Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials

Article	Citations
Plasma CRP level is positively associated with the severity of COVID-19	174
COVID-19: breaking down a global health crisis	166
Anticipating the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on TB patients and TB control programmes	127
Bacteriophage therapy against Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms: a review	111
Ivermectin, a new candidate therapeutic against SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19	107
Clinical features, hospitalisation and deaths associated with monkeypox: a systematic review and meta-analysis	77
SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19 and advances in developing potential therapeutics and vaccines to counter this emerging pandemic	74
Monkeypox outbreaks during COVID-19 pandemic: are we looking at an independent phenomenon or an overlapping pandemic?	56
Microbiota composition and distribution along the female reproductive tract of women with endometriosis	46
Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus: the problem is not over for tropical America	42
Bacteriophage therapy for inhibition of multi drug‐resistant uropathogenic bacteria: a narrative review	37
Emerging high-risk ST101 and ST307 carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae clones from bloodstream infections in Southern Italy	36
Complications of peritonsillar abscess	35
Changes in the spatial distribution of COVID-19 incidence in Italy using GIS-based maps	29
Predominance of international clone 2 multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii clinical isolates in Thailand: a nationwide study	29
Repurposing of antibiotics for clinical management of COVID-19: a narrative review	29
Secondary bacterial infections and antimicrobial resistance in COVID-19: comparative evaluation of pre-pandemic and pandemic-era, a retrospective single center study	28
Characterisation of antibiotic resistance, virulence, clonality and mortality in MRSA and MSSA bloodstream infections at a tertiary-level hospital in Hungary: a 6-year retrospective study	28
Coagulase-negative staphylococci (CoNS) as a significant etiological factor of laryngological infections: a review	27
Successful recovery of COVID-19 pneumonia in a patient from Colombia after receiving chloroquine and clarithromycin	27
Antimicrobial susceptibility of gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria: a 5-year retrospective analysis at a multi-hospital healthcare system in Saudi Arabia	27
The emergence of the hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae (hvKp) strains among circulating clonal complex 147 (CC147) harbouring blaNDM/OXA-48 carbapenemases in a tertiary care center of Iran	26
Molecular characteristics of antibiotic-resistant Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae strains isolated from hospitalized patients in Tehran, Iran	26
Correlation between antimicrobial resistance and biofilm formation capability among Klebsiella pneumoniae strains isolated from hospitalized patients in Iran	25
Safety and bactericidal efficacy of cold atmospheric plasma generated by a flexible surface Dielectric Barrier Discharge device against Pseudomonas aeruginosa in vitro and in vivo	24

The impact of urine microbiota in patients with lower urinary tract symptoms	22
MERS-CoV: epidemiology, molecular dynamics, therapeutics, and future challenges	22
Persistent SARS-CoV-2 infection in patients with secondary antibody deficiency: successful clearance following combination casirivimab and imdevimab (REGN-COV2) monoclonal antibody therapy	22
Evaluation of Rapid Sepsityper® protocol and specific MBT-Sepsityper module (Bruker Daltonics) for the rapid diagnosis of bacteremia and fungemia by MALDI-TOF-MS	22
A high prevalence of multi-drug resistant Gram-negative bacilli in a Nepali tertiary care hospital and associated widespread distribution of Extended-Spectrum Beta-Lactamase (ESBL) and carbapenemase-e	22
The face of hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae isolated from clinical samples of two Iranian teaching hospitals	21
The laboratory findings and different COVID-19 severities: a systematic review and meta-analysis	21
In vitro estimation of superfluid critical extracts of some plants for their antimicrobial potential, phytochemistry, and GC–MS analyses	20
Evaluation of efflux pump activity and biofilm formation in multidrug resistant clinical isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolated from a Federal Medical Center in Nigeria	19
High frequency of multidrug-resistant (MDR) Klebsiella pneumoniae harboring several β-lactamase and integron genes collected from several hospitals in the north of Iran	19
Clinical characteristics and predictors of mortality in young adults with severe COVID-19: a retrospective observational study	19
Antimicrobial susceptibility patterns of respiratory Gram-negative bacterial isolates from COVID-19 patients in Switzerland	17
