Michal Chowers Chowers

2025

Drug resistance testing at regimen failure in individuals diagnosed with HIV-1 between 2010 and 2018 in Israel

Wagner, T., Levy, I., Wieder-Finesod, A., Wax, M., Gozlan, Y., Elbirt, D., Kedem, E., Olshtain-Pops, K., Elinav, H., Chowers, M., Istomin, V., Smolyakov, R., Matus, N., Girshengorn, S., Marom, R., Turner, D. & Mor, O., 1 May 2025, In: AIDS. 39, 6, p. 760-765 6 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Penicillin allergy as an instrumental variable for estimating antibiotic effects on resistance

Saciuk, Y., Nevo, D., Chowers, M. & Obolski, U., Dec 2025, In: Nature Communications. 16, 1, 1088.

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Preventing Severe COVID-19 with Tixagevimab-Cilgavimab in Hematological Patients Treated with Anti-CD20 Monoclonal Antibodies: An International Multicenter Study

on behalf of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID) Study Group for Respiratory Viruses (ESGREV), Jan 2025, In: Infectious Diseases and Therapy. 14, 1, p. 167-180 14 p., e068632.

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2024

Adverse obstetric outcomes in cases of meconium-stained amniotic fluid complicated with intrapartum fever

Schreiber, H., Cohen, G., Zahavi, M., Wiener, I., Biron-Shental, T., Chowers, M. & Kovo, M., Oct 2024, In: Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics. 310, 4, p. 1951-1957 7 p.

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1 Scopus citations

An international multicenter study comparing COVID-19 omicron outcomes in patients with hematological malignancies treated with obinutuzumab versus rituximab

Shafat, T., Grupel, D., Porges, T., Abuhasira, R., Belkin, A., Deri, O., Oster, Y., Zahran, S., Horwitz, E., Horowitz, N. A., Khatib, H., Batista, M. V., Cortez, A. C., Brosh-Nissimov, T., Segman, Y., Ishay, L., Cohen, R., Atamna, A., Spallone, A. & Chemaly, R. F. & 7 others, Ramos-Ramos, J. C., Chowers, M., Rogozin, E., Oren, N. C., Keske, Ş., Barchad, O. W. & Nesher, L., Feb 2024, In: Cancer Medicine. 13, 3, e6997.

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3 Scopus citations

Safety and efficacy of doravirine as first-line therapy in adults with HIV-1: week 192 results from the open-label extensions of the DRIVE-FORWARD and DRIVE-AHEAD phase 3 trials

DRIVE-FORWARD and DRIVE-AHEAD collaborators, Feb 2024, In: The Lancet HIV. 11, 2, p. e75-e85

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9 Scopus citations

2023

Bayesian network modeling of patterns of antibiotic cross-resistance by bacterial sample source

Cherny, S. S., Chowers, M. & Obolski, U., Dec 2023, In: Communications Medicine. 3, 1, 61.

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10 Scopus citations

Correlates of protection for booster doses of the SARS-CoV-2 vaccine BNT162b2

Hertz, T., Levy, S., Ostrovsky, D., Oppenheimer, H., Zismanov, S., Kuzmina, A., Friedman, L. M., Trifkovic, S., Brice, D., Chun-Yang, L., Cohen-Lavi, L., Shemer-Avni, Y., Cohen-Lahav, M., Amichay, D., Keren-Naus, A., Voloshin, O., Weber, G., Najjar-Debbiny, R., Chazan, B. & McGargill, M. A. & 7 others, Webby, R., Chowers, M., Novack, L., Novack, V., Taube, R., Nesher, L. & Weinstein, O., Dec 2023, In: Nature Communications. 14, 1, 4575.

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18 Scopus citations

Factors Associated with Virological Failure in First-Line Antiretroviral Therapy in Patients Diagnosed with HIV-1 between 2010 and 2018 in Israel

Wagner, T., Levy, I., Elbirt, D., Shahar, E., Olshtain-Pops, K., Elinav, H., Chowers, M., Istomin, V., Riesenberg, K., Geva, D., Zuckerman, N. S., Wax, M., Shirazi, R., Gozlan, Y., Matus, N., Girshengorn, S., Marom, R., Mendelson, E., Mor, O. & Turner, D., Dec 2023, In: Viruses. 15, 12, 2439.

