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Yehuda Carmeli

Yehuda Carmeli

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Microbiology
Israel
2026

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Microbiology

D-Index
108
Citations
67176
World Ranking
255
National Ranking
1

Medicine

D-Index
108
Citations
68092
World Ranking
5876
National Ranking
14

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Microbiology in Israel Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Microbiology in Israel Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Microbiology in Israel Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Microbiology in Israel Leader Award

Overview

Yehuda Carmeli is affiliated with Tel Aviv University in Israel. Their research spans diverse areas within biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine, with a specific focus on molecular medicine, applied microbiology and biotechnology, endocrinology, pharmacology, and epidemiology.

The scientist's work predominantly addresses topics related to antibiotic resistance and infectious diseases. Main topics include:

  • Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria
  • Antibiotic Use and Resistance
  • Antibiotics Pharmacokinetics and Efficacy
  • Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing
  • Vibrio bacteria research studies
  • Urinary Tract Infections Management
  • Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections

Carmeli has contributed to multiple peer-reviewed journals, frequently publishing in:

  • Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
  • Clinical Microbiology and Infection
  • Open Forum Infectious Diseases
  • Microbiology Spectrum
  • Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Several recent papers illustrate the scope and focus of Carmeli's research. These include:

  • "Integrated chromosomal and plasmid sequence analyses reveal diverse modes of carbapenemase gene spread among Klebsiella pneumoniae", 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Colistin Monotherapy versus Combination Therapy for Carbapenem-Resistant Organisms", 2022, NEJM Evidence
  • "Global incidence in hospital-associated infections resistant to antibiotics: An analysis of point prevalence surveys from 99 countries", 2023, PLoS Medicine
  • "Ceftazidime-Avibactam for the Treatment of Serious Gram-Negative Infections with Limited Treatment Options: A Systematic Literature Review", 2021, Infectious Diseases and Therapy
  • "The ERACE-PA Global Surveillance Program: Ceftolozane/tazobactam and Ceftazidime/avibactam in vitro Activity against a Global Collection of Carbapenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa", 2021, European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases

Collaboration plays a significant role in Carmeli's research. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Elizabeth Temkin
  • David A. Schwartz
  • Amir Nutman
  • Mitchell J. Schwaber
  • Alona Keren-Paz

Best Publications

  • Multidrug-resistant, extensively drug-resistant and pandrug-resistant bacteria: an international expert proposal for interim standard definitions for acquired resistance

    A-P Magiorakos;A Srinivasan;R B Carey;Y Carmeli

  • Discovery, research, and development of new antibiotics: the WHO priority list of antibiotic-resistant bacteria and tuberculosis.

    Evelina Tacconelli;Elena Carrara;Alessia Savoldi;Stephan Harbarth

  • Comparison of mortality associated with methicillin-resistant and methicillin-susceptible staphylococcus aureus bacteremia: A meta-analysis

    Sara E. Cosgrove;George Sakoulas;Eli N. Perencevich;Mitchell J. Schwaber

  • Adverse clinical and economic outcomes attributable to methicillin resistance among patients with Staphylococcus aureus surgical site infection

    John J. Engemann;Yehuda Carmeli;Sara E. Cosgrove;Vance G. Fowler

  • The impact of methicillin resistance in Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia on patient outcomes: mortality, length of stay, and hospital charges.

    Sara E. Cosgrove;Youlin Qi;Keith S. Kaye;Stephan Harbarth

  • Rapid evolution and spread of carbapenemases among Enterobacteriaceae in Europe

    R. Cantón;M. Akóva;Y. Carmeli;C.G. Giske

  • Multidrug-Resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa: Risk Factors and Clinical Impact

    Valerie Aloush;Shiri Navon-Venezia;Yardena Seigman-Igra;Shaltiel Cabili

  • The negative impact of antibiotic resistance

    N.D. Friedman;E. Temkin;Y. Carmeli

  • Clinical and Economic Impact of Common Multidrug-Resistant Gram-Negative Bacilli

