What is he best known for?
The fields of study he is best known for:
- Internal medicine
- Immune system
- Disease
His primary scientific interests are in Immunology, Cerebrospinal fluid, Meningitis, Chemokine and Borrelia burgdorferi.
His study in Cytokine, Inflammation, Immune system, Pathogenesis and Antibody falls under the purview of Immunology.
As a part of the same scientific family, Hans-Walter Pfister mostly works in the field of Cerebrospinal fluid, focusing on Intracranial pressure and, on occasion, Nitric oxide synthase, Nitric oxide, Cerebral edema, Free radical scavenger and Cerebral blood flow.
His Meningitis study is concerned with Surgery in general.
Macrophage and Monocyte is closely connected to Chemotaxis in his research, which is encompassed under the umbrella topic of Chemokine.
Hans-Walter Pfister focuses mostly in the field of Borrelia burgdorferi, narrowing it down to matters related to Lyme disease and, in some cases, Neuroborreliosis.
His most cited work include:
- Pneumococcal meningitis in adults: spectrum of complications and prognostic factors in a series of 87 cases. (345 citations)
- Pathogenesis and pathophysiology of pneumococcal meningitis (323 citations)
- Spectrum of Complications During Bacterial Meningitis in Adults: Results of a Prospective Clinical Study (260 citations)
What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?
Hans-Walter Pfister mainly investigates Meningitis, Immunology, Cerebrospinal fluid, Internal medicine and Pathology.
He has researched Meningitis in several fields, including Anesthesia, Cerebral blood flow, Intracranial pressure, Streptococcus pneumoniae and White blood cell.
His Immunology study frequently draws connections between adjacent fields such as Central nervous system.
His Cerebrospinal fluid research incorporates themes from Borrelia burgdorferi and Cerebral edema.
In his research on the topic of Internal medicine, Pediatrics is strongly related with Surgery.
His Pathology research includes elements of Blood–brain barrier and Audiometry, Spiral ganglion, Hearing loss, Cochlea.
He most often published in these fields:
- Meningitis (47.13%)
- Immunology (45.86%)
- Cerebrospinal fluid (26.75%)
What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2012-2021)?
- Meningitis (47.13%)
- Immunology (45.86%)
- Streptococcus pneumoniae (8.92%)
In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:
The scientist’s investigation covers issues in Meningitis, Immunology, Streptococcus pneumoniae, Cerebrospinal fluid and Internal medicine.
His research in the fields of Ventriculitis overlaps with other disciplines such as Diffusion-Weighted Magnetic Resonance Imaging.
His Immunology research includes themes of In vitro and Pneumolysin.
His Streptococcus pneumoniae course of study focuses on Neisseria meningitidis and Acute bacterial meningitis, relapsing fever and Bacterial meningitis.
Hans-Walter Pfister works mostly in the field of Cerebrospinal fluid, limiting it down to topics relating to Inflammation and, in certain cases, Brain damage, as a part of the same area of interest.
His work deals with themes such as Gastroenterology and Endocrinology, which intersect with Internal medicine.
Between 2012 and 2021, his most popular works were:
- ESCMID guideline: diagnosis and treatment of acute bacterial meningitis. (249 citations)
- γ-secretase directly sheds the survival receptor BCMA from plasma cells (134 citations)
- Lyme neuroborreliosis—epidemiology, diagnosis and management (107 citations)
In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:
- Internal medicine
- Immune system
- Disease
His primary areas of study are Meningitis, Immunology, Cerebrospinal fluid, Pediatrics and Streptococcus pneumoniae.
Hans-Walter Pfister has included themes like Gastroenterology, Plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 and Odds ratio, Pathology in his Meningitis study.
Hans-Walter Pfister combines subjects such as CSF pleocytosis and Brain damage with his study of Immunology.
The concepts of his Cerebrospinal fluid study are interwoven with issues in Chemokine, Plasminogen activator and Granulocyte.
His Pediatrics research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Disease and Subarachnoid hemorrhage.
His studies in Streptococcus pneumoniae integrate themes in fields like Neisseria meningitidis, Guideline and Bacterial meningitis.
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