OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of International Journal of Medical Microbiology is 4. 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 2020-10-01 to 2024-10-01.)

Article	Citations
Fungi of the human gut microbiota: Roles and significance	102
Modulation of inflammatory responses by gastrointestinal Prevotella spp. – From associations to functional studies	50
The role of fecal sulfur metabolome in inflammatory bowel diseases	45
Strain inheritance and neonatal gut microbiota development: A meta-analysis	37
Emergence of linezolid-resistance in vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium ST117 associated with increased linezolid-consumption	31
Establishing causality in Salmonella-microbiota-host interaction: The use of gnotobiotic mouse models and synthetic microbial communities	30
Reverse vaccinology approach for the identifications of potential vaccine candidates against Salmonella	25
Orientia tsutsugamushi: The dangerous yet neglected foe from the East	23
Recent advances in culture-based gut microbiome research	22
Global epidemiology of antimicrobial resistance in commensal Neisseria species: A systematic review	21
The effect of gut microbiota on the intestinal lipidome of mice	21
Discovery of myricetin as an inhibitor against Streptococcus mutans and an anti-adhesion approach to biofilm formation	21
Teleological cooption of Mycobacterium tuberculosis PE/PPE proteins as porins: Role in molecular immigration and emigration	20
The role of the blood group-related glycosyltransferases FUT2 and B4GALNT2 in susceptibility to infectious disease	19
Molecular epidemiology and antimicrobial resistance of Clostridioides difficile in Germany, 2014–2019	19
Molecular and epidemiological surveillance of polymyxin-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae strains isolated from Brazil with multiple mgrB gene mutations	18
Pathogenicity and genomic features of vapN-harboring Rhodococcus equi isolated from human patients	18
A novel mutation of walK confers vancomycin-intermediate resistance in methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus	16
Can Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection lead to cancer? Call for a paradigm shift in understanding TB and cancer	15
Regulation of the gut barrier by carbohydrates from diet – Underlying mechanisms and possible clinical implications	14
Cutibacterium acnes phylogenetic type IC and II isolated from patients with non-acne diseases exhibit high-level biofilm formation	14
Microbiota profiling in aging-associated inflammation and liver degeneration	14
K+ and its role in virulence of Acinetobacter baumannii	14
Microbial diagnosis of endophthalmitis using nanopore amplicon sequencing	14
Characterization of the Atl-mediated staphylococcal internalization mechanism	13

Comprehensive investigation of antibiotic resistance gene content in cfiA-harboring Bacteroides fragilis isolates of human and animal origins by whole genome sequencing	13
Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates from cystic fibrosis patients induce neutrophil extracellular traps with different morphologies that could correlate with their disease severity	13
Rothia aeria and Rothia dentocariosa as biofilm builders in infective endocarditis	13
Testosterone regulates the intracellular bacterial community formation of uropathogenic Escherichia coli in prostate cells via STAT3	12
Defence and adaptation mechanisms of the intestinal epithelium upon infection	12
Pilus islets and the clonal spread of piliated Streptococcus pneumoniae: A review	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
Molecular characterization and antimicrobial resistance of group A streptococcus isolates in streptococcal toxic shock syndrome cases in Japan from 2013 to 2018	10
ArgD of Mycobacterium tuberculosis is a functional N-acetylornithine aminotransferase with moonlighting function as an effective immune modulator	10
Rectal swabs are a reliable method of assessing the colonic microbiome	10
Strain and host-cell dependent role of type-1 fimbriae in the adherence phenotype of super-shed Escherichia coli O157:H7	10
Anti-inflammatory effect of chlorogenic acid in Klebsiella pneumoniae-induced pneumonia by inactivating the p38MAPK pathway	10
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
Prevalence of bacteriocins and their co-association with virulence factors within Pseudomonas aeruginosa catheter isolates	9
Treponema pallidum Tp0751 alters the expression of tight junction proteins by promoting bEnd3 cell apoptosis and IL-6 secretion	9
The V-ATPase regulates localization of the TRP Ca2+ channel Yvc1 in response to oxidative stress in Candida albicans	9
Mechanisms of folate metabolism-related substances affecting Staphylococcus aureus infection	8
Prevalence, genomic characteristics, and transmission dynamics of mcr-1-positive Salmonella enterica Typhimurium from patients with infectious diarrhea	8
Genomic investigation of a Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 24F strain causing meningoencephalitis in Hong Kong	8
Metabolic adaption of Legionella pneumophila during intracellular growth in Acanthamoeba castellanii	8
Lymph node stromal cell subsets—Emerging specialists for tailored tissue-specific immune responses	8
Comparative phenotypic characterization of hybrid Shiga toxin-producing / uropathogenic Escherichia coli, canonical uropathogenic and Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli	8
A longitudinal study shows intermittent colonization by Staphylococcus aureus with a high genetic diversity in hemodialysis patients	7
Virulent Staphylococcus aureus colonizes pediatric nares by resisting killing of human antimicrobial peptides	7
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
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
Artesunate interrupts the self-transcriptional activation of MarA to inhibit RND family pumps of Escherichia coli	6
Systemic bacterial infections affect dendritic cell development and function	6
CD101 as an indicator molecule for pathological changes at the interface of host-microbiota interactions	6
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
Nanopore 16S amplicon sequencing enables rapid detection of pathogen in knee periprosthetic joint infection	5
Modeling microbe-host interaction in the pathogenesis of Crohn’s disease	5
Impact of Mycobacteroides abscessus colony morphology on biofilm formation and antimicrobial resistance	5
First description of the katG gene deletion in a Mycobacterium tuberculosis clinical isolate and its impact on the mycobacterial fitness	5
Impact of dietary sulfolipid-derived sulfoquinovose on gut microbiota composition and inflammatory status of colitis-prone interleukin-10-deficient mice	5
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on norovirus circulation in Germany	5
Mechanisms of promoting the differentiation and bone resorption function of osteoclasts by Staphylococcus aureus infection	5
Staphylococcus aureus nasal colonization among dental health care workers in Northern Germany (StaphDent study)	5
Interferons at the crossroad of cell death pathways during gastrointestinal inflammation and infection	5
Chlamydia psittaci inhibits apoptosis of human neutrophils by activating P2X7 receptor expression	5
Antifungal and anti-biofilm activities of patchouli alcohol against Candida albicans	5
Different populations of A(H1N1)pdm09 viruses in a patient with hemolytic-uremic syndrome	4
Antibacterial and antibiofilm efficacy of repurposing drug hexestrol against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus	4
Klebsiella pneumoniae activates the TGF-β signaling pathway to adhere to and invade intestinal epithelial cells via enhancing TLL1 expression	4
A look at staphylococci from the one health perspective	4
The hypersusceptible antibiotic screening strain Staphylococcus aureus SG511-Berlin harbors multiple mutations in regulatory genes	4