W. Lance George

3.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
56 papers, 2.9k citations indexed

About

W. Lance George is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, W. Lance George has authored 56 papers receiving a total of 2.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 36 papers in Infectious Diseases, 23 papers in Epidemiology and 10 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in W. Lance George's work include Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research (16 papers), Microscopic Colitis (10 papers) and Streptococcal Infections and Treatments (9 papers). W. Lance George is often cited by papers focused on Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research (16 papers), Microscopic Colitis (10 papers) and Streptococcal Infections and Treatments (9 papers). W. Lance George collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and Canada. W. Lance George's co-authors include Vera L. Sutter, S M Finegold, Diane M. Citron, S M Finegold, Sydney M. Finegold, Rial D. Rolfe, Maury E. Mulligan, J. F. Reinhardt, Barbara D. Kirby and Shigeki Fujitani and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, The Lancet and Gastroenterology.

In The Last Decade

W. Lance George

55 papers receiving 2.5k citations

Hit Papers

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Selective and differential medium for isolation of Clostridium difficile

1979 512 citations W. Lance George, Vera L. Sutter et al. Journal of Clinical Microbiology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
W. Lance George United States	29	2.0k	1.1k	365	263	262	56	2.9k
J. G. McCormack Australia	24	899 0.5×	1.3k 1.2×	403 1.1×	141 0.5×	406 1.5×	78	3.5k
H. J. Koornhof South Africa	33	1.2k 0.6×	1.7k 1.6×	290 0.8×	96 0.4×	331 1.3×	93	3.2k
Barbara E. Laughon United States	30	1.7k 0.8×	923 0.9×	506 1.4×	174 0.7×	67 0.3×	55	3.4k
Harold W. Horowitz United States	35	3.0k 1.5×	1.5k 1.4×	240 0.7×	117 0.4×	123 0.5×	93	4.4k
Baldwin Toye Canada	29	1.3k 0.7×	1.4k 1.3×	307 0.8×	371 1.4×	154 0.6×	70	3.1k
Melvin I. Marks United States	37	1.1k 0.6×	1.8k 1.7×	392 1.1×	109 0.4×	204 0.8×	194	4.2k
Aldona L. Baltch United States	29	1.1k 0.5×	1.3k 1.3×	422 1.2×	245 0.9×	236 0.9×	115	2.9k
Theodore C. Eickhoff United States	31	739 0.4×	1.4k 1.3×	330 0.9×	227 0.9×	294 1.1×	98	3.2k
F. W. Goldstein France	36	1.1k 0.6×	1.4k 1.3×	639 1.8×	466 1.8×	441 1.7×	119	4.0k
Layne O. Gentry United States	32	1.4k 0.7×	1.6k 1.5×	226 0.6×	298 1.1×	101 0.4×	98	3.4k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Fujitani, Shigeki, W. Lance George, & A. Rekha Murthy. (2011). Comparison of Clinical Severity Score Indices for Clostridium difficile Infection. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 32(3). 220–228. 91 indexed citations

Fujitani, Shigeki, Marie‐Claire Rowlinson, & W. Lance George. (2008). Penicillin G–Resistant Viridans Group Streptococcal Endocarditis and Interpretation of the American Heart Association's Guidelines for the Treatment of Infective Endocarditis. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 46(7). 1064–1066. 14 indexed citations

Cunningham, William E., Martin F. Shapiro, Ron D. Hays, et al.. (1998). Constitutional Symptoms and Health-Related Quality of Life in Patients with Symptomatic HIV Disease. The American Journal of Medicine. 104(2). 129–136. 94 indexed citations

Simberkoff, Michael S., Pamela Hartigan, John D. Hamilton, et al.. (1996). Long-Term Follow-Up of Symptomatic HIV-Infected Patients Originally Randomized to Early Versus Later Zidovudine Treatment: Report of a Veterans Affairs Cooperative Study. Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes & Human Retrovirology. 11(2). 142–150. 17 indexed citations

