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A. Cometta

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A. Cometta — researcher profile on SciRah

h-index: 20
Works: 57
Citations: 2,350

Most-cited papers

Oral versus intravenous empirical antimicrobial therapy for fever in patients with granulocytopenia who are receiving cancer chemotherapy. International Antimicrobial Therapy Cooperative Group of the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer.
W. Kern, A. Cometta, R. de Bock, J. Langenaeken +2 more
1999New England Journal of Medicine307 citations Open access
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Piperacillin-tazobactam plus amikacin versus ceftazidime plus amikacin as empiric therapy for fever in granulocytopenic patients with cancer. The International Antimicrobial Therapy Cooperative Group of the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer
A. Cometta, Stephen H. Zinner, R. de Bock, T. Calandra +6 more
1995Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy243 citations Open access
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Prospective randomized comparison of imipenem monotherapy with imipenem plus netilmicin for treatment of severe infections in nonneutropenic patients
A. Cometta, J. Baumgartner, D. P. Lew, Werner Zimmerli +6 more
1994Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy193 citations Open access
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Cefepime versus Imipenem-Cilastatin for Treatment of Nosocomial Pneumonia in Intensive Care Unit Patients: a Multicenter, Evaluator-Blind, Prospective, Randomized Study
G. Zanetti, F. Bally, Gilbert GREUB, J. Garbino +12 more
2003Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy189 citations Open access
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Escherichia coli resistant to fluoroquinolones in patients with cancer and neutropenia.
A. Cometta, T. Calandra, J. Billé, M. Glauser
1994New England Journal of Medicine186 citations Open access
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Monotherapy with Meropenem versus Combination Therapy with Ceftazidime plus Amikacin as Empiric Therapy for Fever in Granulocytopenic Patients with Cancer
A. Cometta
1997166 citations
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Prospective Randomized Comparison of Imipenem-Cilastatin and Piperacillin-Tazobactam in Nosocomial Pneumonia or Peritonitis
Christophe Jaccard, N. Troillet, S. Harbarth, G. Zanetti +12 more
1998Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy161 citations Open access
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Vancomycin versus placebo for treating persistent fever in patients with neutropenic cancer receiving piperacillin-tazobactam monotherapy.
A. Cometta, W. Kern, R. de Bock, M. Paesmans +15 more
2003Clinical Infectious Diseases156 citations Open access
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Prophylactic intravenous administration of standard immune globulin as compared with core-lipopolysaccharide immune globulin in patients at high risk of postsurgical infection.
A. Cometta, J. Baumgartner, Martin L. Lee, G. Hanique +1 more
1992New England Journal of Medicine154 citations Open access
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Piperacillin-tazobactam monotherapy in high-risk febrile and neutropenic cancer patients.
C. Viscoli, A. Cometta, W. Kern, R. de Bock +4 more
2006Clinical Microbiology and Infection73 citations Open access
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Molecular epidemiology of fluoroquinolone-resistant Escherichia coli bloodstream isolates from patients admitted to European cancer centers
M. Oethinger, S. Conrad, K. Kaifel, A. Cometta +5 more
1996Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy52 citations Open access
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Development of a duplex real-time PCR for the detection of Rickettsia spp. and typhus group rickettsia in clinical samples.
S. Giulieri, K. Jaton, A. Cometta, L. Trellu +1 more
2012FEMS Immunology & Medical Microbiology49 citations Open access
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CSF lactate for accurate diagnosis of community-acquired bacterial meningitis
S. Giulieri, C. Chapuis-Taillard, Katia Jaton, A. Cometta +7 more
2015European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases41 citations
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Full-Course Oral Levofloxacin for Treatment of Hospitalized Patients with Community-Acquired Pneumonia
V. Erard, O. Lamy, P. Bochud, J. Billé +2 more
2004European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases36 citations
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Thermal behavior of long wavelength absorption transitions in Spirulina platensis photosystem I trimers.
A. Cometta, G. Zucchelli, N. Karapetyan, Enrico C. M. Engelmann +2 more
2000Biophysical Journal31 citations Open access
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Polyclonal intravenous immune globulin for prevention and treatment of infections in critically ill patients.
A. Cometta, J. Baumgartner, M. Glauser
1994Clinical and Experimental Immunology30 citations
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Incidence of gallbladder lithiasis after ceftriaxone treatment.
A. Cometta, S. Gallot-Lavallée-Villars, A. Iten, L. Cantoni +3 more
1990Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy26 citations Open access
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Antibiotic therapy for gram-negative bacteremia.
T. Calandra, A. Cometta
1991Infectious Disease Clinics of North America24 citations
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Empiric antibiotic monotherapy with carbapenems in febrile neutropenia: a review.
A. Cometta, M. Glauser
1996Journal of chemotherapy23 citations
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Right-sided pacemaker-related endocarditis due to Acremonium species.
L. Heitmann, A. Cometta, M. Hurni, N. Aebischer +2 more
1997Clinical Infectious Diseases21 citations Open access
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Empirical use of anti-Gram-positive antibiotics in febrile neutropaenic cancer patients with acute leukaemia
A. Cometta, O. Marchetti, T. Calandra
200719 citations
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Cost-effectiveness of full-course oral levofloxacin in severe community-acquired pneumonia
J. Wasserfallen, V. Erard, A. Cometta, T. Calandra +1 more
2004European Respiratory Journal16 citations Open access
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[Evaluation of antibiotic prophylaxis in neutropenic patients with hematologic malignancies].
