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Overview

Oscar Cirioni is affiliated with Marche Polytechnic University in Italy and has contributed extensively to scientific research in medicine, biochemistry, genetics and molecular biology, as well as immunology and microbiology. Their work spans across multiple subfields including infectious diseases, molecular biology, microbiology, molecular medicine, and pharmacology.

Their research focuses primarily on antimicrobial resistance and bacterial infections, particularly in relation to Staphylococcus species. Key topics in their publications cover antimicrobial resistance in Staphylococcus, antimicrobial peptides and their activities, antibiotic resistance in bacteria, bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing, bacterial identification and susceptibility testing, wound healing and treatments, and biochemical and structural characterization.

Oscar Cirioni has coauthored numerous papers, frequently collaborating with researchers such as Oriana Simonetti, Gianluca Morroni, Lucia Brescini, Annamaria Offidani, and Elisa Molinelli.

Notable recent papers include:

  • Review: A Safety Profile of Dalbavancin for On- and Off-Label Utilization (2021), Therapeutics and Clinical Risk Management
  • New Evidence and Insights on Dalbavancin and Wound Healing in a Mouse Model of Skin Infection (2020), Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
  • Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus as a cause of chronic wound infections: Alternative strategies for management (2022), AIMS Microbiology
  • New Perspectives on Old and New Therapies of Staphylococcal Skin Infections: The Role of Biofilm Targeting in Wound Healing (2021), Antibiotics
  • Synergistic Effect of Antimicrobial Peptide LL-37 and Colistin Combination Against Multidrug-Resistant Escherichia Coli Isolates (2021), Future Microbiology

Their work has appeared predominantly in the following publication venues:

  • Antibiotics
  • Future Microbiology
  • Therapeutics and Clinical Risk Management
  • Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
  • AIMS Microbiology

With a considerable number of publications centered on the fields of medicine and molecular biology, Oscar Cirioni's research contributes to understanding the mechanisms of bacterial resistance and innovative approaches to treating staphylococcal infections and wound healing. Their multidisciplinary expertise bridges biochemical characterization, microbiological analysis, and clinical applications related to antimicrobial therapies.

Best Publications

  • Epidemiology and Microbiology of Surgical Wound Infections

    A. Giacometti;O. Cirioni;A. M. Schimizzi;M. S. Del Prete

  • Discovery of a Quorum-Sensing Inhibitor of Drug-Resistant Staphylococcal Infections by Structure-Based Virtual Screening

    Madanahally D. Kiran;Nallini Vijayarangan Adikesavan;Oscar Cirioni;Andrea Giacometti

  • Treatment of Staphylococcus aureus Biofilm Infection by the Quorum-Sensing Inhibitor RIP

    Naomi Balaban;Oscar Cirioni;Andrea Giacometti;Roberto Ghiselli

  • Use of the Quorum-Sensing Inhibitor RNAIII-Inhibiting Peptide to Prevent Biofilm Formation In Vivo by Drug-Resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis

    Naomi Balaban;Naomi Balaban;Andrea Giacometti;Oscar Cirioni;Yael Gov

  • LL-37 Protects Rats against Lethal Sepsis Caused by Gram-Negative Bacteria

    Oscar Cirioni;Andrea Giacometti;Roberto Ghiselli;Cristina Bergnach

  • Irritable bowel syndrome in patients with Blastocystis hominis infection.

    A. Giacometti;O. Cirioni;A. Fiorentini;M. Fortuna

  • RNA III Inhibiting Peptide Inhibits In Vivo Biofilm Formation by Drug-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus

    Andrea Giacometti;Oscar Cirioni;Yael Gov;Roberto Ghiselli

  • Prevalence and clinical relevance of Blastocystis hominis in diverse patient cohorts.

    Oscar Cirioni;Andrea Giacometti;Davide Drenaggi;Fausto Ancarani

  • Prevalence of intestinal parasites among individuals with allergic skin diseases

    Andrea Giacometti;Oscar Cirioni;Leonardo Antonicelli;Giuseppina D'Amato

  • In-vitro activity of cationic peptides alone and in combination with clinically used antimicrobial agents against Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

    A. Giacometti;O. Cirioni;F. Barchiesi;M. Fortuna

  • In Vitro Susceptibility Tests for Cationic Peptides: Comparison of Broth Microdilution Methods for Bacteria That Grow Aerobically

    A. Giacometti;O. Cirioni;F. Barchiesi;M. S. Del Prete

  • RNAIII-Inhibiting Peptide Significantly Reduces Bacterial Load and Enhances the Effect of Antibiotics in the Treatment of Central Venous Catheter—Associated Staphylococcus aureus Infections

    Oscar Cirioni;Andrea Giacometti;Roberto Ghiselli;Giorgio Dell'Acqua

  • Suppression of Drug-Resistant Staphylococcal Infections by the Quorum-Sensing Inhibitor RNAIII-Inhibiting Peptide

    Giorgio Dell'Acqua;Andrea Giacometti;Oscar Cirioni;Roberto Ghiselli

  • Prophylactic Efficacy of Topical Temporin A and RNAIII-Inhibiting Peptide in a Subcutaneous Rat Pouch Model of Graft Infection Attributable to Staphylococci With Intermediate Resistance to Glycopeptides

    Oscar Cirioni;Andrea Giacometti;Roberto Ghiselli;Giorgio Dell’Acqua

  • Combination studies between polycationic peptides and clinically used antibiotics against Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria.

    Andrea Giacometti;Oscar Cirioni;Maria Simona Del Prete;Alessandra Mataloni Paggi

  • Antimicrobial activity of polycationic peptides

    Andrea Giacometti;Oscar Cirioni;Francesco Barchiesi;Maria Simona Del Prete

  • In-vitro activity and killing effect of polycationic peptides on methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and interactions with clinically used antibiotics.

    Andrea Giacometti;Oscar Cirioni;Francesco Barchiesi;Giorgio Scalise

  • Comparative activities of cecropin A, melittin, and cecropin A-melittin peptide CA(1-7)M(2-9)NH2 against multidrug-resistant nosocomial isolates of Acinetobacter baumannii.

    Andrea Giacometti;Oscar Cirioni;Wojciech Kamysz;Giuseppina D’Amato

  • Daptomycin and rifampin alone and in combination prevent vascular graft biofilm formation and emergence of antibiotic resistance in a subcutaneous rat pouch model of staphylococcal infection.

    O. Cirioni;F. Mocchegiani;R. Ghiselli;C. Silvestri

  • Cathelicidin peptide sheep myeloid antimicrobial peptide-29 prevents endotoxin-induced mortality in rat models of septic shock.

    Andrea Giacometti;Oscar Cirioni;Roberto Ghiselli;Federico Mocchegiani

  • In vitro activities of membrane-active peptides against gram-positive and gram-negative aerobic bacteria.

    A. Giacometti;O. Cirioni;G. Greganti;M. Quarta

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrea Giacometti
Andrea Giacometti Ca Foscari University of Venice
Giorgio Scalise
Giorgio Scalise Marche Polytechnic University
Francesco Barchiesi
Francesco Barchiesi Marche Polytechnic University
Margherita Zanetti
Margherita Zanetti University of Udine
Andrea Scaloni
Andrea Scaloni National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Vincenzo Vullo
Vincenzo Vullo Sapienza University of Rome
Pietro E. Varaldo
Pietro E. Varaldo Marche Polytechnic University
Maria Luisa Mangoni
Maria Luisa Mangoni Sapienza University of Rome

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