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Annalisa Pantosti is affiliated with the Istituto Superiore di Sanità in Italy and has contributed extensively to research in the fields of biochemistry, genetics and molecular biology, medicine, and immunology and microbiology. Their scientific work spans multiple subfields including molecular medicine, infectious diseases, applied microbiology and biotechnology, epidemiology, and endocrinology.

Their research frequently addresses topics related to antibiotic resistance in bacteria, antibiotic use and resistance, antimicrobial resistance in Staphylococcus, bacterial identification and susceptibility testing, pneumonia and respiratory infections, Vibrio bacteria research studies, and bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing.

Among the publication venues in which Pantosti has had multiple articles published are:

  • PubMed
  • Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
  • Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control
  • Frontiers in Microbiology
  • Antibiotics

They have collaborated with several frequent co-authors including Monica Monaco, María Del Grosso, Giulia Errico, Maria Giufrè, and Gian María Rossolini.

Some notable recent papers by Pantosti include:

  • "Integrated chromosomal and plasmid sequence analyses reveal diverse modes of carbapenemase gene spread among Klebsiella pneumoniae" (2020), Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Bacterial coinfections in COVID-19: an underestimated adversary." (2020), PubMed
  • "The changing epidemiology of carbapenemase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae in Italy: toward polyclonal evolution with emergence of high-risk lineages" (2020), Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
  • "Prolonged outbreak of New Delhi metallo-beta-lactamase-producing carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales (NDM-CRE), Tuscany, Italy, 2018 to 2019" (2020), Eurosurveillance
  • "Staphylococcus aureus clones causing osteomyelitis: a literature review (2000-2020)" (2021), Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance

Best Publications

  • Antimicrobial resistance: a global multifaceted phenomenon.

    Francesca Prestinaci;Patrizio Pezzotti;Annalisa Pantosti

  • Occurrence of carbapenemase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae and Escherichia coli in the European survey of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae (EuSCAPE): a prospective, multinational study.

    Hajo Grundmann;Hajo Grundmann;Corinna Glasner;Corinna Glasner;Barbara Albiger;David M Aanensen;David M Aanensen

  • Epidemic of carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae in Europe is driven by nosocomial spread

    Sophia David;Sandra Reuter;Simon R. Harris;Corinna Glasner

  • Mechanisms of antibiotic resistance in Staphylococcus aureus.

    Annalisa Pantosti;Andrea Sanchini;Monica Monaco

  • Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Associated with Animals and Its Relevance to Human Health

    Annalisa Pantosti

  • Update on prevalence and mechanisms of resistance to linezolid, tigecycline and daptomycin in enterococci in Europe Towards a common nomenclature

    Jennifer K. Bender;Vincent Cattoir;Kristin Hegstad;Ewa Sadowy

  • Livestock-associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Humans, Europe

    Brigitte A G L van Cleef;Dominique Louis Monnet;Andreas Voss;Karina K. Krziwanek

  • Colistin resistance superimposed to endemic carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae: a rapidly evolving problem in Italy, November 2013 to April 2014.

    M. Monaco;T Giani;M Raffone;F Arena

  • Whole-Genome Sequencing for Routine Pathogen Surveillance in Public Health: a Population Snapshot of Invasive Staphylococcus aureus in Europe

    David M. Aanensen;Edward J. Feil;Matthew T. G. Holden;Matthew T. G. Holden;Janina Dordel;Janina Dordel

  • Epidemic diffusion of KPC carbapenemase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae in Italy: results of the first countrywide survey, 15 May to 30 June 2011.

    T Giani;B Pini;F Arena;V Conte

  • Macrolide Efflux Genes mef(A) and mef(E) Are Carried by Different Genetic Elements in Streptococcus pneumoniae

    M. Del Grosso;F. Iannelli;C. Messina;M. Santagati

  • Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus: bad news and good news from the European Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance Network (EARS-Net, formerly EARSS), 2002 to 2009

    C. Gagliotti;A. Balode;F. Baquero;J. Degener

  • Integrated chromosomal and plasmid sequence analyses reveal diverse modes of carbapenemase gene spread among Klebsiella pneumoniae.

    Sophia David;Victoria Cohen;Sandra Reuter;Anna E. Sheppard

  • Worldwide Epidemiology and Antibiotic Resistance of Staphylococcus aureus

    Monica Monaco;Fernanda Pimentel de Araujo;Melania Cruciani;Eliana M. Coccia

  • What is MRSA

    A Pantosti;M Venditti

  • Immunochemical characterization of two surface polysaccharides of Bacteroides fragilis.

    A Pantosti;A O Tzianabos;A B Onderdonk;D L Kasper

  • Evolution and Global Transmission of a Multidrug-Resistant, Community-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Lineage from the Indian Subcontinent

    Eike J. Steinig;Sebastian Duchene;D. Ashley Robinson;Stefan Monecke;Stefan Monecke

  • Community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus ST398 infection, Italy.

    Angelo Pan;Antonio Battisti;Alessia Zoncada;Francesco Bernieri

  • Decrease of vancomycin-resistant enterococci in poultry meat after avoparcin ban.

    Annalisa Pantosti;Maria Del Grosso;Silvia Tagliabue;Agostino Macri

  • Update on screening and clinical diagnosis of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)

    Stéphan Juergen Harbarth;Peter M Hawkey;Fred Tenover;Stefania Stefani

  • Survey on the Use of Whole-Genome Sequencing for Infectious Diseases Surveillance: Rapid Expansion of European National Capacities, 2015-2016.

    Joana Revez;Laura Espinosa;Barbara Albiger;Katrin Claire Leitmeyer

  • Epidemic of carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae in Europe is driven by nosocomial spread

    Sophia David;Sandra Reuter;Simon R. Harris;Corinna Glasner

Frequent Co-Authors

Gian Maria Rossolini
Gian Maria Rossolini University of Florence
Hajo Grundmann
Hajo Grundmann University of Freiburg
Mario Venditti
Mario Venditti Sapienza University of Rome
Paola Mastrantonio
Paola Mastrantonio Istituto Superiore di Sanità
Henrik Westh
Henrik Westh University of Copenhagen
Dennis L. Kasper
Dennis L. Kasper Harvard University
Patrizio Pezzotti
Patrizio Pezzotti Istituto Superiore di Sanità
Gianni Pozzi
Gianni Pozzi University of Siena
Geoffrey W. Coombs
Geoffrey W. Coombs Fiona Stanley Hospital
Robert Skov
Robert Skov Statens Serum Institut

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