Richard P. Wenzel

28.4k citations

241 papers · 21.3k indexed · 4 hit papers · h-index 72

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology top 0.02%
- Antibiotic Use and Resistance 26
Clinical Biochemistry top 0.01%
- Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing 62
Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine top 0.05%
- Nosocomial Infections in ICU 50
Infectious Diseases top 0.02%
- Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus 57
- Infection Control in Healthcare 23
Molecular Medicine top 0.05%
- Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria 29
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
- Streptococcal Infections and Treatments 26
Epidemiology
- Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment 23

Co-authors: Michael B. Edmond Michael A. Pfaller Hilmar Wisplinghoff Harald Seifert Sandra Tallent Thomas Bischoff Ronald N. Jones Trish M. Perl
Cited by: Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology Clinical Biochemistry Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine
Journals: New England Journal of Medicine (8 papers)JAMA (3 papers)Journal of Clinical Oncology (1 paper)
Partner nations: United States Germany Brazil

In The Last Decade

Richard P. Wenzel

237 papers receiving 19.9k citations

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2004 Clinical Infectious Diseases
2002 New England Journal of Medicine
2001 Clinical Infectious Diseases
1999 Clinical Infectious Diseases

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1	Patient characteristics and admitting vital signs associated with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)–related mortality among patients admitted with noncritical illness Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology ·Kenneth Sands,Richard P. Wenzel,Laura McLean,Kimberly Korwek,Jonathon Roach,Karla Miller,Russell E. Poland,L. Hayley Burgess,Edmund S. Jackson,Jonathan B. Perlin	2020	25
2	Coronavirus Infections in Military Recruits American Review of Respiratory Disease ·Richard P. Wenzel,J. Owen Hendley,John Davies,Jack M. Gwaltney	2015	0
3	Infection control: the case for horizontal rather than vertical interventional programs International Journal of Infectious Diseases ·Richard P. Wenzel,Michael B. Edmond	2010	68
4	A controlled trial of universal gloving versus contact precautions for preventing the transmission of multidrug-resistant organisms American Journal of Infection Control ·Gonzalo Bearman,Alexandre R. Marra,Curtis N. Sessler,Wally R. Smith,Adriana E. Rosato,Justin K. Laplante,Richard P. Wenzel,Michael B. Edmond	2007	61
5	A Prospective Study of Outcomes, Healthcare Resource Utilization, and Costs Associated With Postoperative Nosocomial Infections Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology ·Loreen A. Herwaldt,Joseph J. Cullen,David Scholz,Pamela French,M. Bridget Zimmerman,Michael A. Pfaller,Richard P. Wenzel,Trish M. Perl	2006	104
6	Intranasal Mupirocin to Prevent PostoperativeStaphylococcus aureusInfectionsbreakdown → New England Journal of Medicine ·Trish M. Perl,Joseph J. Cullen,Richard P. Wenzel,M. Bridget Zimmerman,Michael A. Pfaller,Deborah Sheppard,Jennifer Twombley,Pamela French,Loreen A. Herwaldt	2002	557
7	The Impact of Hospital-Acquired Bloodstream Infections SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·Richard P. Wenzel,Michael B. Edmond	2001	16
8	Risk factors for candidemia in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit patients The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal ·Lisa Saiman,Elizabeth Ludington,Michael A. Pfaller,Sigfrido Rangel-Frausto,R. Todd Wiblin,Jeffrey D. Dawson,Henry M. Blumberg,Jan E. Patterson,Michael G. Rinaldi,Jack Edwards,Richard P. Wenzel,William R. Jarvis	2000	434
9	Nosocomial Bloodstream Infections Caused by Acinetobacter Species in United States Hospitals: Clinical Features, Molecular Epidemiology, and Antimicrobial Susceptibility Clinical Infectious Diseases ·Hilmar Wisplinghoff,Michael B. Edmond,Michael A. Pfaller,Ronald N. Jones,Richard P. Wenzel,Harald Seifert	2000	181
