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2023

van Spijk, Julia N; Beckmann, Katrin; Wehrli Eser, Meret; Stirn, Martina; Steuer, Andrea E; Saleh, Lanja; Schoster, Angelika (2023). Preliminary Investigation of Side Effects of Polymyxin B Administration in Hospitalized Horses. Antibiotics, 12(5):854.

Schmutz, Jan B; Grande, Bastian; Sax, Hugo (2023). WHO 'My five moments for hand hygiene' in anaesthesia induction: a video-based analysis reveals novel system challenges and design opportunities. Journal of Hospital Infection, 135:163-170.

Prajwal, Prajwal; Neary, Turlough; Rohrbach, Katja; Bittel, Pascal; Göller, Pauline C; Buch, Thorsten; Dümcke, Sebastian; Keller, Peter M (2023). Optimizing mycobacteria molecular diagnostics: No decontamination! Human DNA depletion? Greener storage at 4 °C! Frontiers in Microbiology, 14:1104752.

Kendlbacher, Fabian L; Bloch, Susanne; Hager-Mair, Fiona F; Bacher, Johanna; Janesch, Bettina; Thurnheer, Thomas; Andrukhov, Oleh; Schäffer, Christina (2023). Multispecies biofilm behavior and host interaction support the association of Tannerella serpentiformis with periodontal health. Molecular Oral Microbiology, 38(2):115-133.

Kronenberg, Philipp Andreas; Reinehr, Michael; Eichenberger, Ramon M; Hasler, Sina; Laurimäe, Teivi; Weber, Achim; Deibel, Ansgar; Müllhaupt, Beat; Gottstein, Bruno; Müller, Norbert; Hemphill, Andrew; Deplazes, Peter (2023). Monoclonal antibody-based localization of major diagnostic antigens in metacestode tissue, excretory/secretory products, and extracellular vesicles of Echinococcus species. Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 13:1162530.

Morrissette, Naomi; Abbaali, Izra; Ramakrishnan, Chandra; Hehl, Adrian B (2023). The Tubulin Superfamily in Apicomplexan Parasites. Microorganisms, 11(3):706.

Shah, Janika; Nguyen, Vuong; Hunt, Adrian; Mehta, Hemal; Romero-Nuñez, Barbara; Zarranz-Ventura, Javier; Viola, Francesco; Bougamha, Walid; Barnes, Rachel; Barthelmes, Daniel; Gillies, Mark C; Fraser-Bell, Samantha (2023). Reply. Ophthalmology Retina, 7(3):e5-e6.

Hoppe, John M; Füessl, Louise U; Hartmann, Katrin; Hofmann-Lehmann, Regina; Graf, Alexander; Krebs, Stefan; Blum, Helmut; Badell, Irina; Keppler, Oliver T; Muenchhoff, Maximilian (2023). Secondary zoonotic dog-to-human transmission of SARS-CoV-2 suggested by timeline but refuted by viral genome sequencing. Infection, 51(1):253-259.

Kavagutti, Vinicius S; Bulzu, Paul-Adrian; Chiriac, Cecilia M; Salcher, Michaela M; Mukherjee, Indranil; Shabarova, Tanja; Grujčić, Vesna; Mehrshad, Maliheh; Kasalický, Vojtěch; Andrei, Adrian-Stefan; Jezberová, Jitka; Seďa, Jaromir; Rychtecký, Pavel; Znachor, Petr; Šimek, Karel; Ghai, Rohit (2023). High-resolution metagenomic reconstruction of the freshwater spring bloom. Microbiome, 11(1):15.

Laganenka, Leanid; Lee, Jae-Woo; Malfertheiner, Lukas; Dieterich, Cora Lisbeth; Fuchs, Lea; Piel, Jörn; von Mering, Christian; Sourjik, Victor; Hardt, Wolf-Dietrich (2023). Chemotaxis and autoinducer-2 signalling mediate colonization and contribute to co-existence of Escherichia coli strains in the murine gut. Nature Microbiology, 8(2):204-217.

Styrzynski, Filip; Zhakparov, Damir; Schmid, Marco; Roqueiro, Damian; Lukasik, Zuzanna; Solek, Julia; Nowicki, Jakub; Dobrogowski, Milosz; Makowska, Joanna; Sokolowska, Milena; Baerenfaller, Katja (2023). Machine Learning Successfully Detects Patients with COVID-19 Prior to PCR Results and Predicts Their Survival Based on Standard Laboratory Parameters in an Observational Study. Infectious Diseases and Therapy, 12(1):111-129.

D'Incau, Stéphanie; Atkinson, Andrew; Leitner, Lorenz; Kronenberg, Andreas; Kessler, Thomas M; Marschall, Jonas (2023). Bacterial species and antimicrobial resistance differ between catheter and non-catheter-associated urinary tract infections: Data from a national surveillance network. Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology, 3(1):e55.

Kavagutti, Vinicius S; Bulzu, Paul-Adrian; Chiriac, Cecilia M; Salcher, Michaela M; Mukherjee, Indranil; Shabarova, Tanja; Grujčić, Vesna; Mehrshad, Maliheh; Kasalický, Vojtěch; Andrei, Adrian-Stefan; Jezberová, Jitka; Seďa, Jaromir; Rychtecký, Pavel; Znachor, Petr; Šimek, Karel; Ghai, Rohit (2023). High-resolution metagenomic reconstruction of the freshwater spring bloom. Microbiome, 11:15.

2022

Muchaamba, Francis; von Ah, Ueli; Stephan, Roger; Stevens, Marc J A; Tasara, Taurai (2022). Deciphering the global roles of Cold shock proteins in Listeria monocytogenes nutrient metabolism and stress tolerance. Frontiers in Microbiology, 13:1057754.

Schnyder, Anya; Eberl, Leo; Agnoli, Kirsty (2022). Investigating the Biocontrol Potential of the Natural Microbiota of the Apple Blossom. Microorganisms, 10(12):2480.

Meyer Sauteur, Patrick M; Chalker, Victoria J; Berger, Christoph; Nir-Paz, Ran; Beeton, Michael L; et al (2022). Mycoplasma pneumoniae beyond the COVID-19 pandemic: where is it? The Lancet Microbe, 3(12):e897.

Kachalov, Viacheslav N; Kuster, Stefan P; Balakrishna, Suraj; Schreiber, Peter W; Jakob, Werner; Sax, Hugo; Kouyos, Roger D; Wolfensberger, Aline (2022). Modifiable and nonmodifiable risk factors for non-ventilator-associated hospital-acquired pneumonia identified in a retrospective cohort study. Clinical Microbiology and Infection, 28(11):1451-1457.

Nyantakyi, Emanuela; Caci, Laura; Castro, Marta; Schlaeppi, Chloé; Cook, Aislinn; Albers, Bianca; Walder, Joel; Metsvaht, Tuuli; Bielicki, Julia; Dramowski, Angela; Schultes, Marie-Therese; Clack, Lauren (2022). Implementation of infection prevention and control for hospitalized neonates: A narrative review. Clinical Microbiology and Infection:Epub ahead of print.

Alfaro-Alarcón, Alejandro; Hetzel, Udo; Smura, Teemu; Baggio, Francesca; Morales, Juan Alberto; Kipar, Anja; Hepojoki, Jussi (2022). Boid Inclusion Body Disease Is Also a Disease of Wild Boa Constrictors. Microbiology Spectrum, 10(5):e0170522.

van der Kooi, Tjallie; Sax, Hugo; Grundmann, Hajo; Pittet, Didier; de Greeff, Sabine; van Dissel, Jaap; Clack, Lauren; Wu, Albert W; Davitt, Judith; Kostourou, Sofia; Maguinness, Alison; Michalik, Anna; Nedelcu, Viorica; Patyi, Márta; Perme Hajdinjak, Janja; Prosen, Milena; Tellez, David; Varga, Éva; Veini, Fani; Ziętkiewicz, Mirosław; Zingg, Walter (2022). Hand hygiene improvement of individual healthcare workers: results of the multicentre PROHIBIT study. Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control, 11(1):123.

Frey, Beat; Rast, Basil M; Qi, Weihong; Stierli, Beat; Brunner, Ivano (2022). Long-term mercury contamination does not affect the microbial gene potential for C and N cycling in soils but enhances detoxification gene abundance. Frontiers in Microbiology, 13:1034138.

Wolfensberger, Aline; Kufner, Verena; Zaheri, Maryam; Zeeb, Marius; Nortes, Isabelle; Schreiber, Peter W; Vázquez, Miriam; Schärer, Verena; Scheier, Thomas; Schmutz, Stefan; Probst, Elisabeth; Saleschus, Dirk; Huber, Michael; Rampini, Silvana K; Zingg, Walter (2022). Nosocomial COVID-19 Incidence and Secondary Attack Rates among Patients of Tertiary Care Center, Zurich, Switzerland. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 28(10):2087-2090.

Schreiber, P W; Laager, M; Boggian, K; Neofytos, Dionysios; van Delden, Christian; Egli, Adrian; Dickenmann, M; Hirzel, Cédric; Manuel, O; Koller, M; Rossi, S; Schmied, Brigitte; Gürke, L; Matter, M; Berney, Thierry; de Rougemont, Olivier; Kuster, S P; Stampf, S; Mueller, N J; Amico, Patrizia; Aubert, J D; Banz, Vanessa; Beckmann, S; Beldi, G; Berger, Christoph; Berishvili, E; Berzigotti, Annalisa; Binet, I; Bochud, Pierre-Yves; Branca, S; et al (2022). Surgical site infections after simultaneous pancreas kidney and pancreas transplantation in the Swiss Transplant Cohort Study. Journal of Hospital Infection, 128:47-53.

Zeeb, Marius; Weissberg, Dana; Rampini, Silvana K; Müller, Rouven; Scheier, Thomas; Zingg, Walter; Kouyos, Roger D; Wolfensberger, Aline (2022). Identifying Contact Risks for SARS-CoV-2 Transmission to Healthcare Workers during Outbreak on COVID-19 Ward. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 28(10):2134-2137.

Nüesch-Inderbinen, Magdalena; Biggel, Michael; Zurfluh, Katrin; Treier, Andrea; Stephan, Roger (2022). Faecal carriage of enterococci harbouring oxazolidinone resistance genes among healthy humans in the community in Switzerland. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 77(10):2779-2783.

Oyewole, Oluwaseun Rume-Abiola; Latzin, Philipp; Brugger, Silvio D; Hilty, Markus (2022). Strain-level resolution and pneumococcal carriage dynamics by single-molecule real-time (SMRT) sequencing of the plyNCR marker: a longitudinal study in Swiss infants. Microbiome, 10:152.

Purtschert-Montenegro, Gabriela; Cárcamo-Oyarce, Gerardo; Pinto-Carbó, Marta; Agnoli, Kirsty; Bailly, Aurélien; Eberl, Leo (2022). Pseudomonas putida mediates bacterial killing, biofilm invasion and biocontrol with a type IVB secretion system. Nature Microbiology, 7(10):1547-1557.

Salar-Vidal, Llanos; Aguilera-Correa, John Jairo; Brüggemann, Holger; Achermann, Yvonne; Esteban, Jaime (2022). Microbiological Characterization of Cutibacterium acnes Strains Isolated from Prosthetic Joint Infections. Antibiotics, 11(9):1260.

Wolfensberger, Aline; Mang, Nora; Gibson, Kristen E; Gontjes, Kyle; Cassone, Marco; Brugger, Silvio D; Mody, Lona; Sax, Hugo (2022). Understanding short-term transmission dynamics of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in the patient room. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, 43(9):1147-1154.

Lintala, Annika; Szirovicza, Leonora; Kipar, Anja; Hetzel, Udo; Hepojoki, Jussi (2022). Persistent Reptarenavirus and Hartmanivirus Infection in Cultured Boid Cells. Microbiology Spectrum, 10(4):e0158522.

Günther, Sira C; Martínez-Romero, Carles; Sempere Borau, Milagros; Pham, Christine T N; García-Sastre, Adolfo; Stertz, Silke (2022). Proteomic Identification of Potential Target Proteins of Cathepsin W for Its Development as a Drug Target for Influenza. Microbiology Spectrum, 10(4):e0092122.

Hascic, Alen; Wolfensberger, Aline; Clack, Lauren; Schreiber, Peter W; Kuster, Stefan P; Sax, Hugo (2022). Documentation of adherence to infection prevention best practice in patient records: a mixed-methods investigation. Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control, 11:107.

Annaheim, Désirée; Vogler, Barbara Renate; Sigrist, Brigitte; Vögtlin, Andrea; Hüssy, Daniela; Breitler, Christian; Hartnack, Sonja; Grund, Christian; King, Jacqueline; Wolfrum, Nina; Albini, Sarah (2022). Screening of Healthy Feral Pigeons (Columba livia domestica) in the City of Zurich Reveals Continuous Circulation of Pigeon Paramyxovirus-1 and a Serious Threat of Transmission to Domestic Poultry. Microorganisms, 10(8):1656.

Jans, Christoph; Wambui, Joseph; Stevens, Marc J A; Tasara, Taurai (2022). Comparative genomics of dairy-associated Staphylococcus aureus from selected sub-Saharan African regions reveals milk as reservoir for human-and animal-derived strains and identifies a putative animal-related clade with presumptive novel siderophore. Frontiers in Microbiology, 13:923080.

Uribe, Manuel; Segeritz, Lisa; Schnyder, Manuela; Taubert, Anja; Hermosilla, Carlos; López-Osorio, Sara; Góngora-Orjuela, Agustín; Chaparro-Gutiérrez, Jenny J (2022). Nationwide Seroprevalence Survey of Angiostrongylus vasorum-Derived Antigens and Specific Antibodies in Dogs from Colombia. Microorganisms, 10(8):1565.

Doerken, Sam; Metsini, Aliki; Buyet, Sabina; Wolfensberger, Aline; Zingg, Walter; Wolkewitz, Martin (2022). Estimating incidence and attributable length of stay of healthcare-associated infections-Modeling the Swiss point-prevalence survey. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, 43(8):1022-1031.

Jahn, Katharina; Dreifuss, David; Topolsky, Ivan; Kull, Anina; Ganesanandamoorthy, Pravin; Fernandez-Cassi, Xavier; Bänziger, Carola; Devaux, Alexander J; Stachler, Elyse; Caduff, Lea; Cariti, Federica; Corzón, Alex Tuñas; Fuhrmann, Lara; Chen, Chaoran; Jablonski, Kim Philipp; Nadeau, Sarah; Feldkamp, Mirjam; Beisel, Christian; Aquino, Catharine; Stadler, Tanja; Ort, Christoph; Kohn, Tamar; Julian, Timothy R; Beerenwinkel, Niko (2022). Early detection and surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 genomic variants in wastewater using COJAC. Nature Microbiology, 7(8):1151-1160.

Jang, Hyein; Eshwar, Athmanya; Lehner, Angelika; Gangiredla, Jayanthi; Patel, Isha R; Beaubrun, Junia Jean-Gilles; Chase, Hannah R; Negrete, Flavia; Finkelstein, Samantha; Weinstein, Leah M; Ko, Katie; Addy, Nicole; Ewing, Laura; Woo, Jungha; Lee, Youyoung; Seo, Kunho; Jaradat, Ziad; Srikumar, Shabarinath; Fanning, Séamus; Stephan, Roger; Tall, Ben D; Gopinath, Gopal R (2022). Characterization of Cronobacter sakazakii Strains Originating from Plant-Origin Foods Using Comparative Genomic Analyses and Zebrafish Infectivity Studies. Microorganisms, 10(7):1396.

Onorini, Delia; Borel, Nicole; Schoborg, Robert V; Leonard, Cory Ann (2022). Neisseria gonorrhoeae Limits Chlamydia trachomatis Inclusion Development and Infectivity in a Novel In Vitro Co-Infection Model. Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 12:911818.

Nguyen, Huyen; Hampel, Benjamin; Nuñez, David Garcia; Battegay, Manuel; Hachfeld, Anna; Bernasconi, Enos; Calmy, Alexandra; Cavassini, Matthias; Vernazza, Pietro; Fellay, Jacques; Rudolph, Hannes; Huber, Michael; Leuzinger, Karoline; Perreau, Matthieu; Scherrer, Alexandra; Ramette, Alban Nicolas; Yerly, Sabine; Günthard, Huldrych F; Kouyos, Roger D; Kusejko, Katharina (2022). Correction to: Identifying and Characterizing Trans Women in the Swiss HIV Cohort Study as an Epidemiologically Distinct Risk Group. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 74(12):2266.

Scherrer, Simone; Rademacher, Fenja; Stephan, Roger; Peterhans, Sophie (2022). Identification of Glaesserella parasuis and Differentiation of Its 15 Serovars Using High-Resolution Melting Assays. Pathogens, 11(7):752.

Bijker, Else M; Bateman, Elizabeth A L; Trück, Johannes; Patel, Smita; Kelly, Dominic F (2022). Screening for Immunodeficiencies in Children With Invasive Pneumococcal Disease: Six-year Experience From a UK Children's Hospital. The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 41(7):575-578.

van den Bogaart, Lorena; Lang, Brian M; Rossi, Simona; Neofytos, Dionysios; Walti, Laura N; Khanna, Nina; Mueller, Nicolas J; Boggian, Katia; Garzoni, Christian; Mombelli, Matteo; Manuel, Oriol (2022). Central nervous system infections in solid organ transplant recipients: Results from the Swiss Transplant Cohort Study. Journal of Infection, 85(1):1-7.

Bär, Julian; Boumasmoud, Mathilde; Mairpady Shambat, Srikanth; Vulin, Clément; Huemer, Markus; Schweizer, Tiziano A; Gómez-Mejia, Alejandro; Eberhard, Nadia; Achermann, Yvonne; Zingg, Patrick O; Mestres, Carlos A; Brugger, Silvio D; Schuepbach, Reto A; Kouyos, Roger D; Hasse, Barbara; Zinkernagel, Annelies S (2022). Quantification of within-patient Staphylococcus aureus phenotypic heterogeneity as a proxy for the presence of persisters across clinical presentations. Clinical Microbiology and Infection, 28(7):1022.e1-1022.e7.

Gopinath, Gopal R; Jang, Hyein; Beaubrun, Junia Jean-Gilles; Gangiredla, Jayanthi; Mammel, Mark K; Müller, Andrea; Tamber, Sandeep; Patel, Isha R; Ewing, Laura; Weinstein, Leah M; Wang, Caroline Z; Finkelstein, Samantha; Negrete, Flavia; Muruvanda, Tim; Allard, Marc; Sockett, Donald C; Pagotto, Franco; Tall, Ben D; Stephan, Roger (2022). Phylogenomic Analysis of Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica Serovar Bovismorbificans from Clinical and Food Samples Using Whole Genome Wide Core Genes and kmer Binning Methods to Identify Two Distinct Polyphyletic Genome Pathotypes. Microorganisms, 10(6):1199.

Chiriac, Maria-Cecilia; Bulzu, Paul-Adrian; Andrei, Adrian-Stefan; Okazaki, Yusuke; Nakano, Shin-ichi; Haber, Markus; Kavagutti, Vinicius Silva; Layoun, Paul; Ghai, Rohit; Salcher, Michaela M (2022). Ecogenomics sheds light on diverse lifestyle strategies in freshwater CPR. Microbiome, 10(1):84.

Buetti, Niccolò; Abbas, Mohamed; Pittet, Didier; Chraiti, Marie-Noëlle; Sauvan, Valérie; de Kraker, Marlieke E A; Boisson, Matthieu; Teixeira, Daniel; Zingg, Walter; Harbarth, Stephan (2022). Lower risk of peripheral venous catheter-related bloodstream infection by hand insertion. Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control, 11(1):80.

Al-Tawfiq, Jaffar A; Momattin, Hisham; Al-Ali, Anfal Y; Eljaaly, Khalid; Tirupathi, Raghavendra; Haradwala, Mohamed Bilal; Areti, Swetha; Alhumaid, Saad; Rabaan, Ali A; Al Mutair, Abbas; Schlagenhauf, Patricia (2022). Antibiotics in the pipeline: a literature review (2017-2020). Infection, 50(3):553-564.

de Vries, Henry J C; Pannekoek, Yvonne; Dean, Debora; Bavoil, Patrick M; Borel, Nicole; Greub, Gilbert; Morré, Servaas A (2022). Call for consensus in Chlamydia trachomatis nomenclature: moving from biovars, serovars, and serotypes to genovariants and genotypes. Clinical Microbiology and Infection, 28(6):761-763.

Al-Tawfiq, Jaffar A; Momattin, Hisham; Al-Ali, Anfal Y; Eljaaly, Khalid; Tirupathi, Raghavendra; Haradwala, Mohamed Bilal; Areti, Swetha; Alhumaid, Saad; Rabaan, Ali A; Al Mutair, Abbas; Schlagenhauf, Patricia (2022). Correction to: Antibiotics in the pipeline: a literature review (2017-2020). Infection, 50(3):565-567.

Isenring, Julia; Stevens, Marc J A; Jans, Christoph; Lacroix, Christophe; Geirnaert, Annelies (2022). Identification of Valerate as Carrying Capacity Modulator by Analyzing Lactiplantibacillus plantarum Colonization of Colonic Microbiota in vitro. Frontiers in Microbiology, 13:910609.

Kubacki, Jakub; Qi, Weihong; Fraefel, Cornel (2022). Differential Viral Genome Diversity of Healthy and RSS-Affected Broiler Flocks. Microorganisms, 10(6):1092.

Bao, Kai; Claesson, Rolf; Gehrig, Peter; Grossmann, Jonas; Oscarsson, Jan; Belibasakis, Georgios N (2022). Proteomic Characterization of the Oral Pathogen Filifactor alocis Reveals Key Inter-Protein Interactions of Its RTX Toxin: FtxA. Pathogens, 11(5):590.

Kronenberg, Philipp Andreas; Deibel, Ansgar; Gottstein, Bruno; Grimm, Felix; Müllhaupt, Beat; Meyer zu Schwabedissen, Cordula; Aitbaev, Sezdbek; A. Omorov, Rakhatbek; Abdykerimov, Kubanychbek K; Minbaeva, Gulnara; Usubalieva, Jumagul; Siles-Lucas, Mar; Pepe, Paola; Rinaldi, Laura; Spiliotis, Markus; Wang, Junhua; Müller, Norbert; Torgerson, Paul R; Deplazes, Peter (2022). Serological Assays for Alveolar and Cystic Echinococcosis—A Comparative Multi-Test Study in Switzerland and Kyrgyzstan. Pathogens, 11(5):518.

Bajer, Anna; Beck, Ana; Beck, Relja; Behnke, Jerzy M; Dwużnik-Szarek, Dorota; Eichenberger, Ramon M; Farkas, Róbert; Fuehrer, Hans-Peter; Heddergott, Mike; Jokelainen, Pikka; Leschnik, Michael; Oborina, Valentina; Paulauskas, Algimantas; Radzijevskaja, Jana; Ranka, Renate; Schnyder, Manuela; Springer, Andrea; Strube, Christina; Tolkacz, Katarzyna; Walochnik, Julia (2022). Babesiosis in Southeastern, Central and Northeastern Europe: An Emerging and Re-Emerging Tick-Borne Disease of Humans and Animals. Microorganisms, 10(5):945.

Muchaamba, Francis; Barmettler, Karen; Treier, Andrea; Houf, Kurt; Stephan, Roger (2022). Microbiology and Epidemiology of Escherichia albertii—An Emerging Elusive Foodborne Pathogen. Microorganisms, 10(5):875.

Sigg, Aurelia Pahnita; Mariotti, Max; Grütter, Anabel E; Lafranca, Tecla; Leitner, Lorenz; Bonkat, Gernot; Braissant, Olivier (2022). A Method to Determine the Efficacy of a Commercial Phage Preparation against Uropathogens in Urine and Artificial Urine Determined by Isothermal Microcalorimetry. Microorganisms, 10(5):845.

Etter, Danai; Ukowitz, Christina; Eicher, Corinne; Tasara, Taurai; Johler, Sophia (2022). Mild NaCl Stress Influences Staphylococcal Enterotoxin C Transcription in a Time-Dependent Manner and Reduces Protein Expression. Frontiers in Microbiology, 13:820067.

Walser, Fabienne; Prinz, Julia; Rahm, Stefan; Zingg, Patrick O; Mancini, Stefano; Imkamp, Frank; Zbinden, Reinhard; Achermann, Yvonne (2022). Antimicrobial susceptibility testing is crucial when treating Finegoldia magna infections. European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases:Epub ahead of print.

Deibel, Ansgar; Meyer zu Schwabedissen, Cordula; Husmann, Lars; Grimm, Felix; Deplazes, Peter; Reiner, Cäcilia S; Müllhaupt, Beat (2022). Characteristics and Clinical Course of Alveolar Echinococcosis in Patients with Immunosuppression-Associated Conditions: A Retrospective Cohort Study. Pathogens, 11(4):441.

Striednig, Bianca; Hilbi, Hubert (2022). Bacterial quorum sensing and phenotypic heterogeneity: how the collective shapes the individual. Trends in Microbiology, 30(4):379-389.

Farra, Dima; De Nardi, Marco; Lets, Viktoria; Holopura, Sergii; Klymenok, Oleksiy; Stephan, Roger; Boreiko, Oksana (2022). Qualitative assessment of the probability of introduction and onward transmission of lumpy skin disease in Ukraine. Microbial Risk Analysis, 20:100200.

Walker, Timothy M; Miotto, Paolo; Köser, Claudio U; Fowler, Philip W; Knaggs, Jeff; Iqbal, Zamin; Hunt, Martin; Chindelevitch, Leonid; Farhat, Maha R; Cirillo, Daniela Maria; Comas, Iñaki; Posey, James; Omar, Shaheed V; Peto, Timothy Ea; Suresh, Anita; Uplekar, Swapna; Laurent, Sacha; Colman, Rebecca E; Nathanson, Carl-Michael; Zignol, Matteo; Walker, Ann Sarah; CRyPTIC Consortium; Seq&Treat Consortium; Crook, Derrick W; Ismail, Nazir; Rodwell, Timothy C (2022). The 2021 WHO catalogue of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex mutations associated with drug resistance: A genotypic analysis. The Lancet Microbe, 3(4):e265-e273.

Haug, Florian; Waibel, Felix W A; Lisy, Marcus; Winkler, Elin; Uçkay, Ilker; Schöni, Madlaina (2022). The impact of the length of total and intravenous systemic antibiotic therapy for the remission of diabetic foot infections. International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 120:179-186.

Wambui, Joseph; Stevens, Marc J A; Cernela, Nicole; Stephan, Roger (2022). Unraveling the Genotypic and Phenotypic Diversity of the Psychrophilic Clostridium estertheticum Complex, a Meat Spoilage Agent. Frontiers in Microbiology, 13:856810.

Marti, Hanna; Jelocnik, Martina (2022). Animal Chlamydiae: A Concern for Human and Veterinary Medicine. Pathogens, 11(3):364.

Marti, Hanna; Suchland, Robert J; Rockey, Daniel D (2022). The Impact of Lateral Gene Transfer in Chlamydia. Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 12:861899.

Frey, Beat; Varliero, Gilda; Qi, Weihong; Stierli, Beat; Walthert, Lorenz; Brunner, Ivano (2022). Shotgun Metagenomics of Deep Forest Soil Layers Show Evidence of Altered Microbial Genetic Potential for Biogeochemical Cycling. Frontiers in Microbiology, 13:828977.

Fitzgerald, Felicity C; Zingg, Walter; Chimhini, Gwendoline; Chimhuya, Simbarashe; Wittmann, Stefanie; Brotherton, Helen; Olaru, Ioana D; Neal, Samuel R; Russell, Neal; da Silva, André Ricardo Araujo; Sharland, Mike; Seale, Anna C; Cotton, Mark F; Coffin, Susan; Dramowski, Angela (2022). The Impact of Interventions to Prevent Neonatal Healthcare-associated Infections in Low- and Middle-income Countries: A Systematic Review. The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 41(3S):S26-S35.

Tamò, Raphaël; Turk, Teja; Böni, Jürg; Kouyos, Roger D; Schmutz, Stefan; Huber, Michael; Shah, Cyril; Bischoff-Ferrari, Heike A; Distler, Oliver; Battegay, Edouard; Giovanoli, Pietro; Guckenberger, Matthias; Kohler, Malcolm; Müller, Rouven; Petry, Heidi; Ruschitzka, Frank; McGeer, Allison; Sax, Hugo; Weber, Rainer; Trkola, Alexandra; Kuster, Stefan P (2022). Secondary attack rates from asymptomatic and symptomatic influenza virus shedders in hospitals: Results from the TransFLUas influenza transmission study. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, 43(3):312-318.

Nampoothiri, Vrinda; Bonaconsa, Candice; Surendran, Surya; Mbamalu, Oluchi; Nambatya, Winnie; Ahabwe Babigumira, Peter; Ahmad, Raheelah; Castro-Sanchez, Enrique; Broom, Alex; Szymczak, Julia; Zingg, Walter; Gilchrist, Mark; Holmes, Alison; Mendelson, Marc; Singh, Sanjeev; McLeod, Monsey; Charani, Esmita (2022). What does antimicrobial stewardship look like where you are? Global narratives from participants in a massive open online course. JAC - Antimicrobial Resistance, 4(1):dlab186.

Peters, Alexandra; Schmid, Marie N; Parneix, Pierre; Lebowitz, Dan; de Kraker, Marlieke; Sauser, Julien; Zingg, Walter; Pittet, Didier (2022). Impact of environmental hygiene interventions on healthcare-associated infections and patient colonization: a systematic review. Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control, 11(1):38.

Schmitt, Kira; Biggel, Michael; Stephan, Roger; Willi, Barbara (2022). Massive Spread of OXA-48 Carbapenemase-Producing Enterobacteriaceae in the Environment of a Swiss Companion Animal Clinic. Antibiotics, 11(2):213.

Frantal, Daniela; Agatha, Sabine; Beisser, Daniela; Boenigk, Jens; Darienko, Tatyana; Dirren-Pitsch, Gianna; Filker, Sabine; Gruber, Michael; Kammerlander, Barbara; Nachbaur, Laura; Scheffel, Ulrike; Stoeck, Thorsten; Qian, Kuimei; Weißenbacher, Birgit; Pröschold, Thomas; Sonntag, Bettina (2022). Molecular Data Reveal a Cryptic Diversity in the Genus Urotricha (Alveolata, Ciliophora, Prostomatida), a Key Player in Freshwater Lakes, With Remarks on Morphology, Food Preferences, and Distribution. Frontiers in Microbiology, 12:787290.

Wambui, Joseph; Stevens, Marc J A; Sieber, Simon; Cernela, Nicole; Perreten, Vincent; Stephan, Roger (2022). Targeted Genome Mining Reveals the Psychrophilic Clostridium estertheticum Complex as a Potential Source for Novel Bacteriocins, Including Cesin A and Estercticin A. Frontiers in Microbiology, 12:801467.

Biggel, Michael; Etter, Danai; Corti, Sabrina; Brodmann, Peter; Stephan, Roger; Ehling-Schulz, Monika; Johler, Sophia (2022). Whole Genome Sequencing Reveals Biopesticidal Origin of Bacillus thuringiensis in Foods. Frontiers in Microbiology, 12:775669.

Szajek, Katarzyna; Fleisch, Felix; Hutter, Sandra; Risch, Martin; Bechmann, Theresa; Luyckx, Valerie A; Güsewell, Sabine; Hirzel, Cédric; Cusini, Alexia (2022). Healthcare institutions' recommendation regarding the use of FFP-2 masks and SARS-CoV-2 seropositivity among healthcare workers: a multicenter longitudinal cohort study. Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control, 11:6.