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4 Scopus citations

Hospitalized Patients With Severe Coronavirus Disease 2019 During the Omicron Wave in Israel: Benefits of a Fourth Vaccine Dose

Brosh-Nissimov, T., Hussein, K., Wiener-Well, Y., Orenbuch-Harroch, E., Elbaz, M., Lipman-Arens, S., Maor, Y., Yagel, Y., Chazan, B., Hershman-Sarafov, M., Rahav, G., Zimhony, O., Shimshovitz, A. Z. & Chowers, M., 1 Feb 2023, In: Clinical Infectious Diseases. 76, 3, p. E234-E239

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29 Scopus citations

Prediction of ciprofloxacin resistance in hospitalized patients using machine learning

Mintz, I., Chowers, M. & Obolski, U., Dec 2023, In: Communications Medicine. 3, 1, 43.

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9 Scopus citations

Preventing nosocomial bloodstream infections (NBSIs) by implementing hospitalwide, department-level, self-investigations: A NBSIs frontline ownership intervention

Mudrik-Zohar, H., Chowers, M., Temkin, E. & Shitrit, P., 8 Oct 2023, In: Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 44, 10, p. 1562-1568 7 p.

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1 Scopus citations

The development and validation of screening tools for semi-automated surveillance of surgical site infection following various surgeries

Shitrit, P., Chowers, M. Y. & Muhsen, K., 26 Jan 2023, In: Frontiers in Medicine. 10, 1023385.

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2 Scopus citations

The time-varying association between previous antibiotic use and antibiotic resistance

Baraz, A., Chowers, M., Nevo, D. & Obolski, U., Mar 2023, In: Clinical Microbiology and Infection. 29, 3, p. 390.e1-390.e4

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10 Scopus citations

2022

Association of Receiving a Fourth Dose of the BNT162b Vaccine With SARS-CoV-2 Infection Among Health Care Workers in Israel

The Israeli-Hospitals 4th Vaccine Working Group, 2 Aug 2022, In: JAMA network open. 5, 8, e2224657.

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39 Scopus citations

Community antibiotic prescriptions during COVID-19 era: a population-based cohort study among adults

Gottesman, B. S., Low, M., Netzer, D., Almog, R. & Chowers, M., Aug 2022, In: Clinical Microbiology and Infection. 28, 8, p. 1134-1139 6 p.

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3 Scopus citations

Dynamics of Invasive Pneumococcal Disease in Israel in Children and Adults in the 13-Valent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine (PCV13) Era: A Nationwide Prospective Surveillance

Ben-Shimol, S., Regev-Yochay, G., Givon-Lavi, N., Van Der Beek, B. A., Brosh-Nissimov, T., Peretz, A., Megged, O., Dagan, R., Amir, J., Barkai, G., Averbuch, D., Aviner, S., Bachinski, A., Bar-Meir, M., Bar-Yochai, A., Benedikt, I., Bernstein, R., Brosh-Nissimov, T., Elias, N. & Engelhard, D. & 67 others, Ephros, M., Glikman, D., Gottesman, G., Grisaru-Soen, G., Guri, A., Kasis, I., Keller, N., Korenman, Z., Asher Kuperman, A., Megged, O., Miron, D., Mor, M., Ofir-Mintzer, H., Rubinstein, U., Schlesinger, Y., Schwartz, D., Shalit, I., Somekh, E., Srugo, I., Zbriger, A., Zucker, M., Regev-Yochay, G., Assous, M., Ben-Zvi, H., Bishara, J., Bardenstein, R., Brik, L., Chazan, B., Chowers, M., Cohen-Poradosu, R., Finn, T., Embon, A., Freimann, S., Geffen, Y., Glikman, D., Hershman, M., Istomin, V., Katzir, M., Kennes, Y., Khakshoor, S., Khoury-Assi, C., Sari, M., Maor, Y., Miron, D., Oren, I., Paitan, Y., Paran, Y., Potasman, I., Rahav, G., Rechnitzer, H., Reisenberg, K., Sela, S., Schwartz, D., Schwartz, O., Shaked-Mishan, P., Sheindler, Y., Smollan, G., Srugo, I., Stein, M., Strahilevitz, J., Sverdlob, O., Temper, V., Viener-Well, Y., Weber, G., Weinberger, M., Zimchony, O. & Ztibba, Y., 1 May 2022, In: Clinical Infectious Diseases. 74, 9, p. 1639-1649 11 p.

