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Stuart Johnson is affiliated with Loyola University Chicago in the United States and has an extensive publication record in the field of medicine, with a particular focus on infectious diseases. Their work is concentrated on the study and management of infections caused by Clostridioides difficile and related bacterial pathogens.

Johnson's research addresses multiple disciplines connected to infectious diseases, including epidemiology, critical care and intensive care medicine, surgery, and gastroenterology. The main topics covered in their work include:

  • Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research
  • Microscopic colitis
  • Nosocomial infections in intensive care units
  • Helicobacter pylori-related gastroenterology studies
  • Gastrointestinal motility and disorders
  • Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology
  • Bacterial identification and susceptibility testing

Among their recent publications are:

  • "Clinical Practice Guideline by the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) and Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA): 2021 Focused Update Guidelines on Management of Clostridioides difficile Infection in Adults" (2021), published in Clinical Infectious Diseases
  • "Clinical Practice Guideline by the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) and Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA): 2021 Focused Update Guidelines on Management of Clostridioides difficile Infection in Adults" (2021), also in Clinical Infectious Diseases

Johnson frequently collaborates with several other researchers, including:

  • Andrew M Skinner
  • Dale N. Gerding
  • Adam Cheknis
  • Laurica A Petrella
  • Kevin W. Garey

The scientist has published extensively in a range of academic journals, with the highest number of publications appearing in:

  • Open Forum Infectious Diseases
  • Clinical Infectious Diseases
  • Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
  • Antibiotics
  • Anaerobe

Best Publications

  • Clinical Practice Guidelines for Clostridium difficile Infection in Adults: 2010 Update by the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) and the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA)

    Stuart H. Cohen;Dale N. Gerding;Stuart Johnson;Ciaran P. Kelly

  • Clinical Practice Guidelines for Clostridium difficile Infection in Adults and Children: 2017 Update by the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) and Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA)

    L Clifford McDonald;Dale N Gerding;Stuart Johnson;Stuart Johnson;Johan S Bakken

  • An epidemic, toxin gene-variant strain of Clostridium difficile.

    L. Clifford McDonald;George E. Killgore;Angela Thompson;Robert C. Owens

  • CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE-ASSOCIATED DIARRHEA AND COLITIS

    Dale N. Gerding;Stuart Johnson;Lance R. Peterson;Maury E. Mulligan

  • Toxin B is essential for virulence of Clostridium difficile

    Dena Lyras;Jennifer Ruth O'Connor;Pauline M Howarth;Susan P Sambol

  • Acquisition of Clostridium difficile by Hospitalized Patients: Evidence for Colonized New Admissions as a Source of Infection

    Connie R. Clabots;Stuart Johnson;Mary M. Olson;Lance R. Peterson

  • Clostridium difficile--associated diarrhea.

    Stuart Johnson;Dale N. Gerding

  • Vancomycin, Metronidazole, or Tolevamer for Clostridium difficile Infection: Results From Two Multinational, Randomized, Controlled Trials

    Stuart Johnson;Thomas J. Louie;Dale N. Gerding;Oliver A. Cornely

  • Clinical Practice Guideline by the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) and Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA): 2021 Focused Update Guidelines on Management of Clostridioides difficile Infection in Adults.

    Stuart Johnson;Stuart Johnson;Valéry Lavergne;Valéry Lavergne;Andrew M Skinner;Andrew M Skinner;Anne J Gonzales-Luna

  • Recurrent Clostridium difficile infection: A review of risk factors, treatments, and outcomes

    Stuart Johnson;Stuart Johnson

  • Clostridium difficile binary toxin CDT: Mechanism, epidemiology, and potential clinical importance

    Dale N Gerding;Stuart Johnson;Maja Rupnik;Klaus Aktories

  • Comparison of Seven Techniques for Typing International Epidemic Strains of Clostridium difficile: Restriction Endonuclease Analysis, Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis, PCR-Ribotyping, Multilocus Sequence Typing, Multilocus Variable-Number Tandem-Repeat Analysis, Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphism, and Surface Layer Protein A Gene Sequence Typing

    George Killgore;Angela Thompson;Stuart Johnson;Jon Brazier

  • Treatment of Asymptomatic Clostridium difficile Carriers (Fecal Excretors) with Vancomycin or Metronidazole: A Randomized, Placebo-controlled Trial

    Stuart Johnson;Scott R. Homann;Kristine M. Bettin;Kristine M. Bettin;Judith N. Quick;Judith N. Quick

  • Clostridium difficile infection caused by the epidemic BI/NAP1/027 strain.

    Jennifer R. O'Connor;Jennifer R. O'Connor;Stuart Johnson;Stuart Johnson;Dale N. Gerding;Dale N. Gerding

  • Nosocomial Clostridium difficile colonisation and disease.

    S. Johnson;C.R. Clabots;F.V. Linn;M.M. Olson

  • Primary symptomless colonisation by Clostridium difficile and decreased risk of subsequent diarrhoea

    Janet K Shim;Stuart Johnson;Matthew H Samore;Donna Z Bliss

  • Epidemics of Diarrhea Caused by a Clindamycin-Resistant Strain of Clostridium difficile in Four Hospitals

    Stuart Johnson;Matthew H. Samore;Kylie A. Farrow;George E. Killgore

  • Interruption of recurrent Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhea episodes by serial therapy with vancomycin and rifaximin

    Stuart Johnson;Christopher A. Schriever;Minerva Galang;Ciarán P. Kelly;Ciarán P. Kelly

  • Prospective, controlled study of vinyl glove use to interrupt Clostridium difficile nosocomial transmission.

    Stuart Johnson;Stuart Johnson;Dale N. Gerding;Dale N. Gerding;Mary M. Olson;Mary M. Olson;Mary D. Weiler;Mary D. Weiler

  • Acquisition of Clostridium difficile and Clostridium difficile-Associated Diarrhea in Hospitalized Patients Receiving Tube Feeding

    Donna Zimmaro Bliss;Stuart Johnson;Kay Savik;Connie R. Clabots

Frequent Co-Authors

Dale N. Gerding
Dale N. Gerding Veterans Health Administration
Lance R. Peterson
Lance R. Peterson NorthShore University HealthSystem
Connie Clabots
Connie Clabots VA Midwest Health Care Network
L. Clifford McDonald
L. Clifford McDonald Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Ciaran P. Kelly
Ciaran P. Kelly Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Mark H. Wilcox
Mark H. Wilcox University of Leeds
Ellie J. C. Goldstein
Ellie J. C. Goldstein University of California, Los Angeles
Edward N. Janoff
Edward N. Janoff University of Colorado Denver
David R. Snydman
David R. Snydman Tufts Medical Center
Diane M. Citron
Diane M. Citron Michigan State University

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