Muchaamba, Francis; Eshwar, Athmanya K; Stevens, Marc J A; Stephan, Roger; Tasara, Taurai (2022). Different Shades of Listeria monocytogenes: Strain, Serotype, and Lineage-Based Variability in Virulence and Stress Tolerance Profiles. Frontiers in Microbiology, 12:792162.

Sikorski, Johannes; Baumgartner, Vanessa; Birkhofer, Klaus; Boeddinghaus, Runa S; Bunk, Boyke; Fischer, Markus; Fösel, Bärbel U; Friedrich, Michael W; Göker, Markus; Hölzel, Norbert; Huang, Sixing; Huber, Katharina J; Kandeler, Ellen; Klaus, Valentin H; Kleinebecker, Till; Marhan, Sven; von Mering, Christian; Oelmann, Yvonne; Prati, Daniel; Regan, Kathleen M; Richter-Heitmann, Tim; Rodrigues, João F Matias; Schmitt, Barbara; Schöning, Ingo; Schrumpf, Marion; Schurig, Elisabeth; Solly, Emily F; Wolters, Volkmar; Overmann, Jörg (2022). The Evolution of Ecological Diversity in Acidobacteria. Frontiers in Microbiology, 13:715637.

2021

Caparrós, Esther; Wiest, Reiner; Scharl, Michael; Rogler, Gerhard; Gutiérrez Casbas, Ana; Yilmaz, Bahtiyar; Wawrzyniak, Marcin; Francés, Rubén (2021). Dysbiotic microbiota interactions in Crohn's disease. Gut Microbes, 13:e1949096.

Muchaamba, Francis; Wambui, Joseph; Stephan, Roger; Tasara, Taurai (2021). Cold Shock Proteins Promote Nisin Tolerance in Listeria monocytogenes Through Modulation of Cell Envelope Modification Responses. Frontiers in Microbiology, 12:811939.

Asare, Paul Tetteh; Greppi, Anna; Pennacchia, Alessia; Brenig, Katharina; Geirnaert, Annelies; Schwab, Clarissa; Stephan, Roger; Lacroix, Christophe (2021). In vitro Modeling of Chicken Cecal Microbiota Ecology and Metabolism Using the PolyFermS Platform. Frontiers in Microbiology, 12:780092.

Isenring, Julia; Geirnaert, Annelies; Lacroix, Christophe; Stevens, Marc J A (2021). Bistable auto-aggregation phenotype in Lactiplantibacillus plantarum emerges after cultivation in in vitro colonic microbiota. BMC Microbiology, 21:268.

Torres, Diana Albertos; Seth-Smith, Helena M B; Joosse, Nicole; Lang, Claudia; Dubuis, Olivier; Nüesch-Inderbinen, Magdalena; Hinic, Vladimira; Egli, Adrian (2021). Colistin resistance in Gram-negative bacteria analysed by five phenotypic assays and inference of the underlying genomic mechanisms. BMC Microbiology, 21:321.

Nüesch-Inderbinen, Magdalena; Stevens, Marc J A; Cernela, Nicole; Müller, Andrea; Biggel, Michael; Stephan, Roger (2021). Distribution of virulence factors, antimicrobial resistance genes and phylogenetic relatedness among Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli serogroup O91 from human infections. International Journal of Medical Microbiology : IJMM, 311(8):151541.

Kuster, Sabine; Roth, Jan A; Frei, Reno; Meier, Christoph A; Dangel, Marc; Widmer, Andreas F (2021). Handrub dispensers per acute care hospital bed: a study to develop a new minimum standard. Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control, 10:93.

Cadot, Selma; Guan, Hang; Bigalke, Moritz; Walser, Jean-Claude; Jander, Georg; Erb, Matthias; van der Heijden, Marcel G A; Schlaeppi, Klaus (2021). Specific and conserved patterns of microbiota-structuring by maize benzoxazinoids in the field. Microbiome, 9:103.

Biggel, Michael; Nüesch-Inderbinen, Magdalena; Raschle, Susanne; Stevens, Marc J A; Stephan, Roger (2021). Spread of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium ST133 in the aquatic environment in Switzerland. Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance, 27:31-36.

Stadler, Rahel N; Maurer, Laura; Aguilar-Bultet, Lisandra; Franzeck, Fabian; Ruchti, Chantal; Kühl, Richard; Widmer, Andreas F; Schindler, Ruth; Bingisser, Roland; Rentsch, Katharina M; Pargger, Hans; Sutter, Raoul; Steiner, Luzius; Meier, Christoph; Kübler, Werner; Hirsch, Hans H; Egli, Adrian; Battegay, Manuel; Bassetti, Stefano; Tschudin-Sutter, Sarah (2021). Systematic screening on admission for SARS-CoV-2 to detect asymptomatic infections. Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control, 10:44.

Gillis-Germitsch, Nina; Kockmann, Tobias; Asmis, Lars M; Tritten, Lucienne; Schnyder, Manuela (2021). The Angiostrongylus vasorum Excretory/Secretory and Surface Proteome Contains Putative Modulators of the Host Coagulation. Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 11:753320.

Abbas, M; Robalo Nunes, T; Cori, A; Cordey, S; Laubscher, F; Baggio, S; Jombart, T; Iten, A; Vieux, L; Teixeira, D; Perez, M; Pittet, D; Frangos, E; Graf, C E; Zingg, W; Harbarth, S (2021). Explosive nosocomial outbreak of SARS-CoV-2 in a rehabilitation clinic: the limits of genomics for outbreak reconstruction. Journal of Hospital Infection, 117:124-134.

Stertz, Silke; Hale, Benjamin G (2021). Interferon system deficiencies exacerbating severe pandemic virus infections. Trends in Microbiology, 29(11):973-982.

Schreiber, Peter W; Kohl, Thomas A; Kuster, Stefan P; Niemann, Stefan; Sax, Hugo (2021). The global outbreak of Mycobacterium chimaera infections in cardiac surgery-a systematic review of whole-genome sequencing studies and joint analysis. Clinical Microbiology and Infection, 27(11):1613-1620.

Waibel, Felix Wa; Schöni, Madlaina; Kronberger, Leo; Flury, Andreas; Berli, Martin C; Lipsky, Benjamin A; Uçkay, Ilker; Jud, Lukas (2021). Treatment Failures in Diabetic Foot Osteomyelitis Associated with Concomitant Charcot Arthropathy: The Role of Underlying Arteriopathy. International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 114:15-20.

Läderach, Fabienne; Münz, Christian (2021). Epstein Barr Virus Exploits Genetic Susceptibility to Increase Multiple Sclerosis Risk. Microorganisms, 9(11):2191.

Divari, Sara; Danelli, Marta; Pregel, Paola; Ghielmetti, Giovanni; Borel, Nicole; Bollo, Enrico (2021). Biomolecular investigation of Bartonella spp. in wild rodents of two Swiss regions. Pathogens, 10(10):1331.

Peters, Alexandra; Lotfinejad, Nasim; Palomo, Rafael; Zingg, Walter; Parneix, Pierre; Ney, Hervé; Pittet, Didier (2021). Decontaminating N95/FFP2 masks for reuse during the COVID-19 epidemic: a systematic review. Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control, 10:144.

Fuehrer, Hans-Peter; Morelli, Simone; Unterköfler, Maria Sophia; Bajer, Anna; Bakran-Lebl, Karin; Dwużnik-Szarek, Dorota; Farkas, Róbert; Grandi, Giulio; Heddergott, Mike; Jokelainen, Pikka; Knific, Tanja; Leschnik, Michael; Miterpáková, Martina; Modrý, David; Petersen, Heidi Huus; Skírnisson, Karl; Vergles Rataj, Aleksandra; Schnyder, Manuela; Strube, Christina (2021). Dirofilaria spp. and Angiostrongylus vasorum: current risk of spreading in Central and Northern Europe. Pathogens, 10(10):1268.

Gerhard, Nicolas; Thurnheer, Thomas; Kreutzer, Susanne; Gmür, Rudolf Dominik; Attin, Thomas; Russo, Giancarlo; Karygianni, Lamprini (2021). Necrotizing Gingivitis: Microbial Diversity and Quantification of Protein Secretion in Necrotizing Gingivitis. Antibiotics, 10(10):1197.

Fernandez-Felix, Borja M; Barca, Laura Varela; Garcia-Esquinas, Esther; Correa-Pérez, Andrea; Fernández-Hidalgo, Nuria; Muriel, Alfonso; López-Alcalde, Jesús; Álvarez-Diaz, Noelia; Pijoan, Jose I; Ribera, Aida; Elorza, Enrique Navas; Muñoz, Patricia; Fariñas, María del Carmen; Goenaga, Miguel Ángel; Zamora, Javier (2021). Prognostic models for mortality after cardiac surgery in patients with infective endocarditis: a systematic review and aggregation of prediction models. Clinical Microbiology and Infection, 27(10):1422-1430.

Almansa-Saura, Sonia; Lopez-Lopez, Víctor; Eshmuminov, Dilmurodjon; Schneider, Marcel; Castellanos-Escrig, Gregorio; Rodriguez-Valiente, Monica; Crespo, María Jesús; von der Groeben, Markus; Lehmann, Kuno; Robles-Campos, Ricardo (2021). Prophylactic Use of Negative Pressure Therapy in General Abdominal Surgery: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Surgical Infections, 22(8):854-863.

Schnyder, Manuela; Schaper, Roland; Gori, Francesca; Hafner, Carola; Strube, Christina (2021). Aelurostrongylus abstrusus antibody seroprevalence reveals that cats are at risk of infection throughout Germany. Pathogens, 10(8):1011.

Ciuria, Silvia-Valentina; Brouwer, Michael S M; de Gier, Marende M; van Zeeland, Yvonne; Bossers, Alex; Prähauser, Barbara; Schädler, Julia; Hatt, Jean-Michel; Heijne, Marloes; Borel, Nicole (2021). Chlamydia caviae in Swiss and Dutch Guinea Pigs—Occurrence and Genetic Diversity. Pathogens, 10(10):1230.

Pinheiro, Ericka T; Karygianni, Lamprini; Attin, Thomas; Thurnheer, Thomas (2021). Antibacterial Effect of Sodium Hypochlorite and EDTA in Combination with High-Purity Nisin on an Endodontic-like Biofilm Model. Antibiotics, 10(9):1141.

Morelli, Simone; Gori, Francesca; Colombo, Mariasole; Traversa, Donato; Sarrocco, Giulia; Simonato, Giulia; Nespeca, Chiara; Di Cesare, Angela; Frangipane di Regalbono, Antonio; Veronesi, Fabrizia; Russi, Ilaria; Schnyder, Manuela (2021). Simultaneous Exposure to Angiostrongylus vasorum and Vector-Borne Pathogens in Dogs from Italy. Pathogens, 10(9):1200.

Wambui, Joseph; Cernela, Nicole; Stevens, Marc J A; Stephan, Roger (2021). Whole Genome Sequence-Based Identification of Clostridium estertheticum Complex Strains Supports the Need for Taxonomic Reclassification Within the Species Clostridium estertheticum. Frontiers in Microbiology, 12:727022.

Gysin, Marina; Acevedo, Claudio Tirso; Haldimann, Klara; Bodendoerfer, Elias; Imkamp, Frank; Bulut, Karl; Buehler, Philipp Karl; Brugger, Silvio Daniel; Becker, Katja; Hobbie, Sven N (2021). Antimicrobial susceptibility patterns of respiratory Gram-negative bacterial isolates from COVID-19 patients in Switzerland. Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials, 20:64.

Kolesnik-Goldmann, Natalia; Bodendoerfer, Elias; Röthlin, Kim; Herren, Sebastian; Imkamp, Frank; Marchesi, Martina; Mancini, Stefano (2021). Rapid Detection of PBP2a in Staphylococci from Shortly Incubated Subcultures of Positive Blood Cultures by an Immunochromatographic Assay. Microbiology Spectrum, 9(1):e0046221.

Becker, Katja; Aranzana-Climent, Vincent; Cao, Sha; Nilsson, Anna; Shariatgorji, Reza; Haldimann, Klara; Platzack, Björn; Hughes, Diarmaid; Andrén, Per E; Böttger, Erik C; Friberg, Lena E; Hobbie, Sven N (2021). Efficacy of EBL-1003 (apramycin) against Acinetobacter baumannii lung infections in mice. Clinical Microbiology and Infection, 27(9):1315-1321.

Fetsch, Alexandra; Etter, Danai; Johler, Sophia (2021). Livestock-Associated Meticillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus—Current Situation and Impact From a One Health Perspective. Current Clinical Microbiology Reports, 8(3):103-113.

Kahlert, Christian R; Persi, Raphael; Güsewell, Sabine; Egger, Thomas; Leal-Neto, Onicio B; Sumer, Johannes; Flury, Domenica; Brucher, Angela; Lemmenmeier, Eva; Möller, J Carsten; Rieder, Philip; Stocker, Reto; Vuichard-Gysin, Danielle; Wiggli, Benedikt; Albrich, Werner C; Babouee Flury, Baharak; Besold, Ulrike; Fehr, Jan; Kuster, Stefan P; McGeer, Allison; Risch, Lorenz; Schlegel, Matthias; Friedl, Andrée; Vernazza, Pietro; Kohler, Philipp (2021). Non-occupational and occupational factors associated with specific SARS-CoV-2 antibodies among hospital workers - A multicentre cross-sectional study. Clinical Microbiology and Infection, 27(9):1336-1344.

Walter, Adrian; Bodendoerfer, Elias; Kolesnik-Goldmann, Natalia; Mancini, Stefano (2021). Rapid identification of CTX-M-type extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Enterobacterales from blood cultures using a multiplex lateral flow immunoassay. Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance, 26:130-132.

Steiner, Fiona; Schmutz, Stefan; Gosert, Rainer; Huder, Jon B; Redli, Patrick M; Capaul, Riccarda; Hirsch, Hans H; Böni, Jürg; Zbinden, Andrea (2021). Usefulness of the GenMark ePlex RPP assay for the detection of respiratory viruses compared to the FTD21 multiplex RT-PCR. Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease, 101:115424.

Niggli, Selina; Wechsler, Tobias; Kümmerli, Rolf (2021). Single-Cell Imaging Reveals That Staphylococcus aureus Is Highly Competitive Against Pseudomonas aeruginosa on Surfaces. Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 11:733991.

Knapp, Deborah; Fernández Castro, Bieito; Marty, Daniel; Loher, Eugen; Köster, Oliver; Wüest, Alfred; Posch, Thomas (2021). The Red Harmful Plague in Times of Climate Change: Blooms of the Cyanobacterium Planktothrix rubescens Triggered by Stratification Dynamics and Irradiance. Frontiers in Microbiology, 12:705914.

Denoth, Luisa; Juillerat, Pascal; Kremer, Andreas E; Rogler, Gerhard; Scharl, Michael; Yilmaz, Bahtiyar; Bluemel, Sena (2021). Modulation of the Mucosa-Associated Microbiome Linked to the PTPN2 Risk Gene in Patients with Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis and Ulcerative Colitis. Microorganisms, 9(8):1752.

Anstey, Susan I; Kasimov, Vasilli; Jenkins, Cheryl; Legione, Alistair; Devlin, Joanne; Amery-Gale, Jemima; Gilkerson, James; Hair, Sam; Perkins, Nigel; Peel, Alison J; Borel, Nicole; Pannekoek, Yvonne; Chaber, Anne-Lise; Woolford, Lucy; Timms, Peter; Jelocnik, Martina (2021). Chlamydia Psittaci ST24: clonal strains of One Health importance dominate in Australian horse, bird and human infections. Pathogens, 10(8):1015.

Audigé, Annette; Böni, Jürg; Schreiber, Peter W; Scheier, Thomas; Buonomano, Roberto; Rudiger, Alain; Braun, Dominique L; Eich, Gerhard; Keller, Dagmar I; Hasse, Barbara; Berger, Christoph; Günthard, Huldrych F; Manrique, Amapola; Trkola, Alexandra; Huber, Michael (2021). Reduced Relative Sensitivity of the Elecsys SARS-CoV-2 Antigen Assay in Saliva Compared to Nasopharyngeal Swabs. Microorganisms, 9(8):1700.

Ghielmetti, Giovanni; Kupca, Anne M; Hanczaruk, Matthias; Friedel, Ute; Weinberger, Hubert; Revilla-Fernández, Sandra; Hofer, Erwin; Riehm, Julia M; Stephan, Roger; Glawischnig, Walter (2021). Mycobacterium microti Infections in Free-Ranging Red Deer (Cervus elaphus). Emerging Infectious Diseases, 27(8):2025-2032.

Unterfrauner, Ines; Hruby, Laura A; Jans, Peter; Steinwender, Ludwig; Farshad, Mazda; Uçkay, Ilker (2021). Impact of a total lockdown for pandemic SARS-CoV-2 (Covid-19) on deep surgical site infections and other complications after orthopedic surgery: a retrospective analysis. Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control, 10:112.

Bressan, Michelle; Rampazzo, Antonella; Kuratli, Jasmin; Marti, Hanna; Pesch, Theresa; Borel, Nicole (2021). Occurrence of Chlamydiaceae and Chlamydia felis pmp9 typing in conjunctival and rectal samples of Swiss stray and pet Cats. Pathogens, 10(8):951.

Treier, Andrea; Stephan, Roger; Stevens, Marc J A; Cernela, Nicole; Nüesch-Inderbinen, Magdalena (2021). High Occurrence of Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli in Raw Meat-Based Diets for Companion Animals—A Public Health Issue. Microorganisms, 9(8):1556.

Stocker, Martin; van Herk, Wendy; El Helou, Salhab; Dutta, Sourabh; Schuerman, Frank A B A; van den Tooren-de Groot, Rita K; Wieringa, Jantien W; Janota, Jan; van der Meer-Kappelle, Laura H; Moonen, Rob; Sie, Sintha D; de Vries, Esther; Donker, Albertine E; Zimmerman, Urs; Schlapbach, Luregn J; de Mol, Amerik C; Hoffman-Haringsma, Angelique; Roy, Madan; Tomaske, Maren; Kornelisse, René F; van Gijsel, Juliette; Visser, Eline G; Plötz, Frans B; Heath, Paul; Achten, Niek B; Lehnick, Dirk; van Rossum, Annemarie M C; Schlapbach, Luregn J (2021). C-Reactive Protein, Procalcitonin, and White Blood Count to Rule Out Neonatal Early-onset Sepsis Within 36 Hours: A Secondary Analysis of the Neonatal Procalcitonin Intervention Study. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 73(2):e383-e390.

Biggel, Michael; Zurfluh, Katrin; Treier, Andrea; Nüesch-Inderbinen, Magdalena; Stephan, Roger (2021). Characteristics of fosA-carrying plasmids in E. coli and Klebsiella spp. isolates originating from food and environmental samples. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 76(8):2004-2011.

Eras, Pien; Simões-Wüst, Ana Paula; Thijs, Carel (2021). Influence of Alternative Lifestyles on Antibiotic Use during Pregnancy, Lactation and in Children. Antibiotics, 10(7):837.

Klein, Karina; Schweizer, Tiziano A; Siwy, Katharina; Lechmann, Beat; Karol, Agnieszka; von Rechenberg, Brigitte; Achermann, Yvonne; Darwiche, Salim E (2021). Establishment of a localized acute implant-associated Staphylococcus aureus bone infection model in sheep. FEMS Pathogens and Disease, 79(6):ftab032.

Focosi, Daniele; Maggi, Fabrizio; Franchini, Massimo; Aguzzi, Adriano; Lanza, Maria; Mazzoni, Alessandro; Menichetti, Francesco (2021). Patient-blood management for COVID19 convalescent plasma therapy: relevance of affinity and donor–recipient differences in concentration of neutralizing antibodies. Clinical Microbiology and Infection, 27(7):987-992.

Hasler, Anita; Unterfrauner, Ines; Olthof, Maurits G L; Jans, Peter; Betz, Michael; Achermann, Yvonne; Uçkay, Ilker (2021). Deep surgical site infections following double-dose perioperative antibiotic prophylaxis in adult obese orthopedic patients. International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 108:537-542.

Raue, Katharina; Raue, Jonathan; Hauck, Daniela; Söbbeler, Franz; Morelli, Simone; Traversa, Donato; Schnyder, Manuela; Volk, Holger; Strube, Christina (2021). Do all roads lead to Rome? The potential of different approaches to diagnose Aelurostrongylus abstrusus infection in cats. Pathogens, 10(5):602.

Petersen, E; Schlagenhauf, Patricia; Lee, S S; Blumberg, L; Kramer, L; et al (2021). Mandatory immunization against SARS-CoV-2 of athletes, companions and supporters for the Tokyo Olympics. International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 108:156-158.

Zürcher, K; Reichmuth, M L; Ballif, M; Loiseau, C; Borrell, S; Reinhard, M; Skrivankova, V; Hömke, R; Sander, P; Avihingsanon, A; Abimiku, A G; Marcy, O; Collantes, J; Carter, E Jane; Wilkinson, R J; Cox, H; Yotebieng, M; Huebner, R; Fenner, L; Böttger, E C; Gagneux, S; Egger, M (2021). Mortality from drug-resistant tuberculosis in high-burden countries comparing routine drug susceptibility testing with whole-genome sequencing: a multicentre cohort study. The Lancet Microbe, 2(7):e320-e330.

Sengupta, Srabasti; Nayak, Barsa; Meuli, Michael; Sander, Peter; Mishra, Snehasish; Sonawane, Avinash (2021). Mycobacterium tuberculosis Phosphoribosyltransferase Promotes Bacterial Survival in Macrophages by Inducing Histone Hypermethylation in Autophagy-Related Genes. Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 11:676456.

Mumoli, Nicola; Evangelista, Isabella; Colombo, Alessandra; Conte, Giulia; Mazzone, Antonino; Barco, Stefano (2021). Transient perivascular inflammation of the carotid artery (TIPIC) syndrome in a patient with COVID-19. International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 108:126-128.

Marti, Hanna; Bommana, Sankhya; Read, Timothy D; Pesch, Theresa; Prähauser, Barbara; Dean, Deborah; Borel, Nicole (2021). Generation of Tetracycline and Rifamycin Resistant Chlamydia Suis Recombinants. Frontiers in Microbiology, 12:630293.

Horlbog, Jule Anna; Stephan, Roger; Stevens, Marc J A; Overesch, Gudrun; Kittl, Sonja; Napoleoni, Maira; Silenzi, Valentina; Nüesch-Inderbinen, Magdalena; Albini, Sarah (2021). Feedborne Salmonella enterica Serovar Jerusalem Outbreak in Different Organic Poultry Flocks in Switzerland and Italy Linked to Soya Expeller. Microorganisms, 9(7):1367.

Tritten, Lucienne; Burkman, Erica J; Clark, Tobias; Verocai, Guilherme G (2021). Secretory microRNA Profiles of Third- and Fourth-Stage Dirofilaria immitis Larvae with Different Macrocyclic Lactone Susceptibility: In Search of Biomarkers for Early Detection of Infection. Pathogens, 10(7):786.

Scheier, Thomas; Kuster, Stefan P; Dunic, Mesida; Falk, Christian; Sax, Hugo; Schreiber, Peter W (2021). Does continuity in nursing staff matter? A pilot study on correlation of central line-associated bloodstream infections and employee turnover. Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control, 10:90.

Nüesch-Inderbinen, Magdalena; Raschle, Susanne; Stevens, Marc J A; Schmitt, Kira; Stephan, Roger (2021). Linezolid-resistant Enterococcus faecalis ST16 harbouring optrA on a Tn6674-like element isolated from surface water. Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance, 25:89-92.

Seth-Smith, Helena M B; Biggel, Michael; Roloff, Tim; Hinic, Vladimira; Bodmer, Thomas; Risch, Martin; Casanova, Carlo; Widmer, Andreas; Sommerstein, Rami; Marschall, Jonas; Tschudin-Sutter, Sarah; Egli, Adrian (2021). Transition From PCR-Ribotyping to Whole Genome Sequencing Based Typing of Clostridioides difficile. Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 11:681518.

Ghielmetti, Giovanni; Schmitt, Sarah; Friedel, Ute; Guscetti, Franco; Walser-Reinhardt, Ladina (2021). Unusual presentation of Feline Leprosy caused by Mycobacterium lepraemurium in the Alpine Region. Pathogens, 10(6):687.

Oyewole, Oluwaseun Rume-Abiola; Lang, Phung; Albrich, Werner C; Wissel, Kerstin; Leib, Stephen L; Casanova, Carlo; Hilty, Markus (2021). The Impact of Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine (PCV) Coverage Heterogeneities on the Changing Epidemiology of Invasive Pneumococcal Disease in Switzerland, 2005-2019. Microorganisms, 9(5):1078.

Muchaamba, Francis; Stephan, Roger; Tasara, Taurai (2021). Listeria monocytogenes Cold Shock Proteins: Small Proteins with A Huge Impact. Microorganisms, 9(5):1061.

Risely, Alice; Gillingham, Mark A F; Béchet, Arnaud; Brändel, Stefan; Heni, Alexander C; Heurich, Marco; Menke, Sebastian; Manser, Marta B; et al (2021). Phylogeny- and Abundance-Based Metrics Allow for the Consistent Comparison of Core Gut Microbiome Diversity Indices Across Host Species. Frontiers in Microbiology, 12:659918.

Etter, Danai; Jenni, Céline; Tasara, Taurai; Johler, Sophia (2021). Mild Lactic Acid Stress Causes Strain-Dependent Reduction in SEC Protein Levels. Microorganisms, 9(5):1014.

Smith, Nicholas C; Sinden, Robert E; Ramakrishnan, Chandra (2021). Editorial: Get Over the Gut: Apicomplexan Parasite Interaction, Survival and Stage Progression in Vertebrate and Invertebrate Digestive Tracts. Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 11:680555-30.

Glampedakis, Emmanouil; Cassaing, Sophie; Fekkar, Arnaud; Dannaoui, Eric; Bougnoux, Marie-Elisabeth; Bretagne, Stéphane; Neofytos, Dionysios; Schreiber, Peter W; Hennequin, Christophe; Morio, Florent; Shadrivova, Olga; Bongomin, Felix; Fernández-Ruiz, Mario; Bellanger, Anne Pauline; Arikan-Akdagli, Sevtap; Erard, Veronique; Aigner, Maria; Paolucci, Michela; Khanna, Nina; Charpentier, Eléna; Bonnal, Christine; Brun, Sophie; Gabriel, Frederic; Riat, Arnaud; Zbinden, Reinhard; Le Pape, Patrice; Klimko, Nikolai; Lewis, Russel E; Richardson, Malcolm; İnkaya, Ahmet Cagkan; et al (2021). Invasive aspergillosis due to Aspergillus section Usti: a multicenter retrospective study. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 72(8):1379-1385.

Uçkay, I; Steinwender, L; Burkhard, J; Holy, D; Strähl, M; Farshad, M (2021). Outcomes of asymptomatic hospital employees in COVID-19 post-exposure quarantine during the second pandemic wave in Zurich. Journal of Hospital Infection, 113:189-191.

Karygianni, Lamprini; Paqué, Pune N; Attin, Thomas; Thurnheer, Thomas (2021). Single DNase or Proteinase Treatment Induces Change in Composition and Structural Integrity of Multispecies Oral Biofilms. Antibiotics, 10(4):400.

Kohns Vasconcelos, Malte; Meyer Sauteur, Patrick M; Keitel, Kristina; Santoro, Regina; Heininger, Ulrich; van den Anker, John; Bielicki, Julia A (2021). Strikingly Decreased Community-acquired Pneumonia Admissions in Children Despite Open Schools and Day-care Facilities in Switzerland. The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 40(4):e171-e172.

Scheier, T; Saleschus, D; Dunic, M; Fröhlich, M R; Schüpbach, R; Falk, C; Sax, H; Kuster, S P; Schreiber, P W (2021). Implementation of daily chlorhexidine bathing in intensive care units for reduction of central line-associated bloodstream infections. Journal of Hospital Infection, 110:26-32.

Rodionov, Roman N; Biener, Anne; Spieth, Peter; Achleitner, Martin; Hölig, Kristina; Aringer, Martin; Mingrone, Geltrude; Corman, Victor M; Drosten, Christian; Bornstein, Stefan R; Tonn, Torsten; Kolditz, Martin (2021). Potential benefit of convalescent plasma transfusions in immunocompromised patients with COVID-19. The Lancet Microbe, 2(4):e138.

Espinosa-Gongora, Carmen; Jessen, Lisbeth Rem; Dyar, Oliver James; Bousquet-Melou, Alain; González-Zorn, Bruno; Pulcini, Céline; Re, Giovanni; Schwarz, Stefan; Timofte, Dorina; Toutain, Pierre-Louis; Guardabassi, Luca; Müntener, Cedric R; Naegeli, Hanspeter; ESCMID Study Group for Antimicrobial stewardshiP (ESGAP); The PREPARE-VET Working Group; ESCMID Study Group for Veterinary Microbiology (ESGVM) (2021). Towards a Better and Harmonized Education in Antimicrobial Stewardship in European Veterinary Curricula. Antibiotics, 10(4):364.

Goncalves Cabecinhas, Ana Rita; Roloff, Tim; Stange, Madlen; Bertelli, Claire; Huber, Michael; Ramette, Alban; Chen, Chaoran; Nadeau, Sarah; Gerth, Yannick; Yerly, Sabine; Opota, Onya; Pillonel, Trestan; Schuster, Tobias; Metzger, Cesar M J A; Sieber, Jonas; Bel, Michael; Wohlwend, Nadia; Baumann, Christian; Koch, Michel C; Bittel, Pascal; Leuzinger, Karoline; Brunner, Myrta; Suter-Riniker, Franziska; Berlinger, Livia; Søgaard, Kirstine K; Beckmann, Christiane; Noppen, Christoph; Redondo, Maurice; Steffen, Ingrid; Seth-Smith, Helena M B; et al (2021). SARS-CoV-2 N501Y Introductions and Transmissions in Switzerland from Beginning of October 2020 to February 2021—Implementation of Swiss-Wide Diagnostic Screening and Whole Genome Sequencing. Microorganisms, 9(4):677.

Dias-Alves, Andrea; Cabezón, Oscar; Borel, Nicole; López-Olvera, Jorge Ramón; Mentaberre, Gregorio; Lavín, Santiago; Fernández Aguilar, Xavier (2021). Molecular detection and identification of Chlamydiaceae in the eyes of wild and domestic ruminant hosts from Northern Spain. Pathogens, 10(3):383.

Huber, Michael; Schreiber, Peter Werner; Scheier, Thomas; Audigé, Annette; Buonomano, Roberto; Rudiger, Alain; Braun, Dominique L; Eich, Gerhard; Keller, Dagmar I; Hasse, Barbara; Böni, Jürg; Berger, Christoph; Günthard, Huldrych F; Manrique, Amapola; Trkola, Alexandra (2021). High Efficacy of Saliva in Detecting SARS-CoV-2 by RT-PCR in Adults and Children. Microorganisms, 9(3):642.

Breuninger, Taylor A; Wawro, Nina; Breuninger, Jakob; Reitmeier, Sandra; Clavel, Thomas; Six-Merker, Julia; Pestoni, Giulia; Rohrmann, Sabine; Rathmann, Wolfgang; Peters, Annette; Grallert, Harald; Meisinger, Christa; Haller, Dirk; Linseisen, Jakob (2021). Associations between habitual diet, metabolic disease, and the gut microbiota using latent Dirichlet allocation. Microbiome, 9:61.

Scheier, Thomas; Shah, Cyril; Huber, Michael; Sax, Hugo; Hasse, Barbara; Günthard, Huldrych F; Trkola, Alexandra; Schreiber, Peter W (2021). Do we cause false positives? An experimental series on droplet or airborne SARS-CoV-2 contamination of sampling tubes during swab collection in a test center. Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control, 10:51.

