George Killgore

12.4k total citations · 6 hit papers
38 papers, 9.0k citations indexed

About

George Killgore is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Clinical Biochemistry and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, George Killgore has authored 38 papers receiving a total of 9.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 33 papers in Infectious Diseases, 15 papers in Clinical Biochemistry and 14 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in George Killgore's work include Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research (20 papers), Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus (17 papers) and Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing (15 papers). George Killgore is often cited by papers focused on Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research (20 papers), Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus (17 papers) and Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing (15 papers). George Killgore collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Uganda. George Killgore's co-authors include Fred C. Tenover, L. Clifford McDonald, Angela Thompson, Linda K. McDougal, Sigrid K. McAllister, Jasmine Chaitram, Stuart Johnson, Dale N. Gerding, Sophia V. Kazakova and Susan P. Sambol and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, New England Journal of Medicine and The Lancet.

In The Last Decade

George Killgore

38 papers receiving 8.6k citations

Hit Papers

An Epidemic, Toxin Gene–Variant Strain of Clostridium dif... 2003 2026 2010 2018 2005 2003 2005 2003 2005 500 1000 1.5k
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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.

  1. An Epidemic, Toxin Gene–Variant Strain of Clostridium difficile
    2005 1.6k citations L. Clifford McDonald, George Killgore et al. New England Journal of Medicine profile →
  2. Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis Typing of Oxacillin-ResistantStaphylococcus aureusIsolates from the United States: Establishing a National Database
    2003 1.2k citations Linda K. McDougal, George Killgore et al. Journal of Clinical Microbiology profile →
  3. Toxin production by an emerging strain of Clostridium difficile associated with outbreaks of severe disease in North America and Europe
    2005 1.1k citations Michel Warny, Jean‐Louis Pépin et al. The Lancet profile →
  4. Genetic Analysis of a High-Level Vancomycin-Resistant Isolate of Staphylococcus aureus
    2003 668 citations Linda M. Weigel, Don B. Clewell et al. Science profile →
  5. A Clone of Methicillin-ResistantStaphylococcus aureusamong Professional Football Players
    2005 565 citations Sophia V. Kazakova, Jeffrey Hageman et al. New England Journal of Medicine profile →
  6. Prevalence ofStaphylococcus aureusNasal Colonization in the United States, 2001–2002
    2005 528 citations Matthew J. Kuehnert, Deanna Kruszon‐Moran et al. The Journal of Infectious Diseases profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
George Killgore United States 31 7.9k 3.6k 2.2k 2.1k 1.0k 38 9.0k
Peter H. Gilligan United States 47 3.5k 0.4× 4.0k 1.1× 1.6k 0.7× 1.0k 0.5× 790 0.8× 132 8.5k
Jan E. Patterson United States 46 4.4k 0.6× 3.5k 1.0× 899 0.4× 1.7k 0.8× 1.4k 1.3× 134 8.0k
Maury E. Mulligan United States 36 4.4k 0.6× 2.6k 0.7× 840 0.4× 885 0.4× 354 0.3× 65 5.7k
Brandi Limbago United States 42 5.3k 0.7× 3.5k 1.0× 2.0k 0.9× 2.3k 1.1× 632 0.6× 85 10.3k
Carl Erik Nord Sweden 44 2.7k 0.3× 1.8k 0.5× 1.9k 0.8× 877 0.4× 779 0.8× 179 7.0k
Franz Allerberger Austria 45 3.7k 0.5× 1.7k 0.5× 1.2k 0.6× 523 0.3× 696 0.7× 340 8.3k
Mi‐Na Kim South Korea 42 3.2k 0.4× 2.9k 0.8× 1.4k 0.6× 1.1k 0.5× 460 0.4× 341 6.5k
Stuart H. Cohen United States 31 4.8k 0.6× 3.6k 1.0× 801 0.4× 410 0.2× 294 0.3× 110 6.4k
S M Finegold United States 42 2.1k 0.3× 1.3k 0.4× 1.2k 0.5× 1.6k 0.8× 1.0k 1.0× 126 5.7k
Benito Almirante Spain 47 4.3k 0.6× 5.1k 1.4× 530 0.2× 1.0k 0.5× 1.4k 1.3× 235 8.3k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of George Killgore

