Robert Fekety

5.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
74 papers, 4.4k citations indexed

About

Robert Fekety is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology and Clinical Biochemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert Fekety has authored 74 papers receiving a total of 4.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 63 papers in Infectious Diseases, 28 papers in Epidemiology and 13 papers in Clinical Biochemistry. Recurrent topics in Robert Fekety's work include Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research (48 papers), Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus (27 papers) and Microscopic Colitis (18 papers). Robert Fekety is often cited by papers focused on Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research (48 papers), Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus (27 papers) and Microscopic Colitis (18 papers). Robert Fekety collaborates with scholars based in United States. Robert Fekety's co-authors include Joseph Silva, Gary W. Elmer, Lynne V. McFarland, Christina M. Surawicz, Richard N. Greenberg, Brian P. Buggy, Maury E. Mulligan, Gary D. Rifkin, Moshe Rubin and Dennis R. Schaberg and has published in prestigious journals such as JAMA, Gastroenterology and American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.

In The Last Decade

Robert Fekety

72 papers receiving 4.0k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Isolation of Clostridium difficile from the Environment and Contacts of Patients with Antibiotic-Associated Colitis

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Maury E. Mulligan United States

Anne–Marie Bourgault Canada

Frédéric Barbut France

Sophie Michaud Canada

Angela Thompson United States

W. Lance George United States

D. W. Burdon United Kingdom

André Dascal Canada

Warren N. Fawley United Kingdom

Susan P. Sambol United States

Maury E. Mulligan United States

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870 ×1.3

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727 ×1.2

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840 ×1.6

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Fields of papers citing papers by Robert Fekety

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Robert Fekety

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Surawicz, Christina M., Lynne V. McFarland, Richard N. Greenberg, et al.. (2000). The Search for a Better Treatment for RecurrentClostridium difficileDisease: Use of High‐Dose Vancomycin Combined withSaccharomyces boulardii. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 31(4). 1012–1017. 394 indexed citations

McFarland, Lynne V., Christina M. Surawicz, Moshe Rubin, et al.. (1999). Recurrent Clostridium Difficile Disease: Epidemiology and Clinical Characteristics. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 20(1). 43–50. 287 indexed citations

Duggan, Joan, et al.. (1997). Treatment With Ganciclovir of Adenovirus Pneumonia in a Cardiac Transplant Patient. The American Journal of Medicine. 103(5). 439–440. 30 indexed citations

Fekety, Robert. (1997). Guidelines for the diagnosis and management of Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhea and colitis. American College of Gastroenterology, Practice Parameters Committee.. PubMed. 92(5). 739–50. 342 indexed citations

Fekety, Robert, et al.. (1994). Immunoglobulin G directed against toxins A and B of Clostridium difficile in the general population and patients with antibiotic-associated diarrhea. Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease. 18(4). 205–209. 51 indexed citations

Cooperstock, Michael, et al.. (1992). Evaluation of New Anti-Infective Drugs for the Treatment of Diarrhea Caused by Giardia lamblia. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 15(Supplement_1). S244–S248. 14 indexed citations

Cooperstock, Michael, et al.. (1992). Evaluation of New Anti-Infective Drugs for the Treatment of Diarrhea Caused by Entamoeba histolytica. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 15(Supplement_1). S254–S258. 7 indexed citations

DuPont, Herbert L., et al.. (1992). Evaluation of New Anti-Infective Drugs for the Treatment of Acute Infectious Diarrhea. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 15(Supplement_1). S228–S235. 35 indexed citations

Corrado, Michael L., et al.. (1992). Evaluation of New Anti-Infective Drugs for the Treatment of Chronic Carriage of Salmonella. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 15(Supplement_1). S259–S262. 3 indexed citations

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Cooperstock, Michael, et al.. (1992). Evaluation of New Anti-Infective Drugs for the Treatment of Diarrhea Caused by Cryptosporidium. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 15(Supplement_1). S249–S253. 1 indexed citations

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Fekety, Robert, et al.. (1992). Evaluation of New Anti-Infective Drugs for the Treatment of Antibiotic-Associated Colitis. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 15(Supplement_1). S263–S267. 2 indexed citations

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Fekety, Robert, Joseph Silva, Carol A. Kauffman, Brian P. Buggy, & H. Gunner Deery. (1989). Treatment of antibiotic-associated Clostridium difficile colitis with oral vancomycin: Comparison of two dosage regimens. The American Journal of Medicine. 86(1). 15–19. 207 indexed citations

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Clabots, Connie, Dale N. Gerding, Maury E. Mulligan, et al.. (1988). Clostridium difficile plasmid isolation as an epidemiologic tool. European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases. 7(2). 312–315. 15 indexed citations

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Fekety, Robert, et al.. (1988). Epidemiology of Clostridium difficile Colonization in Newborns: Results Using a Bacteriophage and Bacteriocin Typing System. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 158(2). 349–354. 47 indexed citations

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Kaatz, Glenn W., Scott D. Gitlin, Dennis R. Schaberg, et al.. (1988). ACQUISITION OF CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE FROM THE HOSPITAL ENVIRONMENT1. American Journal of Epidemiology. 127(6). 1289–1294. 189 indexed citations

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Kaatz, Glenn W., Steven L. Barriere, Dennis R. Schaberg, & Robert Fekety. (1987). The emergence of resistance to ciprofloxacin during treatment of experimental Staphylococcus aureus endocarditis. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. 20(5). 753–758. 60 indexed citations

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Fekety, Robert, et al.. (1981). Epidemiology of antibiotic-associated colitis. The American Journal of Medicine. 70(4). 906–908. 234 indexed citations

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Abrams, Gerald D., et al.. (1980). Mucosal damage mediated by clostridial toxin in experimental clindamycin-associated colitis.. Gut. 21(6). 493–499. 26 indexed citations

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Fekety, Robert, et al.. (1980). Studies on the epidemiology of antibiotic-associated Clostridium difficile colitis. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 33(11). 2527–2532. 45 indexed citations

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Fekety, Robert, et al.. (1979). Clindamycin-induced colitis. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 32(1). 244–250. 21 indexed citations

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