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  1. From Gut to Eye: Exploring the Role of Microbiome Imbalance in Ocular Diseases

    Article • Journal of Clinical Medicine, September 2024, MDPI AG

    Assoc. Prof. Horhat Florin George

  2. Predicting Mortality in Sepsis: The Role of Dynamic Biomarker Changes and Clinical Scores—A Retrospective Cohort Study

    Article • Diagnostics, September 2024, MDPI AG

    Assoc. Prof. Horhat Florin George

  3. Exploring the Preventive Potential of Vitamin D against Respiratory Infections in Preschool-Age Children: A Cross-Sectional Study

    Article • Nutrients, May 2024, MDPI AG

    Assoc. Prof. Horhat Florin George

  4. Factors Contributing to Surgical Site Infections: A Comprehensive Systematic Review of Etiology and Risk Factors

    Article • Clinics and Practice, December 2023, MDPI AG

    Assoc. Prof. Horhat Florin George

  5. Innovative Biosensing Approaches for Swift Identification of Candida Species, Intrusive Pathogenic Organisms

    Article • Life, October 2023, MDPI AG

    Assoc. Prof. Horhat Florin George

  6. Associated Bacterial Coinfections in COVID-19-Positive Patients

    Article • Medicina, October 2023, MDPI AG

    Assoc. Prof. Horhat Florin George

  7. COVID-19 and Laboratory Markers from Romanian Patients—A Narrative Review

    Article • Life, August 2023, MDPI AG

    Assoc. Prof. Horhat Florin George

  8. The Effects of Vitamin D Supplementation on Respiratory Infections in Children under 6 Years Old: A Systematic Review

    Article • Diseases, August 2023, MDPI AG

    Assoc. Prof. Horhat Florin George

  9. Bronchial Microbiota and the Stress Associated with Invasive Diagnostic Tests in Lung Cancer vs. Benign Pulmonary Diseases: A Cross-Sectional Study

    Article • Diagnostics, July 2023, MDPI AG

    Assoc. Prof. Horhat Florin George

  10. Prognosis Communication in Pediatric Oncology: A Systematic Review

    Article • Children, May 2023, MDPI AG

    Assoc. Prof. Horhat Florin George

  11. COVID-19 Biomarkers Comparison: Children, Adults and Elders

    Article • Medicina, May 2023, MDPI AG

    Assoc. Prof. Horhat Florin George

  12. Identification of Microbial Species and Analysis of Antimicrobial Resistance Patterns in Acute Cholangitis Patients with Malignant and Benign Biliary Obstructions: A Comparative Study

    Article • Medicina, April 2023, MDPI AG

    Assoc. Prof. Horhat Florin George

  13. Renal Impairment Impact and Survival Analysis in a Romanian Cohort of HIV-1(F1)-Infected Children and Adolescents

    Article • Life, March 2023, MDPI AG

    Assoc. Prof. Horhat Florin George

  14. The Assessment of Antimicrobial Resistance in Gram-Negative and Gram-Positive Infective Endocarditis: A Multicentric Retrospective Analysis

    Article • Medicina, February 2023, MDPI AG

    Assoc. Prof. Horhat Florin George

  15. The Assessment of Multiplex PCR in Identifying Bacterial Infections in Patients Hospitalized with SARS-CoV-2 Infection: A Systematic Review

    Article • Antibiotics, February 2023, MDPI AG

    Assoc. Prof. Horhat Florin George

  16. Diagnosis and Management of a Triple Infection with Leptospira spp., Hepatitis A Virus, and Epstein–Barr Virus: A Rare Occurrence with High Hepatotoxic Effect

    Article • Healthcare, February 2023, MDPI AG

    Assoc. Prof. Horhat Florin George

  17. Insights on Lipomatosis after Platinum-Based Chemotherapy Use in Pediatric Oncology: A Case Report

    Article • Medicina, November 2022, MDPI AG

    Assoc. Prof. Horhat Florin George

  18. The Impact of Healthcare-Associated Infections on Mortality in ICU: A Prospective Study in Asia, Eastern Europe, Latin America, and the Middle East

    Article • American Journal of Infection Control, September 2022, Elsevier

    Assoc. Prof. Horhat Florin George

  19. Diagnosis and Management of Febrile Neutropenia in Pediatric Oncology Patients—A Systematic Review

    Article • Diagnostics, July 2022, MDPI AG

    Assoc. Prof. Horhat Florin George

  20. COVID‑19: Main findings after a year and half of unease and the proper scientific progress (Review)

    Article • Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine, May 2022, Spandidos Publications

