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2026
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Switzerland
2023

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Microbiology

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112
Citations
66904
World Ranking
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National Ranking
4

Medicine

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116
Citations
79485
World Ranking
4262
National Ranking
52

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Microbiology in Switzerland Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Microbiology in Switzerland Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Medicine in Switzerland Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Microbiology in Switzerland Leader Award
  • 2020 - Member of Academia Europaea

Overview

Thierry Calandra is affiliated with the University of Lausanne in Switzerland, with a research focus primarily in the field of Medicine. Their work encompasses several key subfields of study, including Epidemiology, Infectious Diseases, Immunology, Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine, and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine.

The scientist's research covers a range of topics related to infectious diseases and critical care environments. Main topics include:

  • Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Antifungal resistance and susceptibility
  • Fungal Infections and Studies
  • Immune Response and Inflammation
  • Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia detection and treatment
  • Nosocomial Infections in ICU
  • Antibiotic Use and Resistance

Thierry Calandra has contributed to multiple publications in well-known venues, including:

  • Journal of Infection
  • Intensive Care Medicine
  • Critical Care
  • Open Forum Infectious Diseases
  • BMJ Open

Their recent papers include:

  • Review of influenza-associated pulmonary aspergillosis in ICU patients and proposal for a case definition: an expert opinion, 2020, Intensive Care Medicine
  • EORTC/MSGERC Definitions of Invasive Fungal Diseases: Summary of Activities of the Intensive Care Unit Working Group, 2021, Clinical Infectious Diseases
  • The pathophysiology of sepsis and precision-medicine-based immunotherapy, 2024, Nature Immunology
  • Risk factors for candidemia: a prospective matched case-control study, 2020, Critical Care
  • Taskforce report on the diagnosis and clinical management of COVID-19 associated pulmonary aspergillosis, 2021, Intensive Care Medicine

Frequent collaborators in Thierry Calandra's research include:

  • Frédéric Lamoth
  • Sylvain Meylan
  • Johan Maertens
  • W. Joost Wiersinga
  • Michael Bauer

The scientist is recognized for their contributions to the understanding and management of infections in intensive care environments such as sepsis and fungal infections. Their work also extends to immune response mechanisms and antimicrobial resistance issues within clinical settings.

In 2020, Thierry Calandra was inducted as a Member of Academia Europaea, reflecting their standing within the academic community.

Best Publications

  • Surviving Sepsis Campaign: international guidelines for management of severe sepsis and septic shock: 2008.

    R. Phillip Dellinger;Mitchell M. Levy;Jean M. Carlet;Julian Bion

  • Surviving Sepsis Campaign guidelines for management of severe sepsis and septic shock

    R. Phillip Dellinger;Jean M. Carlet;Henry Masur;Herwig Gerlach

  • Revised Definitions of Invasive Fungal Disease from the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer/Invasive Fungal Infections Cooperative Group and the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Mycoses Study Group (EORTC/MSG) Consensus Group

    Ben De Pauw;Thomas J. Walsh;J. Peter Donnelly;David A. Stevens

  • Clinical practice guidelines for the management of candidiasis: 2009 update by the Infectious Diseases Society of America.

    Peter G. Pappas;Carol A. Kauffman;David Andes;Daniel K. Benjamin

  • Revision and Update of the Consensus Definitions of Invasive Fungal Disease From the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer and the Mycoses Study Group Education and Research Consortium

    J. Peter Donnelly;Sharon C. Chen;Carol A. Kauffman;William J. Steinbach

  • Macrophage migration inhibitory factor: a regulator of innate immunity.

    Thierry Calandra;Thierry Roger

  • 2002 Guidelines for the Use of Antimicrobial Agents in Neutropenic Patients with Cancer

    Walter T. Hughes;Donald Armstrong;Gerald P. Bodey;Eric J. Bow

  • MIF as a glucocorticoid-induced modulator of cytokine production

    Thierry Calandra;Jürgen Bernhagen;Christine N. Metz;Lori A. Spiegel

  • ESCMID guideline for the diagnosis and management of Candida diseases 2012: non-neutropenic adult patients.

    O.A. Cornely;M. Bassetti;T. Calandra;J. Garbino

  • MIF is a pituitary-derived cytokine that potentiates lethal endotoxaemia

    J. Bernhagen;T. Calandra;R. A. Mitchell;S. B. Martin

  • The macrophage is an important and previously unrecognized source of macrophage migration inhibitory factor.

    Thierry Calandra;JLirgen Bernhagen;Robert A. Mitchell;Richard Bucala

  • Sepsis: a roadmap for future research

    Jonathan Cohen;Jean-Louis Vincent;Neill K J Adhikari;Flavia R Machado

  • The international sepsis forum consensus conference on definitions of infection in the intensive care unit.

    Thierry Calandra;Jonathan Cohen

  • Voriconazole Therapeutic Drug Monitoring in Patients with Invasive Mycoses Improves Efficacy and Safety Outcomes

    Andres Pascual;Thierry Calandra;Saskia Bolay;Thierry Buclin

  • Protection from septic shock by neutralization of macrophage migration inhibitory factor.

    Thierry Calandra;Bernd Echtenacher;Didier Le Roy;Jérôme Pugin

  • An essential regulatory role for macrophage migration inhibitory factor in T-cell activation

    Michael Bacher;Christine N. Metz;Thierry Calandra;Katrin Mayer

  • MIF regulates innate immune responses through modulation of Toll-like receptor 4

    Thierry Roger;John David;Michel P. Glauser;Thierry Calandra

  • Intracellular action of the cytokine MIF to modulate AP-1 activity and the cell cycle through Jab1

    Robert Kleemann;Angelika Hausser;Georg Geiger;Ralf Mischke

  • Prognostic Values of Tumor Necrosis Factor/Cachectin, Interleukin-l, Interferon-α, and Interferon-γ in the Serum of Patients with Septic Shock

    Thierry Calandra;Jean-Daniel Baumgartner;Georges E. Grau;Mei-Miau Wu

  • ECIL-6 guidelines for the treatment of invasive candidiasis, aspergillosis and mucormycosis in leukemia and hematopoietic stem cell transplant patients

    Frederic Tissot;Samir G. Agrawal;Livio Pagano;Georgios Petrikkos

  • Surviving Sepsis Campaign: International guidelines for management of severe sepsis and septic shock: 2008 (Intensive Care Medicine (2008) 34, (17-60))

    R. Phillip Dellinger;Mitchell M. Levy;Jean M. Carlet;Julian Bion

Frequent Co-Authors

Thierry Roger
Thierry Roger University of Lausanne
Jacques Bille
Jacques Bille University of Lausanne
Richard Bucala
Richard Bucala Yale University
Pierre-Yves Bochud
Pierre-Yves Bochud University of Lausanne
Michel P. Glauser
Michel P. Glauser University Hospital of Lausanne
Frédéric Lamoth
Frédéric Lamoth University Hospital of Lausanne
Claudio Viscoli
Claudio Viscoli University of Genoa
Matteo Bassetti
Matteo Bassetti University of Genoa
Giuseppe Pantaleo
Giuseppe Pantaleo University of Lausanne
Jürgen Bernhagen
Jürgen Bernhagen Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

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