    Christian G. Giske;Dominique L. Monnet;Otto Cars;Yehuda Carmeli;Yehuda Carmeli

  • Prolonged Antibiotic Prophylaxis After Cardiovascular Surgery and Its Effect on Surgical Site Infections and Antimicrobial Resistance

    Stephan Harbarth;Matthew H. Samore;Debi Lichtenberg;Yehuda Carmeli

  • The Impact of Antimicrobial Resistance on Health and Economic Outcomes

    Sara E Cosgrove;Yehuda Carmeli;Yehuda Carmeli

  • Mortality and delay in effective therapy associated with extended-spectrum β-lactamase production in Enterobacteriaceae bacteraemia: a systematic review and meta-analysis

    Mitchell J Schwaber;Yehuda Carmeli;Yehuda Carmeli

  • Emergence of Antibiotic-Resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa: Comparison of Risks Associated with Different Antipseudomonal Agents

    Yehuda Carmeli;Nicolas Troillet;George M. Eliopoulos;Matthew H. Samore

  • Occurrence of carbapenemase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae and Escherichia coli in the European survey of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae (EuSCAPE): a prospective, multinational study.

    Hajo Grundmann;Hajo Grundmann;Corinna Glasner;Corinna Glasner;Barbara Albiger;David M Aanensen;David M Aanensen

  • Predictors of Carbapenem-Resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae Acquisition among Hospitalized Adults and Effect of Acquisition on Mortality

    Mitchell J. Schwaber;Shiri Klarfeld-Lidji;Shiri Navon-Venezia;David Schwartz

  • Molecular Epidemiology of KPC-Producing Klebsiella pneumoniae Isolates in the United States: Clonal Expansion of Multilocus Sequence Type 258

    Brandon Kitchel;J. Kamile Rasheed;Jean B. Patel;Arjun Srinivasan

  • A Multinational Survey of Risk Factors for Infection with Extended-Spectrum β-Lactamase-Producing Enterobacteriaceae in Nonhospitalized Patients

    Ronen Ben-Ami;Jesús Rodríguez-Baño;Hande Arslan;Johann D D Pitout

  • Colistin alone versus colistin plus meropenem for treatment of severe infections caused by carbapenem-resistant Gram-negative bacteria: an open-label, randomised controlled trial

    Mical Paul;Mical Paul;George L Daikos;Emanuele Durante-Mangoni;Dafna Yahav;Dafna Yahav

  • Effect of appropriate combination therapy on mortality of patients with bloodstream infections due to carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae (INCREMENT): a retrospective cohort study

    Belén Gutiérrez-Gutiérrez;Elena Salamanca;Marina de Cueto;Po-Ren Hsueh

  • Clinical and Economic Impact of Bacteremia with Extended- Spectrum-β-Lactamase-Producing Enterobacteriaceae

    Mitchell J. Schwaber;Shiri Navon-Venezia;Keith S. Kaye;Ronen Ben-Ami

  • Epidemic of carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae in Europe is driven by nosocomial spread

    Sophia David;Sandra Reuter;Simon R. Harris;Corinna Glasner

Frequent Co-Authors

Shiri Navon-Venezia
Shiri Navon-Venezia Ariel University
David A. Schwartz
David A. Schwartz University of Colorado Denver
Matthew H. Samore
Matthew H. Samore University of Utah
Leonard Leibovici
Leonard Leibovici Tel Aviv University
Stéphan Juergen Harbarth
Stéphan Juergen Harbarth University of Geneva
George L. Daikos
George L. Daikos National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Jesús Rodríguez-Baño
Jesús Rodríguez-Baño University of Seville
Keith S. Kaye
Keith S. Kaye Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Herman Goossens
Herman Goossens University of Antwerp
Marek Gniadkowski
Marek Gniadkowski Medical University of Warsaw

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