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Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis and Crohn's disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Feller, Martin, Huwiler, Karin, MD, Stephan, Roger, DVM, Altpeter, Ekkehardt, MD, Shang, Aijing, MD, Furrer, Hansjakob, MD, Pfyffer, Gaby E, PhD, Jemmi, Thomas, DVM, Baumgartner, Andreas, PhD, Egger, Matthias, Prof

“…Summary This systematic review assesses the evidence for an association between Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis (MAP) and Crohn's disease. We…”
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Emergence of SCCmec Type IV and SCCmec Type V Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Containing the Panton-Valentine Leukocidin Genes in a Large Academic Teaching Hospital in Central Switzerland: External Invaders or Persisting Circulators? by Valsesia, Giorgia, Rossi, Marco, Bertschy, Sonja, Pfyffer, Gaby E

“…The hospital epidemiology of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) has changed in the past few years due to the encroachment of…”
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Effect of Mutation and Genetic Background on Drug Resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis by FENNER, Lukas, EGGER, Matthias, SIEGRIST, Hans H, FURRER, Hansjakob, CALMY, Alexandra, FEHR, Jan, STALDER, Jesica Mazza, NINET, Beatrice, BÖTTGER, Erik C, GAGNEUX, Sebastien, BODMER, Thomas, ALTPETER, Ekkehardt, ZWAHLEN, Marcel, JATON, Katia, PFYFFER, Gaby E, BORRELL, Sonia, DUBUIS, Olivier, BRUDERER, Thomas

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Detection of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in Specimens from Various Body Sites: Performance Characteristics of the BD GeneOhm MRSA Assay, the Xpert MRSA Assay, and Broth-Enriched Culture in an Area with a Low Prevalence of MRSA Infections by Hombach, Michael, Pfyffer, Gaby E, Roos, Malgorzata, Lucke, Katja

“…Universal surveillance upon patient admission is important in reducing the transmission of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and associated…”
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Multicenter Laboratory Validation of the BACTEC MGIT 960 Technique for Testing Susceptibilities of Mycobacterium tuberculosis to Classical Second-Line Drugs and Newer Antimicrobials by Rüsch-Gerdes, Sabine, Pfyffer, Gaby E, Casal, Manuel, Chadwick, Maureen, Siddiqi, Salman

“…The BACTEC MGIT 960 system, a fully automated, nonradiometric, noninvasive system for detection and drug susceptibility testing of mycobacteria, was evaluated…”
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Incubation time of mycobacterial cultures: how long is long enough to issue a final negative report to the clinician? by Pfyffer, Gaby E, Wittwer, Franziska

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Rapid Detection of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in Diverse Clinical Specimens by the BD GeneOhm MRSA Assay and Comparison with Culture by LUCKE, Katja, HOMBACH, Michael, HUG, Melanie, PFYFFER, Gaby E

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Multicenter Evaluation of Fully Automated BACTEC Mycobacteria Growth Indicator Tube 960 System for Susceptibility Testing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis by BEMER, Pascale, PALICOVA, Frantiska, RÜSCH-GERDES, Sabine, DRUGEON, Henri B, PFYFFER, Gaby E

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Clinical Implications of Mycobacterium kansasii Species Heterogeneity: Swiss National Survey by TAILLARD, Caroline, GREUB, Gilbert, BERNASCONI, Enos, BILLE, Jacques, TELENTI, Amalio, PROD'HOM, Guy, WEBER, Rainer, PFYFFER, Gaby E, BODMER, Thomas, ZIMMERLI, Stefan, FREI, Reno, BASSETTI, Stefano, ROHNER, Peter, PIFFARETTI, Jean-Claude

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Mycobacterium bovis isolates from tuberculous lesions in Chadian zebu carcasses by Diguimbaye-Djaibé, Colette, Hilty, Markus, Ngandolo, Richard, Mahamat, Hassane H, Pfyffer, Gaby E, Baggi, Franca, Hewinson, Glyn, Tanner, Marcel, Zinsstag, Jakob, Schelling, Esther

“…This slaughterhouse study in Chad shows higher proportions of Mycobacterium bovis isolates among Mbororo than Arabe zebu cattle. Spoligotyping shows a…”
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Standard Genotyping Overestimates Transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis among Immigrants in a Low-Incidence Country by Stucki, David, Ballif, Marie, Egger, Matthias, Furrer, Hansjakob, Altpeter, Ekkehardt, Battegay, Manuel, Droz, Sara, Bruderer, Thomas, Coscolla, Mireia, Borrell, Sonia, Zürcher, Kathrin, Janssens, Jean-Paul, Calmy, Alexandra, Mazza Stalder, Jesica, Jaton, Katia, Rieder, Hans L, Pfyffer, Gaby E, Siegrist, Hans H, Hoffmann, Matthias, Fehr, Jan, Dolina, Marisa, Frei, Reno, Schrenzel, Jacques, Böttger, Erik C, Gagneux, Sebastien, Fenner, Lukas

