Melissa Spalla

637 total citations
20 papers, 507 citations indexed

About

Melissa Spalla is a scholar working on Molecular Medicine, Molecular Biology and Pollution. According to data from OpenAlex, Melissa Spalla has authored 20 papers receiving a total of 507 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Molecular Medicine, 9 papers in Molecular Biology and 7 papers in Pollution. Recurrent topics in Melissa Spalla's work include Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria (15 papers), Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing (8 papers) and Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts (7 papers). Melissa Spalla is often cited by papers focused on Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria (15 papers), Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing (8 papers) and Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts (7 papers). Melissa Spalla collaborates with scholars based in Italy, Czechia and Belgium. Melissa Spalla's co-authors include Laura Pagani, Roberta Migliavacca, Elisabetta Nucleo, Gian María Rossolini, Simona Pollini, R. Daturi, Egidio Romero, Elisabetta Mantengoli, Ibrahim Bitar and Aurora Piazza and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy.

In The Last Decade

Melissa Spalla

18 papers receiving 488 citations

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Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Melissa Spalla Italy	10	357	145	137	120	95	20	507
Mohammad Hossein Soroush Barhaghi Iran	17	345 1.0×	154 1.1×	144 1.1×	94 0.8×	97 1.0×	39	654
Allaaeddin El Salabi Libya	12	371 1.0×	128 0.9×	174 1.3×	120 1.0×	65 0.7×	22	445
Atanu Chakravarty India	13	370 1.0×	126 0.9×	154 1.1×	134 1.1×	86 0.9×	46	509
Mar Solé Spain	10	320 0.9×	86 0.6×	154 1.1×	70 0.6×	73 0.8×	10	445
Lucía Gallego Spain	15	395 1.1×	193 1.3×	222 1.6×	68 0.6×	101 1.1×	41	606
Aoife Howard United Kingdom	7	410 1.1×	226 1.6×	178 1.3×	73 0.6×	75 0.8×	10	696
Hamid Reza Goli Iran	15	333 0.9×	200 1.4×	112 0.8×	83 0.7×	52 0.5×	33	523
Raquel Girardello Brazil	13	494 1.4×	238 1.6×	184 1.3×	131 1.1×	99 1.0×	39	724
Alessandra Giordano Italy	10	448 1.3×	99 0.7×	236 1.7×	94 0.8×	112 1.2×	11	536
Lavinia Nery Villa Stangler Arend Brazil	13	341 1.0×	91 0.6×	217 1.6×	77 0.6×	117 1.2×	27	487

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Piazza, Aurora, Federica Maraschi, Melissa Spalla, et al.. (2025). Occurrence of micropollutants and enterobacteria in Ticino Valley: an insight of water contamination in an agricultural area with highly anthropogenic impact. Emerging contaminants. 11(3). 100509–100509.

Migliavacca, Roberta, et al.. (2024). Results of an Italian multi-Long-Term Care Facilities survey on diagnostic, therapeutic, and infection control topics: state of the art and future perspective. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 39(1).

Aschbacher, Richard, et al.. (2023). Colonization of Residents and Staff of an Italian Long-Term Care Facility and an Adjacent Acute Care Hospital Geriatrics Unit by Multidrug-Resistant Bacteria. Microbial Drug Resistance. 29(10). 477–484. 2 indexed citations

Piazza, Aurora, Vittoria Mattioni Marchetti, Ibrahim Bitar, et al.. (2022). OXA-244-Producing ST131 Escherichia coli From Surface and Groundwaters of Pavia Urban Area (Po Plain, Northern Italy). Frontiers in Microbiology. 13. 920319–920319. 5 indexed citations

Aschbacher, Richard, Léonardo Pagani, Roberta Migliavacca, et al.. (2020). Recommendations for the surveillance of multidrug-resistant bacteria in Italian long-term care facilities by the GLISTer working group of the Italian Association of Clinical Microbiologists (AMCLI). Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control. 9(1). 106–106. 14 indexed citations

Dorati, Rossella, Melissa Spalla, Roberta Migliavacca, et al.. (2018). Gentamicin Sulfate PEG-PLGA/PLGA-H Nanoparticles: Screening Design and Antimicrobial Effect Evaluation toward Clinic Bacterial Isolates. Nanomaterials. 8(1). 37–37. 53 indexed citations

