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List of works by Gianfranco Amicosante

An in vitro investigation of levofloxacin and ciprofloxacin against clinical isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

scientific article published on 30 July 2007

Anti-inflammatory effects of Lactobacillus brevis (CD2) on periodontal disease

scientific article published on 01 July 2007

Antibacterial activity of selected metabolites from Chilean lichen species against methicillin-resistant staphylococci

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Antimicrobial susceptibility of clinical isolates of Enterobacteriaceae producing complex beta-lactamase patterns including extended-spectrum enzymes.

scientific article published in May 2004

Bactericidal activity of levofloxacin and ciprofloxacin on clinical isolates of different phenotypes of Pseudomonas aeruginosa

scientific article published on 01 January 2000

Biochemical analysis of TEM-134, a new TEM-type extended-spectrum beta-lactamase variant produced in a Citrobacter koseri clinical isolate from an Italian hospital.

scientific article published on 2 August 2007

Biochemical characterization of laboratory mutants of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase TEM-60.

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CAU-1, a subclass B3 metallo-beta-lactamase of low substrate affinity encoded by an ortholog present in the Caulobacter crescentus chromosome.

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CTX-M-type extended-spectrum beta-lactamases in Italy: molecular epidemiology of an emerging countrywide problem

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Carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae harbouring blaKPC-3 and blaVIM-2 from central Italy.

scientific article published on 13 November 2012

Characterization of OXA-29 from Legionella (Fluoribacter) gormanii: molecular class D beta-lactamase with unusual properties

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Characterization of a new extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (TEM-87) isolated in Proteus mirabilis during an Italian survey

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Characterization of the metallo-beta-lactamase determinant of Acinetobacter baumannii AC-54/97 reveals the existence of bla(IMP) allelic variants carried by gene cassettes of different phylogeny

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Chromosomal blaCTX-M-₁₅ associated with ISEcp1 in Proteus mirabilis and Morganella morganii isolated at the Military Hospital of Tunis, Tunisia.

scientific article published on 8 June 2012

Ciprofloxacin, salicylate, and 2,4-dinitrophenol decrease production of AmpC-type beta-lactamase in two Citrobacter freundii clinical isolates

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Class I integron-borne bla(VIM-1) carbapenemase in a strain of Enterobacter cloacae responsible for a case of fatal pneumonia

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Comment on: Redefining extended-spectrum -lactamases: balancing science and clinical need

scientific article published on 24 March 2009

Contribution of β-lactamase production to the resistance of mycobacteria to β-lactam antibiotics

scientific article published on 01 April 1997

Corrigendum to: Kinetic and spectroscopic characterization of native and metal-substituted β-lactamase from Aeromonas hydrophila AE036 (FEBS 23250)

scientific article published on 01 July 2000

Curcumin inhibits the SOS response induced by levofloxacin in Escherichia coli

scientific article published on 17 November 2013

Cytotoxic activity and antioxidant capacity of purified lichen metabolites: an in vitro study.

scientific article published on 25 May 2012

Derivative spectroscopy as a nonperturbative tool to detect the state of liposome-entrapped sulbactam

scientific article published on 01 September 1993

Dissemination of CTX-M-type extended-spectrum beta-lactamase genes to unusual hosts.

scientific article published on August 2005

Dynamics of a nosocomial outbreak of multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa producing the PER-1 extended-spectrum beta-lactamase

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E240V substitution increases catalytic efficiency toward ceftazidime in a new natural TEM-type extended-spectrum beta-lactamase, TEM-149, from Enterobacter aerogenes and Serratia marcescens clinical isolates

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Emergence in Klebsiella pneumoniae and Enterobacter cloacae clinical isolates of the VIM-4 metallo-beta-lactamase encoded by a conjugative plasmid.

scientific article published on February 2004

Emergence of blaKPC-3-Tn4401a in Klebsiella pneumoniae ST512 in the municipal wastewater treatment plant and in the university hospital of a town in central Italy

scientific article published on 20 August 2013

Enhanced active efflux, repression of porin synthesis and development of Mar phenotype by diazepam in two enterobacteria strains

scientific article published in November 2004

Evolution of CTX-M-type beta-lactamases in isolates of Escherichia coli infecting hospital and community patients.

scientific article published in February 2005

First countrywide survey of acquired metallo-beta-lactamases in gram-negative pathogens in Italy.

scientific article published on 22 September 2008

Fractionation and characterization of two beta-lactamases in Citrobacter diversus ULA-27 strain by chromatofocusing

scientific article published on 01 August 1987

IMP-12, a new plasmid-encoded metallo-beta-lactamase from a Pseudomonas putida clinical isolate

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Identification and characterization of a new metallo-beta-lactamase, IND-5, from a clinical isolate of Chryseobacterium indologenes

scientific article published on 30 April 2007

Identification of New Natural CphA Metallo-β-Lactamases CphA4 and CphA5 in Aeromonas veronii and Aeromonas hydrophila Isolates from Municipal Sewage in Central Italy.

scientific article published on 18 May 2015

Identification of bla(IMP-22) in Pseudomonas spp. in urban wastewater and nosocomial environments: biochemical characterization of a new IMP metallo-enzyme variant and its genetic location.

