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Arnaldo Lopes Colombo

Arnaldo Lopes Colombo

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Microbiology
Brazil
2026

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Microbiology

D-Index
90
Citations
28453
World Ranking
687
National Ranking
1

Arnaldo Lopes Colombo publication distribution in Microbiology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Microbiology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Arnaldo Lopes Colombo sits on this spectrum.

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55 publications 679+

This scientist: 338 publications — 83rd percentile

83% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 679 publications or more.

Arnaldo Lopes Colombo D-index placement in Microbiology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Microbiology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Arnaldo Lopes Colombo sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 127+

This scientist: 90 D-Index — 88th percentile

88% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 127 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Microbiology in Brazil Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Microbiology in Brazil Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Microbiology in Brazil Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Microbiology in Brazil Leader Award
  • Fellow of the European Confederation of Medical Mycology (ECMM)
  • Fellow of the European Confederation of Medical Mycology (ECMM)
  • Fellow of the European Confederation of Medical Mycology (ECMM)
  • Fellow of the European Confederation of Medical Mycology (ECMM)

Overview

Arnaldo Lopes Colombo is affiliated with the Federal University of Sao Paulo in Brazil, contributing extensively to the field of Medicine with a particular focus on Infectious Diseases. Their research portfolio includes a range of topics centered on fungal infections, antifungal resistance, epidemiology, and molecular biology.

Colombo's main fields of study include:

  • Medicine

Within this broad category, their work concentrates on subfields such as:

  • Infectious Diseases
  • Epidemiology
  • Cell Biology
  • Small Animals
  • Molecular Biology

The scientist's research primarily addresses themes like:

  • Antifungal resistance and susceptibility
  • Fungal Infections and Studies
  • Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases
  • Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia detection and treatment
  • Infectious Diseases and Mycology
  • Yeasts and Rust Fungi Studies
  • Parasitic Diseases Research and Treatment

Among their recent papers are:

  • Defining and managing COVID-19-associated pulmonary aspergillosis: the 2020 ECMM/ISHAM consensus criteria for research and clinical guidance (2020) published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases
  • Worldwide emergence of fluconazole-resistant Candida parapsilosis: current framework and future research roadmap (2023) published in The Lancet Microbe
  • Global guideline for the diagnosis and management of rare yeast infections: an initiative of the ECMM in cooperation with ISHAM and ASM (2021) published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases
  • Global guideline for the diagnosis and management of candidiasis: an initiative of the ECMM in cooperation with ISHAM and ASM (2025) published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases
  • Emergence of Candida auris in Brazil in a COVID-19 Intensive Care Unit (2021) published in Journal of Fungi

Colombo frequently publishes in the following venues:

  • Journal of Fungi
  • Mycoses
  • Medical Mycology
  • The Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
  • Mycopathologia

Key collaborators include:

  • João Nóbrega de Almeida
  • Elaine Cristina Francisco
  • Flávio Queiroz-Telles
  • Ferry Hagen
  • Márcio Nucci

Colombo has been recognized as a Fellow of the European Confederation of Medical Mycology (ECMM), reflecting their involvement in professional mycology organizations.

Best Publications

  • Comparison of caspofungin and amphotericin B for invasive candidiasis.

    Jorge Mora-Duarte;Robert Betts;Coleman Rotstein;Arnaldo Lopes Colombo

  • Global guideline for the diagnosis and management of mucormycosis: an initiative of the European Confederation of Medical Mycology in cooperation with the Mycoses Study Group Education and Research Consortium

    Oliver A. Cornely;Ana Alastruey-Izquierdo;Dorothee Arenz;Sharon C. A. Chen

  • Simultaneous Emergence of Multidrug-Resistant Candida auris on 3 Continents Confirmed by Whole-Genome Sequencing and Epidemiological Analyses

    Shawn R. Lockhart;Kizee A. Etienne;Snigdha Vallabhaneni;Joveria Farooqi

  • Defining and managing COVID-19-associated pulmonary aspergillosis: the 2020 ECMM/ISHAM consensus criteria for research and clinical guidance.

