| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
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| 1 | The role of nasal carriage in Staphylococcus aureus infections | Lancet Infectious Diseases, The | 2005 | 2,037 |
| 2 | Preventing Surgical-Site Infections in Nasal Carriers ofStaphylococcus aureus | New England Journal of Medicine | 2010 | 1,076 |
| 3 | Genomic analysis of diversity, population structure, virulence, and antimicrobial resistance in Klebsiella pneumoniae , an urgent threat to public health | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America | 2015 | 942 |
| 4 | Risk and outcome of nosocomial Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia in nasal carriers versus non-carriers | Lancet, The | 2004 | 764 |
| 5 | Identification of medically relevant microorganisms by vibrational spectroscopy | Journal of Microbiological Methods | 2002 | 697 |
| 6 | Guidelines for the validation and application of typing methods for use in bacterial epidemiology | Clinical Microbiology and Infection | 2007 | 668 |
| 7 | Biochemistry and Evolution of Anaerobic Energy Metabolism in Eukaryotes | Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews | 2012 | 656 |
| 8 | Duration and key determinants of infectious virus shedding in hospitalized patients with coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) | Nature Communications | 2021 | 601 |
| 9 | International Consensus Guidelines for the Optimal Use of the Polymyxins: Endorsed by the American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP), European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID), Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), International Society for Anti‐infective Pharmacology (ISAP), Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM), and Society of Infectious Diseases Pharmacists (SIDP) | Pharmacotherapy | 2019 | 545 |
| 10 | Current evidence on hospital antimicrobial stewardship objectives: a systematic review and meta-analysis | Lancet Infectious Diseases, The | 2016 | 526 |
| 11 | Prevention of Catheter-Related Bacteremia with a Daily Ethanol Lock in Patients with Tunnelled Catheters: A Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Trial | PLoS ONE | 2010 | 429 |
| 12 | Colistin alone versus colistin plus meropenem for treatment of severe infections caused by carbapenem-resistant Gram-negative bacteria: an open-label, randomised controlled trial | Lancet Infectious Diseases, The | 2018 | 400 |
| 13 | New Real-Time PCR Assay for Rapid Detection of Methicillin- Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Directly from Specimens Containing a Mixture of Staphylococci | Journal of Clinical Microbiology | 2004 | 377 |
| 14 | Reclassification ofStaphylococcus aureusNasal Carriage Types | Journal of Infectious Diseases | 2009 | 345 |
| 15 | Divergent SARS-CoV-2 Omicron–reactive T and B cell responses in COVID-19 vaccine recipients | Science Immunology | 2022 | 337 |
| 16 | European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID) guidelines for the treatment of infections caused by multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacilli (endorsed by European society of intensive care medicine) | Clinical Microbiology and Infection | 2022 | 324 |
| 17 | The Guillain–Barré syndrome: a true case of molecular mimicry | Trends in Immunology | 2004 | 282 |
| 18 | Prospective Study of the Performance of Vibrational Spectroscopies for Rapid Identification of Bacterial and Fungal Pathogens Recovered from Blood Cultures | Journal of Clinical Microbiology | 2003 | 281 |
| 19 | Low prevalence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) at hospital admission in the Netherlands: the value of search and destroy and restrictive antibiotic use | Journal of Hospital Infection | 2004 | 275 |
| 20 | Antibiotic Prophylaxis and the Risk of Surgical Site Infections following Total Hip Arthroplasty: Timely Administration Is the Most Important Factor | Clinical Infectious Diseases | 2007 | 244 |
| 21 | Mycetoma: a unique neglected tropical disease | Lancet Infectious Diseases, The | 2016 | 236 |
| 22 | MIC-based dose adjustment: facts and fables | Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy | 2018 | 233 |
| 23 | Global phylogenetic analysis of Escherichia coli and plasmids carrying the mcr-1 gene indicates bacterial diversity but plasmid restriction | Scientific Reports | 2017 | 230 |
