Zeina Kanafani

Zeina Kanafani

American University of Beirut

H-index: 46

Asia-Lebanon

About Zeina Kanafani

Zeina Kanafani, With an exceptional h-index of 46 and a recent h-index of 29 (since 2020), a distinguished researcher at American University of Beirut, specializes in the field of Antimicrobial resistance, hospital acquired infections, infections in immunocompromised patients, infective endocarditis.

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

Molecular Characteristics of Colistin Resistance in Acinetobacter baumannii and the Activity of Antimicrobial Combination Therapy in a Tertiary Care Medical …

Burkholderia cepacia Vertebral Osteomyelitis Following Cesarean Section: Case Report and Review of the Literature

2582. Real-World Analysis of the Outcomes of Patients Treated with Ceftazidime-Avibactam

1815. Clinical Characteristics of Infections due to Staphylococcus Lugdunensis Compared to Other Staphylococcal Infections

Clinical manifestations, characteristics, and outcome of infections caused by vancomycin-resistant enterococci at a tertiary care center in Lebanon: A case-case-control study

397. The Three COVID-19 Prognostic Tools (CALL, 4Cs, NLR): Head-to-Head Comparison

Clinical predictors of mortality in patients with pseudomonas aeruginosa infection

Molecular characterization and differential effects of levofloxacin and ciprofloxacin on the potential for developing quinolone resistance among clinical Pseudomonas aeruginosa …

Zeina Kanafani Information

University

Position

Associate Professor of Medicine

Citations(all)

8983

Citations(since 2020)

3569

Cited By

6917

hIndex(all)

46

hIndex(since 2020)

29

i10Index(all)

93

i10Index(since 2020)

67

Email

University Profile Page

American University of Beirut

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Zeina Kanafani Skills & Research Interests

Antimicrobial resistance

hospital acquired infections

infections in immunocompromised patients

infective endocarditis

Top articles of Zeina Kanafani

Title

Journal

Author(s)

Publication Date

Molecular Characteristics of Colistin Resistance in Acinetobacter baumannii and the Activity of Antimicrobial Combination Therapy in a Tertiary Care Medical …

Microorganisms

Antoine Abou Fayad

Louis-Patrick Haraoui

Ahmad Sleiman

Hadi Hussein

Frédéric Grenier

...

2024/2/8

Burkholderia cepacia Vertebral Osteomyelitis Following Cesarean Section: Case Report and Review of the Literature

Microbes, Infection and Chemotherapy

Suha Kalash

Zeina A Kanafani

2023/6/20

2582. Real-World Analysis of the Outcomes of Patients Treated with Ceftazidime-Avibactam

Open Forum Infectious Diseases

Rayyan Wazzi-Mkahal

Reem Mansour

Mahdi Hamade

Racha Ghoussaini

Adeeb Tashman

...

2023/12

1815. Clinical Characteristics of Infections due to Staphylococcus Lugdunensis Compared to Other Staphylococcal Infections

Open Forum Infectious Diseases

Souad Bou Harb

Youssef Zougheib

Ayah Matar

Reem Mansour

Zeina Kanafani

2023/12

Clinical manifestations, characteristics, and outcome of infections caused by vancomycin-resistant enterococci at a tertiary care center in Lebanon: A case-case-control study

Journal of Infection and Public Health

Jim Abi Frem

Marwan Ghanem

George Doumat

Zeina A Kanafani

2023/5/1

397. The Three COVID-19 Prognostic Tools (CALL, 4Cs, NLR): Head-to-Head Comparison

Open Forum Infectious Diseases

George Doumat

Hady Yazbeck

Hassan Itani

Rayyan Wazzi-Mkahal

Mario Badr

...

2023/12

Clinical predictors of mortality in patients with pseudomonas aeruginosa infection

Plos one

Jim Abi Frem

George Doumat

Jamil Kazma

Amal Gharamti

Souha S Kanj

...

2023/4/28

Molecular characterization and differential effects of levofloxacin and ciprofloxacin on the potential for developing quinolone resistance among clinical Pseudomonas aeruginosa …

Frontiers in Microbiology

Zeina A Kanafani

Ahmad Sleiman

Jim Abi Frem

George Doumat

Amal Gharamti

...

2023/9/8

Epidemiology of Methicillin-resistant and Methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus infections in Lebanon

Microbes, Infection and Chemotherapy

Farah Abou-Zeid

Sara C Mourani

Amal Gharamti

Mohamad Yasmin

Salma Jabak

...

2023/3/17

Letter to the editor on use of antibodies from convalescent sera in the treatment of moderate and severe Covid-19 infection

Sarah B Nahhal

Bassem Awada

Joe-David Azzo

Rayyan Wazzi-Mkahal

Souha Kanj

...

2023/6/29

The under investigated facet of the COVID-19 pandemic: Molecular analysis of secondary bacterial infections at a COVID dedicated intensive care unit within a tertiary care …

Frontiers in Medicine

Ahmad Sleiman

Pascal Abdelkhalek

George Doumat

Frida Atallah

Lama Hamadeh

...

2023/2/1

2340. COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy among Faculty Members, College Students and Health Care Workers in Lebanon

Open Forum Infectious Diseases

George Doumat

Mohamad Ali Tfaily

Rayyan Wazzi-Mkahal

Zeina Kanafani

2023/12

Clinical characteristics and outcome of infective endocarditis due to Abiotrophia and Granulicatella compared to Viridans group streptococci

Journal of Infection

Adrián Téllez

Juan Ambrosioni

Marta Hernández-Meneses

Jaume Llopis

Marco Ripa

...

2022/8/1

Corrigendum to Detection of influenza virus in air samples of patient rooms Journal of Hospital Infections 108 (2021) 33-42/10.1016

The Journal of Hospital Infection

A Chamseddine

N Soudani

Z Kanafani

I Alameddine

G Dbaibo

...

2022/12

COVID-19 and C. auris: A Case-Control Study from a Tertiary Care Center in Lebanon

Microorganisms

Fatima Allaw

Sara F Haddad

Nabih Habib

Pamela Moukarzel

Nour Sabiha Naji

...

2022/5/11

The role of preoperative albumin and white blood cell count in surgical site infections following whipple surgery

Scientific Reports

Mohamad Ali Tfaily

Paola Ghanem

Sarah H Farran

Fatema Dabdoub

Zeina A Kanafani

2022/11/10

Facial microbial flora in bearded versus nonbearded men in the operating room setting: A single-center cross-sectional STROBE-compliant observational study

Medicine

El Edelbi M

Hassanieh J

Malaeb N

Abou Fayad A

Jaafar R

...

2022/10

Invasive Cutibacterium (formerly Propionibacterium) infections

UpToDate, edited by: Sexton, DJ and Hall, KK, https://www. uptodate. com/contents/invasive-cutibacterium-formerly-propionibacterium-infections, last access

Zeina A Kanafani

DJ Sexton

EL Baron

2022/10

Risk Factors and Outcomes of Cytomegalovirus Reactivation in the Intensive Care Unit

Mohamad Ali Tfaily

Joe-David Azzo

Amal Gharamti

Marwan Ghanem

Zeina A Kanafani

2022/9/6

Prospective cohort study of infective endocarditis in people who inject drugs

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Juan M Pericas

Jaume Llopis

Eugene Athan

Marta Hernandez-Meneses

Margaret M Hannan

...

2021/2/9

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