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Papers

(The TQCC of Future Microbiology is 5. 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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Effect of Rapamycin on Cryptococcus Neoformans : Cellular Organization, Biophysics and Virulence Factors	91
Predicting of novel homoserine dehydrogenase inhibitors against Paracoccidioides brasiliensis : integrating in silico and i	76
Therapeutic Potential of MiRNAS in Clostridioides Difficile Infection	58
Propionylation of Fis K32 in Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi: a key modification affecting pathogenicity	54
Inflammation at the Crossroads of Helicobacter Pylori and COVID-19	34
Akkermansia muciniphila improves gastric cancer treatment by modulating the immune microenvironment	33
Natural Bioactives Versus Synthetic Antibiotics for the Attenuation of Quorum Sensing-Regulated Virulence Factors of Pseudomonas Aeruginosa	27
Repurposing Prokaryotic Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats-Cas Adaptive Immune System to Combat Antimicrobial Resistance	25
First Report of Rhino-Orbital-Cerebral Mucormycosis After COVID-19 Infection in Bulgaria	23
In vitro Activities of Antibiotic Combinations Against Mature Biofilms of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia Isolates	22
Hospital-Onset Bacteremia: Clinical and Regulatory Ramifications	21
Sources, transmission and hospital-associated outbreaks of nontuberculous mycobacteria: a review	21
Roles of the components of the cag -pathogenicity island encoded type IV secretion system in Helicobacter pylori	21
Analysis of subgingival bacterial and fungal diversity in patients with peri-implantitis based on 16sRNA and internal transcribed spacer sequencing	20
Sulbactam–durlobactam: a β-lactam/β-lactamase inhibitor combination targeting Acinetobacter baumannii	20
Novel automated AIMLAM for diagnosis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis	19
Evaluation of the Potential Of Rejuveinix Plus Dexamethasone Against Sepsis	18
Diacetylcurcumin: a novel strategy against Enterococcus faecalis biofilm in root canal disinfection	17
Extract of Sophorae Flavescentis Radix–Cnidii Fructus Couplet Medicines Treats Vulvovaginal Candidiasis by Affecting the Vaginal Mucosal Barrier	16
Drug-Based Therapeutic Strategies for COVID-19-Infected Patients and Their Challenges	16
Effect of amikacin-humic acid combination on Acinetobacter baumannii biofilm: an in vitro and in silico stu	16
In Vivo Efficacy of Pyochelin-Mediated Delivery of Zingerone in Pseudomonas Aeruginosa -Induced Peritonitis	15
Micro- and Nanoparticles as Platforms for the Treatment of Fungal Infections: Present and Future Perspectives	15
Helicobacter pylori infection delays neutrophil apoptosis and exacerbates inflammatory response	15
Molecular Diversity Survey on Diarrheagenic Escherichia Coli Isolates Among Children with Gastroenteritis in Fars, Iran	15

Effect of Prebiotics on Bacteroides sp. Adhesion and Biofilm Formation and Synbiotic Effect on Clostridioides Difficile	15
Experimental Models for Pharmacokinetic and Pharmacodynamic Studies of Antifungals Used in Cryptococcosis Treatment	14
A new N -acylhydrazone oxadiazole derivative with activity against mycobacteria	14
In Vitro Susceptibility of Nonfermenting Gram-Negative Rods To Meropenem–Vaborbactam and Delafloxacin	14
Butyrate Affects Bacterial Virulence: A New Perspective on Preventing Enteric Bacterial Pathogen Invasion	14
Antimicrobial gel with silver vanadate and silver nanoparticles: antifungal and physicochemical evaluation	14
Role and Perception of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Trainees During the COVID-19 Crisis	13
Genetic Associations in Chronic Hepatitis B Infection: Toward Developing Polygenic Risk Scores	13
Prevalence of linezolid resistance in Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates: a systematic review and meta-analysis	12
Detection of Yersinia enterocolitica , Shigella spp. and Salmonella spp. in Rattus norvegicu	12
Mechanism of Pulmonary Plague Biphasic Syndrome: Inhibition or Activation of NF-κB Signaling Pathway	12
Sertraline Has Fungicidal Activity Against Candida Spp. and Acts by Inhibiting Membrane and Cell Wall Biosynthesis	12
Manipulation and Exploitation Of Host Immune System by Pathogenic Mycobacterium Tuberculosis for its Advantage	12
Welcome to the 17th Volume of Future Microbiology	11
Phagosome Maturation and Modulation of Macrophage Effector Function by Intracellular Pathogens: Target for Therapeutics	11
Antifungal and Anti-Virulence Activity of Six Essential Oils Against Important Candida Species – A Preliminary Study	11
SUBA-itraconazole in the treatment of systemic fungal infections	11
Ultra-Long-Acting Antivirals as Chemical Vaccines to Prevent Viral Diseases	10
