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Robert K. Flamm is affiliated with Janssen in Belgium. Their research spans primarily the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with notable focus on Molecular Medicine, Infectious Diseases, Pharmacology, Epidemiology, and Clinical Biochemistry.

The scientist's work addresses several key topics, including:

  • Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria
  • Antibiotics Pharmacokinetics and Efficacy
  • Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus
  • Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing
  • Antibiotic Use and Resistance
  • Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing
  • Cancer therapeutics and mechanisms

Frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease
  • Open Forum Infectious Diseases
  • Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
  • Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance
  • Nature Communications

Robert K. Flamm has collaborated extensively with several coauthors, notably:

  • Michael D. Huband
  • Michael A. Pfaller
  • Rodrigo E. Mendes
  • Leonard R Duncan
  • Jennifer M Streit

Recent published papers include:

  • Surveillance of Omadacycline Activity Tested against Clinical Isolates from the United States and Europe: Report from the SENTRY Antimicrobial Surveillance Program, 2016 to 2018, 2020, Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
  • Antimicrobial activity of manogepix, a first-in-class antifungal, and comparator agents tested against contemporary invasive fungal isolates from an international surveillance programme (2018-2019), 2021, Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance
  • Susceptibility trends of ceftolozane/tazobactam and comparators when tested against European Gram-negative bacterial surveillance isolates collected during 2012-18, 2020, Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
  • In Vitro Activity of KBP-7072, a Novel Third-Generation Tetracycline, against 531 Recent Geographically Diverse and Molecularly Characterized Acinetobacter baumannii Species Complex Isolates, 2020, Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
  • Surveillance of omadacycline activity tested against clinical isolates from the USA: report from the SENTRY Antimicrobial Surveillance Program, 2019, 2021, Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance

Best Publications

  • Mutations in 23S rRNA are associated with clarithromycin resistance in Helicobacter pylori.

    J Versalovic;D Shortridge;K Kibler;M V Griffy

  • Antimicrobial susceptibility of Gram-negative organisms isolated from patients hospitalised with pneumonia in US and European hospitals: Results from the SENTRY Antimicrobial Surveillance Program, 2009–2012

    Helio S. Sader;David J. Farrell;Robert K. Flamm;Ronald N. Jones

  • Antimicrobial susceptibility of Gram-negative organisms isolated from patients hospitalized in intensive care units in United States and European hospitals (2009-2011).

    Helio S. Sader;David J. Farrell;Robert K. Flamm;Ronald N. Jones

  • Novel plasmid-mediated beta-lactamase (TEM-10) conferring selective resistance to ceftazidime and aztreonam in clinical isolates of Klebsiella pneumoniae.

    J P Quinn;D Miyashiro;D Sahm;R Flamm

  • Antimicrobial Activity of Ceftolozane-Tazobactam Tested against Enterobacteriaceae and Pseudomonas aeruginosa with Various Resistance Patterns Isolated in U.S. Hospitals (2011-2012)

    David J. Farrell;Robert K. Flamm;Helio S. Sader;Ronald N. Jones

  • Introduction of pAM beta 1 into Listeria monocytogenes by conjugation and homology between native L. monocytogenes plasmids.

    R K Flamm;D J Hinrichs;M F Thomashow

  • Prevalence of macrolide resistance mechanisms in Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates from a multicenter antibiotic resistance surveillance study conducted in the United States in 1994-1995.

    Virginia D. Shortridge;Gary V. Doern;Angela B. Brueggemann;Jill M. Beyer

  • Emergence of Macrolide Resistance during Treatment of Pneumococcal Pneumonia

    Daniel M. Musher;Mark E. Dowell;Virginia D. Shortridge;Robert K. Flamm

  • Meropenem-Vaborbactam Tested against Contemporary Gram-Negative Isolates Collected Worldwide during 2014, Including Carbapenem-Resistant, KPC-Producing, Multidrug-Resistant, and Extensively Drug-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae.

