OOIR: Observatory of International Research

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 2021-07-01 to 2025-07-01.)

Article	Citations
Effect of Rapamycin on Cryptococcus Neoformans : Cellular Organization, Biophysics and Virulence Factors	88
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	53
Cymbopogon Citratus Essential Oil: An Active Principle of Nanoemulsion Against Enterococcus Faecalis Root Canal Biofilm	33
Repurposing Prokaryotic Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats-Cas Adaptive Immune System to Combat Antimicrobial Resistance	33
First Report of Rhino-Orbital-Cerebral Mucormycosis After COVID-19 Infection in Bulgaria	25
Natural Bioactives Versus Synthetic Antibiotics for the Attenuation of Quorum Sensing-Regulated Virulence Factors of Pseudomonas Aeruginosa	25
In vitro Activities of Antibiotic Combinations Against Mature Biofilms of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia Isolates	22
Akkermansia muciniphila improves gastric cancer treatment by modulating the immune microenvironment	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	20
Hospital-Onset Bacteremia: Clinical and Regulatory Ramifications	20
Inflammation at the Crossroads of Helicobacter Pylori and COVID-19	20
Analysis of subgingival bacterial and fungal diversity in patients with peri-implantitis based on 16sRNA and internal transcribed spacer sequencing	18
Effect of amikacin-humic acid combination on Acinetobacter baumannii biofilm: an in vitro and in silico stu	18
Evaluation of the Potential Of Rejuveinix Plus Dexamethasone Against Sepsis	17
Novel automated AIMLAM for diagnosis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis	17
Drug-Based Therapeutic Strategies for COVID-19-Infected Patients and Their Challenges	16
Diacetylcurcumin: a novel strategy against Enterococcus faecalis biofilm in root canal disinfection	16
In Vivo Efficacy of Pyochelin-Mediated Delivery of Zingerone in Pseudomonas Aeruginosa -Induced Peritonitis	15
Antimicrobial gel with silver vanadate and silver nanoparticles: antifungal and physicochemical evaluation	15
Helicobacter pylori infection delays neutrophil apoptosis and exacerbates inflammatory response	15
Sulbactam–durlobactam: a β-lactam/β-lactamase inhibitor combination targeting Acinetobacter baumannii	15
Molecular Diversity Survey on Diarrheagenic Escherichia Coli Isolates Among Children with Gastroenteritis in Fars, Iran	15

Extract of Sophorae Flavescentis Radix–Cnidii Fructus Couplet Medicines Treats Vulvovaginal Candidiasis by Affecting the Vaginal Mucosal Barrier	15
A new N -acylhydrazone oxadiazole derivative with activity against mycobacteria	14
Micro- and Nanoparticles as Platforms for the Treatment of Fungal Infections: Present and Future Perspectives	14
Butyrate Affects Bacterial Virulence: A New Perspective on Preventing Enteric Bacterial Pathogen Invasion	14
Manipulation and Exploitation Of Host Immune System by Pathogenic Mycobacterium Tuberculosis for its Advantage	14
Experimental Models for Pharmacokinetic and Pharmacodynamic Studies of Antifungals Used in Cryptococcosis Treatment	14
In Vitro Susceptibility of Nonfermenting Gram-Negative Rods To Meropenem–Vaborbactam and Delafloxacin	13
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
Effect of Prebiotics on Bacteroides sp. Adhesion and Biofilm Formation and Synbiotic Effect on Clostridioides Difficile	12
Sertraline Has Fungicidal Activity Against Candida Spp. and Acts by Inhibiting Membrane and Cell Wall Biosynthesis	12
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
Bacteriophage-based bioassays: an expected paradigm shift in microbial diagnostics	11
Welcome to the 17th Volume of Future Microbiology	11
SUBA-itraconazole in the treatment of systemic fungal infections	11
Ultra-Long-Acting Antivirals as Chemical Vaccines to Prevent Viral Diseases	11
Prevalence of COVID-19 in 10,000 Samples from 7853 Patients in Eastern Turkey by Positive Real-Time PCR	11
Mechanism of Pulmonary Plague Biphasic Syndrome: Inhibition or Activation of NF-κB Signaling Pathway	11
Antifungal and Anti-Virulence Activity of Six Essential Oils Against Important Candida Species – A Preliminary Study	11
Phagosome Maturation and Modulation of Macrophage Effector Function by Intracellular Pathogens: Target for Therapeutics	11