Kohler, Philipp; Wolfensberger, Aline; Stampf, Susanne; Brönnimann, Andreas; Boggian, Katia; van Delden, Christian; Favre, Melody; Hirzel, Cédric; Khanna, Nina; Kuster, Stefan P; Manuel, Oriol; Neofytos, Dionysios; Ragozzino, Silvio; Schreiber, Peter W; Walti, Laura; Mueller, Nicolas J; Swiss Transplant Cohort Study (2021). Temporal trends, risk factors and outcomes of infections due to extended-spectrum β-lactamase producing Enterobacterales in Swiss solid organ transplant recipients between 2012 and 2018. Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control, 10:50.

Forster, Dominik; Qu, Zhishuai; Pitsch, Gianna; Bruni, Estelle P; Kammerlander, Barbara; Pröschold, Thomas; Sonntag, Bettina; Posch, Thomas; Stoeck, Thorsten (2021). Lake ecosystem robustness and resilience inferred from a climate-stressed protistan plankton network. Microorganisms, 9(2):549.

Kuster, Stefan P; Böni, Jürg; Kouyos, Roger D; Huber, Michael; Schmutz, Stefan; Shah, Cyril; Bischoff-Ferrari, Heike A; Distler, Oliver; Battegay, Edouard; Giovanoli, Pietro; Guckenberger, Matthias; Kohler, Malcolm; Müller, Rouven; Petry, Heidi; Ruschitzka, Frank; McGeer, Allison; Coleman, Brenda L; Sax, Hugo; Weber, Rainer; Trkola, Alexandra (2021). Absenteeism and presenteeism in healthcare workers due to respiratory illness. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, 42(3):268-273.

Zosso, Cyrill U; Wiesenberg, Guido L B (2021). Methylation procedures affect PLFA results more than selected extraction parameters. Journal of Microbiological Methods, 182:106164.

Sharma, Puspa M; Thapa, Nirmal K; Tshomo, Pema; Dema, Tshewang; Alvarez Rojas, Cristian A; Tenzin, Tenzin; Gurung, Ratna B; Norbu, Tshering; Lhatru, Lhatru; Namgyel, Phurpa; Jamtsho, Chimi; Dukpa, Kinzang; Phuentshok, Yoenten; Sharma, Krishna P; Pelden, Sonam; Deplazes, Peter (2021). Occurrence of Echinococcusgranulosussensulato and other Taeniids in Bhutan. Pathogens, 10(3):330.

Brilhante, Michael; Gobeli Brawand, Stefanie; Endimiani, Andrea; Rohrbach, Helene; Kittl, Sonja; Willi, Barbara; Schuller, Simone; Perreten, Vincent (2021). Two high-risk clones of carbapenemase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae that cause infections in pets and are present in the environment of a veterinary referral hospital. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 76(5):1140-1149.

LeibundGut-Landmann, Salomé; Dawson, Thomas L (2021). Editorial: Malassezia: A skin commensal yeast impacting both health and disease. Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 11:659219.

Chakraborty, Trinad; Sadek, Mustafa; Yao, Yancheng; Imirzalioglu, Can; Stephan, Roger; Poirel, Laurent; Nordmann, Patrice (2021). Cross-Border Emergence of Escherichia coli Producing the Carbapenemase NDM-5 in Switzerland and Germany. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 59(3):e02238-20.

Diab-El Schahawi, Magda; Zingg, Walter; Vos, Margreet; Humphreys, Hilary; Lopez-Cerero, Lorena; Fueszl, Astrid; Zahar, Jean Ralph; Presterl, Elisabeth (2021). Ultraviolet disinfection robots to improve hospital cleaning: Real promise or just a gimmick? Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control, 10:33.

Schmitt, Kira; Kuster, Stefan P; Zurfluh, Katrin; Jud, Rahel S; Sykes, Jane E; Stephan, Roger; Willi, Barbara (2021). Transmission chains of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing enterobacteriaceae at the companion animal veterinary clinic–household interface. Antibiotics, 10(2):171.

Pinheiro, Ericka T; Karygianni, Lamprini; Attin, Thomas; Thurnheer, Thomas (2021). Antibacterial Effect of High-Purity Nisin Alone and in Combination with D-Amino Acids or Chlorhexidine in an Endodontic-Like Biofilm Model. Antibiotics, 10(2):149.

Habicht, Michael E; Eppenberger, Patrick E; Rühli, Frank (2021). A critical assessment on proposed outbreaks of plague and other epidemic diseases in Ancient Egypt. International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 103:217-219.

Maurer, Steven M; Kursawe, Laura; Rahm, Stefan; Prinz, Julia; Zinkernagel, Annelies S; Moter, Annette; Kuster, Stefan P; Zbinden, Reinhard; Zingg, Patrick O; Achermann, Yvonne (2021). Cutibacterium avidum resists surgical skin antisepsis in the groin-a potential risk factor for periprosthetic joint infection: a quality control study. Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control, 10:27.

Schnurr, Etyene; Paqué, Pune N; Attin, Thomas; Nanni, Paolo; Grossmann, Jonas; Holtfreter, Silva; Bröker, Barbara M; Kohler, Christian; Diep, Binh An; Ribeiro, Apoena de Aguiar; Thurnheer, Thomas (2021). Staphylococcus aureus Interferes with Streptococci Spatial Distribution and with Protein Expression of Species within a Polymicrobial Oral Biofilm. Antibiotics, 10(2):116.

Hofmaenner, Daniel Andrea; Wendel Garcia, Pedro David; Duvnjak, Branko; Chakrakodi, Bhavya; Maier, Julian David; Huber, Michael; Huder, Jon; Wolfensberger, Aline; Schreiber, Peter Werner; Schuepbach, Reto A; Zinkernagel, Annelies Sophie; Buehler, Philipp Karl; Brugger, Silvio Daniel (2021). Bacterial but no SARS-CoV-2 contamination after terminal disinfection of tertiary care intensive care units treating COVID-19 patients. Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control, 10:11.

Karygianni, Lamprini; Ruf, Sandra; Hellwig, Elmar; Follo, Marie; Vach, Kirstin; Al-Ahmad, Ali (2021). Antimicrobial Photoinactivation of In Situ Oral Biofilms by Visible Light Plus Water-Filtered Infrared A and Tetrahydroporphyrin-tetratosylate (THPTS). Microorganisms, 9:145.

Scheier, Thomas; Schibli, Adrian; Eich, Geri; Rüegg, Christian; Kube, Frank; Schmid, Adrian; Karrer, Urs; Wolfensberger, Aline; Sax, Hugo; Schreiber, Peter W (2021). Universal Admission Screening for SARS-CoV-2 Infections among Hospitalized Patients, Switzerland, 2020. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 27(2):404-410.

Tayyrov, Annageldi; Schnetzler, Michèle; Gillis-Germitsch, Nina; Schnyder, Manuela (2021). Genetic diversity of the cardiopulmonary canid nematode Angiostrongylus vasorum within and between rural and urban fox populations. Infection, Genetics and Evolution, 87:104618.

Nüesch-Inderbinen, Magdalena; Bloemberg, Guido V; Müller, Andrea; Stevens, Marc J A; Cernela, Nicole; Kollöffel, Beat; Stephan, Roger (2021). Listeriosis Caused by Persistence of Listeria monocytogenes Serotype 4b Sequence Type 6 in Cheese Production Environment. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 27(1):284-288.

Ebrahim, Shahul H; Gozzer, Ernesto; Ahmed, Yusuf; Imtiaz, Rubina; Ditekemena, John; Rahman, N M Mujeeb; Schlagenhauf, Patricia; Alqahtani, Saleh A; Memish, Ziad A (2021). COVID-19 in the least developed, fragile, and conflict-affected countries - How can the most vulnerable be protected? International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 102:381-388.

Otaru, Nize; Ye, Kun; Mujezinovic, Denisa; Berchtold, Laura; Constancias, Florentin; Cornejo, Fabián A; Krzystek, Adam; de Wouters, Tomas; Braegger, Christian; Lacroix, Christophe; Pugin, Benoit (2021). GABA Production by Human Intestinal Bacteroides spp.: Prevalence, Regulation, and Role in Acid Stress Tolerance. Frontiers in Microbiology, 12:656895.

Münz, Christian (2021). Immune Escape by Non-coding RNAs of the Epstein Barr Virus. Frontiers in Microbiology, 12:657387.

Urban, Christian; Blom, Alette A; Pfrengle, Saskia; Walker-Meikle, Kathleen; Stone, Anne C; Inskip, Sarah A; Schuenemann, Verena J (2021). One Health Approaches to Trace Mycobacterium leprae's Zoonotic Potential Through Time. Frontiers in Microbiology, 12:762263.

Irwin, Adam D; Coin, Lachlan J M; Harris, Patrick N A; Cotta, Menino Osbert; Bauer, Michelle J; Buckley, Cameron; et al; Schlapbach, Luregn J (2021). Optimising Treatment Outcomes for Children and Adults Through Rapid Genome Sequencing of Sepsis Pathogens. A Study Protocol for a Prospective, Multi-Centre Trial (DIRECT). Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 11:667680.

Münz, Christian (2021). The Role of Lytic Infection for Lymphomagenesis of Human γ-Herpesviruses. Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 11:605258.

2020

Sommerstein, Rami; Marschall, Jonas; Atkinson, Andrew; Surbek, Daniel; Dominguez-Bello, Maria Gloria; Troillet, Nicolas; Widmer, Andreas F; SwissNoso (2020). Antimicrobial prophylaxis administration after umbilical cord clamping in cesarean section and the risk of surgical site infection: a cohort study with 55,901 patients. Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control, 9:201.

Tektas, Sibel; Thurnheer, Thomas; Eliades, Theodore; Attin, Thomas; Karygianni, Lamprini (2020). Initial Bacterial Adhesion and Biofilm Formation on Aligner Materials. Antibiotics, 9(12):908.

Weissberg, Dana; Böni, Jürg; Rampini, Silvana K; Kufner, Verena; Zaheri, Maryam; Schreiber, Peter W; Abela, Irene A; Huber, Michael; Sax, Hugo; Wolfensberger, Aline (2020). Does respiratory co-infection facilitate dispersal of SARS-CoV-2? investigation of a super-spreading event in an open-space office. Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control, 9:191.

Bonilla-Aldana, D Katterine; Aguirre-Florez, Mateo; Villamizar-Peña, Rhuvi; Gutiérrez-Ocampo, Estefanía; Henao-Martínez, Juan F; Cvetkovic-Vega, Aleksandar; Dhama, Kuldeep; Rabaan, Ali A; Sah, Ranjit; Rodriguez-Morales, Alfonso J; Schlagenhauf, Patricia; Paniz-Mondolfi, Alberto (2020). After SARS-CoV-2, will H5N6 and other influenza viruses follow the pandemic path? Le Infezioni in Medicina, 28(4):475-485.

Kuratli, Jasmin; Leonard, Cory Ann; Nufer, Lisbeth; Marti, Hanna; Schoborg, Robert; Borel, Nicole (2020). Maraviroc, celastrol and azelastine alter Chlamydia trachomatis development in HeLa cells. Journal of Medical Microbiology, 69(12):1351-1366.

Schmidt, Janne S; Kuster, Stefan P; Nigg, Aurélien; Dazio, Valentina; Brilhante, Michael; Rohrbach, Helene; Bernasconi, Odette J; Büdel, Thomas; Campos-Madueno, Edgar I; Gobeli Brawand, Stefanie; Schuller, Simone; Endimiani, Andrea; Perreten, Vincent; Willi, Barbara (2020). Poor infection prevention and control standards are associated with environmental contamination with carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales and other multidrug-resistant bacteria in Swiss companion animal clinics. Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control, 9(1):93.

Scheffold, Alexander; Bacher, Petra; LeibundGut-Landmann, Salomé (2020). T cell immunity to commensal fungi. Current Opinion in Microbiology, 58:116-123.

Martínez-González, Nahara Anani; Di Gangi, Stefania; Pichierri, Giuseppe; Neuner-Jehle, Stefan; Senn, Oliver; Plate, Andreas (2020). Time Trends and Factors Associated with Antibiotic Prescribing in Swiss Primary Care (2008 to 2020). Antibiotics, 9(11):837.

Mancini, Stefano; Bodendoerfer, Elias; Kolensnik-Goldmann, Natalia; Herren, Sebastian; Röthlin, Kim; Courvalin, Patrice; Böttger, Erik C (2020). Evaluation of standardized automated rapid antimicrobial susceptibility testing of Enterobacterales-containing blood cultures: a proof-of-principle study. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 75(11):3218-3229.

Young, Pang Y; Mueller, Thomas F; Sis, Banu; Churchill, Thomas A; Khadaroo, Rachel G (2020). Oncostatin M Plays a Critical Role in Survival after Acute Intestinal Ischemia: Reperfusion Injury. Surgical Infections, 21(9):799-806.

Senn, Viola; Bassler, Dirk; Choudhury, Rashikh; Scholkmann, Felix; Righini-Grunder, Franziska; Vuille-dit-Bile, Raphael N; Restin, Tanja (2020). Microbial Colonization From the Fetus to Early Childhood—A Comprehensive Review. Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 10:573735.

Zbinden, Florian R; De Ste Croix, Megan; Grandgirard, Denis; Haigh, Richard D; Vacca, Irene; Zamudio, Roxana; Goodall, Emily C A; Stephan, Roger; Oggioni, Marco R; Leib, Stephen L (2020). Pathogenic differences of Type 1 restriction-modification allele variants in experimental Listeria monocytogenes meningitis. Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 10:590657.

Schweizer, Tiziano A; Shambat, Srikanth Mairpady; Haunreiter, Vanina Dengler; Mestres, Carlos A; Weber, Alberto; Maisano, Francesco; Zinkernagel, Annelies S; Hasse, Barbara (2020). Polyester vascular graft material and risk for intracavitary thoracic vascular graft infection. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 26(10):2448-2452.

Mattila, Mirjami; Somervuo, Panu; Korkeala, Hannu; Stephan, Roger; Tasara, Taurai (2020). Transcriptomic and phenotypic analyses of the Sigma B-dependent characteristics and the synergism between Sigma B and Sigma L in Listeria monocytogenes EGD-e. Microorganisms, 8(11):1644.

Meyer Sauteur, Patrick M; Pánisová, Elena; Bachmann, Lucas M; Ambroggio, Lilliam; Berger, Christoph (2020). Evaluation of IgM Lateral Flow Assay as a Screening Tool for Mycoplasma pneumoniae Infection in Childhood Pneumonia. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 58(11):01498-20.

Sidler, Xaver; Sydler, Titus; Mateos, José Maria; Klausmann, Stefanie; Brugnera, Enrico (2020). Porcine Circovirus Type 2 Pathogenicity Alters Host’s Central Tolerance for Propagation. Pathogens, 9(10):839.

Wambui, Joseph; Eshwar, Athmanya K; Aalto-Araneda, Mariella; Pöntinen, Anna; Stevens, Marc J A; Njage, Patrick M K; Tasara, Taurai (2020). The analysis of field strains isolated from food, animal and clinical sources uncovers natural mutations in Listeria monocytogenes Nisin resistance genes. Frontiers in Microbiology, 11:549531.

Knirsch, Walter; Schuler, Stefanie Katharina; Christmann, Martin; Weber, Roland (2020). Correction to: Time‑trend population analysis of the clinical and epidemiologic effect on pediatric infective endocarditis after change of antibiotic prophylaxis guidelines. Infection, 48(5):679.

Schweiger, A; Kuster, S P; Maag, J; Züllig, S; Bertschy, S; Bortolin, E; John, G; Sax, H; Limacher, A; Atkinson, A; Schwappach, D; Marschall, J (2020). Impact of an evidence-based intervention on urinary catheter utilization, associated process indicators, and infectious and non-infectious outcomes. Journal of Hospital Infection, 106(2):364-371.

Knirsch, Walter; Schuler, Stefanie Katharina; Christmann, Martin; Weber, Roland (2020). Time-trend population analysis of the clinical and epidemiologic effect on pediatric infective endocarditis after change of antibiotic prophylaxis guidelines. Infection, 48(5):671-678.

Jang, Hyein; Chase, Hannah R; Gangiredla, Jayanthi; Grim, Christopher J; Patel, Isha R; Kothary, Mahendra H; Jackson, Scott A; Mammel, Mark K; Carter, Laurenda; Negrete, Flavia; Finkelstein, Samantha; Weinstein, Leah; Yan, QiongQiong; Iversen, Carol; Pagotto, Franco; Stephan, Roger; Lehner, Angelika; Eshwar, Athmanya K; Fanning, Séamus; Farber, Jeffery; Gopinath, Gopal R; Tall, Ben D; Pava-Ripoll, Monica (2020). Analysis of the molecular diversity among cronobacter species isolated from filth flies using targeted PCR, pan genomic DNA microarray, and whole Genome sequencing analyses. Frontiers in Microbiology, 11:561204.

Martínez-González, Nahara Anani; Keizer, Ellen; Plate, Andreas; Coenen, Samuel; Valeri, Fabio; Verbakel, Jan Yvan Jos; Rosemann, Thomas; Neuner-Jehle, Stefan; Senn, Oliver (2020). Point-of-Care C-Reactive protein testing to reduce antibiotic prescribing for respiratory tract infections in primary care: Systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials. Antibiotics, 9(9):E610.

Scotoni, Manuela; Koch, Julian; Julian, Timothy R; Clack, Lauren; Pitol, Ana K; Wolfensberger, Aline; Grass, Robert N; Sax, Hugo (2020). Silica nanoparticles with encapsulated DNA (SPED) - a novel surrogate tracer for microbial transmission in healthcare. Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control, 9:152.

Stalder, Sandro; Marti, Hanna; Borel, Nicole; Sachse, Konrad; Albini, Sarah; Vogler, Barbara Renate (2020). Occurrence of Chlamydiaceae in Raptors and Crows in Switzerland. Pathogens, 9(9):724.

Wyler, J; Meyer Sauteur, P M; Zbinden, R; Berger, Christoph (2020). Improved diagnosis of cat-scratch disease with an IgM enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for Bartonella henselae using N-lauroyl-sarcosine-insoluble protein antigen. Clinical Microbiology and Infection, 26(9):1271-1273.

Ghielmetti, Giovanni; Giger, Urs (2020). Mycobacterium avium: an emerging pathogen for dog breeds with hereditary immunodeficiencies. Current Clinical Microbiology Reports, 7(3):67-80.

Levenfus, Ian; Ullmann, Enrico; Battegay, Edouard; Schuurmans, Macé M (2020). Triage tool for suspected COVID-19 patients in the emergency room: AIFELL score. Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 24(5):458-461.

Tennert, Christian; Zinovieva, Yoana; Shishkov, Kalin; Karygianni, Lamprini; Altenburger, Makus Jörg; Wierichs, Richard J; Al-Ahmad, Ali (2020). Improving the Efficiency of Photodynamic Chemotherapy in Root Canals against Enterococcus faecalis In Vitro. Antibiotics, 9(9):543.

Wambui, Joseph; Cernela, Nicole; Corti, Sabrina; Stephan, Roger (2020). Comparative genome analysis and phenotypic characterization of Clostridium gasigenes CGAS001 isolated from chilled vacuum-packed lamb meat. Frontiers in Microbiology, 11:2048.

Burchard, Thomas; Karygianni, Lamprini; Hellwig, Elmar; Wittmer, Annette; Al-Ahmad, Ali (2020). Microbial Composition of Oral Biofilms after Visible Light and Water-Filtered Infrared a Radiation (VIS+wIRA) in Combination with Indocyanine Green (ICG) as Photosensitizer. Antibiotics, 9(9):532.

Sah, Ranjit; Donovan, Suzanne; Seth-Smith, Helena M B; Bloemberg, Guido; Wüthrich, Daniel; Stephan, Roger; Kataria, Sushila; Kumar, Mahadevan; Singla, Sonam; Deswal, Vikas; Kaur, Amarjeet; Neumayr, Andreas; Hinic, Vladimira; Egli, Adrian; Kuenzli, Esther (2020). A novel lineage of Ceftriaxone-resistant Salmonella Typhi from India that is closely related to XDR S. Typhi found in Pakistan. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 71(5):1327-1330.

Daley, Charles L; Iaccarino, Jonathan M; Lange, Christoph; Cambau, Emmanuelle; Wallace Jr, Richard J; Andrejak, Claire; Böttger, Erik C; Brozek, Jan; Griffith, David E; Guglielmetti, Lorenzo; Huitt, Gwen A; Knight, Shandra L; Leitman, Philip; Marras, Theodore K; Olivier, Kenneth N; Santin, Miguel; Stout, Jason E; Tortoli, Enrico; van Ingen, Jakko; Wagner, Dirk; Winthrop, Kevin L (2020). Treatment of Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Pulmonary Disease: An Official ATS/ERS/ESCMID/IDSA Clinical Practice Guideline. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 71(4):905-913.

Daley, Charles L; Iaccarino, Jonathan M; Lange, Christoph; Cambau, Emmanuelle; Wallace, Richard J; Andrejak, Claire; Böttger, Erik C; Brozek, Jan; Griffith, David E; Guglielmetti, Lorenzo; Huitt, Gwen A; Knight, Shandra L; Leitman, Philip; Marras, Theodore K; Olivier, Kenneth N; Santin, Miguel; Stout, Jason E; Tortoli, Enrico; van Ingen, Jakko; Wagner, Dirk; Winthrop, Kevin L (2020). Treatment of Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Pulmonary Disease: An Official ATS/ERS/ESCMID/IDSA Clinical Practice Guideline: Executive Summary. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 71(4):e1-e36.

Vach, Kirstin; Al-Ahmad, Ali; Anderson, Annette; Woelber, Johan Peter; Karygianni, Lamprini; Wittmer, Annette; Hellwig, Elmar (2020). Analysing the Relationship between Nutrition and the Microbial Composition of the Oral Biofilm-Insights from the Analysis of Individual Variability. Antibiotics, 9(8):479.

Karygianni, L; Ren, Z; Koo, H; Thurnheer, T (2020). Biofilm Matrixome: Extracellular Components in Structured Microbial Communities. Trends in Microbiology, 28(8):668-681.

Aumayer, Helen; Leonard, Cory Ann; Pesch, Theresa; Prähauser, Barbara; Wunderlin, Sabina; Guscetti, Franco; Borel, Nicole (2020). Chlamydia suis is associated with intestinal NF-κB activation in experimentally infected gnotobiotic piglets. FEMS Pathogens and Disease, 78(6):ftaa040.

Gu, Shaohua; Wei, Zhong; Shao, Zhengying; Friman, Ville-Petri; Cao, Kehao; Yang, Tianjie; Kramer, Jos; Wang, Xiaofang; Li, Mei; Mei, Xinlan; Xu, Yangchun; Shen, Qirong; Kümmerli, Rolf; Jousset, Alexandre (2020). Competition for iron drives phytopathogen control by natural rhizosphere microbiomes. Nature Microbiology, 5(8):1002-1010.

Guggisberg, Annina R; Alvarez Rojas, Cristian A; Kronenberg, Philipp A; Miranda, Nadia; Deplazes, Peter (2020). A sensitive, one-way sequential sieving method to isolate helminths’ eggs and protozoal oocysts from tettuce for genetic identification. Pathogens, 9(8):E624.

The Respond Study Group (2020). How to RESPOND to Modern Challenges for People Living with HIV: A Profile for a New Cohort Consortium. Microorganisms, 8(8):1164.

Muchaamba, Francis; Eshwar, Athmanya K; von Ah, Ueli; Stevens, Marc J A; Tasara, Taurai (2020). Evolution of Listeria monocytogenes during a persistent human prosthetic hip joint infection. Frontiers in Microbiology, 11:1726.

Meyer Sauteur, Patrick M (2020). Challenges and Progress Toward Determining Pneumonia Etiology. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 71(3):514-516.

Vitale, Alessandra; Pessi, Gabriella; Urfer, Matthias; Locher, Hans H; Zerbe, Katja; Obrecht, Daniel; Robinson, John A; Eberl, Leo (2020). Identification of genes required for resistance to peptidomimetic antibiotics by transposon sequencing. Frontiers in Microbiology, 11:1681.

Felten, Sandra; Klein-Richers, Ute; Hofmann-Lehmann, Regina; Bergmann, Michèle; Unterer, Stefan; Leutenegger, Christian M; Hartmann, Katrin (2020). Correlation of feline coronavirus shedding in feces with coronavirus antibody titer. Pathogens, 9(8):E598.

Habjanič, Jelena; Mathew, Anugraha; Eberl, Leo; Freisinger, Eva (2020). Deciphering the Enigmatic Function of Pseudomonas Metallothioneins. Frontiers in Microbiology, 11:1709.

Liu, Yilei; Bellich, Barbara; Hug, Sebastian; Eberl, Leo; Cescutti, Paola; Pessi, Gabriella (2020). The exopolysaccharide Cepacian plays a role in the establishment of the Paraburkholderia phymatum – Phaseolus vulgaris symbiosis. Frontiers in Microbiology, 11:1600.

Emond-Rheault, Jean-Guillaume; Hamel, Jérémie; Jeukens, Julie; Freschi, Luca; Kukavica-Ibrulj, Irena; Boyle, Brian; Tamber, Sandeep; Malo, Danielle; Franz, Eelco; Burnett, Elton; Daigle, France; Arya, Gitanjali; Sanderson, Kenneth; Wiedmann, Martin; Slawson, Robin M; Weadge, Joel T; Stephan, Roger; Bekal, Sadjia; Gruenheid, Samantha; Goodridge, Lawrence D; Levesque, Roger C (2020). The Salmonella enterica plasmidome as a reservoir of antibiotic resistance. Microorganisms, 8(7):1016.

Sommerstein, Rami; Fux, Christoph Andreas; Vuichard-Gysin, Danielle; Abbas, Mohamed; Marschall, Jonas; Balmelli, Carlo; Troillet, Nicolas; Harbarth, Stephan; Schlegel, Matthias; Widmer, Andreas; SwissNoso (2020). Risk of SARS-CoV-2 transmission by aerosols, the rational use of masks, and protection of healthcare workers from COVID-19. Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control, 9:100.

Barker, Emi N; Lait, Philippa; Ressel, Lorenzo; Blackwell, Emily-Jayne; Tasker, Séverine; Kedward-Dixon, Helen; Kipar, Anja; Helps, Christopher R (2020). Evaluation of interferon-gamma polymorphisms as a risk factor in feline infectious peritonitis development in non-pedigree cats: a large cohort study. Pathogens, 9(7):535.

Sendi, P; Kaempfen, A; Uçkay, I; Meier, R (2020). Bone and joint infections of the hand. Clinical Microbiology and Infection, 26(7):848-856.

Hage, René; Steinack, Carolin; Schuurmans, Macé M (2020). Calcineurin inhibitors revisited: A new paradigm for COVID-19? Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 24(4):365-367.

Kaelin, M B; Kuster, S P; Hasse, B; Schulthess, B; Imkamp, F; Halbe, M; Sander, P; Sax, H; Schreiber, P W (2020). Diversity of nontuberculous mycobacteria in Heater-Cooler Devices - results from prospective surveillance. Journal of Hospital Infection, 105(3):480-485.

Courlet, Perrine; Livio, Françoise; Alves Saldanha, Susana; Scherrer, Alexandra; Battegay, Manuel; Cavassini, Matthias; Stoeckle, Marcel; Decosterd, Laurent Arthur; Marzolini, Catia; Swiss HIV Cohort Study (2020). Real-life management of drug-drug interactions between antiretrovirals and statins. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 75(7):1972-1980.

Bodendoerfer, Elias; Marchesi, Martina; Imkamp, Frank; Courvalin, Patrice; Böttger, Erik C; Mancini, Stefano (2020). Co-occurrence of aminoglycoside and β-lactam resistance mechanisms in aminoglycoside- non-susceptible Escherichia coli isolated in the Zurich area, Switzerland. International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents, 56(1):106019.

Malbon, Alexandra J; Russo, Giancarlo; Burgener, Carole; Barker, Emi N; Meli, Marina L; Tasker, Séverine; Kipar, Anja (2020). The effect of natural Feline Coronavirus infection on the host immune response: a whole-transcriptome analysis of the mesenteric lymph nodes in cats with and without feline infectious peritonitis. Pathogens, 9(7):524.

Fritschi, Janine; Marti, Hanna; Seth-Smith, Helena M B; Aeby, Sébastien; Greub, Gilbert; Meli, Marina L; Hofmann-Lehmann, Regina; Mühldorfer, Kristin; Stokar-Regenscheit, Nadine; Wiederkehr, Danja; Pilo, Paola; Van Den Broek, Peggy Rüegg-; Borel, Nicole (2020). Prevalence and phylogeny of Chlamydiae and hemotropic mycoplasma species in captive and free-living bats. BMC Microbiology, 20(1):182.

Etter, Danai; Corti, Sabrina; Spirig, Simona; Cernela, Nicole; Stephan, Roger; Johler, Sophia (2020). Staphylococcus aureus population structure and genomic profiles in asymptomatic carriers in Switzerland. Frontiers in Microbiology, 11:1289.

Kuca, Thibaud; Passler, Thomas; Newcomer, Benjamin W; Neill, John D; Galik, Patricia K; Riddell, Kay P; Zhang, Yijing; Bayles, Darrell O; Walz, Paul H (2020). Changes introduced in the open reading frame of bovine viral diarrhea virus during serial infection of pregnant swine. Frontiers in Microbiology, 11:1138.

Greppi, Anna; Asare, Paul Tetteh; Schwab, Clarissa; Zemp, Niklaus; Stephan, Roger; Lacroix, Christophe (2020). Isolation and comparative genomic analysis of reuterin-producing Lactobacillus reuteri from the chicken gastrointestinal tract. Frontiers in Microbiology, 11:1166.

Mancini, Stefano; Röthlin, Kim; Bodendoerfer, Elias; Herren, Sebastian; Kolesnik-Goldmann, Natalia; Courvalin, Patrice; Zbinden, Reinhard; Böttger, Erik C (2020). Tentative breakpoints and areas of technical uncertainty for early reading automated disc diffusion for Enterobacterales. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 75(6):1495-1505.

Hochstrasser, Ramon; Hilbi, Hubert (2020). Legionella quorum sensing meets cyclic-di-GMP signaling. Current Opinion in Microbiology, 55(Juni):9-16.

Duguet, Thomas B; Soichot, Julien; Kuzyakiv, Rostyslav; Malmström, Lars; Tritten, Lucienne (2020). Extracellular vesicle-contained microRNA of C. elegans as a tool to decipher the molecular basis of nematode parasitism. Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 10:217.

Jiménez-Meléndez, Alejandro; Ramakrishnan, Chandra; Hehl, Adrian B; Russo, Giancarlo; Álvarez-García, Gema (2020). RNA-seq analyses reveal that endothelial activation and fibrosis are induced early and progressively by Besnoitia besnoiti host cell invasion and proliferation. Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 10:218.

Füri, Julia; Widmer, Andreas; Bornand, Delia; Berger, Christoph; Huttner, Benedikt; Bielicki, Julia Anna (2020). The potential negative impact of antibiotic pack on antibiotic stewardship in primary care in Switzerland: a modelling study. Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control, 9:60.

Lukic, Dejana; Karygianni, Lamprini; Flury, Manuela; Attin, Thomas; Thurnheer, Thomas. Endodontic-Like Oral Biofilms as Models for Multispecies Interactions in Endodontic Diseases. 2020, University of Zurich, Faculty of Medicine.

Sparber, Florian; Ruchti, Fiorella; LeibundGut-Landmann, Salomé (2020). Host Immunity to Malassezia in Health and Disease. Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 10:198.

