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Pentti Huovinen

Pentti Huovinen

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Microbiology

D-Index
69
Citations
19632
World Ranking
2020
National Ranking
21

Overview

Pentti Huovinen is affiliated with the University of Turku in Finland. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with significant contributions in Molecular Biology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Physiology, Infectious Diseases, and Epidemiology.

Huovinen's work covers topics including:

  • Gut microbiota and health
  • Diet and metabolism studies
  • Nutritional studies and diet
  • Antibiotic resistance in bacteria
  • Maternal mental health during pregnancy and postpartum
  • Infant health and development
  • Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research

Frequent coauthors with whom Huovinen has collaborated include:

  • Eveliina Munukka
  • Anniina Keskitalo
  • Anna-Katariina Aatsinki
  • Leo Lahti
  • Noora Kartiosuo

Huovinen has published multiple recent papers, including:

  • "Maternal prenatal psychological distress and hair cortisol levels associate with infant fecal microbiota composition at 2.5 months of age" (2020) in Psychoneuroendocrinology
  • "Time series analysis of the incidence of acute upper respiratory tract infections, COVID-19 and the use of antibiotics in Finland during the COVID-19 epidemic: a cohort study of 833 444 patients" (2022) in BMJ Open
  • "Association of Long-Term Habitual Dietary Fiber Intake since Infancy with Gut Microbiota Composition in Young Adulthood" (2024) in Journal of Nutrition
  • "High-throughput DNA extraction strategy for fecal microbiome studies" (2024) in Microbiology Spectrum
  • "An Infancy-Onset 20-Year Dietary Counselling Intervention and Gut Microbiota Composition in Adulthood" (2022) in Nutrients

Frequently chosen publication venues include:

  • Microbiology Spectrum
  • Psychoneuroendocrinology
  • Journal of Nutrition
  • BMJ Open
  • Nutrients

Best Publications

  • Tackling antibiotic resistance: the environmental framework

    Thomas U. Berendonk;Célia M. Manaia;Christophe Merlin;Despo Fatta-Kassinos

  • The Effect of Changes in the Consumption of Macrolide Antibiotics on Erythromycin Resistance in Group A Streptococci in Finland

    Helena Seppälä;Timo Klaukka;Jaana Vuopio-Varkila;Anna Muotiala

  • Tackling antibiotic resistance

    Karen Bush;Patrice Courvalin;Gautam Dantas;Julian Davies

  • Antimicrobial resistance is a major threat to public health

    Richard Wise;Tony Hart;Otto Cars;Marc Streulens

  • Resistance to trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole.

    George M. Eliopoulos;Pentti Huovinen

  • Trimethoprim and sulfonamide resistance

    Unknown

  • Three different phenotypes of erythromycin-resistant Streptococcus pyogenes in Finland

    Helena Seppälä;Antti Nissinen;Quan Yu;Pentti Huovinen

  • A Novel Erythromycin Resistance Methylase Gene (ermTR) in Streptococcus pyogenes

    Helena Seppälä;Mikael Skurnik;Hanna Soini;Marilyn C. Roberts

  • Guideline for the management of acute sore throat.

    C. Pelucchi;L. Grigoryan;L. Grigoryan;C. Galeone;C. Galeone;S. Esposito

  • Resistance to erythromycin in group A streptococci.

    Unknown

  • A Placebo-Controlled Trial of Antimicrobial Treatment for Acute Otitis Media

    Paula A. Tähtinen;Miia K. Laine;Pentti Huovinen;Jari Jalava

  • Association of Repeated Exposure to Antibiotics With the Development of Pediatric Crohn’s Disease—A Nationwide, Register-based Finnish Case-Control Study

    Lauri Virta;Anssi Auvinen;Hans Helenius;Pentti Huovinen

  • Faecalibacterium prausnitzii treatment improves hepatic health and reduces adipose tissue inflammation in high-fat fed mice.

    Eveliina Munukka;Eveliina Munukka;Anniina Rintala;Anniina Rintala;Raine Toivonen;Matts Nylund

  • Detection of Decreased Fluoroquinolone Susceptibility in Salmonellas and Validation of Nalidixic Acid Screening Test

    Antti Hakanen;Pirkko Kotilainen;Jari Jalava;Anja Siitonen

  • Six-Week Endurance Exercise Alters Gut Metagenome That Is not Reflected in Systemic Metabolism in Over-weight Women

    Eveliina Munukka;Juha P. Ahtiainen;Pere Puigbó;Sirpa Jalkanen

  • Effect of Macrolide Consumption on Erythromycin Resistance in Streptococcus pyogenes in Finland in 1997–2001

    Miika Bergman;Solja Huikko;Marja Pihlajamäki;Pekka Laippala

  • Erythromycin resistance genes in group A streptococci in Finland

    J Kataja;P Huovinen;M Skurnik;M Skurnik;H Seppälä

  • Sequence of PSE-2 beta-lactamase.

    P Huovinen;S Huovinen;G A Jacoby

  • Outpatient Use of Erythromycin: Link to Increased Erythromycin Resistance in Group A Streptococci

    Helena Seppälä;Timo Klaukka;Risto Lehtonen;Erkki Nenonen

  • Macrolide and azithromycin use are linked to increased macrolide resistance in Streptococcus pneumoniae.

    Miika Bergman;Solja Huikko;Pentti Huovinen;Pirkko Paakkari

  • Gut Microbiota Analysis Results Are Highly Dependent on the 16S rRNA Gene Target Region, Whereas the Impact of DNA Extraction Is Minor.

    Anniina Rintala;Sami Pietilä;Eveliina Munukka;Erkki Eerola

  • Emergence of Ciprofloxacin-Resistant Coagulase-Negative Staphylococcal Skin Flora in Immunocompromised Patients Receiving Ciprofloxacin

    Pirkko Kotilainen;Jukka Nikoskelainen;Pentti Huovinen

Frequent Co-Authors

Jari Jalava
Jari Jalava Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare
Anja Siitonen
Anja Siitonen Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL)
Erkki Eerola
Erkki Eerola University of Turku
Olli Ruuskanen
Olli Ruuskanen Turku University Hospital
Mikael Skurnik
Mikael Skurnik University of Helsinki
Sirpa Jalkanen
Sirpa Jalkanen University of Turku
Matti K. Viljanen
Matti K. Viljanen University of Turku
Thedi Ziegler
Thedi Ziegler University of Turku
Marc Lipsitch
Marc Lipsitch Harvard University
Hannele Jousimies-Somer
Hannele Jousimies-Somer Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare

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