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Jordi Carratalà

Jordi Carratalà

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Overview

Jordi Carratalà is affiliated with the University of Barcelona in Spain and has contributed extensively to research in the field of medicine, with a particular focus on epidemiology and infectious diseases. Their work spans several subfields including oncology, neurology, and pharmacology. The research topics they have addressed cover diverse aspects of infectious diseases, with particular attention to COVID-19 and antibiotic-related studies.

The scientist's recent research papers include:

  • Characteristics and predictors of death among 4035 consecutively hospitalized patients with COVID-19 in Spain, 2020, Clinical Microbiology and Infection
  • Immunological imprinting of the antibody response in COVID-19 patients, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Antibiotic prescription during the COVID-19 pandemic: A biphasic pattern, 2020, Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
  • Daptomycin Plus Fosfomycin Versus Daptomycin Alone for Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia and Endocarditis: A Randomized Clinical Trial, 2020, Clinical Infectious Diseases
  • Treatment with tocilizumab or corticosteroids for COVID-19 patients with hyperinflammatory state: a multicentre cohort study (SAM-COVID-19), 2020, Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Carratalà frequently publishes in several scientific journals, including:

  • Clinical Microbiology and Infection
  • Antibiotics
  • Clinical Infectious Diseases
  • Journal of Infection
  • Open Forum Infectious Diseases

Within the scope of collaboration, the scientist has coauthored extensively with colleagues such as Carlota Gudiol, Gabriela Abelenda-Alonso, Cristian Tebé, Alexander Rombauts, and Natàlia Pallarès.

Their main topics of work encompass:

  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
  • Long-Term Effects of COVID-19
  • Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections
  • Antibiotics Pharmacokinetics and Efficacy
  • Neutropenia and Cancer Infections
  • Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria
  • Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing

Jordi Carratalà's academic output includes over 300 publications within the field of medicine, with particular concentration in epidemiology and infectious diseases. Their work addresses critical issues ranging from antimicrobial resistance to COVID-19 patient management, contributing to clinical knowledge and pharmacological research.

Best Publications

  • Management of Adults With Hospital-acquired and Ventilator-associated Pneumonia: 2016 Clinical Practice Guidelines by the Infectious Diseases Society of America and the American Thoracic Society

    Andre C. Kalil;Mark L. Metersky;Michael Klompas;John Muscedere

  • Effectiveness of neuraminidase inhibitors in reducing mortality in patients admitted to hospital with influenza A H1N1pdm09 virus infection: a meta-analysis of individual participant data.

    Stella G Muthuri;Sudhir Venkatesan;Puja R Myles;Jo Leonardi-Bee

  • Health Care–Associated Pneumonia Requiring Hospital Admission: Epidemiology, Antibiotic Therapy, and Clinical Outcomes

    Jordi Carratalà;Analía Mykietiuk;Núria Fernández-Sabé;Cristina Suárez

  • Characteristics and predictors of death among 4035 consecutively hospitalized patients with COVID-19 in Spain.

    J. Berenguer;P. Ryan;J. Rodríguez-Baño;I. Jarrín

  • Causes and Factors Associated With Early Failure in Hospitalized Patients With Community-Acquired Pneumonia

    Beatriz Rosón;Jordi Carratalà;Núria Fernández-Sabé;Fe Tubau

  • Tuberculosis after Solid-Organ Transplant: Incidence, Risk Factors, and Clinical Characteristics in the RESITRA (Spanish Network of Infection in Transplantation) Cohort

    Julián Torre-Cisneros;Antonio Doblas;José María Aguado;Rafael San Juan

  • Community-acquired pneumonia in very elderly patients: causative organisms, clinical characteristics, and outcomes.

