Arnaldo Lopes Colombo

25.3k total citations · 4 hit papers
290 papers, 15.1k citations indexed

About

Arnaldo Lopes Colombo is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Arnaldo Lopes Colombo has authored 290 papers receiving a total of 15.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 237 papers in Infectious Diseases, 204 papers in Epidemiology and 44 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Arnaldo Lopes Colombo's work include Antifungal resistance and susceptibility (234 papers), Fungal Infections and Studies (177 papers) and Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia detection and treatment (50 papers). Arnaldo Lopes Colombo is often cited by papers focused on Antifungal resistance and susceptibility (234 papers), Fungal Infections and Studies (177 papers) and Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia detection and treatment (50 papers). Arnaldo Lopes Colombo collaborates with scholars based in Brazil, United States and Netherlands. Arnaldo Lopes Colombo's co-authors include Márcio Nucci, Flávio Queiroz‐Telles, Jacques F. Meis, Guilherme Maranhão Chaves, Analy Salles de Azevedo Melo, João Nóbrega de Almeida, Ana Carolina Barbosa Padovan, Thaís Guimarães, Beth A. Arthington‐Skaggs and Ángela María Tobón and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Circulation and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Arnaldo Lopes Colombo

282 papers receiving 14.7k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Simultaneous Emergence of Multidrug-Resistant Candida auris on 3 Continents Confirmed by Whole-Genome Sequencing and Epidemiological Analyses

2016 1.1k citations Nelesh P. Govender, Arnaldo Lopes Colombo et al. profile →
Comparison of Caspofungin and Amphotericin B for Invasive Candidiasis

2002 990 citations Arnaldo Lopes Colombo, Luis Thompson-Moya et al. profile →
First report of Candida auris in America: Clinical and microbiological aspects of 18 episodes of candidemia

2016 345 citations Elaine Cristina Francisco, Ferry Hagen et al. profile →
Worldwide emergence of fluconazole-resistant Candida parapsilosis: current framework and future research roadmap

2023 125 citations João Nóbrega de Almeida, Macit İlkit et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Arnaldo Lopes Colombo Brazil	67	12.1k	10.0k	2.2k	1.7k	1.3k	290	15.1k
Maiken Cavling Arendrup Denmark	61	11.1k 0.9×	9.0k 0.9×	2.5k 1.1×	1.5k 0.9×	1.5k 1.1×	245	14.8k
Tania C. Sorrell Australia	67	10.0k 0.8×	10.0k 1.0×	1.8k 0.8×	2.0k 1.1×	1.7k 1.3×	324	15.5k
S. A. Messer United States	75	15.2k 1.3×	12.0k 1.2×	1.8k 0.8×	1.5k 0.9×	1.3k 0.9×	201	17.2k
Shawn R. Lockhart United States	67	11.4k 0.9×	9.5k 0.9×	1.7k 0.8×	2.1k 1.2×	1.3k 1.0×	252	14.0k
Cornelia Lass‐Flörl Austria	67	14.1k 1.2×	11.0k 1.1×	2.5k 1.1×	1.9k 1.1×	1.8k 1.3×	466	18.8k
Manuel Cuenca‐Estrella Spain	62	10.2k 0.8×	8.1k 0.8×	2.4k 1.1×	1.0k 0.6×	1.6k 1.2×	204	12.4k
Tom Chiller United States	57	10.5k 0.9×	10.9k 1.1×	1.4k 0.6×	1.2k 0.7×	1.3k 1.0×	203	15.4k
Anuradha Chowdhary India	60	10.9k 0.9×	9.4k 0.9×	3.1k 1.4×	1.3k 0.8×	1.6k 1.2×	210	13.8k
Luis Ostrosky‐Zeichner United States	55	13.9k 1.2×	10.9k 1.1×	1.1k 0.5×	1.2k 0.7×	807 0.6×	211	17.3k
Malcolm Richardson United Kingdom	55	7.5k 0.6×	6.1k 0.6×	1.4k 0.6×	1.4k 0.8×	950 0.7×	263	11.3k

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Colombo, Arnaldo Lopes, et al.. (2026). Candidozyma auris (formerly Candida auris): resistant, long lasting, and everywhere. Clinical Microbiology and Infection. 32(3). 374–381.