Bluemel, Sena; Wang, Lirui; Kuelbs, Claire; Moncera, Kelvin; Torralba, Manolito; Singh, Harinder; Fouts, Derrick E; Schnabl, Bernd (2020). Intestinal and hepatic microbiota changes associated with chronic ethanol administration in mice. Gut Microbes, 11(3):265-275.

Abbas, M; Rossel, A; de Kraker, M E A; von Dach, E; Marti, C; Emonet, S; Harbarth, S; Kaiser, L; Uçkay, I (2020). Association between treatment duration and mortality or relapse in adult patients with Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia: a retrospective cohort study. Clinical Microbiology and Infection, 26(5):626-631.

Sahrmann, Philipp; Gilli, Fabienne; Wiedemeier, Daniel B; Attin, Thomas; Schmidlin, Patrick R; Karygianni, Lamprini (2020). The Microbiome of Peri-Implantitis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Microorganisms, 8(5):661.

Sax, Hugo; Schreiber, Peter W; Clack, Lauren; Ratz, David; Saint, Sanjay; Greene, M Todd; Kuster, Stefan P (2020). Preventing healthcare-associated infection in Switzerland: Results of a national survey. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, 41(5):597-600.

De Vrieze, Mout; Varadarajan, Adithi R; Schneeberger, Kerstin; Bailly, Aurélien; Rohr, Rudolf P; Ahrens, Christian H; Weisskopf, Laure (2020). Linking comparative genomics of nine potato-associated Pseudomonas isolates with their differing biocontrol potential against late blight. Frontiers in Microbiology, 11:857.

Meerwein, Milton; Tarnutzer, Andrea; Böni, Michelle; Van Bambeke, Françoise; Hombach, Michael; Zinkernagel, Annelies S (2020). Increased azithromycin susceptibility of multidrug-resistant gram-negative bacteria on RPMI-1640 agar assessed by disk diffusion testing. Antibiotics, 9(5):218.

Harro, Janette M; Shirtliff, Mark E; Arnold, William; Kofonow, Jennifer M; Dammling, Chad; Achermann, Yvonne; Brao, Kristen; Parvizi, Javad; Leid, Jeff G (2020). Development of a novel and rapid antibody-based diagnostic for chronic staphylococcus aureus Infections based on biofilm antigens. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 58(5):e01414-e01419.

Forconi, Catherine S; Oduor, Cliff I; Oluoch, Peter O; Ong'echa, John M; Münz, Christian; Bailey, Jeffrey A; Moormann, Ann M (2020). A New Hope for CD56negCD16pos NK Cells as Unconventional Cytotoxic Mediators: An Adaptation to Chronic Diseases. Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 10:162.

Unterweger, Christine; Schwarz, Lukas; Jelocnik, Martina; Borel, Nicole; Brunthaler, René; Inic-Kanada, Aleksandra; Marti, Hanna (2020). Isolation of tetracycline-resistant Chlamydia suis from a pig herd affected by reproductive disorders and conjunctivitis. Antibiotics, 9(4):E187.

Widmer, Thomas (2020). Switzerland. In: Stockmann, Reinhard; Meyer, Wolfang; Taube, Lena. The Institutionalisation of Evaluation in Europe. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, 199-225.

Ertuğrul, Bülent; Uçkay, İlker; Schöni, Madlaina; Peter-Riesch, Bettina; Lipsky, Benjamin A (2020). Management of diabetic foot infections in the light of recent literature and new international guidelines. Expert Review of Anti-Infective Therapy, 18(4):293-305.

Buckrell, Steven; Coleman, Brenda L; McNeil, Shelly A; Katz, Kevin; Muller, Matthew P; Simor, Andrew; Loeb, Mark; Powis, Jeff; Kuster, Stefan P; Di Bella, Julia M; Coleman, Kristy K L; Drews, Steven J; Kohler, Philipp; McGeer, Allison (2020). Sources of viral respiratory infections in Canadian acute care hospital healthcare personnel. Journal of Hospital Infection, 104(4):513-521.

Zhang, Xiaozhou; Arnold, Isabelle C; Müller, Anne (2020). Mechanisms of persistence, innate immune activation and immunomodulation by the gastric pathogen Helicobacter pylori. Current Opinion in Microbiology, 54:1-10.

Krauss, Jochen; Vikuk, Veronika; Young, Carolyn A; Krischke, Markus; Mueller, Martin J; Baerenfaller, Katja (2020). Epichloë Endophyte Infection Rates and Alkaloid Content in Commercially Available Grass Seed Mixtures in Europe. Microorganisms, 8(4):498.

Mischlinger, Johannes; Rönnberg, Caroline; Álvarez-Martínez, Míriam J; Bühler, Silja; Paul, Małgorzata; Schlagenhauf, Patricia; Petersen, Eskild; Ramharter, Michael (2020). Imported Malaria in Countries where Malaria Is Not Endemic: a Comparison of Semi-immune and Nonimmune Travelers. Clinical Microbiology Reviews, 33(2):e00104.

Mischlinger, Johannes; Muranaka, Riko; Bühler, Silja; Ramharter, Michael (2020). Measles, vaccines and types of perception bias in public debates. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 70(6):1258-1259.

Endimiani, Andrea; Brilhante, Michael; Bernasconi, Odette J; Perreten, Vincent; Schmidt, Janne S; Dazio, Valentina; Nigg, Aurélien; Gobeli Brawand, Stefanie; Kuster, Stefan P; Schuller, Simone; Willi, Barbara (2020). Employees of Swiss veterinary clinics colonized with epidemic clones of carbapenemase-producing Escherichia coli. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 75(3):766-768.

Sommerstein, Rami; Hasse, Barbara; Widmer, Andreas F (2020). Invasive Mycobacterium chimaera infections and heater-cooler devices in cardiac surgery. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 26(3):632-633.

Wist, Valerie; Morach, Marina; Schneeberger, Marianne; Cernela, Nicole; Stevens, Marc J A; Zurfluh, Katrin; Stephan, Roger; Nüesch-Inderbinen, Magdalena (2020). Phenotypic and genotypic traits of vancomycin-resistant enterococci from healthy food-producing animals. Microorganisms, 8(2):261.

Kovari, Helen; Calmy, Alexandra; Doco-Lecompte, Thanh; Nkoulou, René; Marzel, Alex; Weber, Rainer; Kaufmann, Philipp A; Buechel, Ronny R; Ledergerber, Bruno; Tarr, Philip E; Swiss HIV Cohort Study (2020). Antiretroviral Drugs Associated with Subclinical Coronary Artery Disease in the Swiss HIV Cohort Study. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 70(5):884-889.

Dietrich, Léna G; Barceló, Catalina; Thorball, Christian W; Ryom, Lene; Burkhalter, Felix; Hasse, Barbara; Furrer, Hansjakob; Weisser, Maja; Steffen, Ana; Bernasconi, Enos; Cavassini, Matthias; de Seigneux, Sophie; Csajka, Chantal; Fellay, Jacques; Ledergerber, Bruno; Tarr, Philip E; Swiss HIV Cohort Study (2020). Contribution of genetic background and clinical D:A:D risk score to chronic kidney disease in Swiss HIV-positive persons with normal baseline estimated glomerular filtration rate. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 70(5):890-897.

Jang, Hyein; Gopinath, Gopal R; Eshwar, Athmanya; Srikumar, Shabarinath; Nguyen, Scott; Gangiredla, Jayanthi; Patel, Isha R; Finkelstein, Samantha B; Negrete, Flavia; Woo, JungHa; Lee, YouYoung; Fanning, Séamus; Stephan, Roger; Tall, Ben D; Lehner, Angelika (2020). The secretion of toxins and other exoproteins of cronobacter: role in virulence, adaption, and persistence. Microorganisms, 8(2):229.

Bertisch, Barbara; Brezzi, Matteo; Negro, Francesco; Müllhaupt, Beat; Ottiger, Cornelia; Künzler-Heule, Patrizia; Schmid, Patrick; Giudici, Fabio; Clerc, Olivier; Moriggia, Alberto; Roelens, Maroussia; Marinucci, Francesco; Zehnder, Cinzia; Moradpour, Darius; Keiser, Olivia; Swiss Hepatitis C Cohort Study (2020). Very low hepatitis C viral loads in treatment-naïve persons: do they compromise hepatitis C virus antigen testing? Clinical Infectious Diseases, 70(4):653-659.

Plate, A; Weichselbaumer, V; Schüpbach, R; Fucentese, S F; Berli, M; Hüllner, M; Achermann, Y (2020). Diagnostic accuracy of $^{99m}$Tc-antigranulocyte SPECT/CT in patients with osteomyelitis and orthopaedic device-related infections: A retrospective analysis. International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 91:79-86.

Redli, Patrick M; Wanzenried, Adrian; Huder, Jon B; Berger, Christoph; Berlinger, Livia; Capaul, Riccarda; Böni, Jürg; Zbinden, Andrea (2020). Evaluation of the RIDA®GENE RT-PCR assays for detection of sapovirus, astrovirus, adenovirus, and rotavirus in stool samples of adults in Switzerland. Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease, 96(2):114924.

Rezzoagli, Chiara; Granato, Elisa T; Kümmerli, Rolf (2020). Harnessing bacterial interactions to manage infections: a review on the opportunistic pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa as a case example. Journal of Medical Microbiology, 69(2):147-161.

Dušek, Davorka; Vince, Adriana; Kurelac, Ivan; Papić, Neven; Višković, Klaudija; Deplazes, Peter; Beck, Relja (2020). Human Alveolar Echinococcosis, Croatia. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 26(2):364-366.

Winter, S; Meyer-Lindenberg, Andrea; Wolf, G; Reese, S; Nolff, M C (2020). In vitro evaluation of the decontamination effect of cold atmospheric argon plasma on selected bacteria frequently encountered in small animal bite injuries. Journal of Microbiological Methods, 169:105728.

Hasse, Barbara; Hannan, Margaret M; Keller, Peter M; Maurer, Florian P; Sommerstein, Rami; Mertz, Dominik; et al; Bettex, Dominique; Schreiber, Peter W; Zweifel, Sandrine A; Sander, P; Schulthess, B (2020). International Society of Cardiovascular Infectious Diseases Guidelines for the Diagnosis, Treatment and Prevention of Disseminated Mycobacterium chimaera Infection Following Cardiac Surgery with Cardiopulmonary Bypass. Journal of Hospital Infection, 104(2):214-235.

Hanna, Nabil; Kicka, Sébastien; Chiriano, Gianpaolo; Harrison, Christopher; Sakouhi, Hajer Ouertatani; Trofimov, Valentin; Kranjc, Agata; Nitschke, Jahn; Pagni, Marco; Cosson, Pierre; Hilbi, Hubert; Scapozza, Leonardo; Soldati, Thierry (2020). Identification of Anti-Mycobacterium and Anti-Legionella Compounds With Potential Distinctive Structural Scaffolds From an HD-PBL Using Phenotypic Screens in Amoebae Host Models. Frontiers in Microbiology, 11:266.

Julian, Kathleen G; Crook, Tonya; Curley, Eugene; Appenheimer, A Ben; Paules, Catharine I; Hasse, Barbara; Diekema, Daniel J; Daley, Charles L; de Sanctis, Jorgelina; Hellinger, Walter C; Levin, Adrah; McSherry, George; Freer, Carol; Whitener, Cynthia J (2020). Long-term follow-up of post-cardiac surgery Mycobacterium chimaera infections: A 5-center case series. Journal of Infection, 80(2):197-203.

Salazar-Vizcaya, Luisa; Kusejko, Katharina; Schmidt, Axel J; Carrillo-Montoya, Germán; Nicca, Dunja; Wandeler, Gilles; Braun, Dominique L; Fehr, Jan; Darling, Katharine E A; Bernasconi, Enos; Schmid, Patrick; Günthard, Huldrych F; Kouyos, Roger D; Rauch, Andri (2020). Clusters of sexual behaviour in HIV-positive men who have sex with men reveal highly dissimilar time trends. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 70(3):416-424.

Asare, Paul Tetteh; Zurfluh, Katrin; Greppi, Anna; Lynch, Denise; Schwab, Clarissa; Stephan, Roger; Lacroix, Christophe (2020). Reuterin demonstrates potent antimicrobial activity against a broad panel of human and poultry meat Campylobacter spp. isolates. Microorganisms, 8(1):78.

Abela, Irene A; Scherrer, Alexandra U; Böni, Jürg; Yerly, Sabine; Klimkait, Thomas; Perreau, Matthieu; Hirsch, Hans H; Furrer, Hansjakob; Calmy, Alexandra; Schmid, Patrick; Cavassini, Matthias; Bernasconi, Enos; Günthard, Huldrych F; Swiss HIV Cohort Study (2020). Emergence of drug resistance in the Swiss HIV Cohort Study under potent antiretroviral therapy is observed in socially disadvantaged patients. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 70(2):297-303.

Veronesi, Eva; Darpel, Karin; Gubbins, Simon; Batten, Carrie; Nomikou, Kyriaki; Mertens, Peter; Carpenter, Simon (2020). Diversity of transmission outcomes following co-infection of sheep with strains of bluetongue virus serotype 1 and 8. Microorganisms, 8(6):851.

Kappler, Katharina; Lasanajak, Yi; Smith, David F; Opitz, Lennart; Hennet, Thierry (2020). Increased Antibody Response to Fucosylated Oligosaccharides and Fucose-Carrying Bacteroides Species in Crohn's Disease. Frontiers in Microbiology, 11:1553.

Meerwein, Milton. Increased Azithromycin Susceptibility of Multidrug-Resistant Gram-Negative Bacteria on RPMI-1640 Agar Assessed by Disk Diffusion Testing. 2020, University of Zurich, Faculty of Medicine.

Häffner, Nicola; Bär, Julian; Dengler Haunreiter, Vanina; Mairpady Shambat, Srikanth; Seidl, Kati; Crosby, Heidi A; Horswill, Alexander R; Zinkernagel, Annelies S (2020). Intracellular environment and agr system affect colony size heterogeneity of Staphylococcus aureus. Frontiers in Microbiology, 11:1415.

Lamrabet, Otmane; Melotti, Astrid; Burdet, Frédéric; Hanna, Nabil; Perrin, Jackie; Nitschke, Jahn; Pagni, Marco; Hilbi, Hubert; Soldati, Thierry; Cosson, Pierre (2020). Transcriptional Responses of Dictyostelium discoideum Exposed to Different Classes of Bacteria. Frontiers in Microbiology, 11:410.

2019

Kulik, Eva M; Thurnheer, Thomas; Karygianni, Lamprini; Walter, Clemens; Sculean, Anton; Eick, Sigrun (2019). Antibiotic Susceptibility Patterns of Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans and Porphyromonas gingivalis Strains from Different Decades. Antibiotics, 8(4):253.

Lenherr Ramos, Laura; Weber, Rainer; Sax, Hugo; Giovanoli, Pietro; Kuster, Stefan P (2019). A comprehensive unit-based safety program for the reduction of surgical site infections in plastic surgery and hand surgery. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, 40(12):1367-1373.

Plate, Andreas; Kronenberg, Andreas; Risch, Martin; Mueller, Yolanda; Di Gangi, Stefania; Rosemann, Thomas; Senn, Oliver (2019). Active surveillance of antibiotic resistance patterns in urinary tract infections in primary care in Switzerland. Infection, 47(6):1027-1035.

Kuenzli, Esther; Büdel, Thomas; Bernasconi, Odette J; Schlagenhauf, Patricia; Florek, Peter; Gültekin, Nejla; Hatz, Christoph; Endimiani, Andrea (2019). Intestinal colonisation with multidrug-resistant Enterobacteriaceae: Screening of Swiss military deployed to Kosovo. Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance, 19:93-95.

Breckwoldt, Jan; Knecht, Monika; Massée, Ralph; Flach, Barbara; Hofmann-Huber, Caroline; Kaap-Fröhlich, Sylvia; Witt, Claudia M; Aeberhard, Ruth; Sax, Hugo (2019). Operating room technician trainees teach medical students - an inter-professional peer teaching approach for infection prevention strategies in the operation room. Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control, 8(1):75.

Kavagutti, Vinicius S; Andrei, Adrian-Stefan; Mehrshad, Maliheh; Salcher, Michaela M; Ghai, Rohit (2019). Phage-centric ecological interactions in aquatic ecosystems revealed through ultra-deep metagenomics. Microbiome, 7:135.

Wolfensberger, Aline; Kuster, Stefan P; Marchesi, Martina; Zbinden, Reinhard; Hombach, Michael (2019). The effect of varying multidrug-resistence (MDR) definitions on rates of MDR gram-negative rods. Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control, 8:193.

Clack, Lauren; Stühlinger, Manuel; Meier, Marie-Theres; Wolfensberger, Aline; Sax, Hugo (2019). User-centred participatory design of visual cues for isolation precautions. Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control, 8:179.

Wambui, Joseph; Njage, Patrick Murigu Kamau; Tasara, Taurai; Buys, Elna Maria (2019). Meta-analysis and meta-regression indicate dynamic prevalence and moderators of foodborne pathogens in African indigenous fermented milk. Microorganisms, 7(11):563.

Mody, Lona; Washer, Laraine L; Kaye, Keith S; Gibson, Kristen; Saint, Sanjay; Reyes, Katherine; Cassone, Marco; Mantey, Julia; Cao, Jie; Altamimi, Sarah; Perri, Mary; Sax, Hugo; Chopra, Vineet; Zervos, Marcus (2019). Multidrug-resistant organisms in hospitals: what Is on patient hands and in their rooms? Clinical Infectious Diseases, 69(11):1837-1844.

Wolfensberger, A; Jakob, W; Faes Hesse, M; Kuster, S P; Meier, A H; Schreiber, P W; Clack, L; Sax, H (2019). Development and validation of a semi-automated surveillance system-lowering the fruit for non-ventilator-associated hospital-acquired pneumonia (nvHAP) prevention. Clinical Microbiology and Infection, 25(11):1428.e7-1428.e13.

Mancini, Stefano; Keller, Peter M; Greiner, Michael; Bruderer, Vera; Imkamp, Frank (2019). Detection of NDM-19, a novel variant of the New Delhi metallo-β-lactamase with increased carbapenemase activity under zinc-limited conditions, in Switzerland. Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease, 95(3):114851.

Horlbog, Jule Anna; Stevens, Marc J A; Stephan, Roger; Guldimann, Claudia (2019). Global transcriptional response of three highly acid-tolerant field strains of listeria monocytogenes to HCl stress. Microorganisms, 7(10):455.

Asner, Sandra A; Agyeman, Philipp K A; Gradoux, Eugénie; Posfay-Barbe, Klara M; Heininger, Ulrich; Giannoni, Eric; Crisinel, Pierre A; Stocker, Martin; Bernhard-Stirnemann, Sara; Niederer-Loher, Anita; Kahlert, Christian R; Hasters, Paul; Relly, Christa; Baer, Walter; Aebi, Christoph; Schlapbach, Luregn J; Berger, Christoph (2019). Burden of Streptococcus pneumoniae sepsis in children after introduction of pneumococcal conjugate vaccines - a prospective population-based cohort study. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 69(9):1574-1580.

Braun, Dominique L; Turk, Teja; Tschumi, Fabian; Grube, Christina; Hampel, Benjamin; Depmeier, Carsten; Schreiber, Peter W; Brugger, Silvio D; Greiner, Michael; Steffens, Daniela; de Torrenté-Bayard, Cornelia; Courlet, Perrine; Neumann, Kathrin; Kuster, Herbert; Flepp, Markus; Bertisch, Barbara; Decosterd, Laurent; Böni, Jürg; Metzner, Karin J; Kouyos, Roger D; Günthard, Huldrych F (2019). Non-inferiority of simplified dolutegravir monotherapy compared to continued combination antiretroviral therapy that was initiated during primary HIV infection: a randomized, controlled, multi-site, open-label, non-inferiority trial. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 69(9):1489-1497.

Pohlmann, Anne; Hoffmann, Donata; Grund, Christian; Koethe, Susanne; Hüssy, Daniela; Meier, Simone Martina; King, Jacqueline; Schinköthe, Jan; Ulrich, Reiner; Harder, Timm; Beer, Martin (2019). Genetic characterization and zoonotic potential of highly pathogenic Avian influenza virus A(H5N6/H5N5), Germany, 2017–2018. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 25(10):1973-1976.

Büdel, Thomas; Kuenzli, Esther; Clément, Mathieu; Bernasconi, Odette J; Fehr, Jan; Mohammed, Ali Haji; Hassan, Nadir Khatib; Zinsstag, Jakob; Hatz, Christoph; Endimiani, Andrea (2019). Polyclonal gut colonization with extended-spectrum cephalosporin- and/or colistin-resistant Enterobacteriaceae: a normal status for hotel employees on the island of Zanzibar, Tanzania. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 74(10):2880-2890.

Wagner, Karoline; Preiswerk, Benjamin; Keller, Peter M; Schulthess, Bettina (2019). Defining threshold values in microscopic examination and qPCR for optimal performance of line probe assays for resistance detection in Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex. Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease, 95(2):159-161.

Schlagenhauf, Patricia; Patel, Dipti (2019). «Who» «Where» and «Why» moves to checkmate imported malaria? Clinical Infectious Diseases, 69(7):1163-1164.

Waibel, Felix W A; Uçkay, Ilker; Sairanen, Kati; Waibel, Lorenz; Berli, Martin C; Böni, Thomas; Gariani, Karim; Lipsky, Benjamin A (2019). Diabetic calcaneal osteomyelitis. Le Infezioni in Medicina, 27(3):225-238.

Barcelo, Catalina; Aouri, Manel; Courlet, Perrine; Guidi, Monia; Braun, Dominique L; Günthard, Huldrych F; Piso, Rein J; Cavassini, Matthias; Buclin, Thierry; Decosterd, Laurent A; Csajka, Chantal; Swiss HIV Cohort Study (2019). Population pharmacokinetics of dolutegravir: influence of drug-drug interactions in a real-life setting. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 74(9):2690-2697.

Schreiber, Peter W; Kufner, Verena; Hübel, Kerstin; Schmutz, Stefan; Zagordi, Osvaldo; Kaur, Amandeep; Bayard, Cornelia; Greiner, Michael; Zbinden, Andrea; Capaul, Riccarda; Böni, Jürg; Hirsch, Hans H; Mueller, Thomas F; Mueller, Nicolas J; Trkola, Alexandra; Huber, Michael (2019). Metagenomic virome sequencing in living donor-recipient kidney transplant pairs revealed JC Polyomavirus transmission. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 69(6):987-994.

Leong, Cheryl; Schmid, Bettina; Toi, Min Jet; Wang, Joyce; Irudayaswamy, Antony Sagayaraj; Goh, Joleen Peh Zhen; Bosshard, Philipp P; Glatz, Martin; Dawson, Thomas L (2019). Geographical and Ethnic Differences Influence Culturable Commensal Yeast Diversity on Healthy Skin. Frontiers in Microbiology, 10:1891.

Bogdanovic, Jasmina; Petralito, Serge; Passerini, Simone; Sax, Hugo; Manser, Tanja; Clack, Lauren (2019). Exploring healthcare providers' mental models of the infection prevention "patient zone" - a concept mapping study. Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control, 8:138.

Courlet, Perrine; Decosterd, Laurent Arthur; Brown, Jennifer Anne; Alves Saldanha, Susana; Marzolini, Catia; Cavassini, Matthias; Stoeckle, Marcel; Csajka, Chantal; Labhardt, Niklaus Daniel; Calmy, Alexandra; Swiss HIV Cohort Study (2019). Emtricitabine and lamivudine concentrations in saliva: a simple suitable test for treatment adherence. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 74(8):2468-2470.

Benkabouche, Mohamed; Racloz, Guillaume; Spechbach, Hervé; Lipsky, Benjamin A; Gaspoz, Jean-Michel; Uçkay, Ilker (2019). Four versus six weeks of antibiotic therapy for osteoarticular infections after implant removal: a randomized trial. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 74(8):2394-2399.

Anagnostopoulos, Alexia; Ledergerber, Bruno; Kuster, Stefan P; Scherrer, Alexandra U; Näf, Bettina; Greiner, Michael A; Rancic, Zoran; Kobe, Adrian; Bettex, Dominique; Hasse, Barbara (2019). Inadequate perioperative prophylaxis and postsurgical complications after graft implantation are important risk factors for subsequent vascular graft infections – prospective results from the VASGRA Cohort Study. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 69(4):621-630.

Grillová, Linda; Oppelt, Jan; Mikalová, Lenka; Novakova, Marketa; Giacani, Lorenzo; Niesnerová, Anežka; Noda, Angel A; Mechaly, Ariel E; Pospíšilová, Petra; Čejková, Darina; Grange, Philippe A; Dupin, Nicolas; Strnadel, Radim; Chen, Marcus; Denham, Ian; Arora, Natasha; Picardeau, Mathieu; Weston, Christopher; Forsyth, R Allyn; Šmajs, David (2019). Directly Sequenced Genomes of Contemporary Strains of Syphilis Reveal Recombination-Driven Diversity in Genes Encoding Predicted Surface-Exposed Antigens. Frontiers in Microbiology, 10:1691.

Gimeno, Alejandro; Sohlberg, Elina; Pakula, Tiina; Limnell, Jenni; Keller, Beat; Laitila, Arja; Vogelgsang, Susanne (2019). TaqMan qPCR for Quantification of Clonostachys rosea Used as a Biological Control Agent Against Fusarium graminearum. Frontiers in Microbiology, 10:1627.

Leonard, Cory Ann; Schoborg, Robert V; Low, Nicola; Unemo, Magnus; Borel, Nicole (2019). Pathogenic interplay between chlamydia trachomatis and neisseria gonorrhoeae that influences management and control efforts-more questions than answers? Current Clinical Microbiology Reports, 6:182-191.

Kropac, Alexandra C; Eshwar, Athmanya K; Stephan, Roger; Tasara, Taurai (2019). New insights on the role of the pLMST6 plasmid in listeria monocytogenes biocide tolerance and virulence. Frontiers in Microbiology, 10:1538.

Bulzu, Paul-Adrian; Andrei, Adrian-Stefan; Salcher, Michaela M; Mehrshad, Maliheh; Inoue, Keiichi; Kandori, Hideki; Beja, Oded; Ghai, Rohit; Banciu, Horia L (2019). Casting light on Asgardarchaeota metabolism in a sunlit microoxic niche. Nature Microbiology, 4(7):1129-1137.

Zeaki, Nikoleta; Johler, Sophia; Skandamis, Panagiotis N; Schelin, Jenny (2019). The role of regulatory mechanisms and environmental parameters in Staphylococcal food poisoning and resulting challenges to risk assessment. Frontiers in Microbiology, 10:1307.

Chrdle, Aleš; Trnka, Tomáš; Musil, David; Fucentese, Sandro F; Bode, Peter; Keller, Peter M; Achermann, Yvonne (2019). periprosthetic joint infections diagnosed with growth in cultures. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 57(8):e00339-19.

Frey, Pascal M; Marti, Grischa R; Droz, Sara; de Roche von Arx, Mirjam; Suter-Riniker, Franziska; Aujesky, Drahomir; Brugger, Silvio D (2019). Bacterial colonization of handheld devices in a tertiary care setting: a hygiene intervention study. Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control, 8:97.

Sommerstein, Rami; Marschall, Jonas; Kuster, Stefan P; Troillet, Nicolas; Carrel, Thierry; Eckstein, Friedrich S; Widmer, Andreas F (2019). Cardiovascular daytime varying effect in cardiac surgery on surgical site infections and 1-year mortality: A prospective cohort study with 22,305 patients. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, 40(6):727-728.

Clack, Lauren; Willi, Ursina; Berenholtz, Sean; Aiken, Alexander M; Allegranzi, Benedetta; Sax, Hugo (2019). Implementation of a surgical unit-based safety programme in African hospitals: a multicentre qualitative study. Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control, 8:91.

Tall, Ben D; Gopinath, Gopal; Gangiredla, Jayanthi; Patel, Isha R; Fanning, Séamus; Lehner, Angelika (2019). Cronobacter Species. In: Doyle, MP; Diez-Gonzales, R; Hill, C. Food Microbiology: Fundamentals and Frontiers. Washington, 389-414.

Wolfensberger, Aline; Anagnostopoulos, Alexia; Clack, Lauren; Meier, Marie-Theres; Kuster, Stefan P; Sax, Hugo (2019). Effectiveness of an edutainment video teaching standard precautions - a randomized controlled evaluation study. Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control, 8:82.

Wambui, Joseph; Stephan, Roger (2019). Relevant aspects of Clostridium estertheticum as a specific spoilage organism of vacuum-packed meat. Microorganisms, 7(5):142.

Günthard, Huldrych F; Calvez, Vincent; Paredes, Roger; Pillay, Deenan; Shafer, Robert W; Wensing, Annemarie M; Jacobsen, Donna M; Richman, Douglas D (2019). Reply to Ambrosioni et al. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 68(11):1977-1978.

Uçkay, Ilker; Christofilopoulos, Panayiotis (2019). Idiopathic bone marrow edema with joint effusion - a differential diagnosis to infectious osteomyelitis. International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 84:97-98.

Kuratli, Jasmin; Borel, Nicole (2019). Perspective: Water-Filtered Infrared-A-Radiation (wIRA) – novel treatment options for chlamydial infections? Frontiers in Microbiology, 10:1053.

Muchaamba, Francis; Eshwar, Athmanya K; Stevens, Marc J A; von Ah, Ueli; Tasara, Taurai (2019). Variable carbon source utilization, stress resistance, and virulence profiles among Listeria monocytogenes strains responsible for Listeriosis outbreaks in Switzerland. Frontiers in Microbiology, 10:957.

Wagner, Karoline; Mancini, Stefano; Ritter, Claudia; Böttger, Erik C; Keller, Peter M (2019). Evaluation of the AID AmpC line probe assay for molecular detection of AmpC-producing Enterobacterales. Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance, 19:8-13.

Sparber, Florian; LeibundGut-Landmann, Salomé (2019). Interleukin-17 in antifungal immunity. Pathogens, 8(2):E54.

Silva, Marisa O D; Desmond, Peter; Derlon, Nicolas; Morgenroth, Eberhard; Pernthaler, Jakob (2019). Source Community and Assembly Processes Affect the Efficiency of Microbial Microcystin Degradation on Drinking Water Filtration Membranes. Frontiers in Microbiology, 10:843.

Plate, A; Anagnostopoulos, A; Glanzmann, J; Stadler, L; Weigelt, L; Sutter, R; Kästli, M; Zinkernagel, A S; Zingg, P O; Achermann, Y (2019). Synovial C-reactive protein features high negative predictive value but is not useful as a single diagnostic parameter in suspected periprosthetic joint infection (PJI). Journal of Infection, 78(6):439-444.

Wagner, K; Springer, B; Pires, V P; Keller, P M (2019). High-throughput screening of bacterial pathogens in clinical specimens using 16S rDNA qPCR and fragment analysis. Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease, 93(4):287-292.

Tarnutzer, Andrea; Andreoni, Federica; Keller, Nadia; Zürcher, Claudia; Norrby-Teglund, Anna; Schuepbach, Reto A; Zinkernagel, Annelies S (2019). Human polyspecific immunoglobulin attenuates group A streptococcal virulence factor activity and reduces disease severity in a murine necrotizing fasciitis model. Clinical Microbiology and Infection, 25(4):512.e7-512.e13.

Juhas, Mario; Widlake, Emma; Teo, Jeanette; Huseby, Douglas L; Tyrrell, Jonathan M; Polikanov, Yury S; Ercan, Onur; Petersson, Anna; Cao, Sha; Aboklaish, Ali F; Rominski, Anna; Crich, David; Böttger, Erik C; Walsh, Timothy R; Hughes, Diarmaid; Hobbie, Sven N (2019). In vitro activity of apramycin against multidrug-, carbapenem- and aminoglycoside-resistant Enterobacteriaceae and Acinetobacter baumannii. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 74(4):944-952.

