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2077. Assessment of the Clinical Impact of Rapid Identification with Same-Day Phenotypic Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing (Accelerate Pheno™ System) on the Management of Bloodstream Infections in Adult Patients with Antibiotic Stewardship Inter

2365. Post-operative Vertebral Osteomyelitis—A Disease With Distinct Clinical and Microbiological Characteristics

A Nosocomial Outbreak of Extensively Drug Resistant (XDR) Acinetobacter baumannii Isolates Containing blaOXA-237 Encoded on a Plasmid

scientific article published on 11 September 2017

A multicentre cohort study on colonization and infection with ESBL-producing Enterobacteriaceae in high-risk patients with haematological malignancies.

scientific article published on 6 August 2014

A quality improvement study on the reduction of central venous catheter-associated bloodstream infections by use of self-disinfecting venous access caps (STERILE)

scientific article published on 20 September 2020

Acinetobacter baumannii analysis by core genome multi-locus sequence typing in two hospitals in Bolivia: endemicity of international clone 7 isolates (CC25)

scientific article published on 27 March 2019

Acinetobacter baumannii: emergence of a successful pathogen

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Acinetobacter dijkshoorniae sp. nov., a member of the Acinetobacter calcoaceticus-Acinetobacter baumannii complex mainly recovered from clinical samples in different countries.

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Acinetobacter kookii sp. nov., isolated from soil

scientific article published on 15 August 2013

Activity of the investigational fluoroquinolone finafloxacin against ciprofloxacin-sensitive and -resistant Acinetobacter baumannii isolates

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Adequacy of antimicrobial treatment and outcome of Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia in 9 Western European countries

scientific article published in October 2009

Adult patients with nosocomial pneumonia: epidemiology, diagnosis, and treatment

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Amino acid alterations in fibronectin binding protein A (FnBPA) and bacterial genotype are associated with cardiac device related infection in Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia

scientific article published on 22 September 2014

An increasing threat in hospitals: multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii

scientific article

Antibiotic Resistance and Mobile Genetic Elements in Extensively Drug-Resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae Sequence Type 147 Recovered from Germany

scientific article published on 05 October 2020

Association between β-lactamase-encoding bla(OXA-51) variants and DiversiLab rep-PCR-based typing of Acinetobacter baumannii isolates

scientific article

Attributable mortality of candidemia after introduction of echinocandins

scientific article published on 03 September 2020

Biofilm formation at the solid-liquid and air-liquid interfaces by Acinetobacter species

scientific article

Bloodstream infection in neutropenic cancer patients related to short-term nontunnelled catheters determined by quantitative blood cultures, differential time to positivity, and molecular epidemiological typing with pulsed-field gel electrophoresis

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Ceftobiprole versus daptomycin in Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia: a novel protocol for a double-blind, Phase III trial

scientific article published on 10 January 2020

Characterisation and clonal dissemination of OXA-23-producing Acinetobacter baumannii in Tabriz, northwest Iran.

scientific article published on 20 April 2012

Characterization of Acinetobacter baumannii from water and sludge line of secondary wastewater treatment plant.

scientific article

Characterization of RarA, a novel AraC family multidrug resistance regulator in Klebsiella pneumoniae

scientific article published on 29 May 2012

Characterization of a vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium isolate and a vancomycin-susceptible E. faecium isolate from the same blood culture

scientific article published on 28 December 2020

Characterization of blaOXA-143 variants in Acinetobacter baumannii and Acinetobacter pittii.

scientific article published on 24 February 2014

Clinical Impact of Antimicrobial Resistance in European Hospitals: Excess Mortality and Length of Hospital Stay Related to Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Bloodstream Infections

scientific article published in 2011

Clinical Impact of Rapid Species Identification From Positive Blood Cultures With Same-day Phenotypic Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing on the Management and Outcome of Bloodstream Infections

scientific article published on 01 March 2020

Clinical impact of antimicrobial resistance in European hospitals: excess mortality and length of hospital stay related to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infections

scientific article

Combination therapy with rifampicin or fosfomycin in patients with Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infection at high risk for complications or relapse: results of a large prospective observational cohort

scientific article published on 01 May 2020

Comparative in vitro activities of tigecycline and 11 other antimicrobial agents against 215 epidemiologically defined multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii isolates

scientific article published on 14 September 2006

Controlling intestinal colonization of high-risk haematology patients with ESBL-producing Enterobacteriaceae: a randomized, placebo-controlled, multicentre, Phase II trial (CLEAR)

scientific article published on 01 July 2019

Conversion of OXA-66 into OXA-82 in clinical Acinetobacter baumannii isolates and association with altered carbapenem susceptibility

scientific article published on 26 September 2012

Correction for Evans et al., "Informing Antibiotic Treatment Decisions: Evaluating Rapid Molecular Diagnostics To Identify Susceptibility and Resistance to Carbapenems against Acinetobacter spp. in PRIMERS III".

