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George A. Jacoby

George A. Jacoby

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Microbiology

D-Index
80
Citations
43579
World Ranking
1131
National Ranking
513

Overview

George A. Jacoby was affiliated with Tufts University in the United States. Their research primarily focused on biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with particular emphasis on molecular medicine, endocrinology, genetics, molecular biology, and applied microbiology and biotechnology.

The scientist contributed to several topics related to bacterial studies, including antibiotic resistance in bacteria, Enterobacteriaceae and Cronobacter research, bacterial genetics and biotechnology, antibiotic use and resistance, Vibrio bacteria research studies, Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology, and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms.

Throughout their career, George A. Jacoby published extensively in specific journals, most notably:

  • Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
  • International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

Recent publications included:

  • Consensus on β-Lactamase Nomenclature (2022) in Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
  • Plasmids and genes contributing to high-level quinolone resistance in Escherichia coli (2020) in International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents
  • Analyzing Possible Native Functions of the Quinolone Resistance Gene qnr in Vibrio vulnificus (2021) in Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
  • Escherichia coli GyrA Tower Domain Interacts with QnrB1 Loop B and Plays an Important Role in QnrB1 Protection from Quinolone Inhibition (2021) in Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
  • Racial Integration and Price Efficiency (2025) in SSRN Electronic Journal

George A. Jacoby frequently collaborated with other researchers, including:

  • David C. Hooper
  • Patricia A. Bradford
  • Robert A. Bonomo
  • Karen Bush
  • Alessandra Carattoli

Best Publications

  • A functional classification scheme for beta-lactamases and its correlation with molecular structure.

    Karen Bush;George A. Jacoby;Andantone A. Medeiros

  • Updated Functional Classification of β-Lactamases

    Karen Bush;George A. Jacoby

  • AmpC β-Lactamases

    George A. Jacoby

  • Quinolone resistance from a transferable plasmid

    Luis Martínez-Martínez;Alvaro Pascual;George A Jacoby

  • Plasmid-Determined AmpC-Type β-Lactamases

    Alain Philippon;Guillaume Arlet;George A. Jacoby

  • Fluoroquinolone-modifying enzyme: a new adaptation of a common aminoglycoside acetyltransferase

    Ari Robicsek;Jacob Strahilevitz;George A Jacoby;Mark Macielag

  • The worldwide emergence of plasmid-mediated quinolone resistance

    Ari Robicsek;Ari Robicsek;George A Jacoby;George A Jacoby;David C Hooper

  • Tackling antibiotic resistance

    Karen Bush;Patrice Courvalin;Gautam Dantas;Julian Davies

  • Mechanisms of resistance to quinolones

    George A. Jacoby

  • Plasmid-Mediated Quinolone Resistance: a Multifaceted Threat

    Jacob Strahilevitz;George A. Jacoby;David C. Hooper;Ari Robicsek

  • The new beta-lactamases.

    George A. Jacoby;Luisa Silvia Munoz-Price

  • More extended-spectrum beta-lactamases.

    G A Jacoby;A A Medeiros

  • Prevalence in the United States of aac(6′)-Ib-cr Encoding a Ciprofloxacin-Modifying Enzyme

    Chi Hye Park;Ari Robicsek;George A. Jacoby;Daniel Sahm

  • Extended-spectrum beta-lactamases.

    A Philippon;R Labia;G Jacoby

  • qnr Prevalence in Ceftazidime-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae Isolates from the United States

    A. Robicsek;J. Strahilevitz;D. F. Sahm;G. A. Jacoby

  • Mechanism of plasmid-mediated quinolone resistance

    John H. Tran;George A. Jacoby

  • Mechanisms of drug resistance: quinolone resistance.

    David C. Hooper;George A. Jacoby;George A. Jacoby

  • Plasmid-Mediated Quinolone Resistance in Clinical Isolates of Escherichia coli from Shanghai, China

    Minggui Wang;Minggui Wang;John H. Tran;George A. Jacoby;Yingyuan Zhang

  • qnrB, another plasmid-mediated gene for quinolone resistance

    George A. Jacoby;Kelley E. Walsh;Debra M. Mills;Victoria J. Walker

  • Outbreak of ceftazidime resistance caused by extended-spectrum beta-lactamases at a Massachusetts chronic-care facility.

    L B Rice;S H Willey;G A Papanicolaou;A A Medeiros

Frequent Co-Authors

David C. Hooper
David C. Hooper Massachusetts General Hospital
Karen Bush
Karen Bush Indiana University
Chun-Hsing Liao
Chun-Hsing Liao Memorial Hospital of South Bend
Álvaro Pascual
Álvaro Pascual University of Seville
Luis Martínez-Martínez
Luis Martínez-Martínez University of Córdoba
George M. Eliopoulos
George M. Eliopoulos Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Louis B. Rice
Louis B. Rice Brown University
Gian Maria Rossolini
Gian Maria Rossolini University of Florence
Roger C. Levesque
Roger C. Levesque Université Laval

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