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of George Killgore. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of George Killgore based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with George Killgore. George Killgore is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
1.
Songer, J. Glenn, Hien T. Trinh, George Killgore, et al.. (2009). Clostridium difficilein Retail Meat Products, USA, 2007. Emerging infectious diseases. 15(5). 819–821. 220 indexed citations
2.
Boyce, John M., Nancy L. Havill, Jonathan A. Otter, et al.. (2008). Impact of Hydrogen Peroxide Vapor Room Decontamination onClostridium difficileEnvironmental Contamination and Transmission in a Healthcare Setting. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 29(8). 723–729. 175 indexed citations
3.
Lind, Leah, Meghan B. Brennan, L. Tkatch, et al.. (2007). Moxifloxacin Therapy as a Risk Factor forClostridium difficile–Associated Disease During an Outbreak: Attempts to Control a New Epidemic Strain. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 28(2). 198–201. 69 indexed citations
4.
Dubberke, Erik R., Kimberly A. Reske, Judith Noble‐Wang, et al.. (2007). Prevalence of Clostridium difficile environmental contamination and strain variability in multiple health care facilities. American Journal of Infection Control. 35(5). 315–318. 115 indexed citations
5.
Estívariz, Concepción F., Sarah Y. Park, Jeffrey Hageman, et al.. (2006). Emergence of community-associated methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Hawaii, 2001–2003. Journal of Infection. 54(4). 349–357. 31 indexed citations
6.
Beilman, Gregory J., David E. Skarda, Bette Jensen, et al.. (2005). Emerging Infections with Community-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Outpatients at an Army Community Hospital. Surgical Infections. 6(1). 87–92. 31 indexed citations
7.
Kuehnert, Matthew J., Deanna Kruszon‐Moran, Holly A. Hill, et al.. (2005). Prevalence ofStaphylococcus aureusNasal Colonization in the United States, 2001–2002. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 193(2). 172–179. 528 indexed citations breakdown →
8.
Warny, Michel, Jean‐Louis Pépin, Aiqi Fang, et al.. (2005). Toxin production by an emerging strain of Clostridium difficile associated with outbreaks of severe disease in North America and Europe. The Lancet. 366(9491). 1079–1084. 1138 indexed citations breakdown →
9.
Sobel, Jeremy, Charles G. Mixter, Amita Gupta, et al.. (2005). Necrotizing Enterocolitis Associated with Clostridium perfringens Type A in Previously Healthy North American Adults. Journal of the American College of Surgeons. 201(1). 48–56. 35 indexed citations
10.
McDonald, L. Clifford, George Killgore, Angela Thompson, et al.. (2005). An Epidemic, Toxin Gene–Variant Strain of Clostridium difficile. New England Journal of Medicine. 353(23). 2433–2441. 1561 indexed citations breakdown →
11.
Kazakova, Sophia V., Jeffrey Hageman, Matthew J. Matava, et al.. (2005). A Clone of Methicillin-ResistantStaphylococcus aureusamong Professional Football Players. New England Journal of Medicine. 352(5). 468–475. 565 indexed citations breakdown →
12.
Gaynes, Robert P., et al.. (2004). Outbreak ofClostridium difficileInfection in a Long‐Term Care Facility: Association with Gatifloxacin Use. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 38(5). 640–645. 202 indexed citations
13.
Weigel, Linda M., Don B. Clewell, Steven R. Gill, et al.. (2003). Genetic Analysis of a High-Level Vancomycin-Resistant Isolate of Staphylococcus aureus. Science. 302(5650). 1569–1571. 668 indexed citations breakdown →
14.
Johnson, Stuart, Matthew H. Samore, Kylie A. Farrow, et al.. (1999). Epidemics of Diarrhea Caused by a Clindamycin-Resistant Strain ofClostridium difficilein Four Hospitals. New England Journal of Medicine. 341(22). 1645–1651. 273 indexed citations
15.
Fridkin, Scott K., et al.. (1998). Risk Factors for Early RecurrentClostridium difficile–Associated Diarrhea. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 26(4). 954–959. 63 indexed citations
16.
Samore, Matthew H., George Killgore, Stuart Johnson, et al.. (1997). Multicenter Typing Comparison of Sporadic and OutbreakClostridium difficileIsolates from Geographically Diverse Hospitals. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 176(5). 1233–1238. 52 indexed citations
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Bennett, John V., et al.. (1995). Further Observations on Ghee as a Risk Factor for Neonatal Tetanus. International Journal of Epidemiology. 24(3). 643–647. 30 indexed citations
18.
Kato, Naoki, et al.. (1993). Detection of ToxigenicClostridium difficilein Stool Specimens by the Polymerase Chain Reaction. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 167(2). 455–458. 60 indexed citations
19.
Kato, Haru, J. J. Cavallaro, Nobuyuki Kato, et al.. (1993). Typing of Clostridium difficile by western immunoblotting with 10 different antisera. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 31(2). 413–415. 16 indexed citations
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Starr, Stuart E., George Killgore, & V. R. Dowell. (1971). Comparison of Schaedler Agar and Trypticase Soy-Yeast Extract Agar for the Cultivation of Anaerobic Bacteria. Applied Microbiology. 22(4). 655–658. 10 indexed citations

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