P. Delarive, J. Baumgartner, M. Glauser, A. Cometta
2000Swiss medical weekly15 citations
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Candida dubliniensis in Recurrent Polymicrobial Tricuspid Endocarditis
C. Tran, A. Cometta, I. Letovanec, K. Jaton +3 more
2007Echocardiography14 citations
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Hemophagocytic syndrome after highly active antiretroviral therapy initiation: a life-threatening event related to immune restoration inflammatory syndrome?
M. Cuttelod, A. Pascual, Audrey S. Baur Chaubert, A. Cometta +3 more
2008AIDS (London)13 citations Open access
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Empirical treatment of fever in neutropenic children: The role of the carbapenems
A. Cometta, C. Viscoli, E. Castagnola, L. Massimo +10 more
199613 citations
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[Infection of a total knee prosthesis with Brucella spp].
F. Marbach, L. Saiah, J. Fischer, J. Huismans +1 more
2007Revue medicale suisse12 citations
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Multicenter Quality Control Study of Amikacin Assay for Monitoring Once‐Daily Dosing Regimens
Jürg Blaser, C. König, R. Fatio, F. Follath +2 more
1995Therapeutic Drug Monitoring12 citations
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Cefepime versus Ceftazidime as Empiric Therapy of Febrile Episodes in Neutropenic Patients
J. Breen, R. Ramphal, A. Cometta, B. Conetta +1 more
19979 citations
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[Evidence of new foci of tick-borne encephalitis in the French speaking part of Switzerland].
S. de Vallière, A. Cometta, H. Zimmermann, B. Vaudaux +1 more
2006Revue medicale suisse8 citations
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Q fever pneumonia complicated by acute respiratory distress syndrome
M. Oddo, R. Jolidon, S. Poli, A. Cometta +1 more
2001Intensive Care Medicine8 citations
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Nosocomial influenza in southwestern Swiss hospitals during two seasonal epidemics: an observational study.
L. Qalla-Widmer, D. Héquet, N. Troillet, C. Pétignat +17 more
2021Journal of Hospital Infection7 citations
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The use of aminoglycosides in neutropenic patients.
A. Cometta, M. Glauser
1996Schweizerische medizinische Wochenschrift. Supplementum6 citations
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[Infectious complications in cardiac transplantation: Lausanne experience].
A. Menafoglio, A. Cometta, D. G. Berguer, F. Stumpe +4 more
1994Swiss medical weekly6 citations
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Investigation of classical epidemiological links between patients harbouring identical, non-predominant meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus genotypes and lessons for epidemiological tracking.
L. Senn, G. Zanetti, F. Bally, C. Chuard +5 more
2011Journal of Hospital Infection5 citations
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A 48-year-old man with laryngeal mass and vocal cord palsy.
D. Schroeder, A. K. Foguena, A. Cometta, Gilbert GREUB +1 more
2010Clinical Infectious Diseases3 citations Open access
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In vitro antimicrobial activity of moxifloxacin against bacterial strains isolated from blood of neutropenic cancer patients
A. Cometta, O. Marchetti, T. Calandra, J. Billé +2 more
2006European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases3 citations
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[Treatment with oral antibiotics of febrile neutropenia in onco-haematology. The experience of the EORTC antimicrobial group].
A. Cometta, W. Kern
2004Presse medicale3 citations
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Prevalence of multidrug-resistant bacteria colonisation among asylum seekers in western Switzerland
Alain Kenfak-Foguena, Immaculée Nahimana Tessemo, C. Bertelli, L. Merz +4 more
2021Journal of Infection Prevention2 citations Open access
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[Prevention of health care associated infections and bacterial resistance : guidance for good practice].
A. K. Foguena, A. Cometta, L. Senn
2016Revue medicale suisse2 citations
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[Prosthetic hip infection due to Listeria monocytogenes: review of the literature and case report].
R. Hessler, A. Lunebourg, J-F Fisher, S. Trachsel +1 more
2014Revue medicale suisse2 citations
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[Tick-borne encephalitis in the North part of the canton de Vaud].
R. Schlaefli, D. Randin, P. Wyss, S. de Vallière +2 more
2007Revue medicale suisse2 citations
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[Treatment of severe infections: should one always administer an aminoglycoside?].
A. Cometta, J. Baumgartner
1996Schweizerische medizinische Wochenschrift. Supplementum2 citations
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[Review of infected total arthroplasties of the hip and knee--apropos of 28 cases].
E. Weber, A. Cometta, C. Blanc, P. Leyvraz
2000Swiss surgery = Schweizer Chirurgie = Chirurgie suisse = Chirurgia svizzera1 citations
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PP18. Hospital costs of intensive chemotherapy followed by peripheral stem cell reinfusion
V. Donnet-Descartes, A. Cometta, T. Kovacsovics, J. Wasserfallen
19971 citations
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[Should patients over 65 years old with acute myeloid leukemia be treated with myelosuppressive chemotherapy?].
V. Spataro, A. Cometta, M. Glauser, M. Schapira +1 more
1995Swiss medical weekly1 citations
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[Focus on beta-lactam antibiotics].
A. Cometta, M. Glauser
1988Swiss medical weekly1 citations
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CSF lactate for accurate diagnosis of community-acquired bacterial meningitis
S. Giulieri, C. Chapuis-Taillard, K. Jaton, A. Cometta +7 more
2015European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases0 citations
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[Immunocompromised HIV patient with lymphadenopathy and fever].
G. Giardelli, A. Cometta, T. Rausch, P. Bize +1 more
2010Revue medicale suisse0 citations
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[The chief internist of the general internal medicine department of a regional hospital: an endangered species?].
J. Baumgartner, A. Cometta, T. Fumeaux
2007Revue medicale suisse0 citations
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