Paul Bourbeau

2.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
50 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Paul Bourbeau is a scholar working on Clinical Biochemistry, Epidemiology and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, Paul Bourbeau has authored 50 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Clinical Biochemistry, 22 papers in Epidemiology and 18 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in Paul Bourbeau's work include Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing (25 papers), Streptococcal Infections and Treatments (17 papers) and Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus (10 papers). Paul Bourbeau is often cited by papers focused on Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing (25 papers), Streptococcal Infections and Treatments (17 papers) and Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus (10 papers). Paul Bourbeau collaborates with scholars based in United States. Paul Bourbeau's co-authors include Barbara J. Heiter, Nathan A. Ledeboer, Miller Jm, Robin Patel, Sandra S. Richter, Karen C. Carroll, Michael Foltzer, Melvin P. Weinstein, Betty A. Forbes and Jon E. Rosenblatt and has published in prestigious journals such as Clinical Infectious Diseases, Journal of Bacteriology and Journal of Clinical Microbiology.

In The Last Decade

Paul Bourbeau

48 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Hit Papers

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  1. A Guide to Utilization of the Microbiology Laboratory for Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases: 2013 Recommendations by the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) and the American Society for Microbiology (ASM)a
    2013 392 citations Ellen Jo Baron, Miller Jm et al. Clinical Infectious Diseases profile →

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Paul Bourbeau United States 20 694 634 464 402 102 50 1.4k
Robert C. Jerris United States 21 873 1.3× 538 0.8× 359 0.8× 749 1.9× 139 1.4× 53 1.9k
Nancy K. Henry United States 20 495 0.7× 445 0.7× 313 0.7× 501 1.2× 192 1.9× 48 1.2k
Franklin P. Koontz United States 19 504 0.7× 396 0.6× 199 0.4× 401 1.0× 141 1.4× 55 1.2k
Cathy A. Petti United States 22 946 1.4× 316 0.5× 348 0.8× 588 1.5× 127 1.2× 59 1.7k
Stéphane Emonet Switzerland 24 728 1.0× 552 0.9× 369 0.8× 317 0.8× 283 2.8× 64 1.7k
Joan Barenfanger United States 16 555 0.8× 396 0.6× 142 0.3× 376 0.9× 41 0.4× 34 1.1k
Tahaniyat Lalani United States 21 750 1.1× 257 0.4× 363 0.8× 884 2.2× 203 2.0× 88 1.6k
James A. Kellogg United States 17 574 0.8× 326 0.5× 426 0.9× 228 0.6× 47 0.5× 47 995
Elizabeth Palavecino United States 22 472 0.7× 312 0.5× 169 0.4× 529 1.3× 78 0.8× 89 1.4k
Rosemary C. She United States 23 564 0.8× 322 0.5× 229 0.5× 418 1.0× 169 1.7× 85 1.6k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Paul Bourbeau

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Paul Bourbeau

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Paul Bourbeau. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Paul Bourbeau 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 Paul Bourbeau. Paul Bourbeau is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Baron, Ellen Jo, Miller Jm, Melvin P. Weinstein, et al.. (2013). A Guide to Utilization of the Microbiology Laboratory for Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases: 2013 Recommendations by the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) and the American Society for Microbiology (ASM)a. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 57(4). e22–e121. 392 indexed citations breakdown →
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Bourbeau, Paul, et al.. (2011). Answer to March 2011 Photo Quiz. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 49(3). 1194–1194. 1 indexed citations
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Bourbeau, Paul & Carey‐Ann D. Burnham. (2011). What Happened to Research in Clinical Microbiology in the United States?. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 49(9_Supplement). 1 indexed citations
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Riedel, Stefan, Paul Bourbeau, Karen C. Carroll, et al.. (2008). Timing of Specimen Collection for Blood Cultures from Febrile Patients with Bacteremia. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 46(4). 1381–1385. 78 indexed citations
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Bourbeau, Paul, et al.. (2007). Use of CultureSwab Plus Swabs with Amies Gel Agar for Testing of Naris Specimens with the GeneOhm MRSA Assay. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 45(7). 2281–2283. 2 indexed citations
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Ryan, Michael T., et al.. (2006). Fontana‐Positive Grains in Mycetoma Caused by Microsporum canis. Pediatric Dermatology. 23(5). 473–475. 10 indexed citations
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Hinestrosa, Federico, Svetolik Djurkovic, Paul Bourbeau, & Michael Foltzer. (2006). Propionibacterium acnes as a Cause of Prosthetic Valve Aortic Root Abscess. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 45(1). 259–261. 17 indexed citations
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Sautter, Robert L., et al.. (2006). Effects of Delayed-Entry Conditions on the Recovery and Detection of Microorganisms from BacT/ALERT and BACTEC Blood Culture Bottles. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 44(4). 1245–1249. 51 indexed citations
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Bourbeau, Paul & Michael Foltzer. (2005). Routine Incubation of BacT/ALERT FA and FN Blood Culture Bottles for More than 3 Days May Not Be Necessary. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 43(5). 2506–2509. 31 indexed citations
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Bourbeau, Paul & Barbara J. Heiter. (2004). Use of Swabs without Transport Media for the Gen-Probe Group A Strep Direct Test. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 42(7). 3207–3211. 5 indexed citations
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Nikkari, Simo, et al.. (2002). Identification of Cardiobacterium hominis by Broad-Range Bacterial Polymerase Chain Reaction Analysis in a Case of Culture-Negative Endocarditis. Archives of Internal Medicine. 162(4). 477–477. 22 indexed citations
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Bourbeau, Paul, et al.. (1999). Evaluation of Light Diagnostics SimulFluor HSV/VZV Immunofluorescence assay. Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease. 35(3). 205–208. 3 indexed citations
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Wilkerson, Myra L., Sigrid K. McAllister, Miller Jm, Barbara J. Heiter, & Paul Bourbeau. (1997). Comparison of five agglutination tests for identification of Staphylococcus aureus. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 35(1). 148–151. 37 indexed citations
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Jensen, Gordon L., et al.. (1994). Risk Factors for Clostridium difficile Stool Cytotoxin b among Critically III Patients: Role of Sucralfate. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 170(1). 227–230. 16 indexed citations
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Bourbeau, Paul, Barbara J. Heiter, John P. Anhalt, & D W Naumovitz. (1993). Comparison of direct specimen testing utilizing testpack strep a with testing of specimens following a two-hour broth enrichment. Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease. 17(2). 93–96. 10 indexed citations
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Bourbeau, Paul, Barbara J. Heiter, & D W Naumovitz. (1992). Nonvalue of terminal aerobic subculture of unvented Roche Columbia broth blood culture bottles. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 30(2). 495–496. 5 indexed citations
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Bourbeau, Paul, et al.. (1990). Ophthalmia neonatorum caused by Neisseria cinerea. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 28(7). 1640–1641. 14 indexed citations

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