Severe vivax malaria trends in the last two years: a study from a tertiary care centre, Delhi, India	17
Comparison of fungal and bacterial keratitis between tropical and subtropical Taiwan: a prospective cohort study	17
Bacterial profile and antimicrobial susceptibility patterns of isolates among patients diagnosed with surgical site infection at a tertiary teaching hospital in Ethiopia: a prospective cohort study	16
Significant contribution of the CmeABC Efflux pump in high-level resistance to ciprofloxacin and tetracycline in Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli clinical isolates	16
An overview of genes and mutations associated with Chlamydiae species’ resistance to antibiotics	16
Heteroresistance to clarithromycin and metronidazole in patients with a Helicobacter pylori infection: a systematic review and meta-analysis	16
The accuracy of four commercial broth microdilution tests in the determination of the minimum inhibitory concentration of colistin	16
The characteristic and potential therapeutic effect of isolated multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii lytic phage	15
Multidrug resistance and extended-spectrum beta-lactamase producing Gram-negative bacteria from three Referral Hospitals of Amhara region, Ethiopia	14
A rapid and simple method for routine determination of antibiotic sensitivity to biofilm populations of Pseudomonas aeruginosa	14
Epidemiology, mortality and effectiveness of prophylaxis for Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia among rheumatic patients: a territory-wide study	14
Antibiotic resistance pattern of Bacteroides fragilis isolated from clinical and colorectal specimens	14
In vitro activity of ceftazidime–avibactam and comparators against Gram-negative bacterial isolates collected in the Asia–Pacific region as part of the INFORM program (2015–2017)	14
Epidemiology, species distribution, and outcome of nosocomial Candida spp. bloodstream infection in Shanghai: an 11-year retrospective analysis in a tertiary care hospital	13
Bloodstream Infections caused by Klebsiella pneumoniae and Serratia marcescens isolates co-harboring NDM-1 and KPC-2	13
Multi-drug resistant and extended-spectrum β-lactamases producing bacterial uropathogens among pregnant women in Northwest Ethiopia	13
Antibacterial activity of recently approved antibiotics against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) strains: A systematic review and meta-analysis	12
Antibiotic heteroresistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates: a systematic review and meta-analysis	12
A first probable case of SARS-CoV-2 reinfection in Colombia	12
Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis is associated with Bartonella henselae infection in a patient with multiple susceptibility genes	12
Insight into carbapenem resistance and virulence of Acinetobacter baumannii from a children’s medical centre in eastern China	12
The efficacy and effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines around the world: a mini-review and meta-analysis	12
The niche of One Health approaches in Lassa fever surveillance and control	12
Comparative genome analysis of colistin-resistant OXA-48-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae clinical strains isolated from two Iranian hospitals	12
Antimicrobial resistance profile and multidrug resistance patterns of Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates from patients suspected of pneumococcal infections in Ethiopia	12
Clinical outcome of patients with COVID-19 Pneumonia treated with corticosteroids and colchicine in Colombia	12
Virulence characterization and clonal analysis of uropathogenic Escherichia coli metallo-beta-lactamase-producing isolates	11
Prevalence of Campylobacter species in human, animal and food of animal origin and their antimicrobial susceptibility in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis	11
Prevalence of colistin resistance of Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates in Iran: a systematic review and meta-analysis	11
Comparative evaluation of six nucleic acid amplification kits for SARS-CoV-2 RNA detection	11
Nomogram to predict multidrug-resistant tuberculosis	11
Nasal decolonization of Staphylococcus aureus and the risk of surgical site infection after surgery: a meta-analysis	11
Investigation of biofilm production and its association with genetic and phenotypic characteristics of OM (osteomyelitis) and non-OM orthopedic Staphylococcus aureus	10
Presence of Borrelia miyamotoi infection in a highly endemic area of Lyme disease	10
Bacterial and fungal growth in sputum cultures from 165 COVID-19 pneumonia patients requiring intubation: evidence for antimicrobial resistance development and analysis of risk factors	10
Contrasting SARS-CoV-2 RNA copies and clinical symptoms in a large cohort of Colombian patients during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic	10
A case series of medically managed Candida parapsilosis complex prosthetic valve endocarditis	9
