List of works by Mark van der Linden

A cohort study of the impact and acquisition of naspharyngeal carriage of Streptococcus pneumoniae during the Hajj

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A novel sialic acid-binding adhesin present in multiple species contributes to the pathogenesis of Infective endocarditis

scientific article published on 19 January 2021

A single amino acid substitution in the MurF UDP-MurNAc-pentapeptide synthetase renders Streptococcus pneumoniae dependent on CO2 and temperature

scientific article published on 28 June 2013

Adult invasive pneumococcal disease between 2003 and 2006 in North-Rhine Westphalia, Germany: serotype distribution before recommendation for general pneumococcal conjugate vaccination for children <2 years of age.

scientific article published on 20 July 2009

Antibiotic susceptibility rates of invasive pneumococci before and after the introduction of pneumococcal conjugate vaccination in Germany

scientific article published on 22 August 2015

Antihypertensives suppress the emergence of fluoroquinolone-resistant mutants in pneumococci: an in vitro study

scientific article published on 14 March 2013

Antimicrobial Susceptibility of Invasive Streptococcus pyogenes Isolates in Germany during 2003-2013.

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Association of serotype of Streptococcus pneumoniae with risk of severe and fatal outcome

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Bacterial spectrum of spontaneously ruptured otitis media in the era of pneumococcal conjugate vaccination in Germany

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Carriage of encapsulated bacteria in Gabonese children with sickle cell anaemia

scientific article published on 13 February 2012

Childhood invasive pneumococcal disease in Germany between 1997 and 2003: Variability in incidence and serotype distribution in absence of general pneumococcal conjugate vaccination

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Clinical and epidemiological aspects of invasive Streptococcus pyogenes infections in Denmark during 2003 and 2004.

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Clinical and microbiological characteristics of severe Streptococcus pyogenes disease in Europe

scientific article published on 21 January 2009

Clonal spread of mef-positive macrolide-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates causing invasive disease in adults in Germany

scientific article published on 26 February 2007

Detection of large numbers of pneumococcal virulence genes in streptococci of the mitis group.

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Diallylthiosulfinate (Allicin), a Volatile Antimicrobial from Garlic (Allium sativum), Kills Human Lung Pathogenic Bacteria, Including MDR Strains, as a Vapor

scientific article published on 12 October 2017

Discovery of Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 6 variants with glycosyltransferases synthesizing two differing repeating units.

scientific article published on 29 July 2013

Effect of heptavalent pneumococcal conjugate vaccination on invasive pneumococcal disease in preterm born infants

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Effectiveness of Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccines (PCV7 and PCV13) against Invasive Pneumococcal Disease among Children under Two Years of Age in Germany

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Effects of Infant Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccination on Serotype Distribution in Invasive Pneumococcal Disease among Children and Adults in Germany

scientific article published on July 2015

Efficacy of 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccination in Germany: An analysis using the indirect cohort method

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Emergence of a unique multiply-antibiotic-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 7B clone in Dhaka, Bangladesh

scientific article published on 27 September 2006

Epidemiological analysis of pneumococcal serotype 19A in healthy children following PCV7 vaccination.

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Epidemiology of invasive Streptococcus pyogenes disease in Germany during 2003-2007.

scientific article published on 19 January 2010

Epidemiology of invasive Streptococcus pyogenes infections in Germany, 1996-2002: results from a voluntary laboratory surveillance system

scientific article published on 10 September 2007

Epidemiology of serotype 19A isolates from invasive pneumococcal disease in German children

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Evidence for soft selective sweeps in the evolution of pneumococcal multidrug resistance and vaccine escape

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Factors that cause trimethoprim resistance in Streptococcus pyogenes.

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Four years of universal pneumococcal conjugate infant vaccination in Germany: Impact on incidence of invasive pneumococcal disease and serotype distribution in children

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Genetic diversity of pneumococcal surface protein A of Streptococcus pneumoniae meningitis in German children

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Group A streptococcal vertebral osteomyelitis presenting with acute quadriplegia

scientific article published on 22 April 2011

Herd protection or herding cats?

scientific article published on 06 March 2019

Identification of Streptococcus suis Meningitis through Population-Based Surveillance, Togo, 2010-2014.

scientific article published on July 2016

Impact of the Hajj on pneumococcal transmission

scientific article published on 12 October 2014

Incidence of invasive pneumococcal disease in 5-15 year old children with and without comorbidities in Germany after the introduction of PCV13: Implications for vaccinating children with comorbidities

scientific article published on November 2015

Increase of serotypes 15A and 23B in IPD in Germany in the PCV13 vaccination era.

scientific article published on 5 May 2015

Influence of antiretroviral therapy on immunogenicity of simultaneous vaccinations against influenza, pneumococcal disease and hepatitis A and B in human immunodeficiency virus positive individuals

scientific article published on 25 September 2010

Invasive Pneumokokken-Erkrankungen in Deutschland im Zeitalter der Pneumokokken-Konjugat-Impfung

scientific article published on 10 June 2014

Invasive group A streptococcal disease and association with varicella in Germany, 1996–2009

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Invasive pneumococcal disease in adults in North-Rhine Westphalia, Germany, 2001-2003.

scientific article published in December 2005

Limited indirect effects of an infant pneumococcal vaccination program in an aging population

scientific article published on 01 August 2019

Low prevalence of fluoroquinolone resistant strains and resistance precursor strains in Streptococcus pneumoniae from patients with community-acquired pneumonia despite high fluoroquinolone usage

scholarly article by Mathias W. Pletz et al published January 2011 in International Journal of Medical Microbiology

