Elena Reigadas

2.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
63 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Elena Reigadas is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology and Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Elena Reigadas has authored 63 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 58 papers in Infectious Diseases, 47 papers in Epidemiology and 14 papers in Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine. Recurrent topics in Elena Reigadas's work include Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research (42 papers), Microscopic Colitis (33 papers) and Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology (18 papers). Elena Reigadas is often cited by papers focused on Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research (42 papers), Microscopic Colitis (33 papers) and Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology (18 papers). Elena Reigadas collaborates with scholars based in Spain, Italy and Switzerland. Elena Reigadas's co-authors include Emilio Bouza, Luís Alcalá, Patricia Muñóz, M. Marín, A. Martín, Maricela Valerio, Pilar Escribano, Jesús Guinea, Mercedes Marı́n and Joffrey van Prehn and has published in prestigious journals such as Clinical Infectious Diseases, Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy.

In The Last Decade

Elena Reigadas

58 papers receiving 1.3k 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.

European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases: 2021 update on the treatment guidance document for Clostridioides difficile infection in adults

2021 354 citations Joffrey van Prehn, Elena Reigadas et al. Clinical Microbiology and Infection profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Elena Reigadas Spain	19	1.1k	771	224	216	176	63	1.3k
Tiffany Hink United States	14	719 0.7×	473 0.6×	325 1.5×	137 0.6×	93 0.5×	31	1.0k
Anne J Gonzales-Luna United States	16	969 0.9×	631 0.8×	306 1.4×	142 0.7×	310 1.8×	64	1.2k
Monique J. T. Crobach Netherlands	13	1.1k 1.0×	870 1.1×	151 0.7×	253 1.2×	215 1.2×	21	1.3k
Karl Weiss Canada	18	1.1k 1.0×	948 1.2×	203 0.9×	150 0.7×	388 2.2×	37	1.5k
Dorota Wultańska Poland	15	751 0.7×	417 0.5×	220 1.0×	142 0.7×	158 0.9×	34	903
Frédéric Barbut France	14	737 0.7×	555 0.7×	113 0.5×	113 0.5×	154 0.9×	38	950
M.P.M. Hensgens Netherlands	15	1.2k 1.1×	844 1.1×	167 0.7×	265 1.2×	237 1.3×	19	1.3k
Scott Curry United States	13	2.0k 1.8×	1.4k 1.8×	317 1.4×	362 1.7×	445 2.5×	32	2.1k
Michael J. Pultz United States	12	691 0.6×	345 0.4×	131 0.6×	111 0.5×	150 0.9×	13	884
G.E. Bignardi United Kingdom	10	606 0.5×	428 0.6×	106 0.5×	146 0.7×	106 0.6×	18	827

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Olmedo, María, Martha Kestler, Ana Álvarez‐Uría, et al.. (2025). Prospective analysis of biomarkers associated with successful faecal microbiota transplantation in recurrent Clostridioides difficile infection. Clinical Microbiology and Infection. 31(7). 1187–1195.

Fernández, Ana I., Enrique Gutiérrez, Irene Martín de Miguel, et al.. (2024). One-year longitudinal changes of peripheral CD4+ T-lymphocyte counts, gut microbiome, and plaque vulnerability after an acute coronary syndrome. IJC Heart & Vasculature. 53. 101438–101438. 2 indexed citations

Lozano-García, Nuria, Sara Rodríguez Fernández, Ana I. Fernández, et al.. (2024). Impact of the Mediterranean Diet on the Gut Microbiome of a Well-Defined Cohort of Healthy Individuals. Nutrients. 16(6). 793–793. 11 indexed citations

Cantón, Rafael, Pilar Ramos, Alejandra García‐Botella, et al.. (2024). Human intestinal microbiome: Role in health and disease. Revista Española de Quimioterapia. 37(6). 438–453. 14 indexed citations

Lozano-García, Nuria, Ana I. Fernández, María Olmedo, et al.. (2023). Microbiome profile and calprotectin levels as markers of risk of recurrent Clostridioides difficile infection. Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology. 13. 1237500–1237500. 6 indexed citations

