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Raffaele Zarrilli is affiliated with the University of Naples Federico II in Italy. Their research primarily intersects biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine, with a significant focus on molecular medicine, endocrinology, molecular biology, organic chemistry, and pharmacology as key subfields.

The core topics addressed in their work include antibiotic resistance in bacteria, bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing, Vibrio bacteria research studies, antibiotics pharmacokinetics and efficacy, bacterial identification and susceptibility testing, antimicrobial agents and applications, and Escherichia coli research studies.

Among the recent papers authored or co-authored by Zarrilli are:

  • Pathogenicity and virulence of Acinetobacter baumannii: Factors contributing to the fitness in healthcare settings and the infected host, 2023, published in Virulence
  • Trends, risk factors and outcomes of healthcare-associated infections in a neonatal intensive care unit in Italy during 2013-2017, 2020, published in The Italian Journal of Pediatrics
  • Editorial: Antimicrobial Resistance as a Global Public Health Problem: How Can We Address It?, 2020, published in Frontiers in Public Health
  • Inhibition of AdeB, AceI, and AmvA Efflux Pumps Restores Chlorhexidine and Benzalkonium Susceptibility in Acinetobacter baumannii ATCC 19606, 2022, published in Frontiers in Microbiology
  • Cefiderocol and Sulbactam-Durlobactam against Carbapenem-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii, 2023, published in Antibiotics

Zarrilli has frequently published in journals such as:

  • Antibiotics (7 publications)
  • Frontiers in Microbiology (5 publications)
  • Microorganisms (3 publications)
  • Virulence (1 publication)
  • The Italian Journal of Pediatrics (1 publication)

Frequent collaborators in Zarrilli's research include:

  • Antonella Migliaccio (9 co-authored publications)
  • Eliana De Gregorio (8 co-authored publications)
  • Eliana Pia Esposito (6 co-authored publications)
  • Maria Triassi (5 co-authored publications)
  • Maria Bagattini (4 co-authored publications)

In addition to journal articles, Zarrilli has contributed to book publications. One recorded title is Carbapenemase-Producing Organisms as Leading Cause of Hospital Infections, published in 2021 by Frontiers Media.

Best Publications

  • Global evolution of multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii clonal lineages.

    Raffaele Zarrilli;Spyros Pournaras;Maria Giannouli;Athanassios Tsakris

  • Structure, Genetics and Worldwide Spread of New Delhi Metallo-β-lactamase (NDM): a threat to public health

    Asad U. Khan;Lubna Maryam;Raffaele Zarrilli

  • Colistin and Rifampicin Compared With Colistin Alone for the Treatment of Serious Infections Due to Extensively Drug-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii: A Multicenter, Randomized Clinical Trial

    Emanuele Durante-Mangoni;Giuseppe Signoriello;Roberto Andini;Annunziata Mattei

  • UP-REGULATION OF IL-17 IS ASSOCIATED WITH BIOACTIVE IL-8 EXPRESSION IN HELICOBACTER PYLORI-INFECTED HUMAN GASTRIC MUCOSA

    Francesco Luzza;Tiziana Parrello;Giovanni Monteleone;Ladislava Sebkova

  • Aminoglycosides versus bacteria--a description of the action, resistance mechanism, and nosocomial battleground.

    Shazi Shakil;Rosina Khan;Raffaele Zarrilli;Asad U. Khan

  • Carbapenem resistance in Acinetobacter baumannii: the molecular epidemic features of an emerging problem in health care facilities.

    Raffaele Zarrilli;Maria Giannouli;Federica Tomasone;Maria Triassi

  • Molecular Epidemiology of Sequential Outbreaks of Acinetobacter baumannii in an Intensive Care Unit Shows the Emergence of Carbapenem Resistance

    Raffaele Zarrilli;Margherita Crispino;Maria Bagattini;Elena Barretta

  • Helicobacter pylori Up-regulates Cyclooxygenase-2 mRNA Expression and Prostaglandin E2 Synthesis in MKN 28 Gastric Mucosal Cells in Vitro

    Marco Romano;Vittorio Ricci;Annamaria Memoli;Concetta Tuccillo

  • Global spread of drug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii: molecular epidemiology and management of antimicrobial resistance.

    Emanuele Durante-Mangoni;Raffaele Zarrilli

  • Effect of Helicobacter pylori on gastric epithelial cell migration and proliferation in vitro: role of VacA and CagA.

    V. Ricci;C. Ciacci;R. Zarrilli;P. Sommi

  • Virulence-related traits of epidemic Acinetobacter baumannii strains belonging to the international clonal lineages I-III and to the emerging genotypes ST25 and ST78

    Maria Giannouli;Luísa C S Antunes;Veronica Marchetti;Maria Triassi

  • Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs in colorectal cancer: from prevention to therapy.

    P Ricchi;R Zarrilli;A di Palma;A M Acquaviva

  • Molecular epidemiological investigation of multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii strains in four Mediterranean countries with a multilocus sequence typing scheme

    A. Di Popolo;M. Giannouli;M. Triassi;S. Brisse

  • Comparative Analysis of the Two Acinetobacter baumannii Multilocus Sequence Typing (MLST) Schemes

    Stefano Gaiarsa;Gherard Batisti Biffignandi;Eliana Pia Esposito;Michele Castelli

  • Comparative activities of colistin, rifampicin, imipenem and sulbactam/ampicillin alone or in combination against epidemic multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii isolates producing OXA-58 carbapenemases

    Marie-Francoise Tripodi;Emanuele Durante-Mangoni;Rosaria Fortunato;Riccardo Utili

  • Molecular epidemiology of a clonal outbreak of multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii in a university hospital in Italy

    R. Zarrilli;R. Casillo;A. Di Popolo;M.-F. Tripodi

  • IGF-II/IGF-I receptor pathway up-regulates COX-2 mRNA expression and PGE2 synthesis in Caco-2 human colon carcinoma cells.

    Anna Di Popolo;Annamaria Memoli;Anna Apicella;Concetta Tuccillo

  • Risk factors for extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Serratia marcescens and Klebsiella pneumoniae acquisition in a neonatal intensive care unit

    V. Crivaro;M. Bagattini;M.F. Salza;F. Raimondi

  • Genome organization of epidemic Acinetobacter baumannii strains

    Pier Paolo Di Nocera;Francesco Rocco;Maria Giannouli;Maria Triassi

  • Molecular epidemiology of extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae in a neonatal intensive care unit

    Maria Bagattini;Valeria Crivaro;Anna Di Popolo;Fabrizio Gentile

Frequent Co-Authors

Carmelo B. Bruni
Carmelo B. Bruni University of Naples Federico II
Sandro Pignata
Sandro Pignata National Cancer Institute
Asad U. Khan
Asad U. Khan Aligarh Muslim University
Andrea Riccio
Andrea Riccio University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli"
Athanassios Tsakris
Athanassios Tsakris National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Spyros Pournaras
Spyros Pournaras National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Sylvain Brisse
Sylvain Brisse Institut Pasteur
Giovanni Monteleone
Giovanni Monteleone University of Rome Tor Vergata
Francesco Pallone
Francesco Pallone University of Rome Tor Vergata
Patrice Boquet
Patrice Boquet Grenoble Alpes University

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