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Maja Rupnik is affiliated with the University of Maribor in Slovenia. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a significant focus on subfields including Infectious Diseases, Molecular Biology, Clinical Biochemistry, Food Science, and Epidemiology.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics related to microbiology and infectious diseases. The main areas of research include:

  • Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research
  • Gut microbiota and health
  • Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology
  • Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing
  • Probiotics and Fermented Foods
  • Microscopic Colitis
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies

Frequent coauthors indicate collaborative research within notable networks, including:

  • Aleksander Mahnič
  • Sandra Janežič
  • Kerrie Davies
  • Virginie Viprey
  • Mark H. Wilcox

Maja Rupnik's publications appear in several recurring venues, which include:

  • Frontiers in Microbiology
  • Anaerobe
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Eurosurveillance
  • Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Representative recent papers include:

  • "Haem is crucial for medium-dependent metronidazole resistance in clinical isolates of Clostridioides difficile", 2021, Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
  • "A point-prevalence study on community and inpatient Clostridioides difficile infections (CDI): results from Combatting Bacterial Resistance in Europe CDI (COMBACTE-CDI), July to November 2018", 2022, Eurosurveillance
  • "Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI): A pan-European multi-center cost and resource utilization study, results from the Combatting Bacterial Resistance in Europe CDI (COMBACTE-CDI)", 2022, Clinical Microbiology and Infection
  • "Distinct Types of Gut Microbiota Dysbiosis in Hospitalized Gastroenterological Patients Are Disease Non-related and Characterized With the Predominance of Either Enterobacteriaceae or Enterococcus", 2020, Frontiers in Microbiology
  • "Clostridioides difficile in national food surveillance, Slovenia, 2015 to 2017", 2020, Eurosurveillance

Best Publications

  • Clostridium difficile infection: new developments in epidemiology and pathogenesis

    Maja Rupnik;Mark H. Wilcox;Dale N. Gerding

  • Clostridium difficile infection in Europe: a hospital-based survey

    Martijn P Bauer;Daan W Notermans;Birgit H B van Benthem;Jon S Brazier

  • Production of actin‐specific ADP‐ribosyltransferase (binary toxin) by strains of Clostridium difficile

    Simon Stubbs;Maja Rupnik;Maryse Gibert;Jon Brazier

  • Clostridium difficile binary toxin CDT: Mechanism, epidemiology, and potential clinical importance

    Dale N Gerding;Stuart Johnson;Maja Rupnik;Klaus Aktories

  • A novel toxinotyping scheme and correlation of toxinotypes with serogroups of Clostridium difficile isolates.

    M Rupnik;V. Avesani;M Janc;C von Eichel-Streiber

  • Underdiagnosis of Clostridium difficile across Europe: the European, multicentre, prospective, biannual, point-prevalence study of Clostridium difficile infection in hospitalised patients with diarrhoea (EUCLID)

    Kerrie A Davies;Christopher M Longshaw;Georgina L Davis;Emilio Bouza

  • Autocatalytic cleavage of Clostridium difficile toxin B

    Jessica Reineke;Stefan Tenzer;Maja Rupnik;Andreas Koschinski

  • Binary Toxin–Producing, Large Clostridial Toxin–Negative Clostridium difficile Strains Are Enterotoxic but Do Not Cause Disease in Hamsters

    Barbara Geric;Robert J. Carman;Maja Rupnik;Christopher W. Genheimer

  • Heterogeneity of large clostridial toxins: importance of Clostridium difficile toxinotypes.

    Maja Rupnik

  • Distribution of Clostridium difficile variant toxinotypes and strains with binary toxin genes among clinical isolates in an American hospital

    Barbara Geric;Maja Rupnik;Dale N. Gerding;Miklavz Grabnar

  • Geographical and temporal distribution of SARS-CoV-2 clades in the WHO European Region, January to June 2020.

    Erik Alm;Eeva K Broberg;Thomas Connor;Emma B Hodcroft

  • Bacterial endophytes from seeds of Norway spruce (Picea abies L. Karst).

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  • A European survey of diagnostic methods and testing protocols for Clostridium difficile.

    F. Barbut;M. Delmée;J.S. Brazier;J.C. Petit

  • Comparison of toxinotyping and PCR ribotyping of Clostridium difficile strains and description of novel toxinotypes

    Maja Rupnik;Jon S. Brazier;Brian I. Duerden;Miklavz Grabnar

  • Carbohydrate recognition by Clostridium difficile toxin A.

    Antonio Greco;Jason G. S. Ho;Shuang-Jun Lin;Shuang-Jun Lin;Shuang-Jun Lin;Monica M. Palcic;Monica M. Palcic;Monica M. Palcic

  • Zoonotic transfer of Clostridium difficile harboring antimicrobial resistance between farm animals and humans.

    C. W. Knetsch;N. Kumar;S. C. Forster;S. C. Forster;S. C. Forster;Thomas Connor

  • Crystal structure of receptor-binding C-terminal repeats from Clostridium difficile toxin A.

    Unknown

  • Frequency of Binary Toxin Genes among Clostridium difficile Strains That Do Not Produce Large Clostridial Toxins

    Barbara Geric;Barbara Geric;Stuart Johnson;Dale N. Gerding;Miklavz Grabnar

  • Diversity of Clostridium difficile in pigs and other animals in Slovenia.

    Jana Avbersek;Sandra Janezic;Mateja Pate;Maja Rupnik

  • Clostridium difficile Toxinotype V, Ribotype 078, in Animals and Humans

    Maja Rupnik;Andreas Widmer;Ortrud Zimmermann;Catherine Eckert

  • New Types of Toxin A-Negative, Toxin B-Positive Strains among Clostridium difficile Isolates from Asia

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  • Revised nomenclature of Clostridium difficile toxins and associated genes.

    Maja Rupnik;Bruno Dupuy;Neil F Fairweather;Dale N Gerding

  • Characterization of the cleavage site and function of resulting cleavage fragments after limited proteolysis of Clostridium difficile toxin B (TcdB) by host cells.

    Maja Rupnik;Maja Rupnik;Stefan Pabst;Marjan Rupnik;Christoph von Eichel-Streiber

Frequent Co-Authors

Ed J. Kuijper
Ed J. Kuijper Leiden University Medical Center
Frédéric Barbut
Frédéric Barbut Université Paris Cité
Paola Mastrantonio
Paola Mastrantonio Istituto Superiore di Sanità
Mark H. Wilcox
Mark H. Wilcox University of Leeds
Michel Delmée
Michel Delmée Université Catholique de Louvain
J. Glenn Songer
J. Glenn Songer University of Arizona
Thomas V. Riley
Thomas V. Riley Edith Cowan University
Vincent Perreten
Vincent Perreten University of Bern
Dale N. Gerding
Dale N. Gerding Veterans Health Administration
Bruno Dupuy
Bruno Dupuy Institut Pasteur

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