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List of works by Giovanni Gherardi

A Novel, Multiple Drug–Resistant, Serotype 24F Strain ofStreptococcus pneumoniaeThat Caused Meningitis in Patients in Naples, Italy

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About a bloodstream Corynebacterium striatum isolate.

scientific article published on 9 February 2013

An overview of various typing methods for clinical epidemiology of the emerging pathogen Stenotrophomonas maltophilia.

scientific article published on 15 November 2014

Analysis of methods commonly used for glycopeptide and oxazolidinone susceptibility testing in Enterococcus faecium isolates.

scientific article published on 25 February 2010

Antibiotic resistance and genotypic characterization by PFGE of clinical and environmental isolates of enterococci

scientific article published in July 2001

Antibiotic-resistant invasive pneumococcal clones in Italy

scientific article published on 22 November 2006

Antimicrobial susceptibility, biochemical and genetic profiles of Staphylococcus haemolyticus strains isolated from the bloodstream of patients hospitalized in critical care units.

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Association of group A streptococcal emm types with virulence traits and macrolide-resistance genes is independent of the source of isolation

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Beta-hemolytic, multi-lancefield antigen-agglutinating Enterococcus durans from a pregnant woman, mimicking Streptococcus agalactiae

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Capsular Contracture and Genetic Profile of ica Genes among Staphylococcus epidermidis Isolates from Subclinical Periprosthetic Infections

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Characterization of Streptococcus pneumoniae clones from paediatric patients with cystic fibrosis

scientific article published on 9 October 2014

Clonality among Enterococcus faecium clinical isolates

scientific article published in January 2005

Comparative evaluation of the Vitek-2 Compact and Phoenix systems for rapid identification and antibiotic susceptibility testing directly from blood cultures of Gram-negative and Gram-positive isolates

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Comparative study of different techniques for the sterilization of poly-L-lactide electrospun microfibers: effectiveness vs. material degradation.

scientific article published in February 2010

Corynebacterium glucuronolyticum causing genitourinary tract infection: Case report and review of the literature

scientific article published on 25 March 2015

Could β-hemolytic, group B Enterococcus faecalis be mistaken for Streptococcus agalactiae?

scientific article published on 30 December 2014

Decline in macrolide resistance rates among Streptococcus pyogenes causing pharyngitis in children isolated in Italy

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Enterococcus hirae: a zoonotic microorganism in human umbilical cord blood

scientific article published on 6 November 2013

Enterococcus spp. produces slime and survives in rat peritoneal macrophages

scientific article published on 01 December 2001

Erythromycin-resistant pharyngeal isolates of Streptococcus pyogenes recovered in Italy

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Experience with two cases of intestinal tuberculosis: utility of the QuantiFERON-TB Gold test for diagnosis.

scientific article published on June 2008

Fatal sepsis by Klebsiella pneumoniae in a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus: the importance of postmortem microbiological examination for the ex post diagnosis of infection

scientific article published on 13 February 2015

Genetic diversity and virulence properties of Streptococcus dysgalactiae subsp. equisimilis from different sources.

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Genotypes of invasive pneumococcal isolates recently recovered from Italian patients

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Group A streptococcal genotypes from pediatric throat isolates in Rome, Italy.

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Group B streptococcal colonization in 160 mother-baby pairs: a prospective cohort study

scientific article published on 15 July 2013

Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 induces cellular polarization, intercellular adhesion molecule-1 redistribution, and multinucleated giant cell generation in human primary monocytes but not in monocyte-derived macrophages.

scientific article published in December 1996

Impact of azithromycin on oropharyngeal carriage of group A Streptococcus and nasopharyngeal carriage of macrolide-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae

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Increase of pneumococcal serotype 19A in Italy is due to expansion of the piliated clone ST416/CC199.

scientific article published on 30 May 2013

Insights into airway infections by enterococci: a review.

scientific article published on April 2012

Interferon-gamma up-regulates expression and activity of P-glycoprotein in human peripheral blood monocyte-derived macrophages

scientific article published on 01 October 1999

Interspecies mobilization of an erm(T)-carrying plasmid of Streptococcus dysgalactiae subsp. equisimilis by a coresident ICE of the ICESa2603 family

scientific article published in 2012

Invasive neonatal GBS infections from an area-based surveillance study in Italy

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Liofilchem(®) Chromatic VRE and vancomycin MIC Test Strip detected glycopeptide resistance in a vanB neonatal Enterococcus faecium isolate showing alternate vancomycin susceptibility and resistance with bioMérieux Vitek2.

scientific article published on 15 August 2014

Macrolide resistance genotypes and phenotypes among erythromycin-resistant clinical isolates of Staphylococcus aureus and coagulase-negative staphylococci, Italy

scientific article published on 6 December 2008

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus pseudintermedius infection in a bone marrow transplant recipient.

scientific article published on 13 March 2013

Microbiological evaluation of tissue expanders in patients who had first stage breast reconstruction

scientific article published in November 2010

Molecular characterisation and clonal analysis of group A streptococci causing pharyngitis among paediatric patients in Palermo, Italy.

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Molecular epidemiology and distribution of serotypes, surface proteins, and antibiotic resistance among group B streptococci in Italy.

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Periprosthetic breast abscess caused by Streptococcus pyogenes after scarlet fever

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Phenotypic and genotypic characterization of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia isolates from patients with cystic fibrosis: genome diversity, biofilm formation, and virulence.

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Phenotypic and genotypic characterization of two penicillin-susceptible serotype 6B Streptococcus pneumoniae clones circulating in Italy

scientific article published on July 2003

Polymerase chain reaction, with sequencing, as a diagnostic tool in culture-negative bacterial meningitis

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Population structure of invasive Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates in Italy prior to the implementation of the 7-valent conjugate vaccine (1999–2003)

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Potential novel therapeutic strategies in cystic fibrosis: antimicrobial and anti-biofilm activity of natural and designed α-helical peptides against Staphylococcus aureus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Stenotrophomonas maltophilia.

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Pulsed field gel electrophoresis of group A streptococci.

scientific article published on January 2015

Real-time polymerase chain reaction with melting analysis of positive blood culture specimens in bloodstream infections: diagnostic value and turnaround time.

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Role of endogenous interferon-beta in the restriction of HIV replication in human monocyte/macrophages

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Serotype and Clonal Evolution of Penicillin-Nonsusceptible Invasive Streptococcus pneumoniae in the 7-Valent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine Era in Italy.

scientific article published in November 2012

Serotype and clonal evolution of penicillin-nonsusceptible invasive Streptococcus pneumoniae in the 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine era in Italy

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T-cell dysfunctions in hu-PBL-SCID mice infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) shortly after reconstitution: in vivo effects of HIV on highly activated human immune cells.

scientific article published in November 1996

The SCID mouse reaction to human peripheral blood mononuclear leukocyte engraftment. Neutrophil recruitment induced expression of a wide spectrum of murine cytokines and mouse leukopoiesis, including thymic differentiation.

scientific article published in December 1995

Tuberculous meningoencephalitis in a patient with hairy cell leukemia in complete remission

scientific article published on January 2012

Use of Oligoprobes on Amplified DNA in the Diagnosis of Bacterial Meningitis

scientific article published on 01 May 1999

Variant esp gene in vancomycin-sensitive Enterococcus faecium

scientific article published in June 2001

emm and sof gene sequence variation in relation to serological typing of opacity-factor-positive group A streptococci

scientific article published on May 2000