    Mariana Castanheira;Michael D. Huband;Rodrigo E. Mendes;Robert K. Flamm

  • Fluoroquinolone Resistance in Streptococcus pneumoniae in United States since 1994-1995

    Angela B. Brueggemann;Stacy L. Coffman;Paul Rhomberg;Holly Huynh

  • Antimicrobial activity of ceftolozane/tazobactam tested against Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Enterobacteriaceae with various resistance patterns isolated in European hospitals (2011–12)

    Helio S. Sader;David J. Farrell;Mariana Castanheira;Robert K. Flamm

  • Factors associated with relative rates of antibiotic resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates tested in clinical laboratories in the United States from 1999 to 2002.

    Robert K. Flamm;Mellany K. Weaver;Clyde Thornsberry;Mark E. Jones

  • Novel mechanism of macrolide resistance in Streptococcus pneumoniae

    Virginia D. Shortridge;Robert K. Flamm;Nancy Ramer;Jill Beyer

  • Antimicrobial Activity of Ceftazidime-Avibactam against Gram-Negative Organisms Collected from U.S. Medical Centers in 2012

    Helio S. Sader;Mariana Castanheira;Robert K. Flamm;David J. Farrell

  • Antimicrobial susceptibility testing of Helicobacter pylori. Comparison of E-test, broth microdilution, and disk diffusion for ampicillin, clarithromycin, and metronidazole.

    Charles Y. Hachem;Jill E. Clarridge;Rita Reddy;Robert Flamm

  • Effect of the β-Lactamase Inhibitor Vaborbactam Combined with Meropenem against Serine Carbapenemase-Producing Enterobacteriaceae

    Mariana Castanheira;Paul R. Rhomberg;Robert K. Flamm;Ronald N. Jones

  • Novel Erythromycin Derivatives with Aryl Groups Tethered to the C-6 Position Are Potent Protein Synthesis Inhibitors and Active against Multidrug-Resistant Respiratory Pathogens

    Zhenkun Ma;Richard F. Clark;Antony Brazzale;Sanyi Wang

  • Characterization and Prevalence of MefA, MefE, and the Associated msr(D) Gene in Streptococcus pneumoniae Clinical Isolates

    Melissa M. Daly;Stella Doktor;Robert Flamm;Dee Shortridge

  • Affinity of doripenem and comparators to penicillin-binding proteins in Escherichia coli and Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

    Todd A. Davies;Wenchi Shang;Karen Bush;Robert K. Flamm

  • Ceftolozane/tazobactam activity tested against Gram-negative bacterial isolates from hospitalised patients with pneumonia in US and European medical centres (2012)

    David J. Farrell;Helio S. Sader;Robert K. Flamm;Ronald N. Jones

  • Update of dalbavancin spectrum and potency in the USA: report from the SENTRY Antimicrobial Surveillance Program (2011).

    Ronald N. Jones;Helio S. Sader;Robert K. Flamm

  • Pseudomonas aeruginosa Antimicrobial Susceptibility Results from Four Years (2012 to 2015) of the International Network for Optimal Resistance Monitoring Program in the United States

    Helio S. Sader;Michael D. Huband;Mariana Castanheira;Robert K. Flamm

Frequent Co-Authors

Helio S. Sader
Helio S. Sader JMI Laboratories
Ronald N. Jones
Ronald N. Jones JMI Laboratories
Rodrigo E. Mendes
Rodrigo E. Mendes JMI Laboratories
Mariana Castanheira
Mariana Castanheira JMI Laboratories
David J. Farrell
David J. Farrell University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust
Michael A. Pfaller
Michael A. Pfaller JMI Laboratories
Paul R. Rhomberg
Paul R. Rhomberg University of Iowa
Karen Bush
Karen Bush Indiana University
Sujata M. Bhavnani
Sujata M. Bhavnani University at Buffalo, State University of New York

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