Dr. Leonard Mermel

Dr. Leonard Mermel

Brown University

H-index: 64

North America-United States

About Dr. Leonard Mermel

Dr. Leonard Mermel, With an exceptional h-index of 64 and a recent h-index of 37 (since 2020), a distinguished researcher at Brown University, specializes in the field of Infection Control.

His recent articles reflect a diverse array of research interests and contributions to the field:

Seasonality of healthcare-associated Stenotrophomonas maltophilia

Prevention of long-term catheter-related bloodstream infection with prophylactic antimicrobial lock solutions: why so little use?

Differences in microorganisms causing infection after cranial and spinal surgeries

Antibiotic prophylaxis in penetrating traumatic brain injury: analysis of a single-center series and systematic review of the literature

Viable mpox in the inanimate environmental and risk of transmission

Reducing ventriculoperitoneal shunt infection with intraoperative glove removal

Venous Access: National Guideline and Registry Development (VANGUARD): Advancing Patient-Centered Venous Access Care Through the Development of a National Coordinated Registry …

Correlating symptoms to infectivity among vaccinated healthcare workers with COVID-19

Dr. Leonard Mermel Information

University

Position

Warren Alpert Medical School of and Rhode Island Hospital

Citations(all)

36481

Citations(since 2020)

12710

Cited By

31455

hIndex(all)

64

hIndex(since 2020)

37

i10Index(all)

156

i10Index(since 2020)

98

Email

University Profile Page

Brown University

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Dr. Leonard Mermel Skills & Research Interests

Infection Control

Top articles of Dr. Leonard Mermel

Title

Journal

Author(s)

Publication Date

Seasonality of healthcare-associated Stenotrophomonas maltophilia

Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology

Dianne B Auld

Phinnara Has

Leonard A Mermel

2023/9

Prevention of long-term catheter-related bloodstream infection with prophylactic antimicrobial lock solutions: why so little use?

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Leonard A Mermel

2023/3/1

Differences in microorganisms causing infection after cranial and spinal surgeries

Journal of Neurosurgery

Alexander Pralea

Konrad W Walek

Dianne Auld

Leonard A Mermel

2023/8/18

Antibiotic prophylaxis in penetrating traumatic brain injury: analysis of a single-center series and systematic review of the literature

Arjun Ganga

Owen P Leary

Rahul A Sastry

Wael F Asaad

Konstantina A Svokos

...

2023/2

Viable mpox in the inanimate environmental and risk of transmission

Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology

Leonard A Mermel

2023/12

Reducing ventriculoperitoneal shunt infection with intraoperative glove removal

Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology

Konrad W Walek

Michal Rajski

Rahul A Sastry

Leonard A Mermel

2023/2

Venous Access: National Guideline and Registry Development (VANGUARD): Advancing Patient-Centered Venous Access Care Through the Development of a National Coordinated Registry …

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Andrea Iorga

Marti J Velezis

Danica Marinac-Dabic

Robert F Lario

Stanley M Huff

...

2023/11/24

Correlating symptoms to infectivity among vaccinated healthcare workers with COVID-19

Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology

Abdulaziz Almulhim

Francine Touzard Romo

Leonard Mermel

Amy Mathers

Joshua Eby

2023/6

Development and validation of a multivariable model predicting the required catheter dwell time among mechanically ventilated critically ill patients in three randomized trials

British Journal of Cancer

Hanya Mahmood

Adam Shephard

Paul Hankinson

Mike Bradburn

Anna Luiza Damaceno Araujo

...

2023/11/9

Introduction to a compendium of strategies to prevent healthcare-associated infections in acute-care hospitals: 2022 updates

Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology

Deborah S Yokoe

Sonali D Advani

Deverick J Anderson

Hilary M Babcock

Michael Bell

...

2023/10

Which trial do we need? Infectious and non-infectious complications of peripherally inserted central venous catheters and midline catheters

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Niccolò Buetti

Jonas Marschall

Gaud Catho

Jean-François Timsit

Leonard Mermel

2023/5/1

Executive Summary: A Compendium of Strategies to Prevent Healthcare-Associated Infections in Acute-Care Hospitals: 2022 Updates

Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology

Deborah S Yokoe

Sonali D Advani

Deverick J Anderson

Hilary M Babcock

Michael Bell

...

2023/10

Alpha defensin-1 biomarker outperforms culture in diagnosing breast implant-related infection: results from a multicenter prospective study

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Marten N Basta

Colin G White-Dzuro

Vinay Rao

Paul Y Liu

Daniel Kwan

...

2023/4/1

Antibiotic prophylaxis practices in neurosurgery: A Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) survey

Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology

Rahul A Sastry

Elaina J Wang

Leonard A Mermel

2022/5

The association between household and neighborhood characteristics and COVID-19 related ICU admissions

SSM-population health

Andrew H Stephen

Sarah B Andrea

Debasree Banerjee

Mohammed Arafeh

Morgan Askew

...

2022/9/1

Level of respiratory protection for healthcare workers caring for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients: A survey of hospital epidemiologists

Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology

Winston L McCormick

Michael P Koster

Geetika N Sood

Leonard A Mermel

2022/5

Risk factors for early PICC removal: A retrospective study of adult inpatients at an academic medical center

Plos one

Burton H Shen

Lindsey Mahoney

Janine Molino

Leonard A Mermel

2022/7/8

The future of masking

Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology

Leonard A Mermel

2022/3

Development and validation of a multivariable prediction model of central venous catheter-tip colonization in a cohort of five randomized trials

BMC medicine

Chirag Mistry

Victoria Palin

Yan Li

Glen P Martin

David Jenkins

...

2020/12

Routine catheter-tip cultures for assessing catheter-related bloodstream infections in randomised-controlled trials

Anaesth Crit Care Pain Med

Niccolo Buetti

Leonard A Mermel

Jean-François Timsit

2022/2/1

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