scientific article published on June 2017

Corrigendum to ‘Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infection: A pooled analysis of five prospective, observational studies’ [J Infect 68 (2014) 242–251]

scholarly article by Achim J. Kaasch et al published September 2014 in Journal of Infection

Current diagnosis and treatment of spondylodiscitis

scientific article published on 07 March 2008

Current trends in the epidemiology of nosocomial bloodstream infections in patients with hematological malignancies and solid neoplasms in hospitals in the United States

scientific article published on 14 April 2003

Darobactine mit Überlegener Antibiotischer Aktivität Generiert durch Strukturgeleitetes Kryo‐EM‐Biosynthese‐Design**

scientific article published in 2022

Darobactins Exhibiting Superior Antibiotic Activity by Cryo‐EM Structure Guided Biosynthetic Engineering**

scientific article published in 2022

Defining persistent Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia: secondary analysis of a prospective cohort study

scientific article published on 04 August 2020

Detection of intrinsic blaOXA-51-like by multiplex PCR on its own is not reliable for the identification of Acinetobacter baumannii

scientific article

Detection of pan drug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii in Germany

scientific article published on 15 May 2014

Determining vancomycin Etest MICs in patients with MRSA bloodstream infection does not support switching antimicrobials

scientific article published on 22 December 2016

Development and evaluation of a core genome multilocus typing scheme for whole-genome sequence-based typing of Acinetobacter baumannii

scientific article published on 08 June 2017

Diagnosis and treatment of Staphylococcus aureus infections of the skin and mucous membranes

scientific article

Differential expression of ccrA in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains carrying staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec type II and IVa elements.

scientific article published on 13 July 2009

Differential time to positivity is not predictive for central line-related Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infection in routine clinical care

scientific article published on 15 August 2013

Distinct impact of antibiotics on the gut microbiome and resistome: a longitudinal multicenter cohort study

scientific article published on 18 September 2019

Diversity of amino acid substitutions in PmrCAB associated with colistin resistance in clinical isolates of Acinetobacter baumannii

scientific article published on 16 December 2019

Diversity of mutations in regulatory genes of resistance-nodulation-cell division efflux pumps in association with tigecycline resistance in Acinetobacter baumannii

scientific article published on 14 March 2018

Draft Genome Sequences of Nine Clinical Isolates of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci

scientific article published on 18 August 2016

Early oral switch therapy in low-risk Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infection (SABATO): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

scientific article

Effect of Clinically Uninfected Orthopedic Implants and Pacemakers/AICDs in Low-Risk Bloodstream Infection on Crude Mortality Rate: A Post Hoc Analysis of a Large Cohort Study

scientific article published on 15 April 2019

Effects of Saline, an Ambient Acidic Environment, and Sodium Salicylate on OXA-Mediated Carbapenem Resistance in Acinetobacter baumannii

scientific article published on 21 March 2016

Efficacy and safety of an early oral switch in low-risk Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infection (SABATO): an international, open-label, parallel-group, randomised, controlled, non-inferiority trial

scholarly article published in May 2024

Efficacy of two antiseptic regimens on skin colonization of insertion sites for two different catheter types: a randomized, clinical trial.

scientific article published on 03 May 2016

Emergence of different Acinetobacter baumannii clones in a Croatian hospital and correlation with antibiotic susceptibility

scientific article

Epidemiological Typing of Serratia marcescens Isolates by Whole-Genome Multilocus Sequence Typing

scientific article published on 28 March 2019

Epidemiological trends and susceptibility patterns of bloodstream infections caused by Enterococcus spp. in six German university hospitals: a prospectively evaluated multicentre cohort study from 2016 to 2020 of the R-Net study group

scholarly article published on 30 April 2024

Epidemiology and clinical features of Acinetobacter baumannii infections in humans

scientific article

Evaluation of Quantitative Antibiotic Susceptibility Testing by Vitek 2 as a Routine Method To Predict Strain Relatedness of Coagulase-Negative Staphylococci Isolated from Blood Cultures

