Francesco Luzzaro

Alessandro Manzoni Hospital — Italy

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Life Sciences

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Research Topics

Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria(114), Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing(29), Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing(27), Antibiotics Pharmacokinetics and Efficacy(24), Enterobacteriaceae and Cronobacter Research(21)

Publications164 total

The Emergence of Bacteroides pyogenes as a Human Pathogen of Animal Origin: A Narrative Review
Microorganisms·2025Open Access
Clinical use of dalbavancin in the Italian SUSANA cohort (SUrveillance of SAfety and outcome of New Antibiotics).
PubMed·2025· 1 cited
The Molecular Mouse System: A New Useful Tool for Guiding Antimicrobial Therapy in Critically Ill Septic Patients
Antibiotics·2024· 5 citedOpen Access
Microbiological Assessment of the FilmArray Blood Culture Identification 2 Panel: Potential Impact in Critically Ill Patients
Antibiotics·2023· 10 citedOpen Access
Endemic Systemic Mycoses in Italy: A Systematic Review of Literature and a Practical Update
Mycopathologia·2023· 8 citedOpen Access
Analysis of Antimicrobial Resistance Genes (ARGs) in Enterobacterales and A. baumannii Clinical Strains Colonizing a Single Italian Patient
Antibiotics·2023· 4 citedOpen Access
Post-neurosurgical Nocardia meningoventriculitis: a case report and review of the literature.
PubMed·2023· 1 cited
Deciphering variable resistance to novel carbapenem-based β-lactamase inhibitor combinations in a multi-clonal outbreak caused by Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase (KPC)-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae resistant to ceftazidime/avibactam
Clinical Microbiology and Infection·2022· 49 citedOpen Access
Time to reconsider moxifloxacin anti-anaerobic activity?
Journal of Chemotherapy·2022· 2 cited
Susceptibility of Meropenem-Resistant and/or Carbapenemase-Producing Clinical Isolates of Enterobacterales (Enterobacteriaceae) and Pseudomonas aeruginosa to Ceftazidime-Avibactam and Ceftolozane-Tazobactam as Assessed by In Vitro Testing Methods
Antibiotics·2022· 4 citedOpen Access
Pillars for prevention and control of healthcare-associated infections: an Italian expert opinion statement
Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control·2022· 58 citedOpen Access
Diagnosis and management of infections caused by multidrug-resistant bacteria: guideline endorsed by the Italian Society of Infection and Tropical Diseases (SIMIT), the Italian Society of Anti-Infective Therapy (SITA), the Italian Group for Antimicrobial Stewardship (GISA), the Italian Association of Clinical Microbiologists (AMCLI) and the Italian Society of Microbiology (SIM)
International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents·2022· 90 citedOpen Access
A Two Amino Acid Duplication, L167E168, in the Ω-Loop Drastically Decreases Carbapenemase Activity of KPC-53, a Natural Class A β-Lactamase
Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy·2022· 4 citedOpen Access
Simultaneous gut colonization by Klebsiella grimontii and Escherichia coli co-possessing the blaKPC-3-carrying pQil plasmid
European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases·2022· 9 citedOpen Access
Anaerobic bloodstream infections in Italy (ITANAEROBY): A 5-year retrospective nationwide survey
Anaerobe·2022· 37 citedOpen Access
Correction: Morroni et al. Antimicrobial Activity of Aztreonam in Combination with Old and New β-Lactamase Inhibitors against MBL and ESBL Co-Producing Gram-Negative Clinical Isolates: Possible Options for the Treatment of Complicated Infections. Antibiotics 2021, 10, 1341
Antibiotics·2022· 1 citedOpen Access
Antimicrobial Susceptibility, Virulence, and Genomic Features of a Hypervirulent Serotype K2, ST65 Klebsiella pneumoniae Causing Meningitis in Italy
Antibiotics·2022· 18 citedOpen Access
Sustained humoral response 6 months after the anti-SARS-CoV-2 mRNA-BNT162b2 vaccine in haemodialysis patients: should booster vaccine doses be given to all patients at the same time?
Clinical Kidney Journal·2022Open Access
Humoral and T-cell response to SARS-CoV-2 mRNA BNT162b2 vaccination in a cohort of kidney transplant recipients and their cohabitant living kidney donor partners
Clinical Kidney Journal·2022· 7 citedOpen Access
Antimicrobial Activity of Aztreonam in Combination with Old and New β-Lactamase Inhibitors against MBL and ESBL Co-Producing Gram-Negative Clinical Isolates: Possible Options for the Treatment of Complicated Infections
Antibiotics·2021· 25 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Gian María Rossolini(33), Antonio Toniolo(20), Gianfranco Amicosante(19), Tommaso Giani(11), Laura Pagani(11), Mariagrazia Perilli(10), Andrea Endimiani(9), Luigi Principe(8), Gianluigi Lombardi(8), Jean‐Denis Docquier(7), Gioconda Brigante(7), Roberta Migliavacca(6), Beatrice Pini(5), Stefania Stefani(5), Marco Maria D’Andrea(5), Elisabetta Mantengoli(5), Fabio Arena(4), Alberto Enrico Maraolo(4), C. Mugnaioli(4), Matteo Bassetti(4)