Maddalena Giannella

13.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
217 papers, 5.5k citations indexed

About

Maddalena Giannella is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Infectious Diseases and Molecular Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Maddalena Giannella has authored 217 papers receiving a total of 5.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 105 papers in Epidemiology, 72 papers in Infectious Diseases and 67 papers in Molecular Medicine. Recurrent topics in Maddalena Giannella's work include Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria (67 papers), Antibiotics Pharmacokinetics and Efficacy (53 papers) and Antibiotic Use and Resistance (38 papers). Maddalena Giannella is often cited by papers focused on Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria (67 papers), Antibiotics Pharmacokinetics and Efficacy (53 papers) and Antibiotic Use and Resistance (38 papers). Maddalena Giannella collaborates with scholars based in Italy, Spain and United States. Maddalena Giannella's co-authors include Pierluigi Viale, Michele Bartoletti, Sara Tedeschi, Russell E. Lewis, Emilio Bouza, Simone Ambretti, Patricia Muñóz, Nicola Petrosillo, Paolo Gaibani and Renato Pascale and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Clinical Infectious Diseases and Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Maddalena Giannella

203 papers receiving 5.4k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Infections caused by KPC-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae : differences in therapy and mortality in a multicentre study

2015 395 citations Mario Tumbarello, Enrico Maria Trecarichi et al. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Maddalena Giannella Italy	41	2.4k	2.3k	1.5k	1.5k	1.2k	217	5.5k
Konstantinos Z. Vardakas Greece	46	2.4k 1.0×	2.6k 1.1×	1.8k 1.2×	1.7k 1.2×	1.1k 0.9×	96	6.2k
Marco Falcone Italy	44	2.0k 0.9×	2.6k 1.1×	1.2k 0.8×	2.0k 1.4×	1.1k 0.9×	235	6.2k
Enrico Maria Trecarichi Italy	38	2.8k 1.2×	2.3k 1.0×	1.3k 0.9×	1.8k 1.3×	1.3k 1.1×	113	5.9k
Francesco Giuseppe De Rosa Italy	36	1.6k 0.7×	2.0k 0.9×	1.2k 0.8×	1.7k 1.1×	808 0.7×	285	5.7k
Daniele Roberto Giacobbe Italy	38	2.2k 0.9×	1.9k 0.8×	1.4k 1.0×	1.8k 1.2×	1.1k 1.0×	201	5.2k
Murat Akova Türkiye	39	2.8k 1.2×	2.7k 1.2×	1.6k 1.1×	2.0k 1.4×	894 0.8×	151	6.9k
Andrew Walkty Canada	34	2.8k 1.2×	1.6k 0.7×	1.9k 1.2×	1.0k 0.7×	877 0.8×	126	4.7k
Dafna Yahav Israel	41	1.3k 0.5×	1.8k 0.8×	1.1k 0.7×	1.6k 1.1×	645 0.6×	207	5.5k
Teresa Spanu Italy	43	3.5k 1.5×	2.3k 1.0×	1.4k 1.0×	1.4k 1.0×	1.4k 1.2×	130	6.5k
Argyris Michalopoulos Greece	42	2.9k 1.2×	2.7k 1.2×	1.8k 1.2×	1.0k 0.7×	835 0.7×	99	6.2k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Giannella, Maddalena, et al.. (2025). Recurrence of skin and soft tissue infections: identifying risk factors and treatment strategies. Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases. 38(2). 71–77. 3 indexed citations

Gatti, Milo, Matteo Rinaldi, Cristiana Laici, et al.. (2025). Highly adsorptive removal of cefiderocol during continuous venovenous hemodiafiltration equipped with oXiris filter in an orthotopic liver transplant recipient having septic shock caused by VIM-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. 80(4). 1153–1155. 2 indexed citations

Gatti, Milo, Pier Giorgio Cojutti, Matteo Rinaldi, et al.. (2025). Utility of a TDM-Guided Expert Clinical Pharmacological Advice Program for Optimizing the Use of Novel Beta-Lactam/Beta-Lactamase Inhibitor Combinations and Cefiderocol in a Tertiary University Hospital: An Interim Analysis. Therapeutic Drug Monitoring. 47(6). 809–819. 2 indexed citations

Marinelli, Tina, Benjamin W. Teh, Maddalena Giannella, et al.. (2025). Current Practice Patterns and Educational Needs of Immunocompromised Infectious Diseases Physicians in Australia and New Zealand. Transplant Infectious Disease. 27(4). e70087–e70087.

Gentilotti, Elisa, Lorenzo Maria Canziani, Anna Maria Azzini, et al.. (2025). ORCHESTRA Delphi consensus: diagnostic and therapeutic management of post-COVID-19 condition in vulnerable populations. Clinical Microbiology and Infection. 31(8). S44–S54.

