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Overview

Diane M. Citron is affiliated with Michigan State University in the United States. Their research spans fields primarily within Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with significant focus on Infectious Diseases, Clinical Biochemistry, Molecular Medicine, Epidemiology, and Surgery.

The scientist's work extensively covers topics related to bacterial identification and susceptibility testing, Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research, and antibiotic resistance in bacteria. Additional research interests include microscopic colitis, Helicobacter pylori-related gastroenterology studies, antibiotics pharmacokinetics and efficacy, and antimicrobial resistance in Staphylococcus.

Frequent co-authors in their research collaborations include Ellie J. C. Goldstein, C. Vreni Merriam, Stuart Johnson, Susan P. Sambol, and Marina C. Claros.

Some of the recent publications by Diane M. Citron include:

  • In Vitro Activity of Tedizolid Compared to Linezolid and Five Other Antimicrobial Agents against 332 Anaerobic Isolates, Including Bacteroides fragilis Group, Prevotella, Porphyromonas, and Veillonella Species, 2020, published in Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
  • Efficacy of Bezlotoxumab in Trial Participants Infected With Clostridioides difficile Strain BI Associated With Poor Outcomes, 2020, published in Clinical Infectious Diseases
  • Comparative susceptibility of Gemella morbillorum to 13 antimicrobial agents, 2022, published in Anaerobe
  • Characterization of Clostridioides difficile isolates recovered from two Phase 3 surotomycin treatment trials by restriction endonuclease analysis, PCR ribotyping and antimicrobial susceptibilities, 2020, published in Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
  • Fusobacteria behaving badly: Masquerading strains of strictly anaerobic Escherichia coli misidentified due to the deletion of the hemB gene, 2022, published in Anaerobe

Diane M. Citron's work is frequently published in the journals Anaerobe, Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, Clinical Infectious Diseases, and Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy.

Best Publications

  • Bacteriologic Analysis of Infected Dog and Cat Bites

    David A. Talan;Diane M. Citron;Fredrick M. Abrahamian;Gregory J. Moran

  • Selective and differential medium for isolation of Clostridium difficile.

    W L George;V L Sutter;D Citron;S M Finegold

  • Reclassification of Clostridium difficile as Clostridioides difficile (Hall and O'Toole 1935) Prévot 1938.

    Paul A. Lawson;Diane M. Citron;Kerin L. Tyrrell;Sydney M. Finegold

  • Bacteriology of moderate-to-severe diabetic foot infections and in vitro activity of antimicrobial agents.

    Diane M. Citron;Ellie J. C. Goldstein;C. Vreni Merriam;Benjamin A. Lipsky

  • Lactobacillus Species: Taxonomic Complexity and Controversial Susceptibilities

    Ellie J. C. Goldstein;Kerin L. Tyrrell;Diane M. Citron

  • Effects of control interventions on Clostridium difficile infection in England: an observational study

    Kate E Dingle;Kate E Dingle;Kate E Dingle;Xavier Didelot;T Phuong Quan;T Phuong Quan;T Phuong Quan;David W Eyre;David W Eyre

  • Bacteriology of human and animal bite wounds.

    E J Goldstein;D M Citron;B Wield;U Blachman

  • Ertapenem versus piperacillin/tazobactam for diabetic foot infections (SIDESTEP): prospective, randomised, controlled, double-blinded, multicentre trial

    Benjamin A Lipsky;David G Armstrong;Diane M Citron;Alan D Tice

  • Clinical Presentation and Bacteriologic Analysis of Infected Human Bites in Patients Presenting to Emergency Departments

    David A. Talan;Fredrick M. Abrahamian;Gregory J. Moran;Diane M. Citron

  • Diabetic foot infections. Bacteriology and activity of 10 oral antimicrobial agents against bacteria isolated from consecutive cases.

    Ellie J C Goldstein;Diane M Citron;Catherine A Nesbit

  • Relapse versus reinfection: recurrent Clostridium difficile infection following treatment with fidaxomicin or vancomycin.

    Iris Figueroa;Stuart Johnson;Stuart Johnson;Susan P. Sambol;Susan P. Sambol;Ellie J. C. Goldstein

  • Desulfovibrio desulfuricans Bacteremia and Review of Human Desulfovibrio Infections

    Ellie J. C. Goldstein;Diane M. Citron;Victoria A. Peraino;Sally A. Cross

  • Update on the taxonomy and clinical aspects of the genus fusobacterium

    Diane M. Citron

  • In Vitro Activities of the New Semisynthetic Glycopeptide Telavancin (TD-6424), Vancomycin, Daptomycin, Linezolid, and Four Comparator Agents against Anaerobic Gram-Positive Species and Corynebacterium spp.

    Ellie J. C. Goldstein;Diane M. Citron;C. Vreni Merriam;Yumi A. Warren

  • 16S-23S rDNA internal transcribed spacer sequences for analysis of the phylogenetic relationships among species of the genus Fusobacterium.

    Georg Conrads;Marina C Claros;Diane M Citron;Kerin L Tyrrell

  • In Vitro Activities of Dalbavancin and Nine Comparator Agents against Anaerobic Gram-Positive Species and Corynebacteria

    Ellie J. C. Goldstein;Diane M. Citron;C. Vreni Merriam;Yumi Warren

  • In Vitro Activities of Ramoplanin, Teicoplanin, Vancomycin, Linezolid, Bacitracin, and Four Other Antimicrobials against Intestinal Anaerobic Bacteria

    D. M. Citron;C. V. Merriam;K. L. Tyrrell;Y. A. Warren

  • Comparative Susceptibilities to Fidaxomicin (OPT-80) of Isolates Collected at Baseline, Recurrence, and Failure from Patients in Two Phase III Trials of Fidaxomicin against Clostridium difficile Infection

    Ellie J. C. Goldstein;Diane M. Citron;Pamela Sears;Farah Babakhani

  • Biochemical Differentiation and Comparison of Desulfovibrio Species and Other Phenotypically Similar Genera

    Yumi A. Warren;Diane M. Citron;C. Vreni Merriam;Ellie J. C. Goldstein

  • Comparative In Vitro Activities of Ertapenem (MK-0826) against 1,001 Anaerobes Isolated from Human Intra-Abdominal Infections

    Ellie J. C. Goldstein;Diane M. Citron;C. Vreni Merriam;Yumi Warren

  • Antimicrobial Activities of Fidaxomicin

    Ellie J. C. Goldstein;Farah Babakhani;Diane M. Citron

Frequent Co-Authors

Ellie J. C. Goldstein
Ellie J. C. Goldstein University of California, Los Angeles
Sydney M. Finegold
Sydney M. Finegold University of California, Los Angeles
Dale N. Gerding
Dale N. Gerding Veterans Health Administration
Stuart Johnson
Stuart Johnson Loyola University Chicago
Hannah M. Wexler
Hannah M. Wexler University of California, Los Angeles
Mark H. Wilcox
Mark H. Wilcox University of Leeds
David P. Nicolau
David P. Nicolau Hartford Hospital
Paul A. Lawson
Paul A. Lawson University of Oklahoma
Derrick W. Crook
Derrick W. Crook University of Oxford
A. Sarah Walker
A. Sarah Walker University of Oxford

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