Mary Bessesen

2.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
56 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Mary Bessesen is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Infectious Diseases and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Mary Bessesen has authored 56 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Epidemiology, 22 papers in Infectious Diseases and 13 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Mary Bessesen's work include Infection Control and Ventilation (12 papers), Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus (10 papers) and Appendicitis Diagnosis and Management (8 papers). Mary Bessesen is often cited by papers focused on Infection Control and Ventilation (12 papers), Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus (10 papers) and Appendicitis Diagnosis and Management (8 papers). Mary Bessesen collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Spain. Mary Bessesen's co-authors include Connie Price, Daniel N. Frank, Edward N. Janoff, Norman R. Pace, Leah M. Feazel, Lewis J. Radonovich, Julia Y. Wagner, Kenneth E. Sherman, Lynn D. Condreay and Trish M. Perl and has published in prestigious journals such as JAMA, PLoS ONE and Applied and Environmental Microbiology.

In The Last Decade

Mary Bessesen

52 papers receiving 1.6k citations

Hit Papers

N95 Respirators vs Medical Masks for Preventing Influenza... 2019 2026 2021 2023 2019 100 200 300
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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. N95 Respirators vs Medical Masks for Preventing Influenza Among Health Care Personnel
    2019 305 citations Lewis J. Radonovich, Michael S. Simberkoff et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Mary Bessesen United States 19 585 463 348 256 181 56 1.6k
Ralf‐Peter Vonberg Germany 28 805 1.4× 508 1.1× 409 1.2× 233 0.9× 159 0.9× 67 2.3k
Shirley Paton Canada 20 659 1.1× 544 1.2× 481 1.4× 158 0.6× 143 0.8× 34 1.9k
Stephen Y. Liang United States 28 780 1.3× 881 1.9× 343 1.0× 136 0.5× 189 1.0× 109 2.3k
David Looke Australia 23 475 0.8× 678 1.5× 169 0.5× 217 0.8× 53 0.3× 75 2.0k
Caroline Quach Canada 30 1.4k 2.4× 1.5k 3.2× 357 1.0× 169 0.7× 95 0.5× 216 3.5k
Brigid Wilson United States 25 730 1.2× 481 1.0× 474 1.4× 170 0.7× 114 0.6× 155 2.2k
Evridiki K. Vouloumanou Greece 29 683 1.2× 1.6k 3.4× 164 0.5× 282 1.1× 86 0.5× 47 2.9k
David T. Kuhar United States 21 990 1.7× 512 1.1× 306 0.9× 93 0.4× 283 1.6× 45 1.9k
Ki Tae Kwon South Korea 29 791 1.4× 1.0k 2.2× 129 0.4× 242 0.9× 146 0.8× 170 2.9k
Sebastian Haller Germany 21 519 0.9× 443 1.0× 437 1.3× 213 0.8× 68 0.4× 61 1.9k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Mary Bessesen

