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Vishnu Chaturvedi is affiliated with the New York State Department of Health in the United States and has a research focus primarily in the field of Medicine. Their work spans multiple subfields including Epidemiology, Infectious Diseases, Cell Biology, Plant Science, and Molecular Biology.

The scientist's research topics concentrate on the study of fungal infections and antifungal resistance, with significant attention to plant pathogens and fungal diseases, nail diseases, poxvirus outbreaks, bacterial research involving Bacillus and Francisella species, and Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia detection and treatment.

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Vishnu Chaturvedi include:

  • Fusarium: more than a node or a foot-shaped basal cell, 2021, Studies in Mycology
  • Candida auris Isolates Resistant to Three Classes of Antifungal Medications - New York, 2019, 2020, MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
  • Candida auris Pan-Drug-Resistant to Four Classes of Antifungal Agents, 2022, Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
  • Ibrexafungerp: A Novel Oral Triterpenoid Antifungal in Development for the Treatment of Candida auris Infections, 2020, Antibiotics
  • Antifungal Resistance Trends of Candida auris Clinical Isolates in New York and New Jersey from 2016 to 2020, 2022, Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Vishnu Chaturvedi has frequently collaborated with a group of coauthors including Sudha Chaturvedi, YanChun Zhu, Marina Keller, and Jonathan L. Jacobs. The number of joint publications with Sudha Chaturvedi is notably high, reflecting a sustained research partnership.

The scientist's work has been published primarily in venues such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
  • Mycopathologia
  • Journal of Clinical Microbiology
  • Microbiology Spectrum

Best Publications

  • Antifungal Susceptibility Testing: Practical Aspects and Current Challenges

    John H. Rex;Michael A. Pfaller;Thomas J. Walsh;Vishnu Chaturvedi

  • Emergence and pathogenicity of highly virulent Cryptococcus gattii genotypes in the northwest United States.

    Edmond J. Byrnes;Wenjun Li;Yonathan Lewit;Hansong Ma

  • Correlation of MIC with Outcome for Candida Species Tested against Voriconazole: Analysis and Proposal for Interpretive Breakpoints

    M. A. Pfaller;D. J. Diekema;J. H. Rex;A. Espinel-Ingroff

  • Fusarium: more than a node or a foot-shaped basal cell.

    P.W. Crous;P.W. Crous;L. Lombard;M. Sandoval-Denis;K.A. Seifert

  • Candida auris Isolates Resistant to Three Classes of Antifungal Medications — New York, 2019

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  • Correlation of MIC with Outcome for Candida Species Tested against Caspofungin, Anidulafungin, and Micafungin: Analysis and Proposal for Interpretive MIC Breakpoints

    M. A. Pfaller;D. J. Diekema;L. Ostrosky-Zeichner;J. H. Rex

  • Projecting global occurrence of Cryptococcus gattii.

    Deborah J. Springer;Vishnu Chaturvedi

  • Oxidative killing of Cryptococcus neoformans by human neutrophils. Evidence that fungal mannitol protects by scavenging reactive oxygen intermediates.

    Vishnu Chaturvedi;Brian Wong;Simon L. Newman

  • Candida auris Pan-Drug-Resistant to Four Classes of Antifungal Agents

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  • Optimal testing conditions for determining MICs and minimum fungicidal concentrations of new and established antifungal agents for uncommon molds: NCCLS collaborative study.

    A. Espinel-Ingroff;V. Chaturvedi;A. Fothergill;M. G. Rinaldi

  • Wild-type MIC distribution and epidemiological cutoff values for Aspergillus fumigatus and three triazoles as determined by the Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute broth microdilution methods.

    M. A. Pfaller;D. J. Diekema;M. A. Ghannoum;J. H. Rex

  • Clinical breakpoints for voriconazole and Candida spp. revisited: review of microbiologic, molecular, pharmacodynamic, and clinical data as they pertain to the development of species-specific interpretive criteria.

    Michael A. Pfaller;David Andes;Maiken C. Arendrup;Daniel J. Diekema

  • A Side by Side Comparison of Bruker Biotyper and VITEK MS: Utility of MALDI-TOF MS Technology for Microorganism Identification in a Public Health Reference Laboratory

    Simon Lévesque;Philippe J. Dufresne;Hafid Soualhine;Marc-Christian Domingo

  • Prospective Study of Candida Species in Patients at a Comprehensive Cancer Center

    Amar Safdar;Vishnu Chaturvedi;Emily W. Cross;Steven Park

  • Efficacy of API 20C and ID 32C Systems for Identification of Common and Rare Clinical Yeast Isolates

    Rama Ramani;Sally Gromadzki;David H. Pincus;Ira F. Salkin

  • Talaromycosis (Penicilliosis) Due to Talaromyces (Penicillium) marneffei: Insights into the Clinical Trends of a Major Fungal Disease 60 Years After the Discovery of the Pathogen

    Cunwei Cao;Liyan Xi;Liyan Xi;Liyan Xi;Vishnu Chaturvedi;Vishnu Chaturvedi

  • Intra- and Interlaboratory Study of a Method for Testing the Antifungal Susceptibilities of Dermatophytes

    Mahmoud A Ghannoum;V. Chaturvedi;A. Espinel-Ingroff;M. A. Pfaller

  • Laboratory Analysis of an Outbreak of Candida auris in New York from 2016 to 2018: Impact and Lessons Learned.

    YanChun Zhu;Brittany O’Brien;Lynn Leach;Alexandra Clarke

  • Morphological and molecular characterizations of psychrophilic fungus Geomyces destructans from New York bats with White Nose Syndrome (WNS).

    Vishnu Chaturvedi;Vishnu Chaturvedi;Deborah J. Springer;Deborah J. Springer;Melissa J. Behr;Rama Ramani;Rama Ramani

  • Importance of resolving fungal nomenclature: The case of multiple pathogenic species in the Cryptococcus genus

    Ferry Hagen;H. Thorsten Lumbsch;Valentina Arsic Arsenijevic;Hamid Badali

  • Characterization of Cu,Zn superoxide dismutase (SOD1) gene knock-out mutant of Cryptococcus neoformans var. gattii: role in biology and virulence.

    Srinivas D. Narasipura;Jeffrey G. Ault;Melissa J. Behr;Vishnu Chaturvedi

  • Characterization of Cryptococcus neoformans variety gattii SOD2 reveals distinct roles of the two superoxide dismutases in fungal biology and virulence

    Srinivas D. Narasipura;Vishnu Chaturvedi;Vishnu Chaturvedi;Sudha Chaturvedi;Sudha Chaturvedi

  • Flow Cytometry Antifungal Susceptibility Testing of Pathogenic Yeasts other than Candida albicans and Comparison with the NCCLS Broth Microdilution Test

    Rama Ramani;Vishnu Chaturvedi;Vishnu Chaturvedi

Frequent Co-Authors

Mahmoud A. Ghannoum
Mahmoud A. Ghannoum Case Western Reserve University
Thomas J. Walsh
Thomas J. Walsh Weill Cornell Medicine
Daniel J. Diekema
Daniel J. Diekema University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics
Ana Espinel-Ingroff
Ana Espinel-Ingroff Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center
John H. Rex
John H. Rex The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
David S. Perlin
David S. Perlin Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Michael A. Pfaller
Michael A. Pfaller JMI Laboratories
Jean-Philippe Bouchara
Jean-Philippe Bouchara University of Angers
Shawn A. Messer
Shawn A. Messer Oregon Health & Science University
Teun Boekhout
Teun Boekhout University of Amsterdam

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