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Lucy S. Tompkins is affiliated with Stanford University in the United States and works primarily in the field of Medicine. Their research focuses extensively on Infectious Diseases, with additional contributions to Epidemiology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Emergency Medical Services, and Molecular Biology.

The scientist's recent publications reflect a concentration on viral infections, bacterial pathogens, and healthcare-associated infections. Notable papers include:

  • SARS-CoV-2 Neutralization Resistance Mutations in Patient with HIV/AIDS, California, USA (2021), published in Emerging Infectious Diseases
  • Butyrate Differentiates Permissiveness to Clostridioides difficile Infection and Influences Growth of Diverse C. difficile Isolates (2023), published in Infection and Immunity
  • Clinical Outcomes of Treated and Untreated C. difficile PCR-Positive/Toxin-Negative Adult Hospitalized Patients: a Quasi-Experimental Noninferiority Study (2022), published in Journal of Clinical Microbiology
  • Could the prevention of health care-associated infections increase hospital cost? The financial impact of health care-associated infections from a hospital management perspective (2020), published in American Journal of Infection Control
  • Case-control study evaluating risk factors for SARS-CoV-2 outbreak amongst healthcare personnel at a tertiary care center (2021), published in American Journal of Infection Control

Their research topics can be grouped into the following areas:

  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing
  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
  • Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research
  • Infection Control and Ventilation
  • Gut microbiota and health
  • Gastrointestinal motility and disorders

Lucy S. Tompkins has frequently collaborated with several co-authors, including:

  • Benjamin A. Pinsky
  • Jorge Salinas
  • Aruna Subramanian
  • Guillermo Rodríguez-Nava
  • Ralph Tayyar

Key venues where they have published multiple articles include:

  • Open Forum Infectious Diseases
  • Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
  • American Journal of Infection Control
  • Journal of Clinical Microbiology
  • Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology

Best Publications

  • The agent of bacillary angiomatosis. An approach to the identification of uncultured pathogens.

    David A. Relman;Jeffery S. Loutit;Thomas M. Schmidt;Stanley Falkow

  • ALTERED STATES : INVOLVEMENT OF PHOSPHORYLATED CAGA IN THE INDUCTION OF HOST CELLULAR GROWTH CHANGES BY HELICOBACTER PYLORI

    E. D. Segal;J. Cha;J. Lo;S. Falkow

  • Disruption of the Epithelial Apical-Junctional Complex by Helicobacter pylori CagA

    Manuel R. Amieva;Roger Vogelmann;Antonello Covacci;Lucy S. Tompkins

  • A whole-genome microarray reveals genetic diversity among Helicobacter pylori strains

    Nina Salama;Karen Guillemin;Timothy K. McDaniel;Gavin Sherlock

  • Campylobacter Jejuni: Current Status and Future Trends

    Irving Nachamkin;Martin J. Blaser;Lucy S. Tompkins

  • Interaction of Mycobacterium Avium With Environmental Amoebae Enhances Virulence

    Jeffrey D. Cirillo;Stanley Falkow;Lucy S. Tompkins;Luiz E. Bermudez

  • Growth of Legionella pneumophila in Acanthamoeba castellanii enhances invasion.

    J D Cirillo;S Falkow;L S Tompkins

  • Helicobacter pylori attachment to gastric cells induces cytoskeletal rearrangements and tyrosine phosphorylation of host cell proteins

    Ellyn D. Segal;S. Falkow;L. S. Tompkins

  • Role of flagella in adherence, internalization, and translocation of Campylobacter jejuni in nonpolarized and polarized epithelial cell cultures.

    C. C. R. Grant;M. E. Konkel;W. Cieplak;L. S. Tompkins

  • Intracellular growth in Acanthamoeba castellanii affects monocyte entry mechanisms and enhances virulence of Legionella pneumophila.

    Jeffrey D. Cirillo;Suat L. G. Cirillo;Ling Yan;Luiz E. Bermudez

  • Multiply Antibiotic-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus: Introduction, Transmission, and Evolution of Nosocomial Infection

    Richard M. Locksley;Mitchell L. Cohen;Thomas C. Quinn;Lucy S. Tompkins

  • A quantitative model of intracellular growth of Legionella pneumophila in Acanthamoeba castellanii.

    J F Moffat;L S Tompkins

  • The Agent of Bacillary Angiomatosis

    D. Venes;C. J. Cockerell;P. M. Tierno;A. E. Friedman-Kien

  • Vacuolating Cytotoxin of Helicobacter pylori Plays a Role during Colonization in a Mouse Model of Infection

    Nina R. Salama;Glen Otto;Lucy Tompkins;Stanley Falkow

  • Helicobacter pylori CagA induces a transition from polarized to invasive phenotypes in MDCK cells

    Fabio Bagnoli;Ludovico Buti;Lucy Tompkins;Antonello Covacci

  • High-voltage electroporation of bacteria: genetic transformation of Campylobacter jejuni with plasmid DNA

    Jeff F. Miller;William J. Dower;Lucy S. Tompkins

  • An Uncultured Gastric Spiral Organism Is a Newly Identified Helicobacter in Humans

    Jay V. Solnick;Jani O'Rourke;Adrian Lee;Bruce J. Paster

  • Role of the Helicobacter pylori virulence factors vacuolating cytotoxin, CagA, and urease in a mouse model of disease.

    P. Ghiara;M. Marchetti;Martin Blaser;M. K.R. Tummuru

  • Cag pathogenicity island-specific responses of gastric epithelial cells to Helicobacter pylori infection

    Karen Guillemin;Nina R. Salama;Lucy S. Tompkins;Stanley Falkow

  • Infections Caused by Nondiphtheria Corynebacteria

    Benjamin A. Lipsky;Allen C. Goldberger;Lucy S. Tompkins;James J. Plorde

  • pH-Regulated Gene Expression of the Gastric Pathogen Helicobacter pylori

    D. Scott Merrell;Maria L. Goodrich;Glen Otto;Lucy S. Tompkins

Frequent Co-Authors

Stanley Falkow
Stanley Falkow Stanford University
Nina R. Salama
Nina R. Salama Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Jay V. Solnick
Jay V. Solnick University of California, Davis
Martin J. Blaser
Martin J. Blaser Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Fred C. Tenover
Fred C. Tenover University of Dayton
David A. Relman
David A. Relman Stanford University
Antonello Covacci
Antonello Covacci Novartis (Switzerland)
Adrian Lee
Adrian Lee Deakin University
Irving Nachamkin
Irving Nachamkin University of Pennsylvania
Victor L. Yu
Victor L. Yu University of Pittsburgh

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