Escribano, Pilar, Ana Gómez, Elena Reigadas, Patricia Muñóz, & Jesús Guinea. (2022). In vitro activity of olorofim against Aspergillus fumigatus sensu lato clinical isolates: activity is retained against isolates showing resistance to azoles and/or amphotericin B. Clinical Microbiology and Infection. 28(9). 1291.e7–1291.e10. 19 indexed citations

Olmedo, María, Elena Reigadas, Luís Alcalá, et al.. (2022). Clostridioides difficile infection epidemiology and clinical characteristics in COVID-19 pandemic. Frontiers in Medicine. 9. 953724–953724. 5 indexed citations

Prehn, Joffrey van, Elena Reigadas, Erik Vogelzang, et al.. (2021). European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases: 2021 update on the treatment guidance document for Clostridioides difficile infection in adults. Clinical Microbiology and Infection. 27. S1–S21. 354 indexed citations breakdown →

Reigadas, Elena, Joffrey van Prehn, Marco Falcone, et al.. (2021). How to: prophylactic interventions for prevention of Clostridioides difficile infection. Clinical Microbiology and Infection. 27(12). 1777–1783. 18 indexed citations

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Bouza, Emilio, José María Aguado, Luís Alcalá, et al.. (2020). Recommendations for the diagnosis and treatment of Clostridioides difficile infection: An official clinical practice guideline of the Spanish Society of Chemotherapy (SEQ), Spaish Society of Internal Medicine (SEMI) and the working group of Postoperative Infection of the Spanish Society of Anesthesia and Reanimation (SEDAR). Revista Española de Quimioterapia. 33(2). 151–175. 15 indexed citations

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Reigadas, Elena, et al.. (2020). Role of Clostridioides difficile in hospital environment and healthcare workers. Anaerobe. 63. 102204–102204. 7 indexed citations

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Reigadas, Elena, Luís Alcalá, Mercedes Marín, et al.. (2019). Clostridioides difficile contamination in a clinical microbiology laboratory?. Clinical Microbiology and Infection. 26(3). 340–344. 5 indexed citations

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Reigadas, Elena, Luís Alcalá, M. Marín, A. Martín, & Emilio Bouza. (2017). C. difficile PCR-ribotype 023 might go undetected when using ChromId C. difficile agar. Anaerobe. 44. 34–35. 5 indexed citations

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Reigadas, Elena, Luís Alcalá, M. Marín, A. Martín, & Emilio Bouza. (2017). Clinical, immunological and microbiological predictors of poor outcome in Clostridium difficile infection. Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease. 88(4). 330–334. 9 indexed citations

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Reigadas, Elena, Luís Alcalá, M. Marín, et al.. (2015). Clinical significance of direct cytotoxicity and toxigenic culture in Clostridium difficile infection. Anaerobe. 37. 38–42. 12 indexed citations

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Bouza, Emilio, Marta Rodríguez‐Créixems, Luís Alcalá, et al.. (2015). Is Clostridium difficile infection an increasingly common severe disease in adult intensive care units? A 10-year experience. Journal of Critical Care. 30(3). 543–549. 24 indexed citations

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Alcalá, Luís, Elena Reigadas, M. Marín, et al.. (2015). Impact of clinical awareness and diagnostic tests on the underdiagnosis of Clostridium difficile infection. European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases. 34(8). 1515–1525. 52 indexed citations

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Bouza, Emilio, et al.. (2015). Spectrum of Clostridium difficile infections: Particular clinical situations. Anaerobe. 37. 3–7. 4 indexed citations

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Bouza, Emilio, Alia Eworo, Ana Fernández‐Cruz, et al.. (2013). Catheter-related bloodstream infections caused by Gram-negative bacteria. Journal of Hospital Infection. 85(4). 316–320. 23 indexed citations

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Reigadas, Elena, et al.. (2012). Catheter-related bloodstream infection caused by Enterococcus spp.. Clinical Microbiology and Infection. 19(5). 457–461. 21 indexed citations

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