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Research.com Recognitions

  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom

Overview

Guy E. Thwaites is affiliated with the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Medicine with a strong emphasis on Infectious Diseases and Epidemiology.

The subfields of their study include:

  • Infectious Diseases
  • Epidemiology
  • Surgery
  • Molecular Medicine
  • Molecular Biology

The main research topics covered by Guy E. Thwaites are:

  • Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology
  • Infectious Diseases and Tuberculosis
  • Mycobacterium research and diagnosis
  • Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria
  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
  • Bacterial Infections and Vaccines
  • Orthopedic Infections and Treatments

Prominent recent papers authored or co-authored by Guy E. Thwaites include:

  • "Critical analysis of antibacterial agents in clinical development," 2020, Nature Reviews Microbiology
  • "Tocilizumab in patients admitted to hospital with COVID-19 (RECOVERY): preliminary results of a randomised, controlled, open-label, platform trial," 2021, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • "The 2021 WHO catalogue of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex mutations associated with drug resistance: a genotypic analysis," 2022, The Lancet Microbe
  • "The Natural History and Transmission Potential of Asymptomatic Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Infection," 2020, Clinical Infectious Diseases
  • "Clinical characteristics and mortality associated with COVID-19 in Jakarta, Indonesia: A hospital-based retrospective cohort study," 2021, The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific

Frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Wellcome Open Research
  • Clinical Infectious Diseases
  • International Journal of Infectious Diseases
  • eLife

Guy E. Thwaites has collaborated extensively with several co-authors, including:

  • Nguyễn Thụy Thương Thương
  • Nguyễn Văn Vĩnh Châu
  • Joseph Donovan
  • Stephen Baker
  • Evelyne Kestelyn

Among the recognitions received, they have been named a Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom.

Best Publications

  • Discovery, research, and development of new antibiotics: the WHO priority list of antibiotic-resistant bacteria and tuberculosis.

    Evelina Tacconelli;Elena Carrara;Alessia Savoldi;Stephan Harbarth

  • Dexamethasone for the treatment of tuberculous meningitis in adolescents and adults.

    Thwaites Ge;Nguyen Db;Nguyen Hd;Hoang Tq

  • Out-of-Africa migration and Neolithic coexpansion of Mycobacterium tuberculosis with modern humans

    Iñaki Comas;Mireia Coscolla;Mireia Coscolla;Tao Luo;Sonia Borrell;Sonia Borrell

  • Tuberculous meningitis: a uniform case definition for use in clinical research

    Suzaan Marais;Guy Thwaites;Johan F Schoeman;M Estée Török

  • Oral versus intravenous antibiotics for bone and joint infection

    Li H-K.;Li H-K.;I Rombach;R Zambellas;A S Walker

  • British Infection Society guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis of the central nervous system in adults and children.

    Guy Thwaites;Martin Fisher;Cheryl Hemingway;Geoff Scott

  • Host Genotype-Specific Therapies Can Optimize the Inflammatory Response to Mycobacterial Infections

    David M. Tobin;Francisco J. Roca;Sungwhan F. Oh;Ross McFarland

  • The influence of host and bacterial genotype on the development of disseminated disease with Mycobacterium tuberculosis

    Maxine Caws;Maxine Caws;Guy Thwaites;Sarah Dunstan;Sarah Dunstan;Thomas R. Hawn

  • Diagnosis of adult tuberculous meningitis by use of clinical and laboratory features

    Ge E. Thwaites;Ge E. Thwaites;Tt T. H. Chau;K. Stepniewska;K. Stepniewska;Nh H. Phu

  • Tuberculous meningitis: more questions, still too few answers

    Guy E Thwaites;Guy E Thwaites;Ronald van Toorn;Johan Schoeman

  • Aspirin in patients admitted to hospital with COVID-19 (RECOVERY): a randomised, controlled, open-label, platform trial

    P W Horby;M Campbell;E Spata;Emberson

  • Phylogeographical analysis of the dominant multidrug-resistant H58 clade of Salmonella Typhi identifies inter- and intracontinental transmission events

    Vanessa K. Wong;Vanessa K. Wong;Stephen Baker;Stephen Baker;Stephen Baker;Derek J. Pickard;Julian Parkhill

  • Tuberculous meningitis: many questions, too few answers

    Guy E Thwaites;Tran Tinh Hien

  • Prediction of Susceptibility to First-Line Tuberculosis Drugs by DNA Sequencing.

    Caroline Allix-Béguec;Irena Arandjelovic

  • Are bloodstream leukocytes Trojan Horses for the metastasis of Staphylococcus aureus

    Guy E. Thwaites;Vanya Gant

  • Advances in treatment of bacterial meningitis

    Diederik van de Beek;Matthijs C Brouwer;Guy E Thwaites;Guy E Thwaites;Allan R Tunkel

  • Improving the Bacteriological Diagnosis of Tuberculous Meningitis

    Guy E. Thwaites;Guy E. Thwaites;Tran Thi Hong Chau;Jeremy J. Farrar;Jeremy J. Farrar

  • Critical analysis of antibacterial agents in clinical development.

    Ursula Theuretzbacher;Karen Bush;Stéphan Juergen Harbarth;Mical Paul

  • Adjunctive Dexamethasone in HIV-Associated Cryptococcal Meningitis

    J. Beardsley;M. Wolbers;F.M. Kibengo;A.-B.M. Ggayi

  • Dilemmas in the diagnosis of acute community-acquired bacterial meningitis

    Matthijs C Brouwer;Guy E Thwaites;Guy E Thwaites;Allan R Tunkel;Diederik van de Beek

  • Intensified Antituberculosis Therapy in Adults with Tuberculous Meningitis

    A Dorothee Heemskerk;Nguyen D Bang;Nguyen T H Mai;Tran T H Chau

  • Clinical management of Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia

    Guy E. Thwaites;Jonathan D. Edgeworth;Jonathan D. Edgeworth;Effrossyni Gkrania-Klotsas;Andrew Kirby

  • Casirivimab and imdevimab in patients admitted to hospital with COVID-19 (RECOVERY): a randomised, controlled, open-label, platform trial

    P Horby;M Mafham;L Peto

  • Convalescent plasma in patients admitted to hospital with COVID-19 (RECOVERY): a randomised, controlled, open-label, platform trial

    Peter W Horby;Lise Estcourt;Leon Peto

  • The Diagnosis and Management of Tuberculous Meningitis

    Guy E Thwaites

Frequent Co-Authors

Stephen Baker
Stephen Baker Agency for Science, Technology and Research
Nguyen Van Vinh Chau
Nguyen Van Vinh Chau University of Oxford
Jeremy Farrar
Jeremy Farrar World Health Organization
Tran Tinh Hien
Tran Tinh Hien University of Oxford
Juan Carrique-Mas
Juan Carrique-Mas University of Oxford
Nicholas J. White
Nicholas J. White Mahidol University
Mark H. Wilcox
Mark H. Wilcox University of Leeds
Cameron P. Simmons
Cameron P. Simmons University College London
William L. Irving
William L. Irving University of Nottingham
Maciej F. Boni
Maciej F. Boni Pennsylvania State University

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