Bacteriophage-based bioassays: an expected paradigm shift in microbial diagnostics	10
Tropheryma Whipplei Intestinal Colonization in Immunocompromised Children in Iran: A Preliminary Study	10
JN.1: ongoing considerations of the shifting landscape of SARS-CoV-2 variants	10
Application of microbial enzymes in medicine and industry: current status and future perspectives	10
Clinical Characteristics, Activity Levels and Mental Health Problems in Children with Long Coronavirus Disease: A Survey of 510 Children	10
Online dashboards for SARS-CoV-2 wastewater-based epidemiology	10
A rare case of granulomatous mastitis by Brucella species	10
L. Plantarum and L. Lactis as a Promising Agent in Treatment of Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Colorectal Cancer	9
Plain language summary: efficacy and safety of gepotidacin, a new oral antibiotic, compared with nitrofurantoin, a commonly used oral antibiotic, for treating uncomplicated urinary tract infection	9
Combined bictegravir, emtricitabine and tenofovir alafenamide for treating people with HIV: a plain language summary of the BICSTaR study up to 1 year	9
Development and Performance Of a Multiplex PCR Assay For the Detection of Bacteria in Sterile Body Fluids	9
Characteristics of COVID-19 and Mortality-Associated Factors During the First Year of the Pandemic in Southeast Mexico	9
Treatment outcome in patients with spinal neurocysticercosis: a systematic review of published cases and case series	9
Bioefficacy of Sida Cordifolia L. Phytoextract Against Foodborne Bacteria: Optimization And Bioactive Compound Analysis	9
New Drugs and Other Strategies for the Treatment of Fungal Infections	9
Characterization and In Vitro Testing of Newly Isolated Lytic Bacteriophages for the Biocontrol of Pseudomonas Aeruginosa	8
Activity of extracts and isolated compounds Trichilia catigua against clinically relevant candida species	8
Application of Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy for Real-Time Typing of Acinetobacter Baumannii Outbreak in Intensive Care Unit	8
Development of a Machine Learning Model to Predict Risk of Development of COVID-19-Associated Mucormycosis	8
A novel inhibitory strategy of Leishmania major using Kluyveromyces lactis and Saccharomyces cerevisiae kil	8
Potential Molecular Targets of Leishmania Pathways in Developing Novel Antileishmanials	8
Efflux pump inhibitor chlorpromazine effectively increases the susceptibility of Escherichia coli to antimicrobial peptide Brevinin-2CE	8
Antiviral defense against filovirus infections: targets and evasion mechanisms	8
Microbiome and bladder cancer: the role of probiotics in treatment	8
Role of Lysosomes in HSV-Induced Pathogenesis	8
Dlt Operon Regulates Physiological Function and Cariogenic Virulence in Streptococcus Mutans	7
Diagnosis of Osteoarticular Tuberculosis: Multi-Targeted Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification Assay Versus Multiplex PCR	7
Real-time biofilm detection techniques: advances and applications	7
Microbes and Space Travel – Hope and Hazards	7
Antibacterial and Synergistic Activity of a New 8-Hydroxyquinoline Derivative Against Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus	7
Biosurfactant complexed with arginine has antibiofilm activity against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus	7
Acinetobacter Baumannii -Induced Infective Endocarditis: New Insights into Pathophysiology and Antibiotic Resistance Mechanisms	7

Cutibacterium Acnes (Formerly Propionibacterium Acnes ): Friend or Foe?	7
Bacteriophage as an Antibacterial Agent: A Patent Perspective	7
Clinical and epidemiological aspects of Candida yeast infections and rational use of antifungals	7
Active Cu(II), Mn(II) and Ag(I) 1,10-Phenanthroline/1,10-Phenanthroline-5,6-Dione/dicarboxylate Chelates: Effects on Scedosporium	7
It’s the Little Things: Looking Forward to a New Year of Future Microbiology with Volume 19	7
Biofilm Formation of Panresistant Klebsiella Pneumoniae	7
Evaluation of the antibacterial properties of four bioactive biomaterials for chronic wound management	7
Microorganisms: A Problem Or a Solution In Our Current Life?	7
Antibiotic heteroresistance and persistence: an additional aid in hospital acquired infections by Enterococcus spp.?	7
Parasite-microbiota interactions: a pathway to innovative interventions for Chagas disease, leishmaniasis, and ascariasis	7
Pathogenic Mechanism of Vibrio Vulnificus Infection	6
Panb Over-Representation as Part of Pyrazinamide Action: A Proteomic Insight	6
Comparison of HPV Neutralizing and IgG Antibodies in Unvaccinated Female Adolescents	6
Changes in the Gut Microbiota of Morbidly Obese Patients After Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy	6
Nontyphoid Salmonella in Farm Animals and Food Products in the Middle East and North Africa: A Systematic Review	6