10	The Epidemiology of Hemorrhage Related to Cardiothoracic Operations Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology ·Loreen A. Herwaldt,Sheri K. Swartzendruber,Michael B. Edmond,Richard P. Embrey,Kim R. Wilkerson,Richard P. Wenzel,Trish M. Perl	1998	35
11	A 38-Year-Old Woman with New-Onset Ascites The American Journal of the Medical Sciences ·Michael B. Edmond,Giovanni Borrelli,Richard P. Wenzel	1997	2
12	Inducible amp C β-lactamase producing gram-negative bacilli from blood stream infections: Frequency, antimicrobial susceptibility, and molecular epidemiology in a national surveillance program (SCOPE) Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease ·Michael A. Pfaller,Ronald N. Jones,Steven A. Marshall,Stacy L. Coffman,R. J. Hollis,Michael B. Edmond,Richard P. Wenzel	1997	94
13	Nosocomial streptococcal blood stream infections in the SCOPE program: Species occurrence and antimicrobial resistance Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease ·Michael A. Pfaller,Ronald N. Jones,Steven A. Marshall,Michael B. Edmond,Richard P. Wenzel	1997	32
14	The Infection Control Committee Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology ·R. Todd Wiblin,Richard P. Wenzel	1996	2
15	Quality Standard for Antimicrobial Prophylaxis in Surgical Procedures Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology ·E. Patchen Dellinger,Peter Groß,Trisha Barrett,Peter J. Krause,William J. Martone,John E. McGowan,Richard L. Sweet,Richard P. Wenzel	1994	123
16	Restriction Endonuclease Analysis of Plasmid DNA From Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus : Clinical Application Over a Three-Year Period Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology ·Antoni Trilla,Mary D. Nettleman,R. J. Hollis,Mary E. Fredrickson,Richard P. Wenzel,Michael A. Pfaller	1993	21
17	Nosocomial pneumonia in adult patients undergoing bone marrow transplantation: a 9-year study. Journal of Clinical Oncology ·Cláudio Mendes Pannuti,R. Gingrich,Michael A. Pfaller,Richard P. Wenzel	1991	134
18	NOSOCOMIAL INFECTIONS: VALIDATION OF SURVEILLANCE AND COMPUTER MODELING TO IDENTIFY PAT AT RISK American Journal of Epidemiology ·Ann Broderick,Motomi Mori,Mary D. Nettleman,STREPHEN A. STREED,Richard P. Wenzel	1990	109
19	Contaminated Enteral Nutrition Solutions as a Cause of Nosocomial Bloodstream Infection: A Study Using Plasmid Fingerprinting Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition ·Jack Lévy,Yves Van Laethem,Godelieve Verhaegen,Chantal Perpête,Jean‐Paul Butzler,Richard P. Wenzel	1989	77
20	CRC handbook of hospital acquired infections CRC Press eBooks ·Richard P. Wenzel	1981	19

About Richard P. Wenzel

Richard P. Wenzel is a scholar working on Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine and Clinical Biochemistry, having authored 241 papers that have together received 21.3k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing (62 papers), Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus (57 papers), Nosocomial Infections in ICU (50 papers), Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria (29 papers), Streptococcal Infections and Treatments (26 papers), Antibiotic Use and Resistance (26 papers), Infection Control in Healthcare (23 papers) and Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment (23 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology (2.1k citations), Clinical Biochemistry (4.4k citations) and Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine (3.3k citations). Richard P. Wenzel has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Germany and Brazil. Frequent co-authors include Michael B. Edmond, Michael A. Pfaller, Hilmar Wisplinghoff, Harald Seifert, Sandra Tallent, Thomas Bischoff, Ronald N. Jones, Trish M. Perl, Gonzalo Bearman and Donna K. McClish. Their work appears in journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA and Journal of Clinical Oncology.

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