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Research.com Recognitions

  • 1999 - European Society for Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Excellence Award

Overview

George L. Daikos is affiliated with the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens in Greece. Their research spans multiple areas within medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, focusing extensively on infectious diseases and antimicrobial resistance.

The scientist has published widely in several frequent venues, including:

  • Clinical Microbiology and Infection
  • Infectious Diseases and Therapy
  • Antibiotics
  • Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
  • Clinical Infectious Diseases

Their work covers main fields of study such as Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology with notable subfields in Molecular Medicine, Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, Pharmacology, Epidemiology, and Clinical Biochemistry.

The principal topics addressed in their publications include:

  • Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria
  • Antibiotic Use and Resistance
  • Antibiotics Pharmacokinetics and Efficacy
  • Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections
  • Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing
  • Vibrio bacteria research studies
  • Urinary Tract Infections Management

George L. Daikos has coauthored numerous papers with frequent collaborators such as Mical Paul, Yehuda Carmeli, Emanuele Durante-Mangoni, Leonard Leibovici, and Amir Nutman.

Recent publications include:

  • European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID) guidelines for the treatment of infections caused by multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacilli, 2021, Clinical Microbiology and Infection
  • Efficacy of Ceftazidime-avibactam Plus Aztreonam in Patients With Bloodstream Infections Caused by Metallo-β-lactamase-Producing Enterobacterales, 2020, Clinical Infectious Diseases
  • Colistin Monotherapy versus Combination Therapy for Carbapenem-Resistant Organisms, 2022, NEJM Evidence
  • Ceftazidime/avibactam in the era of carbapenemase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae: experience from a national registry study, 2020, Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
  • Review of Ceftazidime-Avibactam for the Treatment of Infections Caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa, 2021, Antibiotics

In 1999, George L. Daikos received the European Society for Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Excellence Award.

Best Publications

  • Clinical epidemiology of the global expansion of Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemases

    L Silvia Munoz-Price;L Silvia Munoz-Price;Laurent Poirel;Robert A Bonomo;Robert A Bonomo;Mitchell J Schwaber

  • Carbapenemases in Klebsiella pneumoniae and Other Enterobacteriaceae: an Evolving Crisis of Global Dimensions

    L. S. Tzouvelekis;A. Markogiannakis;M. Psichogiou;P. T. Tassios

  • International Consensus Guidelines for the Optimal Use of the Polymyxins: Endorsed by the American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP), European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID), Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), International Society for Anti-infective Pharmacology (ISAP), Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM), and Society of Infectious Diseases Pharmacists (SIDP).

    Brian T. Tsuji;Jason M. Pogue;Alexandre P. Zavascki;Mical Paul;Mical Paul

  • Carbapenemase-Producing Klebsiella pneumoniae Bloodstream Infections: Lowering Mortality by Antibiotic Combination Schemes and the Role of Carbapenems

    George L. Daikos;Sophia Tsaousi;Leonidas S. Tzouvelekis;Ioannis Anyfantis

  • Colistin alone versus colistin plus meropenem for treatment of severe infections caused by carbapenem-resistant Gram-negative bacteria: an open-label, randomised controlled trial

    Mical Paul;Mical Paul;George L Daikos;Emanuele Durante-Mangoni;Dafna Yahav;Dafna Yahav

  • Effect of appropriate combination therapy on mortality of patients with bloodstream infections due to carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae (INCREMENT): a retrospective cohort study

    Belén Gutiérrez-Gutiérrez;Elena Salamanca;Marina de Cueto;Po-Ren Hsueh

  • An outbreak of tuberculosis caused by multiple-drug-resistant tubercle bacilli among patients with HIV infection.

    Margaret A. Fischl;Raj B. Uttamchandani;George L. Daikos;Rita B. Poblete

  • Effect and Safety of Meropenem–Vaborbactam versus Best-Available Therapy in Patients with Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae Infections: The TANGO II Randomized Clinical Trial

    Richard G. Wunderink;Evangelos J. Giamarellos-Bourboulis;Galia Rahav;Amy J. Mathers

  • Treating infections caused by carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae

    L.S. Tzouvelekis;A. Markogiannakis;E. Piperaki;M. Souli

  • Controlling the spread of carbapenemase-producing Gram-negatives: therapeutic approach and infection control

    Y. Carmeli;M. Akova;G. Cornaglia;G. L. Daikos

  • Efficacy of Ceftazidime-avibactam Plus Aztreonam in Patients With Bloodstream Infections Caused by Metallo-β-lactamase–Producing Enterobacterales

    Marco Falcone;George L Daikos;Giusy Tiseo;Dimitrios Bassoulis

  • CLINICAL PRESENTATION AND OUTCOME OF PATIENTS WITH HIV INFECTION AND TUBERCULOSIS CAUSED BY MULTIPLE-DRUG– RESISTANT BACILLI

    Margaret A. Fischl;George L. Daikos;Raj B. Uttamchandani;Rita B. Poblete

  • Carbapenemase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae: (when) might we still consider treating with carbapenems?

    G.L. Daikos;A. Markogiannakis

  • Infection prevention and control measures and tools for the prevention of entry of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae into healthcare settings: guidance from the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control

    A P Magiorakos;K Burns;J Rodríguez Baño;M Borg

  • Prospective Observational Study of the Impact of VIM-1 Metallo-β-Lactamase on the Outcome of Patients with Klebsiella pneumoniae Bloodstream Infections

    George L. Daikos;Panayiotis Petrikkos;Mina Psichogiou;Chris Kosmidis

  • Interventional strategies and current clinical experience with carbapenemase-producing Gram-negative bacteria

    M. Akova;G.L. Daikos;L. Tzouvelekis;Y. Carmeli

  • Nocardiosis in 30 Patients with Advanced Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection: Clinical Features and Outcome

    Raj B. Uttamchandani;George L. Daikos;Ricardo R. Reyes;Margaret A. Fischl

  • Adaptive Resistance to Aminoglycoside Antibiotics from First-Exposure Down-Regulation

    George L. Daikos;George Gee Jackson;Valentina T. Lolans;David M. Livermore

  • Does rituximab increase the incidence of infectious complications? A narrative review

    Theodoros Kelesidis;George Daikos;Dimitrios Boumpas;Sotirios Tsiodras

  • Attributable deaths and disability-adjusted life-years caused by infections with antibiotic-resistant bacteria in the EU and the European Economic Area in 2015: a population-level modelling analysis

    Alessandro Cassini;Liselotte Diaz Hogberg;Diamantis Plachouras;Annalisa Quattrocchi

Frequent Co-Authors

Yehuda Carmeli
Yehuda Carmeli Tel Aviv University
Leonard Leibovici
Leonard Leibovici Tel Aviv University
Leonidas S. Tzouvelekis
Leonidas S. Tzouvelekis National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Johan W. Mouton
Johan W. Mouton Radboud University Medical Center
Stéphan Juergen Harbarth
Stéphan Juergen Harbarth University of Geneva
Robert A. Bonomo
Robert A. Bonomo Case Western Reserve University
George Gee Jackson
George Gee Jackson University of Illinois at Chicago
David L. Paterson
David L. Paterson University of Queensland
Jesús Rodríguez-Baño
Jesús Rodríguez-Baño University of Seville
Helen Giamarellou
Helen Giamarellou National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

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