    Assoc. Prof. Horhat Florin George

  21. SARS-CoV-2 Seroprevalence in Children from Western Romania, March to June 2021

    Article • Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases, April 2022, Mary Ann Liebert Inc

    Assoc. Prof. Horhat Florin George

  22. COVID-19 and the Human Eye: Conjunctivitis, a Lone COVID-19 Finding – A Case-Control Study

    Article • Medical Principles and Practice, January 2022, Karger Publishers

    Assoc. Prof. Horhat Florin George

  23. Costal cartilage overgrowth does not induce pectus‑like deformation in the chest wall of a rat model

    Article • Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine, December 2021, Spandidos Publications

    Assoc. Prof. Horhat Florin George

  24. Heavy metal ion concentration in the amniotic fluid of preterm and term pregnancies from two cities with different industrial output

    Article • Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine, December 2021, Spandidos Publications

    Assoc. Prof. Horhat Florin George

  25. International Nosocomial Infection Control Consortium (INICC) report, data summary of 45 countries for 2013-2018, Adult and Pediatric Units, Device-associated Module

    Article • American Journal of Infection Control, October 2021, Elsevier

    Assoc. Prof. Horhat Florin George

  26. Antibiotic Resistance Patterns of Uropathogens Causing Urinary Tract Infections in Children with Congenital Anomalies of Kidney and Urinary Tract

    Article • Children, July 2021, MDPI AG

    Assoc. Prof. Horhat Florin George

  27. Combined Staged Surgery and Negative-Pressure Wound Therapy for Closure of a Giant Omphalocele

    Article • Case Reports in Pediatrics, May 2021, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Assoc. Prof. Horhat Florin George

  28. Costal Cartilages Overgrowth Doesn’t Induce the Deformation of the Chest Wall in Experimental Animals

    Article • December 2020, Research Square

    Assoc. Prof. Horhat Florin George

  29. Distribution of NDM1 Carbapenemase-Producing Proteeae Strains on High-Risk Hospital Wards

    Article • Infection and Drug Resistance, December 2020, Taylor & Francis

    Assoc. Prof. Horhat Florin George

  30. <p>Detection of Extended-Spectrum β-Lactamase and Carbapenemase Activity in Gram-Negative Bacilli Using Liquid Chromatography – Tandem Mass Spectrometry</p>

    Article • Infection and Drug Resistance, November 2020, Taylor & Francis

    Assoc. Prof. Horhat Florin George

  31. Upper Extremity Fractures in Children—Comparison between Worldwide, Romanian and Western Romanian Region Incidence

    Article • Children, July 2020, MDPI AG

    Assoc. Prof. Horhat Florin George

  32. Rat Animal Model of Pectus Excavatum

    Article • Life, June 2020, MDPI AG

    Assoc. Prof. Horhat Florin George

  33. Urinary Microbiota—Are We Ready for Prime Time? A Literature Review of Study Methods’ Critical Steps in Avoiding Contamination and Minimizing Biased Results

    Article • Diagnostics, May 2020, MDPI AG

    Assoc. Prof. Horhat Florin George

  34. Six-year multicenter study on short-term peripheral venous catheters-related bloodstream infection rates in 727 intensive care units of 268 hospitals in 141 cities of 42 countries of Africa, the Americas, Eastern Mediterranean, Europe, South East Asia,...

    Article • Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, March 2020, Cambridge University Press

    Assoc. Prof. Horhat Florin George

  35. Cost-Effectiveness of Titanium Elastic Nail (TEN) in the Treatment of Forearm Fractures in Children

    Article • Medicina, February 2020, MDPI AG

    Assoc. Prof. Horhat Florin George

  36. International Nosocomial Infection Control Consortium (INICC) report, data summary of 45 countries for 2012-2017: Device-associated module

    Article • American Journal of Infection Control, October 2019, Elsevier

    Assoc. Prof. Horhat Florin George, M.D; Ph.D; FIDSA Carlos Alvarez-Moreno, Professor Hakan Erdem, Dr Shakti B Mishra, S Vadi

  37. Evaluation of essential oil obtained from Mentha×piperita L. against multidrug-resistant strains

    Article • Infection and Drug Resistance, September 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Assoc. Prof. Horhat Florin George, Corina Danciu, Monica Licker, Iuliana Popescu

  38. Clinical, microbiological and oxidative stress evaluation of periodontitis patients treated with two regimens of systemic antibiotics, adjunctive to non-surgical therapy. A placebo-controlled randomized clinical trial