    Núria Fernández-Sabé;Jordi Carratalà;Beatriz Rosón;Jordi Dorca

  • Changing aetiology, clinical features, antimicrobial resistance, and outcomes of bloodstream infection in neutropenic cancer patients

    C. Gudiol;C. Gudiol;M. Bodro;M. Bodro;A. Simonetti;F. Tubau

  • Prospective Study of the Usefulness of Sputum Gram Stain in the Initial Approach to Community-Acquired Pneumonia Requiring Hospitalization

    Beatriz Rosón;Jordi Carratalà;Ricard Verdaguer;Jordi Dorca

  • Outpatient care compared with hospitalization for community-acquired pneumonia: a randomized trial in low-risk patients.

    Jordi Carratalà;Núria Fernández-Sabé;Lucía Ortega;Xavier Castellsagué

  • Bacteraemia due to multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacilli in cancer patients: risk factors, antibiotic therapy and outcomes

    C Gudiol;C Gudiol;F Tubau;F Tubau;L Calatayud;L Calatayud;C Garcia-Vidal;C Garcia-Vidal

  • Etiology, Reasons for Hospitalization, Risk Classes, and Outcomes of Community-Acquired Pneumonia in Patients Hospitalized on the Basis of Conventional Admission Criteria

    Beatriz Rosón;Jordi Carratalà;Jordi Dorca;Aurora Casanova

  • Contribution of a Urinary Antigen Assay (Binax NOW) to the Early Diagnosis of Pneumococcal Pneumonia

    Beatriz Rosón;Nuria Fernández-Sabé;Jordi Carratalà;Ricard Verdaguer

  • Bloodstream infections among transplant recipients: results of a nationwide surveillance in Spain.

    A. Moreno;C. Cervera;J. Gavaldá;M. Rovira

  • Bacteraemia due to extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli (ESBL-EC) in cancer patients: clinical features, risk factors, molecular epidemiology and outcome

    Carlota Gudiol;Carlota Gudiol;Laura Calatayud;Carolina Garcia-Vidal;Carolina Garcia-Vidal;Jaime Lora-Tamayo;Jaime Lora-Tamayo

  • Factors Associated with Complications and Mortality in Adult Patients Hospitalized for Infectious Cellulitis

    J. Carratalà;B. Rosón;N. Fernández-Sabé;E. Shaw

  • Randomized, Double-Blind Trial of an Antibiotic-Lock Technique for Prevention of Gram-Positive Central Venous Catheter-Related Infection in Neutropenic Patients with Cancer

    Jordi Carratalà;Jordi Niubó;Alberto Fernández-Sevilla;Eulalia Juvé

  • Emergence of quinolone-resistant Escherichia coli bacteremia in neutropenic patients with cancer who have received prophylactic norfloxacin.

    Jordi Carratalá;Alberto Fernández-Sevilla;Fe Tubau;Manuel Callis

  • Optimisation of empirical antimicrobial therapy in patients with haematological malignancies and febrile neutropenia (How Long study): an open-label, randomised, controlled phase 4 trial

    Manuela Aguilar-Guisado;Ildefonso Espigado;Almudena Martín-Peña;Carlota Gudiol

  • Bacterial urinary tract infection after solid organ transplantation in the RESITRA cohort

    E. Vidal;J. Torre-Cisneros;M. Blanes;M. Montejo

Frequent Co-Authors

Patricia Muñoz
Patricia Muñoz Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón
Francisco Gudiol
Francisco Gudiol University of Barcelona
Fe Tubau
Fe Tubau Bellvitge University Hospital
Jesús Rodríguez-Baño
Jesús Rodríguez-Baño University of Seville
Carmen Ardanuy
Carmen Ardanuy Bellvitge University Hospital
Josefina Liñares
Josefina Liñares University of Barcelona
Jerónimo Pachón
Jerónimo Pachón University of Seville
Leonard Leibovici
Leonard Leibovici Tel Aviv University
Javier Pemán
Javier Pemán Hospital Universitari i Politècnic La Fe
Francesc Marco
Francesc Marco University of Barcelona

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