related glycosyltransferases FUT2 and B4GALNT2 in susceptibility to infectious disease	19
Teleological cooption of Mycobacterium tuberculosis PE/PPE proteins as porins: Role in molecular immigration and emigration	18
Pathogenicity and genomic features of vapN-harboring Rhodococcus equi isolated from human patients	17
Molecular and epidemiological surveillance of polymyxin-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae strains isolated from Brazil with multiple mgrB gene mutations	17
Global epidemiology of antimicrobial resistance in commensal Neisseria species: A systematic review	17
Can Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection lead to cancer? Call for a paradigm shift in understanding TB and cancer	14
K+ and its role in virulence of Acinetobacter baumannii	14
Cutibacterium acnes phylogenetic type IC and II isolated from patients with non-acne diseases exhibit high-level biofilm formation	14
Synthesis and anti-pseudomonal activity of new ß-Ala modified analogues of the antimicrobial peptide anoplin	14
Regulation of the gut barrier by carbohydrates from diet – Underlying mechanisms and possible clinical implications	13
Microbial diagnosis of endophthalmitis using nanopore amplicon sequencing	13

Microbiota profiling in aging-associated inflammation and liver degeneration	13
A novel mutation of walK confers vancomycin-intermediate resistance in methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus	13
Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates from cystic fibrosis patients induce neutrophil extracellular traps with different morphologies that could correlate with their disease severity	13
Characterization of the Atl-mediated staphylococcal internalization mechanism	12
Testosterone regulates the intracellular bacterial community formation of uropathogenic Escherichia coli in prostate cells via STAT3	12
The distribution of mutations and hotspots in transcription regulators of resistance-nodulation-cell division efflux pumps in tigecycline non-susceptible Acinetobacter baumannii in China	12
Comprehensive investigation of antibiotic resistance gene content in cfiA-harboring Bacteroides fragilis isolates of human and animal origins by whole genome sequencing	11
Defence and adaptation mechanisms of the intestinal epithelium upon infection	11
Pilus islets and the clonal spread of piliated Streptococcus pneumoniae: A review	11
Rothia aeria and Rothia dentocariosa as biofilm builders in infective endocarditis	11
ArgD of Mycobacterium tuberculosis is a functional N-acetylornithine aminotransferase with moonlighting function as an effective immune modulator	10
Strain and host-cell dependent role of type-1 fimbriae in the adherence phenotype of super-shed Escherichia coli O157:H7	10
Molecular characterization and antimicrobial resistance of group A streptococcus isolates in streptococcal toxic shock syndrome cases in Japan from 2013 to 2018	10
Treponema pallidum Tp0751 alters the expression of tight junction proteins by promoting bEnd3 cell apoptosis and IL-6 secretion	9
Transcriptional regulation of virulence factors Hla and phenol-soluble modulins α by AraC-type regulator Rbf in Staphylococcus aureus	9
Molecular characterization of a carbon dioxide-dependent Escherichia coli small-colony variant isolated from blood cultures	9
The V-ATPase regulates localization of the TRP Ca2+ channel Yvc1 in response to oxidative stress in Candida albicans	9
Distribution of virulence factors, antimicrobial resistance genes and phylogenetic relatedness among Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli serogroup O91 from human infections	9
Monitoring and contamination incidence of gnotobiotic experiments performed in microisolator cages	9
Lymph node stromal cell subsets—Emerging specialists for tailored tissue-specific immune responses	8
Rectal swabs are a reliable method of assessing the colonic microbiome	8
Prevalence of bacteriocins and their co-association with virulence factors within Pseudomonas aeruginosa catheter isolates	8
Prevalence, genomic characteristics, and transmission dynamics of mcr-1-positive Salmonella enterica Typhimurium from patients with infectious diarrhea	8
Anti-inflammatory effect of chlorogenic acid in Klebsiella pneumoniae-induced pneumonia by inactivating the p38MAPK pathway	8
Comparative phenotypic characterization of hybrid Shiga toxin-producing / uropathogenic Escherichia coli, canonical uropathogenic and Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli	8
LincRNA-Cox2 regulates IL6/JAK3/STAT3 and NF-κB P65 pathway activation in Listeria monocytogenes-infected RAW264.7 cells	7
Regulatory interplay of RpoS and RssB controls motility and colonization in Vibrio cholerae	7
CEACAMs interaction with Helicobacter pylori HopQ supports the type 4 secretion system-dependent activation of non-canonical NF-κB	7
A longitudinal study shows intermittent colonization by Staphylococcus aureus with a high genetic diversity in hemodialysis patients	6
Metabolic adaption of Legionella pneumophila during intracellular growth in Acanthamoeba castellanii	6
Live attenuated Salmonella Typhimurium with monophosphoryl lipid A retains ability to induce T-cell and humoral immune responses against heterologous polysaccharide of Shigella flexneri 2a	6
Mechanisms of folate metabolism-related substances affecting Staphylococcus aureus infection	6
Genomic investigation of a Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 24F strain causing meningoencephalitis in Hong Kong	6
Virulence and resistance properties of E. coli isolated from urine samples of hospitalized patients in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – The role of mobile genetic elements	6
Virulent Staphylococcus aureus colonizes pediatric nares by resisting killing of human antimicrobial peptides	6
Systemic bacterial infections affect dendritic cell development and function	5
Interferons at the crossroad of cell death pathways during gastrointestinal inflammation and infection	5
Mechanisms of promoting the differentiation and bone resorption function of osteoclasts by Staphylococcus aureus infection	5
First description of the katG gene deletion in a Mycobacterium tuberculosis clinical isolate and its impact on the mycobacterial fitness	5
CD101 as an indicator molecule for pathological changes at the interface of host-microbiota interactions	5
Klebsiella pneumoniae enolase-like membrane protein interacts with human plasminogen	5
Recognition of food antigens by the mucosal and systemic immune system: Consequences for intestinal development and homeostasis	5
Modeling microbe-host interaction in the pathogenesis of Crohn’s disease	5
Klebsiella pneumoniae activates the TGF-β signaling pathway to adhere to and invade intestinal epithelial cells via enhancing TLL1 expression	4
Impact of Mycobacteroides abscessus colony morphology on biofilm formation and antimicrobial resistance	4
Impact of dietary sulfolipid-derived sulfoquinovose on gut microbiota composition and inflammatory status of colitis-prone interleukin-10-deficient mice	4
Staphylococcus aureus nasal colonization among dental health care workers in Northern Germany (StaphDent study)	4
Global transcriptional profiling of tyramine and d-glucuronic acid catabolism in Salmonella	3
Antifungal and anti-biofilm activities of patchouli alcohol against Candida albicans	3
Nanopore 16S amplicon sequencing enables rapid detection of pathogen in knee periprosthetic joint infection	3

Artesunate interrupts the self-transcriptional activation of MarA to inhibit RND family pumps of Escherichia coli	3
Hemolytic activity and biofilm-formation among clinical isolates of group B streptococcus causing acute urinary tract infection and asymptomatic bacteriuria	3
Immunostimulatory efficacy and protective potential of putative TgERK7 protein in mice experimentally infected by Toxoplasma gondii	3
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on norovirus circulation in Germany	3
The hypersusceptible antibiotic screening strain Staphylococcus aureus SG511-Berlin harbors multiple mutations in regulatory genes	3