Simona Barnini

2.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
59 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Simona Barnini is a scholar working on Molecular Medicine, Epidemiology and Clinical Biochemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Simona Barnini has authored 59 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Molecular Medicine, 26 papers in Epidemiology and 20 papers in Clinical Biochemistry. Recurrent topics in Simona Barnini's work include Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria (29 papers), Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing (20 papers) and Antibiotic Use and Resistance (15 papers). Simona Barnini is often cited by papers focused on Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria (29 papers), Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing (20 papers) and Antibiotic Use and Resistance (15 papers). Simona Barnini collaborates with scholars based in Italy, Netherlands and Japan. Simona Barnini's co-authors include Cesira Giordano, Giusy Tiseo, Alessandro Leonildi, Marco Falcone, Francesco Menichetti, Antonella Lupetti, Emilia Ghelardi, Alessio Farcomeni, Walter Florio and Enrico Tagliaferri and has published in prestigious journals such as Clinical Infectious Diseases, Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy and European Respiratory Journal.

In The Last Decade

Simona Barnini

55 papers receiving 1.9k 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.

Efficacy of Ceftazidime-avibactam Plus Aztreonam in Patients With Bloodstream Infections Caused by Metallo-β-lactamase–Producing Enterobacterales

2020 248 citations Marco Falcone, Giusy Tiseo et al. Clinical Infectious Diseases profile →
Cefiderocol- Compared to Colistin-Based Regimens for the Treatment of Severe Infections Caused by Carbapenem-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii

2022 126 citations Marco Falcone, Giusy Tiseo et al. profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Simona Barnini Italy	25	1.1k	641	509	492	473	59	1.9k
Cecília G Carvalhaes United States	24	1.2k 1.1×	542 0.8×	562 1.1×	369 0.8×	435 0.9×	109	1.8k
Melanie Baxter Canada	24	841 0.8×	679 1.1×	448 0.9×	320 0.7×	291 0.6×	76	1.6k
Demei Zhu China	25	1.3k 1.2×	633 1.0×	594 1.2×	359 0.7×	351 0.7×	65	2.0k
Shi Wu China	22	1.1k 1.0×	496 0.8×	487 1.0×	329 0.7×	294 0.6×	48	1.7k
Alex Kallen United States	5	714 0.7×	629 1.0×	289 0.6×	381 0.8×	350 0.7×	8	1.9k
Alessandro Leonildi Italy	23	1.2k 1.1×	556 0.9×	681 1.3×	214 0.4×	474 1.0×	47	1.7k
Deborah C. Draghi United States	22	742 0.7×	513 0.8×	447 0.9×	546 1.1×	290 0.6×	33	1.9k
Michael Kresken Germany	21	669 0.6×	474 0.7×	426 0.8×	310 0.6×	187 0.4×	73	1.4k
Tiziana D’Inzeo Italy	21	719 0.7×	633 1.0×	205 0.4×	692 1.4×	319 0.7×	47	1.6k
Yuxing Ni China	30	1.2k 1.1×	908 1.4×	375 0.7×	385 0.8×	352 0.7×	75	2.3k

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Cesta, Novella, Cesira Giordano, Simona Barnini, et al.. (2025). Characterisation of four novel bacteriophages targeting carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae and their lytic activity alone and in combination. Current Research in Microbial Sciences. 9. 100509–100509.

Giordano, Cesira, Benedetta Tuvo, Chiaramaria Stani, et al.. (2025). Rapid Identification of Clinically Relevant Candida spp. by I-dOne Software Using Attenuated Total Reflectance Fourier Transform Infrared (ATR-FTIR) Spectroscopy. Journal of Fungi. 11(1). 40–40. 1 indexed citations

Galfo, Valentina, Giusy Tiseo, Cesira Giordano, et al.. (2025). AMRrounds: susceptibility to the new tetracycline-derivative eravacycline of New Delhi metallo-β-lactamase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae complex. JAC-Antimicrobial Resistance. 7(4). dlaf153–dlaf153.

