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Leonard Leibovici

Leonard Leibovici

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Medicine

D-Index
102
Citations
40643
World Ranking
7625
National Ranking
17

Overview

Leonard Leibovici is affiliated with Tel Aviv University in Israel and has contributed extensively to the field of medicine, with a focus on epidemiology, infectious diseases, molecular medicine, clinical biochemistry, and applied microbiology and biotechnology.

The scientist's work covers a wide array of main topics including:

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

Leonard Leibovici has published research in several key venues, frequently contributing to:

  • Clinical Microbiology and Infection
  • Clinical Infectious Diseases
  • Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
  • Journal of Clinical Medicine
  • Scientific Reports

Among selected recent papers are:

  • New β-Lactam-β-Lactamase Inhibitor Combinations, 2020, Clinical Microbiology Reviews
  • Long-term consequences of COVID-19: research needs, 2020, The Lancet Infectious Diseases
  • Colistin Monotherapy versus Combination Therapy for Carbapenem-Resistant Organisms, 2022, NEJM Evidence
  • Underrepresentation of women in randomized controlled trials: a systematic review and meta-analysis, 2022, Trials
  • BNT162b2 Vaccine Effectiveness against Omicron in Children 5 to 11 Years of Age, 2022, New England Journal of Medicine

The scientist has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, including:

  • Mical Paul
  • Dafna Yahav
  • Vered Daitch
  • Adi Turjeman
  • Tanya Babich

Best Publications

  • Discovery, research, and development of new antibiotics: the WHO priority list of antibiotic-resistant bacteria and tuberculosis.

    Evelina Tacconelli;Elena Carrara;Alessia Savoldi;Stephan Harbarth

  • The benefit of appropriate empirical antibiotic treatment in patients with bloodstream infection

    Leibovici L;Shraga I;Drucker M;Konigsberger H

  • Systematic review and meta-analysis of the efficacy of appropriate empiric antibiotic therapy for sepsis

    Mical Paul;Vered Shani;Eli Muchtar;Galia Kariv

  • Colistin alone versus colistin plus meropenem for treatment of severe infections caused by carbapenem-resistant Gram-negative bacteria: an open-label, randomised controlled trial

    Mical Paul;Mical Paul;George L Daikos;Emanuele Durante-Mangoni;Dafna Yahav;Dafna Yahav

  • β lactam monotherapy versus β lactam-aminoglycoside combination therapy for sepsis in immunocompetent patients: systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised trials

    Mical Paul;Ishay Benuri-Silbiger;Karla Soares-Weiser;Leonard Leibovici

  • Meta-analysis : Antibiotic prophylaxis reduces mortality in neutropenic patients

    Anat Gafter-Gvili;Abigail Fraser;Mical Paul;Leonard Leibovici

  • Prophylaxis for Pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP) in non‐HIV immunocompromised patients

    Anat Stern;Hefziba Green;Mical Paul;Liat Vidal

  • Beta lactam antibiotic monotherapy versus beta lactam‐aminoglycoside antibiotic combination therapy for sepsis

    Mical Paul;Adi Lador;Simona Grozinsky-Glasberg;Leonard Leibovici

  • Seronegative Lyme Disease

    David A. Relman;Gideon Nesher;Thomas G. Osborn;Terry L. Moore

  • New β-Lactam-β-Lactamase Inhibitor Combinations.

    Dafna Yahav;Dafna Yahav;Christian G. Giske;Alise Grāmatniece;Alise Grāmatniece;Henrietta Abodakpi

  • Comparative meta-analysis of the effect of Lactobacillus species on weight gain in humans and animals

    Matthieu Million;Emmanouil Angelakis;Mical Paul;Fabrice Armougom

  • Antibiotic prophylaxis for bacterial infections in afebrile neutropenic patients following chemotherapy

    Anat Gafter-Gvili;Abigail Fraser;Mical Paul;Liat Vidal

  • PCR Diagnosis of Invasive Candidiasis: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

    Tomer Avni;Leonard Leibovici;Mical Paul

  • The Safety of Intravenous Iron Preparations: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

    Tomer Avni;Amir Bieber;Alon Grossman;Hefziba Green

  • Prophylaxis of Pneumocystis Pneumonia in Immunocompromised Non-HIV-Infected Patients: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials

    Hefziba Green;Mical Paul;Mical Paul;Liat Vidal;Liat Vidal;Leonard Leibovici;Leonard Leibovici

  • Thyroxine-triiodothyronine combination therapy versus thyroxine monotherapy for clinical hypothyroidism: meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

    Simona Grozinsky-Glasberg;Abigail Fraser;Ethan Nahshoni;Ethan Nahshoni;Abraham Weizman;Abraham Weizman

  • Antifungal Prophylaxis in Cancer Patients After Chemotherapy or Hematopoietic Stem-Cell Transplantation: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

    Eyal Robenshtok;Anat Gafter-Gvili;Elad Goldberg;Miriam Weinberger

  • Treatment of human brucellosis: systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials.

    Keren Skalsky;Dafna Yahav;Jihad Bishara;Silvio Pitlik

  • Monotherapy versus beta-lactam-aminoglycoside combination treatment for gram-negative bacteremia: a prospective, observational study.

    Leonard Leibovici;Michal Paul;Oded Poznanski;Moshe Drucker

  • Comparative Efficacy and Safety of Vancomycin versus Teicoplanin: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

    Shuli Svetitsky;Leonard Leibovici;Mical Paul

Frequent Co-Authors

Zmira Samra
Zmira Samra Rabin Medical Center
Yehuda Carmeli
Yehuda Carmeli Tel Aviv University
Roberto Cauda
Roberto Cauda Catholic University of the Sacred Heart
Jesús Rodríguez-Baño
Jesús Rodríguez-Baño University of Seville
Alasdair P. MacGowan
Alasdair P. MacGowan North Bristol NHS Trust
Johan W. Mouton
Johan W. Mouton Radboud University Medical Center
George L. Daikos
George L. Daikos National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Jordi Carratalà
Jordi Carratalà University of Barcelona
Cristina Mussini
Cristina Mussini University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
Christian G. Giske
Christian G. Giske Karolinska University Hospital

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