Bommana, Sankhya; Jelocnik, Martina; Borel, Nicole; Marsh, Ian; Carver, Scott; Polkinghorne, Adam (2019). The limitations of commercial serological assays for detection of chlamydial infections in Australian livestock. Journal of Medical Microbiology, 68(4):627-632.

Uçkay, Ilker; Berli, Martin; Sendi, Parham; Lipsky, Benjamin A (2019). Principles and practice of antibiotic stewardship in the management of diabetic foot infections. Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases, 32(2):95-101.

Bernardi, Sara; Continenza, Maria Adelaide; Al-Ahmad, Ali; Karygianni, Lamprini; Follo, Marie; Filippi, Andreas; Macchiarelli, Guido (2019). Streptococcus spp. and Fusobacterium nucleatum in tongue dorsum biofilm from halitosis patients: a fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) and confocal laser scanning microscopy (CLSM) study. The New Microbiologica, 42(2):108-113.

Uçkay, Ilker; Stirnemann, Jérôme (2019). Exanthema associated with Capnocytophaga canimorsus bacteremia. International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 82:104-105.

Stoller, Andrea; Stevens, Marc J A; Stephan, Roger; Guldimann, Claudia (2019). Characteristics of Listeria monocytogenes strains persisting in a meat processing facility over a 4-year period. Pathogens, 8(1):E32.

Zurfluh, Katrin; Zogg, Anna Lena; Klumpp, Jochen; Schmitt, Sarah; Stephan, Roger; Nüesch-Inderbinen, Magdalena (2019). Complete nucleotide sequences of six blaCTX-M-1-encoding plasmids from Escherichia coli isolated from urinary tract and wound infections in dogs. Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance, 16:117-119.

Lepuschitz, Sarah; Ruppitsch, Werner; Pekard-Amenitsch, Shiva; Forsythe, Stephen J; Cormican, Martin; Mach, Robert L; Piérard, Denis; Allerberger, Franz (2019). Multicenter study of Cronobacter sakazakii Infections in humans, Europe, 2017. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 25(3):515-522.

Wagner, K; Imkamp, F; Pires, V P; Keller, P M (2019). Evaluation of Lightmix Mycoplasma macrolide assay for detection of macrolide-resistant Mycoplasma pneumoniae in pneumonia patients. Clinical Microbiology and Infection, 25(3):383.e5-383.e7.

Pitsch, Gianna; Bruni, Estelle Patricia; Forster, Dominik; Qu, Zhishuai; Sonntag, Bettina; Stoeck, Thorsten; Posch, Thomas (2019). Seasonality of Planktonic Freshwater Ciliates: Are Analyses Based on V9 Regions of the 18S rRNA Gene Correlated With Morphospecies Counts? Frontiers in Microbiology, 10:248.

Leon-Reyes, Selene; Schäfer, Juliane; Früh, Mathias; Schwenkglenks, Matthias; Reich, Oliver; Schmidlin, Kurt; Staehelin, Cornelia; Battegay, Manuel; Cavassini, Matthias; Hasse, Barbara; Bernasconi, Enos; Calmy, Alexandra; Hoffmann, Matthias; Schoeni-Affolter, Franziska; Zhao, Hongwei; Bucher, Heiner C (2019). Cost estimates for HIV care and patient characteristics for health resource utilisation from linkage of claims data with the Swiss HIV Cohort Study. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 68(5):827-833.

Grobusch, Martin P; Rodríguez-Morales, Alfonso J; Schlagenhauf, Patricia (2019). The Primaquine Problem-and the Solution? Point-of-care Diagnostics for Glucose 6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase Deficiency. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 69(8):1443-1445.

Shepherd, Leah; Ryom, Lene; Law, Matthew; Petoumenos, Kathy; Hatleberg, Camilla Ingrid; d'Arminio Monforte, Antonella; Sabin, Caroline; Bower, Mark; Bonnet, Fabrice; Reiss, Peter; de Wit, Stephane; Pradier, Christian; Weber, Rainer; El-Sadr, Wafaa; Lundgren, Jens; Mocroft, Amanda (2019). Cessation of Cigarette Smoking and the Impact on Cancer Incidence in HIV-positive Persons: The D:A:D Study. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 68(4):650-657.

Scudeller, L; Rodríguez-Baño, J; Zinkernagel, A; Tacconelli, Evelina; Akova, M; Friedrich, A W; Sanguinetti, M; Paul, M; Poljak, M (2019). ESCMID white paper: a guide on ESCMID guidance documents. Clinical Microbiology and Infection, 25(2):155-162.

Braun, Dominique L; Hampel, Benjamin; Kouyos, Roger; Nguyen, Huyen; Shah, Cyril; Flepp, Markus; Stöckle, Marcel; Conen, Anna; Béguelin, Charles; Künzler-Heule, Patrizia; Nicca, Dunja; Schmid, Patrick; Delaloye, Julie; Rougemont, Mathieu; Bernasconi, Enos; Rauch, Andri; Günthard, Huldrych F; Böni, Jürg; Fehr, Jan S; Swiss HIV Cohort Study (2019). High Cure Rates With Grazoprevir-Elbasvir With or Without Ribavirin Guided by Genotypic Resistance Testing Among Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Hepatitis C Virus-coinfected Men Who Have Sex With Men. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 68(4):569-576.

Braun, Dominique L; Hampel, Benjamin; Martin, Eileen; Kouyos, Roger; Kusejko, Katharina; Grube, Christina; Flepp, Markus; Stöckle, Marcel; Conen, Anna; Béguelin, Charles; Schmid, Patrick; Delaloye, Julie; Rougemont, Mathieu; Bernasconi, Enos; Rauch, Andri; Günthard, Huldrych F; Böni, Jürg; Fehr, Jan S; Swiss HIV Cohort Study (2019). High Number of Potential Transmitters Revealed in a Population-based Systematic Hepatitis C Virus RNA Screening Among Human Immunodeficiency Virus-infected Men Who Have Sex With Men. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 68(4):561-568.

Bachmann, Nadine; von Braun, Amrei; Labhardt, Niklaus D; Kadelka, Claus; Günthard, Huldrych F; Sekaggya-Wiltshire, Christine; Castelnuovo, Barbara; Kambugu, Andrew; Lejone, Thabo I; Böni, Jürg; Yerly, Sabine; Perreau, Matthieu; Klimkait, Thomas; Kouyos, Roger D; Fehr, Jan; Swiss HIV Cohort Study (2019). Importance of routine viral load monitoring: higher levels of resistance at ART failure in Uganda and Lesotho compared with Switzerland. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 74(2):468-472.

Guanziroli, N; Hannouche, D; Uçkay, I (2019). Is malnutrition associated with orthopaedic infections? A single-centre pilot evaluation. Journal of Hospital Infection, 101(2):229-230.

Polkinghorne, A; Borel, Nicole; Heijne, M; Pannekoek, Y (2019). New evidence for domesticated animals as reservoirs of Chlamydia-associated community-acquired pneumonia. Clinical Microbiology and Infection, 25(2):131-132.

Günthard, Huldrych F; Calvez, Vincent; Paredes, Roger; Pillay, Deenan; Shafer, Robert W; Wensing, Annemarie M; Jacobsen, Donna M; Richman, Douglas D (2019). Human Immunodeficiency Virus Drug Resistance: 2018 Recommendations of the International Antiviral Society-USA Panel. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 68(2):177-187.

von Braun, Amrei; Castelnuovo, Barbara; Ledergerber, Bruno; Cusato, Jessica; Buzibye, Allan; Kambugu, Andrew; Fehr, Jan; Calcagno, Andrea; Lamorde, Mohammed; Sekaggya-Wiltshire, Christine (2019). High efavirenz serum concentrations in TB/HIV-coinfected Ugandan adults with a CYP2B6 516 TT genotype on anti-TB treatment. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 74(1):135-138.

Grabinger, Thomas; Glaus Garzon, Jesus Francisco; Hausmann, Martin; Geirnaert, Annelies; Lacroix, Christophe; Hennet, Thierry (2019). Alleviation of Intestinal Inflammation by Oral Supplementation With 2-Fucosyllactose in Mice. Frontiers in Microbiology, 10:1385.

Fernández, Noemí; Cabrera, Juan J; Varadarajan, Adithi R; Lutz, Stefanie; Ledermann, Raphael; Roschitzki, Bernd; Eberl, Leo; Bedmar, Eulogio J; Fischer, Hans-Martin; Pessi, Gabriella; Ahrens, Christian H; Mesa, Socorro (2019). An Integrated Systems Approach Unveils New Aspects of Microoxia-Mediated Regulation in Bradyrhizobium diazoefficiens. Frontiers in Microbiology, 10:924.

Bağcıoğlu, M; Fricker, M; Johler, Sophia; Ehling-Schulz, M (2019). Detection and identification of Bacillus cereus, Bacillus cytotoxicus, Bacillus thuringiensis, Bacillus mycoides and Bacillus weihenstephanensis via machine learning based FTIR Spectroscopy. Frontiers in Microbiology, 10:902.

Allemann, Aurélie; Kraemer, Julia G; Korten, Insa; Ramsey, Kathryn; Casaulta, Carmen; SCILD Study Group; Wüthrich, Daniel; Ramette, Alban; Endimiani, Andrea; Latzin, Philipp; Hilty, Markus (2019). Nasal Resistome Development in Infants With Cystic Fibrosis in the First Year of Life. Frontiers in Microbiology, 10:212.

Poeker, Sophie A; Lacroix, Christophe; de Wouters, Tomas; Spalinger, Marianne R; Scharl, Michael; Geirnaert, Annelies (2019). Stepwise Development of an in vitro Continuous Fermentation Model for the Murine Caecal Microbiota. Frontiers in Microbiology, 10:1166.

Calderón, Claudia E; Tienda, Sandra; Heredia-Ponce, Zaira; Arrebola, Eva; Cárcamo-Oyarce, Gerardo; Eberl, Leo; Cazorla, Francisco M (2019). The Compound 2-Hexyl, 5-Propyl Resorcinol Has a Key Role in Biofilm Formation by the Biocontrol Rhizobacterium Pseudomonas chlororaphis PCL1606. Frontiers in Microbiology, 10:396.

2018

Bourras, Salim; Praz, Coraline R; Spanu, Pietro D; Keller, Beat (2018). Cereal powdery mildew effectors: a complex toolbox for an obligate pathogen. Current Opinion in Microbiology, 46:26-33.

Hartman, Kyle; van der Heijden, Marcel G A; Wittwer, Raphaël A; Banerjee, Samiran; Walser, Jean-Claude; Schlaeppi, Klaus (2018). Cropping practices manipulate abundance patterns of root and soil microbiome members paving the way to smart farming. Microbiome, 6(1):14.

Tackmann, Janko; Arora, Natasha; Schmidt, Thomas Sebastian Beedikt; Rodrigues, João Frederico Matias; von Mering, Christian (2018). Ecologically informed microbial biomarkers and accurate classification of mixed and unmixed samples in an extensive cross-study of human body sites. Microbiome, 6:192.

Peterhans, Sophie; Stevens, Marc J A; Nüesch-Inderbinen, Magdalena; Schmitt, Sarah; Stephan, Roger; Zurfluh, Katrin (2018). First report of a blaNDM-5-harbouring Escherichia coli ST167 isolated from a wound infection in a dog in Switzerland. Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance, 15:226-227.

Mehrshad, Maliheh; Salcher, Michaela M; Okazaki, Yusuke; Nakano, Shin-ichi; Šimek, Karel; Andrei, Adrian-Stefan; Ghai, Rohit (2018). Hidden in plain sight—highly abundant and diverse planktonic freshwater Chloroflexi. Microbiome, 6(1):176.

Sirová, Dagmara; Bárta, Jiří; Šimek, Karel; Posch, Thomas; Pech, Jiří; Stone, James; Borovec, Jakub; Adamec, Lubomír; Vrba, Jaroslav (2018). Hunters or farmers? Microbiome characteristics help elucidate the diet composition in an aquatic carnivorous plant. Microbiome, 6(1):225.

Fuchs, A; Gotta, V; Decker, M-L; Szinnai, G; Baumann, P; Bonhoeffer, J; Ritz, N (2018). Cytokine kinetic profiles in children with acute lower respiratory tract infection: a post hoc descriptive analysis from a randomized control trial. Clinical Microbiology and Infection, 24(12):1341.e1-1341.e7.

Böni, Laura; Kuster, Stefan P; Bartik, Bianka; Zbinden, Reinhard; Zingg, Patrick O; Achermann, Yvonne (2018). Association of Cutibacterium avidum Colonization in the Groin With Obesity: A Potential Risk Factor for Hip Periprosthetic Joint Infection. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 67(12):1878-1882.

Personnic, Nicolas; Striednig, Bianca; Hilbi, Hubert (2018). Legionella quorum sensing and its role in pathogen-host interactions. Current Opinion in Microbiology, 41:29-35.

Okazaki, Yusuke; Salcher, Michaela M; Callieri, Cristiana; Nakano, Shin-ichi (2018). The Broad Habitat Spectrum of the CL500-11 Lineage (Phylum Chloroflexi), a Dominant Bacterioplankton in Oxygenated Hypolimnia of Deep Freshwater Lakes. Frontiers in Microbiology, 9:2891.

Kuratli, Jasmin; Pesch, Theresa; Marti, Hanna; Leonard, Cory Ann; Blenn, Christian; Torgerson, Paul R; Borel, Nicole (2018). Water filtered infrared A and visible light (wIRA/VIS) irradiation reduces chlamydia trachomatis infectivity independent of targeted cytokine inhibition. Frontiers in Microbiology, 9:2757.

Kritikos, A; Neofytos, D; Khanna, N; Schreiber, P W; Boggian, K; Bille, J; Schrenzel, J; Mühlethaler, K; Zbinden, R; Bruderer, T; Goldenberger, D; Pfyffer, G; Conen, A; Van Delden, C; Zimmerli, S; Sanglard, D; Bachmann, D; Marchetti, O; Lamoth, F; Fungal Infection Network of Switzerland (FUNGINOS) (2018). Accuracy of Sensititre YeastOne echinocandins epidemiological cut-off values for identification of FKS mutant Candida albicans and Candida glabrata: a ten year national survey of the Fungal Infection Network of Switzerland (FUNGINOS). Clinical Microbiology and Infection, 24(11):1214.e1-1214.e4.

Borel, Nicole; Marti, Hanna; Pospischil, Andreas; Pesch, Theresa; Prähauser, Barbara; Wunderlin, Sabina; Seth-Smith, Helena M B; Low, Nicola; Flury, Renata (2018). Chlamydiae in human intestinal biopsy samples. FEMS Pathogens and Disease, 76(8):fty081.

Plate, Andreas; Stadler, Laura; Sutter, Reto; Anagnostopoulos, Alexia; Frustaci, Dario; Zbinden, Reinhard; Fucentese, Sandro F; Zinkernagel, Annelies S; Zingg, Patrick O; Achermann, Yvonne (2018). Inflammatory disorders mimicking periprosthetic joint infections may result in false positive α-defensin. Clinical Microbiology and Infection, 24(11):1212.e1-1212.e6.

Schreiber, Peter W; Hasse, Barbara; Sax, Hugo (2018). Mycobacterium chimaera infections after cardiac surgery - lessons learned. Clinical Microbiology and Infection, 24(11):1117-1118.

Meyer Sauteur, Patrick M; Unger, Wendy W J; van Rossum, Annemarie M C; Berger, Christoph (2018). The Art and Science of Diagnosing Mycoplasma pneumoniae Infection. The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 37(11):1192-1195.

Schreiber, Peter W; Sax, Hugo; Wolfensberger, Aline; Clack, Lauren; Kuster, Stefan P; SwissNoso (2018). The preventable proportion of healthcare-associated infections 2005-2016: Systematic review and meta-analysis. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, 39(11):1277-1295.

Kalt, Fabian; Schulthess, Bettina; Sidler, Fabian; Herren, Sebastian; Fucentese, Sandro F; Zingg, Patrick O; Berli, Martin; Zinkernagel, Annelies S; Zbinden, Reinhard; Achermann, Yvonne (2018). Corynebacterium species rarely cause orthopedic infections. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 56(12):e01200-18.

Wolfensberger, Aline; Meier, Marie-Theres; Clack, Lauren; Schreiber, Peter W; Sax, Hugo (2018). Preventing ventilator-associated pneumonia ‒ a mixed-method study to find behavioral leverage for better protocol adherence. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, 39(10):1222-1229.

Nüesch-Inderbinen, Magdalena; Morach, Marina; Cernela, Nicole; Althaus, Denise; Jost, Marianne; Mäusezahl, Mirjam; Bloomberg, Guido; Stephan, Roger (2018). Serotypes and virulence profiles of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli strains isolated during 2017 from human infections in Switzerland. International Journal of Medical Microbiology : IJMM, 308(7):933-939.

Arrigo, Mattia; Vodovar, Nicolas; von Moos, Seraina; Masson, Elisabeth; Segerer, Stephan; Cippà, Pietro E; Mebazaa, Alexandre (2018). High accuracy of proximity extension assay technology for the quantification of plasma brain natriuretic peptide. Journal of Clinical Laboratory Analysis, 32(8):e22574.

Schiavi, E; Plattner, S; Rodriguez-Perez, N; Barcik, W; Frei, R; Ferstl, R; Kurnik-Lucka, M; Groeger, D; Grant, R; Roper, J; Altmann, F; van Sinderen, D; Akdis, C A; O'Mahony, L (2018). Exopolysaccharide from Bifidobacterium longum subsp. longum 35624™ modulates murine allergic airway responses. Beneficial Microbes, 9(5):761-773.

Plate, Andreas; Kohl, Thomas A; Keller, Peter M; Majer, Sabine; Fulchini, Rosamaria; Strahm, Carol; Medugno, Cristoforo; Rancic, Zoran; Husmann, Lars; Sax, Hugo; Niemann, Stefan; Hasse, Barbara (2018). Aortic endograft infection with Mycobacterium chimaera and Granulicatella adiacens, Switzerland, 2014. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 24(9):1700-1704.

Wolfensberger, Aline; Clack, Lauren; Kuster, Stefan P; Passerini, Simone; Mody, Lona; Chopra, Vineet; Mann, Jason; Sax, Hugo (2018). Transfer of pathogens to and from patients, healthcare providers, and medical devices during care activity-a systematic review and meta-analysis. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, 39(09):1093-1107.

Zurfluh, Katrin; Stevens, Marc J A; Stephan, Roger; Nüesch-Inderbinen, Magdalena (2018). Complete and assembled genome sequence of an NDM-5 and CTX-M-15 producing Escherichia coli sequence type 617 isolated from wastewater in Switzerland. Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance, 15:105-106.

Robert-Gangneux, Florence; Meroni, Valeria; Dupont, Damien; et al; Mueller, Nicolas J (2018). Toxoplasmosis in Transplant Recipients, Europe, 2010-2014. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 24(8):1497-1504.

Johler, Sophia; Kalbhenn, Eva M; Heini, Nicole; Brodmann, Peter; Gautsch, Sylvia; Bağcioğlu, Murat; Contzen, Matthias; Stephan, Roger; Ehling-Schulz, Monika (2018). Enterotoxin production of Bacillus thuringiensis isolates from biopesticides, foods, and outbreaks. Frontiers in Microbiology, 9:1915.

de Kraker, Marlieke E A; Sommer, Harriet; de Velde, Femke; Gravestock, Isaac; Weiss, Emmanuel; McAleenan, Alexandra; Nikolakopoulos, Stavros; Amit, Ohad; Ashton, Teri; Beyersmann, Jan; Held, Leonhard; Lovering, Andrew M; MacGowan, Alasdair P; Mouton, Johan W; Timsit, Jean-François; Wilson, David; Wolkewitz, Martin; Bettiol, Esther; Dane, Aaron; Harbarth, Stephan (2018). Optimizing the Design and Analysis of Clinical Trials for Antibacterials Against Multidrug-resistant Organisms: A White Paper From COMBACTE’s STAT-Net. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 67(12):1922-1931.

Carroll, L M; Zurfluh, K; Jang, H; Gopinath, G R; Nüesch-Inderbinen, Magdalena; Poirel, L; Nordmann, P; Stephan, Roger; Guldimann, Claudia (2018). First report of an mcr-1-harboring Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica serotype 4,5,12:i:- strain isolated from blood of a patient in Switzerland. International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents, 52(5):740-741.

Ujmajuridze, Aleksandre; Chanishvili, Nina; Goderdzishvili, Marina; Leitner, Lorenz; Mehnert, Ulrich; Chkhotua, Archil; Kessler, Thomas M; Sybesma, Wilbert (2018). Adapted Bacteriophages for Treating Urinary Tract Infections. Frontiers in Microbiology, 9:1832.

Mancini, Stefano; Marchesi, Martina; Blöchliger, Nicolas; Schmid, Marc; Courvalin, Patrice; Keller, Peter M; Böttger, Erik C (2018). Combining forecast probabilities with graphical visualization for improved reporting of antimicrobial susceptibility testing. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 73(8):2266-2268.

Kessi, Janine; Hörtensteiner, Stefan (2018). Inhibition of bacteriochlorophyll biosynthesis in the purple phototrophic bacteria Rhodospirillumrubrum and Rhodobacter capsulatus grown in the presence of a toxic concentration of selenite. BMC Microbiology, 18(1):81.

Marti, Hanna; Borel, Nicole; Dean, Deborah; Leonard, Cory Ann (2018). Evaluating the antibiotic susceptibility of chlamydia – new approaches for in vitro assays. Frontiers in Microbiology, 9:1414.

Nüesch-Inderbinen, Magdalena; Cernela, Nicole; Wüthrich, Daniel; Egli, Adrian; Stephan, Roger (2018). Genetic characterization of Shiga toxin producing Escherichia coli belonging to the emerging hybrid pathotype O80:H2 isolated from humans 2010–2017 in Switzerland. International Journal of Medical Microbiology : IJMM, 308(5):534-538.

Schreiber, Peter W; Köhler, Nora; Cervera, Rosita; Hasse, Barbara; Sax, Hugo; Keller, Peter M (2018). Detection limit of Mycobacterium chimaera in water samples for monitoring medical device safety: insights from a pilot experimental series. Journal of Hospital Infection, 99(3):284-289.

Kuehl, Richard; Banderet, Florian; Egli, Adrian; Keller, Peter M; Frei, Reno; Döbele, Thomas; Eckstein, Friedrich; Widmer, Andreas F (2018). Different Types of Heater-Cooler Units and Their Risk of Transmission of Mycobacterium chimaera During Open-Heart Surgery: Clues From Device Design. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, 39(7):834-840.

Murra, May; Lützen, Lisbeth; Barut, Aynur; Zbinden, Reinhard; Lund, Marianne; Villesen, Palle; Nørskov-Lauritsen, Niels (2018). Whole-Genome Sequencing of Aggregatibacter Species Isolated from Human Clinical Specimens and Description of Aggregatibacter kilianii sp. nov. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 56(7):pii: e00053.

Reinwald, M; Silva, J T; Mueller, N J; Fortún, J; Garzoni, C; de Fijter, J W; Fernández-Ruiz, M; Grossi, P; Aguado, J M (2018). ESCMID Study Group for Infections in Compromised Hosts (ESGICH) Consensus Document on the safety of targeted and biological therapies: an infectious diseases perspective (Intracellular signaling pathways: tyrosine kinase and mTOR inhibitors). Clinical Microbiology and Infection, 24 Suppl:S53-S70.

Bock, Christina; Salcher, Michaela M; Jensen, Manfred; Pandey, Ram Vinay; Boenigk, Jens (2018). Synchrony of Eukaryotic and Prokaryotic Planktonic Communities in Three Seasonally Sampled Austrian Lakes. Frontiers in Microbiology, 9:1290.

Alvarez Rojas, Cristian A; Mathis, Alexander; Deplazes, Peter (2018). Assessing the contamination of food and the environment with taenia and echinococcus eggs and their zoonotic transmission. Current Clinical Microbiology Reports, 5(2):154-163.

Nüesch-Inderbinen, Magdalena; Zurfluh, Katrin; Stevens, Marc J A; Stephan, Roger (2018). Complete and assembled genome sequence of an NDM-9- and CTX-M-15-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae ST147 wastewater isolate from Switzerland. Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance, 13:53-54.

Thurnheer, T; Belibasakis, G N (2018). Streptococcus oralis maintains homeostasis in oral biofilms by antagonizing the cariogenic pathogen Streptococcus mutans. Molecular Oral Microbiology, 33(3):234-239.

Pericàs, J M; Moreno, A; Almela, M; García-de-la-Mària, C; Marco, F; Muñoz, P; Peña, C; de Alarcón, A; Del Río, A; Eworo, A; Cruceta, A; Paré, J C; Mestres, C A; Miró, J M; FOSIMI Investigators (2018). Efficacy and safety of fosfomycin plus imipenem versus vancomycin for complicated bacteraemia and endocarditis due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: a randomized clinical trial. Clinical Microbiology and Infection, 24(6):673-676.

Askari, Zeynab; Mas-Coma, Santiago; Bouwman, Abigail S; Boenke, Nicole; Stöllner, Thomas; Aali, Abolfazl; Rezaiian, Mostafa; Mowlavi, Gholamreza (2018). Fasciola hepatica eggs in paleofaeces of the Persian onager Equus hemionus onager, a donkey from Chehrabad archaeological site, dating back to the Sassanid Empire (224-651 AD), in ancient Iran. Infection, Genetics and Evolution, 62:233-243.

Mbunkah, Herbert A; Marzel, Alex; Schmutz, Stefan; Kok, Yik Lim; Zagordi, Osvaldo; Shilaih, Mohaned; Nsanwe, Ndi N; Mbu, Eyongetah T; Besong, Lydia M; Sama, Bella A; Orock, Emmanuel; Kouyos, Roger D; Günthard, Huldrych F; Metzner, Karin J (2018). Low prevalence of transmitted HIV-1 drug resistance detected by a dried blood spot (DBS)-based next-generation sequencing (NGS) method in newly diagnosed individuals in Cameroon in the years 2015-16. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 73(7):1917-1929.

Trück, Johannes; Kelly, Sarah; Jawad, Sena; Snape, Matthew D; Voysey, Merryn; Pollard, Andrew J (2018). Differences in Immunization Site Pain in Toddlers Vaccinated With Either the 10- or the 13-Valent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine. The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 37(4):e103-e106.

Payne, B; Simmen, H-P; Csuka, E; Hintzpeter, M; Pahl, S; Brill, F H H (2018). Randomized controlled clinical trial on the antiseptic efficacy of polihexanide 0.04% on acute traumatic wounds. Journal of Hospital Infection, 98(4):429-432.

Veit, Olivia; Domingo, Cristina; Niedrig, Matthias; Staehelin, Cornelia; Sonderegger, Beat; Héquet, Delphine; Stoeckle, Marcel; Calmy, Alexandra; Schiffer, Veronique; Bernasconi, Enos; Flury, Domenica; Hatz, Christoph; Zwahlen, Marcel; Furrer, Hansjakob; Swiss HIV Cohort Study (2018). Long-term Immune Response to Yellow Fever Vaccination in Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)-Infected Individuals Depends on HIV RNA Suppression Status: Implications for Vaccination Schedule. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 66(7):1099-1108.

Losasso, Carmen; Eckert, Ester M; Mastrorilli, Eleonora; Villiger, Jorg; Mancin, Marzia; Patuzzi, Ilaria; Di Cesare, Andrea; Cibin, Veronica; Barrucci, Federica; Pernthaler, Jakob; Corno, Gianluca; Ricci, Antonia (2018). Assessing the Influence of Vegan, Vegetarian and Omnivore Oriented Westernized Dietary Styles on Human Gut Microbiota: A Cross Sectional Study. Frontiers in Microbiology:9:317.

Rivoisy, Claire; Vena, Antonio; Schaeffer, Laura; Charlier, Caroline; Fontanet, Arnaud; Delahaye, François; Bouza, Emilio; Lortholary, Olivier; Munoz, Patricia; Lefort, Agnès (2018). Prosthetic Valve Candida spp. Endocarditis: New Insights Into Long-term Prognosis-The ESCAPE Study. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 66(6):825-832.

Sekaggya-Wiltshire, Christine; von Braun, Amrei; Lamorde, Mohammed; Ledergerber, Bruno; Buzibye, Allan; Henning, Lars; Musaazi, Joseph; Gutteck, Ursula; Denti, Paolo; de Kock, Miné; Jetter, Alexander; Byakika-Kibwika, Pauline; Eberhard, Nadia; Matovu, Joshua; Joloba, Moses; Muller, Daniel; Manabe, Yukari C; Kamya, Moses R; Corti, Natascia; Kambugu, Andrew; Castelnuovo, Barbara; Fehr, Jan S (2018). Delayed Sputum Culture Conversion in Tuberculosis-Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Coinfected Patients With Low Isoniazid and Rifampicin Concentrations. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 67(5):708-716.

Clack, Lauren; Passerini, Simone; Wolfensberger, Aline; Sax, Hugo; Manser, Tanja (2018). Frequency and Nature of Infectious Risk Moments During Acute Care Based on the INFORM Structured Classification Taxonomy. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, 39(3):272-279.

Sommerstein, Rami; Hasse, Barbara; Marschall, Jonas; Sax, Hugo; Genoni, Michele; Schlegel, Matthias; Widmer, Andreas F; Swiss Chimaera Taskforce (2018). Global Health Estimate of Invasive Mycobacterium chimaera Infections Associated with Heater-Cooler Devices in Cardiac Surgery. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 24(3):576-578.

Clack, Lauren; Passerini, Simone; Manser, Tanja; Sax, Hugo (2018). Likelihood of Infectious Outcomes Following Infectious Risk Moments During Patient Care-An International Expert Consensus Study and Quantitative Risk Index. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, 39(3):280-289.

Ramirez, Kelly S; Knight, Christopher G; de Hollander, Mattias; Brearley, Francis Q; Constantinides, Bede; Cotton, Anne; et al; Crowther, Thomas W; Hartman, Kyle; van der Heijden, Marcel G A (2018). Detecting macroecological patterns in bacterial communities across independent studies of global soils. Nature Microbiology, 3(2):189-196.

Hombach, Michael; Jetter, Marion; Blöchliger, Nicolas; Kolesnik-Goldmann, Natalia; Keller, Peter M; Böttger, Erik C (2018). Rapid disc diffusion antibiotic susceptibility testing for Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Acinetobacter baumannii and Enterococcus spp. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 73(2):385-391.

Wagner, Karoline; Springer, Burkard; Pires, Valeria P; Keller, Peter M (2018). Pathogen Identification by Multiplex LightMix Real-Time PCR Assay in Patients with Meningitis and Culture-Negative Cerebrospinal Fluid Specimens. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 56(2):e01492.

Seidl, Kati; Leemann, Michèle; Zinkernagel, Annelies S (2018). The ArlRS two-component system is a regulator of Staphylococcus aureus-induced endothelial cell damage. European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, 37(2):289-292.

Wagner, Karoline; Springer, Burkard; Imkamp, Frank; Opota, Onya; Greub, Gilbert; Keller, Peter M (2018). Detection of respiratory bacterial pathogens causing atypical pneumonia by multiplex Lightmix® RT-PCR. International Journal of Medical Microbiology : IJMM, 308(3):317-323.