Shields, Ryan K., Giusy Tiseo, Alessandro Leonildi, et al.. (2024). Frequency of cefiderocol heteroresistance among patients treated with cefiderocol for carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii infections. JAC-Antimicrobial Resistance. 6(5). dlae146–dlae146. 12 indexed citations

Abdelraouf, Kamilia, Christian M Gill, Giusy Tiseo, et al.. (2024). Deciphering the Efficacy of β-Lactams in the Face of Metallo-β-Lactamase-Derived Resistance in Enterobacterales: Supraphysiologic Zinc in the Broth Is the Culprit. Open Forum Infectious Diseases. 11(5). ofae228–ofae228. 1 indexed citations

Giordano, Cesira & Simona Barnini. (2024). Glycine restores the sensitivity to antibiotics in multidrug-resistant bacteria. Microbiology Spectrum. 12(8). e0016424–e0016424. 2 indexed citations

Angelis, Luigi De, Guglielmo Arzilli, Francesco Baglivo, et al.. (2023). Investigating Resistance to Carbapenems in Enterobacterales: A Descriptive Epidemiological Study of 2021 Screening in an Italian Teaching Hospital. Pathogens. 12(9). 1140–1140.

Falcone, Marco, Cesira Giordano, Alessandro Leonildi, et al.. (2023). Clinical Features and Outcomes of Infections Caused by Metallo-β-Lactamase–Producing Enterobacterales: A 3-Year Prospective Study From an Endemic Area. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 78(5). 1111–1119. 26 indexed citations

Tiseo, Giusy, Cesira Giordano, Alessandro Leonildi, et al.. (2023). Salvage therapy with sulbactam/durlobactam against cefiderocol-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii in a critically ill burn patient: clinical challenges and molecular characterization. JAC-Antimicrobial Resistance. 5(3). dlad078–dlad078. 22 indexed citations

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Arzilli, Guglielmo, Silvia Forni, Lorenzo Righi, et al.. (2023). Trends in hospital acquired New Delhi metallo-beta-lactamase-producing Enterobacterales in Tuscany (Italy) from 2019 to 2021: impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of Hospital Infection. 137. 44–53. 6 indexed citations

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Pilato, Vincenzo Di, Lucia Henrici De Angelis, Noemi Aiezza, et al.. (2022). Resistome and virulome accretion in an NDM-1-producing ST147 sublineage of Klebsiella pneumoniae associated with an outbreak in Tuscany, Italy: a genotypic and phenotypic characterisation. The Lancet Microbe. 3(3). e224–e234. 62 indexed citations

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Falcone, Marco, Matteo Bassetti, Giusy Tiseo, et al.. (2020). Time to appropriate antibiotic therapy is a predictor of outcome in patients with bloodstream infection caused by KPC-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae. Critical Care. 24(1). 29–29. 138 indexed citations

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Giordano, Cesira, et al.. (2018). A Prospective Evaluation of Two Rapid Phenotypical Antimicrobial Susceptibility Technologies for the Diagnostic Stewardship of Sepsis. BioMed Research International. 2018. 1–13. 33 indexed citations

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Giordano, Cesira & Simona Barnini. (2018). Rapid detection of colistin-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae using MALDI-TOF MS peak-based assay. Journal of Microbiological Methods. 155. 27–33. 13 indexed citations

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Lupetti, Antonella, Simona Barnini, B. Castagna, Peter H. Nibbering, & M. Campa. (2009). Rapid identification and antimicrobial susceptibility testing of Gram-positive cocci in blood cultures by direct inoculation into the BD Phoenix system. Clinical Microbiology and Infection. 16(7). 986–991. 43 indexed citations

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Ghelardi, Emilia, Giuseppe Pichierri, B. Castagna, et al.. (2007). Efficacy of Chromogenic Candida Agar for isolation and presumptive identification of pathogenic yeast species. Clinical Microbiology and Infection. 14(2). 141–147. 47 indexed citations

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Gaora, Peadar Ó, Simona Barnini, Chris Hayward, et al.. (1997). Mycobacteria as Immunogens: Development of Expression Vectors for Use in Multiple Mycobacterial Species. Medical Principles and Practice. 6(2). 91–96. 37 indexed citations

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Richeldi, Luca, Simona Barnini, & Cesare Saltini. (1997). Molecular diagnosis of tuberculosis. Clinical Microbiology and Infection. 3. 158–162. 30 indexed citations

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Batoni, Giovanna, Fabio Marchetti, Emilia Ghelardi, et al.. (1993). First characterization in Italy of clinical isolates of mutans streptococci by using specific monoclonal antibodies. European Journal of Epidemiology. 9(5). 483–8. 8 indexed citations

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Senesi, Sonia, et al.. (1992). Role of spore coats in the germinative response of Bacillus cereus to adenosine and its analogues. Canadian Journal of Microbiology. 38(1). 38–44. 5 indexed citations

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