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Marin H. Kollef is affiliated with Washington University in St. Louis in the United States and is a contributor to the field of medicine, with a focus on epidemiology, critical care and intensive care medicine, applied microbiology and biotechnology, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, and molecular medicine. Their research spans over 233 published works primarily concentrated on these areas.

The scientist's work extensively covers topics such as nosocomial infections in intensive care units, pneumonia and respiratory infections, antibiotic use and resistance, sepsis diagnosis and treatment, antibiotic resistance in bacteria, antibiotics pharmacokinetics and efficacy, and emergency and acute care studies.

Kollef's recent papers include:

  • Prevalence and Outcomes of Infection Among Patients in Intensive Care Units in 2017 (2020, JAMA)
  • The Epidemiology and Pathogenesis and Treatment of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Infections: An Update (2021, Drugs)
  • Cefiderocol versus high-dose, extended-infusion meropenem for the treatment of Gram-negative nosocomial pneumonia (APEKS-NP): a randomised, double-blind, phase 3, non-inferiority trial (2020, The Lancet Infectious Diseases)
  • ERS/ESICM/ESCMID/ALAT guidelines for the management of severe community-acquired pneumonia (2023, Intensive Care Medicine)
  • Nosocomial Infection (2021, Critical Care Medicine)

The scientist collaborates frequently with other researchers, including Scott T. Micek, Kevin D. Betthauser, Matteo Bassetti, Cristina Vazquez Guillamet, and Nicholas M. Mohr, with whom they have co-authored multiple publications.

Marin H. Kollef's research is often published in venues such as Critical Care Medicine, Critical Care, Open Forum Infectious Diseases, Clinical Infectious Diseases, and Intensive Care Medicine. These journals reflect a concentration in intensive care and infectious disease research.

Best Publications

  • Inadequate Antimicrobial Treatment of Infections: A Risk Factor for Hospital Mortality Among Critically Ill Patients

    Marin H. Kollef;Glenda Sherman;Suzanne Ward;Victoria J. Fraser

  • The influence of inadequate antimicrobial treatment of bloodstream infections on patient outcomes in the ICU setting

    Emad H. Ibrahim;Glenda Sherman;Suzanne Ward;Victoria J. Fraser

  • Epidemiology and Outcomes of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia in a Large US Database

    Jordi Rello;Daniel A. Ollendorf;Gerry Oster;Montserrat Vera-Llonch

  • Delaying the Empiric Treatment of Candida Bloodstream Infection until Positive Blood Culture Results Are Obtained: a Potential Risk Factor for Hospital Mortality

    Matthew Morrell;Victoria J. Fraser;Marin H. Kollef

  • Effect of a nursing-implemented sedation protocol on the duration of mechanical ventilation.

    Alan D. Brook;Thomas S. Ahrens;Robyn Schaiff;Donna Prentice

  • International ERS/ESICM/ESCMID/ALAT guidelines for the management of hospital-acquired pneumonia and ventilator-associated pneumonia

    Antoni Torres;Michael S Niederman;Jean Chastre;Santiago Ewig

  • Clinical Importance of Delays in the Initiation of Appropriate Antibiotic Treatment for Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia

    Manuel Iregui;Suzanne Ward;Glenda Sherman;Victoria J. Fraser

  • The Use of Continuous IV Sedation Is Associated With Prolongation of Mechanical Ventilation

    Marin H. Kollef;Nat T. Levy;Thomas S. Ahrens;Robyn Schaiff

  • Epidemiology and Outcomes of Health-care–Associated Pneumonia: Results From a Large US Database of Culture-Positive Pneumonia

    Marin H. Kollef;Andrew Shorr;Ying P. Tabak;Vikas Gupta

  • The Epidemiology, Pathogenesis and Treatment of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Infections

    James A Driscoll;Steven L Brody;Marin H Kollef

  • Ventilator-associated pneumonia. A multivariate analysis.

    Marin H. Kollef

  • A randomized, controlled trial of protocol-directed versus physician-directed weaning from mechanical ventilation.

    Marin H. Kollef;Steven D. Shapiro;Patricia Silver;Robert E. St. John

  • Inadequate Antimicrobial Treatment: An Important Determinant of Outcome for Hospitalized Patients

    Marin H. Kollef

  • Linezolid vs Vancomycin: Analysis of Two Double-Blind Studies of Patients With Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Nosocomial Pneumonia

    Richard G. Wunderink;Jordi Rello;Sue K. Cammarata;Rodney V. Croos-Dabrera

  • The Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome

    Marin H. Kollef;Daniel P. Schuster

  • Outcome and attributable cost of ventilator-associated pneumonia among intensive care unit patients in a suburban medical center.

    David K. Warren;Sunita J. Shukla;Margaret A. Olsen;Marin H. Kollef

  • The Influence of Mini-BAL Cultures on Patient Outcomes : Implications for the Antibiotic Management of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia

    Marin H. Kollef;Suzanne Ward

  • The prevention of ventilator-associated pneumonia.

    Marin H. Kollef

  • Linezolid in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus nosocomial pneumonia: a randomized, controlled study.

    Richard G. Wunderink;Michael S. Niederman;Marin H. Kollef;Andrew F. Shorr

  • Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia

    Paul Ellis Marik

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrew F. Shorr
Andrew F. Shorr George Washington University
Victoria J. Fraser
Victoria J. Fraser Washington University in St. Louis
Richard G. Wunderink
Richard G. Wunderink Northwestern University
Jordi Rello
Jordi Rello Instituto de Salud Carlos III
Michael S. Niederman
Michael S. Niederman Cornell University
Chenyang Lu
Chenyang Lu Washington University in St. Louis
Antoni Torres
Antoni Torres University of Barcelona
Mitchell M. Levy
Mitchell M. Levy Brown University
David D. Gutterman
David D. Gutterman Medical College of Wisconsin
Antonio Anzueto
Antonio Anzueto The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

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