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24 Scopus citations

Early effectiveness of BNT162b2 Covid-19 vaccine in preventing SARS-CoV-2 infection in healthcare personnel in six Israeli hospitals (CoVEHPI)

Katz, M. A., Harlev, E. B., Chazan, B., Chowers, M., Greenberg, D., Peretz, A., Tshori, S., Levy, J., Yacobi, M., Hirsch, A., Amichay, D., Weinberger, R., Dor, A. B., Taraday, E. K., Reznik, D., Chayat, C. B., Sagas, D., Zvi, H. B., Berdinstein, R. & Rashid, G. & 9 others, Avni, Y. S., Mandelboim, M., Zuckerman, N., Rainy, N., Akriv, A., Dagan, N., Kepten, E., Barda, N. & Balicer, R. D., 24 Jan 2022, In: Vaccine. 40, 3, p. 512-520 9 p.

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12 Scopus citations

Epidemiology and Transmitted HIV-1 Drug Resistance among Treatment-Naïve Individuals in Israel, 2010–2018

Wagner, T., Zuckerman, N. S., Halperin, T., Chemtob, D., Levy, I., Elbirt, D., Shachar, E., Olshtain-Pops, K., Elinav, H., Chowers, M., Itsomin, V., Riesenberg, K., Wax, M., Shirazi, R., Gozlan, Y., Matus, N., Girshengorn, S., Marom, R., Mendelson, E. & Turner, D. & 1 others, Mor, O., Jan 2022, In: Viruses. 14, 1, 71.

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12 Scopus citations

Estimating the impact of cefuroxime versus cefazolin and amoxicillin/clavulanate use on future collateral resistance: A retrospective comparison

Chowers, M., Zehavi, T., Gottesman, B. S., Baraz, A., Nevo, D. & Obolski, U., 1 Jul 2022, In: Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. 77, 7, p. 1992-1995 4 p.

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6 Scopus citations

Hospitalised patients with breakthrough COVID-19 following vaccination during two distinct waves in Israel, January to August 2021: a multicentre comparative cohort study

Brosh-Nissimov, T., Maor, Y., Elbaz, M., Lipman-Arens, S., Wiener-Well, Y., Hussein, K., Orenbuch-Harroch, E., Cohen, R., Zimhony, O., Chazan, B., Nesher, L., Rahav, G., Zayyad, H., Hershman-Sarafov, M., Weinberger, M., Najjar-Debbiny, R. & Chowers, M., 19 May 2022, In: Eurosurveillance. 27, 20

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8 Scopus citations

Invasive Fungal Diseases in Hospitalized Patients with COVID-19 in Israel: A Multicenter Cohort Study

Elbaz, M., Korem, M., Ayalon, O., Wiener-Well, Y., Shachor-Meyouhas, Y., Cohen, R., Bishara, J., Atamna, A., Brosh-Nissimov, T., Maaravi, N., Nesher, L., Chazan, B., Reisfeld, S., Zimhony, O., Chowers, M., Maor, Y., Katchman, E. & Ben-Ami, R., Jul 2022, In: Journal of Fungi. 8, 7, 721.

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2 Scopus citations

Microbiome Characterization of Infected Diabetic Foot Ulcers in Association With Clinical Outcomes: Traditional Cultures Versus Molecular Sequencing Methods

Mudrik-Zohar, H., Carasso, S., Gefen, T., Zalmanovich, A., Katzir, M., Cohen, Y., Paitan, Y., Geva-Zatorsky, N. & Chowers, M., 24 Mar 2022, In: Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology. 12, 836699.

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21 Scopus citations

Reply to Paul and Leibovici

Chowers, M. & Regev-Yochay, G., 15 Oct 2022, In: Clinical Infectious Diseases. 75, 8, p. 1485 1 p.

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The Effect of Macrolides on Mortality in Bacteremic Pneumococcal Pneumonia: A Retrospective, Nationwide Cohort Study, Israel, 2009-2017

Chowers, M., Gerassy-Vainberg, S., Cohen-Poradosu, R., Wiener-Well, Y., Bishara, J., Maor, Y., Zimhony, O., Chazan, B., Gottesman, B. S., Dagan, R., Regev-Yochay, G., Brosh, T., Weinberger, M., Rogozin, E., Hershman, M., Tziba, Y., Strahilevitz, J., Istomin, V., Stein, M. & Weber, G. & 9 others, Cohen, R., Katzir, M., Schindler, Y., Glikman, D., Reisenberg, K., Oren, I., Ghanem-Zoubi, N., Rahav, G. & Weider, A., 15 Dec 2022, In: Clinical Infectious Diseases. 75, 12, p. 2219-2224 6 p.

