P.W. Caufield

3.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
39 papers, 2.8k citations indexed

About

P.W. Caufield is a scholar working on Periodontics, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, P.W. Caufield has authored 39 papers receiving a total of 2.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Periodontics, 18 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 15 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in P.W. Caufield's work include Oral microbiology and periodontitis research (23 papers), Streptococcal Infections and Treatments (16 papers) and Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management (13 papers). P.W. Caufield is often cited by papers focused on Oral microbiology and periodontitis research (23 papers), Streptococcal Infections and Treatments (16 papers) and Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management (13 papers). P.W. Caufield collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and China. P.W. Caufield's co-authors include Yihong Li, Ananda P. Dasanayake, Gary Cutter, A Sarah Walker, Deepak Saxena, Yufeng Ge, Silvia Argimón, Prakaimuk Saraithong, Timothy G. Bromage and Jan Novák and has published in prestigious journals such as Analytical Biochemistry, Journal of Bacteriology and Journal of Clinical Microbiology.

In The Last Decade

P.W. Caufield

39 papers receiving 2.6k citations

Hit Papers

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Initial Acquisition of Mutans Streptococci by Infants: Evidence for a Discrete Window of Infectivity

1993 530 citations P.W. Caufield, Gary Cutter et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
P.W. Caufield United States	25	2.1k	831	553	540	371	39	2.8k
Page W. Caufield United States	27	1.5k 0.7×	581 0.7×	362 0.7×	631 1.2×	394 1.1×	47	2.5k
William A. Falkler United States	34	1.7k 0.8×	1.3k 1.5×	649 1.2×	536 1.0×	186 0.5×	111	3.5k
Marcelle M. Nascimento United States	26	1.7k 0.8×	549 0.7×	329 0.6×	603 1.1×	196 0.5×	51	2.5k
Hidenobu Senpuku Japan	30	1.1k 0.5×	509 0.6×	330 0.6×	771 1.4×	192 0.5×	127	2.4k
Renata O. Mattos‐Graner Brazil	25	1.2k 0.6×	671 0.8×	467 0.8×	370 0.7×	127 0.3×	58	1.7k
Natalia I. Chalmers United States	20	1.7k 0.8×	566 0.7×	270 0.5×	720 1.3×	126 0.3×	33	2.4k
D Bratthall Sweden	35	4.0k 1.9×	1.2k 1.4×	608 1.1×	323 0.6×	182 0.5×	97	4.9k
Salam A. Syed United States	16	1.7k 0.8×	661 0.8×	231 0.4×	352 0.7×	170 0.5×	23	2.5k
B Krasse Sweden	35	3.9k 1.9×	1.1k 1.3×	577 1.0×	455 0.8×	308 0.8×	111	5.0k
Birgitta Köhler Sweden	23	1.6k 0.8×	514 0.6×	450 0.8×	104 0.2×	91 0.2×	41	2.1k

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Yang, Ran, Silvia Argimón, Yihong Li, Xuedong Zhou, & P.W. Caufield. (2010). Determining the genetic diversity of lactobacilli from the oral cavity. Journal of Microbiological Methods. 82(2). 163–169. 24 indexed citations

Caufield, P.W.. (2009). Tracking human migration patterns through the oral bacterial flora. Clinical Microbiology and Infection. 15. 37–39. 5 indexed citations

Ge, Yufeng, P.W. Caufield, Gene S. Fisch, & Yihong Li. (2008). <i>Streptococcus mutans</i> and <i>Streptococcus sanguinis</i> Colonization Correlated with Caries Experience in Children. Caries Research. 42(6). 444–448. 116 indexed citations

Caufield, P.W., Yihong Li, Ananda P. Dasanayake, & Deepak Saxena. (2006). Diversity of Lactobacilli in the Oral Cavities of Young Women with Dental Caries. Caries Research. 41(1). 2–8. 53 indexed citations

Li, Yihong, Yufeng Ge, Deepak Saxena, & P.W. Caufield. (2006). Genetic Profiling of the Oral Microbiota Associated with Severe Early-Childhood Caries. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 45(1). 81–87. 147 indexed citations

Ruby, John D., et al.. (2003). Genetic diversity of Actinomyces naeslundii genospecies 2 in mother–child pairs. Archives of Oral Biology. 48(12). 851–855. 4 indexed citations

Ruby, John D., et al.. (2002). Genetic characterization of the oral Actinomyces. Archives of Oral Biology. 47(6). 457–463. 21 indexed citations

Pan, Yuwen, Yihong Li, & P.W. Caufield. (2001). Phenotypic and genotypic diversity of Streptococcus sanguis in infants. Oral Microbiology and Immunology. 16(4). 235–242. 18 indexed citations

Li, Yihong, et al.. (2001). Differentiation of Streptococcus mutans and Streptococcus sobrinus via genotypic and phenotypic profiles from three different populations. Oral Microbiology and Immunology. 16(1). 16–23. 42 indexed citations

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Li, Yihong, et al.. (2000). The Fidelity of Mutans Streptococci Transmission and Caries Status Correlate with Breast–Feeding Experience among Chinese Families. Caries Research. 34(2). 123–132. 66 indexed citations

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Li, Yihong & P.W. Caufield. (1998). Arbitrarily primed polymerase chain reaction fingerprinting for the genotypic identification of mutans streptococci from humans. Oral Microbiology and Immunology. 13(1). 17–22. 70 indexed citations

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Novák, Jan, et al.. (1997). Ribosomal RNA (rrn) operons in Streptococcus mutatis and nucleotide sequence of tRNA^Pro gene associated with rrnB. Oral Microbiology and Immunology. 12(4). 227–230. 2 indexed citations

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Caufield, P.W., et al.. (1995). Transformation of naturally competent Streptococcus mutans with replicative and non-replicative Tn916-containing plasmids: implications for a mechanism of transposition.. PubMed. 85. 19–25. 5 indexed citations

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Dasanayake, Ananda P., P.W. Caufield, Gary Cutter, Jeffrey M. Roseman, & Birgitta Köhler. (1995). Differences in the detection and enumeration of mutans streptococci due to differences in methods. Archives of Oral Biology. 40(4). 345–351. 60 indexed citations

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Novák, Jan, P.W. Caufield, & Edward J. Miller. (1994). Isolation and biochemical characterization of a novel lantibiotic mutacin from Streptococcus mutans. Journal of Bacteriology. 176(14). 4316–4320. 82 indexed citations

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Caufield, P.W., et al.. (1993). Enhanced Transformation of Streptococcus mutans by Modifications in Culture Conditions. Analytical Biochemistry. 214(1). 343–346. 31 indexed citations

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Caufield, P.W., et al.. (1990). Preliminary characterization of four bacteriocins from Streptococcus mutans. Canadian Journal of Microbiology. 36(2). 123–130. 52 indexed citations

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Caufield, P.W., et al.. (1990). Evidence that mutacin II production is not mediated by a 5.6-kb plasmid inStreptococcus mutans. Plasmid. 24(2). 110–118. 21 indexed citations

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Caufield, P.W., et al.. (1988). Plasmid-containing strains of Streptococcus mutans cluster within family and racial cohorts: implications for natural transmission. Infection and Immunity. 56(12). 3216–3220. 84 indexed citations

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Caufield, P.W., et al.. (1987). In vitro susceptibilities of suspected periodontopathic anaerobes as determined by membrane transfer assay. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 31(12). 1989–1993. 42 indexed citations

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