Derrick W. Crook

57.6k total citations · 7 hit papers
328 papers, 21.7k citations indexed

About

Derrick W. Crook is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Infectious Diseases and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Derrick W. Crook has authored 328 papers receiving a total of 21.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 152 papers in Epidemiology, 137 papers in Infectious Diseases and 87 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Derrick W. Crook's work include Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria (66 papers), Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing (54 papers) and Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research (51 papers). Derrick W. Crook is often cited by papers focused on Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria (66 papers), Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing (54 papers) and Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research (51 papers). Derrick W. Crook collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Canada. Derrick W. Crook's co-authors include Tim Peto, A. Sarah Walker, Daniel J. Wilson, Nicole Stoesser, David Griffiths, David W. Eyre, Rosalind M. Harding, Xavier Didelot, David Wyllie and Rory Bowden and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, The Lancet and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Derrick W. Crook

324 papers receiving 21.4k 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.

Genomic islands: tools of bacterial horizontal gene transfer and evolution

2009 658 citations Rosalind M. Harding, Derrick W. Crook et al. profile →
Whole-genome sequencing to delineate Mycobacterium tuberculosis outbreaks: a retrospective observational study

2012 644 citations A Sarah Walker, Camilla L. C. Ip et al. profile →
Fidaxomicin versus vancomycin for infection with Clostridium difficile in Europe, Canada, and the USA: a double-blind, non-inferiority, randomised controlled trial

2012 560 citations Derrick W. Crook et al. profile →
Transforming clinical microbiology with bacterial genome sequencing

2012 538 citations Xavier Didelot, Rory Bowden et al. profile →
Prospective Evaluation of Criteria for Microbiological Diagnosis of Prosthetic-Joint Infection at Revision Arthroplasty

1998 531 citations Bridget L. Atkins, Derrick W. Crook et al. Journal of Clinical Microbiology profile →
Diverse Sources of C. difficile Infection Identified on Whole-Genome Sequencing

2013 487 citations David W. Eyre, Madeleine Cule et al. profile →
Effect of Delta variant on viral burden and vaccine effectiveness against new SARS-CoV-2 infections in the UK