Clinical Characteristics, Activity Levels and Mental Health Problems in Children with Long Coronavirus Disease: A Survey of 510 Children	10
Application of microbial enzymes in medicine and industry: current status and future perspectives	10
JN.1: ongoing considerations of the shifting landscape of SARS-CoV-2 variants	10
Online dashboards for SARS-CoV-2 wastewater-based epidemiology	10
Activity of extracts and isolated compounds Trichilia catigua against clinically relevant candida species	9
Treatment outcome in patients with spinal neurocysticercosis: a systematic review of published cases and case series	9
Characteristics of COVID-19 and Mortality-Associated Factors During the First Year of the Pandemic in Southeast Mexico	9
A rare case of granulomatous mastitis by Brucella species	9
Potential Molecular Targets of Leishmania Pathways in Developing Novel Antileishmanials	9
Microbiome and bladder cancer: the role of probiotics in treatment	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
New Drugs and Other Strategies for the Treatment of Fungal Infections	9
A novel inhibitory strategy of Leishmania major using Kluyveromyces lactis and Saccharomyces cerevisiae kil	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
Application of Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy for Real-Time Typing of Acinetobacter Baumannii Outbreak in Intensive Care Unit	9
Tropheryma Whipplei Intestinal Colonization in Immunocompromised Children in Iran: A Preliminary Study	9
Characterization and In Vitro Testing of Newly Isolated Lytic Bacteriophages for the Biocontrol of Pseudomonas Aeruginosa	8
Antiviral defense against filovirus infections: targets and evasion mechanisms	8
Bioefficacy of Sida Cordifolia L. Phytoextract Against Foodborne Bacteria: Optimization And Bioactive Compound Analysis	8
Biofilm Formation of Panresistant Klebsiella Pneumoniae	8
Efflux pump inhibitor chlorpromazine effectively increases the susceptibility of Escherichia coli to antimicrobial peptide Brevinin-2CE	8
Role of Lysosomes in HSV-Induced Pathogenesis	8
Development of a Machine Learning Model to Predict Risk of Development of COVID-19-Associated Mucormycosis	8
Dlt Operon Regulates Physiological Function and Cariogenic Virulence in Streptococcus Mutans	8
Acinetobacter Baumannii -Induced Infective Endocarditis: New Insights into Pathophysiology and Antibiotic Resistance Mechanisms	7
Biosurfactant complexed with arginine has antibiofilm activity against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus	7
Active Cu(II), Mn(II) and Ag(I) 1,10-Phenanthroline/1,10-Phenanthroline-5,6-Dione/dicarboxylate Chelates: Effects on Scedosporium	7
Isolating and Sequencing vB_Kpn_3, a Lytic Bacteriophage Against Multidrug-Resistant Klebsiella Pneumoniae	7
L. Plantarum and L. Lactis as a Promising Agent in Treatment of Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Colorectal Cancer	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
It’s the Little Things: Looking Forward to a New Year of Future Microbiology with Volume 19	7
Real-time biofilm detection techniques: advances and applications	7
Antibacterial and Synergistic Activity of a New 8-Hydroxyquinoline Derivative Against Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus	7
Microbes and Space Travel – Hope and Hazards	7
Diagnosis of Osteoarticular Tuberculosis: Multi-Targeted Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification Assay Versus Multiplex PCR	7
Bacteriophage as an Antibacterial Agent: A Patent Perspective	7
Clinical and epidemiological aspects of Candida yeast infections and rational use of antifungals	7
Antibiotic heteroresistance and persistence: an additional aid in hospital acquired infections by Enterococcus spp.?	7
Use of Isavuconazole Antifungal Medicine to Treat Mold Infections in Asia and the Western Pacific Region: A Plain Language Summary	7
Cutibacterium Acnes (Formerly Propionibacterium Acnes ): Friend or Foe?	7
Development and Performance Of a Multiplex PCR Assay For the Detection of Bacteria in Sterile Body Fluids	7
Parasite-microbiota interactions: a pathway to innovative interventions for Chagas disease, leishmaniasis, and ascariasis	7
State of the Art in Protein–protein Interactions Within the Fungi Kingdom	6
