Daniel J. Sexton

31.8k total citations · 5 hit papers
327 papers, 21.1k citations indexed

About

Daniel J. Sexton is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Daniel J. Sexton has authored 327 papers receiving a total of 21.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 131 papers in Infectious Diseases, 104 papers in Epidemiology and 75 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Daniel J. Sexton's work include Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus (57 papers), Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management (54 papers) and Surgical site infection prevention (35 papers). Daniel J. Sexton is often cited by papers focused on Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus (57 papers), Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management (54 papers) and Surgical site infection prevention (35 papers). Daniel J. Sexton collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and Australia. Daniel J. Sexton's co-authors include Vance G. Fowler, Deverick J. Anderson, Kathryn B. Kirkland, Keith S. Kaye, Thomas Ryan, Richard E. Nettles, Thomas M. Bashore, G. Ralph Corey, Jingxiao Li and Jane Briggs and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, The Lancet and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Daniel J. Sexton

316 papers receiving 20.0k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

What are hit papers?

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.

Proposed Modifications to the Duke Criteria for the Diagnosis of Infective Endocarditis

2000 2.9k citations Daniel J. Sexton, Vance G. Fowler et al. Clinical Infectious Diseases profile →
The Impact of Surgical-Site Infections in the 1990s: Attributable Mortality, Excess Length of Hospitalization, And Extra Costs

1999 1.3k citations Kathryn B. Kirkland, Jane Briggs et al. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology profile →
Adverse Clinical and Economic Outcomes Attributable to Methicillin Resistance among Patients withStaphylococcus aureusSurgical Site Infection

2003 723 citations John J. Engemann, Yehuda Carmeli et al. Clinical Infectious Diseases profile →
The Impact of Surgical-Site Infections Following Orthopedic Surgery at a Community Hospital and a University Hospital Adverse Quality of Life, Excess Length of Stay, and Extra Cost

2002 711 citations N. Deborah Friedman, Kathryn B. Kirkland et al. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology profile →
Diagnosis and management of Q fever--United States, 2013: recommendations from CDC and the Q Fever Working Group.

2013 342 citations Daniel J. Sexton et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Daniel J. Sexton United States	69	8.4k	8.0k	6.0k	5.2k	3.0k	327	21.1k
Michael A. Gerber United States	67	5.7k 0.7×	10.0k 1.2×	4.5k 0.8×	5.4k 1.0×	1.9k 0.6×	258	20.5k
Larry M. Baddour United States	71	8.5k 1.0×	13.4k 1.7×	7.6k 1.3×	5.2k 1.0×	6.0k 2.0×	456	25.1k
Vance G. Fowler United States	82	16.2k 1.9×	14.9k 1.9×	4.6k 0.8×	7.6k 1.5×	3.7k 1.2×	400	31.3k
Henry Masur United States	88	10.4k 1.2×	17.4k 2.2×	3.4k 0.6×	2.9k 0.6×	1.0k 0.3×	375	33.5k
Trish M. Perl United States	68	8.4k 1.0×	5.2k 0.6×	3.8k 0.6×	2.5k 0.5×	1.2k 0.4×	287	24.6k
Sherwood L. Gorbach United States	76	10.0k 1.2×	6.6k 0.8×	4.9k 0.8×	4.9k 1.0×	708 0.2×	265	25.6k
Herbert L. DuPont United States	91	16.0k 1.9×	5.6k 0.7×	2.4k 0.4×	5.9k 1.1×	668 0.2×	610	29.8k
Stanford T. Shulman United States	68	5.6k 0.7×	6.5k 0.8×	10.7k 1.8×	6.8k 1.3×	4.2k 1.4×	357	22.0k
J.W.M. van der Meer Netherlands	97	8.4k 1.0×	9.1k 1.1×	4.1k 0.7×	2.6k 0.5×	829 0.3×	566	38.9k
Emilio Bouza Spain	77	15.8k 1.9×	15.9k 2.0×	4.0k 0.7×	3.5k 0.7×	696 0.2×	862	29.3k

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Bernstein, Jonathan A., et al.. (2025). Clinical validity of dried blood spot assay for the measurement of functional C1 inhibitor in angioedema due to C1 inhibitor deficiency. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology Global. 4(2). 100401–100401.