Orasch, Christina; Mertz, Dominik; Garbino, Jorge; van Delden, Christian; Emonet, Stephane; Schrenzel, Jacques; Zimmerli, Stefan; Damonti, Lauro; Mühlethaler, Konrad; Imhof, Alexander; Ruef, Christian; Fehr, Jan; Zbinden, Reinhard; Boggian, Katia; Bruderer, Thomas; Flückiger, Ursula; Conen, Anna; Khanna, Nina; Frei, Reno; Bregenzer, Thomas; Lamoth, Frédéric; Erard, Véronique; Bochud, Pierre-Yves; Calandra, Thierry; Bille, Jacques; Marchetti, Oscar (2018). Fluconazole non-susceptible breakthrough candidemia after prolonged low-dose prophylaxis: a prospective FUNGINOS study. Journal of Infection, 76(5):489-495.

Poirel, Laurent; Larpin, Yu; Dobias, Jan; Stephan, Roger; Decousser, Jean-Winoc; Madec, Jean-Yves; Nordmann, Patrice (2018). Rapid Polymyxin NP test for the detection of polymyxin resistance mediated by the mcr-1 / mcr-2 genes. Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease, 90(1):7-10.

Sekaggya-Wiltshire, Christine; Lamorde, Mohammed; Kiragga, Agnes N; Dooley, Kelly E; Kamya, Moses R; Kambugu, Andrew; Fehr, Jan; Manabe, Yukari C; Castelnuovo, Barbara (2018). The utility of pharmacokinetic studies for the evaluation of exposure-response relationships for standard dose anti-tuberculosis drugs. Tuberculosis, 108:77-82.

Redondo, Javier Jareño; Keller, Peter M; Zbinden, Reinhard; Wagner, Karoline (2018). A novel RT-PCR for the detection of Helicobacter pylori and identification of clarithromycin resistance mediated by mutations in the 23S rRNA gene. Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease, 90(1):1-6.

Swart, A Leoni; Harrison, Christopher F; Eichinger, Ludwig; Steinert, Michael; Hilbi, Hubert (2018). Acanthamoeba and Dictyostelium as Cellular Models for Legionella Infection. Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 8:61.

Guldimann, Claudia; Johler, Sophia (2018). An introduction to current trends in foodborne pathogens and diseases. Current Clinical Microbiology Reports, 5:83-87.

Kohler, Philipp; Fulchini, Rosamaria; Albrich, Werner C; Egli, Adrian; Balmelli, Carlo; Harbarth, Stephan; Héquet, Delphine; Kahlert, Christian R; Kuster, Stefan P; Petignat, Christiane; Schlegel, Matthias; Kronenberg, Andreas (2018). Antibiotic resistance in Swiss nursing homes: analysis of National Surveillance Data over an 11-year period between 2007 and 2017. Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control, 7:88.

Leibl, M; Robinson, C; Schuurmans, M M (2018). Comparison of diagnostic performance of rapid and standard polymerase chain reaction laboratory test for influenza and respiratory syncytial virus detection in nasopharyngeal swabs from symptomatic lung transplant recipients. Infectious Diseases, 50(6):476-478.

Jans, C; Sarno, Eleonora; Collineau, L; Meile, L; Stärk, K D C; Stephan, Roger (2018). Consumer exposure to antimicrobial resistant bacteria from food at Swiss retail level. Frontiers in Microbiology, 9:362.

Lehner, Angelika; Tall, Ben Davis; Fanning, Séamus; Srikumar, Shabarinath (2018). Cronobacter spp.- opportunistic foodborne pathogens: an update on evolution, osmotic adaptation and pathogenesis. Current Clinical Microbiology Reports, 5(2):97-105.

Asare, P T; Greppi, A; Stettler, M; Schwab, C; Stevens, Marc J A; Lacroix, C (2018). Decontamination of minimally-processed fresh lettuce using reuterin produced by cactobacillus reuteri. Frontiers in Microbiology, 9:1421.

Seth-Smith, Helena M B; Imkamp, Frank; Tagini, Florian; Cuénod, Aline; Hömke, Rico; Jahn, Kathleen; Tschacher, Anne; Grendelmeier, Peter; Bättig, Veronika; Erb, Stefan; Reinhard, Miriam; Rütimann, Gottfried; Borrell, Sonia; Gagneux, Sebastien; Casanova, Carlo; Droz, Sara; Osthoff, Michael; Tamm, Michael; Nübel, Ulrich; Greub, Gilbert; Keller, Peter M; Egli, Adrian (2018). Discovery and Characterization of Mycobacterium basiliense sp. nov., a Nontuberculous Mycobacterium Isolated From Human Lungs. Frontiers in Microbiology, 9:3184.

Keller, Jonas; Wolfensberger, Aline; Clack, Lauren; Kuster, Stefan P; Dunic, Mesida; Eis, Doris; Flammer, Yvonne; Keller, Dagmar I; Sax, Hugo (2018). Do wearable alcohol-based handrub dispensers increase hand hygiene compliance? - a mixed-methods study. Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control, 7:143.

Poljak, M; Akova, M; Friedrich, A W; Rodríguez-Baño, J; Sanguinetti, M; Tacconelli, E; Zinkernagel, A (2018). ESCMID-an international Europe-based society committed to fostering cross-border collaboration and education to improve patient care. Clinical Microbiology and Infection, 24(1):1-2.

Annema, Wijtske; Nowak, Albina; von Eckardstein, Arnold; Saleh, Lanja (2018). Evaluation of the new restandardized Abbott Architect 25-OH Vitamin D assay in vitamin D-insufficient and vitamin D-supplemented individuals. Journal of Clinical Laboratory Analysis, 32(4):e22328.

Steiner, Bernhard; Weber, Stephen; Hilbi, Hubert (2018). Formation of the Legionella-containing vacuole: phosphoinositide conversion, GTPase modulation and ER dynamics. International Journal of Medical Microbiology : IJMM, 308(1):49-57.

Tritten, Lucienne; Geary, Timothy G (2018). Helminth extracellular vesicles in host–parasite interactions. Current Opinion in Microbiology, 46:73-79.

Braun, Dominique L; Marzel, Alex; Steffens, Daniela; Schreiber, Peter W; Grube, Christina; Scherrer, Alexandra U; Kouyos, Roger D; Günthard, Huldrych F; Swiss HIV Cohort Study (2018). High rates of subsequent asymptomatic STIs and risky sexual behavior in patients initially presenting with primary HIV-1 infection. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 66(5):735-742.

Seijsing, Johan; Sobieraj, Anna M; Keller, Nadia; Shen, Yang; Zinkernagel, Annelies S; Loessner, Martin J; Schmelcher, Mathias (2018). Improved Biodistribution and Extended Serum Half-Life of a Bacteriophage Endolysin by Albumin Binding Domain Fusion. Frontiers in Microbiology, 9:2927.

Bebezov, Bakhadyr; Mamashev, Nurlan; Umetaliev, Tilek; Ziadinov, Iskender; Craig, Philip S; Joekel, Deborah E; Deplazes, Peter; Grimm, Felix; Torgerson, Paul R (2018). Intense focus of Alveolar Echinococcosis, South Kyrgyzstan. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 24(6):1119-1122.

Richter, Anja M; Fazli, Mustafa; Schmid, Nadine; Shilling, Rebecca; Suppiger, Angela; Givskov, Michael; Eberl, Leo; Tolker-Nielsen, Tim (2018). Key Players and Individualists of Cyclic-di-GMP Signaling in Burkholderia cenocepacia. Frontiers in Microbiology, 9:3286.

Braunsdorf, Christina; LeibundGut-Landmann, Salomé (2018). Modulation of the fungal-host interaction by the intra-species diversity of C. albicans. Pathogens, 7(1):E11.

Meyer Sauteur, Patrick M; Abele-Horn, M; Liese, J G; Heininger, U (2018). Mycoplasma. In: DGPI - Deutsche Gesellschaft für Pädiatrische Infektiologie; Berner, Reinhard; Bialek, Ralf; Forster, Johannes; Härtel, Christoph; Heininger, Ulrich; Huppertz, Hans-Iko; Liese, Johannes G; Nadal, David; Simon, Arne. DGPI Handbuch Infektionen bei Kindern und Jugendlichen (7., vollständig überarbeitete Auflage). Stuttgart: Georg Thieme Verlag, 641-645.

Anagnostopoulos, Alexia; Bossard, Daniel Andreas; Ledergerber, Bruno; Zingg, Patrick O; Zinkernagel, Annelies S; Gerber, Christian; Achermann, Yvonne (2018). Perioperative antibiotic prophylaxis has no effect on time to positivity and proportion of positive samples: a cohort study of 64 Cutibacterium acnes bone and joint infections. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 56(2):e01576-17.

Cieplik, Fabian; Steinwachs, Viktoria-Sophia; Muehler, Denise; Hiller, Karl-Anton; Thurnheer, Thomas; Belibasakis, Georgios N; Buchalla, Wolfgang; Maisch, Tim (2018). Phenalen-1-one-Mediated Antimicrobial Photodynamic Therapy: Antimicrobial Efficacy in a Periodontal Biofilm Model and Flow Cytometric Evaluation of Cytoplasmic Membrane Damage. Frontiers in Microbiology, 9:688.

Morach, Marina; Stephan, Roger; Schmitt, S; Ewers, C; Zschöck, M; Reyes-Velez, J; Gilli, U; del Pilar Crespo-Ortiz, M; Crumlish, M; Gunturu, R; Daubenberger, C A; Ip, Margaret; Regli, Walter; Johler, Sophia (2018). Population structure and virulence gene profiles of Streptococcus agalactiae collected from different hosts worldwide. European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, 37(3):527-536.

Achermann, Yvonne; Liu, Jared; Zbinden, Reinhard; Zingg, Patrick O; Anagnostopoulos, Alexia; Barnard, Emma; Sutter, Reto; Li, Huiying; McDowell, Andrew; Zinkernagel, Annelies S (2018). Propionibacterium avidum - a virulent pathogen causing hip periprosthetic joint infection. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 66(1):54-63.

Bachofen, Claudia (2018). Selected viruses detected on and in our food. Current Clinical Microbiology Reports, 5:143-153.

Wolfensberger, A; Meier, A H; Kuster, S P; Mehra, T; Meier, M-T; Sax, H (2018). Should International Classification of Diseases codes be used to survey hospital-acquired pneumonia? Journal of Hospital Infection, 99(1):81-84.

Davat, Marie; Wuarin, Lydia; Stafylakis, Dimitrios; Abbas, Mohamed; Harbarth, Stephan; Hannouche, Didier; Uçkay, Ilker (2018). Should antibiotic prophylaxis before orthopedic implant surgery depend on the duration of pre-surgical hospital stay? Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control, 7:131.

Fetsch, Alexandra; Johler, Sophia (2018). Staphylococcus aureus as a foodborne pathogen. Current Clinical Microbiology Reports, 5(2):88-96.

Abbas, M; Aghayev, E; Troillet, Nicolas; Eisenring, Marie-Christine; Kuster, S P; Widmer, A F; Harbarth, Stephan; SwissNoso (2018). Temporal trends and epidemiology of Staphylococcus aureus surgical site infection in the Swiss surveillance network: a cohort study. Journal of Hospital Infection, 98(2):118-126.

Guariglia-Oropeza, Veronica; Hohl Orsi, R; Guldimann, Claudia; Wiedmann, M; Boor, K J (2018). The Listeria monocytogenes bile stimulon under acidic conditions is characterized by strain-specific patterns and the upregulation of motility, cell wall modification functions, and the PrfA regulon. Frontiers in Microbiology, 9:120.

Luthra, Sakshi; Rominski, Anna; Sander, Peter (2018). The Role of Antibiotic-Target-Modifying and Antibiotic-Modifying Enzymes in Drug Resistance. Frontiers in Microbiology, 9:2179.

2017

Trück, Johannes; Mitchell, Ruth; Jawad, Sena; Clutterbuck, Elizabeth A; Snape, Matthew D; Kelly, Dominic F; Voysey, Merryn; Pollard, Andrew J (2017). Divergent memory B cell responses in a mixed infant pneumococcal conjugate vaccine schedule. The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 36(5):e130-e135.

Johler, Sophia (2017). A glimpse into the future - new therapeutic targets could transform the way we treat staphylococcal infections. Virulence, 8(8):1508-1510.

Cornely, Oliver A; Robertson, Michael N; Haider, Shariq; Grigg, Andrew; Geddes, Michelle; Aoun, Mickael; Heinz, Werner J; Raad, Issam; Schanz, Urs; Meyer, Ralf G; Hammond, Sarah P; Mullane, Kathleen M; Ostermann, Helmut; Ullmann, Andrew J; Zimmerli, Stefan; Van Iersel, M L P S; Hepler, Deborah A; Waskin, Hetty; Kartsonis, Nicholas A; Maertens, Johan (2017). Pharmacokinetics and safety results from the Phase 3 randomized, open-label, study of intravenous posaconazole in patients at risk of invasive fungal disease. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 72(12):3406-3413.

Seidl, Kati; Leemann, Michèle; Palheiros Marques, Miguel; Rachmühl, Carole; Leimer, Nadja; Andreoni, Federica; Achermann, Yvonne; Zinkernagel, Annelies S (2017). High level methicillin resistance correlates with reduced Staphylococcus aureus endothelial cell damage. International Journal of Medical Microbiology : IJMM, 307(1):11-20.

Rominski, Anna; Schulthess, Bettina; Müller, Daniel M; Keller, Peter M; Sander, Peter (2017). Effect of β-lactamase production and β-lactam instability on MIC testing results for Mycobacterium abscessus. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 72(11):3070-3078.

Hombach, Michael; Jetter, Marion; Keller, Peter M; Blöchliger, Nicolas; Kolesnik-Goldmann, Natalia; Böttger, Erik C (2017). Rapid detection of ESBL, carbapenemases, MRSA and other important resistance phenotypes within 6-8 h by automated disc diffusion antibiotic susceptibility testing. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 72(11):3063-3069.

Troillet, N; Eisenring, Marie-Christine; Widmer, A F (2017). First Results of the Swiss National Surgical Site Infection Surveillance Program: Who Seeks Shall Find - ERRATUM. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, 38(11):1389.

AIDS-defining Cancer Project Working Group for IeDEA; COHERE (2017). Comparison of Kaposi Sarcoma Risk in Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Positive Adults Across 5 Continents: A Multiregional Multicohort Study. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 65(8):1316-1326.

Lewandowska, Dagmara Wanda; Zagordi, Osvaldo; Geissberger, Fabienne-Desirée; Kufner, Verena; Schmutz, Stefan; Böni, Jürg; Metzner, Karin J; Trkola, Alexandra; Huber, Michael (2017). Correction to: Optimization and validation of sample preparation for metagenomic sequencing of viruses in clinical samples. Microbiome, 5(1):137.

Kuster, Stefan P; Eisenring, Marie-Christine; Sax, Hugo; Troillet, Nicolas (2017). Structure, Process, and Outcome Quality of Surgical Site Infection Surveillance in Switzerland. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, 38(10):1172-1181.

Blöchliger, Nicolas; Keller, Peter M; Böttger, Erik C; Hombach, Michael (2017). MASTER: a model to improve and standardize clinical breakpoints for antimicrobial susceptibility testing using forecast probabilities. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 72(9):2553-2561.

Becker, Eugenia; Schmidt, Thomas S B; Bengs, Susan; Poveda, Lucy; Opitz, Lennart; Atrott, Kirstin; Stanzel, Claudia; Biedermann, Luc; Rehman, Ateequr; Jonas, Daniel; von Mering, Christian; Rogler, Gerhard; Frey-Wagner, Isabelle (2017). Effects of oral antibiotics and isotretinoin on the murine gut microbiota. International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents, 50(3):342-351.

Lewandowska, Dagmara W; Zagordi, Osvaldo; Geissberger, Fabienne-Desirée; Kufner, Verena; Schmutz, Stefan; Böni, Jürg; Metzner, Karin J; Trkola, Alexandra; Huber, Michael (2017). Optimization and validation of sample preparation for metagenomic sequencing of viruses in clinical samples. Microbiome, 5(1):94.

Wilk, C Matthias; Weber, Isabel; Seidl, Kati; Rachmühl, Carole; Holzmann-Bürgel, Anne; Müller, Antonia M S; Kuster, Stefan P; Schanz, Urs; Zinkernagel, Annelies S (2017). Impact of oral gut decontamination on staphylococcus aureus colonization in patients undergoing allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents, 50(6):726-729.

Sabaté Brescó, Marina; Harris, Llinos G; Thompson, Keith; Stanic, Barbara; Morgenstern, Mario; O'Mahony, Liam; Richards, R Geoff; Moriarty, T Fintan (2017). Pathogenic Mechanisms and Host Interactions in Staphylococcus epidermidis Device-Related Infection. Frontiers in Microbiology:8:1401.

Mika, Moana; Maurer, Josua; Korten, Insa; Allemann, Aurélie; Aebi, Suzanne; Brugger, Silvio D; Qi, Weihong; Frey, Urs; Latzin, Philipp; Hilty, Markus (2017). Influence of the pneumococcal conjugate vaccines on the temporal variation of pneumococcal carriage and the nasal microbiota in healthy infants: a longitudinal analysis of a case-control study. Microbiome:5:85.

Bloemberg, Guido V; Braun-Kiewnick, Andrea; Tedrup, Jan; Meijerink, Carla; Durer, Elena; Ritter, Claudia; Keller, Peter M; Hombach, Michael (2017). Evaluation of the AID carbapenemase line probe assay for rapid detection and identification of carbapenemase genes in Gram-negative bacilli. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 72(7):1948-1954.

Wittkop, L; Arsandaux, J; Trevino, A; et al; Böni, Jürg; Calmy, A; COHERE in EuroCoord; ACHIeV2e Study Group (2017). CD4 cell count response to first-line combination ART in HIV-2+ patients compared with HIV-1+ patients: a multinational, multicohort European study. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 72:2869-2878.

Matt, U; Selchow, P; Dal Molin, M; Strommer, S; Sharif, O; Schilcher, K; Andreoni, F; Stenzinger, A; Zinkernagel, A S; Zeitlinger, M; Sander, P; Nemeth, J (2017). Chloroquine enhances the antimycobacterial activity of isoniazid and pyrazinamide by reversing inflammation-induced macrophage efflux. International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents, 50(1):55-62.

Kok, Yik Lim; Ciuffi, Angela; Metzner, Karin J (2017). Unravelling HIV-1 latency, one cell at a time. Trends in Microbiology, 25(11):932-941.

Zurfluh, Katrin; Bagutti, Claudia; Brodmann, Peter; Alt, M; Schulze, J; Fanning, S; Stephan, Roger (2017). Wastewater is a reservoir for clinically relevant carbapenemase and 16S rRNA methylase producing Enterobacteriaceae. International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents, 50(3):436-440.

Shaw, Megan L; Stertz, S (2017). Role of Host Genes in Influenza Virus Replication. In: Shaw, Megan L; Stertz, S. Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer, 1-39.

de Groot, Ruben C A; Meyer Sauteur, Patrick M; Unger, Wendy W J; van Rossum, Annemarie M C (2017). Things that could be Mycoplasma pneumoniae. Journal of Infection, 74(Suppl 1):S95-S100.

Hombach, Michael; Jetter, Marion; Blöchliger, Nicolas; Kolesnik-Goldmann, Natalia; Böttger, Erik C (2017). Fully automated disc diffusion for rapid antibiotic susceptibility test results: a proof-of-principle study. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 72(6):1659-1668.

Schuler, Marianne; Schaedelin, Sabine; Aebi, Christoph; Berger, Christoph; Crisinel, Pierre-Alex; Diana, Alessandro; Niederer-Loher, Anita; Siegrist, Claire-Anne; Vaudaux, Bernard; Heininger, Ulrich (2017). Attitudes of Swiss Health Care Providers Toward Childhood Immunizations. The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 36(6):e167-e174.

Borges, Álvaro H; Hoy, Jennifer F; Florence, Eric; et al; Weber, Rainer (2017). Antiretrovirals, fractures, and osteonecrosis in a large international HIV cohort. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 64(10):1413-1421.

Leonard, Cory Ann; Schoborg, Robert V; Borel, Nicole (2017). Productive and penicillin-stressed chlamydia pecorum infection induces nuclear factor kappa b activation and interleukin-6 secretion in vitro. Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 7:180.

Rominski, Anna; Selchow, Petra; Becker, Katja; Brülle, Juliane K; Dal Molin, Michael; Sander, Peter (2017). Elucidation of Mycobacterium abscessus aminoglycoside and capreomycin resistance by targeted deletion of three putative resistance genes. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 72(8):2191-2200.

Béguelin, Charles; Friolet, Nicole; Moradpour, Darius; Sahli, Roland; Suter-Riniker, Franziska; Lüthi, Alexander; Cavassini, Matthias; Günthard, Huldrych F; Battegay, Manuel; Bernasconi, Enos; Schmid, Patrick; Calmy, Alexandra; Atkinson, Andrew; Rauch, Andri; Wandeler, Gilles; Swiss HIV Cohort Study (2017). Impact of Tenofovir on Hepatitis Delta Virus Replication in the Swiss Human Immunodeficiency Virus Cohort Study. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 64(9):1275-1278.

Sekaggya-Wiltshire, C; von Braun, A; Scherrer, A U; Manabe, Y C; Buzibye, A; Muller, D; Ledergerber, B; Gutteck, U; Corti, N; Kambugu, A; Byakika-Kibwika, P; Lamorde, M; Castelnuovo, B; Fehr, J; Kamya, M R (2017). Anti-TB drug concentrations and drug-associated toxicities among TB/HIV-coinfected patients. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 72(4):1172-1177.

Hombach, Michael; Weissert, Christoph; Senn, Maria Magdalena; Zbinden, Reinhard (2017). Comparison of phenotypic methods for the detection of penicillinase in Staphylococcus aureus and proposal of a practical diagnostic approach. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 72(4):1089-1093.

Buess, Simone; Nüesch-Inderbinen, Magdalena; Stephan, Roger; Zurfluh, Katrin (2017). Assessment of animals as a reservoir for colistin resistance: no MCR-1/MCR-2 producing Enterobacteriaceae detected in Swiss livestock. Journal of global antimicrobial resistance, 8:33-34.

Seth-Smith, Helena M B; Katharios, Pantelis; Dourala, Nancy; Mateos, José M; Fehr, Alexander G J; Nufer, Lisbeth; Ruetten, Maja; Guevara Soto, Maricruz; Vaughan, Lloyd (2017). Ca. Similichlamydia in epitheliocystis co-infection of gilthead seabream gills: unique morphological features of a deep branching chlamydial family. Frontiers in Microbiology, 8:508.

Kang, Mi-Sun; Lim, Hae-Soon; Oh, Jong-Suk; Lim, You-Jin; Wuertz-Kozak, Karin; Harro, Janette M; Shirtliff, Mark E; Achermann, Yvonne (2017). Antimicrobial activity of Lactobacillus salivarius and Lactobacillus fermentum against Staphylococcus aureus. FEMS Pathogens and Disease, 75(2):ftx009.

Kletenkov, K; Hoffmann, D; Böni, J; Yerly, S; Aubert, V; Schöni-Affolter, F; Struck, D; Verheyen, J; Klimkait, T (2017). Role of Gag mutations in PI resistance in the Swiss HIV cohort study: bystanders or contributors? Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 72(3):866-875.

Bloch, Susanne; Thurnheer, Thomas; Murakami, Yukitaka; Belibasakis, Georgios N; Schäffer, Christina (2017). Behavior of two Tannerella forsythia strains and cell surface mutants in multispecies oral biofilms. Molecular Oral Microbiology, 32(5):404-418.

Kovari, Helen; Rauch, Andri; Kouyos, Roger; Rougemont, Mathieu; Cavassini, Matthias; Schmid, Patrick; Stöckle, Marcel; Bernasconi, Enos; Weber, Rainer; Ledergerber, Bruno; Swiss HIV Cohort Study (2017). Hepatitis C Infection and the Risk of Non-Liver-Related Morbidity and Mortality in HIV-Infected Persons in the Swiss HIV Cohort Study. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 64(4):490-497.

Feigelman, Rounak; Kahlert, Christian R; Baty, Florent; Rassouli, Frank; Kleiner, Rebekka L; Kohler, Philipp; Brutsche, Martin H; von Mering, Christian (2017). Sputum DNA sequencing in cystic fibrosis: non-invasive access to the lung microbiome and to pathogen details. Microbiome, 5(1):20.

Rominski, Anna; Roditscheff, Anna; Selchow, Petra; Böttger, Erik C; Sander, Peter (2017). Intrinsic rifamycin resistance of Mycobacterium abscessus is mediated by ADP-ribosyltransferase MAB_0591. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 72(2):376-384.

Pulcini, Céline; Tebano, Gianpiero; Mutters, Nico T; Tacconelli, Evelina; Cambau, Emmanuelle; Kahlmeter, Gunnar; Jarlier, Vincent (2017). Selective reporting of antibiotic susceptibility test results in European countries: an ESCMID cross-sectional survey. International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents, 49(2):162-166.

Sommerstein, Rami; Schreiber, Peter W; Diekema, Daniel J; Edmond, Michael B; Hasse, Barbara; Marschall, Jonas; Sax, Hugo (2017). Mycobacterium chimaera outbreak associated with heater-cooler devices: piecing the puzzle together. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, 38(1):103-108.

Clack, Lauren; Scotoni, Manuela; Wolfensberger, Aline; Sax, Hugo (2017). "First-person view" of pathogen transmission and hand hygiene - use of a new head-mounted video capture and coding tool. Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control, 6:108.

Emond Rheault, J G; Jeukens, J; Freschi, L; Kukavica-Ibrulj, I; Boyle, B; Dupont, M J; Stephan, Roger; Goodridge, Lawrence; Levesque, Roger C; et al (2017). A Syst-OMICS approach to ensuring food safety and reducing the economic burden of Salmonellosis. Frontiers in Microbiology, 8:996.

Leong, Cheryl; Buttafuoco, Antonino; Glatz, Martin; Bosshard, Philipp P (2017). Antifungal Susceptibility Testing of Malassezia spp. with an Optimized Colorimetric Broth Microdilution Method. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 55(6):1883-1893.

Nüesch-Inderbinen, Magdalena; Baschera, Marco; Zurfluh, Katrin; Hächler, Herbert; Nüesch, H R; Stephan, Roger (2017). Clonal diversity, virulence potential and antimicrobial resistance of Escherichia coli causing community acquired urinary tract infection in Switzerland. Frontiers in Microbiology, 8:2334.

Eshwar, A K; Guldimann, Claudia; Oevermann, Anna; Tasara, Taurai (2017). Cold-shock domain family proteins (Csps) are involved in regulation of virulence, cellular aggregation and flagella-based motility in Listeria monocytogenes. Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 7:453.

Chase, H R; Gopinath, G R; Eshwar, A K; Stoller, A; Fricker-Feer, C; Gangiredla, J; Patel, I R; Cinar, H N; Jeong, H; Lee, C; Negrete, F; Finkelstein, S; Stephan, Roger; Tall, B D; Lehner, Angelika (2017). Comparative genomic characterization of the highly persistent and potentially virulent Cronobacter sakazakii ST83, CC65 strain H322 and other ST83 strains. Frontiers in Microbiology, 8:1136.

Meier, A B; Guldimann, Claudia; Markkula, A; Pöntinen, A; Korkeala, H; Tasara, Taurai (2017). Comparative phenotypic and genotypic analysis of Swiss and Finnish Listeria monocytogenes isolates with respect to benzalkonium chloride resistance. Frontiers in Microbiology, 8:397.

Lardi, Martina; de Campos, Samanta Bolzan; Purtschert, Gabriela; Eberl, Leo; Pessi, Gabriella (2017). Competition Experiments for Legume Infection Identify Burkholderia phymatum as a Highly Competitive β-Rhizobium. Frontiers in Microbiology, 8:1527.

Wang, Shaopu; Giller, Katrin; Kreuzer, Michael; Ulbrich, Susanne E; Braun, Ueli; Schwarm, Angela (2017). Contribution of ruminal fungi, archaea, protozoa, and bacteria to the methane suppression caused by oilseed supplemented diets. Frontiers in Microbiology, 8:1864.

Koehler, Philipp; Hamprecht, Axel; Bader, Oliver; Bekeredjian-Ding, Isabelle; Buchheidt, Dieter; Doelken, Gottfried; Elias, Johannes; Haase, Gerhard; Hahn-Ast, Corinna; Karthaus, Meinolf; Kekulé, Alexander; Keller, Peter; Kiehl, Michael; Krause, Stefan W; Krämer, Carolin; Neumann, Silke; Rohde, Holger; La Rosée, Paul; Ruhnke, Markus; Schafhausen, Philippe; Schalk, Enrico; Schulz, Katrin; Schwartz, Stefan; Silling, Gerda; Staib, Peter; Ullmann, Andrew; Vergoulidou, Maria; Weber, Thomas; Cornely, Oliver A; Vehreschild, Maria J G T (2017). Epidemiology of invasive aspergillosis and azole resistance in patients with acute leukaemia: the SEPIA study. International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents, 49(2):218-223.

Fröhlich, Maryna; Fehr, Jan; Sulser, Tullio; Eberli, Daniel; Mortezavi, Ashkan (2017). Extraction strings for ureteric stents: is there an increased risk for urinary tract infections? Surgical Infections, 18(8):936-940.

Zehnder, Matthias; Rechenberg, D-K; Thurnheer, T; Lüthi-Schaller, H; Belibasakis, G N (2017). FISHing for gutta-percha-adhered biofilms in purulent post-treatment apical periodontitis. Molecular Oral Microbiology, 32(3):226-235.

Bärlocher, Kevin; Welin, Amanda; Hilbi, Hubert (2017). Formation of the legionella replicative compartment at the crossroads of retrograde trafficking. Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 7:482.

Hingston, Patricia; Chen, Jessica; Dhillon, Bhavjinder K; Laing, Chad; Bertelli, Claire; Gannon, Victor; Tasara, Taurai; Allen, Kevin; Brinkman, Fiona S L; Truelstrup Hansen, Lisbeth; Wang, Siyun (2017). Genotypes associated with Listeria monocytogenes isolates displaying impaired or enhanced tolerances to cold, salt, acid, or desiccation stress. Frontiers in Microbiology, 8:369.

Sommerstein, R; Kohler, P P; Hasse, B (2017). Global Mycobacterium chimaera outbreak: challenges for the near future. Journal of Hospital Infection, 96(3):207-208.

Kyburz, Andreas; Müller, Anne (2017). Helicobacter pylori and Extragastric Diseases. In: Tegtmeyer, Nicole; Backert, Steffen. Molecular Pathogenesis and Signal Transduction by Helicobacter pylori. Springer International Publishing: Springer, 325-347.

Fierz, Lisa; Cernela, Nicole; Hauser, E; Nüesch-Inderbinen, Magdalena; Stephan, Roger (2017). Human infections with Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli, Switzerland, 2010-2014. Frontiers in Microbiology, 8:1471.

Ghisla, Virginia; Scherrer, Alexandra U; Nicca, Dunja; Braun, Dominique L; Fehr, Jan S (2017). Incidence of hepatitis C in HIV positive and negative men who have sex with men 2000-2016: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Infection, 45(3):309-321.

Hochstrasser, Ramon; Hilbi, Hubert (2017). Intra-species and inter-kingdom signaling of Legionella pneumophila. Frontiers in Microbiology, 8:79.

Zurfluh, Katrin; Nüesch-Inderbinen, Magdalena; Klumpp, Jochen; Poirel, Laurent; Nordmann, Patrice; Stephan, Roger (2017). Key features of mcr-1-bearing plasmids from Escherichia coli isolated from humans and food. Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control, 6:91.