Contemporary analysis of ETEST for antibiotic susceptibility and minimum inhibitory concentration agreement against Pseudomonas aeruginosa from patients with cystic fibrosis	9

Early-life antibiotic exposure increases the risk of childhood overweight and obesity in relation to dysbiosis of gut microbiota: a birth cohort study	9
Detection of carbapenemases blaOXA48-blaKPC-blaNDM-blaVIM and extended-spectrum-β-lactamase blaOXA1-blaSHV-blaTEM genes in Gram-negative bacterial isolates from ICU burns patients	9
Clinical outcomes and prognostic factors in bloodstream infections due to extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Enterobacteriaceae among patients with malignancy: a meta-analysis	9
Population snapshot of the extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli invasive strains isolated from a Hungarian hospital	9
Role of CRISPR-Cas system on antibiotic resistance patterns of Enterococcus faecalis	9
Trends in carbapenem resistance in Pre-COVID and COVID times in a tertiary care hospital in North India	9
Molecular epidemiology of blaCTX-M gene-producing uropathogenic Escherichia coli among Iranian kidney transplant patients: clonal dissemination of CC131 and CC10	9
Comparative in silico characterization of Klebsiella pneumoniae hypervirulent plasmids and their antimicrobial resistance genes	9
Molecular epidemiology of Streptococcus pneumoniae isolated from pediatric community-acquired pneumonia in pre-conjugate vaccine era in Western China	9
Epidemiological and viral features of a cohort of SARS-CoV-2 symptomatic and asymptomatic individuals in an area of the Colombian Caribbean	9
A fatal case of disseminated nocardiosis due to Nocardia otitidiscaviarum resistant to trimethoprim–sulfamethoxazole: case report and literature review	8
Successful treatment of a kidney transplant patient with COVID-19 and late-onset Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia	8
Ex vivo infection of murine precision-cut lung tissue slices with Mycobacterium abscessus: a model to study antimycobacterial agents	8
Antimicrobial resistance in hospitalized surgical patients: a silently emerging public health concern in Benin	8
Ceftazidime-Avibactam plus aztreonam synergistic combination tested against carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales characterized phenotypically and genotypically: a glimmer of hope	8
First human case of catheter-related blood stream infection caused by Staphylococcus schleiferi subspecies coagulans: a case report and literature review	8
Investigation into antibacterial and wound healing properties of platelets lysate against Acinetobacter baumannii and Klebsiella pneumoniae burn wound infections	8
Antibiotic resistance modifying ability of phytoextracts in anthrax biological agent Bacillus anthracis and emerging superbugs: a review of synergistic mechanisms	8
Rapid and precise diagnosis of pneumonia coinfected by Pneumocystis jirovecii and Aspergillus fumigatus assisted by next-generation sequencing in a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus: a case re	8
Antibiofilm and staphyloxanthin inhibitory potential of terbinafine against Staphylococcus aureus: in vitro and in vivo studies	8
Characterization of antimicrobial susceptibility, extended-spectrum β-lactamase genes and phylogenetic groups of Shigatoxin producing Escherichia coli isolated from patients with diarrhea in Iran	8
CTX-M-9 group ESBL-producing Raoultella planticola nosocomial infection: first report from sub-Saharan Africa	7
Effective anti-mycobacterial treatment for BCG disease in patients with Mendelian Susceptibility to Mycobacterial Disease (MSMD): a case series	7
Differences of virulence factors, and antimicrobial susceptibility according to phylogenetic group in uropathogenic Escherichia coli strains isolated from Korean patients	7
Vaccination of children against COVID-19: the experience in Latin America	6
Genomic insights into virulence factors affecting tissue-invasive Klebsiella pneumoniae infection	6
Clinical syndromes and treatment location predict utility of carbapenem sparing therapies in ceftriaxone-non-susceptible Escherichia coli bloodstream infection	6
Intestinal carriage of vancomycin‐resistant Enterococcus spp. among high‐risk patients in university hospitals in Serbia: first surveillance report	6
COVID-19 vaccine development: What lessons can we learn from TB?	6
COVID-19 vaccination efficacy in numbers including SARS-CoV-2 variants and age comparison: a meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials	6
Hypervirulent Streptococcus agalactiae septicemia in twin ex-premature infants transmitted by breast milk: report of source detection and isolate characterization using commonly available molecular di	6
Molecular epidemiology of Bordetella pertussis and analysis of vaccine antigen genes from clinical isolates from Shenzhen, China	6