Systematic review of tuberculous meningitis in high-risk populations: mortality and diagnostic disparities	6
Corrigendum	6
Microbiological analysis of tunneled hemodialysis catheters isolated from patients receiving hemodialysis in Saskatchewan	6
Isovanillic Acid Protects Mice Against Staphylococcus Aureus by Targeting vWbp and Coa	6
Rethinking natural product discovery to unblock the antibiotic pipeline	6
Multilocus Sequence Typing of Treponema Pallidum Subsp. Pallidum in Barcelona	6
Carbapenemase-Producing Klebsiella Pneumoniae in Community Settings: A Cross-Sectional Study in Belgrade, Serbia	6
Sex and gender in rhinosinusitis: a review	6
State of the Art in Protein–protein Interactions Within the Fungi Kingdom	6
Use of Isavuconazole Antifungal Medicine to Treat Mold Infections in Asia and the Western Pacific Region: A Plain Language Summary	6
Isolating and Sequencing vB_Kpn_3, a Lytic Bacteriophage Against Multidrug-Resistant Klebsiella Pneumoniae	6
Spotlight on the epidemiology and antimicrobial susceptibility profiles of Vibrio species in the MENA region, 2000–2023	6
Deciphering the role of VapBC toxin-antitoxin systems in Mycobacterium tuberculosis stress adaptation	6
Interplay of gut microbiota in Kawasaki disease: role of gut microbiota and potential treatment strategies	6
Tree-Inhabiting Polypore Fungi as Sources of a Cornucopia Of Bioactive Compounds	6
An Update on the Global Treatment of Invasive Fungal Infections	6
Coinfection with Strongyloides and Ascaris in a COVID-19-Positive Male Presenting with Acute Abdomen: A Case Report	6
Diagnostic Stewardship in Infectious Diseases: Steps Towards Intentional Diagnostic Testing	6
Unveiling antifungal resistance and biocide tolerance in clinical isolates of Candida spp	6
Cefepime-enmetazobactam: first approved cefepime-β- lactamase inhibitor combination for multi-drug resistant Enterobacterales	6
Current treatment strategies for targeting virulence factors and biofilm formation in Acinetobacter baumannii	6
Proteomic Identification of Metabolic Changes in Paracoccidioides Brasiliensis Induced by a Nitroheteroarylchalcone	5
Therapeutic and Pro-Healing Potential of Advanced Wound Dressings Loaded With Bioactive Agents	5
Letter in Reply: More Power To Ivermectin Multidrug Therapy	5
Pathogenic Arsenal of Pseudomonas Aeruginosa : An Update on Virulence Factors	5
Antifungal resistance: why are we losing this battle?	5
Transcriptomics and Methylomics Study on the Effect of Iodine-Containing Drug FS-1 on Escherichia Coli ATCC BAA-196	5
Comment on: ‘Effectiveness of Ivermectin-Based Multidrug Therapy in Severely Hypoxic, Ambulatory COVID-19 Patients’	5
New Compound Probiotic Beverage Protects Against Antibiotic-Associated Diarrhea in Mice By Modulating The Microbiota	5
Research trends and hotspots in viral neglected tropical diseases: a bibliometric analysis	5
Ceftazidime-avibactam for the treatment of Pseudomonas aeruginosa: a plain language summary	5
Lactic Acid Bacteria and Their Bacteriocins: New Potential Weapons in the Fight Against Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus	5
Three-dimensional lung parenchyma model for studies of Aspergillus fumigatus infection and antifungal treatment	5
Plain Language Summary: Does A Person's Age Affect How Common Fungal Infections are and How Well Drugs Can Kill The Infections?	5
Comparison of Clinical, Laboratory and Radiological Features in Confirmed and Unconfirmed COVID-19 Patients	5
New Insight into Old and New Antimicrobial Molecules Targeting Quorum Sensing for MRSA Wound Infection	5
Fish Collagen Peptides’ Modulating Effect On Human Skin Microbiota Against Pathogenic Staphylococcus Aureus	5
Ultra-Fast Direct Method for Identifying Microorganisms from BACTEC Lytic/10 Anaerobic/F Flasks	5
Not all disinfectants are created equal: the importance of mechanistic understanding to drive research forward	5
Peptides from Galleria mellonella against Cryptococcus spp: toxicity in three-dimensional cell cultures and G. mellonella	5
Plant-based compositions for the treatment of local and topical bacterial infections: a patent review	5
GNAT Toxin may have a Potential Role in Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Persistence: An In vitro and in Silico Study	5
Invasive Pulmonary Aspergillosis in a 4-Year-Old Male Following Submersion in a Manure Pond	5
End Tuberculosis by 2035: Challenges Ahead	5
Antibacterial Activity of Paroxetine Against Staphylococcus Aureus and Possible Mechanisms of Action	5
Biochemical and Biophysical Analysis of the Interaction of a Recombinant form of Staphylococcus Aureus Enolase With Plasminogen	5
Current Status of Therapeutic Approaches and Vaccines for SARS-CoV-2	5
Reviving the past for a healthier future: ancient molecules and remedies as a solution to the antibiotic crisis	5