Petra Gastmeier

42.1k citations

504 papers · 15.8k indexed · 3 hit papers · h-index 63

Impact in

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology top 0.02%
- Antibiotic Use and Resistance
Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine top 0.02%
- Nosocomial Infections in ICU

Papers in

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology 84
- Antibiotic Use and Resistance 84
Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine 166
- Nosocomial Infections in ICU 163

Co-authors: Christine Geffers Frank Schwab H. Rüden Michael Behnke D. Sohr Elisabeth Meyer Ralf‐Peter Vonberg Franz Daschner
Journals: Journal of Hospital Infection (62 papers)Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control (47 papers)Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology (46 papers)Infection (27 papers)Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy (14 papers)
Partner nations: Germany Switzerland Netherlands

In The Last Decade

Petra Gastmeier

491 papers receiving 15.1k citations

Hit Papers

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New WHO recommendations on intraoperative and postoperative measures for surgical site infection prevention: an evidence-based global perspective 2016 · 490 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2016 The Lancet Infectious Diseases
2016 Open Access CRIS of the University of Bern
2004 Therapeutische Umschau

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The 25 scholars most cited alongside Petra Gastmeier, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.

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1	The genetic relationship between human and pet isolates: a core genome multilocus sequence analysis of multidrug-resistant bacteria Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control ·Antonia Genath, Carolin Hackmann, Luisa A. Denkel, Anna Weber, Friederike Maechler, Axel Kola, Stefan Schwarz, Petra Gastmeier, Rasmus Leistner	2024	5
2	Infektionsprävention & Hygiene bei Tuberkulose – Empfehlungen des DZK Pneumologie ·Peter de Witte, Mardjan Arvand, Stefanie Barth, Roland Diel, Inna Friesen, Petra Gastmeier, Brit Häcker, Barbara Hauer, Martin Kuhns, Albert Nienhaus, Ralf Otto-Knapp, Elvira Richter, Nicoletta Wischnewski, Renate Ziegler, Torsten Bauer	2023	1
3	The Influence of Ventilation Measures on the Airborne Risk of Infection in Schools: A Scoping Review International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ·Sandra N. Jendrossek, Lukas A. Jurk, Kirsten Remmers, Yunus Emre Çetin, Wolfgang Sunder, Martin Kriegel, Petra Gastmeier	2023	13
4	Analysis of transmission-related third-generation cephalosporin-resistant Enterobacterales by electronic data mining and core genome multi-locus sequence typing Journal of Hospital Infection ·Anna Weber, Lisa Neffe, Luis Alberto Peña Diaz, Nicolas H. Thomä, Seven Johannes Sam Aghdassi, Luisa A. Denkel, Friederike Maechler, Michael Behnke, Susanne Häußler, Petra Gastmeier, Axel Kola	2023	3
5	Age as a risk factor for surgical site infections: German surveillance data on total hip replacement and total knee replacement procedures 2009 to 2018 Eurosurveillance ·P. Bischoff, Tobias Siegfried Kramer, C. Schröder, Michael Behnke, Frank Schwab, Christine Geffers, Petra Gastmeier, Seven Johannes Sam Aghdassi	2023	8
6	Quantification of time delay between screening and subsequent initiation of contact isolation for carriers of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL)–producing Enterobacterales: A post hoc subgroup analysis of the R-GNOSIS WP5 Trial Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology ·Friederike Maechler, Frank Schwab, Sonja Hansen, Michael Behnke, Marc J. M. Bonten, Rafael Cantón, Cristina Díaz-Agero Pérez, Carolina Fankhauser, Stephan Harbarth, Benedikt Huttner, Axel Kola, Petra Gastmeier	2023	2
7	Sink interventions in the ICU to reduce risk of infection or colonization with Gram-negative pathogens: a systematic review of the literature Journal of Hospital Infection ·Giovanni-Battista Fucini, Carolin Hackmann, Petra Gastmeier	2023	6
8	Predicting antimicrobial resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa with machine learning‐enabled molecular diagnostics EMBO Molecular Medicine ·Ariane Khaledi, Aaron Weimann, Monika Schniederjans, Ehsaneddin Asgari, Tzu‐Hao Kuo, Antonio Oliver, Gabriel Cabot, Axel Kola, Petra Gastmeier, Michael Hogardt, Daniel E Jonas, Mohammad RK Mofrad, Andreas Bremges, Alice C. McHardy, Susanne Häußler	2020	127
9	Summer, sun and sepsis—The influence of outside temperature on nosocomial bloodstream infections: A cohort study and review of the literature PLoS ONE ·Frank Schwab, Petra Gastmeier, Peter Hoffmann, Elisabeth Meyer	2020	24