    Article • Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine, August 2019, Spandidos Publications

    Assoc. Prof. Horhat Florin George

  39. Toxoplasmosis Seroprevalence in Romanian Children

    Article • Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases, June 2019, Mary Ann Liebert Inc

    Assoc. Prof. Horhat Florin George

  40. Resistance to Anti-infectious Chemotherapies: Risk Factors for Extensively Drug-resistant Strains in Hospitalized Patients

    Article • Revista de Chimie, March 2019, Revista de Chimie SRL

    Assoc. Prof. Horhat Florin George

  41. Multidrug-Resistant Gram-Negative Bacilli: A Retrospective Study of Trends in a Tertiary Healthcare Unit

    Article • Medicina, November 2018, MDPI AG

    Assoc. Prof. Horhat Florin George, Monica Licker

  42. Extensively drug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii and Proteeae association in a Romanian intensive care unit: risk factors for acquisition

    Article • Infection and Drug Resistance, November 2018, Dove Medical Press

    Muntean Delia, Assoc. Prof. Horhat Florin George, Prof Dr Dorel Sandesc, Monica Licker

  43. Microbiology Characteristics Among Cystic Fibrosis Patients in Western Romania

    Article • Central European Journal of Clinical Research, September 2018, De Gruyter

    Assoc. Prof. Horhat Florin George, Dr. Liviu Tamas

  44. p16/Ki-67 dual staining has a better accuracy than human papillomavirus (HPV) testing in women under 30 years old

    Article • Bosnian Journal of Basic Medical Sciences, June 2018, Association of Basic Medical Sciences of FBIH

    Assoc. Prof. Horhat Florin George

  45. Extensively drug-resistant Myroides odoratimimus – a case series of urinary tract infections in immunocompromised patients

    Article • Infection and Drug Resistance, May 2018, Dove Medical Press

    professor Monica Licker, Muntean Delia, Jurescu Cristiana, Dr Rus Maria , Assoc. Prof. Horhat Florin George, Monica Licker

  46. Intensive care antibiotic consumption and resistance patterns: a cross-correlation analysis

    Article • Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials, November 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    professor Monica Licker, Dr Diana Lungeanu, Assoc. Prof. Horhat Florin George

  47. 131 Cystic fibrosis respiratory microbiology in the western side of Romania

    Article • Journal of Cystic Fibrosis, June 2017, Elsevier

    Assoc. Prof. Horhat Florin George

  48. OC-78 Risk factors for pulmonary decline in cystic fibrosis children– an analysis of the western side of romania

    Article • June 2017, BMJ

    Assoc. Prof. Horhat Florin George

  49. Antimicrobial consumption, costs and resistance patterns: a two year prospective study in a Romanian intensive care unit

    Article • BMC Infectious Diseases, May 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Assoc. Prof. Horhat Florin George, professor Monica Licker

  50. Early Evaluation and Monitoring of Critical Patients with Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) Using Specific Genetic Polymorphisms

    Article • Biochemical Genetics, January 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Assoc. Prof. Horhat Florin George, Dr Alexandru Florin Rogobete, professor Monica Licker

  51. Microbial biofilm in human health - an updated theoretical and practical insight

    Article • Revista Romana de Medicina de Laborator, January 2017, De Gruyter

    Assoc. Prof. Horhat Florin George, Dr Alexandru Florin Rogobete, professor Monica Licker, Muntean Delia

  52. Early Prediction of Sepsis Incidence in Critically Ill Patients Using Specific Genetic Polymorphisms

    Article • Biochemical Genetics, December 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Assoc. Prof. Horhat Florin George, Dr Alexandru Florin Rogobete, professor Monica Licker

  53. Urinary tract infections in Romanian patients with diabetes: prevalence, etiology, and risk factors

    Article • Therapeutics and Clinical Risk Management, December 2016, Dove Medical Press

    professor Monica Licker, Assoc. Prof. Horhat Florin George, Muntean Delia

  54. International Nosocomial Infection Control Consortium report, data summary of 50 countries for 2010-2015: Device-associated module

    Article • American Journal of Infection Control, December 2016, Elsevier

    Assoc. Prof. Horhat Florin George, Dr Gabriel Arteaga-Troncoso, M.D; Ph.D; FIDSA Carlos Alvarez-Moreno, Dr Shakti B Mishra, PhD Fernando Martín Guerra Infante

  55. Age and HPV type as risk factors for HPV persistence after loop excision in patients with high grade cervical lesions: an observational study

    Article • BMC Surgery, October 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Assoc. Prof. Horhat Florin George

