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Microbiology
Switzerland
2026

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Microbiology

D-Index
99
Citations
39676
World Ranking
429
National Ranking
8

Medicine

D-Index
99
Citations
40547
World Ranking
8524
National Ranking
119

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Microbiology in Switzerland Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Microbiology in Switzerland Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Microbiology in Switzerland Leader Award

Overview

Jacques Bille is affiliated with the University of Lausanne in Switzerland and has contributed to multiple research areas primarily within the field of medicine. Their scholarly work encompasses epidemiology, history, cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, infectious diseases, and sociology and political science.

Their research covers topics including antifungal resistance and susceptibility, fungal infections and studies, detection and treatment of Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia, French historical and cultural studies, communism, protests and social movements, European political history analysis, and cardiac valve diseases and treatments.

Jacques Bille's recent papers include:

  • Trends of the Epidemiology of Candidemia in Switzerland: A 15-Year FUNGINOS Survey, 2021, Open Forum Infectious Diseases
  • Salut les copains...!, 2020, Commentaire
  • Raymond Barre et l'Europe, 2020, Commentaire
  • Élysée, médias: liaisons dangereuses?, 2022, Commentaire
  • Confiance: la double rupture, 2022, Commentaire

Frequent coauthors include:

  • Frédéric Lamoth
  • Anna Conen
  • Véronique Erard
  • Kai-Manuel Adam
  • Katia Boggian

Their work has been published predominantly in the following venues:

  • Commentaire
  • Open Forum Infectious Diseases
  • JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions
  • Heart Rhythm O2

Jacques Bille's academic contributions span several core areas of medicine, with a notable focus on the epidemiological aspects of infectious diseases, as well as a strong engagement with historical and sociopolitical topics related to European contexts. The interdisciplinary nature of their research reflects a blend of clinical, historical, and social science perspectives.

Best Publications

  • Revised Definitions of Invasive Fungal Disease from the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer/Invasive Fungal Infections Cooperative Group and the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Mycoses Study Group (EORTC/MSG) Consensus Group

    Ben De Pauw;Thomas J. Walsh;J. Peter Donnelly;David A. Stevens

  • Defining Opportunistic Invasive Fungal Infections in Immunocompromised Patients with Cancer and Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplants: An International Consensus

    S. Ascioglu;J. H. Rex;B. De Pauw;J. E. Bennett

  • ESCMID guideline for the diagnosis and management of Candida diseases 2012: non-neutropenic adult patients.

    O.A. Cornely;M. Bassetti;T. Calandra;J. Garbino

  • Voriconazole Therapeutic Drug Monitoring in Patients with Invasive Mycoses Improves Efficacy and Safety Outcomes

    Andres Pascual;Thierry Calandra;Saskia Bolay;Thierry Buclin

  • Mechanisms of resistance to azole antifungal agents in Candida albicans isolates from AIDS patients involve specific multidrug transporters.

    D Sanglard;K Kuchler;F Ischer;J L Pagani

  • EUCAST definitive document EDef 7.1: method for the determination of broth dilution MICs of antifungal agents for fermentative yeasts.

    J.L. Rodriguez-Tudela;M.C. Arendrup;F. Barchiesi;J. Bille

  • Performance of Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization-Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry for Identification of Bacterial Strains Routinely Isolated in a Clinical Microbiology Laboratory

    A. Bizzini;C. Durussel;J. Bille;G. Greub

  • Cloning of Candida albicans genes conferring resistance to azole antifungal agents: characterization of CDR2, a new multidrug ABC transporter gene.

    Dominique Sanglard;Françoise Ischer;Michel Monod;Jacques Bille

  • Amino Acid Substitutions in the Cytochrome P-450 Lanosterol 14α-Demethylase (CYP51A1) from Azole-Resistant Candida albicans Clinical Isolates Contribute to Resistance to Azole Antifungal Agents

    Dominique Sanglard;Françoise Ischer;Luc Koymans;Jacques Bille

  • Epidemiology of Candidemia in Swiss Tertiary Care Hospitals: Secular Trends, 1991–2000

    Oscar Marchetti;Jacques Bille;Ursula Fluckiger;Philippe Eggimann

  • Detection of Four Plasmodium Species in Blood from Humans by 18S rRNA Gene Subunit-Based and Species-Specific Real-Time PCR Assays

    Mathieu Rougemont;Madeleine Van Saanen;Roland Sahli;Hans Peter Hinrikson

  • Defining Responses to Therapy and Study Outcomes in Clinical Trials of Invasive Fungal Diseases: Mycoses Study Group and European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Consensus Criteria

    Brahm H. Segal;Raoul Herbrecht;David A. Stevens;David A. Stevens;Luis Ostrosky-Zeichner

  • Fluconazole prophylaxis prevents intra-abdominal candidiasis in high-risk surgical patients.

    Philippe Eggimann;Patrick Francioli;Jacques Bille;Remy Schneider

  • Genetic characterization of clones of the bacterium Listeria monocytogenes causing epidemic disease.

    Jean-Claude Piffaretti;Helen Kressebuch;Martin Aeschbacher;Jacques Bille

  • Susceptibilities of Candida albicans multidrug transporter mutants to various antifungal agents and other metabolic inhibitors.

    D Sanglard;F Ischer;M Monod;J Bille

  • Candida albicans Mutations in the Ergosterol Biosynthetic Pathway and Resistance to Several Antifungal Agents

    Dominique Sanglard;Françoise Ischer;Tania Parkinson;Derek Falconer

  • ESCMID guideline for the diagnosis and management of Candida diseases 2012:diagnostic procedures

    M. Cuenca-Estrella;P. E Verweij;M. C Arendrup;S. Arikan-Akdagli

  • A Mutation in Tac1p, a Transcription Factor Regulating CDR1 and CDR2, Is Coupled With Loss of Heterozygosity at Chromosome 5 to Mediate Antifungal Resistance in Candida albicans

    Alix T. Coste;Vincent Turner;Françoise Ischer;Joachim Morschhäuser

  • TAC1, transcriptional activator of CDR genes, is a new transcription factor involved in the regulation of Candida albicans ABC transporters CDR1 and CDR2.

    Alix T. Coste;Mahir Karababa;Françoise Ischer;Jacques Bille

  • Bacterial overgrowth during treatment with omeprazole compared with cimetidine: a prospective randomised double blind study.

    J Thorens;F Froehlich;W Schwizer;E Saraga

Frequent Co-Authors

Thierry Calandra
Thierry Calandra University of Lausanne
Patrick Francioli
Patrick Francioli University Hospital of Lausanne
Dominique S. Blanc
Dominique S. Blanc University of Lausanne
Dominique Sanglard
Dominique Sanglard University of Lausanne
Philippe M. Hauser
Philippe M. Hauser University of Lausanne
Gilbert Greub
Gilbert Greub University of Lausanne
Manuel Cuenca-Estrella
Manuel Cuenca-Estrella Instituto de Salud Carlos III
Paul E. Verweij
Paul E. Verweij Radboud University
David W. Denning
David W. Denning University of Manchester
Malcolm Richardson
Malcolm Richardson University of Manchester

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