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6 Scopus citations

Validation of a semiautomated system for surveillance of surgical site infection after cesarean section

Shitrit, P., Mudrik, R., Gottesman, B. S. & Chowers, M. Y., 25 Oct 2022, In: Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 43, 10, p. 1505-1507 3 p.

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3 Scopus citations

2021

BNT162b2 vaccine breakthrough: clinical characteristics of 152 fully vaccinated hospitalized COVID-19 patients in Israel

Brosh-Nissimov, T., Orenbuch-Harroch, E., Chowers, M., Elbaz, M., Nesher, L., Stein, M., Maor, Y., Cohen, R., Hussein, K., Weinberger, M., Zimhony, O., Chazan, B., Najjar, R., Zayyad, H., Rahav, G. & Wiener-Well, Y., Nov 2021, In: Clinical Microbiology and Infection. 27, 11, p. 1652-1657 6 p.

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252 Scopus citations

Healthcare-associated Pneumocystis jirovecii Pneumonia (PJP) infection in HIV-negative adults: A multicenter study

Zalmanovich, A., Ben-Ami, R., Rahav, G., Alon, D., Moses, A., Olshtain-Pops, K., Weinberger, M., Shitrit, P., Katzir, M., Gottesman, B. S. & Chowers, M., May 2021, In: Israel Medical Association Journal. 23, 5, p. 312-317 6 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2 Scopus citations

Improving urinary tract infection treatment through a multifaceted antimicrobial stewardship intervention in the emergency department

Zalmanovich, A., Katzir, M., Chowers, M., Matar, A., Rodrig, J. & Alon, D., Nov 2021, In: American Journal of Emergency Medicine. 49, p. 10-13 4 p.

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7 Scopus citations

Long term dual antiretroviral therapy: A real life retrospective countrywide Israeli study

David, D., Kedem, E., Turner, D., Levy, I., Elbirt, D. G., Shahar, E., Istumin, V., Mor, O., Chowers, M. & Elinav, H., Oct 2021, In: PLoS ONE. 16, 10 October, e0259271.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

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1 Scopus citations

Nosocomial outbreak caused by the SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant in a highly vaccinated population, Israel, July 2021

Shitrit, P., Zuckerman, N. S., Mor, O., Gottesman, B. S. & Chowers, M., 30 Sep 2021, In: Eurosurveillance. 26, 39, .2100822.

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53 Scopus citations

Piperacillin-tazobactam versus meropenem for treatment of bloodstream infections caused by third-generation cephalosporin-resistant Enterobacteriaceae: A study protocol for a non-inferiority open-label randomised controlled trial (PeterPen)

Bitterman, R., Koppel, F., Mussini, C., Geffen, Y., Chowers, M., Rahav, G., Nesher, L., Ben-Ami, R., Turjeman, A., Huberman Samuel, M., Cheng, M. P., Lee, T. C., Leibovici, L., Yahav, D. & Paul, M., 8 Feb 2021, In: BMJ Open. 11, 2, e040210.

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14 Scopus citations

Risk factors for surgical site infections following open versus laparoscopic colectomies: a cohort study

Hoffman, T., Shitrit, P. & Chowers, M., Dec 2021, In: BMC Surgery. 21, 1, 376.

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12 Scopus citations

2020

A Protocol for Simple, Rapid, and Direct Detection of SARS-CoV-2 from clinical samples, using Reverse Transcribed Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification (RT-LAMP)

Naddaf, R., Ben-Assa, N., Gefen, T., Capucha, T., Hajjo, H., Mandelbaum, N., Elbaum, L., Kaplan, S., Rotem, A., Chowers, M., Szwarcwort-Cohen, M., Paul, M. & Geva-Zatorsky, N., 2020, In: Bio-protocol. 10, 20, e3789.

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1 Scopus citations

Continuum of HIV care of newly diagnosed individuals in Israel, 2011–2015: a population-based cohort study

Chowers, M., Chemtob, D., Mor, O., Levy, I., Elbirt, D., Elinav, H., Rizenberg, K., Lorber, M., Istomin, V., Nemet, S., Shahak, G. & Turner, D., 1 Mar 2020, In: International Journal of STD and AIDS. 31, 4, p. 326-334 9 p.

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2 Scopus citations

Control of a hospital-wide outbreak of carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii (CRAB) using the Israeli national carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) guidelines as a model

Alon, D., Mudrik, H., Chowers, M. & Shitrit, P., 1 Aug 2020, In: Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 41, 8, p. 926-930 5 p.