Horner, Ronnie D., Charles L. Bennett, Daniel Rodríguez, et al.. (1995). Relationship Between Procedures and Health Insurance for Critically Ill Patients With Pneumocystis Carinii Pneumonia. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 152(5). 1435–1442. 40 indexed citations

Bennett, C. L., Robert A. Weinstein, Martin F. Shapiro, et al.. (1994). A Rapid Preadmission Method for Predicting Inpatient Course of Disease for Patients with HIV-Related Pneumocystis Carinii Pneumonia. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 150(6). 1503–1507. 37 indexed citations

Hamilton, John D., Pamela Hartigan, Michael S. Simberkoff, et al.. (1992). A Controlled Trial of Early versus Late Treatment with Zidovudine in Symptomatic Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection. New England Journal of Medicine. 326(7). 437–443. 242 indexed citations

Mulligan, Maury E., et al.. (1990). Response of HIV-associated disseminated cat scratch disease to treatment with doxycycline. The American Journal of Medicine. 89(2). 229–231. 18 indexed citations

McCarthy, John D., Jacob Fleischmann, & W. Lance George. (1990). Fever, Dyspnea, and Slurred Speech Following Lower Extrimity Trauma. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 13(1). 172–176. 4 indexed citations

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Cox, Clair E., David M. Drylie, Ira Klimberg, et al.. (1989). A Multicenter, Double-Blind, Trimethoprim-Sulfamethoxazole Controlled Study of Enoxacin in the Treatment of Patients with Complicated Urinary Tract Infections. The Journal of Urology. 141(3 Part 1). 575–578. 7 indexed citations

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Ruane, Peter, et al.. (1989). Spirochete-Like Organisms in the Human Gastrointestinal Tract. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 11(2). 184–196. 24 indexed citations

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Ruane, Peter, et al.. (1988). Disseminated infection caused by urease-negative Cryptococcus neoformans. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 26(10). 2224–2225. 18 indexed citations

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Gardner, Sue E., et al.. (1987). In Vitro Production of Cholera Toxin-Like Activity by Plesiomonas shigelloides. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 156(5). 720–722. 49 indexed citations

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Johnston, Bree, et al.. (1987). Intravenous catheter-associated Malassezia furfur fungemia. The American Journal of Medicine. 83(4). 790–792. 33 indexed citations

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Johnson, Caroline C., John F. Reinhardt, Margaret S. Terpenning, et al.. (1985). Safety and efficacy of ticarcillin plus clavulanic acid in the treatment of infections of soft tissue, bone, and joint. The American Journal of Medicine. 79(5). 136–140. 18 indexed citations

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Mulligan, Maury E., et al.. (1984). Alterations in human fecal flora, including ingrowth of Clostridium difficile, related to cefoxitin therapy. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 26(3). 343–346. 38 indexed citations

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George, W. Lance, Rial D. Rolfe, & S M Finegold. (1982). Clostridium difficile and its cytotoxin in feces of patients with antimicrobial agent-associated diarrhea and miscellaneous conditions. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 15(6). 1049–1053. 115 indexed citations

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George, W. Lance, Barbara D. Kirby, Vera L. Sutter, et al.. (1982). Intravenous metronidazole for treatment of infections involving anaerobic bacteria. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 21(3). 441–449. 18 indexed citations

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George, W. Lance, Barbara D. Kirby, Vera L. Sutter, Diane M. Citron, & S M Finegold. (1981). Gram-Negative Anaerobic Bacilli: Their Role in Infection and Patterns of Susceptibility to Antimicrobial Agents. II. Little-Known Fusobacterium Species and Miscellaneous Genera. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 3(3). 599–626. 67 indexed citations

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Leung, Felix W., et al.. (1981). Nontraumatic clostridial myonecrosis: An infectious disease emergency. Annals of Emergency Medicine. 10(6). 312–314. 18 indexed citations

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