Pease, Matthew, Jonathan Elmer, Arka N. Mallela, et al.. (2023). Predicting posttraumatic epilepsy using admission electroencephalography after severe traumatic brain injury. Epilepsia. 64(7). 1842–1852. 10 indexed citations

Seidelman, Jessica, Sarah S. Lewis, Sonali D. Advani, et al.. (2020). Universal masking is an effective strategy to flatten the severe acute respiratory coronavirus virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) healthcare worker epidemiologic curve. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 41(12). 1466–1467. 52 indexed citations

Moehring, Rebekah W., Elizabeth S. Dodds Ashley, Xinru Ren, et al.. (2018). Denominator Matters in Estimating Antimicrobial Use: A Comparison of Days Present and Patient Days. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 39(5). 612–615. 14 indexed citations

Sexton, Daniel J., Jon Kenniston, Ryan Faucette, et al.. (2014). Comparison Of Plasma Kallikrein Inhibition By The Monoclonal Antibody Inhibitor DX-2930 To Endogenous C1-INH. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. 133(2). AB30–AB30. 1 indexed citations

Miller, Becky A., et al.. (2010). Acute Eosinophilic Pneumonia Secondary to Daptomycin: A Report of Three Cases. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 50(11). e63–e68. 54 indexed citations

Anderson, Deverick J., Keith S. Kaye, Luke F. Chen, et al.. (2009). Clinical and Financial Outcomes Due to Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Surgical Site Infection: A Multi-Center Matched Outcomes Study. PLoS ONE. 4(12). e8305–e8305. 165 indexed citations

Anderson, Deverick J., et al.. (2007). Severe Surgical Site Infection in Community Hospitals: Epidemiology, Key Procedures, and the Changing Prevalence of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 28(9). 1047–1053. 164 indexed citations

Engemann, John J., Yehuda Carmeli, Sara E. Cosgrove, et al.. (2003). Adverse Clinical and Economic Outcomes Attributable to Methicillin Resistance among Patients withStaphylococcus aureusSurgical Site Infection. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 36(5). 592–598. 723 indexed citations breakdown →

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Zaas, Aimee K., et al.. (2002). Newer Antimicrobials for Neurosurgery. Contemporary Neurosurgery. 24(24). 1–5. 3 indexed citations

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Friedman, N. Deborah, et al.. (2002). The Impact of Surgical-Site Infections Following Orthopedic Surgery at a Community Hospital and a University Hospital Adverse Quality of Life, Excess Length of Stay, and Extra Cost. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 23(4). 183–189. 711 indexed citations breakdown →

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Harrell, Lizzie J., et al.. (1998). Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci: Risk Related to the Use of Intravenous Vancomycin in a University Hospital. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 19(11). 821–823. 1 indexed citations

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Sexton, Daniel J., Marvin J. Tenenbaum, Walter R. Wilson, et al.. (1998). Ceftriaxone Once Daily for Four Weeks Compared with Ceftriaxone Plus Gentamicin Once Daily for Two Weeks for Treatment of Endocarditis Due to Penicillin-Susceptible Streptococci. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 27(6). 1470–1474. 123 indexed citations

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Weinstein, Jeffrey W., Matthew T. Roe, Michael Towns, et al.. (1996). Resistant Enterococci: A Prospective, Study of Prevalence, Incidence, and Factors Associated With Colonization in a University Hospital. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 17(1). 36–41. 102 indexed citations

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Sexton, Daniel J. & Bülent Mutus. (1995). Platelet glutathione transport: characteristics and evidence for regulation by intraplatelet thiol status. Biochemistry and Cell Biology. 73(3-4). 155–162. 8 indexed citations

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Luttrell, Louis M., Souha S. Kanj, G. Ralph Corey, et al.. (1994). Mycoplasma hominis Septic Arthritis: Two Case Reports and Review. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 19(6). 1067–1070. 38 indexed citations

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Sexton, Daniel J., et al.. (1994). Effects of permethrin-impregnated bed nets on malaria vectors of northern Guatemala.. Bulletin of the World Health Organization. 28(2). 112–21. 8 indexed citations

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Sexton, Daniel J., et al.. (1993). A Case-Control Study of Nosocomial Ampicillin-Resistant Enterococcal Infection and Colonization at a University Hospital. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 14(11). 629–635. 19 indexed citations

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Sexton, Daniel J., et al.. (1979). Cytomegalovirus infection and chronic hemodialysis.. Munich Personal RePEc Archive (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich). 11(1). 3–6. 7 indexed citations

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Sexton, Daniel J., et al.. (1975). Possible needle-associated Rocky Mountain spotted fever.. New England Journal of Medicine. 292(12). 9 indexed citations

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