Guimarães, Thaís, Teresa Sukiennik, Mauro José Costa Salles, et al.. (2025). Candidemia in ICU Patients: What Are the Real Game-Changers for Survival?. Journal of Fungi. 11(2). 152–152. 5 indexed citations

Spruijtenburg, Bram, João Nóbrega de Almeida, Felipe de Camargo Ribeiro, et al.. (2024). Multicenter Candida auris outbreak caused by azole‐susceptible clade IV in Pernambuco, Brazil. Mycoses. 67(6). e13752–e13752. 11 indexed citations

Dao, Aiken, Hannah Yejin Kim, Shukry Zawahir, et al.. (2024). Candida albicans—A systematic review to inform the World Health Organization Fungal Priority Pathogens List. Medical Mycology. 62(6). 21 indexed citations

Spruijtenburg, Bram, Arnaldo Lopes Colombo, Eelco F. J. Meijer, et al.. (2023). Short Tandem Repeat Genotyping and Antifungal Susceptibility Testing of Latin American Candida tropicalis Isolates. Journal of Fungi. 9(2). 207–207. 16 indexed citations

Guimarães, Thaís, Teresa Sukiennik, Mauro José Costa Salles, et al.. (2023). Prognostic Trends and Current Challenges in Candidemia: A Comparative Analysis of Two Multicenter Cohorts within the Past Decade. Journal of Fungi. 9(4). 468–468. 13 indexed citations

Bitencourt, Tamires A., et al.. (2023). Extracellular Vesicles from Candida haemulonii var. vulnera Modulate Macrophage Oxidative Burst. Journal of Fungi. 9(5). 562–562. 13 indexed citations

Arastehfar, Amir, João Nóbrega de Almeida, David S. Perlin, et al.. (2021). Multidrug-resistantTrichosporonspecies: underestimated fungal pathogens posing imminent threats in clinical settings. Critical Reviews in Microbiology. 47(6). 679–698. 17 indexed citations

Fram, Dayana Souza, Daniela Vieira da Silva Escudero, Paulo Roberto Abrão Ferreira, et al.. (2021). Impact of In-Hospital infection with SARS-CoV-2 among Inpatients at a university hospital. American Journal of Infection Control. 49(12). 1464–1468. 5 indexed citations

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Almeida, João Nóbrega de, et al.. (2021). Axillary Digital Thermometers uplifted a multidrug‐susceptible Candidaauris outbreak among COVID‐19 patients in Brazil. Mycoses. 64(9). 1062–1072. 59 indexed citations

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Santos, Daniel Wagner de Castro Lima, Vânia Aparecida Vicente, Flávio Queiroz‐Telles, et al.. (2021). The global burden of chromoblastomycosis. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 15(8). e0009611–e0009611. 64 indexed citations

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Santos, Daniel Wagner de Castro Lima, Ferry Hagen, Jacques F. Meis, et al.. (2020). Donor-Derived Transmission of Cryptococcus gattii sensu lato in Kidney Transplant Recipients. Emerging infectious diseases. 26(6). 1329–1331. 6 indexed citations

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Colombo, Arnaldo Lopes, Susana Córdoba, Philippe J. Dufresne, et al.. (2015). International Evaluation of MIC Distributions and Epidemiological Cutoff Value (ECV) Definitions for Fusarium Species Identified by Molecular Methods for the CLSI Broth Microdilution Method. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 60(2). 1079–1084. 121 indexed citations

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Santolaya, Marı́a Elena, Tito Alvarado Matute, Arnaldo Lopes Colombo, et al.. (2013). Recomendaciones para el manejo de la candidemia en niños en América Latina. Revista Iberoamericana de Micología. 30(3). 171–178. 21 indexed citations

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Moretti, Maria Luíza, et al.. (2008). Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical Volume 41(5): página 524. Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical. 41(6). 695–695. 1 indexed citations

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Pfaller, Michael A., Daniel J. Diekema, David L. Gibbs, et al.. (2007). Results from the ARTEMIS DISK Global Antifungal Surveillance Study, 1997 to 2005: an 8.5-Year Analysis of Susceptibilities of Candida Species and Other Yeast Species to Fluconazole and Voriconazole Determined by CLSI Standardized Disk Diffusion Testing. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 45(6). 1735–1745. 213 indexed citations

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Colombo, Arnaldo Lopes, et al.. (2000). Isolation of endophytic fungi and Actinomycetes taxane producers.. Annals of Microbiology. 50(1). 3–13. 81 indexed citations

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Burattini, Marcelo Nascimento, et al.. (1999). Comparative Study of Agar Diffusion Test and the NCCLS Macrobroth Method for In Vitro Susceptibility Testing of Candida spp.. Mycopathologia. 145(3). 131–135. 6 indexed citations

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Nucci, Márcio, Arnaldo Lopes Colombo, Fernanda Silveira, et al.. (1998). Risk Factors for Death in Patients With Candidemia. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 19(11). 846–850. 130 indexed citations

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Cimerman, Sérgio, et al.. (1997). Paracoccidioidomycosis in a boy infected with HIV. Mycoses. 40(9-10). 343–344. 8 indexed citations

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