| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
|---|
| 1 | Mechanisms of antibiotic resistance in bacterial biofilms | International Journal of Medical Microbiology | 2002 | 1,094 |
| 2 | Plasmids and the spread of resistance | International Journal of Medical Microbiology | 2013 | 765 |
| 3 | Quorum-sensing inhibitors as anti-pathogenic drugs | International Journal of Medical Microbiology | 2006 | 754 |
| 4 | Listeria monocytogenes lineages: Genomics, evolution, ecology, and phenotypic characteristics | International Journal of Medical Microbiology | 2011 | 628 |
| 5 | Enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli in human medicine | International Journal of Medical Microbiology | 2005 | 573 |
| 6 | A network of networks: Quorum-sensing gene regulation in Pseudomonas aeruginosa | International Journal of Medical Microbiology | 2006 | 563 |
| 7 | Mechanisms of probiotic actions – A review | International Journal of Medical Microbiology | 2010 | 557 |
| 8 | The role of motility as a virulence factor in bacteria | International Journal of Medical Microbiology | 2002 | 540 |
| 9 | Avian pathogenic, uropathogenic, and newborn meningitis-causing Escherichia coli: How closely related are they? | International Journal of Medical Microbiology | 2007 | 449 |
| 10 | Intrinsic antibiotic resistance: Mechanisms, origins, challenges and solutions | International Journal of Medical Microbiology | 2013 | 434 |
| 11 | Resistance to cephalosporins and carbapenems in Gram-negative bacterial pathogens | International Journal of Medical Microbiology | 2010 | 392 |
| 12 | CTX-M-type β-lactamases: A successful story of antibiotic resistance | International Journal of Medical Microbiology | 2013 | 362 |
| 13 | Bacteriophage endolysins: A novel anti-infective to control Gram-positive pathogens | International Journal of Medical Microbiology | 2010 | 348 |
| 14 | Campylobacter jejuni: A brief overview on pathogenicity-associated factors and disease-mediating mechanisms | International Journal of Medical Microbiology | 2010 | 335 |
| 15 | Secreted proteases from pathogenic fungi | International Journal of Medical Microbiology | 2002 | 330 |
| 16 | Staphylococcus quorum sensing in biofilm formation and infection | International Journal of Medical Microbiology | 2006 | 317 |
| 17 | Bacterial adhesins: function and structure | International Journal of Medical Microbiology | 2000 | 310 |
| 18 | Antibacterial activity of silver and zinc nanoparticles against Vibrio cholerae and enterotoxic Escherichia coli | International Journal of Medical Microbiology | 2015 | 303 |
| 19 | Protein secretion systems in Pseudomonas aeruginosa: A wealth of pathogenic weapons | International Journal of Medical Microbiology | 2010 | 282 |
| 20 | Imbalance in intestinal microflora constitution could be involved in the pathogenesis of inflammatory bowel disease | International Journal of Medical Microbiology | 2008 | 281 |
| 21 | Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli in veterinary medicine | International Journal of Medical Microbiology | 2005 | 277 |
| 22 | Community-associated MRSA: What makes them special? | International Journal of Medical Microbiology | 2013 | 270 |
| 23 | 4-Quinolone signalling in Pseudomonas aeruginosa: Old molecules, new perspectives | International Journal of Medical Microbiology | 2006 | 269 |
| 24 | Livestock-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in animals and humans | International Journal of Medical Microbiology | 2011 | 263 |
| 25 | Structure and function: Lipid A modifications in commensals and pathogens | International Journal of Medical Microbiology | 2016 | 260 |
| 26 | Housekeeping enzymes as virulence factors for pathogens | International Journal of Medical Microbiology | 2003 | 259 |
| 27 | Biofilms: Survival and defense strategy for pathogens | International Journal of Medical Microbiology | 2017 | 250 |
| 28 | Structural biology of the LPS recognition | International Journal of Medical Microbiology | 2007 | 249 |
| 29 | An oldie but a goodie – cell wall biosynthesis as antibiotic target pathway | International Journal of Medical Microbiology | 2010 | 241 |
| 30 | What defines extraintestinal pathogenic Escherichia coli? | International Journal of Medical Microbiology | 2011 | 236 |
| 31 | Breaking through the acid barrier: An orchestrated response to proton stress by enteric bacteria | International Journal of Medical Microbiology | 2001 | 235 |
| 32 | Shiga toxin-encoding bacteriophages – genomes in motion | International Journal of Medical Microbiology | 2004 | 233 |
| 33 | Protein secretion systems and adhesins: The molecular armory of Gram-negative pathogens | International Journal of Medical Microbiology | 2007 | 232 |
| 34 | Adaptation of Pseudomonas aeruginosa during persistence in the cystic fibrosis lung | International Journal of Medical Microbiology | 2010 | 230 |
| 35 | Evolution of pathogenicity islands of Salmonella enterica | International Journal of Medical Microbiology | 2004 | 229 |
| 36 | Emergence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in different animal species | International Journal of Medical Microbiology | 2010 | 227 |
| 37 | YadA, the multifaceted adhesin | International Journal of Medical Microbiology | 2001 | 224 |
| 38 | Genomic variation and evolution of Staphylococcus aureus | International Journal of Medical Microbiology | 2010 | 222 |
| 39 | Quorum sensing in Escherichia coli and Salmonella | International Journal of Medical Microbiology | 2006 | 220 |
| 40 | Antibiotic resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa and alternative therapeutic options | International Journal of Medical Microbiology | 2016 | 220 |
| 41 | Pseudomonas aeruginosa lipopolysaccharide: A major virulence factor, initiator of inflammation and target for effective immunity | International Journal of Medical Microbiology | 2007 | 219 |
| 42 | MALDI-TOF MS fingerprinting allows for discrimination of major methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus lineages | International Journal of Medical Microbiology | 2011 | 219 |
| 43 | Molecular epidemiology of extraintestinal pathogenic (uropathogenic) Escherichia coli | International Journal of Medical Microbiology | 2005 | 218 |
| 44 | Quorum sensing in vibrios: Complexity for diversification | International Journal of Medical Microbiology | 2006 | 217 |
| 45 | Phage therapy: Facts and fiction | International Journal of Medical Microbiology | 2006 | 215 |
| 46 | Quorum sensing and the regulation of virulence gene expression in pathogenic bacteria | International Journal of Medical Microbiology | 2001 | 213 |
| 47 | Interaction of staphylococci with bone | International Journal of Medical Microbiology | 2010 | 212 |
| 48 | The host response to endotoxin, antilipopolysaccharide strategies, and the management of severe sepsis | International Journal of Medical Microbiology | 2007 | 209 |
| 49 | The wall teichoic acid and lipoteichoic acid polymers of Staphylococcus aureus | International Journal of Medical Microbiology | 2010 | 209 |
| 50 | Iron uptake mechanisms and their regulation in pathogenic bacteria | International Journal of Medical Microbiology | 2001 | 204 |