Nucleo, Elisabetta, Melissa Spalla, Francesca Zara, et al.. (2017). Occurrence of Extended Spectrum β-Lactamases, KPC-Type, and MCR-1.2-Producing Enterobacteriaceae from Wells, River Water, and Wastewater Treatment Plants in Oltrepò Pavese Area, Northern Italy. Frontiers in Microbiology. 8. 2232–2232. 86 indexed citations

Piazza, Aurora, Ibrahim Bitar, Elisabetta Nucleo, et al.. (2015). Emergence of Escherichia coli Sequence Type 131 (ST131) and ST3948 with KPC-2, KPC-3 and KPC-8 carbapenemases from a Long-Term Care and Rehabilitation Facility (LTCRF) in Northern Italy. Advances in experimental medicine and biology. 901. 77–89. 17 indexed citations

Bitar, Ibrahim, et al.. (2015). Detection of an IncA/C plasmid encoding VIM-4 and CMY-4 β-lactamases in Klebsiella oxytoca and Citrobacter koseri from an inpatient in a cardiac rehabilitation unit.. PubMed. 38(3). 387–92. 4 indexed citations

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Arnoldo, Luca, Roberta Migliavacca, Annibale Raglio, et al.. (2013). Prevalence of urinary colonization by extended spectrum-beta-lactamase Enterobacteriaceaeamong catheterised inpatients in Italian long term care facilities. BMC Infectious Diseases. 13(1). 124–124. 33 indexed citations

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Nucleo, Elisabetta, Melissa Spalla, Aurora Piazza, et al.. (2013). Emergence of a VIM-1 MBL and CTX-M-15 ESbL-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae clone from acute and rehabilitation hospitals in Italy.. PubMed. 36(3). 279–82. 2 indexed citations

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Nucleo, Elisabetta, Roberta Migliavacca, Melissa Spalla, et al.. (2010). Differences in biofilm formation and aggregative adherence between beta-lactam susceptible and beta-lactamases producing P. mirabilis clinical isolates.. PubMed. 33(1). 37–45. 18 indexed citations

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Rossolini, Gian María, Francesco Luzzaro, Roberta Migliavacca, et al.. (2008). First Countrywide Survey of Acquired Metallo-β-Lactamases in Gram-Negative Pathogens in Italy. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 52(11). 4023–4029. 48 indexed citations

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Nucleo, Elisabetta, et al.. (2008). Spread of CTX-M-type ESßLs in isolates of E. coli from long-term care and rehabilitation facilities in Northern Italy. Microbiologia medica. 23(3). 1 indexed citations

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Perotti, Gianfranco, et al.. (2007). Rapid Control of Two Outbreaks of Serratia marcescens in a Northern Italian Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Journal of Chemotherapy. 19(sup2). 56–60. 7 indexed citations

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Migliavacca, Roberta, Elisabetta Nucleo, Marco Maria D’Andrea, et al.. (2007). Acquired AmpC type beta-lactamases: an emerging problem in Italian long-term care and rehabilitation facilities.. PubMed. 30(3). 295–8. 8 indexed citations

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Nucleo, Elisabetta, et al.. (2007). Dissemination of a CMY-16 producing clone of P. mirabilis in long-term care and rehabilitation facilities of northern Italy. 29. 46 indexed citations

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Migliavacca, Roberta, et al.. (2007). Molecular epidemiology of ESbetaL producing P. mirabilis strains from a long-term care and rehabilitation facility in Italy.. PubMed. 30(3). 362–6. 8 indexed citations

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Pagani, Laura, Céline Colinon, Roberta Migliavacca, et al.. (2005). Nosocomial Outbreak Caused by Multidrug-Resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa Producing IMP-13 Metallo-β-Lactamase. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 43(8). 3824–3828. 67 indexed citations

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Pagani, Laura, Elisabetta Mantengoli, Roberta Migliavacca, et al.. (2004). Multifocal Detection of Multidrug-Resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa Producing the PER-1 Extended-Spectrum β-Lactamase in Northern Italy. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 42(6). 2523–2529. 88 indexed citations

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