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Ahmed AbdelKhalek

Medicine · Purdue University West Lafayette

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Mid career · publishing since 2016
Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens researchAntimicrobial Resistance in StaphylococcusHelicobacter pylori-related gastroenterology studiesAntimicrobial Peptides and ActivitiesMicroscopic Colitis

Publications

28

Citations

903

Est. group size

~1

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

11

Publishing since 2016

Research summary
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Ahmed AbdelKhalek's work focuses on discovering and repurposing drugs to fight difficult bacterial infections, especially Clostridium difficile and antibiotic-resistant bacteria like vancomycin-resistant enterococci and Staphylococcus aureus. Much of this research involves screening existing FDA-approved drugs and testing new chemical compounds to find ones that can kill or block these pathogens. The work sits at the intersection of microbiology and medicinal chemistry, aimed at finding new treatments for hard-to-treat gut and antibiotic-resistant infections.

Clostridium difficile drug discoveryAntimicrobial resistance (e.g., vancomycin-resistant enterococci)Drug repurposing for infectious diseaseAntimicrobial peptides and small moleculesAntibacterial compound screening and medicinal chemistry

Publication output was relatively steady from 2017–2020 (3-5 papers/year) but has slowed considerably since 2021, averaging under 2 papers per year over the last five years.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 1.8/year recently
2017: 5 publications5172018: 5 publications5182019: 3 publications192020: 4 publications20212022: 3 publications222023: 1 publication232024: 1 publication242025: 2 publications252026: 2 publications26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Scientific Reports×4
  • PLoS ONE×4
  • Journal of Medicinal Chemistry×3
  • International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents×3
  • The Cambridge Structural Database×3
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Last updated Jul 20, 2026.

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