  56. 62 Evaluation of nasal microbiota in cystic fibrosis children

    Article • Journal of Cystic Fibrosis, June 2016, Elsevier

    Assoc. Prof. Horhat Florin George

  57. The Expression of Nuclear Transcription Factor Kappa B (NF-κB) in the Case of Critically Ill Polytrauma Patients with Sepsis and Its Interactions with microRNAs

    Article • Biochemical Genetics, March 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Assoc. Prof. Horhat Florin George, Dr Alexandru Florin Rogobete

  58. Environmental impact of mining activity in Bor area as indicated by the distribution of heavy metals and bacterial population dynamics in sediment

    Article • Knowledge and Management of Aquatic Ecosystems, January 2016, EDP Sciences

    Assoc. Prof. Horhat Florin George

  59. Human Papilloma Virus Persistence after Cone Excision in Women with Cervical High Grade Squamous Intraepithelial Lesion: A Prospective Study

    Article • Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology, January 2016, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Assoc. Prof. Horhat Florin George

  60. Modulation of the Redox Expression and Inflammation Response in the Critically Ill Polytrauma Patient with Thoracic Injury. Statistical Correlations between Antioxidant Therapy

    Article • Clinical Laboratory, January 2016, Clinical Laboratory Publications

    Assoc. Prof. Horhat Florin George, Dr Alexandru Florin Rogobete

  61. The Use of Lipid Peroxidation Expression as a Biomarker for the Molecular Damage in the Critically Ill Polytrauma Patient

    Article • Clinical Laboratory, January 2016, Clinical Laboratory Publications

    Assoc. Prof. Horhat Florin George, Dr Alexandru Florin Rogobete, professor Monica Licker

  62. Using the Expression of Damage-Associated Molecular Pattern (DAMP) for the Evaluation and Monitoring of the Critically Ill Polytrauma Patient

    Article • Clinical Laboratory, January 2016, Clinical Laboratory Publications

    Assoc. Prof. Horhat Florin George, Dr Alexandru Florin Rogobete

  63. Genetic Expression in Cystic Fibrosis Related Bone Disease. An Observational, Transversal, Cross-Sectional Study

    Article • Clinical Laboratory, January 2016, Clinical Laboratory Publications

    Assoc. Prof. Horhat Florin George, Dr Alexandru Florin Rogobete

  64. A novel evaluation of microvascular damage in critically ill polytrauma patients by using circulating microRNAs

    Article • Revista Romana de Medicina de Laborator, January 2016, De Gruyter

    Assoc. Prof. Horhat Florin George

  65. International Nosocomial Infection Control Consortiu (INICC) report, data summary of 43 countries for 2007-2012. Device-associated module

    Article • American Journal of Infection Control, September 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Gabriel Arteaga-Troncoso, Professor Hakan Leblebicioglu, Assoc. Prof. Horhat Florin George, M.D; Ph.D; FIDSA Carlos Alvarez-Moreno, Dr Evangelos I. Kritsotakis, Professor Hakan Erdem, PhD Fernando Martín Guerra Infante

  66. 123 How frequent is Clostridium in our CF patients?

    Article • Journal of Cystic Fibrosis, June 2014, Elsevier

    Assoc. Prof. Horhat Florin George

  67. A dynamic p53-mdm2 model with distributed delay

    Article • January 2014, American Institute of Physics

    Assoc. Prof. Horhat Florin George

  68. Surveillance of multi-drug resistant pathogens in two Romanian university hospitals

    Article • International Journal of Infection Control, June 2012, International Federation of Infection Control

    Assoc. Prof. Horhat Florin George, professor Monica Licker

  69. Immunity in CF associated liver disease

    Article • Journal of Cystic Fibrosis, June 2009, Elsevier

    Assoc. Prof. Horhat Florin George

  70. HOPF BIFURCATION ANALYSIS FOR A MATHEMATICAL MODEL OF P53-MDM2 INTERACTION

    Article • International Journal of Bifurcation and Chaos, January 2008, World Scientific Pub Co Pte Lt

    Assoc. Prof. Horhat Florin George

  71. Hopf Bifurcation Analysis of Pathogen-Immune Interaction Dynamics With Delay Kernel

    Article • Mathematical Modelling of Natural Phenomena, January 2007, EDP Sciences

    Assoc. Prof. Horhat Florin George

  72. A dynamic P53-MDM2 model with time delay

    Article • Chaos Solitons & Fractals, November 2006, Elsevier

    Assoc. Prof. Horhat Florin George