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Mary Jane Ferraro

Mary Jane Ferraro

D-Index & Metrics

Microbiology

D-Index
60
Citations
15818
World Ranking
3085
National Ranking
1217

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2018 - Sonnenwirth Award for Leadership in Clinical Microbiology, American Society for Microbiology

Overview

Mary Jane Ferraro was affiliated with Harvard University in the United States. Their work was primarily situated in the fields of biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with additional contributions to medicine.

The subfields of study that featured in Ferraro's research included molecular medicine, pharmacology, plant science, and endocrinology. Their research topics centered around antibiotic resistance in bacteria, antibiotics pharmacokinetics and efficacy, plant pathogenic bacteria studies, and infections and bacterial resistance.

Among the recent papers authored or coauthored by Ferraro were the following:

  • Inter-species geographic signatures for tracing horizontal gene transfer and long-term persistence of carbapenem resistance, 2022, Genome Medicine
  • Inter-species geographic signatures for tracing horizontal gene transfer and long-term persistence of carbapenem resistance, 2021, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Frequent collaborators in Ferraro's research included Rauf Salamzade, Abigail L. Manson, Bruce J. Walker, Thea Brennan-Krohn, and Colin J. Worby.

The venues where Ferraro's recent work was published comprised Genome Medicine and bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory).

Among the awards received by Ferraro was the Sonnenwirth Award for Leadership in Clinical Microbiology from the American Society for Microbiology, awarded in 2018.

Best Publications

  • Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing: A Review of General Principles and Contemporary Practices

    James H. Jorgensen;Mary Jane Ferraro

  • Linezolid resistance in a clinical isolate of Staphylococcus aureus

    Sotirios Tsiodras;Sotirios Tsiodras;Howard S Gold;Howard S Gold;George Sakoulas;George Sakoulas;George M Eliopoulos;George M Eliopoulos

  • Case records of the Massachusetts General Hospital. Weekly clinicopathological exercises. Laboratory reference values.

    Alexander Kratz;Maryjane Ferraro;Patrick M. Sluss;Kent B. Lewandrowski

  • Better tests, better care: improved diagnostics for infectious diseases.

    Angela M. Caliendo;David N. Gilbert;David N. Gilbert;Christine C. Ginocchio;Kimberly E. Hanson

  • Emergence of high rates of antimicrobial resistance among viridans group streptococci in the United States.

    Gary V. Doern;Mary Jane Ferraro;Angela B. Brueggemann;Kathryn L. Ruoff

  • Modified Carbapenem Inactivation Method for Phenotypic Detection of Carbapenemase Production among Enterobacteriaceae

    Virginia M. Pierce;Patricia J. Simner;David R. Lonsway;Darcie E. Roe-Carpenter

  • Species identities of enterococci isolated from clinical specimens.

    K L Ruoff;L de la Maza;M J Murtagh;J D Spargo

  • Frozen musculoskeletal allografts. A study of the clinical incidence and causes of infection associated with their use.

    W W Tomford;J Thongphasuk;H J Mankin;M J Ferraro

  • Bacteremia, fever, and splenomegaly caused by a newly recognized bartonella species.

    Marina E. Eremeeva;Helen L. Gerns;Shari L. Lydy;Jeanna S. Goo

  • Increasing resistance to beta-lactam antibiotics among clinical isolates of Enterococcus faecium: a 22-year review at one institution.

    M L Grayson;G M Eliopoulos;C B Wennersten;K L Ruoff

  • Bacteremia with Streptococcus bovis and Streptococcus salivarius: clinical correlates of more accurate identification of isolates.

    K L Ruoff;S I Miller;C V Garner;M J Ferraro

  • Linezolid Resistance in Staphylococcus aureus: Characterization and Stability of Resistant Phenotype

    Satish K. Pillai;George Sakoulas;George Sakoulas;Christine Wennersten;George M. Eliopoulos;George M. Eliopoulos

  • Multicenter studies of tigecycline disk diffusion susceptibility results for Acinetobacter spp

    Ronald N. Jones;Mary Jane Ferraro;L. Barth Reller;Paul C. Schreckenberger

  • Effect of varying pH on the susceptibility of Campylobacter pylori to antimicrobial agents.

    M. L. Grayson;G. M. Eliopoulos;G. M. Eliopoulos;M. J. Ferraro;R. C. Moellering;R. C. Moellering

  • Antimicrobial susceptibility testing: general principles and contemporary practices.

    James H. Jorgensen;Mary Jane Ferraro

  • Detection of Klebsiella pneumoniae and Escherichia coli strains producing extended-spectrum beta-lactamases.

    G P Katsanis;J Spargo;M J Ferraro;L Sutton

  • In vitro activity of CP-99,219, a new fluoroquinolone, against clinical isolates of gram-positive bacteria.

    G M Eliopoulos;K Klimm;C T Eliopoulos;M J Ferraro

  • Two-tiered antibody testing for Lyme disease with use of 2 enzyme immunoassays, a whole-cell sonicate enzyme immunoassay followed by a VlsE C6 peptide enzyme immunoassay.

    John A. Branda;Katy Linskey;Yeowon A. Kim;Allen C. Steere

  • Detection of penicillin and extended-spectrum cephalosporin resistance among Streptococcus pneumoniae clinical isolates by use of the E test.

    J H Jorgensen;M J Ferraro;M L McElmeel;J Spargo

  • Background and rationale for revised clinical and laboratory standards institute interpretive criteria (Breakpoints) for Enterobacteriaceae and Pseudomonas aeruginosa: I. Cephalosporins and Aztreonam.

    Michael N Dudley;Paul G Ambrose;Sujata M Bhavnani;William A Craig

Frequent Co-Authors

George M. Eliopoulos
George M. Eliopoulos Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Christine C. Ginocchio
Christine C. Ginocchio Qiagen (United States)
Jana M. Swenson
Jana M. Swenson Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Robert C. Moellering
Robert C. Moellering Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Christine Wennersten
Christine Wennersten Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Sandra S. Richter
Sandra S. Richter Cleveland Clinic
Fred C. Tenover
Fred C. Tenover University of Dayton
Gary W. Procop
Gary W. Procop Cleveland Clinic
James H. Jorgensen
James H. Jorgensen The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
James H. Jorgensen
James H. Jorgensen The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

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