Christopher R. Polage

4.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
52 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

Christopher R. Polage is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology and Clinical Biochemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Christopher R. Polage has authored 52 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Infectious Diseases, 26 papers in Epidemiology and 10 papers in Clinical Biochemistry. Recurrent topics in Christopher R. Polage's work include Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research (17 papers), Microscopic Colitis (10 papers) and Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing (10 papers). Christopher R. Polage is often cited by papers focused on Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research (17 papers), Microscopic Colitis (10 papers) and Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing (10 papers). Christopher R. Polage collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and China. Christopher R. Polage's co-authors include Allan Ronald, Thomas C. Quinn, Merle A. Sande, Stuart H. Cohen, Jay V. Solnick, C. A. Petti, Paul C. Schreckenberger, Jhansi L. Leslie, Yi‐Wei Tang and David L. Chin and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Analytical Chemistry and Clinical Infectious Diseases.

In The Last Decade

Christopher R. Polage

50 papers receiving 2.3k citations

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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.

Laboratory Medicine in Africa: A Barrier to Effective Health Care

2006 571 citations Christopher R. Polage, Thomas C. Quinn et al. Clinical Infectious Diseases profile →
Overdiagnosis of Clostridium difficile Infection in the Molecular Test Era

2015 421 citations Christopher R. Polage, Clare E. Gyorke et al. JAMA Internal Medicine profile →

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#	Title	Journal	Authors	Indexed citations
1	CDC’s Hospital-Onset Clostridioides difficile Prevention Framework in a Regional Hospital Network	JAMA Network Open	Nicholas Turner, Christopher R. Polage et al.	2
2	From pre-test and post-test probabilities to medical decision making	BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making	Claire Smith, Jeffrey S. Smith et al.	0
3	Implementation of a diagnostic stewardship intervention to improve blood-culture utilization in 2 surgical ICUs: Time for a blood-culture change	Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology	Jessica Seidelman, Rebekah W. Moehring et al.	7
4	Evaluation of hospital blood culture utilization rates to identify opportunities for diagnostic stewardship	Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology	Christopher R. Polage, Deverick J. Anderson et al.	8
5	Deconstructing the urinalysis: A novel approach to diagnostic and antimicrobial stewardship	SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología	Sonali D. Advani, Christopher R. Polage et al.	20
6	Evaluation of the National Healthcare Safety Network standardized infection ratio risk adjustment for healthcare-facility-onset Clostridioides difficile infection in intensive care, oncology, and hematopoietic cell transplant units in general acute-care hospitals	Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology	Christopher R. Polage, Jonathan Grein et al.	3
7	Advances in the diagnosis and treatment of Clostridium difficile infections	Emerging Microbes & Infections	Zhong Peng, Charles W. Stratton et al.	76
8	Identification of Gram-Negative Bacteria and Genetic Resistance Determinants from Positive Blood Culture Broths by Use of the Verigene Gram-Negative Blood Culture Multiplex Microarray-Based Molecular Assay	Journal of Clinical Microbiology	Nathan A. Ledeboer, Bert K. Lopansri et al.	126
9	Overdiagnosis of Clostridium difficile Infection in the Molecular Test Era breakdown →	JAMA Internal Medicine	Christopher R. Polage, Clare E. Gyorke et al.	421
10	Evaluation of Microbial Flora in Eyes With a Boston Type 1 Keratoprosthesis	Cornea	Mark J. Mannis, Brett L. Shapiro et al.	9
11	Nosocomial Diarrhea: Evaluation and Treatment of Causes Other Than Clostridium difficile	Clinical Infectious Diseases	Christopher R. Polage, Jay V. Solnick et al.	120
12	Outcomes in patients tested for Clostridium difficile toxins	Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease	Christopher R. Polage, David L. Chin et al.	35
13	The Safety and Efficacy of Linezolid and Daptomycin as an Additive in Optisol-GS Against Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus	Cornea	Jennifer Li, Vahid Feiz et al.	3
14	Raman Spectroscopic Signatures of the Metabolic States of Escherichia Coli Cells and their Dependence on Antibiotics Treatment	Biophysical Journal	Douglas S. Taylor, Christopher R. Polage et al.	6
15	Performance of diagnostic tests to detect respiratory viruses in older adults	Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease	Rosemary C. She, Christopher R. Polage et al.	21
16	Respiratory Syncytial Virus Outbreak in a Long‐Term Care Facility Detected Using Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction: An Argument for Real‐Time Detection Methods	Journal of the American Geriatrics Society	Jodi Chen, Edward W. Taggart et al.	39
17	Assessment of the Utility of Viral Culture of Cerebrospinal Fluid	Clinical Infectious Diseases	Christopher R. Polage et al.	31
18	Laboratory Medicine in Africa: A Barrier to Effective Health Care breakdown →	Clinical Infectious Diseases	Christopher R. Polage, Thomas C. Quinn et al.	571
19	The Role of 16S rRNA Gene Sequencing in Identification of Microorganisms Misidentified by Conventional Methods	Journal of Clinical Microbiology	C. A. Petti, Christopher R. Polage et al.	178
20	Effects of beta thalassemia minor on results of six glycated hemoglobin methods	Clinica Chimica Acta	Christopher R. Polage, Randie R. Little et al.	9

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