“…Immigrants from regions with a high incidence of tuberculosis (TB) are a risk group for TB in low-incidence countries such as Switzerland. In a previous…”
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Bacterial colonization and infection of electrophysiological cardiac devices detected with sonication and swab culture by Rohacek, Martin, Weisser, Maja, Kobza, Richard, Schoenenberger, Andreas W, Pfyffer, Gaby E, Frei, Reno, Erne, Paul, Trampuz, Andrej

“…Electrophysiological cardiac devices are increasingly used. The frequency of subclinical infection is unknown. We investigated all explanted devices using…”
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Molecular Characterization and Drug Resistance Testing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Isolates from Chad by Diguimbaye, Colette, Hilty, Markus, Ngandolo, Richard, Mahamat, Hassane H, Pfyffer, Gaby E, Baggi, Franca, Tanner, Marcel, Schelling, Esther, Zinsstag, Jakob

“…The molecular characterizations of the first 40 Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from Chad revealed a high proportion of isolates of the Cameroon family…”
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Laboratory Diagnosis of Mycobacterial Infections: New Tools and Lessons Learned by Reller, L. Barth, Weinstein, Melvin P., Hale, Yvonne M., Pfyffer, Gaby E., Salfinger, Max

“…Even in the 21st century, tuberculosis continues to be a problem. Although the number of cases continues gradually to decrease in the United States, cases get…”
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Testing of Susceptibility of Mycobacterium tuberculosis to Pyrazinamide with the Nonradiometric BACTEC MGIT 960 System by PFYFFER, Gaby E, PALICOVA, Frantiska, RÜSCH-GERDES, Sabine

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A Multilaboratory, Multicountry Study To Determine MIC Quality Control Ranges for Phenotypic Drug Susceptibility Testing of Selected First-Line Antituberculosis Drugs, Second-Line Injectables, Fluoroquinolones, Clofazimine, and Linezolid by Kaniga, Koné, Cirillo, Daniela M, Hoffner, Sven, Ismail, Nazir A, Kaur, Devinder, Lounis, Nacer, Metchock, Beverly, Pfyffer, Gaby E, Venter, Amour

“…Our objective was to establish reference MIC quality control (QC) ranges for drug susceptibility testing of antimycobacterials, including first-line agents,…”
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A Multilaboratory, Multicountry Study To Determine Bedaquiline MIC Quality Control Ranges for Phenotypic Drug Susceptibility Testing by Kaniga, Koné, Cirillo, Daniela M, Hoffner, Sven, Ismail, Nazir A, Kaur, Devinder, Lounis, Nacer, Metchock, Beverly, Pfyffer, Gaby E, Venter, Amour

“…The aim of this study was to establish standardized drug susceptibility testing (DST) methodologies and reference MIC quality control (QC) ranges for…”
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Infection of Cardiovascular Implantable Electronic Devices: Detection with Sonication, Swab Cultures, and Blood Cultures by ROHACEK, MARTIN, ERNE, PAUL, KOBZA, RICHARD, PFYFFER, GABY E., FREI, RENO, WEISSER, MAJA

“…Background The number of patients with cardiovascular implantable electronic devices (CIEDs) is increasing. The purpose of this study was to compare three…”
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Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in prison inmates, Azerbaijan by Pfyffer, G E, Strässle, A, van Gorkum, T, Portaels, F, Rigouts, L, Mathieu, C, Mirzoyev, F, Traore, H, van Embden, J D

“…In a tuberculosis (TB) program in the Central Penitentiary Hospital of Azerbaijan, we analyzed 65 isolates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis by IS6110-based…”
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Multilocus sequence typing scheme for the Mycobacterium abscessus complex by Macheras, Edouard, Konjek, Julie, Roux, Anne-Laure, Thiberge, Jean-Michel, Bastian, Sylvaine, Leão, Sylvia Cardoso, Palaci, Moises, Sivadon-Tardy, Valérie, Gutierrez, Cristina, Richter, Elvira, Rüsch-Gerdes, Sabine, Pfyffer, Gaby E., Bodmer, Thomas, Jarlier, Vincent, Cambau, Emmanuelle, Brisse, Sylvain, Caro, Valérie, Rastogi, Nalin, Gaillard, Jean-Louis, Heym, Beate

“…We developed a multilocus sequence typing (MLST) scheme for Mycobacterium abscessus sensu lato, based on the partial sequencing of seven housekeeping genes:…”
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