| 24 | The Role of CRISPR-Cas Systems in Virulence of Pathogenic Bacteria | Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews | 2014 | 228 |
| 25 | Mycetoma caused by Madurella mycetomatis : a neglected infectious burden | Lancet Infectious Diseases, The | 2004 | 219 |
| 26 | Carriage of Mycoplasma pneumoniae in the Upper Respiratory Tract of Symptomatic and Asymptomatic Children: An Observational Study | PLoS Medicine | 2013 | 218 |
| 27 | Co-evolutionary aspects of human colonisation and infection by Staphylococcus aureus | Infection, Genetics and Evolution | 2009 | 209 |
| 28 | Global outbreak of severe Mycobacterium chimaera disease after cardiac surgery: a molecular epidemiological study | Lancet Infectious Diseases, The | 2017 | 198 |
| 29 | Predicting the Staphylococcus aureus Nasal Carrier State: Derivation and Validation of a "Culture Rule" | Clinical Infectious Diseases | 2004 | 197 |
| 30 | Effectiveness of insertion and maintenance bundles to prevent central-line-associated bloodstream infections in critically ill patients of all ages: a systematic review and meta-analysis | Lancet Infectious Diseases, The | 2016 | 191 |
| 31 | Nitrofurantoin revisited: a systematic review and meta-analysis of controlled trials | Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy | 2015 | 189 |
| 32 | Intestinal carriage of Staphylococcus aureus: how does its frequency compare with that of nasal carriage and what is its clinical impact? | European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases | 2009 | 183 |
| 33 | Key Role for Clumping Factor B in Staphylococcus aureus Nasal Colonization of Humans | PLoS Medicine | 2008 | 167 |
| 34 | A novel link between Campylobacter jejuni bacteriophage defence, virulence and Guillain–Barré syndrome | European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases | 2013 | 159 |
| 35 | Gene exchange drives the ecological success of a multi-host bacterial pathogen | Nature Ecology and Evolution | 2018 | 156 |
| 36 | Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in horses and horse personnel: An investigation of several outbreaks | Veterinary Microbiology | 2010 | 153 |
| 37 | Invasive Aspergillosis by Aspergillus flavus: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Antifungal Resistance, and Management | Journal of Fungi (Basel, Switzerland) | 2019 | 149 |
| 38 | Effect of 5-Day Nitrofurantoin vs Single-Dose Fosfomycin on Clinical Resolution of Uncomplicated Lower Urinary Tract Infection in Women | JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association | 2018 | 147 |
| 39 | Time-kill kinetics of anti-tuberculosis drugs, and emergence of resistance, in relation to metabolic activity of Mycobacterium tuberculosis | Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy | 2010 | 146 |
| 40 | Applying Pharmacokinetic/Pharmacodynamic Principles in Critically Ill Patients: Optimizing Efficacy and Reducing Resistance Development | Seminars in Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine | 2015 | 134 |
| 41 | Withdrawal of a novel-design duodenoscope ends outbreak of a VIM-2-producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa | Endoscopy | 2015 | 132 |
| 42 | Structural Characterization of Campylobacter jejuni Lipooligosaccharide Outer Cores Associated with Guillain-Barré and Miller Fisher Syndromes | Infection and Immunity | 2007 | 130 |
| 43 | Vancomycin | Clinical Pharmacokinetics | 2004 | 128 |
| 44 | Human Factor in Staphylococcus aureus Nasal Carriage | Infection and Immunity | 2004 | 124 |
| 45 | Prospective Multicenter Evaluation of a New Immunoassay and Real-Time PCR for Rapid Diagnosis of Clostridium difficile -Associated Diarrhea in Hospitalized Patients | Journal of Clinical Microbiology | 2005 | 120 |
| 46 | Predominance and Emergence of Clones of Hospital-Acquired Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Malaysia | Journal of Clinical Microbiology | 2010 | 117 |
| 47 | Persistent (not intermittent) nasal carriage ofStaphylococcus aureus is the determinant of CPD-related infections | Kidney International | 2005 | 116 |
| 48 | Surprising variety in energy metabolism within Trypanosomatidae | Trends in Parasitology | 2009 | 116 |
| 49 | Anti‐Aspergillus human host defence relies on type 1 T helper (Th1), rather than type 17 T helper (Th17), cellular immunity | Immunology | 2010 | 115 |
| 50 | Mupirocin Prophylaxis against Nosocomial Staphylococcus aureus Infections in Nonsurgical Patients | Annals of Internal Medicine | 2004 | 112 |