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11 Scopus citations

Direct on-the-spot detection of SARS-CoV-2 in patients

Ben-Assa, N., Naddaf, R., Gefen, T., Capucha, T., Hajjo, H., Mandelbaum, N., Elbaum, L., Rogov, P., King, D. A., Kaplan, S., Rotem, A., Chowers, M., Szwarcwort-Cohen, M., Paul, M. & Geva-Zatorsky, N., 1 Aug 2020, In: Experimental Biology and Medicine. 245, 14, p. 1187-1193 7 p.

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33 Scopus citations

Quinolone consumption by mothers increases their children's risk of acquiring quinolone-resistant bacteriuria

Gottesman, B. S., Low, M., Almog, R. & Chowers, M., 1 Aug 2020, In: Clinical Infectious Diseases. 71, 3, p. 532-538 7 p.

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12 Scopus citations

Rituximab identified as an independent risk factor for severe PJP: A case-control study

Zalmanovich, A., Ben-Ami, R., Rahav, G., Alon, D., Moses, A., Olshtain-Pops, K., Weinberger, M., Shitrit, P., Katzir, M., Gottesman, B. S. & Chowers, M., Sep 2020, In: PLoS ONE. 15, 9 September, e0239042.

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21 Scopus citations

2019

Antibiotic treatment for invasive nonpregnancy-associated listeriosis and mortality: a retrospective cohort study

Dickstein, Y., Oster, Y., Shimon, O., Nesher, L., Yahav, D., Wiener-Well, Y., Cohen, R., Ben-Ami, R., Weinberger, M., Rahav, G., Maor, Y., Chowers, M., Nir-Paz, R. & Paul, M., 1 Dec 2019, In: European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases. 38, 12, p. 2243-2251 9 p.

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15 Scopus citations

Epidemiological, clinical and laboratory characteristics of acute Q fever in an endemic area in Israel, 2006–2016

Reisfeld, S., Hasadia Mhamed, S., Stein, M. & Chowers, M., 2019, In: Epidemiology and Infection. 147, e131.

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7 Scopus citations

ESCMID generic competencies in antimicrobial prescribing and stewardship: towards a European consensus

the ESCMID generic competencies working group, Jan 2019, In: Clinical Microbiology and Infection. 25, 1, p. 13-19 7 p.

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44 Scopus citations

Identification and characterization of HIV positive Ethiopian elite controllers in both Africa and Israel

Kiros, Y. K., Elinav, H., Gebreyesus, A., Gebremeskel, H., Azar, J., Chemtob, D., Abreha, H., Elbirt, D., Shahar, E., Chowers, M., Turner, D., Grossman, Z., Haile, A., Sutton, R. E., Maayan, S. L. & Wolday, D., Jan 2019, In: HIV Medicine. 20, 1, p. 33-37 5 p.

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6 Scopus citations

Outbreak of West Nile Virus disease in Israel (2015): A retrospective analysis of notified cases

Salama, M., Amitai, Z., Lustig, Y., Mor, Z., Weiberger, M., Chowers, M., Maayan, S., Zimhony, O., Ben-Ami, R., Chazan, B., Zaltzman-Bershadsky, N., Cohen, R., Tsyba, E., Sheffer, R., Anis, E., Glazer, Y., Pessah, S., Mendelson, E. & Leshem, E., 1 Mar 2019, In: Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease. 28, p. 41-45 5 p.

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13 Scopus citations

2018

Antibiotic exposure in the community and resistance patterns of Escherichia coli community-acquired bloodstream infection

Gottesman, B. S., Shitrit, P., Katzir, M. & Chowers, M., Jun 2018, In: Israel Medical Association Journal. 20, 6, p. 382-384 3 p.

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4 Scopus citations

Antimicrobial consumption and resistance in adult hospital inpatients in 53 countries: results of an internet-based global point prevalence survey

Global-PPS network, Jun 2018, In: The Lancet Global Health. 6, 6, p. e619-e629

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458 Scopus citations

Distribution of 13-Valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine serotype streptococcus pneumoniae in adults 50 Years and Older presenting with community-acquired pneumonia in Israel

Regev-Yochay, G., Chowers, M., Chazan, B., Gonzalez, E., Gray, S., Zhang, Z. & Pride, M., 3 Oct 2018, In: Human Vaccines and Immunotherapeutics. 14, 10, p. 2527-2532 6 p.

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