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Mary Bessesen

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All Works

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Berry, Andrew C., et al.. (2025). Implementation of a nurse-driven protocol for indwelling urinary catheter removal and novel utilization dashboard: a pre/postintervention observational study. Therapeutic Advances in Infectious Disease. 12. 2038552716–2038552716.
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Bonomo, Robert A., Romney M. Humphries, Fredrick M. Abrahamian, et al.. (2024). 2024 Clinical Practice Guideline Update by the Infectious Diseases Society of America on Complicated Intra-abdominal Infections: Utility of Blood Cultures in Adults, Children, and Pregnant People. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 79(Supplement_3). S118–S122. 7 indexed citations
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Bonomo, Robert A., Romney M. Humphries, Fredrick M. Abrahamian, et al.. (2024). 2024 Clinical Practice Guideline Update by the Infectious Diseases Society of America on Complicated Intra-abdominal Infections: Utility of Intra-abdominal Fluid Cultures in Adults, Children, and Pregnant People. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 79(Supplement_3). S123–S126. 7 indexed citations
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Bessesen, Mary. (2024). Interventions targeting the nasal microbiome to eradicate methicilin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Clinical Microbiology and Infection. 31(2). 190–193. 1 indexed citations
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Bonomo, Robert A., Pranita D. Tamma, Fredrick M. Abrahamian, et al.. (2024). 2024 Clinical Practice Guideline Update by the Infectious Diseases Society of America on Complicated Intra-abdominal Infections: Diagnostic Imaging of Suspected Acute Appendicitis in Adults, Children, and Pregnant People. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 79(Supplement_3). S94–S103. 8 indexed citations
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Bessesen, Mary, Susan M Rattigan, Derek A. T. Cummings, et al.. (2021). Outpatient healthcare personnel knowledge and attitudes towards infection prevention measures for protection from respiratory infections. American Journal of Infection Control. 49(11). 1369–1375. 2 indexed citations
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Los, Jenna, Charlotte A. Gaydos, Cynthia L. Gibert, et al.. (2021). Take-home kits to detect respiratory viruses among healthcare personnel: Lessons learned from a cluster randomized clinical trial. American Journal of Infection Control. 49(7). 893–899. 1 indexed citations
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Simberkoff, Michael S., Susan M Rattigan, Charlotte A. Gaydos, et al.. (2021). Impact of mandatory vaccination of healthcare personnel on rates of influenza and other viral respiratory pathogens. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 43(9). 1216–1220. 5 indexed citations
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Bessesen, Mary, Gheorghe Doros, Kelly Harrington, et al.. (2020). A multicenter randomized placebo controlled trial of rifampin to reduce pedal amputations for osteomyelitis in veterans with diabetes (VA INTREPID). BMC Infectious Diseases. 20(1). 23–23. 16 indexed citations
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Erlandson, Kristine M., Kellie L. Hawkins, Jacob Langness, et al.. (2018). Low Rates of Vaccination for Herpes Zoster in Older People Living With HIV. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. 34(7). 603–606. 10 indexed citations
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Benoit, Jeanne, Daniel N. Frank, & Mary Bessesen. (2018). Genomic evolution of Staphylococcus aureus isolates colonizing the nares and progressing to bacteremia. PLoS ONE. 13(5). e0195860–e0195860. 18 indexed citations
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Bessesen, Mary, et al.. (2017). When Sterile Processing Goes Down: An Economic Analysis of Alternative Strategies for Supporting the Service. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 38(8). 1002–1004. 1 indexed citations
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Radonovich, Lewis J., Mary Bessesen, Derek A. T. Cummings, et al.. (2016). The Respiratory Protection Effectiveness Clinical Trial (ResPECT): a cluster-randomized comparison of respirator and medical mask effectiveness against respiratory infections in healthcare personnel. BMC Infectious Diseases. 16(1). 243–243. 26 indexed citations
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Bessesen, Mary, et al.. (2015). Disinfection of reusable elastomeric respirators by health care workers: A feasibility study and development of standard operating procedures. American Journal of Infection Control. 43(6). 629–634. 36 indexed citations
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Hosokawa, Patrick, et al.. (2015). Risk of MRSA Infection in Patients with Intermittent versus Persistent MRSA Nares Colonization. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 36(11). 1292–1297. 11 indexed citations
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Bessesen, Mary, et al.. (2013). Comparison of control strategies for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. American Journal of Infection Control. 41(11). 1048–1052. 15 indexed citations
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Anderson, Judith, et al.. (2010). Using human factors engineering to improve the effectiveness of infection prevention and control. Critical Care Medicine. 38(8 Suppl). S269–S281. 55 indexed citations
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Jenkins, Timothy C, Bruce D. McCollister, Rohini Sharma, et al.. (2009). Epidemiology of Healthcare-Associated Bloodstream Infection Caused by USA300 Strains of Methicillin-ResistantStaphylococcus aureusin 3 Affiliated Hospitals. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 30(3). 233–241. 47 indexed citations
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Wyles, David, Amita Patel, Nancy Madinger, et al.. (2005). Development of Herpes Simplex Virus Disease in Patients Who Are Receiving Cidofovir. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 41(5). 676–680. 26 indexed citations
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Bessesen, Mary, et al.. (1999). Chronic Active Hepatitis B Exacerbations in Human Immunodeficiency Virus‐Infected Patients Following Development of Resistance to or Withdrawal of Lamivudine. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 28(5). 1032–1035. 137 indexed citations

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