| Critical review on biofilm methods J Azeredo, NF Azevedo, R Briandet, N Cerca, T Coenye, AR Costa, ... Critical reviews in microbiology 43 (3), 313-351, 2017 | 423 | 2017 |
| Quantitative analysis of adhesion and biofilm formation on hydrophilic and hydrophobic surfaces of clinical isolates of Staphylococcus epidermidis N Cerca, GB Pier, M Vilanova, R Oliveira, J Azeredo Research in microbiology 156 (4), 506-514, 2005 | 333 | 2005 |
| Comparative assessment of antibiotic susceptibility of coagulase-negative staphylococci in biofilm versus planktonic culture as assessed by bacterial enumeration or rapid XTT … N Cerca, S Martins, F Cerca, KK Jefferson, GB Pier, R Oliveira, J Azeredo Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy 56 (2), 331-336, 2005 | 271 | 2005 |
| Comparative antibody-mediated phagocytosis of Staphylococcus epidermidis cells grown in a biofilm or in the planktonic state N Cerca, KK Jefferson, R Oliveira, GB Pier, J Azeredo Infection and immunity 74 (8), 4849-4855, 2006 | 214 | 2006 |
| Molecular aspects and comparative genomics of bacteriophage endolysins H Oliveira, LDR Melo, SB Santos, FL Nóbrega, EC Ferreira, N Cerca, ... Journal of virology 87 (8), 4558-4570, 2013 | 188 | 2013 |
| Influence of Biofilm Formation by Gardnerella vaginalis and Other Anaerobes on Bacterial Vaginosis A Machado, N Cerca The Journal of infectious diseases 212 (12), 1856-1861, 2015 | 140 | 2015 |
| Molecular basis for preferential protective efficacy of antibodies directed to the poorly acetylated form of staphylococcal poly-N-acetyl-β-(1-6)-glucosamine N Cerca, KK Jefferson, T Maira-Litrán, DB Pier, C Kelly-Quintos, ... Infection and immunity 75 (7), 3406-3413, 2007 | 135 | 2007 |
| Susceptibility of Staphylococcus epidermidis planktonic cells and biofilms to the lytic action of staphylococcus bacteriophage K N Cerca, R Oliveira, J Azeredo Letters in applied microbiology 45 (3), 313-317, 2007 | 134 | 2007 |
| Bacterial vaginosis biofilms: challenges to current therapies and emerging solutions D Machado, J Castro, A Palmeira-de-Oliveira, J Martinez-de-Oliveira, ... Frontiers in microbiology 6, 1528, 2016 | 125 | 2016 |
| Interactions between Lactobacillus crispatus and bacterial vaginosis (BV)-associated bacterial species in initial attachment and biofilm formation A Machado, KK Jefferson, N Cerca International journal of molecular sciences 14 (6), 12004-12012, 2013 | 112 | 2013 |
| Protection against Escherichia coli infection by antibody to the Staphylococcus aureus poly-N-acetylglucosamine surface polysaccharide N Cerca, T Maira-Litrán, KK Jefferson, M Grout, DA Goldmann, GB Pier Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 104 (18), 7528-7533, 2007 | 92 | 2007 |
| The relationship between inhibition of bacterial adhesion to a solid surface by sub-MICs of antibiotics and subsequent development of a biofilm N Cerca, S Martins, GB Pier, R Oliveira, J Azeredo Research in microbiology 156 (5-6), 650-655, 2005 | 89 | 2005 |
| Comparative genomics of Lactobacillus crispatus suggests novel mechanisms for the competitive exclusion of Gardnerella vaginalis T Ojala, M Kankainen, J Castro, N Cerca, S Edelman, ... BMC genomics 15 (1), 1-21, 2014 | 87 | 2014 |
| Effects of growth in the presence of subinhibitory concentrations of dicloxacillin on Staphylococcus epidermidis and Staphylococcus haemolyticus biofilms N Cerca, S Martins, S Sillankorva, KK Jefferson, GB Pier, R Oliveira, ... Applied and environmental microbiology 71 (12), 8677-8682, 2005 | 86 | 2005 |
| Using an in-vitro biofilm model to assess the virulence potential of bacterial vaginosis or non-bacterial vaginosis Gardnerella vaginalis isolates J Castro, P Alves, C Sousa, T Cereija, Â França, KK Jefferson, N Cerca Scientific reports 5 (1), 1-10, 2015 | 85 | 2015 |
| Gardnerella vaginalis Outcompetes 29 Other Bacterial Species Isolated From Patients With Bacterial Vaginosis, Using in an In Vitro Biofilm Formation Model P Alves, J Castro, C Sousa, TB Cereija, N Cerca The Journal of infectious diseases 210 (4), 593-596, 2014 | 84 | 2014 |
| Reciprocal interference between Lactobacillus spp. and Gardnerella vaginalis on initial adherence to epithelial cells J Castro, A Henriques, A Machado, M Henriques, KK Jefferson, N Cerca International journal of medical sciences 10 (9), 1193, 2013 | 73 | 2013 |
| Regulation of the intercellular adhesin locus regulator (icaR) by SarA, σB, and IcaR in Staphylococcus aureus N Cerca, JL Brooks, KK Jefferson Journal of bacteriology 190 (19), 6530-6533, 2008 | 69 | 2008 |
| An updated conceptual model on the pathogenesis of bacterial vaginosis CA Muzny, CM Taylor, WE Swords, A Tamhane, D Chattopadhyay, ... The Journal of infectious diseases 220 (9), 1399-1405, 2019 | 67 | 2019 |
| Development of a phage cocktail to control Proteus mirabilis catheter-associated urinary tract infections LDR Melo, P Veiga, N Cerca, AM Kropinski, C Almeida, J Azeredo, ... Frontiers in microbiology 7, 1024, 2016 | 67 | 2016 |
