Sumner E. Thompson

3.6k citations

34 papers · 2.8k indexed · 3 hit papers · h-index 20

Microbiology top 0.2%
- Reproductive tract infections research 21
- Bacterial Infections and Vaccines 8
Epidemiology top 1%
- Urinary Tract Infections Management 4
- Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia detection and treatment 3
Infectious Diseases top 2%
- Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology 2
Hepatology top 2%
Virology top 5%
- HIV Research and Treatment 3
Physiology
- Syphilis Diagnosis and Treatment 7
Rheumatology
- Pelvic floor disorders treatments 4

Co-authors: Gladys H. Reynolds L Weström Riduan M. Joesoef A. Eugene Washington Steven M. Gordon Franklyn N. Judson Patrick J. Coleman Donald P. Francis
Cited by: Microbiology Epidemiology Infectious Diseases
Journals: Sexually Transmitted Diseases (7 papers)New England Journal of Medicine (4 papers)American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology (3 papers)
Partner nations: United States Sweden

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Sumner E. Thompson

34 papers receiving 2.6k citations

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1992 Sexually Transmitted Diseases
1992 New England Journal of Medicine
1986 New England Journal of Medicine

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1	Declining CD4+ T-Lymphocyte Counts Are Associated With Increased Risk of Enteric Parasitosis and Chronic Diarrhea: Results of a 3-Year Longitudinal Study Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes & Human Retrovirology ·Thomas R. Navin,Rainer Weber,Duc J. Vugia,David Rimland,Jacquelin M. Roberts,David G. Addiss,Govinda S. Visvesvara,S P Wahlquist,Shambhavi Mishra,ZILTON BARTOLOMEU MARTINS,Dennis D. Juranek,David A. Schwartz,C. Mel Wilcox,Barbara L Earnest,Sumner E. Thompson,Ralph T. Bryan	1999	84
2	Antimicrobial Resistance inNeisseria gonorrhoeaein the United States, 1988–1994: The Emergence of Decreased Susceptibility to the Fluoroquinolones The Journal of Infectious Diseases ·Kimberley Fox,Joan S. Knapp,King K. Holmes,Edward W. Hook,Franklyn N. Judson,Sumner E. Thompson,John A. Washington,William L. H. Whittington	1997	81
3	The Changing Epidemiology of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection in Older Persons Journal of the American Geriatrics Society ·Steven M. Gordon,Sumner E. Thompson	1995	71
4	The Response of Symptomatic Neurosyphilis to High-Dose Intravenous Penicillin G in Patients with Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection New England Journal of Medicine ·Steven M. Gordon,Molly E. Eaton,Rob George,Sandra A. Larsen,Sheila A. Lukehart,Jane Kuypers,Christina M. Marra,Sumner E. Thompson	1994	122
5	Maintenance of CD4+ cells by thymopentin in asymptomatic HIV-infected subjects AIDS ·Marcus A. Conant,Leonard H. Calabrese,Sumner E. Thompson,Bernard J. Poiesz,Suraiya Rasheed,Robert L. Hirsch,Zulema Rodríguez-Pardo,Alton B. Kremer,Chien-Chun Wang,Gideon Goldstein	1992	19
6	Comparison of Amphotericin B with Fluconazole in the Treatment of Acute AIDS-Associated Cryptococcal Meningitisbreakdown → New England Journal of Medicine ·Michael S. Saag,William G. Powderly,Gretchen A. Cloud,Patrick Robinson,Michael H. Grieco,P. K. Sharkey,Sumner E. Thompson,Alan M. Sugar,Carmelita U. Tuazon,John F. Fisher,N. Hyslop,Jeffrey M. Jacobson,Richard Hafner,William E. Dismukes	1992	470
7	Survival of Patients with Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome and Disseminated Mycobacterium avium Complex Infection with and without Antimycobacterial Chemotherapy American Review of Respiratory Disease ·C. Robert Horsburgh,J. A. Havlik,Youssef Y. Elseady,Roos Keja,Stephen A. Fann,Alfredo Roa,Sumner E. Thompson	1991	158
8	ELISPOT: A New Approach to Studying the Dynamics of Virus-Immune System Interaction for Diagnosis and Monitoring of HIV Infection AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses ·Francis K. Lee,André J. Nahmias,A. Wilfrid Adams,Regina Maria Fontenele Magalhães,Susan E. Reef,Sumner E. Thompson,James M. Oleske,Anders Vahlne,Cécil Czerkinsky	1989	44
