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49448
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9101
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507

Petra Gastmeier publication distribution in Medicine in 2026

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

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 652 publications — 77th percentile

77% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,796 publications or more.

Petra Gastmeier D-index placement in Medicine in 2026

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

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This scientist: 97 D-Index — 55th percentile

55% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Petra Gastmeier is affiliated with Charité - University Medicine Berlin in Germany. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with a particular focus on several subfields including Infectious Diseases, Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, Clinical Biochemistry, Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine, and Epidemiology.

The scientist's work covers key topics related to antibiotic use and resistance, bacterial identification and susceptibility testing, and antimicrobial resistance in bacteria. Additional areas of study include nosocomial infections in intensive care units, antimicrobial resistance in Staphylococcus species, infection control in healthcare settings, and Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research.

Recent published papers by Petra Gastmeier include:

  • Global burden of bacterial antimicrobial resistance in 2019: a systematic analysis, 2022, The Lancet
  • Critical Assessment of Metagenome Interpretation: the second round of challenges, 2022, Nature Methods
  • Predicting antimicrobial resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa with machine learning-enabled molecular diagnostics, 2020, EMBO Molecular Medicine
  • S3-Leitlinie Sepsis - Prävention, Diagnose, Therapie und Nachsorge, 2020, Medizinische Klinik - Intensivmedizin und Notfallmedizin
  • PRAISE: providing a roadmap for automated infection surveillance in Europe, 2021, Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Frequent co-authors of Petra Gastmeier include:

  • Michael Behnke (56 publications)
  • Frank Schwab (44 publications)
  • Christine Geffers (28 publications)
  • Axel Kola (23 publications)
  • Seven Johannes Sam Aghdassi (18 publications)

Petra Gastmeier has published regularly in a range of scientific journals. The most frequent publication venues are:

  • Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control (19 publications)
  • Clinical Microbiology and Infection (11 publications)
  • Journal of Hospital Infection (11 publications)
  • Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy (9 publications)
  • Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology (8 publications)

Best Publications

  • Surveillance of nosocomial infections

    Gastmeier P

  • New WHO recommendations on intraoperative and postoperative measures for surgical site infection prevention: an evidence-based global perspective

    Benedetta Allegranzi;Bassim Zayed;Peter Bischoff;N Zeynep Kubilay

  • Global Guidelines for the Prevention of Surgical Site Infection

    Benedetta Allegranzi;Peter Bischoff;Zeynep Kubilay;Stijn de Jonge

  • The preventable proportion of nosocomial infections: an overview of published reports

    S Harbarth;H Sax;P Gastmeier

  • Nosocomial aspergillosis in outbreak settings.

    Vonberg Rp;Gastmeier P

  • Infection control measures to limit the spread of Clostridium difficile

    R.-P. Vonberg;E.J. Kuijper;M.H. Wilcox;F. Barbut

  • Core components for effective infection prevention and control programmes: new WHO evidence-based recommendations

    Julie Storr;Anthony Twyman;Walter Zingg;Nizam Damani

  • Compliance With Antiseptic Hand Rub Use in Intensive Care Units: The Hawthorne Effect

    Tim Eckmanns;Jan Bessert;Michael Behnke;Petra Gastmeier

  • Surveillance for control of antimicrobial resistance

    Evelina Tacconelli;Frangiscos Sifakis;Stephan Harbarth;Remco Schrijver

  • Prevalence of nosocomial infections in representative German hospitals

    P. Gastmeier;G. Kampf;N. Wischnewski;T. Hauer

  • Operating Room Ventilation With Laminar Airflow Shows No Protective Effect on the Surgical Site Infection Rate in Orthopedic and Abdominal Surgery

    Christian Brandt;Uwe Hott;Dorit Sohr;Franz Daschner

  • Risk groups for clinical complications of norovirus infections: an outbreak investigation.

    F. Mattner;D. Sohr;A. Heim;P. Gastmeier

  • Quantifying the Hawthorne Effect in Hand Hygiene Compliance Through Comparing Direct Observation With Automated Hand Hygiene Monitoring.

    Stefan Hagel;Jana Reischke;Miriam Kesselmeier;Johannes Winning

  • Dramatic increase of third-generation cephalosporin-resistant E. coli in German intensive care units: secular trends in antibiotic drug use and bacterial resistance, 2001 to 2008

    Elisabeth Meyer;Frank Schwab;Barbara Schroeren-Boersch;Petra Gastmeier

  • Nosocomial infections and multidrug-resistant organisms in Germany: epidemiological data from KISS (the Hospital Infection Surveillance System).

    Christine Geffers;Petra Gastmeier

  • High prevalence of extended-spectrum-β-lactamase-producing Enterobacteriaceae in organic and conventional retail chicken meat, Germany

    A Kola;C Kohler;Y Pfeifer;F Schwab

  • How many infections are caused by patient-to-patient transmission in intensive care units?

    Hajo Grundmann;Sina Bärwolff;Adriana Tami;Michael Behnke

  • Use of multistate models to assess prolongation of intensive care unit stay due to nosocomial infection.

    J Beyersmann;P Gastmeier;H Grundmann;S Bärwolff

  • Outbreaks in neonatal intensive care units : They are not like others

    Petra Gastmeier;Andrea Loui;Sabine Stamm-Balderjahn;Sonja Hansen

  • Influence of laminar airflow on prosthetic joint infections: a systematic review

    P. Gastmeier;A.-C. Breier;C. Brandt

Frequent Co-Authors

Frank J. Schwab
Frank J. Schwab Hospital for Special Surgery
Martin Schumacher
Martin Schumacher University of Freiburg
Tobias Welte
Tobias Welte University of Hannover
Harald Seifert
Harald Seifert University of Cologne
Claudia Spies
Claudia Spies Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Stéphan Juergen Harbarth
Stéphan Juergen Harbarth University of Geneva
Didier Pittet
Didier Pittet University of Geneva
Mark H. Wilcox
Mark H. Wilcox University of Leeds
Ed J. Kuijper
Ed J. Kuijper Leiden University Medical Center
Jan Beyersmann
Jan Beyersmann University of Ulm

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