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Animal Science and Veterinary
Denmark
2026

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Animal Science and Veterinary

D-Index
71
Citations
16638
World Ranking
156
National Ranking
1

Microbiology

D-Index
72
Citations
16887
World Ranking
1770
National Ranking
24

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in Denmark Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in Denmark Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in Denmark Leader Award

Overview

Luca Guardabassi is affiliated with the University of Copenhagen in Denmark. Their research primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, as well as Medicine. Within these broad categories, their work focuses on several subfields including Molecular Biology, Infectious Diseases, Molecular Medicine, Pollution, and Epidemiology.

The main topics that Guardabassi has addressed in their research include:

  • Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria
  • Gut microbiota and health
  • Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts
  • Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research
  • Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus
  • Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing
  • Antibiotic Use and Resistance

Guardabassi has contributed to several scientific journals, frequently publishing in venues such as:

  • Antibiotics
  • Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
  • Animal Microbiome
  • The Veterinary Journal
  • Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Their most recent publications include:

  • "Indications for the use of highest priority critically important antimicrobials in the veterinary sector" (2020), Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
  • "A one health framework to estimate the cost of antimicrobial resistance" (2020), Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control
  • "The porcine respiratory microbiome: recent insights and future challenges" (2021), Animal Microbiome
  • "Topical niclosamide (ATx201) reduces Staphylococcus aureus colonization and increases Shannon diversity of the skin microbiome in atopic dermatitis patients in a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled Phase 2 trial" (2022), Clinical and Translational Medicine
  • "One Health: a multifaceted concept combining diverse approaches to prevent and control antimicrobial resistance" (2020), Clinical Microbiology and Infection

They have collaborated frequently with several coauthors including:

  • Mattia Pirolo
  • Peter Damborg
  • Bimal Jana
  • Lisbeth Rem Jessen
  • Fergus Allerton

Best Publications

  • Pet animals as reservoirs of antimicrobial-resistant bacteria

    Luca Guardabassi;Stefan Schwarz;David H. Lloyd

  • Clonal spread of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus pseudintermedius in Europe and North America: an international multicentre study

    Vincent Perreten;Kristina Kadlec;Stefan Schwarz;Ulrika Grönlund Andersson

  • Staphylococcus pseudintermedius in the dog: taxonomy, diagnostics, ecology, epidemiology and pathogenicity

    Jeanette Bannoehr;Luca Guardabassi

  • International Society for Companion Animal Infectious Diseases (ISCAID) guidelines for the diagnosis and management of bacterial urinary tract infections in dogs and cats.

    J. Scott Weese;Joseph Blondeau;Dawn Boothe;Luca G. Guardabassi

  • Prevalence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus among staff and pets in a small animal referral hospital in the UK

    Anette Loeffler;Amanda K. Boag;Julia Sung;Jodi A. Lindsay

  • Antimicrobial Use Guidelines for Treatment of Urinary Tract Disease in Dogs and Cats: Antimicrobial Guidelines Working Group of the International Society for Companion Animal Infectious Diseases

    J. Scott Weese;Joseph M. Blondeau;Dawn Boothe;Edward B. Breitschwerdt

  • Antimicrobial use Guidelines for Treatment of Respiratory Tract Disease in Dogs and Cats: Antimicrobial Guidelines Working Group of the International Society for Companion Animal Infectious Diseases.

    M. R. Lappin;J. Blondeau;D. Boothe;E. B. Breitschwerdt

  • Population Genetic Structure of the Staphylococcus intermedius Group: Insights into agr Diversification and the Emergence of Methicillin-Resistant Strains

    Jeanette Bannoehr;Nouri L. Ben Zakour;Andrew S. Waller;Luca Guardabassi

  • Transmission of multiple antimicrobial-resistant Staphylococcus intermedius between dogs affected by deep pyoderma and their owners.

    L Guardabassi;M.E Loeber;A Jacobson

  • Guidelines for the diagnosis and antimicrobial therapy of canine superficial bacterial folliculitis (Antimicrobial Guidelines Working Group of the International Society for Companion Animal Infectious Diseases).

    Andrew Hillier;David H. Lloyd;J. Scott Weese;Joseph M. Blondeau

  • Antibiotic Resistance in Acinetobacter spp. Isolated from Sewers Receiving Waste Effluent from a Hospital and a Pharmaceutical Plant

    Luca Guardabassi;Andreas Petersen;John E. Olsen;Anders Dalsgaard

  • ACVIM consensus statement on therapeutic antimicrobial use in animals and antimicrobial resistance.

    J. S. Weese;S. Giguère;L. Guardabassi;P. S. Morley

  • First report of multiresistant, mecA‐positive Staphylococcus intermedius in Europe: 12 cases from a veterinary dermatology referral clinic in Germany

    Anette Loeffler;Monika Linek;Arshnee Moodley;Luca Guardabassi

  • Spa type distribution in Staphylococcus aureus originating from pigs, cattle and poultry.

    Henrik Hasman;A. Moodley;L. Guardabassi;M. Stegger

  • Bacterial Zoonoses Transmitted by Household Pets: State-of-the-Art and Future Perspectives for Targeted Research and Policy Actions

    P. Damborg;E.M. Broens;B.B. Chomel;S. Guenther

  • The effects of tertiary wastewater treatment on the prevalence of antimicrobial resistant bacteria.

    Luca Guardabassi;Danilo M.A Lo Fo Wong;Anders Dalsgaard

  • Distribution and in-vitro transfer of tetracycline resistance determinants in clinical and aquatic Acinetobacter strains

    L. Guardabassi;L. Dijkshoorn;J.-M. Collard;J.E. Olsen

  • Carriage of Methicillin‐Resistant Staphylococcus pseudintermedius in Small Animal Veterinarians: Indirect Evidence of Zoonotic Transmission

    N. C. Paul;A. Moodley;G. Ghibaudo;L. Guardabassi

  • Selection and Persistence of CTX-M-Producing Escherichia coli in the Intestinal Flora of Pigs Treated with Amoxicillin, Ceftiofur, or Cefquinome

    Lina Cavaco;E. Abatih;Frank Møller Aarestrup;L. Guardabassi

  • spa typing of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolated from domestic animals and veterinary staff in the UK and Ireland

    Arshnee Moodley;Marc Stegger;Arzu F. Bagcigil;Keith E. Baptiste

  • Transmission of IncN Plasmids Carrying blaCTX-M-1 between Commensal Escherichia coli in Pigs and Farm Workers

    Arshnee Moodley;Luca Guardabassi

Frequent Co-Authors

Anders Dalsgaard
Anders Dalsgaard University of Copenhagen
Søren Saxmose Nielsen
Søren Saxmose Nielsen University of Copenhagen
John Elmerdahl Olsen
John Elmerdahl Olsen University of Copenhagen
Robert Skov
Robert Skov Statens Serum Institut
Marc Stegger
Marc Stegger Statens Serum Institut
Henrik Hasman
Henrik Hasman Statens Serum Institut
Henrik Westh
Henrik Westh University of Copenhagen
Frank Møller Aarestrup
Frank Møller Aarestrup Technical University of Denmark
John D. Turnidge
John D. Turnidge University of Adelaide
Patrick Butaye
Patrick Butaye City University of Hong Kong

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