scientific article published on July 27, 2011

Evaluation of a Phenotypic Algorithm to Direct Carbapenemase Testing in <i>Pseudomonas aeruginosa</i>: Validation in a Multicenter German Cohort

scientific article published on 08 January 2021

First Report of New Delhi Metallo-β-Lactamase-6 (NDM-6) in a Clinical Acinetobacter baumannii Isolate From Northern Spain

scientific article published on 10 November 2020

Generation and selection of antibodies for a novel immunochromatographic lateral flow test to rapidly identify OXA-23-like-mediated carbapenem resistance in Acinetobacter baumannii

scientific article published on 12 June 2019

Genetic Features of Antarctic Acinetobacter radioresistens Strain A154 Harboring Multiple Antibiotic-Resistance Genes

scientific article published on 13 September 2019

Genomic Analysis of Carbapenem-Resistant <i>Acinetobacter baumannii</i> Isolates Belonging to Major Endemic Clones in South America

scientific article published on 30 November 2020

Global spread of carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii

scientific article published on 8 December 2009

Head-to-Head Comparison of Two Multi-Locus Sequence Typing (MLST) Schemes for Characterization of Acinetobacter baumannii Outbreak and Sporadic Isolates

scientific article

High admission prevalence of fluoroquinolone resistance in third-generation cephalosporin-resistant Enterobacteriaceae in German university hospitals

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Identification and discrimination of Staphylococcus aureus strains using matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry

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Identification of Acinetobacter seifertii isolated from Bolivian hospitals.

scientific article published on 8 May 2018

Identification of a novel insertion sequence element associated with carbapenem resistance and the development of fluoroquinolone resistance in Acinetobacter radioresistens

scientific article published on 8 November 2012

Improved detection of blood stream pathogens by real-time PCR in severe sepsis

scientific article published on 15 September 2009

In vitro activities of the beta-lactamase inhibitors clavulanic acid, sulbactam, and tazobactam alone or in combination with beta-lactams against epidemiologically characterized multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii strains

scientific article published on May 2004

In vitro activity of cefiderocol against aerobic Gram-negative bacterial pathogens from Germany

scientific article published on 03 August 2020

In vitro activity of mecillinam and nitroxoline against Neisseria gonorrhoeae - re-purposing old antibiotics in the multi-drug resistance era

scientific article published on 04 June 2019

In vitro activity of sulbactam/durlobactam against global isolates of carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii

scientific article published on 09 June 2020

In vitro activity of the novel fluorocycline TP-6076 against carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii

scientific article published on 16 December 2019

In vitro activity of the siderophore monosulfactam BAL30072 against meropenem-non-susceptible Acinetobacter baumannii

scientific article published on 01 February 2012

In vitro activity of tigecycline against carbapenemase-producing Acinetobacter baumannii

scientific article published on 16 June 2010

In vitro and in vivo Virulence Potential of the Emergent Species of the Acinetobacter baumannii (Ab) Group

scientific article published on 24 October 2019

In vivo selection of a missense mutation in adeR and conversion of the novel blaOXA-164 gene into blaOXA-58 in carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii isolates from a hospitalized patient.

scientific article published on 4 October 2010

In-vitro activity of the novel fluorocycline eravacycline against carbapenem non-susceptible Acinetobacter baumannii.

scientific article published on 10 July 2017

Incidence of an Intracellular Multiplication Niche among Acinetobacter baumannii Clinical Isolates

scientific article published in 2022

Incidence of infections due to third generation cephalosporin-resistant - a prospective multicentre cohort study in six German university hospitals

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Inclusion of OXA-143 primers in a multiplex polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for genes encoding prevalent OXA carbapenemases in Acinetobacter spp.

scientific article published in March 2010

Informing Antibiotic Treatment Decisions: Evaluating Rapid Molecular Diagnostics To Identify Susceptibility and Resistance to Carbapenems against Acinetobacter spp. in PRIMERS III.

scientific article published on 26 October 2016

Insertion sequence IS18 mediates overexpression of blaOXA-257 in a carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter bereziniae isolate

scientific article published on 9 August 2013

Interlaboratory reproducibility of DiversiLab rep-PCR typing and clustering of Acinetobacter baumannii isolates

scientific article published on September 8, 2011

Intrafamilial outbreak of subcutaneous abscesses caused by PVL-positive methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus

scientific article

Investigation of Novel pmrB and eptA Mutations in Isogenic Acinetobacter baumannii Isolates Associated with Colistin Resistance and Increased Virulence In Vivo

scientific article published on 26 February 2019

Klebsiella variicola causing nosocomial transmission among neonates - an emerging pathogen?