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In vitro antimicrobial activity of pannarin alone and in combination with antibiotics against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus clinical isolates

scientific article published on 27 March 2012

Infections with VIM-1 metallo-{beta}-lactamase-producing enterobacter cloacae and their correlation with clinical outcome

scientific article published on 09 September 2009

Kinetic and spectroscopic characterization of native and metal-substituted β-lactamase from Aeromonas hydrophila AE036

scientific article published on 01 February 2000

Kinetic study of the effect of histidines 240 and 164 on TEM-149 enzyme probed by β-lactam inhibitors.

scientific article published on 4 August 2014

Mechanisms of beta-lactam resistance amongst Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolated in an Italian survey

scientific article published on 01 December 1998

Meloxicam and indomethacin activity on human matrix metalloproteinases in synovial fluid

scientific article published on 01 June 1999

Metallo-beta-lactamase producers in environmental microbiota: new molecular class B enzyme in Janthinobacterium lividum

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Metallo-beta-lactamases as emerging resistance determinants in Gram-negative pathogens: open issues

scientific article published on 16 January 2007

Molecular characterization of extended-spectrum beta-lactamases produced by nosocomial isolates of Enterobacteriaceae from an Italian nationwide survey.

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Multiple CTX-M-type extended-spectrum beta-lactamases in nosocomial isolates of Enterobacteriaceae from a hospital in northern Italy

scientific article published in September 2003

Non-inducible, mainly cell-associated beta-lactamase from Nocardia asteroides strain 108

scientific article published on 01 July 1997

Nosocomial infections caused by multidrug-resistant isolates of pseudomonas putida producing VIM-1 metallo-beta-lactamase

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Novel 3-N-aminoglycoside acetyltransferase gene, aac(3)-Ic, from a Pseudomonas aeruginosa integron

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Novel TEM-type extended-spectrum beta-lactamase, TEM-134, in a Citrobacter koseri clinical isolate

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OXA-23 carbapenemase in multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii ST2 type: first identification in L'Aquila Hospital (Italy).

scientific article published on 2 October 2014

Occurrence of class 1 and 2 integrons in resistant Enterobacteriaceae collected from a urban wastewater treatment plant: first report from central Italy.

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Occurrence of extended spectrum beta-lactamases among isolates of Enterobacteriaceae from urinary tract infections in southern Italy.

scientific article published in January 2006

Occurrence of extended-spectrum beta-lactamases in members of the family Enterobacteriaceae in Italy: implications for resistance to beta-lactams and other antimicrobial drugs

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On functional and structural heterogeneity of VIM-type metallo-beta-lactamases.

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On the structural affinity of macromolecules with different biological properties: molecular dynamics simulations of a series of TEM-1 mutants

scientific article published on 12 June 2013

Optimizing cell permeation of an antibiotic resistance inhibitor for improved efficacy

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Overexpression system and biochemical profile of CTX-M-3 extended-spectrum beta-lactamase expressed in Escherichia coli.

scientific article published in December 2004

Overproduction and biochemical characterization of the Chryseobacterium meningosepticum BlaB metallo-beta-lactamase.

scientific article published on June 2002

Parp1 localizes within the Dnmt1 promoter and protects its unmethylated state by its enzymatic activity

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Persistence of TEM-52/TEM-92 and SHV-12 extended-spectrum β-lactamases in clinical isolates of Enterobacteriaceae in Italy

scientific article published on 4 October 2011

Prevalence and characterization of metallo-beta-lactamases in clinical isolates of pseudomonas aeruginosa.

scientific article published in February 2004

Prevalence of extended spectrum beta-lactamases among Enterobacteriaceae: an Italian survey.

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Properties of multidrug-resistant, ESBL-producing Proteus mirabilis isolates and possible role of beta-lactam/beta-lactamase inhibitor combinations

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Proteus mirabilis bloodstream infections: risk factors and treatment outcome related to the expression of extended-spectrum beta-lactamases

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Pseudomonas aeruginosa bloodstream infections: risk factors and treatment outcome related to expression of the PER-1 extended-spectrum beta-lactamase

scientific article published on 16 March 2006

Purification and properties of the Mycobacterium smegmatis mc(2)155 beta-lactamase

scientific article published on 01 April 1997

Rapid characterization and partial purification of various animal amine oxidases

scientific article published on 01 October 1984

Simple microdilution test for detection of metallo-beta-lactamase production in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

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Substrate-activated zinc binding of metallo-beta -lactamases: physiological importance of mononuclear enzymes.

scientific article published on 19 April 2002

TEM-72, a new extended-spectrum beta-lactamase detected in Proteus mirabilis and Morganella morganii in Italy.

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The Legionella (Fluoribacter) gormanii metallo-beta-lactamase: a new member of the highly divergent lineage of molecular-subclass B3 beta-lactamases

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The ultraviolet derivative spectrophotometric determination of neutral liposome-entrapped beta-lactam antibiotics

scientific article published on 01 January 1989

Trends in production of extended-spectrum beta-lactamases among enterobacteria of medical interest: report of the second Italian nationwide survey

scientific article published on May 2006

Zn(II) Dependence of theAeromonas hydrophilaAE036 Metallo-β-lactamase Activity and Stability†

scientific article published on 01 September 1997