Robert J. Sherertz

11.2k citations

96 papers · 8.1k indexed · 2 hit papers · h-index 41

Impact in

Emergency Medical Services top 0.01%
- Central Venous Catheters and Hemodialysis
Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology top 0.2%

Papers in

Emergency Medical Services 44
- Central Venous Catheters and Hemodialysis 43
Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine 10
- Nosocomial Infections in ICU 10

Co-authors: Issam Raad Leonard A. Mermel Donald E. Craven Naomi P. O’Grady Bart Rijnders Michael Allon Patricia M. Flynn David K. Warren
Journals: Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology (18 papers)Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (7 papers)Clinical Infectious Diseases (6 papers)Journal of Clinical Microbiology (5 papers)The Journal of Infectious Diseases (4 papers)
Partner nations: United States Netherlands United Kingdom

In The Last Decade

Robert J. Sherertz

93 papers receiving 7.6k citations

Hit Papers

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Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Intravascular Catheter-Related Infection: 2009 Update by the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2009 · 2.4k 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.

2009 Clinical Infectious Diseases
2001 Clinical Infectious Diseases

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All Works

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1	Invasive Pulmonary Aspergillosis: Risks for Acquisition and Death in a Community Hospital Surgical Infections ·M. O. Girgin, Thembekile Feonah Baloyi, Robert J. Sherertz, Patrick Lansens, Jason D. Sciarretta, John M. Davis	2018	4
2	Estimating the Burden of Pandemic Infectious Disease: The Case of the Second Wave of Pandemic Influenza H1N1 in Forsyth County, North Carolina North Carolina Medical Journal ·Timothy R. Peters, Beverly M. Snively, Cynthia K. Suerken, Werner Bischoff, Jaromir Richter, Оксана Радзімовська, S. von Angerer, Elizabeth Palavecino, Robert J. Sherertz, Katherine A. Poehling	2016	4
3	The Impact of Hospital-Wide Use of a Tapered-Cuff Endotracheal Tube on the Incidence of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia Respiratory Care ·David L. Bowton, R. Duncan Hite, I. G. Malenkov, Robert J. Sherertz	2013	21
4	Glove and Gown Effects on Intraoperative Bacterial Contamination Annals of Surgery ·William G. Ward, Joshua M. Cooper, Markéta Kodetová, Gi-In Sung, Rebecca H. Neiberg, Robert J. Sherertz	2013	38
5	Wide Variability in the Use of Antimicrobial Lock Therapy and Prophylaxis among Infectious Diseases Consultants Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology ·Philip M. Polgreen, Susan E. Beekmann, Daniel J. Diekema, Robert J. Sherertz	2010	8
6	Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Intravascular Catheter-Related Infection: 2009 Update by the Infectious Diseases Society of America Clinical Infectious Diseases ·Leonard A. Mermel, Michael Allon, Emilio Bouza, Donald E. Craven, Patricia M. Flynn, Naomi P. O’Grady, Issam Raad, Bart Rijnders, Robert J. Sherertz, David K. Warren Hit paper breakdown →	2009	2439
7	Health Care–Associated Bloodstream Infections Associated with Negative‐ or Positive‐Pressure or Displacement Mechanical Valve Needleless Connectors Clinical Infectious Diseases ·William R. Jarvis, Cathryn Murphy, Keri K. Hall, E.S. Eichmann, Tobi Karchmer, Glenys Harrington, Cassandra D. Salgado, Eve T. Giannetta, Mei-Chi Shaw, Robert J. Sherertz	2009	90
8	Dispersal ofStaphylococcus aureusInto the Air Associated With a Rhinovirus Infection Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology ·Stefano Bassetti, Werner Bischoff, Nesterova Ed, Šárka Zavázalová, D Wang, Beth A. Reboussin, Ralph B. D’Agostino, Jack M. Gwaltney, Michael A. Pfaller, Robert J. Sherertz	2005	52
9	Update on vascular catheter infections Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases ·Robert J. Sherertz	2004	8
10	"Cloud" Health-Care Workers SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·Robert J. Sherertz, Stefano Bassetti, Šárka Zavázalová	2001	2