scientific article published on 01 March 2020

Microarray-based genotyping and clinical outcomes of Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infection: an exploratory study

scientific article

Mobile Genetic Elements Harboring Antibiotic Resistance Determinants in Acinetobacter baumannii Isolates From Bolivia

scientific article published on 13 May 2020

Molecular Evolution of Methicillin-Resistant in the Metropolitan Area of Cologne, Germany, from 1984 to 1998

scientific article published in 2006

Molecular characterization of blaNDM-1 in an Acinetobacter baumannii strain isolated in Germany in 2007.

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Molecular epidemiology characterization of OXA-23 carbapenemase-producing Acinetobacter baumannii isolated from 8 Brazilian hospitals using repetitive sequence-based PCR.

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Molecular epidemiology of Acinetobacter baumannii bloodstream isolates obtained in the United States from 1995 to 2004 using rep-PCR and multilocus sequence typing

scientific article published on 15 August 2012

Molecular evolution of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in the metropolitan area of Cologne, Germany, from 1984 to 1998.

scientific article

Mortality of S. aureus bacteremia and infectious diseases specialist consultation--a study of 521 patients in Germany

scientific article published on 03 August 2009

Multicenter, Prospective Validation of a Phenotypic Algorithm to Guide Carbapenemase Testing in Carbapenem-Resistant <i>Pseudomonas aeruginosa</i> Using the ERACE-PA Global Surveillance Program

scientific article published on 13 December 2021

Multidrug efflux inhibition in Acinetobacter baumannii: comparison between 1-(1-naphthylmethyl)-piperazine and phenyl-arginine-beta-naphthylamide

scientific article published on 10 March 2006

Multiplex PCR to detect the genes encoding naturally occurring oxacillinases in Acinetobacter spp.

scientific article published on 27 November 2013

Mutations in gyrA and parC associated with resistance to fluoroquinolones in epidemiologically defined clinical strains of Acinetobacter baumannii

scientific article published on 01 January 2003

Nosocomial bloodstream infections due to Acinetobacter baumannii, Acinetobacter pittii and Acinetobacter nosocomialis in the United States

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Nosocomial bloodstream infections due to Candida spp. in the USA: species distribution, clinical features and antifungal susceptibilities

scientific article published on 12 October 2013

Nosocomial bloodstream infections in pediatric patients in United States hospitals: epidemiology, clinical features and susceptibilities

scientific article published on 01 August 2003

Nosocomial infections and infections with multidrug-resistant pathogens - frequency and mortality

scientific article published on 16 March 2016

Nosocomial spread of OXA-23 and OXA-58 beta-lactamase-producing Acinetobacter baumannii in a Bulgarian hospital

scientific article published on 15 January 2009

OXA-235, a novel class D β-lactamase involved in resistance to carbapenems in Acinetobacter baumannii

scientific article

Once-daily oral levofloxacin monotherapy versus piperacillin/tazobactam three times a day: a randomized controlled multicenter trial in patients with febrile neutropenia

scientific article published on January 2004

Onset of symptoms, diagnostic confirmation, and occurrence of multiple infective foci in patients with Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infection: a look into the order of events and potential clinical implications

scientific article published on 14 June 2018

Oritavancin: an update

scientific article published on 25 May 2018

Outbreak of carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii carrying the carbapenemase OXA-23 in a German university medical centre.

scientific article published on 9 July 2009

Outcomes of nosocomial bloodstream infections in adult neutropenic patients: a prospective cohort and matched case-control study

scientific article published on 01 December 2003

Polymorphisms in Fibronectin Binding Proteins A and B among Staphylococcus aureus Bloodstream Isolates Are Not Associated with Arthroplasty Infection

scientific article published on 25 November 2015

Prevalence of eight resistance-nodulation-division efflux pump genes in epidemiologically characterized Acinetobacter baumannii of worldwide origin

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Prevalence of hypermutators among clinical Acinetobacter baumannii isolates

