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Overview

Henry F. Chambers is affiliated with the University of California, San Francisco, in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with a significant emphasis on Epidemiology, Infectious Diseases, Molecular Medicine, Clinical Biochemistry, and Pharmacology.

The main topics of their research include:

  • Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria
  • Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus
  • Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing
  • Antibiotic Use and Resistance
  • Antibiotics Pharmacokinetics and Efficacy
  • Urinary Tract Infections Management
  • Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management

Henry F. Chambers has published extensively, with notable papers including:

  • "Molecular and clinical epidemiology of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales in the USA (CRACKLE-2): a prospective cohort study" (2020), published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases
  • "Clinical outcomes and bacterial characteristics of carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae complex among patients from different global regions (CRACKLE-2): a prospective, multicentre, cohort study" (2021), published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases
  • "Global epidemiology and clinical outcomes of carbapenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa and associated carbapenemases (POP): a prospective cohort study" (2023), published in The Lancet Microbe
  • "Native-Valve Infective Endocarditis" (2020), published in New England Journal of Medicine
  • "Short- vs Standard-Course Outpatient Antibiotic Therapy for Community-Acquired Pneumonia in Children" (2022), published in JAMA Pediatrics

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Vance G. Fowler (50 publications)
  • Scott Evans (35 publications)
  • Robin Patel (26 publications)
  • Sarah B. Doernberg (24 publications)
  • Lauren Komarow (23 publications)

Henry F. Chambers has contributed to a range of publication venues, with the most frequent being:

  • Clinical Infectious Diseases (19 publications)
  • Open Forum Infectious Diseases (11 publications)
  • Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (9 publications)
  • The Lancet Infectious Diseases (4 publications)
  • mBio (4 publications)

Best Publications

  • Clinical Practice Guidelines by the Infectious Diseases Society of America for the Treatment of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Infections in Adults and Children

    Catherine Liu;Arnold Bayer;Sara E. Cosgrove;Robert S. Daum

  • Waves of resistance: Staphylococcus aureus in the antibiotic era

    Henry F. Chambers;Frank R. DeLeo

  • Practice Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Skin and Soft Tissue Infections: 2014 Update by the Infectious Diseases Society of America

    Dennis L. Stevens;Alan L. Bisno;Henry F. Chambers;E. Patchen Dellinger

  • The changing epidemiology of Staphylococcus aureus

    Henry F. Chambers

  • Practice Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Skin and Soft-Tissue Infections

    Dennis L. Stevens;Alan L. Bisno;Henry F. Chambers;Henry F. Chambers;E. Dale Everett

  • Methicillin resistance in staphylococci : Molecular and biochemical basis and clinical implications

    Henry F. Chambers

  • Community-associated meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

    Frank R DeLeo;Michael Otto;Barry N Kreiswirth;Henry F Chambers

  • Daptomycin versus Standard Therapy for Bacteremia and Endocarditis Caused by Staphylococcus aureus

    Vance G. Fowler;Helen W. Boucher;G. Ralph Corey;Elias Abrutyn

  • The Sanford guide to antimicrobial therapy

    David N. Gilbert;Robert C. Moellering;George M. Eliopoulos;Henry F. Chambers

  • Executive Summary: Practice Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Skin and Soft Tissue Infections: 2014 Update by the Infectious Diseases Society of America

    Dennis L. Stevens;Alan L. Bisno;Henry F. Chambers;E. Patchen Dellinger

  • Diagnosis and Management of Infective Endocarditis and Its Complications

    Arnold S. Bayer;Ann F. Bolger;Kathryn A. Taubert;Walter Wilson

  • A Controlled Clinical Trial of E5 Murine Monoclonal IgM Antibody to Endotoxin in the Treatment of Gram-Negative Sepsis

    R L Greenman;R M Schein;M A Martin;R P Wenzel

  • Reemergence of antibiotic-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in the genomics era

    Frank R. DeLeo;Henry F. Chambers

  • National Trends in Ambulatory Visits and Antibiotic Prescribing for Skin and Soft-Tissue Infections

    Adam L. Hersh;Henry F. Chambers;Judith H. Maselli;Ralph Gonzales

  • The Arginine Catabolic Mobile Element and Staphylococcal Chromosomal Cassette mec Linkage: Convergence of Virulence and Resistance in the USA300 Clone of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus

    Binh An Diep;Binh An Diep;Gregory G. Stone;Li Basuino;Christopher J. Graber

  • Community-Associated MRSA — Resistance and Virulence Converge

    Henry F Chambers

  • Vancomycin for Staphylococcus aureus endocarditis in intravenous drug users.

    P M Small;H F Chambers

  • Emergence of Multidrug-Resistant, Community-Associated, Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Clone USA300 in Men Who Have Sex with Men

    Binh An Diep;Henry F. Chambers;Christopher J. Graber;John D. Szumowski

  • Evolution of virulence in epidemic community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

    Min Li;Binh An Diep;Amer E. Villaruz;Kevin R. Braughton

  • Chemokine receptor 2 serves an early and essential role in resistance to Mycobacterium tuberculosis

    Wendy Peters;Holly M. Scott;Henry F. Chambers;JoAnne L. Flynn

Frequent Co-Authors

Vance G. Fowler
Vance G. Fowler Duke University
Barry N. Kreiswirth
Barry N. Kreiswirth Center for Discovery and Innovation
Binh An Diep
Binh An Diep University of California, San Francisco
Arnold S. Bayer
Arnold S. Bayer University of California, Los Angeles
Robert A. Bonomo
Robert A. Bonomo Case Western Reserve University
Kristine M. Hujer
Kristine M. Hujer Case Western Reserve University
Federico Perez
Federico Perez Case Western Reserve University
Robin Patel
Robin Patel Mayo Clinic
Andrea M. Hujer
Andrea M. Hujer United States Department of Veterans Affairs
Yan Q. Xiong
Yan Q. Xiong University of California, Los Angeles

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