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Alessandra Carattoli

Alessandra Carattoli

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Microbiology
Italy
2023

D-Index & Metrics

Microbiology

D-Index
78
Citations
31397
World Ranking
1249
National Ranking
29

Alessandra Carattoli publication distribution in Microbiology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Microbiology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Alessandra Carattoli sits on this spectrum.

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55 publications 679+

This scientist: 217 publications — 55th percentile

55% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 679 publications or more.

Alessandra Carattoli D-index placement in Microbiology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Microbiology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Alessandra Carattoli sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 127+

This scientist: 78 D-Index — 77th percentile

77% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 127 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Microbiology in Italy Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Microbiology in Italy Leader Award

Overview

Alessandra Carattoli is affiliated with Sapienza University of Rome in Italy. Their research primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology and Medicine. Within these fields, the scientist's work concentrates on several subfields including Molecular Medicine, Endocrinology, Pharmacology, Clinical Biochemistry, and Infectious Diseases.

The main topics addressed by Alessandra Carattoli in their publications include Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria, Antibiotics Pharmacokinetics and Efficacy, Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing, Enterobacteriaceae and Cronobacter Research, Antibiotic Use and Resistance, Escherichia coli research studies, and Plant Pathogenic Bacteria Studies.

The scientist has contributed papers to a variety of publication venues. Frequent journals in which their work appears comprise Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, Antibiotics, International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents, Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance, and mSphere.

Selected recent papers authored or coauthored by Alessandra Carattoli include:

  • Evolutionary Trajectories toward Ceftazidime-Avibactam Resistance in Klebsiella pneumoniae Clinical Isolates, 2021, Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
  • Global spread and evolutionary convergence of multidrug-resistant and hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae high-risk clones, 2022, Pathogens and Global Health
  • Novel Insights and Features of the NDM-5-Producing Escherichia coli Sequence Type 167 High-Risk Clone, 2020, mSphere
  • Extremely drug-resistant NDM-9-producing ST147 Klebsiella pneumoniae causing infections in Italy, May 2020, 2020, Eurosurveillance
  • Klebsiella pneumoniae infections in COVID-19 patients: a 2-month retrospective analysis in an Italian hospital, 2020, International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

Frequent collaborators in Alessandra Carattoli's research include Gabriele Arcari, Giammarco Raponi, Federica Sacco, Guido Antonelli, and Riccardo Polani.

Best Publications

  • In Silico Detection and Typing of Plasmids using PlasmidFinder and Plasmid Multilocus Sequence Typing

    Alessandra Carattoli;Ea Zankari;Aurora García-Fernández;Mette Voldby Larsen

  • Identification of plasmids by PCR-based replicon typing

    Alessandra Carattoli;Alessia Bertini;Laura Villa;Vincenzo Falbo

  • Resistance Plasmid Families in Enterobacteriaceae

    Alessandra Carattoli

  • Klebsiella pneumoniae: a major worldwide source and shuttle for antibiotic resistance

    Shiri Navon-Venezia;Kira Kondratyeva;Alessandra Carattoli

  • Plasmids and the spread of resistance

    Alessandra Carattoli

  • Dissemination of Clonally Related Escherichia coli Strains Expressing Extended-Spectrum β-Lactamase CTX-M-15

    Teresa M. Coque;Ângela Novais;Alessandra Carattoli;Laurent Poirel

  • Replicon sequence typing of IncF plasmids carrying virulence and resistance determinants

    Laura Villa;Aurora García-Fernández;Daniela Fortini;Alessandra Carattoli

  • Multiplex PCR for detection of plasmid-mediated colistin resistance determinants, mcr-1, mcr-2, mcr-3, mcr-4 and mcr-5 for surveillance purposes.

    Ana Rita Rebelo;Valeria Bortolaia;Jette S Kjeldgaard;Susanne K Pedersen

  • PlasmidFinder and In Silico pMLST: Identification and Typing of Plasmid Replicons in Whole-Genome Sequencing (WGS).

    Alessandra Carattoli;Henrik Hasman

  • Novel plasmid-mediated colistin resistance mcr-4 gene in Salmonella and Escherichia coli, Italy 2013, Spain and Belgium, 2015 to 2016.

    Alessandra Carattoli;Laura Villa;Claudia Feudi;Claudia Feudi;Ludovica Curcio

  • Animal reservoirs for extended spectrum β-lactamase producers

    A. Carattoli

  • IMPORTANCE OF INTEGRONS IN THE DIFFUSION OF RESISTANCE

    Alessandra Carattoli

  • High rate of colistin resistance among patients with carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae infection accounts for an excess of mortality

    A. Capone;M. Giannella;D. Fortini;A. Giordano

  • Escherichia coli: an old friend with new tidings.

    J. Vila;J. Vila;E. Sáez-López;James R Johnson;U. Römling

  • Complete nucleotide sequences of plasmids pEK204, pEK499, and pEK516, encoding CTX-M enzymes in three major Escherichia coli lineages from the United Kingdom, all belonging to the international O25:H4-ST131 clone.

    Neil Woodford;Alessandra Carattoli;Edi Karisik;Anthony Underwood

  • Whole-Genome Pyrosequencing of an Epidemic Multidrug-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii Strain Belonging to the European Clone II Group

    Michele Iacono;Laura Villa;Daniela Fortini;Roberta Bordoni

  • Plasmids in Gram negatives: Molecular typing of resistance plasmids

    Alessandra Carattoli

  • Characterization of plasmids harbouring qnrS1, qnrB2 and qnrB19 genes in Salmonella

    Aurora García-Fernández;Daniela Fortini;Kees Veldman;Dik Mevius;Dik Mevius

  • Public health risks of enterobacterial isolates producing extended-spectrum β-lactamases or AmpC β-lactamases in food and food-producing animals: an EU perspective of epidemiology, analytical methods, risk factors, and control options.

    Ernesto Liebana;Alessandra Carattoli;Teresa M. Coque;Henrik Hasman

  • Deciphering the Multifactorial Nature of Acinetobacter baumannii Pathogenicity

    Luísa C. S. Antunes;Francesco Imperi;Alessandra Carattoli;Paolo Visca

Frequent Co-Authors

Laura Villa
Laura Villa Istituto Superiore di Sanità
Laurent Poirel
Laurent Poirel University of Fribourg
Patrice Nordmann
Patrice Nordmann University of Fribourg
Giuseppe Macino
Giuseppe Macino Sapienza University of Rome
Mario Venditti
Mario Venditti Sapienza University of Rome
Andrea Endimiani
Andrea Endimiani University of Bern
Vivi Miriagou
Vivi Miriagou Institut Pasteur
Paolo Visca
Paolo Visca Roma Tre University
Antonio Cassone
Antonio Cassone University of Siena
Giorgio Morelli
Giorgio Morelli The Canadian Real Estate Association

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