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Preventing the spread of multidrug-resistant gram-negative pathogens: recommendations of an expert panel of the German Society For Hygiene and Microbiology

scientific article published on 20 January 2012

Protocol update for the SABATO trial: a randomized controlled trial to assess early oral switch therapy in low-risk Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infection

scientific article published on 12 February 2020

Rapid detection of NDM, KPC and OXA-48 carbapenemases directly from positive blood cultures using a new multiplex immunochromatographic assay

scientific article published in PLoS ONE

Relatedness of wildlife and livestock avian isolates of the nosocomial pathogen Acinetobacter baumannii to lineages spread in hospitals worldwide.

scientific article published on 19 September 2017

Reply to Krause et al.

scientific article published on 29 May 2014

Restoring the activity of the antibiotic aztreonam using the polyphenol epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG) against multidrug-resistant clinical isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa

scientific article published on 01 October 2019

Seasonal Occurrence and Carbapenem Susceptibility of Bovine in Germany

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Selection of topoisomerase mutations and overexpression of adeB mRNA transcripts during an outbreak of Acinetobacter baumannii

scientific article published on 8 September 2004

Small Colony Variants of Staphylococcus aureus and Pacemaker-related Infection

scientific article published on October 1, 2003

Spondylodiscitis in the elderly patient: clinical mid-term results and quality of life

scientific article published on 22 September 2009

Standardization and interlaboratory reproducibility assessment of pulsed-field gel electrophoresis-generated fingerprints of Acinetobacter baumannii

scientific article

Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia in patients with rheumatoid arthritis - Data from the prospective INSTINCT cohort

scientific article

Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infection in patients with ventricular assist devices-Management and outcome in a prospective bicenter cohort

scientific article published on 17 May 2018

Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infection: a pooled analysis of five prospective, observational studies

scientific article

Surface-associated motility, a common trait of clinical isolates of Acinetobacter baumannii, depends on 1,3-diaminopropane

scientific article published on 3 May 2012

Susceptibility of clinical Staphylococcus aureus isolates to innate defense antimicrobial peptides

scientific article published on 05 April 2011

Susceptibility to cephalosporin combinations and aztreonam/avibactam among third-generation cephalosporin-resistant Enterobacteriaceae recovered on hospital admission

scientific article

Susceptibility to penicillin derivatives among third-generation cephalosporin-resistant Enterobacteriaceae recovered on hospital admission.

scientific article published on 23 September 2016

Task force on management and prevention of Acinetobacter baumannii infections in the ICU.

scientific article published on 5 October 2015

The Asp20-to-Asn Substitution in the Response Regulator AdeR Leads to Enhanced Efflux Activity of AdeB in Acinetobacter baumannii

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The health and economic burden of bloodstream infections caused by antimicrobial-susceptible and non-susceptible Enterobacteriaceae and Staphylococcus aureus in European hospitals, 2010 and 2011: a multicentre retrospective cohort study

scientific article published on August 2016

The success of acinetobacter species; genetic, metabolic and virulence attributes

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Tuberculous spondylitis and paravertebral abscess formation after kyphoplasty: a case report

scientific article published in May 2010

Use of a Simple Criteria Set for Guiding Echocardiography in Nosocomial Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia

scientific article published on July 1, 2011

Vancomycin minimum inhibitory concentration in methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus and mortality: more than handwaving?

scientific article published on 03 November 2014

Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium colonizing patients on hospital admission in Germany: prevalence and molecular epidemiology

scientific article published on 22 July 2020

Vertebral Osteomyelitis after Spine Surgery - A Disease with Distinct Characteristics

scientific article published on 21 May 2020

Voriconazole brain tissue levels in rhinocerebral aspergillosis in a successfully treated young woman

scientific article published in September 2006

Worldwide dissemination of acquired carbapenem-hydrolysing class D β-lactamases in Acinetobacter spp. other than Acinetobacter baumannii

scientific article published on 12 February 2014

Wound botulism in injection drug users

scientific article published on June 2007

[Carbapenem-resistance in Enterobacteriaceae, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Acinetobacter baumannii]

scientific article published on 06 February 2015

[Staphylococcus aureus Bacteraemia - an Interdisciplinary Challenge]

scientific article published on 13 March 2019

gyrB multiplex PCR to differentiate between Acinetobacter calcoaceticus and Acinetobacter genomic species 3.

scientific article published on 29 September 2010

pmrCAB Recombination Events among Colistin-Susceptible and -Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii Clinical Isolates Belonging to International Clone 7

scientific article published on 01 December 2021