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Rodrigo E. Mendes

Rodrigo E. Mendes

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Microbiology

D-Index
70
Citations
15572
World Ranking
1958
National Ranking
828

Overview

Rodrigo E. Mendes is affiliated with JMI Laboratories in the United States. Their research contributions span several fields, primarily focused on medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Within these areas, Mendes has a notable presence in molecular medicine, pharmacology, applied microbiology and biotechnology, epidemiology, and clinical biochemistry.

Their scholarly work extensively covers topics related to antibiotic resistance, including antibiotic resistance in bacteria, antibiotics pharmacokinetics and efficacy, and antibiotic use and resistance. Additional research areas include bacterial identification and susceptibility testing, antimicrobial resistance in Staphylococcus species, urinary tract infections management, and pneumonia and respiratory infections.

Rodrigo E. Mendes has coauthored numerous publications alongside researchers such as Mariana Castanheira, Hélio S. Sader, Cecília G Carvalhaes, S J Ryan Arends, and Jennifer M Streit. These collaborations reflect continuity in the study of antimicrobial agents and infectious diseases.

Mendes' frequent publication venues include:

  • Open Forum Infectious Diseases
  • Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease
  • Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
  • Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
  • JAC-Antimicrobial Resistance

Significant recent papers authored or coauthored by Rodrigo E. Mendes include:

  • Global Epidemiology and Mechanisms of Resistance of Acinetobacter baumannii-calcoaceticus Complex (2023), Clinical Infectious Diseases
  • In Vitro Activity of Cefiderocol against U.S. and European Gram-Negative Clinical Isolates Collected in 2020 as Part of the SENTRY Antimicrobial Surveillance Program (2022), Microbiology Spectrum
  • Aztreonam/avibactam activity against clinical isolates of Enterobacterales collected in Europe, Asia and Latin America in 2019 (2020), Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
  • Increasing frequency of OXA-48-producing Enterobacterales worldwide and activity of ceftazidime/avibactam, meropenem/vaborbactam and comparators against these isolates (2021), Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
  • Activity of ceftazidime/avibactam, meropenem/vaborbactam and imipenem/relebactam against carbapenemase-negative carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales isolates from US hospitals (2021), International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

Best Publications

  • The Microbiology of Bloodstream Infection: 20-Year Trends from the SENTRY Antimicrobial Surveillance Program

    Daniel J. Diekema;Po Ren Hsueh;Rodrigo E. Mendes;Michael A. Pfaller

  • Early Dissemination of NDM-1- and OXA-181-Producing Enterobacteriaceae in Indian Hospitals: Report from the SENTRY Antimicrobial Surveillance Program, 2006-2007

    Mariana Castanheira;Lalitagauri M. Deshpande;Dilip Mathai;Jan M. Bell

  • Rapid Detection and Identification of Metallo-β-Lactamase-Encoding Genes by Multiplex Real-Time PCR Assay and Melt Curve Analysis

    Rodrigo E. Mendes;Rodrigo E. Mendes;Katia A. Kiyota;Jussimara Monteiro;Jussimara Monteiro;Mariana Castanheira

  • First Report of cfr-Mediated Resistance to Linezolid in Human Staphylococcal Clinical Isolates Recovered in the United States

    Rodrigo E. Mendes;Lalitagauri M. Deshpande;Mariana Castanheira;Joseph DiPersio

  • Linezolid update: Stable in vitro activity following more than a decade of clinical use and summary of associated resistance mechanisms

    Rodrigo E. Mendes;Lalitagauri M. Deshpande;Ronald N. Jones

  • Pathogen frequency and resistance patterns in Brazilian hospitals: summary of results from three years of the SENTRY Antimicrobial Surveillance Program.

    Helio S. Sader;Ana C. Gales;Michael A. Pfaller;Rodrigo E. Mendes

  • Emergence and widespread dissemination of OXA-23, -24/40 and -58 carbapenemases among Acinetobacter spp. in Asia-Pacific nations: report from the SENTRY Surveillance Program.

    Rodrigo E Mendes;Jan M Bell;John D Turnidge;John D Turnidge;Mariana Castanheira

  • Transferable Plasmid-Mediated Resistance to Linezolid Due to cfr in a Human Clinical Isolate of Enterococcus faecalis

    Lorena Diaz;Pattarachai Kiratisin;Rodrigo E. Mendes;Diana Panesso;Diana Panesso

  • Metallo-beta-lactamase detection: comparative evaluation of double-disk synergy versus combined disk tests for IMP-, GIM-, SIM-, SPM-, or VIM-producing isolates.

