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A validation protocol and evaluation algorithms to determine compatibility of cell therapy product matrices in microbiological testing

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Activation of hypoxia inducible factor 1 is a general phenomenon in infections with human pathogens

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Activation of hypoxia-inducible factor-1 in bacillary angiomatosis: evidence for a role of hypoxia-inducible factor-1 in bacterial infections

scientific article published on 21 February 2005

Adhesins of Bartonella spp.

scientific article published on January 2011

Adhesion and host cell modulation: critical pathogenicity determinants of Bartonella henselae ⬇️

scientific article published on April 13, 2011

Analysis of Bartonella adhesin A expression reveals differences between various B. henselae strains

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Analysis of Endothelial Adherence of Bartonella henselae and Acinetobacter baumannii Using a Dynamic Human Ex Vivo Infection Model

scientific article published on 28 December 2015

Analysis of a novel insect cell culture medium-based growth medium for Bartonella species

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Analysis of the BadA stalk from Bartonella henselae reveals domain-specific and domain-overlapping functions in the host cell infection process

scientific article published on 10 November 2011

Anamnestic risk factor evaluation of patients carrying carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales and/or Acinetobacter baumannii - impact on infection control management at a German University Hospital

scientific article published on 23 April 2020

Anti-tubercular activity of a natural stilbene and its synthetic derivatives

scientific article published on 01 February 2018

Antifungal therapy in patients with pulmonary Candida spp. colonization may have no beneficial effects

scientific article published on 3 July 2015

Antimicrobial susceptibility and phylogenetic relations in a German cohort infected with Mycobacterium abscessus

scientific article published on 16 September 2020

Author's reply: Is there a need for special treatment of refugees at hospital admission?

scientific article published in February 2016

Bacterial infection-triggered acute-on-chronic liver failure is associated with increased mortality

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Bartonella adhesin a mediates a proangiogenic host cell response

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Bartonella henselae inhibits apoptosis in Mono Mac 6 cells.

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Bartonella henselae trimeric autotransporter adhesin BadA expression interferes with effector translocation by the VirB/D4 type IV secretion system

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Bartonella quintana variably expressed outer membrane proteins mediate vascular endothelial growth factor secretion but not host cell adherence

scientific article published on September 2006

Bartonella spp. - a chance to establish One Health concepts in veterinary and human medicine

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Bartonella spp.: throwing light on uncommon human infections.

scientific article published on 15 September 2010

Bartonella vinsonii subsp. berkhoffii and Bartonella henselae as potential causes of proliferative vascular diseases in animals.

scientific article published on 27 March 2012

Biogenesis of Afipia-containing phagosomes in non-professional phagocytes

scientific article published on 7 January 2007

Bloodstream infections with gram-negative organisms and the impact of multidrug resistance in patients with hematological malignancies

scientific article published on 04 July 2018

Bloodstream infections with vancomycin-resistant enterococci are associated with a decreased survival in patients with hematological diseases

scientific article published on 21 January 2019

Brief communication: Evidence of Bartonella quintana infections in skeletons of a historical mass grave in Kassel, Germany ⬇️

scientific article published on September 1, 2011

Burden of carbapenem-resistant organisms in the Frankfurt/Main Metropolitan Area in Germany 2012/2013 - first results and experiences after the introduction of legally mandated reporting.

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Canine Leishmaniasis Control in the Context of One Health

scientific article published on 01 December 2019

Carbapenem-resistant Gram-negative bacteria - analysis of the data obtained through a mandatory reporting system in the Rhine-Main region, Germany, 2012-2015.

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Carrion's disease: more than a neglected disease

scientific article published on 26 March 2019

Catheter Management and Risk Stratification of Patients With in Inpatient Treatment Due to Acute Epididymitis

scientific article published on 03 December 2020

Clinical Impact of Colonization with Multidrug-Resistant Organisms on Outcome after Autologous Stem Cell Transplantation: A Retrospective Single-Center Study.

scientific article published on 18 May 2017

Clinical impact of colonization with multidrug-resistant organisms on outcome after allogeneic stem cell transplantation in patients with acute myeloid leukemia.