Caroccia, Natascia, Renato Pascale, Effrossyni Gkrania‐Klotsas, et al.. (2025). ORCHESTRA Delphi consensus: diagnostic and therapeutic management of SARS-CoV-2 infection in solid organ transplant recipients. Clinical Microbiology and Infection. 31(8). S3–S13.

Bonazzetti, Cecilia, Matteo Rinaldi, Federica Cosentino, et al.. (2024). Survey on the approach to antibiotic prophylaxis in liver and kidney transplant recipients colonized with “difficult to treat” Gram‐negative bacteria. Transplant Infectious Disease. 26(2). 2 indexed citations

Gabrielli, Liliana, Evangelia Petrisli, Giulia Piccirilli, et al.. (2024). Mollaret’s Meningitis due to Herpes Simplex Virus 2: A Case Report and Review of the Literature. Microorganisms. 12(7). 1363–1363.

Vergori, Alessandra, Alessandro Cozzi‐Lepri, Alessandro Tavelli, et al.. (2024). SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccination and short-term changes in viral load and CD4/CD8 T-cell counts in people living with HIV. International Journal of Infectious Diseases. 144. 107065–107065.

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D’Amico, Federica, Matteo Rinaldi, Renato Pascale, et al.. (2024). Gut microbiome dynamics and Enterobacterales infection in liver transplant recipients: A prospective observational study. JHEP Reports. 6(4). 101039–101039. 1 indexed citations

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Righi, Elda, Nico T. Mutters, Xavier Guirao, et al.. (2024). European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases/European Committee on infection control clinical guidelines on pre-operative decolonization and targeted prophylaxis in patients colonized by multidrug-resistant Gram-positive bacteria before surgery. Clinical Microbiology and Infection. 30(12). 1537–1550. 7 indexed citations

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Cojutti, Pier Giorgio, Maddalena Giannella, Beatrice Casadei, et al.. (2023). Does Cytokine-Release Syndrome Induced by CAR T-Cell Treatment Have an Impact on the Pharmacokinetics of Meropenem and Piperacillin/Tazobactam in Patients with Hematological Malignancies? Findings from an Observational Case-Control Study. Pharmaceutics. 15(3). 1022–1022. 1 indexed citations

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Bonazzetti, Cecilia & Maddalena Giannella. (2023). The controversial bond between COVID-19 and bacterial superinfections. Clinical Microbiology and Infection. 29(4). 411–413. 2 indexed citations

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Gatti, Milo, Matteo Rinaldi, Luciano Potena, et al.. (2023). Does therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) of trough concentrations suffice for optimizing preemptive therapy with ganciclovir of cytomegalovirus infections in non‐renal solid organ transplant recipients?. Transplant Infectious Disease. 25(5). e14107–e14107. 5 indexed citations

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Freire, Maristela Pinheiro, Matteo Rinaldi, Débora Raquel Benedita Terrabuio, et al.. (2022). Prediction models for carbapenem‐resistant Enterobacterales carriage at liver transplantation: A multicenter retrospective study. Transplant Infectious Disease. 24(6). e13920–e13920. 10 indexed citations

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Gaibani, Paolo, Donatella Lombardo, Linda Bussini, et al.. (2021). Epidemiology of Meropenem/Vaborbactam Resistance in KPC-Producing Klebsiella pneumoniae Causing Bloodstream Infections in Northern Italy, 2018. Antibiotics. 10(5). 536–536. 38 indexed citations

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Tumbarello, Mario, Enrico Maria Trecarichi, Francesco Giuseppe De Rosa, et al.. (2015). Infections caused by KPC-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae : differences in therapy and mortality in a multicentre study. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. 70(7). 2133–2143. 395 indexed citations breakdown →

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Girometti, Nicolò, Russell E. Lewis, Maddalena Giannella, et al.. (2014). Klebsiella pneumoniae Bloodstream Infection. Medicine. 93(17). 298–309. 90 indexed citations

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Petrosillo, Nicola, Maddalena Giannella, Massimo Antonelli, et al.. (2013). Clinical Experience of Colistin-Glycopeptide Combination in Critically Ill Patients Infected with Gram-Negative Bacteria. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 58(2). 851–858. 84 indexed citations

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Campanile, Floriana, Dafne Bongiorno, Mario Venditti, et al.. (2007). Characterization of a Variant of the SCC mec Element in a Bloodstream Isolate of Staphylococcus intermedius. Microbial Drug Resistance. 13(1). 7–10. 36 indexed citations

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