    Renata C. Picão;Soraya S. Andrade;Adriana Gianinni Nicoletti;Eloiza H. Campana

  • Meropenem-Vaborbactam Tested against Contemporary Gram-Negative Isolates Collected Worldwide during 2014, Including Carbapenem-Resistant, KPC-Producing, Multidrug-Resistant, and Extensively Drug-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae.

    Mariana Castanheira;Michael D. Huband;Rodrigo E. Mendes;Robert K. Flamm

  • Detection of a New cfr-Like Gene, cfr(B), in Enterococcus faecium Isolates Recovered from Human Specimens in the United States as Part of the SENTRY Antimicrobial Surveillance Program.

    Lalitagauri M. Deshpande;Deborah S. Ashcraft;Heather P. Kahn;George Pankey

  • Variations in the Occurrence of Resistance Phenotypes and Carbapenemase Genes Among Enterobacteriaceae Isolates in 20 Years of the SENTRY Antimicrobial Surveillance Program

    Mariana Castanheira;Lalitagauri M Deshpande;Rodrigo E Mendes;Rafael Canton

  • Assessment of linezolid resistance mechanisms among Staphylococcus epidermidis causing bacteraemia in Rome, Italy

    Rodrigo E. Mendes;Lalitagauri M. Deshpande;David J. Farrell;Teresa Spanu

  • Global Epidemiology and Mechanisms of Resistance of Acinetobacter baumannii-calcoaceticus Complex

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  • The burden of antimicrobial resistance among urinary tract isolates of Escherichia coli in the United States in 2017.

    Ian A. Critchley;Nicole Cotroneo;Michael J. Pucci;Rodrigo Mendes

  • Dissemination and diversity of metallo-β-lactamases in Latin America: report from the SENTRY Antimicrobial Surveillance Program

    Helio Silva Sader;Mariana Castanheira;Mariana Castanheira;Rodrigo Elisandro Mendes;Rodrigo Elisandro Mendes;Mark Toleman

  • Prevalence of β-Lactamase-Encoding Genes among Enterobacteriaceae Bacteremia Isolates Collected in 26 U.S. Hospitals: Report from the SENTRY Antimicrobial Surveillance Program (2010)

    Mariana Castanheira;Sarah E. Farrell;Lalitagauri M. Deshpande;Rodrigo E. Mendes

  • Integron carrying a novel metallo-β-lactamase gene, blaIMP-16, and a fused form of aminoglycoside-resistant gene aac(6')-30/aac(6')-Ib': Report from the SENTRY Antimicrobial Surveillance Program

    Rodrigo E. Mendes;Mark A. Toleman;Julival Ribeiro;Helio S. Sader

  • Pharmacokinetics-Pharmacodynamics of Tazobactam in Combination with Piperacillin in an In Vitro Infection Model.

    Brian VanScoy;Rodrigo E. Mendes;Anthony M. Nicasio;Mariana Castanheira

  • Detection of mcr-1 among Escherichia coli Clinical Isolates Collected Worldwide as Part of the SENTRY Antimicrobial Surveillance Program in 2014 and 2015

    Mariana Castanheira;Michelle A. Griffin;Lalitagauri M. Deshpande;Rodrigo E. Mendes

  • Antimicrobial Activity of Ceftazidime-Avibactam Tested against Multidrug-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae and Pseudomonas aeruginosa Isolates from U.S. Medical Centers, 2013 to 2016

    Helio S. Sader;Mariana Castanheira;Dee Shortridge;Rodrigo E. Mendes

Frequent Co-Authors

Helio S. Sader
Helio S. Sader JMI Laboratories
Ronald N. Jones
Ronald N. Jones JMI Laboratories
Robert K. Flamm
Robert K. Flamm JMI Laboratories
Mariana Castanheira
Mariana Castanheira JMI Laboratories
David J. Farrell
David J. Farrell University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust
Michael A. Pfaller
Michael A. Pfaller JMI Laboratories
Paul R. Rhomberg
Paul R. Rhomberg University of Iowa
John D. Turnidge
John D. Turnidge University of Adelaide
Ana C. Gales
Ana C. Gales Federal University of Sao Paulo

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