scientific article published on 28 September 2017

Colonization with multi-drug-resistant organisms negatively impacts survival in patients with non-small cell lung cancer

scientific article published on 25 November 2020

Colonization with multidrug resistant organisms determines the clinical course of patients with acute myeloid leukemia undergoing intensive induction chemotherapy

scientific article published in PLoS ONE

Combination of microbiome analysis and serodiagnostics to assess the risk of pathogen transmission by ticks to humans and animals in central Germany

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Comments on Point:Counterpoint "Positive effects of intermittent hypoxia (live high:train low) on exercise performance are/are not mediated primarily by augmented red cell volume"

Complete Genome Sequence of Bartonella alsatica Strain IBS 382 (CIP 105477)

scientific article published on 20 August 2020

Complete Genome Sequence of Bartonella bacilliformis Strain KC584 (ATCC 35686)

scientific article published on 02 January 2020

Complication Rates After TRUS Guided Transrectal Systematic and MRI-Targeted Prostate Biopsies in a High-Risk Region for Antibiotic Resistances

scientific article published on 28 February 2020

Contemporary diagnostics for medically relevant fastidious microorganisms belonging to the genera <i>Anaplasma</i>,<i>Bartonella</i>,<i>Coxiella</i>,<i>Orientia</i>and<i>Rickettsia</i>

scientific article published in 2022

Corrigendum to 'Impact of the colistin resistance gene mcr-1 on bacterial fitness' [International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents 51/4 (2018) 554-561]

scientific article published on 13 April 2019

Detection of NDM-7 in Germany, a new variant of the New Delhi metallo-β-lactamase with increased carbapenemase activity

scientific article published on 3 April 2013

Detection of pan drug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii in Germany

scientific article published on 15 May 2014

Development of a Specific and Sensitive Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay as an In Vitro Diagnostic Tool for Detection of Bartonella henselae Antibodies in Human Serum

scientific article published on 27 November 2018

Diminished phagocytosis-induced cell death (PICD) in neonatal monocytes upon infection with Escherichia coli

scientific article published on January 2008

Dissemination of a localized cutaneous infection with Mycobacterium chelonae under immunosuppressive treatment

scientific article published on 01 July 2007

DltABCD- and MprF-mediated cell envelope modifications of Staphylococcus aureus confer resistance to platelet microbicidal proteins and contribute to virulence in a rabbit endocarditis model.

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Do plant and human pathogens have a common pathogenicity strategy?

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Does a feline leukemia virus infection pave the way for Bartonella henselae infection in cats?

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Draft Genome Sequences of Pandrug-Resistant Serratia marcescens Clinical Isolates Harboring blaNDM-1.

scientific article published on 19 January 2017

Elevated prevalence of multidrug-resistant gram-negative organisms in HIV positive men.

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Emerging rodent-associated Bartonella: a threat for human health? ⬇️

scientific article published on 31 March 2022

Erratum to: Bartonella spp. - a chance to establish One Health concepts in veterinary and human medicine

scientific article published on 10 June 2016

Evaluation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis drug susceptibility in clinical specimens from Nigeria using genotype MTBDRplus and MTBDRsl assays

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Evaluation of the BD GeneOhm StaphSR assay for detection of methicillin-resistant and methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus isolates from spiked positive blood culture bottles

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Evaluation of the effectiveness of a pathogen inactivation technology against clinically relevant transfusion-transmitted bacterial strains

scientific article published on 27 May 2015

Group B streptococcus infections in neonates admitted to a German NICU: Emphasis on screening and adherence to pre-analytical recommendations

scientific article published on 29 July 2016

HIF-1α is involved in blood-brain barrier dysfunction and paracellular migration of bacteria in pneumococcal meningitis

scientific article published on 11 June 2020

Handling of laundry in nursing homes in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, 2016 - laundry and professional clothing as potential pathways of bacterial transfer

scientific article published on 30 November 2017

Hemin binding, functional expression, and complementation analysis of Pap 31 from Bartonella henselae