Microbiological investigation of a hospital outbreak of invasive group A streptococcal disease in Krakow, Poland

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Molecular characterisation of macrolide resistance mechanisms of Streptococcus pneumoniae and Streptococcus pyogenes isolated in Germany, 2002–2003

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Molecular characterization of invasive and non-invasive Streptococcus pyogenes isolates from Romania

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Molecular characterization of pneumococcal isolates from pets and laboratory animals

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Molecular epidemiology of penicillin-non-susceptible Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates from children with invasive pneumococcal disease in Germany

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Neonatal Group B Streptococcal Septicemia Transmitted by Contaminated Breast Milk, Proven by Pulsed Field Gel Electrophoresis in 2 Cases

scientific article published on 01 April 2014

New penicillin susceptibility breakpoints for Streptococcus pneumoniae and their effects on susceptibility categorisation in Germany (1992-2008).

scientific article published on 5 May 2009

Outbreak of Streptococcus equi subsp. zooepidemicus infection in a group of rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta).

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Penicillin susceptibility breakpoints for Streptococcus pneumoniae and their effect on susceptibility categorisation in Germany (1997-2013).

scientific article published on 15 June 2014

Penicillin-binding protein 2x of Streptococcus pneumoniae: three new mutational pathways for remodelling an essential enzyme into a resistance determinant

scientific article published on 4 January 2008

Pneumococcal meningitis and vaccine effects in the era of conjugate vaccination: results of 20 years of nationwide surveillance in Germany

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Pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccination for adults: new perspectives for Europe.

scientific article published on 03 August 2011

Pneumococci in the African meningitis belt: meningitis incidence and carriage prevalence in children and adults

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Pneumokokkenimpfung bei Erwachsenen – Hintergründe der aktuellen Diskussion

scientific article published on 22 January 2013

Polyclonal population structure of Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates in Spain carrying mef and mef plus erm(B).

scientific article published on 24 March 2008

Potential Benefits From Currently Available Three Pneumococcal Vaccines for Children - Population-Based Evaluation

scientific article published on 26 January 2011

Prevention in the elderly: position paper on pneumococcal vaccinations. Results of an expert workshop on 15 November 2013 in Cologne, Germany

scientific article published in June 2014

Prevention of pneumococcal diseases in the post-seven valent vaccine era: a European perspective.

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Purulent pericarditis and pneumonia caused by Streptococcus equi subsp. zooepidemicus.

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Radical serotype rearrangement of carried pneumococci in the first 3 years after intensive vaccination started in Hungary.

scientific article published on 2 September 2014

Recent trends in epidemiology of invasive pneumococcal disease in Poland.

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Reduction in the incidence of invasive pneumococcal disease after general vaccination with 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in Germany

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Regional differences in serotype distribution, pneumococcal vaccine coverage, and antimicrobial resistance of invasive pneumococcal disease among German federal states

scientific article published on 14 July 2009

Relationship between the original multiply resistant South African isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae from 1977 to 1978 and contemporary international resistant clones.

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Risk factor analysis for pneumococcal meningitis in adults with invasive pneumococcal infection

scientific article published on 22 January 2010

Serotype distribution of invasive pneumococcal disease during the first 60 days of life

scientific article published on 14 May 2010

Serotype-specific penicillin resistance of Streptococcus pneumoniae in Germany from 1992 to 2008.

scientific article published on 13 January 2010

Serotyping pneumococcal meningitis cases in the African meningitis belt by use of multiplex PCR with cerebrospinal fluid.

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Seven-year surveillance of emm types of pediatric Group A streptococcal pharyngitis isolates in Western Greece

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Severe soft tissue infection caused by a non-beta-hemolytic Streptococcus pyogenes strain harboring a premature stop mutation in the sagC gene.

scientific article published on 20 March 2013

Streptococcus pneumoniae as an agent of urinary tract infections - a laboratory experience from 2010 to 2014 and further characterization of strains.

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Streptococcus pneumoniae colonization in remote African Pygmies

scientific article published on 14 November 2012

Superantigen genes are more important than the emm type for the invasiveness of group A Streptococcus infection.

scientific article published in July 2010

Temporal Variations among Invasive Pneumococcal Disease Serotypes in Children and Adults in Germany (1992-2008).

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The Helmholtz Network for Bioinformatics: an integrative web portal for bioinformatics resources.

scientific article published in January 2004

The NLRP3 Inflammasome Is Differentially Activated by Pneumolysin Variants and Contributes to Host Defense in Pneumococcal Pneumonia

scientific article published on 06 June 2011

The current status of invasive pneumococcal disease in Poland

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Travel-related Streptococcal toxic shock syndrome caused by emm type 78 Streptococcus pyogenes.

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Vaccine effectiveness of PCV13 in a 3+1 vaccination schedule

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Variable recombination dynamics during the emergence, transmission and 'disarming' of a multidrug-resistant pneumococcal clone

scientific article published on 23 June 2014

Viridans and bovis group streptococci that cause infective endocarditis in two regions with contrasting epidemiology

scientific article published on 20 October 2013

Virulence factors of Streptococcus pyogenes strains from women in peri-labor with invasive infections

scientific article published on 12 February 2016

Whole Genome Sequencing of 39 Invasive Streptococcus pneumoniae Sequence Type 199 Isolates Revealed Switches from Serotype 19A to 15B

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mef(A) is the predominant macrolide resistance determinant in Streptococcus pneumoniae and Streptococcus pyogenes in Germany.

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