Beta-lactams susceptibility testing of penicillin-resistant, ampicillin-susceptible Enterococcus faecalis isolates: a comparative assessment of Etest and disk diffusion methods against broth dilution	6
Differential effects of antibiotics on neutrophils exposed to lipoteichoic acid derived from Staphylococcus aureus	6
A case of neck abscess caused by rare hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae, capsular type K20 and sequence type 420	6
Emerging vancomycin-non susceptible coagulase negative Staphylococci associated with skin and soft tissue infections	6
Recurrent bacteremia with a hypermucoviscous Escherichia coli isolated from a patient with perihilar cholangiocarcinoma: insights from a comprehensive genome-based analysis	5
Curcumin and capsaicin regulate apoptosis and alleviate intestinal inflammation induced by Clostridioides difficile in vitro	5
Point-of-care cerebrospinal fluid Gram stain for the management of acute meningitis in adults: a retrospective observational study	5
Efficacy and safety of azithromycin and amoxicillin/clavulanate for otitis media in children: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials	5
Ceftobiprole: a potential empirical post-operative monotherapy in prosthetic joint infections	5
Investigation of bedaquiline resistance and genetic mutations in multi-drug resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis clinical isolates in Chongqing, China	5
Antimicrobial and antibiofilm activities of Cu(II) Schiff base complexes against methicillin-susceptible and resistant Staphylococcus aureus	5
VIM-encoding IncpSTY plasmids and chromosome-borne integrative and mobilizable elements (IMEs) and integrative and conjugative elements (ICEs) in Pseudomonas	5
BioFire FilmArray Pneumonia Panel enhances detection of pathogens and antimicrobial resistance in lower respiratory tract specimens	5
Detection performance of PCR for Legionella pneumophila in environmental samples: a systematic review and meta-analysis	5
The molecular mechanisms of fluoroquinolone resistance found in rectal swab isolates of Enterobacterales from men undergoing a transrectal prostate biopsy: the rationale for targeted prophylaxis	5
Effect of ZnO nanoparticles on methicillin, vancomycin, linezolid resistance and biofilm formation in Staphylococcus aureus isolates	5
Rapid detection of a novel B1-β-lactamase gene, blaAFM-1 using a loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) assay	5
“One Health” perspective on prevalence of co-existing extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL)-producing Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae: a comprehensive systematic review and meta-analysis	5
The risk of vancomycin toxicity in patients with liver impairment	5
The oral microbiota is a reservoir for antimicrobial resistance: resistome and phenotypic resistance characteristics of oral biofilm in health, caries, and periodontitis	5
Phenotypic and genotypic characterization of biofilm producing clinical coagulase negative staphylococci from Nepal and their antibiotic susceptibility pattern	5
First detection of a plasmid-encoded New-Delhi metallo-beta-lactamase-1 (NDM-1) producing Acinetobacter baumannii using whole genome sequencing, isolated in a clinical setting in Benin	5
Molecular characterization of NDM-1-producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates from hospitalized patients in Iran	5
New ST623 of Cryptococcus neoformans isolated from a patient with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma in the Brazilian Amazon	5
Antimicrobial coating is associated with significantly lower aerobic colony counts in high-touch areas in an orthopedic ward environment	5
Francisella philomiragia bacteremia in an immunocompromised patient: a rare case report	5
Dysbiosis of urine microbiota in obstructive urinary retention patients revealed by next-generation sequencing	4
Compassionate use of a novel β-lactam enhancer-based investigational antibiotic cefepime/zidebactam (WCK 5222) for the treatment of extensively-drug-resistant NDM-expressing Pseudomonas aeruginosa inf	4
Evaluation of the loop-mediated isothermal amplification assay for Staphylococcus aureus detection: a systematic review and meta-analysis	4
Epidemiological profile of multidrug-resistant and extensively drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis among Congolese patients	4
Maternal colonization with group B Streptococcus and antibiotic resistance in China: systematic review and meta-analyses	4
Molecular detection of blaCTX-M gene to predict phenotypic cephalosporin resistance and clinical outcome of Escherichia coli bloodstream infections in Vietnam	4
The severity and risk factors for mortality in immunocompromised adult patients hospitalized with influenza-related pneumonia	4
Application of MALDI-TOF MS to assess clinical characteristics, risk factors, and outcomes associated with anaerobic bloodstream infection: a retrospective observational study	4