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Heterologous expression of Bartonella adhesin A in Escherichia coli by exchange of trimeric autotransporter adhesin domains results in enhanced adhesion properties and a pathogenic phenotype

scientific article published on 28 March 2014

Host cell modulation by human, animal and plant pathogens

scientific article published on April 2004

Hypoxia and HIF-1 activation in bacterial infections

scientific article published on 26 November 2016

Hypoxia-independent activation of HIF-1 by enterobacteriaceae and their siderophores

scientific article published on 7 December 2007

Hypoxia-inducible factor 1-regulated lysyl oxidase is involved in Staphylococcus aureus abscess formation

scientific article published on 06 May 2013

Immunogenicity of trimeric autotransporter adhesins and their potential as vaccine targets

scientific article published on 01 December 2019

Impact of Clostridioides difficile infection on the outcome of patients receiving a hematopoietic stem cell transplantation

scientific article published on 12 August 2020

Impact of blaNDM-1 on fitness and pathogenicity of Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae

scientific article published on 26 April 2016

Impact of surface disinfection with hydrogen peroxide on the prevalence of vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) in hospital wards

scientific article published on 22 June 2020

Impact of the colistin resistance gene mcr-1 on bacterial fitness

scientific article published on 24 November 2017

In vivo horizontal gene transfer of the carbapenemase OXA-48 during a nosocomial outbreak

scientific article published on 10 March 2015

Infection of human CD34+ progenitor cells with Bartonella henselae results in intraerythrocytic presence of B. henselae

scientific article published on 28 April 2005

Influence of nebivolol and metoprolol on inflammatory mediators in human coronary endothelial or smooth muscle cells. Effects on neointima formation after balloon denudation in carotid arteries of rats treated with nebivolol

scientific article published on 01 January 2007

Interaction of bacteria and stem cells in health and disease

scientific article published on 01 March 2019

Interaction with the host: the role of fibronectin and extracellular matrix proteins in the adhesion of Gram-negative bacteria

scientific article published on 29 November 2019

Intestinal carriage of multidrug-resistant bacteria among healthcare professionals in Germany

scientific article published on 22 November 2017

Lymphocyte predominant cells detect Moraxella catarrhalis-derived antigens in nodular lymphocyte-predominant Hodgkin lymphoma

scientific article published on 18 May 2020

Management of Microbiological Samples in a Confirmed Case of Ebola Virus Disease: Constraints and Limitations.

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Management of bacteriological specimens of patients suffering from coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)

scientific article published on 24 October 2020

Microbiome Analysis Reveals the Presence of spp. and spp. in Deer Keds ()

scientific article published on 20 December 2018

Molecular detection of Bartonella henselae in 11 Ixodes ricinus ticks extracted from a single cat

scientific article published on 13 March 2017

Multidrug-resistant organisms (MDRO) in patients in outpatient care in the Rhine-Main region, Germany, in 2014: Prevalence and risk factors

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Multidrug-resistant organisms detected in refugee patients admitted to a University Hospital, Germany June‒December 2015.

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Multidrug-resistant organisms in refugees: prevalences and impact on infection control in hospitals

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Orthopoxvirus infection transmitted by a domestic cat.

scientific article published in February 2006

Overcrowding in a neonatal intermediate care unit: impact on the incidence of multidrug-resistant gram-negative organisms.

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Oxygen-independent stabilization of hypoxia inducible factor (HIF)-1 during RSV infection

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Parasites and vector-borne diseases disseminated by rehomed dogs

scientific article published on 10 November 2020

Pathogenicity of pan-drug-resistant Serratia marcescens harbouring blaNDM-1.

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Performance of two MALDI-TOF MS systems for the identification of yeasts isolated from bloodstream infections and cerebrospinal fluids using a time-saving direct transfer protocol.

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Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ-induced T cell apoptosis reduces survival during polymicrobial sepsis

scientific article published on 25 February 2011

Presumed tuberculosis-induced retinal vasculitis, diagnosed with positron emission tomography (18F-FDG-PET/CT), aspiration biopsy, and culture

scientific article published in June 2010

Prevalence of Bartonella henselae and Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato DNA in ixodes ricinus ticks in Europe

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Prevalence of haemotropic Mycoplasma spp., Bartonella spp. and Anaplasma phagocytophilum in cats in Berlin/Brandenburg (Northeast Germany)

scientific article published in September 2012

Prevalence of multidrug-resistant organisms in refugee patients admitted to a German university hospital depending on duration of stay in Germany

scientific article published on 28 June 2019

Prevalence of multidrug-resistant organisms in refugee patients, medical tourists and domestic patients admitted to a German university hospital