2021 330 citations Koen B. Pouwels, Emma Pritchard et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Evaluating 12 automated, whole-genome sequencing analysis pipelines for Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex: a comparative study 2025 ·The Lancet Microbe ·(unknown), Derrick W. Crook, Tim Peto, Philip W. Fowler, Robert D. Turner, Hong Thai, (unknown), A Sarah Walker	1
2	The plasmidome associated with Gram-negative bloodstream infections: A large-scale observational study using complete plasmid assemblies 2024 ·Nature Communications ·Samuel Lipworth, (unknown), Liam P. Shaw, Karina-Doris Vihta, Gillian Rodger, Kevin Chau, Leanne Barker, Sophie George, James Kavanagh, T. J. Davies, Alison Vaughan, Monique Andersson, Katie Jeffery, Sarah Oakley, Marcus Morgan, Susan Hopkins, Tim Peto, Derrick W. Crook, A. Sarah Walker, Nicole Stoesser	8
3	Rapid identification of bacterial isolates using microfluidic adaptive channels and multiplexed fluorescence microscopy 2024 ·Lab on a Chip ·Stelios Chatzimichail, Piers Turner, Conor Feehily, (unknown), Derrick W. Crook, Monique Andersson, Sarah Oakley, Lucinda Barrett, (unknown), (unknown), Christoffer Nellåker, Nicole Stoesser, Achillefs N. Kapanidis	7
4	Infection Inspection: using the power of citizen science for image-based prediction of antibiotic resistance in Escherichia coli treated with ciprofloxacin 2024 ·Scientific Reports ·(unknown), Conor Feehily, Piers Turner, (unknown), Stelios Chatzimichail, Derrick W. Crook, Monique Andersson, Sarah Oakley, Lucinda Barrett, (unknown), Philip W. Fowler, Christoffer Nellåker, Achillefs N. Kapanidis, Nicole Stoesser	1
5	Comparison of R9.4.1/Kit10 and R10/Kit12 Oxford Nanopore flowcells and chemistries in bacterial genome reconstruction 2023 ·Microbial Genomics ·Nicholas D. Sanderson, Natalia Kapel, Gillian Rodger, Hermione J. Webster, Samuel Lipworth, Teresa Street, Tim Peto, Derrick W. Crook, Nicole Stoesser	58
6	Omicron-associated changes in SARS-CoV-2 symptoms in the United Kingdom 2022 ·Clinical Infectious Diseases ·Karina-Doris Vihta, Koen B. Pouwels, Tim Peto, Emma Pritchard, Thomas House, Ruth Studley, Emma Rourke, Duncan Cook, Ian Diamond, Derrick W. Crook, David A. Clifton, Philippa C. Matthews, Nicole Stoesser, David W. Eyre, A. Sarah Walker, (unknown)	66
7	Mortality risks associated with empirical antibiotic activity in Escherichia coli bacteraemia: an analysis of electronic health records 2022 ·Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy ·(unknown), Sean Bartlett, Nicole Stoesser, Koen B. Pouwels, (unknown), Derrick W. Crook, Tim Peto, A. Sarah Walker, David W. Eyre	5
8	Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Infectivity by Viral Load, S Gene Variants and Demographic Factors, and the Utility of Lateral Flow Devices to Prevent Transmission 2021 ·Clinical Infectious Diseases ·Lennard Y. W. Lee, (unknown), (unknown), André Charlett, Charlotte Anderson, G. Hughes, Matthew Barnard, Leon Peto, Richard Vipond, Alex Sienkiewicz, Susan Hopkins, John I. Bell, Derrick W. Crook, Nick Gent, A. Sarah Walker, Tim Peto, David W. Eyre	79
9	Flanker: a tool for comparative genomics of gene flanking regions 2021 ·Microbial Genomics ·(unknown), Samuel Lipworth, Bede Constantinides, Tim Peto, A. Sarah Walker, Derrick W. Crook, Susan Hopkins, Liam P. Shaw, Nicole Stoesser	13
10	Ten Years of Population-Level Genomic Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae Serotype Surveillance Informs Vaccine Development for Invasive Infections 2021 ·Clinical Infectious Diseases ·Samuel Lipworth, Karina-Doris Vihta, Kevin Chau, (unknown), T. J. Davies, Sophie George, Leanne Barker, (unknown), Monique Andersson, Katie Jeffery, Sarah Oakley, Marcus Morgan, Tim Peto, Derrick W. Crook, A. Sarah Walker, Nicole Stoesser	16
11	Genomic diversity affects the accuracy of bacterial single-nucleotide polymorphism–calling pipelines 2020 ·GigaScience ·Stephen J. Bush, Dona Foster, David W. Eyre, Emily L. Clark, Nicola De Maio, Liam P. Shaw, Nicole Stoesser, Tim Peto, Derrick W. Crook, A Sarah Walker	80
12	The Role of fosA in Challenges with Fosfomycin Susceptibility Testing of Multispecies Klebsiella pneumoniae Carbapenemase-Producing Clinical Isolates 2019 ·Journal of Clinical Microbiology ·(unknown), Katie E. Barry, Heather L. Cox, Nicole Stoesser, Joanne Carroll, Kasi Vegesana, Shireen Kotay, Anna E. Sheppard, Alexander M. Wailan, Derrick W. Crook, Hardik I. Parikh, Amy J. Mathers	30
13	Optimizing DNA Extraction Methods for Nanopore Sequencing of Neisseria gonorrhoeae Directly from Urine Samples 2019 ·Journal of Clinical Microbiology ·Teresa Street, Leanne Barker, Nicholas D. Sanderson, James Kavanagh, Sarah Hoosdally, Kevin Cole, Robert Newnham, (unknown), Monique Andersson, Martin Llewelyn, Justin O’Grady, Derrick W. Crook, David W. Eyre	29
14	Whole-Genome Sequencing for Predicting Clarithromycin Resistance in Mycobacterium abscessus 2018 ·Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy ·Samuel Lipworth, (unknown), (unknown), Marcus Morgan, Katie Jeffery, Monique Andersson, Esther Robinson, E. Grace Smith, Derrick W. Crook, Tim Peto, A Sarah Walker	37
15	Identifying Mixed Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection and Laboratory Cross-Contamination during Mycobacterial Sequencing Programs 2018 ·Journal of Clinical Microbiology ·David Wyllie, Esther Robinson, Tim Peto, Derrick W. Crook, (unknown), Priti Rathod, (unknown), Lisa Jarrett, E. Grace Smith, A. Sarah Walker	14
16	Control of Artifactual Variation in Reported Intersample Relatedness during Clinical Use of a Mycobacterium tuberculosis Sequencing Pipeline 2018 ·Journal of Clinical Microbiology ·David Wyllie, Nicholas D. Sanderson, Richard Myers, Tim Peto, Esther Robinson, Derrick W. Crook, E. Grace Smith, A Sarah Walker	10
17	TETyper: a bioinformatic pipeline for classifying variation and genetic contexts of transposable elements from short-read whole-genome sequencing data 2018 ·Microbial Genomics ·Anna E. Sheppard, Nicole Stoesser, (unknown), Kasi Vegesana, A Sarah Walker, Derrick W. Crook, Amy J. Mathers	29
18	Molecular Diagnosis of Orthopedic-Device-Related Infection Directly from Sonication Fluid by Metagenomic Sequencing 2017 ·Journal of Clinical Microbiology ·Teresa Street, Nicholas D. Sanderson, Bridget L. Atkins, Andrew Brent, Kevin Cole, Dona Foster, Martin McNally, Sarah Oakley, Leon Peto, Adrian Taylor, Tim Peto, Derrick W. Crook, David W. Eyre	128
19	Same-Day Diagnostic and Surveillance Data for Tuberculosis via Whole-Genome Sequencing of Direct Respiratory Samples 2017 ·Journal of Clinical Microbiology ·Antonina A. Votintseva, Phelim Bradley, Louise Pankhurst, Carlos del Ojo Elías, Matthew Loose, Kayzad Nilgiriwala, Anirvan Chatterjee, E. Grace Smith, Nicholas D. Sanderson, A Sarah Walker, Marcus Morgan, David Wyllie, Tim Peto, Derrick W. Crook, Zamin Iqbal	231
20	Microevolutionary analysis of Clostridium difficile genomes to investigate transmission 2012 ·Genome biology ·Xavier Didelot, David W. Eyre, Madeleine Cule, Camilla L. C. Ip, M. Azim Ansari, David Griffiths, Alison Vaughan, Lily O’Connor, Tanya Golubchik, Elizabeth M. Batty, Paolo Piazza, Daniel J. Wilson, Rory Bowden, Peter Donnelly, Kate E. Dingle, Mark H. Wilcox, A Sarah Walker, Derrick W. Crook, Tim Peto, Rosalind M. Harding	157

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