Fusion plasmid enhanced the endemic extensively drug resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae clone ST147 harbored blaOXA-48 to acquire the hypervirulence and cause fatal infection	4
Wide spread and diversity of mutation in the gyrA gene of quinolone-resistant Corynebacterium striatum strains isolated from three tertiary hospitals in China	4
Comparative genetic characterization of CMY-2-type beta-lactamase producing pathogenic Escherichia coli isolated from humans and pigs suffering from diarrhea in Korea	4
Isolation, characterization, therapeutic potency, and genomic analysis of a novel bacteriophage vB_KshKPC-M against carbapenemase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae strains (CRKP) isolated from Ventilato	4
Multiplex lateral flow immunochromatographic assay is an effective method to detect carbapenemases without risk of OXA-48-like cross reactivity	4
Molecular determination of O25b/ST131 clone type among extended spectrum β-lactamases production Escherichia coli recovering from urinary tract infection isolates	4
Risk factors and molecular epidemiology of fecal carriage of carbapenem resistant Enterobacteriaceae in patients with liver disease	3
Role of AmpG in the resistance to β-lactam agents, including cephalosporins and carbapenems: candidate for a novel antimicrobial target	3
Evaluation of the liquid colony for identification and antimicrobial susceptibility testing directly from positive blood cultures	3
Direct detection of resistance to fluoroquinolones/SLIDs in sputum specimen by GenoType MTBDRsl v.2.0 assay A study from Eastern Uttar Pradesh, India	3
Features and associated factors of bacterial skin infections in hospitalized patients with pemphigus: a single-center retrospective study	3
Molecular characterization of a ceftriaxone-resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae strain found in Switzerland: a case report	3
Nocardia takedensis: a newly recognized pathogen responsible for skin and soft tissue infections	3
Diagnosis of pathogens causing bacterial meningitis using Nanopore sequencing in a resource-limited setting	3

Helicobacter canis bacteraemia in a rheumatoid arthritis patient treated with tofacitinib: case report and literature review	3
The roles of neutrophils in non-tuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary disease	3
Prevalence and factors associated with carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales (CRE) infection among hematological malignancies patients with CRE intestinal colonization	3
Multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacterial infections and associated factors in a Kenyan intensive care unit: a cross-sectional study	3
Severe polymicrobial and fungal periprosthetic osteomyelitis persisting after hip disarticulations treated with caspofungin in risk patients: a case series	3
Dissemination of Neisseria gonorrhoeae with decreased susceptibility to extended-spectrum cephalosporins in Southern China, 2021: a genome-wide surveillance from 20 cities	3
Clinico-microbiological profile of Burkholderia cepacia keratitis: a case series	3
Three-year evaluation of the nosocomial infections in pediatrics: bacterial and fungal profile and antimicrobial resistance pattern	3
Molecular characterization of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus among insulin-dependent diabetic individuals in Brazil	3
Comparison of therapy with β-lactam/β-lactamase inhibitor combinations or carbapenems for bacteraemia of nonurinary source caused by ESBL-producing Escherichia coli or Klebsiella pneumoniae	3
The alteration of intrauterine microbiota in chronic endometritis patients based on 16S rRNA sequencing analysis	3
Facklamia hominis pyelonephritis in a pediatric patient: first case report and review of the literature	3
Ceftolozane/tazobactam for the treatment of bacteremia: a systematic literature review (SLR)	3
CRISPR/Cas12a-based assay for the rapid and high-sensitivity detection of Streptococcus agalactiae colonization in pregnant women with premature rupture of membrane	3
Aspergillosis of central nervous system in patients with leukemia and stem cell transplantation: a systematic review of case reports	3
The effect of an antibiotic stewardship program on tigecycline use in a Tertiary Care Hospital, an intervention study	3
Metagenomic next-generation sequencing for the diagnosis of Pneumocystis jirovecii Pneumonia in critically pediatric patients	3
A novel antibiotic combination of linezolid and polymyxin B octapeptide PBOP against clinical Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains	3
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus nasal carriage among janitors working in hospital and non-hospital areas: a comparative cross-sectional study	3
Prevalence of β-lactamase-encoding genes and molecular typing of Acinetobacter baumannii isolates carrying carbapenemase OXA-24 in children	3
Correlation of clinical sepsis definitions with microbiological characteristics in patients admitted through a sepsis alert system; a prospective cohort study	3