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46
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37406
World Ranking
4835
National Ranking
1862

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2015 - Sonnenwirth Award for Leadership in Clinical Microbiology, American Society for Microbiology

Overview

James H. Jorgensen is affiliated with The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio in the United States. Their research contributions are primarily concentrated in the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, as well as Medicine.

Their work spans multiple subfields including Clinical Biochemistry, Infectious Diseases, Food Science, and Molecular Medicine. The focal topics of their research include Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing, Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus, Pesticide Residue Analysis and Safety, and Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria.

Recent publications by James H. Jorgensen include:

  • Susceptibility Test Methods: General Considerations, 2023, ClinMicroNow
  • Susceptibility Test Methods: General Considerations, 2023, ClinMicroNow

Frequent co-authors in their research are:

  • John Turnidge
  • Barbara Zimmer

Their research has been published primarily in the venue ClinMicroNow, with two contributions noted.

James H. Jorgensen received the Sonnenwirth Award for Leadership in Clinical Microbiology from the American Society for Microbiology in 2015.

Best Publications

  • Manual of clinical microbiology

    Patrick R. Murray;Ellen Jo Baron;James H. Jorgensen;Marie L. Landry

  • Decline in Invasive Pneumococcal Disease after the Introduction of Protein–Polysaccharide Conjugate Vaccine

    Cynthia G. Whitney;Monica M. Farley;James Hadler;Lee H. Harrison

  • Increasing prevalence of multidrug-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae in the United States.

    Cynthia G. Whitney;Monica M. Farley;James Hadler;Lee H. Harrison

  • Management of Community-Acquired Pneumonia in the Era of Pneumococcal Resistance: A Report From the Drug-Resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae Therapeutic Working Group

    James D. Heffelfinger;Scott F. Dowell;James H. Jorgensen;Keith P. Klugman

  • Susceptibility Test Methods: Dilution and Disk Diffusion Methods*

    James H. Jorgensen;John D. Turnidge

  • Practical Disk Diffusion Method for Detection of Inducible Clindamycin Resistance in Staphylococcus aureus and Coagulase-Negative Staphylococci

    K. R. Fiebelkorn;S. A. Crawford;M. L. McElmeel;J. H. Jorgensen

  • New consensus guidelines from the Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute for antimicrobial susceptibility testing of infrequently isolated or fastidious bacteria

    James H. Jorgensen;Janet F. Hindler;L. Barth Reller;Melvin P. Weinstein

  • Manual of Clinical Microbiology, 11th Edition

    Michael A. Pfaller;Sandra S. Richter;Guido Funke;James H. Jorgensen

  • Inducible Clindamycin Resistance in Staphylococci: Should Clinicians and Microbiologists be Concerned?

    James S. Lewis;James H. Jorgensen

  • Macrolide resistance among invasive Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates.

    Terri B. Hyde;David S. Stephens;Duc J. Vugia

  • Community-Associated Extended-Spectrum β-Lactamase–Producing Escherichia coli Infection in the United States

    Yohei Doi;Yoon Soo Park;Yoon Soo Park;Jesabel I. Rivera;Jennifer M. Adams-Haduch

  • First Report of the Emergence of CTX-M-Type Extended-Spectrum β-Lactamases (ESBLs) as the Predominant ESBL Isolated in a U.S. Health Care System

    James S. Lewis;Monica Herrera;Brian L Wickes;Jan E Patterson

  • Reappraisal of the antimicrobial susceptibilities of Chryseobacterium and Flavobacterium species and methods for reliable susceptibility testing.

    Susan L. Fraser;James H. Jorgensen

  • Staphylococcus, Micrococcus, and other catalase-positive cocci.

    T. L. Bannerman;S. J. Peacock;P. R. Murray;E. J. Baron

  • Improved medium for antimicrobial susceptibility testing of Haemophilus influenzae.

    J H Jorgensen;J S Redding;L A Maher;A W Howell

  • Antimicrobial susceptibility testing: general principles and contemporary practices.

    James H. Jorgensen;Mary Jane Ferraro

  • Clinical and Molecular Epidemiology of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus faecium During Its Emergence in a City in Southern Texas

    Francisco Moreno;Patti Grota;Cindy Crisp;Karen Magnon

  • Detection of penicillin and extended-spectrum cephalosporin resistance among Streptococcus pneumoniae clinical isolates by use of the E test.

    J H Jorgensen;M J Ferraro;M L McElmeel;J Spargo

  • Targeted Intranasal Mupirocin To Prevent Colonization and Infection by Community-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Strains in Soldiers: a Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial

    Michael W. Ellis;Matthew E. Griffith;David P. Dooley;Joseph C. McLean

  • Susceptibility of Acinetobacter Strains Isolated from Deployed U.S. Military Personnel

    Joshua S. Hawley;Clinton K. Murray;Matthew E. Griffith;M. Leticia McElmeel

  • Effectiveness of seven-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine against invasive pneumococcal disease: a matched case-control study.(Clinical report)

    Katherine L. O'brien;Orin S. Levine;Cynthia G. Whitney;Tamar Pilishvili

Frequent Co-Authors

Jan E. Patterson
Jan E. Patterson The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Michael A. Pfaller
Michael A. Pfaller JMI Laboratories
Cynthia G. Whitney
Cynthia G. Whitney Emory University
Marie L. Landry
Marie L. Landry Yale University
Lee H. Harrison
Lee H. Harrison University of Pittsburgh
Monica M. Farley
Monica M. Farley Emory University
Bernard Beall
Bernard Beall Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Ruth Lynfield
Ruth Lynfield Minnesota Department of Health
Lesley McGee
Lesley McGee Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Arthur L. Reingold
Arthur L. Reingold University of California, Berkeley

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