Gaby E. Pfyffer

5.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
63 papers, 3.6k citations indexed

About

Gaby E. Pfyffer is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Infectious Diseases and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Gaby E. Pfyffer has authored 63 papers receiving a total of 3.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 39 papers in Epidemiology, 33 papers in Infectious Diseases and 13 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Gaby E. Pfyffer's work include Mycobacterium research and diagnosis (37 papers), Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology (25 papers) and Diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis (9 papers). Gaby E. Pfyffer is often cited by papers focused on Mycobacterium research and diagnosis (37 papers), Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology (25 papers) and Diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis (9 papers). Gaby E. Pfyffer collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, Germany and United States. Gaby E. Pfyffer's co-authors include Salman H. Siddiqi, Sabine Rüsch–Gerdes, Richard J. Wallace, Gail L. Woods, Grace Lin, Edward Desmond, Geraldine S. Hall, Nancy G. Warren, Frank G. Witebsky and Patricia S. Conville and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, JAMA and Circulation.

In The Last Decade

Gaby E. Pfyffer

62 papers receiving 3.5k 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.

Susceptibility Testing of Mycobacteria, Nocardiae, and Other Aerobic Actinomycetes

2011 917 citations Gail L. Woods, Gaby E. Pfyffer et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Gaby E. Pfyffer Switzerland	28	2.7k	2.3k	858	792	692	63	3.6k
Thomas A. Kohl Germany	30	2.1k 0.8×	2.0k 0.9×	717 0.8×	196 0.2×	1.1k 1.6×	90	3.2k
Patricia S. Conville United States	25	2.0k 0.7×	1.3k 0.5×	337 0.4×	1.7k 2.2×	471 0.7×	44	3.2k
Gloria M. González Mexico	31	2.0k 0.7×	2.2k 0.9×	56 0.1×	467 0.6×	368 0.5×	163	3.1k
Tin Sein United States	31	3.4k 1.3×	4.4k 1.9×	85 0.1×	721 0.9×	325 0.5×	54	5.0k
Therdsak Prammananan Thailand	23	922 0.3×	995 0.4×	291 0.3×	114 0.1×	663 1.0×	59	1.7k
P. Lewis White United Kingdom	33	2.6k 1.0×	3.0k 1.3×	87 0.1×	447 0.6×	298 0.4×	112	3.8k
Smith Shadomy United States	30	1.9k 0.7×	2.0k 0.8×	99 0.1×	292 0.4×	294 0.4×	108	3.2k
Michaela Lackner Austria	30	1.5k 0.6×	1.9k 0.8×	65 0.1×	310 0.4×	280 0.4×	104	2.5k
Fangyou Yu China	34	744 0.3×	1.6k 0.7×	159 0.2×	94 0.1×	1.6k 2.3×	162	3.6k
Mark Fisher United States	18	489 0.2×	482 0.2×	81 0.1×	111 0.1×	413 0.6×	48	1.5k

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Kaniga, Koné, Daniela María Cirillo, Sven Hoffner, et al.. (2016). A Multilaboratory, Multicountry Study To Determine Bedaquiline MIC Quality Control Ranges for Phenotypic Drug Susceptibility Testing. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 54(12). 2956–2962. 35 indexed citations

Macheras, Edouard, Anne‐Laure Roux, Sylvaine Bastian, et al.. (2014). Multilocus sequence typing scheme for the Mycobacterium abscessus complex. Research in Microbiology. 165(2). 82–90. 46 indexed citations

Pfyffer, Gaby E., et al.. (2012). Incubation Time of Mycobacterial Cultures: How Long Is Long Enough To Issue a Final Negative Report to the Clinician?. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 50(12). 4188–4189. 76 indexed citations

Feller, Martin, Karin Huwiler, Roger Stephan, et al.. (2007). Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis and Crohn's disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis. The Lancet Infectious Diseases. 7(9). 607–613. 400 indexed citations

Hilty, Markus, Gaby E. Pfyffer, Franca Baggi, et al.. (2006). Mycobacterium bovisIsolates from Tuberculous Lesions in Chadian Zebu Carcasses. Emerging infectious diseases. 12(5). 769–771. 49 indexed citations

Pfyffer, Gaby E.. (2004). Stellenwert der Polymeraseketten-Reaktion (PCR) und anderer Amplifikationsverfahren in der Diagnostik der Tuberkulose. Pneumologie. 58(3). 160–164. 7 indexed citations

Kuttenberger, Johannes, et al.. (2004). Mit Knochenkollektor bei dentaler Implantation gewonnenes Knochenmaterial. Mund- Kiefer- und Gesichtschirurgie. 9(1). 18–23. 11 indexed citations

Ruef, C., et al.. (2003). Peritoneal tuberculosis mimicking advanced ovarian cancer in a patient treated with methotrexate for chronic rheumatoid arthritis. Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. 23(3). 315–316. 3 indexed citations

Pfyffer, Gaby E., et al.. (2001). Can the API (RAPID) Coryne system be used for identification of rapidly growing mycobacteria?. Journal of Microbiological Methods. 43(3). 241–244. 1 indexed citations

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Hale, Yvonne M., Gaby E. Pfyffer, & Max Salfinger. (2001). Laboratory Diagnosis of Mycobacterial Infections: New Tools and Lessons Learned. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 33(6). 834–846. 63 indexed citations

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Catanzaro, Antonino, Sharon Perry, Jill E. Clarridge, et al.. (2000). The Role of Clinical Suspicion in Evaluating a New Diagnostic Test for Active Tuberculosis. JAMA. 283(5). 639–639. 109 indexed citations

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Pfyffer, Gaby E.. (1999). Nucleic acid amplification for mycobacterial diagnosis. Journal of Infection. 39(1). 21–26. 13 indexed citations

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Pfyffer, Gaby E., et al.. (1998). Three Episodes of Tuberculosis–To Multidrug Resistance and Back to Susceptibility. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 26(1). 219–220. 1 indexed citations

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Pfyffer, Gaby E., et al.. (1997). Mycobacterium smegmatis Infection in a Healthy Woman Following a Facelift: Case Report and Review of the Literature. Annals of Plastic Surgery. 39(1). 80–83. 20 indexed citations

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Stricker, Tamar, Ulrich Willi, Gaby E. Pfyffer, & David Nadal. (1996). A school-girl with constipation. The Lancet. 348(9023). 306–306. 2 indexed citations

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Graevenitz, Alexander von, et al.. (1994). Identification of coryneform and other Gram‐positive rods with several methods. Apmis. 102(1-6). 381–389. 22 indexed citations

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Neumeister, Birgid, T E Mandel, Eva Grüner, & Gaby E. Pfyffer. (1993). Brevibacterium species as a cause of osteomyelitis in a neonate. Infection. 21(3). 177–178. 18 indexed citations

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Pfyffer, Gaby E. & Dora M. Rast. (1989). Accumulation of acyclic polyols and trehalose as related to growth form and carbohydrate source in the dimorphic fungi Mucor rouxii and Candida albicans. Mycopathologia. 105(1). 25–33. 7 indexed citations

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Pfyffer, Gaby E., et al.. (1987). Calcium-binding proteins in carcinoma, neuroblastoma and glioma cell lines. Archiv für Pathologische Anatomie und Physiologie und für Klinische Medicin. 412(2). 135–144. 4 indexed citations

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Pfyffer, Gaby E., Liane Bologa, N. Herschkowitz, & Claus W. Heizmann. (1984). Parvalbumin, a Neuronal Protein in Brain Cell Cultures. Journal of Neurochemistry. 43(1). 49–57. 23 indexed citations

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