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Jean-Christophe Lagier

Jean-Christophe Lagier

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Microbiology

D-Index
74
Citations
29084
World Ranking
1536
National Ranking
87

Overview

Jean-Christophe Lagier is affiliated with Aix-Marseille University in France. Their research focuses primarily on the field of Medicine, with a specialization in Infectious Diseases, Molecular Biology, Epidemiology, Neurology, and Clinical Biochemistry.

The scientist's work encompasses several main topics including COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research, Long-Term Effects of COVID-19, Gut microbiota and health, Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies, Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing, and SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing.

Frequent coauthors in their publications include Didier Raoult, Philippe Colson, Matthieu Million, Philippe Gautret, and Philippe Parola.

Their research has been published extensively in the following venues:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease
  • International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents
  • International Journal of Infectious Diseases
  • Journal of Medical Virology

Notable recent papers by Jean-Christophe Lagier include:

  • RETRACTED: Hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin as a treatment of COVID-19: results of an open-label non-randomized clinical trial, 2020, International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents
  • Hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin as a treatment of COVID-19: results of an open-label non-randomized clinical trial, 2020, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine as available weapons to fight COVID-19, 2020, International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents
  • Clinical and microbiological effect of a combination of hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin in 80 COVID-19 patients with at least a six-day follow up: A pilot observational study, 2020, Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease
  • Autoantibodies neutralizing type I IFNs are present in ~4% of uninfected individuals over 70 years old and account for ~20% of COVID-19 deaths, 2021, Science Immunology

Best Publications

  • Hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin as a treatment of COVID-19: results of an open-label non-randomized clinical trial.

    Philippe Gautret;Jean Christophe Lagier;Philippe Parola;Van Thuan Hoang

  • Microbial culturomics: paradigm shift in the human gut microbiome study

    J. C. Lagier;Fabrice Armougom;M. Million;P. Hugon

  • Chloroquine and Hydroxychloroquine as Available Weapons to Fight COVID-19

    Philippe Colson;Jean-Marc Rolain;Jean-Christophe Lagier;Philippe Brouqui

  • Culture of previously uncultured members of the human gut microbiota by culturomics

    Jean-Christophe Lagier;Saber Khelaifia;Maryam Tidjani Alou;Sokhna Ndongo

  • Clinical and microbiological effect of a combination of hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin in 80 COVID-19 patients with at least a six-day follow up: A pilot observational study.

    Philippe Gautret;Jean Christophe Lagier;Philippe Parola;Van Thuan Hoang

  • Culturing the human microbiota and culturomics

    Jean-Christophe Lagier;Grégory Dubourg;Matthieu Million;Frédéric Cadoret

  • The Rebirth of Culture in Microbiology through the Example of Culturomics To Study Human Gut Microbiota

    Jean-Christophe Lagier;Perrine Hugon;Saber Khelaifia;Pierre-Edouard Fournier

  • Current and Past Strategies for Bacterial Culture in Clinical Microbiology

    Jean-Christophe Lagier;Sophie Edouard;Isabelle Pagnier;Oleg Mediannikov

  • Autoantibodies neutralizing type I IFNs are present in ~ 4% of uninfected individuals over 70 years old and account for ~ 20% of COVID-19 deaths.

    Paul Bastard;Adrian Gervais;Adrian Gervais;Tom Le Voyer;Tom Le Voyer;Jérémie Rosain;Jérémie Rosain

  • Early treatment of COVID-19 patients with hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin: A retrospective analysis of 1061 cases in Marseille, France.

    Matthieu Million;Jean Christophe Lagier;Philippe Gautret;Philippe Colson

  • Identification of Rare Pathogenic Bacteria in a Clinical Microbiology Laboratory: Impact of Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization–Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry

    Piseth Seng;Cedric Abat;Jean Marc Rolain;Philippe Colson

  • A polyphasic strategy incorporating genomic data for the taxonomic description of novel bacterial species

    Dhamodharan Ramasamy;Ajay Kumar Mishra;Jean-Christophe Lagier;Roshan Padhmanabhan

  • Bacterial culture through selective and non-selective conditions: the evolution of culture media in clinical microbiology.

    Marion Bonnet;Jean Christophe Lagier;Didier Raoult;Saber Khelaifia

  • Human Gut Microbiota: Repertoire and Variations

    Jean Christophe Lagier;Matthieu Million;Perrine Hugon;Fabrice Armougom

  • Gut bacterial microbiota and obesity

    M. Million;J.-C. Lagier;D. Yahav;M. Paul

  • Gut microbiota diversity according to dietary habits and geographical provenance

    Bruno Senghor;Cheikh Sokhna;Raymond Ruimy;Jean-Christophe Lagier

  • Systemic Tropheryma whipplei: Clinical Presentation of 142 Patients With Infections Diagnosed or Confirmed in a Reference Center

    Jean-Christophe Lagier;Hubert Lepidi;Didier Raoult;Florence Fenollar

  • Outcomes of 3,737 COVID-19 patients treated with hydroxychloroquine/azithromycin and other regimens in Marseille, France: A retrospective analysis.

    Jean-Christophe Lagier;Matthieu Million;Philippe Gautret;Philippe Colson

  • The risk of COVID-19 death is much greater and age dependent with type I IFN autoantibodies

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  • High-level colonisation of the human gut by Verrucomicrobia following broad-spectrum antibiotic treatment

    Grégory Dubourg;Jean-Christophe Lagier;Fabrice Armougom;Catherine Robert

  • Increased Gut Redox and Depletion of Anaerobic and Methanogenic Prokaryotes in Severe Acute Malnutrition

    Matthieu Million;Maryam Tidjani Alou;Saber Khelaifia;Dipankar Bachar

Frequent Co-Authors

Didier Raoult
Didier Raoult Aix-Marseille University
Pierre-Edouard Fournier
Pierre-Edouard Fournier Aix-Marseille University
Philippe Brouqui
Philippe Brouqui Aix-Marseille University
Catherine Robert
Catherine Robert Aix-Marseille University
Philippe Colson
Philippe Colson Aix-Marseille University
Philippe Parola
Philippe Parola Aix-Marseille University
Bernard La Scola
Bernard La Scola Aix-Marseille University
Anthony Levasseur
Anthony Levasseur University of Montreal
Jean-Marc Rolain
Jean-Marc Rolain Aix-Marseille University
Florence Fenollar
Florence Fenollar Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS

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