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Lucilla Baldassarri

Lucilla Baldassarri

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Microbiology

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43
Citations
7127
World Ranking
5256
National Ranking
173

Overview

Lucilla Baldassarri is affiliated with the Istituto Superiore di Sanità in Italy. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Environmental Science, with specific focus on subfields including Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Epidemiology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Clinical Psychology, and Global and Planetary Change.

The scientist's research topics cover a range of important health and environmental issues. These include:

  • Neonatal and Maternal Infections
  • Streptococcal Infections and Treatments
  • Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections
  • Infection Control and Ventilation
  • COVID-19 and Mental Health
  • Healthcare and Environmental Waste Management
  • COVID-19 impact on air quality

Lucilla Baldassarri has published papers in several scientific journals, including the following notable works:

  • "Neonatal invasive disease caused by Streptococcus agalactiae in Europe: the DEVANI multi-center study," 2022, Infection
  • "Significant variations of dangerous exposures during COVID-19 pandemic in Italy: a possible association with the containment measures implemented to reduce the virus transmission," 2022, BMC Public Health
  • "Significant variations of dangerous exposures during COVID-19 pandemic in Italy: a possible association with the containment measures implemented to reduce the virus transmission," 2021, Research Square (Research Square)
  • "Unveiling the Chemical Safety of Clothing Articles, Textiles and Footwear With Regard to the Presence of Carcinogenic, Mutagenic, or Reprotoxic Substances, Endocrine Disruptors and Skin Sensitizers Under EU Regulatory Restrictions," 2025, Contact Dermatitis

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • R. Draisci
  • Felice Giordano
  • Valeria Margherita Petrolini
  • Domenico Spagnolo
  • Rosanna Maria Fidente

Lucilla Baldassarri has contributed to scientific knowledge through research in various journals such as Infection, BMC Public Health, Research Square, and Contact Dermatitis, reflecting a multidisciplinary approach to their fields of study.

Best Publications

  • Presence of icaA and icaD genes and slime production in a collection of staphylococcal strains from catheter-associated infections.

    Carla Renata Arciola;Lucilla Baldassarri;Lucio Montanaro

  • Survey for virulence determinants among Enterococcus faecalis isolated from different sources.

    Roberta Creti;Monica Imperi;Lucia Bertuccini;Francesca Fabretti

  • A multiplex PCR assay for the direct identification of the capsular type (Ia to IX) of Streptococcus agalactiae.

    Monica Imperi;Marco Pataracchia;Giovanna Alfarone;Lucilla Baldassarri

  • Alanine esters of enterococcal lipoteichoic acid play a role in biofilm formation and resistance to antimicrobial peptides.

    Francesca Fabretti;Christian Theilacker;Lucilla Baldassarri;Zbigniew Kaczynski

  • Slime Production and Expression of the Slime-Associated Antigen by Staphylococcal Clinical Isolates

    M. G. Ammendolia;R. Di Rosa;L. Montanaro;C. R. Arciola

  • Enterococcus spp. produces slime and survives in rat peritoneal macrophages

    Lucilla Baldassarri;Roberto Cecchini;Lucia Bertuccini;Maria G. Ammendolia

  • Therapeutic Failures of Antibiotics Used To Treat Macrolide-Susceptible Streptococcus pyogenes Infections May Be Due to Biofilm Formation

    Lucilla Baldassarri;Roberta Creti;Simona Recchia;Monica Imperi

  • Relationship between biofilm formation, the enterococcal surface protein (Esp) and gelatinase in clinical isolates of Enterococcus faecalis and Enterococcus faecium

    Roberta Di Rosa;Roberta Creti;Mario Venditti;Raffaele D'Amelio

  • Molecular Epidemiology and Distribution of Serotypes, Surface Proteins, and Antibiotic Resistance among Group B Streptococci in Italy

    Giovanni Gherardi;Monica Imperi;Lucilla Baldassarri;Marco Pataracchia

  • Cytotoxic necrotizing factor production by hemolytic strains of Escherichia coli causing extraintestinal infections

    A Caprioli;V Falbo;F M Ruggeri;L Baldassarri

  • Prevalence of cna, fnbA and fnbB adhesin genes among Staphylococcus aureus isolates from orthopedic infections associated to different types of implant

    Carla Renata Arciola;Davide Campoccia;Simonetta Gamberini;Lucilla Baldassarri

  • A Putative Sugar-Binding Transcriptional Regulator in a Novel Gene Locus in Enterococcus faecalis Contributes to Production of Biofilm and Prolonged Bacteremia in Mice

    Markus Hufnagel;Markus Hufnagel;Stefanie Koch;Roberta Creti;Lucilla Baldassarri

  • Detection of biofilm formation in Staphylococcus epidermidis from implant infections. Comparison of a PCR-method that recognizes the presence of ica genes with two classic phenotypic methods.

    Carla Renata Arciola;Davide Campoccia;Lucilla Baldassarri;Maria Elena Donati

  • A novel resistance mechanism to triclosan that suggests horizontal gene transfer and demonstrates a potential selective pressure for reduced biocide susceptibility in clinical strains of Staphylococcus aureus.

    Maria Laura Ciusa;Leonardo Furi;Daniel Knight;Francesca Decorosi

  • Strong biofilm production, antibiotic multi-resistance and high gelE expression in epidemic clones of Enterococcus faecalis from orthopaedic implant infections.

    Carla Renata Arciola;Lucilla Baldassarri;Davide Campoccia;Roberta Creti

  • Presence and expression of collagen adhesin gene (cna) and slime production in Staphylococcus aureus strains from orthopaedic prosthesis infections.

    Lucio Montanaro;Carla Renata Arciola;Lucilla Baldassarri;Elena Borsetti

  • The role of osmiophilic bodies and Pfg377 expression in female gametocyte emergence and mosquito infectivity in the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum

    Tania F. De Koning-Ward;Anna Olivieri;Lucia Bertuccini;Andrew Hood

  • Activities of Bismuth Thiols against Staphylococci and Staphylococcal Biofilms

    Philip Domenico;Lucilla Baldassarri;Paul E. Schoch;Kristina Kaehler

  • Purification and characterization of the staphylococcal slime-associated antigen and its occurrence among Staphylococcus epidermis clinical isolates.

    L Baldassarri;G Donnelli;A Gelosia;M C Voglino

  • Staphylococcus epidermidis-fibronectin binding and its inhibition by heparin.

    Carla Renata Arciola;Yasser Bustanji;Matteo Conti;Davide Campoccia

Frequent Co-Authors

Carla Renata Arciola
Carla Renata Arciola University of Bologna
Lucio Montanaro
Lucio Montanaro University of Bologna
Graziella Orefici
Graziella Orefici Istituto Superiore di Sanità
Gianfranco Donelli
Gianfranco Donelli Istituto Superiore di Sanità
Mario Venditti
Mario Venditti Sapienza University of Rome
Alfredo Caprioli
Alfredo Caprioli Istituto Superiore di Sanità
Annalisa Pantosti
Annalisa Pantosti Istituto Superiore di Sanità
Marco R. Oggioni
Marco R. Oggioni University of Leicester
John L. Telford
John L. Telford GlaxoSmithKline (Italy)
Mogens Kilian
Mogens Kilian Aarhus University

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