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Monika Fischer

Medicine · Indiana University

OpenAlex ORCID
Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens researchMicroscopic ColitisInflammatory Bowel DiseaseGut microbiota and healthGastrointestinal motility and disorders

Publications

291

Citations

8,781

Est. group size

—

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

52

Publishing since 1975

Research summary
AI-generated

Monika Fischer conducts clinical research in gastroenterology, focusing on Clostridioides difficile infection (a serious bacterial gut infection often triggered by antibiotic use) and its treatment through fecal microbiota transplantation (transferring healthy gut bacteria from a donor to a patient). Her work also addresses inflammatory bowel diseases such as Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, including drug trials and clinical management guidelines. Much of her output involves multi-center studies and expert consensus documents that shape clinical practice.

Clostridioides difficile infectionFecal microbiota transplantationInflammatory bowel diseaseGut microbiome therapeuticsClinical treatment guidelines

Publication activity was high in the late 2010s (around 30-38 per year) and has since decreased to roughly 10 per year in the most recent years.

Generated by claude-opus-4-8 from public bibliographic data · Jul 11, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 11.4/year recently
2017: 28 publications172018: 31 publications182019: 38 publications38192020: 38 publications38202021: 16 publications212022: 12 publications222023: 10 publications232024: 18 publications242025: 10 publications252026: 7 publications26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Gastroenterology×63
  • The American Journal of Gastroenterology×43
  • Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology×13
  • Journal of Crohn s and Colitis×10
  • Inflammatory Bowel Diseases×8

This profile was generated automatically from public scholarly data (OpenAlex). Group size and activity levels are estimates derived from co-authorship patterns.

Last updated Jul 11, 2026.

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