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Overview

John Quale is affiliated with SUNY Downstate Medical Center in the United States and focuses primarily on medical research within the field of Medicine. Their work spans several subfields including Infectious Diseases, Surgery, Molecular Medicine, Epidemiology, and Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine.

Their research topics cover a range of clinical and microbiological issues, notably:

  • Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria
  • Antibiotics Pharmacokinetics and Efficacy
  • Surgical site infection prevention
  • Nosocomial Infections in ICU
  • Antibiotic Use and Resistance
  • Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts
  • Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes

John Quale has frequently published in several scientific venues, including:

  • Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
  • American Journal of Infection Control
  • Open Forum Infectious Diseases
  • Microbial Drug Resistance
  • Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology

Recent papers authored or co-authored by John Quale include the following:

  • "Cefiderocol Resistance in Acinetobacter baumannii: Roles of β-Lactamases, Siderophore Receptors, and Penicillin Binding Protein 3," 2020, Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
  • "Activity of Cefiderocol Against Enterobacterales, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Acinetobacter baumannii Endemic to Medical Centers in New York City," 2020, Microbial Drug Resistance
  • "Carbapenem-Resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae in Large Public Acute-Care Healthcare System, New York, New York, USA, 2016-2022," 2023, Emerging infectious diseases
  • "Tocilizumab therapy for COVID-19: A comparison of subcutaneous and intravenous therapies," 2020, International Journal of Infectious Diseases
  • "Activity of Omadacycline and Other Tetracyclines Against Contemporary Gram-Negative Pathogens from New York City Hospitals," 2020, Microbial Drug Resistance

Collaborations have played a significant role in their research, with frequent coauthors including:

  • Briana Episcopia
  • Marie Abdallah
  • Mary Fornek
  • Subin Sunny
  • David Landman

Best Publications

  • Rapid spread of carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae in New York City: a new threat to our antibiotic armamentarium.

    Simona Bratu;David Landman;Robin Haag;Rose Recco

  • Emergence of Carbapenem-Resistant Klebsiella Species Possessing the Class A Carbapenem-Hydrolyzing KPC-2 and Inhibitor-Resistant TEM-30 β-Lactamases in New York City

    Patricia A. Bradford;Simona Bratu;Carl Urban;Melissa Visalli

  • Interplay of Efflux System, ampC, and oprD Expression in Carbapenem Resistance of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Clinical Isolates

    John Quale;Simona Bratu;Jyoti Gupta;David Landman

  • Polymyxins Revisited

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  • Extrapulmonary tuberculosis in patients with human immunodeficiency virus infection.

    Robert W. Shafer;Dong S. Kim;Jeffrey P. Weiss;John M. Quale

  • Carbapenemase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae in Brooklyn, NY: molecular epidemiology and in vitro activity of polymyxin B and other agents

    Simona Bratu;Pooja Tolaney;Usha Karumudi;John Quale

  • Citywide clonal outbreak of multiresistant Acinetobacter baumannii and Pseudomonas aeruginosa in Brooklyn, NY: the preantibiotic era has returned.

    David Landman;John M. Quale;David Mayorga;Adedeyo Adedeji

  • Emergence of KPC-Possessing Klebsiella pneumoniae in Brooklyn, New York: Epidemiology and Recommendations for Detection

    Simona Bratu;Mohamad Mooty;Satyen Nichani;David Landman

  • Endemic carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter species in Brooklyn, New York: citywide prevalence, interinstitutional spread, and relation to antibiotic usage.

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  • Manipulation of a hospital antimicrobial formulary to control an outbreak of vancomycin-resistant enterococci.

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  • Success of an Infection Control Program to Reduce the Spread of Carbapenem-Resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae

    Sandeep Kochar;Timothy Sheard;Roopali Sharma;Alan Hui

  • Reduction in the Incidence of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus and Ceftazidime-Resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae Following Changes in a Hospital Antibiotic Formulary

    David Landman;Mira Chockalingam;John M. Quale

  • Molecular epidemiology and mechanisms of carbapenem resistance in Acinetobacter baumannii endemic in New York City.

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  • Activity of Imipenem with Relebactam against Gram-Negative Pathogens from New York City

    Amabel Lapuebla;Marie Abdallah;Olawole Olafisoye;Christopher Cortes

  • Evolution of antimicrobial resistance among Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Acinetobacter baumannii and Klebsiella pneumoniae in Brooklyn, NY.

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  • Activity of meropenem combined with RPX7009, a novel β-lactamase inhibitor, against Gram-negative clinical isolates in New York City

    Amabel Lapuebla;Marie Abdallah;Olawole Olafisoye;Christopher Cortes

  • Correlation of Antimicrobial Resistance with β-Lactamases, the OmpA-Like Porin, and Efflux Pumps in Clinical Isolates of Acinetobacter baumannii Endemic to New York City

    Simona Bratu;David Landman;Don Antonio Martin;Claudiu Georgescu

  • Detection of KPC Carbapenem-Hydrolyzing Enzymes in Enterobacter spp. from Brooklyn, New York

    Simona Bratu;David Landman;Maqsood Alam;Elaine Tolentino

  • Detection and Spread of Escherichia coli Possessing the Plasmid-Borne Carbapenemase KPC-2 in Brooklyn, New York

    Simona Bratu;Steven Brooks;Sibte Burney;Sandeep Kochar

  • Community-associated Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Hospital Nursery and Maternity Units

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  • Contribution of OmpK36 to carbapenem susceptibility in KPC-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae.

    David Landman;Simona Bratu;John Quale

  • Citywide emergence of Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains with reduced susceptibility to polymyxin B

    David Landman;Simona Bratu;Maqsood Alam;John Quale

  • Management of infections due to resistant enterococci: a review of therapeutic options.

    David Landman;John M. Quale

  • Activity of eravacycline against Enterobacteriaceae and Acinetobacter baumannii, including multidrug-resistant isolates, from New York City

    Marie Abdallah;Olawole Olafisoye;Christopher Cortes;Carl Urban

  • Antimicrobial resistance in Enterobacteriaceae in Brooklyn, NY: epidemiology and relation to antibiotic usage patterns

    Guillermo Saurina;John M. Quale;Vivek M. Manikal;Elise Oydna

  • Molecular Epidemiology of a Citywide Outbreak of Extended-Spectrum β-Lactamase–Producing Klebsiella pneumoniae Infection

    John M. Quale;David Landman;Patricia A. Bradford;Melissa Visalli

Frequent Co-Authors

Barbara M. Willey
Barbara M. Willey University Health Network
Hermínia de Lencastre
Hermínia de Lencastre Rockefeller University
Barry N. Kreiswirth
Barry N. Kreiswirth Center for Discovery and Innovation
Alexander Tomasz
Alexander Tomasz Rockefeller University
Patricia A. Bradford
Patricia A. Bradford AstraZeneca (United Kingdom)
Liang Chen
Liang Chen Hackensack Meridian Health Center for Discovery and Innovation
Phyllis Della-Latta
Phyllis Della-Latta Columbia University Medical Center

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