11	"Cloud" Health-Care Workers Emerging infectious diseases ·Robert J. Sherertz, Stefano Bassetti, Šárka Zavázalová	2001	59
12	Can antibiotic-resistant nosocomial infections be controlled? The Lancet Infectious Diseases ·Barry M. Farr, Cassandra D. Salgado, Tobi Karchmer, Robert J. Sherertz	2001	64
13	In Vitro Zones of Inhibition of Coated Vascular Catheters Predict Efficacy in Preventing Catheter Infection with Staphylococcus aureus In Vivo European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases ·Stefano Bassetti, Jean Hu, Ralph B. D’Agostino, Robert J. Sherertz	2000	13
14	The Risk of Peripheral Vein Phlebitis Associated With Chlorhexidine-Coated Catheters A Randomized, Double-Blind Trial Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology ·Robert J. Sherertz, Jeffrey L. Stephens, Johnson Niño, William Carruth, S. Dermissi, Kenneth D. Hampton, Arthur J. Sedlacek, Agathe Isabel, Philip Scuderi, K. Gone, S.V Vitti, Donald D. Solomon	1997	19
15	Contribution of vascular catheter material to the pathogenesis of infection: The enhanced risk of silicone in vivo Journal of Biomedical Materials Research ·Robert J. Sherertz, William Carruth, Johnson Niño, Mark A. Espeland, Khalil Ahmed, Donald D. Solomon	1995	47
16	Medical devices. Significant risk vs nonsignificant risk JAMA ·Robert J. Sherertz	1994	3
17	Efficacy of Antibiotic-Coated Catheters in Preventing Subcutaneous Staphylococcus aureus Infection in Rabbits The Journal of Infectious Diseases ·Robert J. Sherertz, William Carruth, Yen Efawati, Siti Nur Azizah, Donald D. Solomon	1993	133
18	Outbreak of Candida bloodstream infections associated with retrograde medication administration in a neonatal intensive care unit The Journal of Pediatrics ·Robert J. Sherertz, Delia Vanessa Aguilar Sánchez, Kenneth D. Hampton, Michael A. Pfaller, Laurence B. Givner, Jon S. Abramson, Robert G. Dillard	1992	82
19	Uncontrolled nosocomial rotavirus transmission during a community outbreak American Journal of Infection Control ·Issam Raad, Robert J. Sherertz, L. Pellegrini, Peter D. Reuman	1990	14
20	Factors influencing the penetration of antimicrobial agents into the cerebrospinal fluid of experimental animals. Munich Personal RePEc Archive (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich) ·Merle A. Sande, Robert J. Sherertz, O. Zák, Ido Nahshon, R A Polacsek, Gandhi Dh	1978	9

About Robert J. Sherertz

Robert J. Sherertz is a scholar working on Emergency Medical Services, Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine, Clinical Biochemistry, Infectious Diseases and Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, having authored 96 papers that have together received 8.1k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Central Venous Catheters and Hemodialysis (43 papers), Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management (16 papers), Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus (13 papers), Vascular Procedures and Complications (13 papers), Streptococcal Infections and Treatments (12 papers), Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing (12 papers), Antibiotics Pharmacokinetics and Efficacy (11 papers) and Nosocomial Infections in ICU (10 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Emergency Medical Services (3.7k citations), Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology (456 citations), Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine (1.0k citations), Clinical Biochemistry (1.3k citations) and Infectious Diseases (2.6k citations). Robert J. Sherertz has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Netherlands and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include Issam Raad, Leonard A. Mermel, Donald E. Craven, Naomi P. O’Grady, Bart Rijnders, Michael Allon, Patricia M. Flynn, David K. Warren, Emilio Bouza and Barry M. Farr. Their work appears in journals such as Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, Clinical Infectious Diseases, Journal of Clinical Microbiology and The Journal of Infectious Diseases.

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