Spotlight on the epidemiology and antimicrobial susceptibility profiles of Vibrio species in the MENA region, 2000–2023	6
Sex and gender in rhinosinusitis: a review	6
Microbiological analysis of tunneled hemodialysis catheters isolated from patients receiving hemodialysis in Saskatchewan	6
Rethinking natural product discovery to unblock the antibiotic pipeline	6
Carbapenemase-Producing Klebsiella Pneumoniae in Community Settings: A Cross-Sectional Study in Belgrade, Serbia	6
Pathogenic Mechanism of Vibrio Vulnificus Infection	6
Comparison of HPV Neutralizing and IgG Antibodies in Unvaccinated Female Adolescents	6
Current treatment strategies for targeting virulence factors and biofilm formation in Acinetobacter baumannii	6
Corrigendum	6
Systematic review of tuberculous meningitis in high-risk populations: mortality and diagnostic disparities	6
Deciphering the role of VapBC toxin-antitoxin systems in Mycobacterium tuberculosis stress adaptation	6
Isovanillic Acid Protects Mice Against Staphylococcus Aureus by Targeting vWbp and Coa	6
Tree-Inhabiting Polypore Fungi as Sources of a Cornucopia Of Bioactive Compounds	6
Multilocus Sequence Typing of Treponema Pallidum Subsp. Pallidum in Barcelona	6
Panb Over-Representation as Part of Pyrazinamide Action: A Proteomic Insight	6
Nontyphoid Salmonella in Farm Animals and Food Products in the Middle East and North Africa: A Systematic Review	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
Coinfection with Strongyloides and Ascaris in a COVID-19-Positive Male Presenting with Acute Abdomen: A Case Report	6
Research trends and hotspots in viral neglected tropical diseases: a bibliometric analysis	6
Changes in the Gut Microbiota of Morbidly Obese Patients After Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy	6
Interplay of gut microbiota in Kawasaki disease: role of gut microbiota and potential treatment strategies	6
Comparison of Clinical, Laboratory and Radiological Features in Confirmed and Unconfirmed COVID-19 Patients	5
Ultra-Fast Direct Method for Identifying Microorganisms from BACTEC Lytic/10 Anaerobic/F Flasks	5
Lactic Acid Bacteria and Their Bacteriocins: New Potential Weapons in the Fight Against Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus	5
Proteomic Identification of Metabolic Changes in Paracoccidioides Brasiliensis Induced by a Nitroheteroarylchalcone	5
Plant-based compositions for the treatment of local and topical bacterial infections: a patent review	5
Not all disinfectants are created equal: the importance of mechanistic understanding to drive research forward	5
Antibacterial Activity of Paroxetine Against Staphylococcus Aureus and Possible Mechanisms of Action	5
Invasive Pulmonary Aspergillosis in a 4-Year-Old Male Following Submersion in a Manure Pond	5
Ceftazidime-avibactam for the treatment of Pseudomonas aeruginosa: a plain language summary	5
Biochemical and Biophysical Analysis of the Interaction of a Recombinant form of Staphylococcus Aureus Enolase With Plasminogen	5
Comment on: ‘Effectiveness of Ivermectin-Based Multidrug Therapy in Severely Hypoxic, Ambulatory COVID-19 Patients’	5
Peptides from Galleria mellonella against Cryptococcus spp: toxicity in three-dimensional cell cultures and G. mellonella	5
An Update on the Global Treatment of Invasive Fungal Infections	5
Fish Collagen Peptides’ Modulating Effect On Human Skin Microbiota Against Pathogenic Staphylococcus Aureus	5
GNAT Toxin may have a Potential Role in Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Persistence: An In vitro and in Silico Study	5
New Insight into Old and New Antimicrobial Molecules Targeting Quorum Sensing for MRSA Wound Infection	5
Pathogenic Arsenal of Pseudomonas Aeruginosa : An Update on Virulence Factors	5
New Compound Probiotic Beverage Protects Against Antibiotic-Associated Diarrhea in Mice By Modulating The Microbiota	5
Evaluation of the Immunoprotective Effects of IF-2 GTPase and SSU05-1022 as a Candidate for a Streptococcus Suis Subunit Vaccine	5
Therapeutic and Pro-Healing Potential of Advanced Wound Dressings Loaded With Bioactive Agents	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
Three-dimensional lung parenchyma model for studies of Aspergillus fumigatus infection and antifungal treatment	5
Repair capacity of Taenia solium extraparenchymal cysts: radiological and in vitro evidence	5