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George Samonis

George Samonis

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
64
Citations
13290
World Ranking
9766
National Ranking
18

Overview

George Samonis is affiliated with the University of Crete in Greece and has a significant body of work in the field of Medicine, with a focus on several subfields such as Epidemiology, Infectious Diseases, Surgery, Oncology, and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

The main topics of their research cover a range of important medical and microbiological issues, including antifungal resistance and susceptibility, fungal infections and studies, orthopedic infections and treatments, infective endocarditis diagnosis and management, streptococcal infections and treatments, antimicrobial resistance in Staphylococcus, and nail diseases and treatments.

They have published extensively, with frequent appearances in notable journals such as:

  • Diagnostics
  • Antibiotics
  • MAEDICA - a Journal of Clinical Medicine
  • Microorganisms
  • Journal of Fungi

Selected recent publications by George Samonis include:

  • "Systematic Review of Antimicrobial Combination Options for Pandrug-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii" (2021), published in Antibiotics
  • "Gender and Age Differences in Hip Fracture Types among Elderly: a Retrospective Cohort Study" (2020), published in MAEDICA - a Journal of Clinical Medicine
  • "Uncoupling of IL-6 signaling and LC3-associated phagocytosis drives immunoparalysis during sepsis" (2021), published in Cell Host & Microbe
  • "Treatment pattern, prognostic factors, and outcome in patients with infection due to pan-drug-resistant gram-negative bacteria" (2020), published in European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases
  • "Increasing Incidence and Shifting Epidemiology of Candidemia in Greece: Results from the First Nationwide 10-Year Survey" (2022), published in Journal of Fungi

Throughout their academic career, George Samonis has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Christos Koutserimpas
  • Πέτρος Ιωάννου
  • Kalliopi Alpantaki
  • Andreas G. Tsantes
  • Diamantis P. Kofteridis

Best Publications

  • Recent experience with Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteremia in patients with cancer: Retrospective analysis of 245 episodes.

    Ioannis Chatzinikolaou;Ioannis Chatzinikolaou;Dima Abi-Said;Gerald P. Bodey;Kenneth V. I. Rolston

  • Risk factors of carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae infections: a matched case–control study

    Matthew E Falagas;Matthew E Falagas;Petros I Rafailidis;Diamantis Kofteridis;Simona Virtzili

  • Treatment failure and recurrence of Clostridium difficile infection following treatment with vancomycin or metronidazole: a systematic review of the evidence.

    Konstantinos Z. Vardakas;Konstantinos A. Polyzos;Konstantina Patouni;Petros I. Rafailidis

  • A multicenter phase III trial comparing irinotecan-gemcitabine (IG) with gemcitabine (G) monotherapy as first-line treatment in patients with locally advanced or metastatic pancreatic cancer.

    G P Stathopoulos;K Syrigos;G Aravantinos;A Polyzos

  • Aerosolized plus intravenous colistin versus intravenous colistin alone for the treatment of ventilator associated pneumonia: a matched case control study.

    Diamantis P. Kofteridis;Christina Alexopoulou;Antonios Valachis;Sofia Maraki

  • Vinorelbine Plus Cisplatin Versus Docetaxel Plus Gemcitabine in Advanced Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer: A Phase III Randomized Trial

    Vassilis Georgoulias;Alexandros Ardavanis;Xanthi Tsiafaki;Athina Agelidou

  • Aspergillus Cell Wall Melanin Blocks LC3-Associated Phagocytosis to Promote Pathogenicity

    Tonia Akoumianaki;Irene Kyrmizi;Isabel Valsecchi;Mark S. Gresnigt;Mark S. Gresnigt

  • Clinical significance of the pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic characteristics of fosfomycin for the treatment of patients with systemic infections

    Nikos Roussos;Drosos E. Karageorgopoulos;George Samonis;Matthew E. Falagas;Matthew E. Falagas

  • Risk factors associated with the isolation of colistin-resistant gram-negative bacteria: a matched case-control study.

    Dimitrios K. Matthaiou;Argyris Michalopoulos;Petros I. Rafailidis;Drosos E. Karageorgopoulos

  • Inhaled colistin as adjunctive therapy to intravenous colistin for the treatment of microbiologically documented ventilator-associated pneumonia: a comparative cohort study.

    I.P. Korbila;A. Michalopoulos;P.I. Rafailidis;D. Nikita

  • Antimicrobial susceptibility of multidrug-resistant (MDR) and extensively drug-resistant (XDR) Enterobacteriaceae isolates to fosfomycin.

    Matthew E. Falagas;Sofia Maraki;Drosos E. Karageorgopoulos;Antonia C. Kastoris

  • Synergy of fosfomycin with carbapenems, colistin, netilmicin, and tigecycline against multidrug-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae, Escherichia coli, and Pseudomonas aeruginosa clinical isolates.

    G. Samonis;S. Maraki;D. E. Karageorgopoulos;E. K. Vouloumanou

  • Citrobacter infections in a general hospital: characteristics and outcomes.

    G. Samonis;D. E. Karageorgopoulos;D. P. Kofteridis;D. K. Matthaiou

  • Infection and Immunity in Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia

    Sotirios Tsiodras;George Samonis;Michael J. Keating;Dimitrios P. Kontoyiannis

  • Airborne hydrogen peroxide for disinfection of the hospital environment and infection control: a systematic review

    M.E. Falagas;P.C. Thomaidis;I.K. Kotsantis;K. Sgouros

  • Epstein Barr Virus hepatitis

    Diamantis P. Kofteridis;Mairi Koulentaki;Antonios Valachis;Maria Christofaki

  • The role of aerosolized colistin in the treatment of ventilator-associated pneumonia: a systematic review and metaanalysis.

    Antonis Valachis;George Samonis;Diamantis P. Kofteridis

  • Stenotrophomonas maltophilia infections in a general hospital: patient characteristics, antimicrobial susceptibility, and treatment outcome.

    George Samonis;Drosos E. Karageorgopoulos;Drosos E. Karageorgopoulos;Sofia Maraki;Panagiotis Levis

  • Pemetrexed versus erlotinib in pretreated patients with advanced non–small cell lung cancer: A Hellenic Oncology Research Group (HORG) randomized phase 3 study

    Athanasios Karampeazis;Alexandra Voutsina;John Souglakos;Nikos Kentepozidis

  • Increased Virulence of Zygomycetes Organisms Following Exposure to Voriconazole: A Study Involving Fly and Murine Models of Zygomycosis

    Gregory A. Lamaris;Ronen Ben-Ami;Russell E. Lewis;Russell E. Lewis;Georgios Chamilos

Frequent Co-Authors

Matthew E. Falagas
Matthew E. Falagas Alfa Institute of Biomedical Sciences
Dimitrios P. Kontoyiannis
Dimitrios P. Kontoyiannis The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Elias Anaissie
Elias Anaissie University of Cincinnati
Rabih O. Darouiche
Rabih O. Darouiche Baylor College of Medicine
Russell E. Lewis
Russell E. Lewis University of Padua
Issam I Raad
Issam I Raad The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Jeffrey J Tarrand
Jeffrey J Tarrand The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Kenneth V. I. Rolston
Kenneth V. I. Rolston The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Petros I. Rafailidis
Petros I. Rafailidis Democritus University of Thrace
Michael I. Koukourakis
Michael I. Koukourakis Democritus University of Thrace

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