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Krzysztof Trzciński

Krzysztof Trzciński

D-Index & Metrics

Microbiology

D-Index
43
Citations
6785
World Ranking
5268
National Ranking
198

Krzysztof Trzciński 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 Krzysztof Trzciński sits on this spectrum.

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55 publications 679+

This scientist: 116 publications — 10th percentile

10% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Krzysztof Trzciński 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 Krzysztof Trzciński sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 127+

This scientist: 43 D-Index — 6th percentile

6% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Krzysztof Trzciński is affiliated with Utrecht University in the Netherlands. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Immunology and Microbiology, with a focus on epidemiology, microbiology, infectious diseases, immunology, and pulmonary and respiratory medicine.

The scientist's work addresses topics including pneumonia and respiratory infections, respiratory viral infections research, bacterial infections and vaccines, influenza virus research studies, antimicrobial resistance in Staphylococcus, immunodeficiency and autoimmune disorders, and Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia detection and treatment.

Frequent publication venues for Krzysztof Trzciński include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), where they have contributed nine papers, followed by Frontiers in Microbiology with three papers, Expert Review of Vaccines and Clinical Infectious Diseases with two papers each, and Scientific Reports with two publications.

Some recent papers authored or coauthored by them are:

  • Host and environmental factors shape upper airway microbiota and respiratory health across the human lifespan, 2024, Cell
  • Streptococcus pneumoniae carriage studies in adults: Importance, challenges, and key issues to consider when using quantitative PCR-based approaches, 2023, Frontiers in Microbiology
  • Upper respiratory tract colonization with Streptococcus pneumoniae in adults, 2020, Expert Review of Vaccines
  • Influenza-like Illness Exacerbates Pneumococcal Carriage in Older Adults, 2020, Clinical Infectious Diseases
  • The epidemiologic and biologic basis for classifying older age as a high-risk, immunocompromising condition for pneumococcal vaccine policy, 2021, Expert Review of Vaccines

Collaborations have been frequent with researchers such as Willem R. Miellet, Rob Mariman, Elisabeth A. M. Sanders, Nynke Y. Rots, and Alienke J. Wijmenga-Monsuur, reflecting a network of coauthors contributing to their scientific output.

Best Publications

  • Viral and bacterial interactions in the upper respiratory tract.

    Astrid A. T. M. Bosch;Giske Biesbroek;Krzysztof Trzcinski;Elisabeth A. M. Sanders

  • CD4+ T cells mediate antibody-independent acquired immunity to pneumococcal colonization

    Richard Malley;Krzysztof Trzcinski;Amit Srivastava;Claudette M. Thompson

  • Pneumococcal Capsular Polysaccharide Structure Predicts Serotype Prevalence

    Daniel M. Weinberger;Krzysztof Trzciński;Ying-Jie Lu;Debby Bogaert

  • Expression of resistance to tetracyclines in strains of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

    Krzysztof Trzcinski;Ben S. Cooper;Waleria Hryniewicz;Christopher G. Dowson

  • Interference between Streptococcus pneumoniae and Staphylococcus aureus: In Vitro Hydrogen Peroxide-Mediated Killing by Streptococcus pneumoniae

    Gili Regev-Yochay;Krzysztof Trzciński;Claudette M. Thompson;Richard Malley

  • Dysbiosis of upper respiratory tract microbiota in elderly pneumonia patients

    Wouter A A de Steenhuijsen Piters;Elisabeth G W Huijskens;Elisabeth G W Huijskens;Anne L Wyllie;Giske Biesbroek

  • Deep sequencing analyses of low density microbial communities: working at the boundary of accurate microbiota detection.

    Giske Biesbroek;Elisabeth A. M. Sanders;Guus Roeselers;Xinhui Wang

  • Killing niche competitors by remote-control bacteriophage induction

    Laura Selva;David Viana;Gili Regev-Yochay;Krzysztof Trzcinski

  • Genetic Diversity of the tet(M) Gene in Tetracycline-Resistant Clonal Lineages of Streptococcus pneumoniae

    Neil Doherty;Krzysztof Trzcinski;Paul Pickerill;Piotr Zawadzki

  • Immunosenescence and pneumococcal disease: an imbalance in host–pathogen interactions

    Cassandra L Krone;Kirsten van de Groep;Krzysztof Trzciński;Elizabeth A M Sanders

  • SpxB Is a Suicide Gene of Streptococcus pneumoniae and Confers a Selective Advantage in an In Vivo Competitive Colonization Model

    Gili Regev-Yochay;Krzysztof Trzcinski;Claudette M. Thompson;Marc Lipsitch

  • Superiority of trans-oral over trans-nasal sampling in detecting Streptococcus pneumoniae colonization in adults.

    Krzysztof Trzciński;Debby Bogaert;Anne Wyllie;Mei Ling J. N. Chu

  • Seven-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine and nasopharyngeal microbiota in healthy children.

    Giske Biesbroek;Xinhui Wang;Bart J.F. Keijser;Rene M.J. Eijkemans

  • The relative invasive disease potential of Streptococcus pneumoniae among children after PCV introduction: a systematic review and meta-analysis

    Evelyn Balsells;Ron Dagan;Inci Yildirim;Prabhu P. Gounder

  • Streptococcus pneumoniae in Saliva of Dutch Primary School Children

    Anne L. Wyllie;Mei Ling J. N. Chu;Mariëlle H. B. Schellens;Jody van Engelsdorp Gastelaars

  • Protection against nasopharyngeal colonization by Streptococcus pneumoniae is mediated by antigen-specific CD4+ T cells.

    Krzysztof Trzciński;Claudette M. Thompson;Amit Srivastava;Alan Emmanuel Basset

  • Carriage of Streptococcus pneumoniae in aged adults with influenza-like-illness.

    Cassandra L. Krone;Anne L. Wyllie;Josine van Beek;Nynke Y. Rots

  • Nasopharyngeal carriage of Streptococcus pneumoniae and other bacteria in the 7th year after implementation of the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in the Netherlands.

    Astrid A.T.M. Bosch;Marlies A. van Houten;Jacob P. Bruin;Alienke J. Wijmenga-Monsuur

  • Joint sequencing of human and pathogen genomes reveals the genetics of pneumococcal meningitis

    John A. Lees;John A. Lees;Bart Ferwerda;Philip H. C. Kremer;Nicole E. Wheeler

  • Association of the Pneumococcal Pilus with Certain Capsular Serotypes but Not with Increased Virulence

    Alan Basset;Krzysztof Trzcinski;Christina Hermos;Katherine L. O'Brien

  • Construction of otherwise isogenic serotype 6B, 7F, 14, and 19F capsular variants of Streptococcus pneumoniae strain TIGR4

    Krzysztof Trzcinski;Claudette M. Thompson;Marc Lipsitch

Frequent Co-Authors

Elisabeth A. M. Sanders
Elisabeth A. M. Sanders Utrecht University
Marc Lipsitch
Marc Lipsitch Harvard University
Debby Bogaert
Debby Bogaert University of Edinburgh
Richard Malley
Richard Malley Boston Children's Hospital
Waleria Hryniewicz
Waleria Hryniewicz Narodowy Instytut Leków
Arie van der Ende
Arie van der Ende University of Amsterdam
Anne von Gottberg
Anne von Gottberg National Health Laboratory Service
Nicholas J. Croucher
Nicholas J. Croucher Imperial College London
Christopher G. Dowson
Christopher G. Dowson University of Warwick
Thorkild I. A. Sørensen
Thorkild I. A. Sørensen University of Copenhagen

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