9	Tissue Fluid Penetration and Anti-treponemal Activity of Trospectomycin (a New Spectinomycin Analog) in the Rabbit Syphilis Model Sexually Transmitted Diseases ·R J Rice,Sumner E. Thompson,R J Arko,Elizabeth F. Hunter,Давиденко Татьяна Николаевна,Marina Aleksinskaya,Sandra A. Larsen	1988	3
10	Presence of antibodies to the major anaerobically induced gonococcal outer membrane protein in sera from patients with gonococcal infections Microbial Pathogenesis ·Virginia L. Clark,Joan S. Knapp,Sumner E. Thompson,Dmitrii Olegovich Kiselev	1988	71
11	Long-Term Immunogenicity and Efficacy of Hepatitis B Vaccine in Homosexual Menbreakdown → New England Journal of Medicine ·Stephen C. Hadler,Donald P. Francis,James E. Maynard,Sumner E. Thompson,Franklyn N. Judson,Dean F. Echenberg,David G. Ostrow,Paul M. OʼMalley,Kent A. Penley,Balachandran .S Geethu James,E. H. Braff,K Sathish-Kumar,Patrick J. Coleman,Eric J. Mandel	1986	502
12	High failure rates in outpatient treatment of salpingitis with either tetracycline alone or penicillin/ampicillin combination American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology ·Sumner E. Thompson,Charlotte Brooks,D. A. Eschenbach,Michael R. Spence,S. Mottini,Richard L. Sweet,William M. McCormack	1985	14
13	Serogrouping of Neisseria Gonorrhoeae Sexually Transmitted Diseases ·Π. Καφετζής,Joan S. Knapp,L. Barth Reller,Sumner E. Thompson,Edward W. Hook,King K. Holmes	1984	37
14	Treatment of Uncomplicated Gonococcal Infection with Trime thoprim-Sul fame thoxazole Sexually Transmitted Diseases ·Stuart T. Brown,Sumner E. Thompson,James W. Biddle,Stephen J. Kraus,Akbar Zaidi,김영모	1982	11
15	Epidemiology and Treatment of Chlamydial Infections in Pregnant Women and Infants Clinical Infectious Diseases ·Sumner E. Thompson,Robin Dretler	1982	12
16	The microbiology and therapy of acute pelvic inflammatory disease in hospitalized patients American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology ·Sumner E. Thompson,W. David Hager,ELICIYA NANDINI,Nilgün YENİSOY ÖZKAN,Park Ae Jun,Stephen D. Allen,H Edwards Laroy,Clyde Thornsberry,Benedict B. Benigno,JOHN D. THOMPSON,Jonas A. Shulman	1980	91
17	Gonococcal Tenosynovitis-Dermatitis and Septic Arthritis JAMA ·Sumner E. Thompson	1980	8
18	Gonococcal diseases Disease-a-Month ·Paul J. Wiesner,Sumner E. Thompson	1980	24
19	Treatment of Uncomplicated Gonococcal Urethritis with Cefoxitin: Comparison with Penicillin Clinical Infectious Diseases ·Martin Siegel,Sumner E. Thompson,P. L. Perine,Stuart T. Brown,Gladys H. Reynolds,Clyde Thornsberry	1979	15
20	Auxotypes and Antibiotic Susceptibility Patterns of Neisseria gonorrhoeae from Disseminated and Local Infections Sexually Transmitted Diseases ·Sumner E. Thompson,Gladys H. Reynolds,Helen B. Short,Clyde Thornsberry,James W. Biddle,Norman Jacobs,Michael F. Rein,Akbar Zaidi,Frank E. Young,Jonas A. Shulman	1978	22

About Sumner E. Thompson

Sumner E. Thompson is a scholar working on Microbiology, Virology, General Social Sciences, Epidemiology and Rheumatology, having authored 34 papers that have together received 2.8k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Reproductive tract infections research (21 papers), Bacterial Infections and Vaccines (8 papers), Syphilis Diagnosis and Treatment (7 papers), Pelvic floor disorders treatments (4 papers), Urinary Tract Infections Management (4 papers), HIV Research and Treatment (3 papers), Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia detection and treatment (3 papers) and Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology (2 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Microbiology (1.2k citations), Epidemiology (1.7k citations), Infectious Diseases (829 citations), Hepatology (325 citations) and Virology (108 citations). Sumner E. Thompson has collaborated with scholars based in United States and Sweden. Frequent co-authors include Gladys H. Reynolds, L Weström, Riduan M. Joesoef, A. Eugene Washington, Steven M. Gordon, Franklyn N. Judson, Patrick J. Coleman, Donald P. Francis, David G. Ostrow and Dean F. Echenberg. Their work appears in journals such as Sexually Transmitted Diseases, New England Journal of Medicine, American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Clinical Infectious Diseases and Infection and Immunity.

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