10	ICU mortality following ICU-acquired primary bloodstream infections according to the type of pathogen: A prospective cohort study in 937 Germany ICUs (2006-2015) PLoS ONE ·Frank Schwab, Christine Geffers, Michael Behnke, Petra Gastmeier	2018	37
11	Continuous increase of vancomycin resistance in enterococci causing nosocomial infections in Germany − 10 years of surveillance Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control ·Cornelius Remschmidt, C. Schröder, Michael Behnke, Petra Gastmeier, Christine Geffers, Tobias Siegfried Kramer	2018	97
12	Pathogen-Specific Clustering of Nosocomial Blood Stream Infections in Very Preterm Infants PEDIATRICS ·Felix Reichert, Brar Piening, Christine Geffers, Petra Gastmeier, Christoph Bührer, Frank Schwab	2016	17
13	STROBE-AMS: recommendations to optimise reporting of epidemiological studies on antimicrobial resistance and informing improvement in antimicrobial stewardship BMJ Open ·Evelina Tacconelli, Maria Adriana Cataldo, Mical Paul, Leonard Leibovici, Jan Kluytmans, Wiebke Schröder, Federico Foschi, Giulia De Angelis, Chiara de Waure, Chiara Cadeddu, Nico T. Mutters, Petra Gastmeier, B. Cookson	2016	55
14	Infektionsinzidenz von Katheterverfahren zur Regionalanästhesie : Erste Ergebnisse aus dem Netzwerk von DGAI und BDA (Originalien) OPUS (Augsburg University) ·Thomas Volk, Lilian Jo Engelhardt, Claudia Spies, Thorsten Steinfeldt, David A. Gruenewald, Bernd Kutter, Axel R. Heller, Christian Werner, F. Heid, H. Bürkle, Petra Gastmeier, K.‐D. Wernecke, T. Koch, O. Vicent, P. Geiger, Hinnerk Wulf	2009	2
15	How many infections are caused by patient-to-patient transmission in intensive care units?* Critical Care Medicine ·Hajo Grundmann, Sina Bärwolff, Adriana Tami, Michael Behnke, Frank Schwab, Christine Geffers, E Halle, Ulf B. Göbel, R. Schiller, Daniel E Jonas, Ingo Klare, Klaus Weist, Wolfgang Witte, Kathrin Beck-Beilecke, Martin Schumacher, H. Rüden, Petra Gastmeier	2005	98
16	Inzidenz der Übertragung von Infektionserregern von einem Intensivpatienten zum anderen Der Anaesthesist ·Sina Bärwolff, Hajo Grundmann, Frank Schwab, Adriana Tami, Michael Behnke, Christine Geffers, E Halle, Ulf B. Göbel, R. Schiller, Daniel E Jonas, Ingo Klare, K. Weist, Wolfgang Witte, E Dinger, Kathrin Beilecke, H. Rüden, Petra Gastmeier	2005	2
17	Postoperative Wundinfektionen nach stationren und ambulanten OperationenErgebnisse aus dem Krankenhaus-Infektions-Surveillance-System (KISS) Bundesgesundheitsblatt - Gesundheitsforschung - Gesundheitsschutz ·Petra Gastmeier, Christian Brandt, D. Sohr, R. Babikir, D. Mlageni, Franz Daschner, H. Rden	2004	15
18	A cluster of nosocomial Klebsiella pneumoniae bloodstream infections in a neonatal intensive care department: identification of transmission and intervention American Journal of Infection Control ·Petra Gastmeier, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown)	2003	54
19	Aufbau einer Referenzdatenband für nosokomiale Infektionen auf Intensivstationen Der Anaesthesist ·Christine Geffers, J Koch, D. Sohr, A. Nassauer, Franz Daschner, H. Rüden, Petra Gastmeier	2000	5
20	[Establishment of a national database for ICU-associated infections. First results from the "Krankenhaus-Infections-Surveillance-System" (KISS)]. Der Anaesthesist ·Christine Geffers, Judith Koch, D. Sohr, A. Nassauer, F. Daschner, H. Rüden, Petra Gastmeier	2000	17

About Petra Gastmeier

Petra Gastmeier is a scholar working on Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine, Molecular Medicine, Infectious Diseases and Clinical Biochemistry, having authored 504 papers that have together received 15.8k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Nosocomial Infections in ICU (163 papers), Antibiotic Use and Resistance (84 papers), Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus (77 papers), Surgical site infection prevention (77 papers), Infection Control in Healthcare (75 papers), Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria (72 papers), Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing (61 papers) and Urinary Tract Infections Management (57 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology (2.4k citations), Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine (3.6k citations), Molecular Medicine (2.3k citations), Infectious Diseases (5.1k citations) and Clinical Biochemistry (1.7k citations). Petra Gastmeier has collaborated with scholars based in Germany, Switzerland and Netherlands. Frequent co-authors include Christine Geffers, Frank Schwab, H. Rüden, Michael Behnke, D. Sohr, Elisabeth Meyer, Ralf‐Peter Vonberg, Franz Daschner, Martin Schumacher and Axel Kola. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of Hospital Infection, Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control, Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, Infection and Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy.

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