Becker, Katja; Haldimann, Klara; Selchow, Petra; Reinau, Lukas M; Dal Molin, Michael; Sander, Peter (2017). Lipoprotein Glycosylation by Protein-O-Mannosyltransferase (MAB_1122c) Contributes to Low Cell Envelope Permeability and Antibiotic Resistance of Mycobacterium abscessus. Frontiers in Microbiology, 8:2123.

Bailly, Aurélien; Weisskopf, Laure (2017). Mining the Volatilomes of Plant-Associated Microbiota for New Biocontrol Solutions. Frontiers in Microbiology:8:1638.

de Campos, Samanta Bolzan; Lardi, Martina; Gandolfi, Alessia; Eberl, Leo; Pessi, Gabriella (2017). Mutations in Two Paraburkholderia phymatum Type VI Secretion Systems Cause Reduced Fitness in Interbacterial Competition. Frontiers in Microbiology:8:2473.

Schreiber, Peter W; Sax, Hugo (2017). Mycobacterium chimaera infections associated with heater–cooler units in cardiac surgery. Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases, 30(4):388-394.

Schön, T; Miotto, P; Köser, C U; Viveiros, M; Böttger, E; Cambau, E (2017). Mycobacterium tuberculosis drug-resistance testing: challenges, recent developments and perspectives. Clinical Microbiology and Infection, 23(3):154-160.

Nahid, H; Staub, D; Hächler, Herbert; Albrich, W C (2017). Pneumonia caused by Shigella sonnei with an atypical clinical presentation. Infection, 45(2):241-244.

Hindermann, Denise; Gopinath, G; Chase, H; Negrete, F; Althaus, Denise; Zurfluh, Katrin; Tall, B D; Stephan, Roger; Nüesch-Inderbinen, Magdalena (2017). Salmonella enterica serovar Infantis from food and human infections, Switzerland, 2010-2015: poultry-related multidrug resistant clones and an emerging ESBL producing clonal lineage. Frontiers in Microbiology, 8:1322.

Zurfluh, Katrin; Stephan, Roger; Widmer, A; Poirel, Laurent; Nordmann, Patrice; Nüesch, H J; Hächler, Herbert; Nüesch-Inderbinen, Magdalena (2017). Screening for fecal carriage of MCR-producing Enterobacteriaceae in healthy humans and primary care patients. Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control, 6:28.

Broecker, Felix; Russo, Giancarlo; Klumpp, Jochen; Moelling, Karin (2017). Stable core virome despite variable microbiome after fecal transfer. Gut Microbes, 8(3):214-220.

Guldimann, Claudia; Guariglia-Oropeza, V; Harrand, S; Kent, David; Boor, K J; Wiedmann, Martin (2017). Stochastic and differential activation of σB and PrfA in Listeria monocytogenes at the single cell level under different environmental stress conditions. Frontiers in Microbiology, 8:348.

Marti, Hanna; Kim, Hoyon; Joseph, Sandeep J; Dojiri, Stacey; Read, Timothy D; Dean, Deborah (2017). Tet(C) Gene Transfer between Chlamydia suis Strains Occurs by Homologous Recombination after Co-infection: Implications for Spread of Tetracycline-Resistance among Chlamydiaceae. Frontiers in Microbiology, 8:156.

Münz, Christian (2017). The Autophagic Machinery in Viral Exocytosis. Frontiers in Microbiology, 8:269.

Joller, Nicole; Kuchroo, Vijay K (2017). Tim-3, Lag-3, and TIGIT. In: Yoshimura, Akihiko. Emerging Concepts Targeting Immune Checkpoints in Cancer and Autoimmunity. Cham: Springer, 127-156.

2016

Klöckner, A; Nagel, M; Greub, G; Aeby, S; Hoffmann, K; Liégeois, F; Rouet, F; De Benedetti, S; Borel, Nicole; Henrichfreise, B (2016). Chlamydia-related bacteria in free-living and captive great apes, Gabon. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 22(12):2199-2201.

Imkamp, Frank; Keller, Peter M; Böttger, Erik C (2016). Comment on: Delamanid susceptibility testing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis using the resazurin microtitre assay and the BACTEC™ MGIT™ 960 system. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 71(12):3624.

Granato, Elisa T; Harrison, Freya; Kümmerli, Rolf (2016). Do bacterial “virulence factors” always increase virulence? A meta-analysis of pyoverdine production in Pseudomonas aeruginosa as a test case. Frontiers in Microbiology, 7:1952.

Meinel, D M; Kuehl, R; Zbinden, R; Boskova, V; Garzoni, C; Fadini, D; Dolina, M; Blümel, B; Weibel, T; Tschudin-Sutter, S; Widmer, A F; Bielicki, J A; Dierig, A; Heininger, U; Konrad, R; Berger, A; Hinic, V; Goldenberger, D; Blaich, A; Stadler, T; Battegay, M; Sing, A; Egli, A (2016). Outbreak investigation for toxigenic Corynebacterium diphtheriae wound infections in refugees from Northeast Africa and Syria in Switzerland and Germany by whole genome sequencing. Clinical Microbiology and Infection, 22(12):1003.e1-1003.e8.

COHERE (2016). Changing Incidence and Risk Factors for Kaposi Sarcoma by Time Since Starting Antiretroviral Therapy: Collaborative Analysis of 21 European Cohort Studies. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 63(10):1373-1379.

Bader, J; Däumer, M; Schöni-Affolter, F; Böni, J; Gorgievski-Hrisoho, Meri; Martinetti, G; Thielen, A; Klimkait, T (2016). Therapeutic Immune Recovery and Reduction of CXCR4-Tropic HIV-1. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 64(3):295-300.

Niggli, Fabian; Huber, Lars C; Benden, Christian; Schuurmans, Macé M (2016). Human metapneumovirus in lung transplant recipients: characteristics and outcomes. Infectious Diseases, 48(11-12):852-856.

Bossard, Daniel Andreas; Ledergerber, Bruno; Zingg, Patrick O; Gerber, Christian; Zinkernagel, Annelies S; Zbinden, Reinhard; Achermann, Yvonne (2016). Optimal length of cultivation time for isolation of propionibacterium acnes in suspected bone and joint infections is more than 7 days. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 54(12):3043-3049.

Wandeler, Gilles; Mulenga, Lloyd; Vinikoor, Michael J; Kovari, Helen; Battegay, Manuel; Calmy, Alexandra; Cavassini, Matthias; Bernasconi, Enos; Schmid, Patrick; Bolton-Moore, Carolyn; Sinkala, Edford; Chi, Benjamin H; Egger, Matthias; Rauch, Andri; IeDEA-Southern Africa; Swiss HIV Cohort Study (2016). Liver fibrosis in treatment-naïve HIV-infected and HIV/HBV co-infected patients: Zambia and Switzerland compared. International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 51:97-102.

Schreiber, Peter W; Kuster, Stefan P; Hasse, Barbara; Bayard, Cornelia; Rüegg, Christian; Kohler, Philipp; Keller, Peter M; Bloemberg, Guido V; Maisano, Francesco; Bettex, Dominique; Halbe, Maximilian; Sommerstein, Rami; Sax, Hugo (2016). Reemergence of Mycobacterium chimaera in Heater-Cooler Units despite Intensified Cleaning and Disinfection Protocol. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 22(10):1830-1833.

Gjærde, Lars I; Shepherd, Leah; Jablonowska, Elzbieta; Lazzarin, Adriano; Rougemont, Mathieu; Darling, Katharine; Battegay, Manuel; Braun, Dominique; Martel-Laferriere, Valerie; Lundgren, Jens D; Rockstroh, Jürgen K; Gill, John; Rauch, Andri; Mocroft, Amanda; Klein, Marina B; Peters, Lars (2016). Trends in Incidences and Risk Factors for Hepatocellular Carcinoma and Other Liver Events in HIV and Hepatitis C Virus-coinfected Individuals From 2001 to 2014: A Multicohort Study. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 63(6):821-829.

Harmer, Nicholas J; Chahwan, Richard (2016). Isotype switching: Mouse IgG3 constant region drives increased affinity for polysaccharide antigens. Virulence, 7(6):623-626.

Zurfluh, Katrin; Hächler, Herbert; Stephan, Roger; Nüesch-Inderbinen, Magdalena (2016). Long-term shedding of CTX-M-15 producing E. coli B2:ST127 by a healthy asymptomatic carrier. International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents, 48(4):466.

Scherrer, Alexandra U; Bloemberg, Guido; Zbinden, Reinhard; Zinkernagel, Annelies S; Fuchs, Claudio; Frauenfelder, Sandra; Rancic, Zoran; Mayer, Dieter; Hasse, Barbara (2016). Prosthetic vascular graft infections: bacterial cultures from negative-pressure-wound-therapy foams do not improve diagnostics. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 54(8):2190-2193.

Maldarelli, Grace A; Piepenbrink, Kurt H; Scott, Alison J; Freiberg, Jeffrey A; Song, Yang; Achermann, Yvonne; Ernst, Robert K; Shirtliff, Mark E; Sundberg, Eric J; Donnenberg, Michael S; von Rosenvinge, Erik C (2016). Type IV pili promote early biofilm formation by Clostridium difficile. FEMS Pathogens and Disease, 74(6):ftw061.

Wang, J; Gibbons, James F; McGrath, K; Bai, L; Li, Fengqin; Leonard, Finola C; Stephan, Roger; Fanning, Séamus (2016). Molecular characterization of blaESBL-producing Escherichia coli cultured from pig farms in Ireland. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 71(11):3062-3065.

Pires, João; Kuenzli, Esther; Kasraian, Sara; Tinguely, Regula; Furrer, Hansjakob; Hilty, Markus; Hatz, Christoph; Endimiani, Andrea (2016). Polyclonal Intestinal Colonization with Extended-Spectrum Cephalosporin-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae upon Traveling to India. Frontiers in Microbiology, 7:1069.

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 (2016). Standard genotyping overestimates transmission of mycobacterium tuberculosis among immigrants in a low-incidence country. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 54(7):1862-1870.

Trück, Johannes; Jawad, Sena; Goldblatt, David; Roalfe, Lucy; Snape, Matthew D; Voysey, Merryn; Pollard, Andrew J (2016). The antibody response following a booster with either a 10- or 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in toddlers primed with a 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in early infancy. The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 35(7):787-793.

Jost, Geraldine; Bloemberg, Guido V; Hombach, Michael (2016). Improved sensitivity for meticillin resistance detection in coagulase-negative staphylococci by moxalactam antibiotic discs or a cefoxitin investigation zone. Journal of Medical Microbiology, 65(6):566-568.

Personnic, Nicolas; Bärlocher, Kevin; Finsel, Ivo; Hilbi, Hubert (2016). Subversion of retrograde trafficking by translocated pathogen effectors. Trends in Microbiology, 24(6):450-462.

Sommerstein, Rami; Rüegg, Christian; Kohler, Philipp; Bloemberg, Guido; Kuster, Stefan P; Sax, Hugo (2016). Transmission of mycobacterium chimaera from heater-cooler units during cardiac surgery despite an ultraclean air ventilation system. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 22(6):1008-1013.

Scherrer, Alexandra U; von Wyl, Viktor; Yang, Wan-Lin; Kouyos, Roger D; Böni, Jürg; Yerly, Sabine; Klimkait, Thomas; Aubert, Vincent; Cavassini, Matthias; Battegay, Manuel; Furrer, Hansjakob; Calmy, Alexandra; Vernazza, Pietro; Bernasconi, Enos; Günthard, Huldrych F (2016). Emergence of acquired HIV-1 drug resistance almost stopped in Switzerland: A 15-year prospective cohort analysis. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 62(10):1310-1317.

Thiébaut, Rodolphe; Jarne, Ana; Routy, Jean-Pierre; Sereti, Irini; Fischl, Margaret; Ive, Prudence; Speck, Roberto F; D'Offizi, Gianpiero; Casari, Salvatore; Commenges, Daniel; Foulkes, Sharne; Natarajan, Ven; Croughs, Thérèse; Delfraissy, Jean-François; Tambussi, Guiseppe; Levy, Yves; Lederman, Michael M (2016). Repeated cycles of recombinant human interleukin 7 in HIV-infected patients with low CD4 t-cell reconstitution on antiretroviral therapy: results of 2 phase II multicenter studies. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 62(9):1178-1185.

De Luca, Andrea; Flandre, Philippe; Dunn, David; Zazzi, Maurizio; Wensing, Annemarie; Santoro, Maria Mercedes; Günthard, Huldrych F; Wittkop, Linda; Kordossis, Theodoros; Garcia, Federico; Castagna, Antonella; Cozzi-Lepri, Alessandro; Churchill, Duncan; De Wit, Stéphane; Brockmeyer, Norbert H; Imaz, Arkaitz; Mussini, Cristina; Obel, Niels; Perno, Carlo Federico; Roca, Bernardino; Reiss, Peter; Schülter, Eugen; Torti, Carlo; van Sighem, Ard; Zangerle, Robert; Descamps, Diane (2016). Improved darunavir genotypic mutation score predicting treatment response for patients infected with HIV-1 subtype B and non-subtype B receiving a salvage regimen. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 71(5):1352-1360.

van Herk, Wendy; el Helou, Salhab; Janota, Jan; Hagmann, Cornelia; Klingenberg, Claus; Staub, Eveline; Giannoni, Eric; Tissieres, Pierre; Schlapbach, Luregn J; van Rossum, Annemarie M C; Pilgrim, Sina B; Stocker, Martin (2016). Variation in Current Management of Term and Late-preterm Neonates at Risk for Early-onset Sepsis: An International Survey and Review of Guidelines. The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 35(5):494-500.

Bostanci, Nagihan; Thurnheer, T; Belibasakis, G N; Curtis, M A; Kilian, M; Marsh, P D; Kinane, D F; Mombelli, A (2016). Tribute. Molecular Oral Microbiology, 31(3):205-206.

Metzner, Karin J (2016). HIV whole-genome sequencing now: answering still-open questions. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 54(4):834-835.

Fehr, Jan; Nicca, Dunja; Goffard, Jean-Christophe; Haerry, David; Schlag, Michael; Papastamopoulos, Vasileios; Hoepelman, Andy; Skoutelis, Athanasius; Diazaraque, Ruth; Ledergerber, Bruno (2016). Reasons for not starting antiretroviral therapy in HIV-1-infected individuals: a changing landscape. Infection, 44(4):521-529.

Borel, Nicole; Leonard, Cory; Slade, Jessica; Schoborg, Robert V (2016). Chlamydial antibiotic resistance and treatment failure in veterinary and human medicine. Current Clinical Microbiology Reports, 3:10-18.

Noguera-Julian, M; Cozzi-Lepri, A; Di Giallonardo, F; Schuurman, R; Däumer, M; Aitken, S; Ceccherini-Silberstein, F; D'Arminio Monforte, A; Geretti, A M; Booth, C L; Kaiser, R; Michalik, C; Jansen, K; Masquelier, B; Bellecave, P; Kouyos, R D; Castro, E; Furrer, H; Schultze, A; Günthard, H F; Brun-Vezinet, F; Metzner, K J; Paredes, R (2016). Contribution of APOBEC3G/F activity to the development of low-abundance drug-resistant human immunodeficiency virus type 1 variants. Clinical Microbiology and Infection, 22(2):191-200.

Giannoni, Eric; Berger, Christoph; Stocker, Martin; Agyeman, Philipp; Posfay-Barbe, Klara M; Heininger, Ulrich; Konetzny, Gabriel; Niederer-Loher, Anita; Kahlert, Christian; Donas, Alex; Leone, Antonio; Hasters, Paul; Relly, Christa; Baer, Walter; Aebi, Christoph; Schlapbach, Luregn J (2016). Incidence and outcome of group B streptococcal sepsis in infants in Switzerland. The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 35(2):222-224.

Schoster, Angelika; Staempfli, Henry (2016). Epidemiology and antimicrobial resistance in clostridium difficile with special reference to the horse. Current Clinical Microbiology Reports, 3(1):32-41.

Nüesch-Inderbinen, Magdalena; Stephan, Roger (2016). Epidemiology of extended-spectrum β-lactamase producing Escherichia coli in the human-livestock environment. Current Clinical Microbiology Reports, 3(1):1-9.

Marzel, Alex; Shilaih, Mohaned; Yang, Wan-Lin; Böni, Jürg; Yerly, Sabine; Klimkait, Thomas; Aubert, Vincent; Braun, Dominique L; Calmy, Alexandra; Furrer, Hansjakob; Cavassini, Matthias; Battegay, Manuel; Vernazza, Pietro L; Bernasconi, Enos; Günthard, Huldrych F; Kouyos, Roger D; Swiss HIV Cohort Study (2016). HIV-1 transmission during recent infection and during treatment interruptions as major drivers of new infections in the Swiss HIV Cohort Study. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 62(1):115-122.

Mohanty, Soumitra; Dal Molin, Michael; Ganguli, Geetanjali; Padhi, Avinash; Jena, Prajna; Selchow, Petra; Sengupta, Srabasti; Meuli, Michael; Sander, Peter; Sonawane, Avinash (2016). Mycobacterium tuberculosis EsxO (Rv2346c) promotes bacillary survival by inducing oxidative stress mediated genomic instability in macrophages. Tuberculosis, 96:44-57.

Hombach, Michael; Ochoa, Carlos; Maurer, Florian P; Pfiffner, Tamara; Böttger, Erik C; Furrer, Reinhard (2016). Relative contribution of biological variation and technical variables to zone diameter variations of disc diffusion susceptibility testing. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 71(1):141-151.

Gautret, Philippe; Mockenhaupt, Frank P; von Sonnenburg, Frank; Rothe, Camilla; Libman, Michael; Van De Winkel, Kristina; Bottieau, Emmanuel; Grobusch, Martin P; Hamer, Davidson H; Esposito, Douglas H; Parola, Philippe; Schlagenhauf, Patricia; GeoSentinel Surveillance Network (2016). Schistosomiasis Screening of Travelers to Corsica, France. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 22(1):160-161.

Fehr, Alexander G J; Ruetten, M; Seth-Smith, Helena M B; Nufer, Lisbeth; Voegtlin, A; Lehner, Angelika; Greub, Gilbert; Crosier, Philip S; Neuhauss, S C F; Vaughan, Lloyd (2016). A zebrafish model for Chlamydia infection with the obligate intracellular pathogen Waddlia chondrophila. Frontiers in Microbiology:7:1829.

Sybesma, Wilbert; Zbinden, Reinhard; Chanishvili, Nino; Kutateladze, Mzia; Chkhotua, Archil; Ujmajuridze, Aleksandre; Mehnert, Ulrich; Kessler, Thomas M (2016). Bacteriophages as Potential Treatment for Urinary Tract Infections. Frontiers in Microbiology, 7:465.

Schulthess, Bettina; Bloemberg, Guido V; Zbinden, Andrea; Mouttet, Forouhar; Zbinden, Reinhard; Böttger, Erik C; Hombach, Michael (2016). Evaluation of the Bruker MALDI Biotyper for the identification of fastidious Gram-negative rods. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 54(3):543-548.

Spitzen-van der Sluijs, Annemarieke; Martel, An; et al; Schmidt, B R (2016). Expanding Distribution of Lethal Amphibian Fungus Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans in Europe. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 22(7):1286-1288.

García, Patricia; Malorny, Burkhard; Rodicio, M Rosario; Stephan, Roger; Hächler, Herbert; Guerra, Beatriz; Lucarelli, Claudia (2016). Horizontal acquisition of a multidrug-resistance module (R-type ASSuT) is responsible for the monophasic phenotype in a widespread clone of Salmonella serovar 4,[5],12:i:. Frontiers in Microbiology, 7:680.

Meyer Sauteur, Patrick M; Unger, Wendy W J; Nadal, David; Berger, Christoph; Vink, Cornelis; van Rossum, Annemarie M C (2016). Infection with and carriage of Mycoplasma pneumoniae in children. Frontiers in Microbiology:7:329.

Pachathundikandi, Suneesh Kumar; Müller, Anne; Backert, Steffen (2016). Inflammasome activation by helicobacter pylori and its implications for persistence and immunity. In: Backert, Steffen. Inflammasome Signaling and Bacterial Infections. Germany: Springer, 117-131.

Schell, Ursula; Simon, Sylvia; Hilbi, Hubert (2016). Inflammasome recognition and regulation of the legionella flagellum. Current topics in microbiology and immunology, 397:161-181.

Thurnheer, T; Bostanci, N; Belibasakis, G N (2016). Microbial dynamics during conversion from supragingival to subgingival biofilms in an in vitro model. Molecular Oral Microbiology, 31(2):125-135.

Wiesmann, F; Naeth, G; Berger, A; Hirsch, H H; Regenass, S; Ross, R S; Sarrazin, C; Wedemeyer, H; Knechten, H; Braun, P (2016). Multicentric performance analysis of HCV quantification assays and its potential relevance for HCV treatment. Medical Microbiology and Immunology, 205(3):263-268.

Margot, Heike; Stephan, Roger; Tasara, Taurai (2016). Mungo bean sprout microbiome and changes associated with culture based enrichment protocols used in detection of Gram-negative foodborne pathogens. Microbiome, 4(1):48.

Heikinheimo, Annamari; Johler, Sophia; Karvonen, Laura; Julmi, Jérôme; Fredriksson-Ahomaa, Maria; Stephan, Roger (2016). New dominant spa type t2741 in livestock-associated MRSA (CC398-MRSA-V) in Finnish fattening pigs at slaughter. Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control, 5:6.

Arora, Natasha; Schuenemann, Verena J; Jäger, Günter; Peltzer, Alexander; Seitz, Alexander; Herbig, Alexander; Strouhal, Michal; Grillová, Linda; Sánchez-Busó, Leonor; Kühnert, Denise; Bos, Kirsten I; Davis, Leyla Rivero; Mikalová, Lenka; Bruisten, Sylvia; Komericki, Peter; French, Patrick; Grant, Paul R; Pando, María A; Vaulet, Lucía Gallo; Fermepin, Marcelo Rodríguez; Martinez, Antonio; Centurion Lara, Arturo; Giacani, Lorenzo; Norris, Steven J; Šmajs, David; Bosshard, Philipp P; González-Candelas, Fernando; Nieselt, Kay; Krause, Johannes; Bagheri, Homayoun C (2016). Origin of modern syphilis and emergence of a pandemic Treponema pallidum cluster. Nature Microbiology, 2:16245.

Leonard, Cory Ann; Dewez, Frederic; Borel, Nicole (2016). Penicillin g-induced chlamydial stress response in a porcine strain of chlamydia pecorum. International Journal of Microbiology, 2016:3832917.

Quiblier, Chantal; Jetter, Marion; Rominski, Mark; Mouttet, Forouhar; Böttger, Erik C; Keller, Peter M; Hombach, Michael (2016). Performance of copan WASP for routine urine microbiology. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 54(3):585-592.

Tschopp, Clément; Schneider, Alexis; Longtin, Yves; Renzi, Gesuele; Schrenzel, Jacques; Pittet, Didier (2016). Predictors of heavy stethoscope contamination following a physical examination. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, 37(06):673-679.

Nüesch-Inderbinen, Magdalena; Heini, Nicole; Zurfluh, Katrin; Althaus, Denise; Hächler, Herbert; Stephan, Roger (2016). Shigella antimicrobial drug resistance mechanisms, 2004–2014. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 22(6):1083-1085.

Rampini, Silvana K; Zbinden, Andrea; Speck, Roberto F; Bloemberg, Guido V (2016). Similar efficacy of broad-range ITS PCR and conventional fungal culture for diagnosing fungal infections in non-immunocompromised patients. BMC Microbiology, 16(1):132.

Rigouts, L; Coeck, N; Gumusboga, M; de Rijk, W B; Aung, K J M; Hossain, M A; Fissette, K; Rieder, Hans L; Meehan, C J; de Jong, B C; Van Deun, A (2016). Specific gyrA gene mutations predict poor treatment outcome in MDR-TB. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 71(2):314-323.

Merz, Axel; Stephan, Roger; Johler, Sophia (2016). Staphylococcus aureus isolates from goat and sheep milk seem to be closely related and differ from isolates detected among bovine milk. Frontiers in Microbiology, 7:319.

2015

Vayssier-Taussat, Muriel; Kazimirova, Maria; Hubalek, Zdenek; Hornok, Sándor; Farkas, Robert; Cosson, Jean-François; Bonnet, Sarah; Vourch, Gwenaël; Gasqui, Patrick; Mihalca, Andrei Daniel; Plantard, Olivier; Silaghi, Cornelia; Cutler, Sally; Rizzoli, Annapaola (2015). Emerging horizons for tick-borne pathogens: from the 'one pathogen-one disease' vision to the pathobiome paradigm. Future Microbiology, 10:2033-2043.

Hombach, Michael; von Gunten, Barbara; Castelberg, Claudio; Bloemberg, Guido V (2015). Evaluation of the Rapidec Carba NP test for detection of Carbapenemases in Enterobacteriaceae. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 53(12):3828-2833.

Hombach, Michael; Maurer, Florian P; Pfiffner, Tamara; Böttger, Erik C; Furrer, Reinhard (2015). Standardization of operator-dependent variables affecting precision and accuracy of the disk diffusion method for antibiotic susceptibility testing. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 53(12):3864-3869.

Brandenberg, Oliver F; Magnus, Carsten; Regoes, Roland R; Trkola, Alexandra (2015). The HIV-1 entry process: A stoichiometric view. Trends in Microbiology, 23(12):763-774.

Koch, Katrin N; Müller, Anne (2015). Helicobacter pylori activates the TLR2/NLRP3/caspase-1/IL-18 axis to induce regulatory T-cells, establish persistent infection and promote tolerance to allergens. Gut Microbes, 6(6):382-387.

Kurth, Florian; Develoux, Michel; Mechain, Matthieu; Clerinx, Jan; et al (2015). Intravenous Artesunate Reduces Parasite Clearance Time, Duration of Intensive Care, and Hospital Treatment in Patients With Severe Malaria in Europe: The TropNet Severe Malaria Study. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 61(9):1441-4.

Young, Jim; Moodie, Erica E M; Abrahamowicz, Michal; Klein, Marina B; Weber, Rainer; Bucher, Heiner C (2015). Incomplete modeling of the effect of antiretroviral therapy on the risk of cardiovascular events. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 61(7):1206-1207.

Beeler, Patrick E; Kuster, Stefan P; Eschmann, Emmanuel; Weber, Rainer; Blaser, Jürg (2015). Earlier switching from intravenous to oral antibiotics owing to electronic reminders. International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents, 46(4):428-433.

Gautret, Philippe; Mockenhaupt, Frank P; von Sonnenburg, Frank; Rothe, Camilla; Libman, Michael; Van De Winkel, Kristina; Bottieau, Emmanuel; Grobusch, Martin P; Hamer, Davidson H; Esposito, Douglas H; Parola, Philippe; Schlagenhauf, Patricia (2015). Local and International Implications of Schistosomiasis Acquired in Corsica, France. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 21(10):1865-1868.

Salmon, S; Pittet, D; Sax, H; McLaws, M L (2015). The 'My five moments for hand hygiene' concept for the overcrowded setting in resource-limited healthcare systems. Journal of Hospital Infection, 91(2):95-99.

Lewandowska, Dagmara W; Zagordi, Osvaldo; Zbinden, Andrea; Schuurmans, Macé M; Schreiber, Peter; Geissberger, Fabienne-Desirée; Huder, Jon B; Böni, Jürg; Benden, Christian; Mueller, Nicolas J; Trkola, Alexandra; Huber, Michael (2015). Unbiased metagenomic sequencing complements specific routine diagnostic methods and increases chances to detect rare viral strains. Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease, 83(2):133-138.

Braun, Dominique L; Kouyos, Roger D; Balmer, Belinda; Grube, Christina; Weber, Rainer; Günthard, Huldrych F (2015). Frequency and spectrum of unexpected clinical manifestations of primary HIV-1 infection. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 61(6):1013-1021.

Yang, Wan-Lin; Kouyos, Roger D; Scherrer, Alexandra U; Böni, Jürg; Shah, Cyril; Yerly, Sabine; Klimkait, Thomas; Aubert, Vincent; Hirzel, Cédric; Battegay, Manuel; Cavassini, Matthias; Bernasconi, Enos; Vernazza, Pietro; Held, Leonhard; Ledergerber, Bruno; Günthard, Huldrych F (2015). Assessing efficacy of different nucleos(t)ide backbones in NNRTI-containing regimens in the swiss HIV cohort study. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy:3323-3331.

Leuthard, Deborah; Berger, Christoph; Staubli, Georg; Nadal, David; Schmid, Sabine; Hamer, David; Weber, Rainer; Schlagenhauf, Patricia (2015). Management of children with travel-related illness evaluated in a pediatric emergency room. The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 34(12):1279-1282.

Kouyos, Roger D; Günthard, Huldrych F (2015). Editorial commentary: the irreversibility of HIV drug resistance. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 61(5):837-839.

Welte, René; Eschertzhuber, Stephan; Weiler, Stefan; Leitner-Rupprich, Sandra; Aigner, Maria; Lass-Flörl, Cornelia; Stienecke, Eva; Bellmann-Weiler, Rosa; Joannidis, Michael; Bellmann, Romuald (2015). Biliary amphotericin B pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics in critically ill liver transplant recipients receiving treatment with amphotericin B lipid formulations. International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents, 46(3):325-331.

Trück, Johannes; Thompson, Ameeka; Dwivedi, Reena; Segal, Shelley; Anand, Geetha; Kelly, Dominic F (2015). Nonotogenic skull base osteomyelitis in children: two cases and a review of the literature. The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 34(9):1025-1027.

Birger, Ruthie B; Kouyos, Roger D; Cohen, Ted; Griffiths, Emily C; Huijben, Silvie; Mina, Michael; Volkova, Victoriya; Grenfell, Bryan; Metcalf, C Jessica E (2015). The potential impact of coinfection on antimicrobial chemotherapy and drug resistance. Trends in Microbiology, 23(9):537-44.

Belibasakis, G N; Kast, Jeannette I; Thurnheer, Thomas; Akdis, Cezmi A; Bostanci, Nagihan (2015). The expression of gingival epithelial junctions in response to subgingival biofilms. Virulence, 6(7):704-709.

Achermann, Yvonne; Seidl, Kati; Kuster, Stefan P; Leimer, Nadja; Durisch, Nina; Ajdler-Schäffler, Evelyne; Karrer, Stephan; Senn, Gabriela; Holzmann-Bürgel, Anne; Wolfensberger, Aline; Leone, Antonio; Arlettaz, Romaine; Zinkernagel, Annelies S; Sax, Hugo (2015). Epidemiology of Methicillin-Susceptible Staphylococcus aureus in a Neonatology Ward. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology:1-8.

Wójtowicz, Agnieszka; Lecompte, T Doco; Bibert, Stephanie; Manuel, Oriol; Rüeger, Sina; Berger, Christoph; Boggian, Katia; Cusini, Alexia; Garzoni, Christian; Hirsch, Hans; Khanna, Nina; Mueller, Nicolas J; Meylan, Pascal R; Pascual, Manuel; van Delden, Christian; Bochud, Pierre-Yves (2015). PTX3 Polymorphisms and Invasive Mold Infections After Solid Organ Transplant. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 61(4):619-622.

Pospischil, A (2015). Human and animal health on three continents--a biography of the early life of Karl Friedrich Meyer (1884-1974). Foodborne Pathogens and Disease, 73(6):ftv039.

San Millan, Alvaro; Toll-Riera, Macarena; Escudero, Jose Antonio; Cantón, Rafael; Coque, Teresa M; MacLean, R Craig (2015). Sequencing of plasmids pAMBL1 and pAMBL2 from Pseudomonas aeruginosa reveals a blaVIM-1amplification causing high-level carbapenem resistance. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 70(11):3000-3003.

