Search Results - "CHRISTNER, Martin"
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Usefulness of BioFire FilmArray BCID2 for Blood Culture Processing in Clinical Practice
Published in Journal of clinical microbiology (19-07-2021)“…Rapid pathogen characterization from positive blood cultures (BC) can improve management of patients with bloodstream infections (BSI). The FilmArray blood…”
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Rapid Identification of Bacteria from Positive Blood Culture Bottles by Use of Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry Fingerprinting
Published in Journal of Clinical Microbiology (01-05-2010)“…Early and adequate antimicrobial therapy has been shown to improve the clinical outcome in bloodstream infections (BSI). To provide rapid pathogen…”
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Distinct clonal lineages and within-host diversification shape invasive Staphylococcus epidermidis populations
Published in PLoS pathogens (01-02-2021)“…S. epidermidis is a substantial component of the human skin microbiota, but also one of the major causes of nosocomial infection in the context of implanted…”
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Implementation of the FilmArray ME panel in laboratory routine using a simple sample selection strategy for diagnosis of meningitis and encephalitis
Published in BMC infectious diseases (22-02-2020)“…Infectious meningitis is a serious disease and patient outcome relies on fast and reliable diagnostics. A syndromic panel testing approach like the FilmArray…”
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Advances in Rapid Identification and Susceptibility Testing of Bacteria in the Clinical Microbiology Laboratory: Implications for Patient Care and Antimicrobial Stewardship Programs
Published in Infectious disease reports (30-03-2017)“…Early availability of information on bacterial pathogens and their antimicrobial susceptibility is of key importance for the management of infectious diseases…”
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Rapid MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry strain typing during a large outbreak of Shiga-Toxigenic Escherichia coli
Published in PloS one (08-07-2014)“…In 2011 northern Germany experienced a large outbreak of Shiga-Toxigenic Escherichia coli O104:H4. The large amount of samples sent to microbiology…”
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Identification of Kosakonia cowanii as a rare cause of acute cholecystitis: case report and review of the literature
Published in BMC infectious diseases (24-05-2020)“…Kosakonia cowanii, formerly known as Enterobacter cowanii, is a Gram-negative bacillus belonging to the order Enterobacterales. The species is usually…”
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Staphylococcus epidermidis Uses Distinct Mechanisms of Biofilm Formation To Interfere with Phagocytosis and Activation of Mouse Macrophage-Like Cells 774A.1
Published in Infection and Immunity (01-06-2011)“…Assembly of adherent biofilms is the key mechanism involved in Staphylococcus epidermidis virulence during device-associated infections. Aside from…”
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cyp51A-Based Mechanisms of Aspergillus fumigatus Azole Drug Resistance Present in Clinical Samples from Germany
Published in Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (01-08-2013)“…Classifications Services AAC Citing Articles Google Scholar PubMed Related Content Social Bookmarking CiteULike Delicious Digg Facebook Google+ Mendeley Reddit…”
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High burden and diversity of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales observed in wastewater of a tertiary care hospital in Germany
Published in International journal of hygiene and environmental health (01-05-2022)“…Hospitals are one of the main reservoirs of multi-resistant Enterobacterales (MRE). As MRE are resistant to the most frequently used antibiotics, therapy for…”
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Emergence of linezolid-resistance in vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium ST117 associated with increased linezolid-consumption
Published in International journal of medical microbiology (01-02-2021)“…We aim to describe the epidemiological, clinical and microbiological characteristics of the linezolid- and vancomycin- resistant Enterococcus faecium (LVRE) in…”
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Accumulation-associated protein enhances Staphylococcus epidermidis biofilm formation under dynamic conditions and is required for infection in a rat catheter model
Published in Infection and immunity (01-01-2015)“…Biofilm formation is the primary virulence factor of Staphylococcus epidermidis. S. epidermidis biofilms preferentially form on abiotic surfaces and may…”
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MALDI-TOF MS fingerprinting allows for discrimination of major methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus lineages
Published in International journal of medical microbiology (01-01-2011)“…Abstract Early detection of outbreaks of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and initiation of adequate infection control measures are important…”
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Differentiation of Streptococcus pneumoniae from Nonpneumococcal Streptococci of the Streptococcus mitis Group by Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization–Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry
Published in Journal of Clinical Microbiology (01-09-2012)“…Article Usage Stats Services JCM Citing Articles Google Scholar PubMed Related Content Social Bookmarking CiteULike Delicious Digg Facebook Google+ Mendeley…”
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Bacteriophage Rescue Therapy of a Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus faecium Infection in a One-Year-Old Child following a Third Liver Transplantation
Published in Viruses (07-09-2021)“…Phage therapy is an experimental therapeutic approach used to target multidrug-resistant bacterial infections. A lack of reliable data with regard to its…”
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Initial therapy affects duration of diarrhoea in critically ill patients with Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI)
Published in Critical care (London, England) (09-12-2019)“…Critically ill patients in the intensive care unit (ICU) are at high risk for developing Clostridioides difficile infections (CDI). Risk factors predicting…”
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Identification of Shiga-Toxigenic Escherichia coli outbreak isolates by a novel data analysis tool after matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry
Published in PloS one (06-09-2017)“…The fast and reliable characterization of bacterial and fungal pathogens plays an important role in infectious disease control and tracking of outbreak agents…”
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Evaluation of a syndromic panel polymerase chain reaction (spPCR) assay for the diagnosis of device‐associated bone and joint infections (BJI)
Published in International journal of infectious diseases (01-03-2022)“…•Molecular approaches may improve diagnostics in bone and joint infections (BJI).•Comparison of two molecular assays with culture-based diagnostics in 126 BJI…”
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First case of bloodstream infection caused by Mixta hanseatica sp. nov., a novel species within the Mixta genus of the Erwiniaceae family
Published in New microbes and new infections (01-06-2023)“…Members of the Erwiniaceae family very rarely cause infections in humans. Here we describe the first case of a bloodstream infection due to Mixta hanseatica…”
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Rapid discrimination of Haemophilus influenzae, H. parainfluenzae, and H. haemolyticus by fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) and two matrix-assisted laser-desorption-ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF-MS) platforms
Published in PloS one (30-04-2013)“…Due to considerable differences in pathogenicity, Haemophilus influenzae, H. parainfluenzae and H. haemolyticus have to be reliably discriminated in routine…”
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