Gayatri Vedantam

2.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
44 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Gayatri Vedantam is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Molecular Biology and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Gayatri Vedantam has authored 44 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 33 papers in Infectious Diseases, 16 papers in Molecular Biology and 15 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Gayatri Vedantam's work include Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research (30 papers), Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology (14 papers) and Microscopic Colitis (12 papers). Gayatri Vedantam is often cited by papers focused on Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research (30 papers), Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology (14 papers) and Microscopic Colitis (12 papers). Gayatri Vedantam collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and France. Gayatri Vedantam's co-authors include V. K. Viswanathan, Michael Mallozzi, Dale N. Gerding, Stuart Johnson, Jennifer R. O’Connor, Susan P. Sambol, Bryan Roxas, Julian I. Rood, Tongted Phumoonna and Glen P. Carter and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Gastroenterology and PLoS ONE.

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Gayatri Vedantam

43 papers receiving 2.1k citations

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Toxin B is essential for virulence of Clostridium difficile

2009 589 citations Jennifer R. O’Connor, Susan P. Sambol et al. profile →

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#	Title	Journal	Authors	Indexed citations
1	CAT-GxD: Centralized access to gene expression datasets	Anaerobe	Jennifer Lising Roxas, Jessica Guo et al.	0
2	Clostridioides difficile superoxide reductase mitigates oxygen sensitivity	Journal of Bacteriology	V. K. Viswanathan, Gayatri Vedantam et al.	4
3	Prevalence of diagnostically-discrepant Clostridioides difficile clinical specimens: insights from longitudinal surveillance	Frontiers in Medicine	William Lainhart, Kareem W. Shehab et al.	1
4	Oligofructose improves small intestinal lipid-sensing mechanisms via alterations to the small intestinal microbiota	Microbiome	Archana Kangath, Sierra A. Jaramillo et al.	27
5	Surface-displayed glycopolymers of Clostridioides difficile	Current Opinion in Microbiology	Gayatri Vedantam et al.	3
6	The Alternative Sigma Factor SigL Influences Clostridioides difficile Toxin Production, Sporulation, and Cell Surface Properties	Frontiers in Microbiology	Andrew E. Clark, V. K. Viswanathan et al.	7
7	Nonsteroidal Anti-inflammatory Drugs Alter the Microbiota and Exacerbate Clostridium difficile Colitis while Dysregulating the Inflammatory Response	mBio	Damián Maseda, Joseph P. Zackular et al.	43
8	Biofilm Structures in a Mono-Associated Mouse Model of Clostridium difficile Infection	Frontiers in Microbiology	Françoise Gaudin, Sandra Hoÿs et al.	52
9	A Clostridium difficile Cell Wall Glycopolymer Locus Influences Bacterial Shape, Polysaccharide Production and Virulence	PLoS Pathogens	Michael Mallozzi, Bryan Roxas et al.	36
10	Characterisation of Clostridium difficile strains isolated from Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa	European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases	Brian Kullin, Gayatri Vedantam et al.	18
11	Carbohydrate-basedClostridium difficilevaccines	Expert Review of Vaccines	Mário A. Monteiro, Zuchao Ma et al.	39
12	Leptin signaling protects the gut fromEntamoeba histolyticainfection	Gut Microbes	Gayatri Vedantam, V. K. Viswanathan	12
13	Naming names	Gut Microbes	Gayatri Vedantam, V. K. Viswanathan	2
14	Vaccination With Parenteral Toxoid B Protects Hamsters Against Lethal Challenge With Toxin A–Negative, Toxin B–Positive Clostridium difficile but Does Not Prevent Colonization	The Journal of Infectious Diseases	Farida Siddiqui, Jennifer R. O’Connor et al.	31
15	Identification of Novel Pathogenicity Loci in Clostridium perfringens Strains That Cause Avian Necrotic Enteritis	PLoS ONE	Dion Lepp, Bryan Roxas et al.	91
16	Clostridium difficileinfection	Gut Microbes	V. K. Viswanathan, Michael Mallozzi et al.	84
17	Clostridium perfringens alpha toxin is produced in the intestines of broiler chicks inoculated with an alpha toxin mutant	Anaerobe	Hien T. Trinh, Michael Mallozzi et al.	17
18	Characterization of BctA, a mating apparatus protein required for transfer of the Bacteroides fragilis conjugal element BTF-37	Research in Microbiology	David W. Hecht, Gayatri Vedantam et al.	5
19	Antibiotic Resistance Among Anaerobes: What Does it Mean?	Anaerobe	David W. Hecht, Gayatri Vedantam et al.	17
20	Characterization of a Mutationally Altered Dihydropteroate Synthase Contributing to Sulfathiazole Resistance in Escherichia coli	Microbial Drug Resistance	Gayatri Vedantam, Brian P. Nichols	19

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