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Proteomic analysis of the bacterial pathogen Bartonella henselae and identification of immunogenic proteins for serodiagnosis

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Quinolone and Multidrug Resistance Predicts Failure of Antibiotic Prophylaxis of Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis

scientific article published on 20 June 2019

Rapid and efficient transposon mutagenesis of Bartonella henselae by transposome technology

scientific article published on August 2003

Rapid detection and identification of pathogens in blood cultures by fluorescence in situ hybridization and flow cytometry

scientific article published on 01 April 2005

Rapid identification of Staphylococcus aureus in blood cultures by a combination of fluorescence in situ hybridization using peptide nucleic acid probes and flow cytometry

scientific article published on September 2005

Rapid screening for Streptococcus agalactiae in vaginal specimens of pregnant women by fluorescent in situ hybridization ⬇️

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Refugees and antimicrobial resistance.

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Reprogramming of myeloid angiogenic cells by Bartonella henselae leads to microenvironmental regulation of pathological angiogenesis

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Risk Factors and Outcomes Associated with the Carriage of Tigecycline- and Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium

scientific article published on 04 December 2020

Risk Factors and Role of Antibiotic Prophylaxis for Wound Infections after Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy

scientific article published in 2023

Secondary syphilis after liver transplantation: case report and review of the literature

scientific article published on September 2006

Severe Ebola virus disease with vascular leakage and multiorgan failure: treatment of a patient in intensive care

scientific article published on 19 December 2014

Stenotrophomonas maltophilia colonization during allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation is associated with impaired survival

scientific article published on 19 July 2018

Structure of the head of the Bartonella adhesin BadA

scientific article published in 2008

The Acinetobacter trimeric autotransporter adhesin Ata controls key virulence traits of Acinetobacter baumannii

scientific article published on 01 December 2019

The head of Bartonella adhesin A is crucial for host cell interaction of Bartonella henselae

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The impact of carbapenem resistance on clinical deterioration and mortality in patients with liver disease

scientific article published on 4 April 2017

The role of Enterococcus spp. and multidrug-resistant bacteria causing pyogenic liver abscesses

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Timepoints of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus colonization predict outcomes of acute myeloid leukemia patients undergoing allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation

scientific article published on 26 July 2018

Tolerizing CTL by Sustained Hepatic PD-L1 Expression Provides a New Therapy Approach in Mouse Sepsis

scientific article published on 16 March 2019

Treatment with tigecycline of recurrent urosepsis caused by extended-spectrum-beta-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli

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Trimeric autotransporter adhesin-dependent adherence of Bartonella henselae, Bartonella quintana, and Yersinia enterocolitica to matrix components and endothelial cells under static and dynamic flow conditions.

scientific article published on 02 May 2011

Trimeric autotransporter adhesins: variable structure, common function

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Twenty years of National Reference and Consultant laboratories for infectious diseases in Germany

scientific article published on 21 August 2015

Unusual trafficking pattern of Bartonella henselae -containing vacuoles in macrophages and endothelial cells

scientific article published on July 2005

Use of Bartonella adhesin A (BadA) immunoblotting in the serodiagnosis of Bartonella henselae infections.

scientific article published on 22 May 2008

Use of carbapenems and glycopeptides increases risk for Clostridioides difficile infections in acute myeloid leukemia patients undergoing intensive induction chemotherapy

scientific article published on 24 September 2020

Vaccination against classical influenza in health-care workers: self-protection and patient protection

scientific article published on 04 September 2009

Vector-borne diseases--constant challenge for practicing veterinarians: recommendations from the CVBD World Forum

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[Development and implementation of an operational concept in a university eye hospital in the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic]

scientific article published on 01 July 2020

[Implementation of an operational concept in an ENT clinic in the context of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic]

scientific article published on 28 May 2020

[Piperacillin/Tazobactam Shortage: Central Restriction and Alternative Recommendations as Effective Antibiotic-Stewardship Intervention at a Maximal Care Hospital].

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[Recommended adult immunization schedule]

scientific article published on 01 March 2015

[SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19: systematic review of requirements for personal protective equipment in primary patient contact and organization of the operating area]

scientific article published on 25 June 2020

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