    Philipp Koehler;Matteo Bassetti;Arunaloke Chakrabarti;Sharon C.A. Chen;Sharon C.A. Chen

  • Epidemiology of Candidemia in Brazil: a Nationwide Sentinel Surveillance of Candidemia in Eleven Medical Centers

    Arnaldo L. Colombo;Marcio Nucci;Benjamin J. Park;Simone A. Nouér

  • Current Knowledge of Trichosporon spp. and Trichosporonosis

    Arnaldo L. Colombo;Ana Carolina B. Padovan;Guilherme M. Chaves

  • Guideliness in paracoccidioidomycosis

    Maria Aparecida Shikanai-Yasuda;Flávio de Queiroz Telles Filho;Rinaldo Pôncio Mendes;Arnaldo Lopes Colombo

  • First report of Candida auris in America: Clinical and microbiological aspects of 18 episodes of candidemia

    Belinda Calvo;Analy Salles de Azevedo Melo;Armindo Perozo-Mena;Martin Hernandez

  • Epidemiology of Candidemia in Latin America: A Laboratory-Based Survey

    Marcio Nucci;Flavio Queiroz-Telles;Tito Alvarado-Matute;Iris Nora Tiraboschi

  • Brazilian guidelines for the clinical management of paracoccidioidomycosis

    Maria Aparecida Shikanai-Yasuda;Rinaldo Pôncio Mendes;Arnaldo Lopes Colombo;Flávio de Queiroz-Telles

  • Epidemiology of endemic systemic fungal infections in Latin America

    Arnaldo Lopes Colombo;Angela Tobón;Angela Restrepo;Flavio Queiroz-Telles

  • Epidemiology of opportunistic fungal infections in Latin America.

    Marcio Nucci;Flavio Queiroz-Telles;Angela M. Tobón;Angela Restrepo

  • Results from the Artemis Disk Global Antifungal Surveillance Study, 1997-2005 ; An 8.5 year analysis of susceptibilities of Candida and other yeast species to fluconazole and voriconazole by CLSI standardized disk diffusion testing.

    M. A. Pfaller;D. J. Diekema;D. L. Gibbs;V. A. Newell

  • Fusarium Infection in Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Recipients

    Marcio Nucci;Kieren A. Marr;Kieren A. Marr;Flavio Queiroz-Telles;Carlos A. Martins

  • International Society of Human and Animal Mycology (ISHAM)-ITS reference DNA barcoding database--the quality controlled standard tool for routine identification of human and animal pathogenic fungi.

    Laszlo Irinyi;Carolina Serena;Dea Garcia-Hermoso;Michael Arabatzis

  • Outcome predictors of 84 patients with hematologic malignancies and Fusarium infection.

    Marcio Nucci;Elias J. Anaissie;Flavio Queiroz-Telles;Carlos A. Martins

  • Consenso em paracoccidioidomicose

    Maria Aparecida Shikanai-Yasuda;Flávio de Queiroz Telles Filho;Rinaldo Pôncio Mendes;Arnaldo Lopes Colombo

  • Guidelines in paracoccidioidomycosis

    Shikanai-Yasuda Ma;Telles Filho Fde Q;Mendes Rp;Colombo Al

  • Chromoblastomycosis

    Unknown

  • High rate of non-albicans candidemia in Brazilian tertiary care hospitals.

    Arnaldo Lopes Colombo;Marcio Nucci;Reinaldo Salomão;Maria Luiza M Branchini

  • A multicenter multinational study of abdominal candidiasis: epidemiology, outcomes and predictors of mortality

    Matteo Bassetti;Elda Righi;Filippo Ansaldi;Maria Merelli

  • Antifungal tolerance is a subpopulation effect distinct from resistance and is associated with persistent candidemia

    Alexander Rosenberg;Iuliana V. Ene;Maayan Bibi;Shiri Zakin

  • Epidemiology and Microbiologic Characterization of Nosocomial Candidemia from a Brazilian National Surveillance Program

    André Mario Doi;Antonio Carlos Campos Pignatari;Michael B. Edmond;Alexandre Rodrigues Marra

Frequent Co-Authors

Marcio Nucci
Marcio Nucci Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
Flavio Queiroz-Telles
Flavio Queiroz-Telles Federal University of Paraná
Jacques F. Meis
Jacques F. Meis Canisius-Wilhelmina Ziekenhuis
Ferry Hagen
Ferry Hagen Utrecht University
Anuradha Chowdhary
Anuradha Chowdhary University of Delhi
Patricia Muñoz
Patricia Muñoz Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón
Zoilo Pires de Camargo
Zoilo Pires de Camargo Federal University of Sao Paulo
Maiken Cavling Arendrup
Maiken Cavling Arendrup Statens Serum Institut
Jorge E. Cortes
Jorge E. Cortes Augusta University
Josep Guarro
Josep Guarro Rovira i Virgili University

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