Franco, L; Pagan, I; Serre Del Cor, N; Schunk, M; Neumayr, A; Molero, F; Potente, A; Hatz, Christoph; Wilder-Smith, A; Sánchez-Seco, M P; Tenorio, A (2015). Molecular epidemiology suggests Venezuela as the origin of the dengue outbreak in Madeira, Portugal in 2012-2013. Clinical Microbiology and Infection, 21(7):713.e5-718.

König, R; Stertz, S (2015). Recent strategies and progress in identifying host factors involved in virus replication. Current Opinion in Microbiology, (26):79-88.

von Graevenitz, Alexander (2015). Klebsiella pneumoniae in a patient with hoarseness and dysphagia rather than pharyngitis. Infection, 43(3):377.

Valsesia, Giorgia; Roos, Malgorzata; Böttger, Erik C; Hombach, Michael (2015). A statistical approach for determination of disk diffusion-based cutoff values for systematic characterization of wild-type and non-wild-type bacterial populations in antimicrobial susceptibility testing. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 53(6):1812-1822.

Krengel, Annika; Cattori, Valentino; Meli, Marina L; Wachter, Bettina; Böni, Jürg; Bisset, Leslie R; Thalwitzer, Susanne; Melzheimer, Jörg; Jago, Mark; Hofmann-Lehmann, Regina; Hofer, Heribert; Lutz, Hans (2015). Gammaretrovirus-specific antibodies in free-ranging and captive Namibian cheetahs. Clinical and Vaccine Immunology, 22(6):611-617.

Osterhoff, Georg; Burla, Laurin; Werner, Clément M L; Jentzsch, Thorsten; Wanner, Guido A; Simmen, Hans-Peter; Sprengel, Kai (2015). Role of Pre-Operative Blood Transfusion and Subcutaneous Fat Thickness as Risk Factors for Surgical Site Infection after Posterior Thoracic Spine Stabilization. Surgical Infections, 16(3):333-337.

Valsesia, Giorgia; Hombach, Michael; Maurer, Florian P; Courvalin, Patrice; Roos, Malgorzata; Böttger, Erik C (2015). The Resistant-Population Cutoff (RCOFF): a new concept for improved characterization of antimicrobial susceptibility patterns of non-wild-type bacterial populations. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 53(6):1806-1811.

Brunet, Julie; Benoilid, Aurélien; Kremer, Stéphane; Dalvit, Constanza; Lefebvre, Nicolas; Hansmann, Yves; Chenard, Marie-Pierre; Mathieu, Bruno; Grimm, Felix; Deplazes, Peter; Pfaff, Alexander W; Abou-Bacar, Ahmed; Marescaux, Christian; Candolfi, Ermanno (2015). First case of human cerebral Taenia martis cysticercosis. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 53(8):2756-2759.

Maurer, Florian P; Bruderer, Vera L; Castelberg, Claudio; Ritter, Claudia; Scherbakov, Dimitri; Bloemberg, Guido V; Böttger, Erik C (2015). Aminoglycoside-modifying enzymes determine the innate susceptibility to aminoglycoside antibiotics in rapidly growing mycobacteria. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 70(5):1412-1419.

Salata, Cristiano; Baritussio, Aldo; Munegato, Denis; Calistri, Arianna; Ha, Huy Riem; Bigler, Laurent; Fabris, Fabrizio; Parolin, Cristina; Palu, Giorgio; Mirazimi, Ali (2015). Amiodarone and metabolite MDEA inhibit Ebola virus infection by interfering with the viral entry process. FEMS Pathogens and Disease, 73(5):ftv032-ftv032.

Abdelhady, Wessam; Chen, Liang; Bayer, Arnold S; Seidl, Kati; Yeaman, Michael R; Kreiswirth, Barry N; Xiong, Yan Q (2015). Early agr activation correlates with vancomycin treatment failure in multi-clonotype MRSA endovascular infections. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 70(5):1443-1452.

Achermann, Yvonne; Tran, Bao; Kang, Misun; Harro, Janette M; Shirtliff, Mark E (2015). Immunoproteomic identification of in vivo-produced propionibacterium acnes proteins in a rabbit biofilm infection model. Clinical and Vaccine Immunology, 22(5):467-476.

Lopez, Rodrigo; Hujoel, Philippe; Belibasakis, Georgios N (2015). On putative periodontal pathogens: an epidemiological perspective. Virulence, 6(3):249-257.

Schindler, V M; Jaeger, V K; Held, Leonhard; Hatz, Christoph; Bühler, Silja (2015). Travel style is a major risk factor for diarrhoea in India: a prospective cohort study. Clinical Microbiology and Infection, 21(7):676.e1-676.e4.

Belibasakis, Georgios N; Mylonakis, Eleftherios (2015). Oral infections: clinical and biological perspectives. Virulence, 6(3):173-176.

Sparber, Florian; LeibundGut-Landmann, Salomé (2015). Interleukin 17-mediated host defense against candida albicans. Pathogens, 4:606-619.

Bostanci, Nagihan; Bao, Kai; Wahlander, Asa; Grossmann, Jonas; Thurnheer, Thomas; Belibasakis, Georgios N (2015). Secretome of gingival epithelium in response to subgingival biofilms. Molecular Oral Microbiology, 30(4):323-335.

Sax, Hugo; Bloemberg, Guido; Hasse, Barbara; Sommerstein, Rami; Kohler, Philipp; Achermann, Yvonne; Rössle, Matthias; Falk, Volkmar; Kuster, Stefan P; Böttger, Erik C; Weber, Rainer (2015). Prolonged Outbreak of Mycobacterium chimaera Infection After Open-Chest Heart Surgery. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 61(1):67-75.

Cambau, E; Viveiros, M; Machado, D; Raskine, L; Ritter, C; Tortoli, E; Matthys, V; Hoffner, S; Richter, E; Perez Del Molino, M L; Cirillo, D M; van Soolingen, D; Böttger, E C (2015). Revisiting susceptibility testing in MDR-TB by a standardized quantitative phenotypic assessment in a European multicentre study. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 70(3):686-696.

Charalampakis, Georgios; Belibasakis, Georgios N (2015). Microbiome of peri-implant infections: lessons from conventional, molecular and metagenomic analyses. Virulence, 6(3):183-187.

Zehnder, Matthias; Belibasakis, Georgios N (2015). On the dynamics of root canal infections - what we understand and what we don't. Virulence, 6(3):216-222.

Gillespie, Stephen H; Ling, Clare L; Oravcova, Katarina; Pinheiro, Miguel; Wells, Louise; Bryant, Josephine M; McHugh, Timothy D; Bébéar, Cecile; Webster, David; Harris, Simon R; Seth-Smith, Helena M B; Thomson, Nicholas R (2015). Genomic Investigations unmask Mycoplasma amphoriforme, a new respiratory pathogen. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 60(3):381-388.

von Graevenitz, A (2015). In memoriam: Hans Gerd Schiefer (1935–2014). Infection, 43(1):131.

Nemeth, Johannes; Oesch, Gabriela; Kuster, Stefan P (2015). Bacteriostatic versus bactericidal antibiotics for patients with serious bacterial infections: systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 70(2):382-395.

Hürlimann, David; Limacher, Andreas; Schabel, Maria; Zanetti, Giorgio; Berger, Christoph; Mühlemann, Kathrin; Kronenberg, Andreas; Swiss Sentinel Working Group (2015). Improvement of antibiotic prescription in outpatient care: a cluster-randomized intervention study using a sentinel surveillance network of physicians. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 70(2):602-608.

Latus, J; Kitterer, D; Segerer, S; Artunc, F; Alscher, M D; Braun, N (2015). Severe thrombocytopenia in hantavirus-induced nephropathia epidemica. Infection, 43(1):83-87.

Nurjadi, D; Friedrich-Jänicke, B; Schäfer, J; Van Genderen, P J J; Goorhuis, A; Perignon, A; Neumayr, A; Mueller, A; Kantele, A; Schunk, M; Gascon, J; Stich, A; Hatz, Christoph; Caumes, E; Grobusch, M P; Fleck, R; Mockenhaupt, F P; Zanger, P (2015). Skin and soft tissue infections in intercontinental travellers and the import of multi-resistant Staphylococcus aureus to Europe. Clinical Microbiology and Infection, 21(6):567.e1-567.e10.

Bao, Kai; Papadimitropoulos, Adam; Akgül, Baki; Belibasakis, Georgios N; Bostanci, Nagihan (2015). Establishment of an oral infection model resembling the periodontal pocket in a perfusion bioreactor system. Virulence, 6(3):265-273.

Latus, Joerg; Schwab, Matthias; Tacconelli, Evelina; Pieper, Friedrich-Michael; Wegener, Daniel; Dippon, Juergen; Müller, Simon; Zakim, David; Segerer, Stephan; Kitterer, Daniel; Priwitzer, Martin; Mezger, Barbara; Walter-Frank, Birgit; Corea, Angela; Wiedenmann, Albrecht; Brockmann, Stefan; Pöhlmann, Christoph; Alscher, M Dominik; Braun, Niko (2015). Clinical course and long-term outcome of hantavirus-associated nephropathia epidemica, Germany. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 21(1):76-83.

Origgi, Francesco C; König, Barbara; Lindholm, Anna K; Mayor, Désirée; Pilo, Paola (2015). Tularemia among Free-Ranging Mice without Infection of Exposed Humans, Switzerland, 2012. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 21(1):133-135.

Zurfluh, Katrin; Power, Karen A; Klumpp, Jochen; Wang, J; Fanning, Séamus; Stephan, Roger (2015). A novel Tn3-like composite transposon harbouring blaVIM-1 in Klebsiella pneumoniae ssp. pneumoniae isolated from river water. Microbial Drug Resistance, 21(1):43-49.

Grant, Dawn M; Dagleish, Mark P; Bachofen, Claudia; Boag, Brian; Deane, David; Percival, Ann; Zadoks, Ruth N; Russell, George C (2015). Assessment of the rabbit as a wildlife reservoir of bovine viral diarrhea virus: serological analysis and generation of trans-placentally infected offspring. Frontiers in Microbiology:6:1000.

Wang, J; Stephan, Roger; Zurfluh, Katrin; Hächler, Herbert; Fanning, Séamus (2015). Characterization of the genetic environment of bla ESBL genes, integrons and toxin-antitoxin systems identified on large transferrable plasmids in multi-drug resistant Escherichia coli. Frontiers in Microbiology, 5:716.

Seidl, Kati; Leimer, Nadja; Palheiros Marques, Miguel; Furrer, Alexandra; Holzmann-Bürgel, Anne; Senn, Gabriela; Zbinden, Reinhard; Zinkernagel, Annelies S (2015). Clonality and antimicrobial susceptibility of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus at the University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland between 2012 and 2014. Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials, 14(14):online.

Münz, Christian (2015). EBV Infection of Mice with Reconstituted Human Immune System Components. Current topics in microbiology and immunology, 391:407-423.

Li, Shuo; Plebanski, Magdalena; Smooker, Peter; Gowans, Eric J (2015). Editorial: why vaccines to HIV, HCV, and Malaria have so far failed—challenges to developing vaccines against immunoregulating pathogens. Frontiers in Microbiology, 6:1318.

Zurfluh, Katrin; Nüesch-Inderbinen, Magdalena; Poirel, Laurent; Nordmann, Patrice; Hächler, Herbert; Stephan, Roger (2015). Emergence of Escherichia coli producing OXA-48 beta-lactamase in the community in Switzerland. Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control, 4(9):online.

Wolfensberger, Aline; Durisch, Nina; Mertin, Juliane; Ajdler-Schaeffler, Evelyne; Sax, Hugo (2015). Evaluating the tolerability and acceptability of an alcohol-based hand rub - real-life experience with the WHO protocol. Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control, 4(18):online.

Maurer, Florian P; Castelberg, Claudio; Quiblier, Chantal; Bloemberg, Guido V; Hombach, Michael (2015). Evaluation of carbapenemase screening and confirmation tests in Enterobacteriaceae and development of a practical diagnostic algorithm. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 53(1):95-104.

Zurfluh, Katrin; Poirel, Laurent; Nordmann, Patrice; Klumpp, Jochen; Stephan, Roger (2015). First detection of Klebsiella variicola producing OXA-181 carbapenemase in fresh vegetable imported from Asia to Switzerland. Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control, 4(38):online.

Neuenschwander, Stefan M; Salcher, Michaela M; Pernthaler, Jakob (2015). Fluorescence in situ hybridization and sequential catalyzed reporter deposition (2C-FISH) for the flow cytometric sorting of freshwater ultramicrobacteria. Frontiers in Microbiology, 6:247.

Opota, Onya; Vanrompay, Daisy; Greub, Gilbert; Branley, James; Longbottom, David; Erard, Veronique; Jaton, Katia; Borel, Nicole (2015). Improving the molecular diagnosis of Chlamydia psittaci and Chlamydia abortus infection with a species-specific duplex real-time PCR. Journal of Medical Microbiology, 64(10):1174-1185.

Lünemann, Anna; Rowe, Martin; Nadal, David (2015). Innate Immune Recognition of EBV. In: Münz, Christian. Epstein Barr Virus Volume 2 : One Herpes Virus: Many Diseases. Switzerland: Springer, 265-287.

Thurnheer, Thomas; Belibasakis, Georgios N (2015). Integration of non-oral bacteria into in vitro oral biofilms. Virulence, 6(3):258-264.

Cozzi-Lepri, Alessandro; Noguera-Julian, Marc; Di Giallonardo, Francesca; Schuurman, Rob; Däumer, Martin; Aitken, Sue; Ceccherini-Silberstein, Francesca; D'Arminio Monforte, Antonella; Geretti, Anna Maria; Booth, Clare L; Kaiser, Rolf; Michalik, Claudia; Jansen, Klaus; Masquelier, Bernard; Bellecave, Pantxika; Kouyos, Roger D; Castro, Erika; Furrer, Hansjakob; Schultze, Anna; Günthard, Huldrych F; Brun-Vezinet, Francoise; Paredes, Roger; Metzner, Karin J (2015). Low-frequency drug-resistant HIV-1 and risk of virological failure to first-line NNRTI-based ART: a multicohort European case-control study using centralized ultrasensitive 454 pyrosequencing. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 70(3):930-940.

Sax, H; Clack, L (2015). Mental models: a basic concept for human factors design in infection prevention. Journal of Hospital Infection, 89(4):335-339.

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Nüesch-Inderbinen, Magdalena T; Funk, J; Cernela, Nicole; Tasara, Taurai; Klumpp, Jochen; Schmidt, Herbert; Stephan, Roger (2015). Prevalence of Subtilase cytotoxin-encoding subAB variants among Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli strains isolated from wild ruminants and sheep differs from that of cattle and pigs and is predominated by the new allelic variant subAB2-2. International Journal of Medical Microbiology : IJMM, 305(1):124-128.

Hicks, Chelsea A E; Willi, Barbara; Riond, Barbara; Novacco, Marilisa; Meli, Marina L; Stokes, Christopher R; Helps, Christopher R; Hofmann-Lehmann, Regina; Tasker, Séverine (2015). Protective immunity against infection with Mycoplasma haemofelis. Clinical and Vaccine Immunology, 22(1):108-118.

Herweg, Jo-Ana; Hansmeier, Nicole; Otto, Andreas; Geffken, Anna C; Subbarayal, Prema; Prusty, Bhupesh K; Becher, Dörte; Hensel, Michael; Schaible, Ulrich E; Rudel, Thomas; Hilbi, Hubert (2015). Purification and proteomics of pathogen-modified vacuoles and membranes. Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 5:48.

Wójtowicz, Agnieszka; Lecompte, Thanh Doco; Bibert, Stéphanie; Manuel, Oriol; Rüeger, Sina; Berger, Christoph; Boggian, Katia; Cusini, Alexia; Garzoni, Christian; Khanna, Nina; Mueller, Nicolas J; Meylan, Pascal R; Pascual, Manuel; van Delden, Christian; Bochud, Pierre-Yves; Swiss Transplant Cohort Study (2015). Reply to Cunha et al. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 61(12):1894-1895.

Schmidlin, Patrick R; Fachinger, Patrick; Tini, Gabrielo; Graber, Sereina; Seifert, Burkhardt; Dombrowa, Sylke; Irani, Sarosh (2015). Shared microbiome in gums and the lung in an outpatient population. Journal of Infection, 70(3):255-263.

Guyer, Anouk; De Vrieze, Mout; Bönisch, Denise; Gloor, Ramona; Musa, Tomke; Bodenhausen, Natacha; Bailly, Aurélien; Weisskopf, Laure (2015). The anti-phytophthora effect of selected potato-associated pseudomonas strains: from the laboratory to the field. Frontiers in Microbiology, 6:1309.

Zbinden, A; Bostanci, N; Belibasakis, G N (2015). The novel species Streptococcus tigurinus and its association with oral infection. Virulence, 6(3):177-182.

Taylor-Brown, Alyce; Vaughan, Lloyd; Greub, Gilbert; Timms, Peter; Polkinghorne, Adam (2015). Twenty years of research into Chlamydia-like organisms: a revolution in our understanding of the biology and pathogenicity of members of the phylum Chlamydiae. FEMS Pathogens and Disease, 73(1):1-15.

Steppacher, Anna Christina Lara. Unrecognized pediatric adult-type tuberculosis puts school contacts at risk. 2015, University of Zurich, Faculty of Medicine.

Zoufaly, A; Jochum, J; Hammerl, R; Nassimi, N; Raymond, Y; Burchard, G D; Schmiedel, S; Drexler, J F; Campbell, N K; Taka, N; Awasom, C; Metzner, K J; van Lunzen, J; Feldt, T (2015). Virological failure after 1 year of first-line ART is not associated with HIV minority drug resistance in rural Cameroon. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 70(3):922-925.

De Vrieze, Mout; Pandey, Piyush; Bucheli, Thomas D; Varadarajan, Adithi R; Ahrens, Christian H; Weisskopf, Laure; Bailly, Aurélien (2015). Volatile organic compounds from native potato-associated pseudomonas as potential anti-oomycete agents. Frontiers in Microbiology, 6:1295.

2014

Dudnik, Alexey; Dudler, Robert (2014). Virulence determinants of Pseudomonas syringae strains isolated from grasses in the context of a small type III effector repertoire. BMC Microbiology, 14:304.

Glatz, M; Juricevic, N; Altwegg, M; Bruisten, S; Komericki, P; Lautenschlager, S; Weber, R; Bosshard, P P (2014). A multicenter prospective trial to asses a new real-time polymerase chain reaction for detection of Treponema pallidum, herpes simplex-1/2 and Haemophilus ducreyi in genital, anal and oropharyngeal ulcers. Clinical Microbiology and Infection, 20(12):O1020-7.

De Respinis, Sophie; Monnin, Valérie; Girard, Victoria; Welker, Martin; Arsac, Maud; Cellière, Béatrice; Durand, Géraldine; Bosshard, Philipp P; Farina, Claudio; Passera, Marco; Van Belkum, Alex; Petrini, Orlando; Tonolla, Mauro (2014). Matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight (MALDI-TOF) mass spectrometry using the Vitek MS system for rapid and accurate identification of dermatophytes on solid cultures. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 52(12):4286-4292.

Spuesens, Emiel B M; Meyer Sauteur, Patrick M; Vink, Cornelis; van Rossum, Annemarie M C (2014). Mycoplasma pneumoniae infections – Does treatment help? Journal of Infection, 69 Suppl:S42-S46.

Bao, Kai; Belibasakis, Georgios N; Thurnheer, Thomas; Aduse-Opoku, Joseph; Curtis, Michael A; Bostanci, Nagihan (2014). Role of Porphyromonas gingivalis gingipains in multi-species biofilm formation. BMC Microbiology, 14(1):258.

Maurer, Florian P; Courvalin, Patrice; Böttger, Erik C; Hombach, Michael (2014). Integrating forecast probabilities in antibiograms: a way to guide antimicrobial prescriptions more reliably? Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 52(10):3674-3684.

Wennerås, Christine; Bloemberg, Guido; Bogdan, Christian (2014). Reply to Raoult. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 59(7):1042-1043.

Sospedra, Mireia; Schippling, Sven; Yousef, Sara; Jelcic, Ilijas; Bofill-Mas, Silvia; Planas, Raquel; Stellmann, Jan-Patrick; Demina, Viktoria; Cinque, Paola; Garcea, Robert; Croughs, Therese; Girones, Rosina; Martin, Roland (2014). Treating progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy with interleukin 7 and vaccination with JC virus capsid protein VP1. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 59(11):1588-1592.

Arab-Alameddine, M; Lubomirov, R; Fayet-Mello, A; Aouri, M; Rotger, M; Buclin, T; Widmer, N; Gatri, M; Ledergerber, B; Rentsch, K; Cavassini, M; Panchaud, A; Guidi, M; Telenti, A; Décosterd, L A; Csajka, C (2014). Population pharmacokinetic modelling and evaluation of different dosage regimens for darunavir and ritonavir in HIV-infected individuals. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 69(9):2489-2498.

Kohler, Ines; Scherrer, A U; Zagordi, O; Bianchi, M; Wyrzucki, A; Steck, M; Ledergerber, B; Gunthard, H F; Hangartner, L (2014). Prevalence and predictors for homo- and heterosubtypic antibodies against influenza a virus. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 59(10):1386-1393.

Näf, Franziska; Enzler-Tschudy, Annette; Kuster, Stefan P; Uhlig, Isabell; Steffen, Thomas (2014). Abdominal actinomycosis mimicking a malignant neoplasm. Surgical Infections, 15(4):462-463.

Kaiser, P; Maggio, E M; Pfammatter, T; Misselwitz, B; Flury, S; Schneider, P M; Dutkowski, P; Breitenstein, S; Müllhaupt, B; Clavien, P A; Mueller, N J (2014). Histopathological evidence of invasive gastric mucormycosis after transarterial chemoembolization and liver transplantation. Infection, 42(4):779-83.

Clack, Lauren; Schmutz, Jan; Manser, Tanja; Sax, Hugo (2014). Infectious risk moments: a novel, human factors-informed approach to infection prevention. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, 35(8):1051-1055.

Schulthess, Bettina; Ledermann, Raphael; Mouttet, Forouhar; Zbinden, Andrea; Bloemberg, Guido V; Böttger, Erik C; Hombach, Michael (2014). Use of the Bruker MALDI Biotyper for identification of molds in the clinical mycology laboratory. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 52(8):2797-2803.

Borel, N; Pospischil, A; Hudson, A P; Rupp, J; Schoborg, R V (2014). The role of viable but non-infectious developmental forms in chlamydial biology. Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology:4:97.

Selva, Laura; Berger, Christoph; Garcia-Garcia, Juan Jose; de Paz, Hector; Nadal, David; Muñoz-Almagro, Carmen (2014). Direct identification of Streptococcus pneumoniae Capsular types in pleural fluids by using multiplex PCR combined with automated fluorescence-based capillary electrophoresis. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 52(7):2736-2737.

Achermann, Yvonne; Goldstein, Ellie J C; Coenye, Tom; Shirtliff, Mark E (2014). Propionibacterium acnes: from commensal to opportunistic biofilm-associated implant pathogen. Clinical Microbiology Reviews, 27(3):419-440.

Zingg, Walter; Huttner, Benedikt D; Sax, Hugo; Pittet, Didier (2014). Assessing the burden of healthcare-associated infections through prevalence studies: what is the best method? Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, 35(6):674-684.

Achermann, Y; Stasch, P; Preiss, S; Lucke, K; Vogt, M (2014). Characteristics and treatment outcomes of 69 cases with early prosthetic joint infections of the hip and knee. Infection, 42(3):511-519.

Meyer Sauteur, Patrick M; van Rossum, Annemarie M C; Vink, Cornelis (2014). Mycoplasma pneumoniae in children: carriage, pathogenesis, and antibiotic resistance. Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases, 27(3):220-227.

Landelle, Caroline; Iten, Anne; Uçkay, Ilker; Sax, Hugo; Camus, Véronique; Cohen, Gilles; Renzi, Gesuele; Schrenzel, Jacques; Pittet, Didier; Perrier, Arnaud; Harbarth, Stephan (2014). Does colonization with methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus protect against nosocomial acquisition of methicillin-resistant S. aureus? Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, 35(5):527-533.

Wilson, Mary E; Chen, Lin H; Han, Pauline V; Keystone, Jay S; Cramer, Jakob P; Segurado, Aluisio; Hale, DeVon; Jensenius, Mogens; Schwartz, Eli; von Sonnenburg, Frank; Leder, Karin (2014). Illness in travelers returned from Brazil: the GeoSentinel experience and implications for the 2014 FIFA World Cup and the 2016 Summer Olympics. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 58(10):1347-1356.

Müller, Mattia; Schlagenhauf, Patricia (2014). Plasmodium knowlesi in travellers, update 2014. International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 22:55-64.

Swenson, L C; Cobb, B; Geretti, A M; et al; Böni, J (2014). Comparative Performances of HIV-1 RNA Load Assays at Low Viral Load Levels: Results of an International Collaboration. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 52(2):517-523.

Kost, Thomas; Stopnisek, Nejc; Agnoli, Kirsty; Eberl, Leo; Weisskopf, Laure (2014). Oxalotrophy, a widespread trait of plant-associated Burkholderia species, is involved in successful root colonization of lupin and maize by Burkholderia phytofirmans. Frontiers in Microbiology:4:421.

Agyeman, Philipp; Kontny, Udo; Nadal, David; Leibundgut, Kurt; Niggli, Felix; Simon, Arne; Kronenberg, Andreas; Frei, Reno; Escobar, Hugo; Kühne, Thomas; Beck-Popovic, Maja; Bodmer, Nicole; Ammann, Roland A (2014). A prospective multicenter study of microbiologically defined infections in pediatric cancer patients with Fever and neutropenia: swiss pediatric oncology group 2003 fever and neutropenia study. The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 33(9):e219-e225.

Orasch, Christina; Marchetti, Oscar; Garbino, Jorge; Schrenzel, Jacques; Zimmerli, Stefan; Mühlethaler, Konrad; Rossi, Marco; Pfyffer, Gaby; Ruef, Christian; Fehr, Jan; Zbinden, Reinhard; Calandra, Thierry; Bille, Jacques (2014). Candida species distribution and antifungal susceptibility testing according to European Committee on Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing and new vs. old Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute clinical breakpoints: a 6-year prospective candidaemia survey from the fungal infection network of Switzerland. Clinical Microbiology and Infection, 20(7):698-705.

Schnell, Barbara; Staubli, Titu; Harris, Nicola L; Rogler, Gerhard; Kopf, Manfred; Loessner, Martin J; Schuppler, Markus (2014). Cell-wall deficient L. monocytogenes L-forms feature abrogated pathogenicity. Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology:4:60.

Zbinden, Andrea; Quiblier, Chantal; Hernandez, David; Herzog, Kathrin; Bodler, Paul; Senn, Maria M; Gizard, Yann; Schrenzel, Jacques; François, Patrice (2014). Characterization of Streptococcus tigurinus Small-Colony Variants Causing Prosthetic Joint Infection by Comparative Whole-Genome Analyses. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 52(2):467-474.

Leonard, C A; Borel, N (2014). Chronic chlamydial diseases: From atherosclerosis to urogenital infections. Current Clinical Microbiology Reports, 1(3-4):61-72.

Ross-Gillespie, Adin; Kümmerli, Rolf (2014). Collective decision-making in microbes. Frontiers in Microbiology:5:54.

Münz, Christian (2014). Dendritic cells during Epstein Barr virus infection. Frontiers in Microbiology:5:308.

Boenzli, Eva; Hadorn, Maik; Hartnack, Sonja; Huder, Jon; Hofmann-Lehmann, Regina; Lutz, Hans (2014). Detection of antibodies to the feline leukemia Virus (FeLV) transmembrane protein p15E: an alternative approach for serological FeLV detection based on antibodies to p15E. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 52(6):2046-2052.

Herzog, Kathrin; Engeler Dusel, J; Hugentobler, Marco; Beutin, L; Sägesser, Grethe; Stephan, Roger; Hächler, Herbert; Nüesch-Inderbinen, Magdalena (2014). Diarrheagenic enteroaggregative Escherichia coli causing urinary tract infection and bacteremia leading to sepsis. Journal of Infection, 42(2):441-444.

Maurer, Florian P; Castelberg, Claudio; Quiblier, Chantal; Böttger, Erik C; Somoskövi, Akos (2014). Erm(41)-dependent inducible resistance to azithromycin and clarithromycin in clinical isolates of Mycobacterium abscessus. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 69(6):1559-1563.

Bloemberg, Guido V; Polsfuss, Silke; Meyer, Vera; Böttger, Erik C; Hombach, Michael (2014). Evaluation of the AID ESBL line probe assay for rapid detection of extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL) and KPC carbapenemase genes in Enterobacteriaceae. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 69(1):85-90.

Ritter, C; Lucke, K; Sirgel, F A; Warren, R W; van Helden, P D; Böttger, E C; Bloemberg, G V (2014). Evaluation of the AID TB Resistance Line Probe Assay for Rapid Detection of Genetic Alterations Associated with Drug Resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis Strains. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 52(3):940-946.

Schulthess, Bettina; Bloemberg, Guido V; Zbinden, Reinhard; Böttger, Erik C; Hombach, Michael (2014). Evaluation of the Bruker MALDI Biotyper for identification of Gram-positive rods - development of a diagnostic algorithm for the clinical laboratory. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 52(4):1089-1097.

Tschudin-Sutter, S; Frei, R; Stephan, Roger; Hächler, Herbert; Nogarth, D; Widmer, A (2014). Extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL)-producing Enterobacteriaceae: a threat from the kitchen. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, 35(5):581-584.

Lemmenmeier, E; Kohler, P; Bruderer, T; Goldenberger, D; Kleger, G-R; Schlegel, M (2014). First documented outbreak of KPC-2-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae in Switzerland: infection control measures and clinical management. Infection, 42(3):529-534.

Zbinden, Andrea; Aras, Fatma; Zbinden, Reinhard; Mouttet, Forouhar; Schmidlin, Patrick R; Bloemberg, Guido V; Bostanci, Nagihan (2014). Frequent detection of Streptococcus tigurinus in the human oral microbial flora by a specific 16S rRNA gene real-time TaqMan PCR. BMC Microbiology, 14:231.

Luxner, J; Zarfel, G; Johler, S; Feierl, G; Leitner, E; Hoenigl, M; Grisold, A (2014). Genetic characterization of Staphylococcus aureus isolates causing bloodstream infections in Austria. Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease, 78:153-156.

Fasel, Dominique; Mellmann, Alexander; Cernela, Nicole; Hächler, Herbert; Fruth, Angelika; Khanna, Nina; Egli, Adrian; Beckmann, Christiane; Hirsch, Hans H; Goldenberger, Daniel; Stephan, Roger (2014). Hemolytic uremic syndrome in a 65-Year-old male linked to a very unusual type of stx2e- and eae-harboring O51:H49 shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 52(4):1301-1303.

Miro, J M; Agueero, F; Duclos-Vallee, J-C; Mueller, N J; Grossi, P; Moreno, A (2014). Infections in solid organ transplant HIV-infected patients. Clinical Microbiology and Infection, 20(s7):119-130.

Grankvist, Anna; Andersson, Per-Ola; Mattsson, Mattias; Sender, Monica; Vaht, Krista; Höper, Linnea; Sakiniene, Egidija; Trysberg, Estelle; Stenson, Martin; Fehr, Jan; Pekova, Sona; Bogdan, Christian; Bloemberg, Guido; Wennerås, Christine (2014). Infections with the tick-borne bacterium "Candidatus Neoehrlichia mikurensis" mimic noninfectious conditions in patients with B cell malignancies or autoimmune diseases. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 58(12):1716-1722.