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D-Index
50
Citations
19035
World Ranking
4387
National Ranking
1696

Patricia Ferrieri publication distribution in Microbiology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Microbiology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Patricia Ferrieri sits on this spectrum.

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55 publications 679+

This scientist: 166 publications — 34th percentile

34% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 679 publications or more.

Patricia Ferrieri D-index placement in Microbiology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Microbiology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Patricia Ferrieri sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 127+

This scientist: 50 D-Index — 21st percentile

21% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 127 D-Index or more.

Overview

Patricia Ferrieri is affiliated with the University of Minnesota in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a focus on Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology, and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Clinical Biochemistry and Endocrinology are additional subfields represented in their work.

Their research contributions cover a range of topics including Streptococcal Infections and Treatments, Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing, Neonatal and Maternal Infections, Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections, and Respiratory Viral Infections research. They have also worked on Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research as well as Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria.

Notable recent publications by Patricia Ferrieri include the following:

  • Next Generation and Other Sequencing Technologies in Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (2022, Genes)
  • Summer Outbreak of Severe RSV-B Disease, Minnesota, 2017 Associated with Emergence of a Genetically Distinct Viral Lineage (2020, The Journal of Infectious Diseases)
  • Group B Streptococcal Colonization in African Countries: Prevalence, Capsular Serotypes, and Molecular Sequence Types (2021, Pathogens)
  • Multicenter Performance Evaluation of the Simplexa Bordetella Direct Kit in Nasopharyngeal Swab Specimens (2020, Journal of Clinical Microbiology)
  • Mobiluncus curtisii Bacteremia: Case Study and Literature Review (2022, Infectious Disease Reports)

Frequent co-authors in Patricia Ferrieri's research include:

  • Sophie Arbefeville
  • Evann E. Hilt
  • Ginette Dobbins
  • Jennifer L. Dale
  • Alison Galdys

Publications have appeared in various scientific venues, with recurring contributions to:

  • Open Forum Infectious Diseases
  • Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology
  • Genes
  • The Journal of Infectious Diseases
  • Pathogens

Best Publications

  • Prevention of bacterial endocarditis: Recommendations by the American heart association

    Adnan S. Dajani;Kathryn A. Taubert;Walter Wilson;Ann F. Bolger

  • Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis, Antimicrobial Therapy, and Management of Complications: A Statement for Healthcare Professionals From the Committee on Rheumatic Fever, Endocarditis, and Kawasaki Disease, Council on Cardiovascular Disease in the Young, and the Councils on Clinical Cardiology, Stroke, and Cardiovascular Surgery and Anesthesia, American Heart Association: Endorsed by the Infectious Diseases Society of America

    Larry M. Baddour;Walter R. Wilson;Arnold S. Bayer;Vance G. Fowler

  • Prevention of Bacterial Endocarditis: Recommendations by the American Heart Association

    Adnan S. Dajani;Kathryn A. Taubert;Walter Wilson;Ann F. Bolger

  • Prevention of bacterial endocarditis

    Adrian S. Dajani;Kathryn A. Taubert;Walter Wilson;Ann F. Bolger

  • Antibiotic Treatment of Adults With Infective Endocarditis Due to Streptococci, Enterococci, Staphylococci, and HACEK Microorganisms

    Walter R. Wilson;Adolf W. Karchmer;Adnan S. Dajani;Kathryn A. Taubert

  • Treatment of Acute Streptococcal Pharyngitis and Prevention of Rheumatic Fever: A Statement for Health Professionals

    Adnan Dajani;Kathryn Taubert;Patricia Ferrieri;Georges Peter

  • Antibiotic treatment of adults with infective endocarditis due to streptococci, enterococci, staphylococci, and HACEK microorganisms. American Heart Association.

    Wilson Wr;Karchmer Aw;Dajani As;Taubert Ka

  • Group B streptococcal colonization and serotype-specific immunity in pregnant women at delivery.

    Judith R. Campbell;Sharon L. Hillier;Marijane A. Krohn;Patricia Ferrieri

  • Changing Epidemiology of Group B Streptococcal Colonization

    Melissa E. Hickman;Marcia A. Rench;Patricia Ferrieri;Carol J. Baker

  • Serotype Distribution of Invasive Group B Streptococcal Isolates in Maryland: Implications for Vaccine Formulation

    Lee H. Harrison;John A. Elliott;Diane M. Dwyer;Joseph P. Libonati

  • Invasive Disease Due to Group B Streptococcus in Pregnant Women and Neonates from Diverse Population Groups

    Dori F. Zaleznik;Marcia A. Rench;Sharon Hillier;Marijane A. Krohn

  • Serotypes VI and VIII Predominate among Group B Streptococci Isolated from Pregnant Japanese Women

    Catherine S. Lachenauer;D. L. Kasper;J. Shimada;Y. Ichiman

  • Systemic Candidiasis in Very Low-Birth-Weight Infants (<1,500 Grams)

    Dana E. Johnson;Theodore R. Thompson;Thomas P. Green;Patricia Ferrieri

  • Prevention of infective endocarditis: Guidelines from the American Heart Association

    Walter Wilson;Kathryn A. Taubert;Kathryn A. Taubert;Michael Gewitz;Peter B. Lockhart

  • Stool carriage, clinical isolation, and mortality during an outbreak of vancomycin-resistant enterococci in hospitalized medical and/or surgical patients.

    Carol L. Wells;Billie A. Juni;Sarah B. Cameron;Keith R. Mason

  • Unique features of infective endocarditis in childhood.

    Patricia Ferrieri;Michael H. Gewitz;Michael A. Gerber;Jane W. Newburger

  • The Endophthalmitis Vitrectomy Study. Relationship between clinical presentation and microbiologic spectrum.

    Mark W. Johnson;Bernard H. Doft;Sheryl F. Kelsey;Michael Barza

  • Natural history of impetigo: I. Site sequence of acquisition and familial patterns of spread of cutaneous streptococci

    Patricia Ferrieri;Adnan S. Dajani;Lewis W. Wannamaker;S. Stephen Chapman

  • Unique features of infective endocarditis in childhood

    Patricia Ferrieri;Michael H. Gewitz;Michael A. Gerber;Jane W. Newburger

  • Conservation of the C5a peptidase genes in group A and B streptococci.

    Ilona Chmouryguina;Alexander Suvorov;Patricia Ferrieri;P. Patrick Cleary

  • Group B streptococcal Ibc protein antigen: distribution of two determinants in wild-type strains of common serotypes.

    D. R. Johnson;Patricia Ferrieri

  • Epidemiology of group-B streptococcal carriage in pregnant women and newborn infants.

    Patricia Ferrieri;P. P. Cleary;A. E. Seeds

Frequent Co-Authors

Stanford T. Shulman
Stanford T. Shulman Northwestern University
Walter R. Wilson
Walter R. Wilson Mayo Clinic
Kathryn A. Taubert
Kathryn A. Taubert American Heart Association
Jane W. Newburger
Jane W. Newburger Boston Children's Hospital
Arnold S. Bayer
Arnold S. Bayer University of California, Los Angeles
Edward L. Kaplan
Edward L. Kaplan University of Minnesota
Adolf W. Karchmer
Adolf W. Karchmer Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Sharon L. Hillier
Sharon L. Hillier University of Pittsburgh
Carol J. Baker
Carol J. Baker Baylor College of Medicine
Ruth Lynfield
Ruth Lynfield Minnesota Department of Health

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