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Giovanni Sotgiu

Giovanni Sotgiu

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Medicine

D-Index
93
Citations
32924
World Ranking
10862
National Ranking
389

Overview

Giovanni Sotgiu is affiliated with the University of Sassari in Italy and has contributed extensively to the fields of medicine, focusing particularly on pulmonary and respiratory medicine, infectious diseases, epidemiology, surgery, and neurology. Their research output includes publications that emphasize tuberculosis, COVID-19, pneumonia, and chronic respiratory conditions.

Their scientific work covers key research topics such as:

  • Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology
  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
  • Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections
  • Infectious Diseases and Tuberculosis
  • Diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis
  • Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia detection and treatment
  • Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research

Sotgiu's recent papers include the following publications:

  • Active tuberculosis, sequelae and COVID-19 co-infection: first cohort of 49 cases (2020), European Respiratory Journal
  • Tuberculosis and COVID-19 interaction: A review of biological, clinical and public health effects (2021), Pulmonology
  • ERS clinical practice guidelines: high-flow nasal cannula in acute respiratory failure (2021), European Respiratory Journal
  • The risk of tuberculosis in children after close exposure: a systematic review and individual-participant meta-analysis (2020), The Lancet
  • Community-acquired pneumonia (2021), The Lancet

Their frequent collaborators include:

  • Laura Saderi
  • Giovanni Battista Migliori
  • Mariangela Valentina Puci
  • Rosella Centis
  • Stefano Aliberti

Sotgiu has published extensively in several notable journals, with numerous articles appearing in:

  • The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (24 publications)
  • European Respiratory Journal (16 publications)
  • Pulmonology (11 publications)
  • CHEST Journal (10 publications)
  • Journal of Clinical Medicine (10 publications)

The scope of their work spans a broad range of disciplines, predominantly medicine with a strong focus on subfields:

  • Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
  • Infectious Diseases
  • Epidemiology
  • Surgery
  • Neurology

Best Publications

  • Official American Thoracic Society/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/Infectious Diseases Society of America Clinical Practice Guidelines: Treatment of Drug-Susceptible Tuberculosis.

    Payam Nahid;Susan E. Dorman;Narges Alipanah;Pennan M. Barry

  • Towards tuberculosis elimination: an action framework for low-incidence countries

    Knut Lönnroth;Giovanni Battista Migliori;Ibrahim Abubakar;Lia D'Ambrosio

  • Best drug treatment for multidrug-resistant and extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis

    José A Caminero;Giovanni Sotgiu;Alimuddin Zumla;Giovanni Battista Migliori

  • Interferon-γ release assays for the diagnosis of active tuberculosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis

    Martina Sester;Giovanni Sotgiu;Christoph Lange;Claudia Giehl

  • Control of Confounding and Reporting of Results in Causal Inference Studies. Guidance for Authors from Editors of Respiratory, Sleep, and Critical Care Journals

    David J. Lederer;Scott C. Bell;Richard D. Branson;James D. Chalmers

  • Management of latent Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection: WHO guidelines for low tuberculosis burden countries.

    Haileyesus Getahun;Alberto Matteelli;Ibrahim Abubakar;Mohamed Abdel Aziz

  • Multidrug Resistant Pulmonary Tuberculosis Treatment Regimens and Patient Outcomes: An Individual Patient Data Meta-analysis of 9,153 Patients

    Shama D. Ahuja;David Ashkin;Monika Avendano;Rita Banerjee

  • The risk of tuberculosis related to tumour necrosis factor antagonist therapies: a TBNET consensus statement

    I. Solovic;M. Sester;J. J. Gomez-Reino;H. L. Rieder

  • Treatment correlates of successful outcomes in pulmonary multidrug-resistant tuberculosis: an individual patient data meta-analysis

    Nafees Ahmad;Shama D Ahuja;Onno W Akkerman

  • Efficacy, safety and tolerability of linezolid containing regimens in treating MDR-TB and XDR-TB: systematic review and meta-analysis

    Giovanni Sotgiu;Rosella Centis;Lia D'Ambrosio;Jan-William C. Alffenaar

  • Resistance to fluoroquinolones and second-line injectable drugs: impact on multidrug-resistant TB outcomes

    Dennis Falzon;Neel Gandhi;Giovanni B. Migliori;Giovanni Sotgiu

  • Active tuberculosis, sequelae and COVID-19 co-infection: first cohort of 49 cases.

    Marina Tadolini;Luigi Ruffo Codecasa;José María García-García;François Xavier Blanc

  • Treatment of Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis. An Official ATS/CDC/ERS/IDSA Clinical Practice Guideline

    Payam Nahid;Sundari R. Mase;Giovanni Battista Migliori;Giovanni Sotgiu

  • Effectiveness and safety of bedaquiline-containing regimens in the treatment of MDR- and XDR-TB: a multicentre study

    Sergey E. Borisov;Keertan Dheda;Martin Enwerem;Rodolfo Romero Leyet

  • Drug resistance beyond extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis: individual patient data meta-analysis

    G.B. Migliori;G. Sotgiu;N. R. Gandhi;D. Falzon

  • Tuberculosis and COVID-19 interaction: a review of biological, clinical and public health effects

    D Visca;Cwm Ong;S Tiberi;R Centis

  • Clinical phenotypes in adult patients with bronchiectasis.

    Stefano Aliberti;Sara Lonni;Simone Dore;Melissa J. McDonnell

  • European Union Standards for Tuberculosis Care

    G.B. Migliori;J.P. Zellweger;I. Abubakar;E. Ibraim

  • A retrospective TBNET assessment of linezolid safety, tolerability and efficacy in multidrug-resistant tuberculosis

    G. B. Migliori;B. Eker;M. D. Richardson;G. Sotgiu

  • Tuberculosis, COVID-19 and migrants: Preliminary analysis of deaths occurring in 69 patients from two cohorts.

    I. Motta;R. Centis;L. D’Ambrosio;J.-M. García-García

Frequent Co-Authors

Giovanni Battista Migliori
Giovanni Battista Migliori Queen Mary University of London
Stefano Aliberti
Stefano Aliberti Humanitas University
Francesco Blasi
Francesco Blasi University of Milan
Christoph Lange
Christoph Lange University of Lübeck
Delia Goletti
Delia Goletti Istituto Sperimentale Italiano Lazzaro Spallanzani
Alimuddin Zumla
Alimuddin Zumla University College London
Daniela M. Cirillo
Daniela M. Cirillo Vita-Salute San Raffaele University
James D. Chalmers
James D. Chalmers University of Dundee
Keertan Dheda
Keertan Dheda University of Cape Town
Marcos I. Restrepo
Marcos I. Restrepo The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

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