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List of works by Tim Eckmanns

A survey of outpatient antibiotic prescribing for cystitis.

scientific article published on 14 December 2012

Automatic outbreak detection algorithm versus electronic reporting system

scientific article published on October 2008

Carbapenem non-susceptibility of Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates in hospitals from 2011 to 2016, data from the German Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance (ARS).

scientific article published on 5 June 2018

Carrier prevalence, secondary household transmission, and long-term shedding in 2 districts during the Escherichia coli O104:H4 outbreak in Germany, 2011.

scientific article published on 21 November 2012

Clostridium difficile surveillance trends, Saxony, Germany

scientific article published in April 2008

Communicable diseases prioritized for surveillance and epidemiological research: results of a standardized prioritization procedure in Germany, 2011.

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Compliance with antiseptic hand rub use in intensive care units: the Hawthorne effect.

scientific article published on 22 August 2006

Contamination during production of heater-cooler units by Mycobacterium chimaera potential cause for invasive cardiovascular infections: results of an outbreak investigation in Germany, April 2015 to February 2016.

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Decline in the proportion of methicillin resistance among Staphylococcus aureus isolates from non-invasive samples and in outpatient settings, and changes in the co-resistance profiles: an analysis of data collected within the Antimicrobial Resistan

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Development of a risk assessment tool for contact tracing people after contact with infectious patients while travelling by bus or other public ground transport: a Delphi consensus approach

scientific article published on 24 October 2013

Digital epidemiology and global health security; an interdisciplinary conversation

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Ebola Virus Disease among Male and Female Persons in West Africa

scientific article published on January 2016

Ebola virus disease among children in West Africa

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Ebola virus disease in West Africa--the first 9 months of the epidemic and forward projections

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Ecological analysis of social risk factors for Rotavirus infections in Berlin, Germany, 2007-2009.

scientific article published on 28 August 2012

Effective management of an outbreak with multiresistent Klebsiella pneumoniae in a neurorehabilitation unit

scientific article published on 9 April 2018

Effectiveness of the AS03-adjuvanted vaccine against pandemic influenza virus A/(H1N1) 2009--a comparison of two methods; Germany, 2009/10.

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Efficacy of heat and moisture exchangers in preventing ventilator-associated pneumonia: meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

scientific article published on 11 September 2004

Eliciting views on antibiotic prescribing and resistance among hospital and outpatient care physicians in Berlin, Germany: results of a qualitative study.

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Epidemiological Data Management during an Outbreak of Ebola Virus Disease: Key Issues and Observations from Sierra Leone

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Evidence-based decision-making in infectious diseases epidemiology, prevention and control: matching research questions to study designs and quality appraisal tools

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Exposure Patterns Driving Ebola Transmission in West Africa: A Retrospective Observational Study

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Global and national strategies against antibiotic resistance

scientific article published on 27 March 2018

Global outbreak of severe Mycobacterium chimaera disease after cardiac surgery: a molecular epidemiological study

scientific article published on 12 July 2017

Healthcare-associated pneumonia in acute care hospitals in European Union/European Economic Area countries: an analysis of data from a point prevalence survey, 2011 to 2012

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Heterogeneities in the case fatality ratio in the West African Ebola outbreak 2013–2016

scientific article (publication date: 10 April 2017)

High level of gastrointestinal nosocomial infections in the german surveillance system, 2002-2008.

scientific article published in December 2010

Human resources estimates for antibiotic stewardship teams: evidence-based approaches for recommendations are needed

scientific article published on 5 January 2018

Impact of the suctioning system (open vs. closed) on the incidence of ventilation-associated pneumonia: Meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

scientific article published on 21 June 2006

Incidence of invasive meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections in Germany, 2010 to 2014.

scientific article published on November 2015

Influenza vaccination coverage in the 2004/05, 2005/06, and 2006/07 seasons: a secondary data analysis based on billing data of the German associations of statutory health insurance physicians

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Is there an association between nosocomial infection rates and bacterial cross transmissions?

scientific article published in January 2010

Lessons from a one-year hospital-based surveillance of acute respiratory infections in Berlin- comparing case definitions to monitor influenza

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Letter to the editor: Is there a need for special treatment of refugees at hospital admission?

scientific article published in February 2016

Long-term carriage of Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase-2-producing K pneumoniae after a large single-center outbreak in Germany

scientific article published on April 2014

MRSA and ESBL in outpatient: development from 2008 up to 2012 and socio demographic differences

scientific article published on September 2014

MRSA transmission on a neonatal intensive care unit: epidemiological and genome-based phylogenetic analyses

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Molecular phylogeny of a novel human adenovirus type 8 strain causing a prolonged, multi-state keratoconjunctivitis epidemic in Germany

scientific article published on 13 January 2017

Molecular typing of toxic shock syndrome toxin-1- and Enterotoxin A-producing methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus isolates from an outbreak in a neonatal intensive care unit

scientific article published on 22 August 2015

Neurological sequelae of healthcare-associated sepsis in very-low-birthweight infants: Umbrella review and evidence-based outcome tree

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No evidence of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae in stool samples of 1,544 asylum seekers arriving in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, April 2016 to March, 2017

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Nosocomial transmission of tuberculous otitis media in an ear, nose and throat outpatient unit: a clinical and hygienical investigation

scientific article published on 13 April 2010

PRECEPT: an evidence assessment framework for infectious disease epidemiology, prevention and control

scientific article published on October 2017

Pandemic influenza A(H1)pdm09 in hospitals and intensive care units - results from a new hospital surveillance, Germany 2009/2010

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Paths to the professional and responsible use of antibiotics

scientific article published on 26 March 2018

Perceptions and attitudes regarding antibiotic resistance in Germany: a cross-sectoral survey amongst physicians, veterinarians, farmers and the general public

scholarly article by Sandra Schneider et al published 26 March 2018 in Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Predicting late-onset sepsis by routine neonatal screening for colonisation by gram-negative bacteria in neonates at intensive care units: a protocol for a systematic review

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Preventing the next 'SARS' - European healthcare workers' attitudes towards monitoring their health for the surveillance of newly emerging infections: qualitative study

scientific article published on July 8, 2011

Rapid emergence of secondary resistance to gentamicin and colistin following selective digestive decontamination in patients with KPC-2-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae: a single-centre experience

scientific article published on 19 September 2013

Results from the first 12 months of the national surveillance of healthcare associated outbreaks in Germany, 2011/2012

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Risk factors related to a hospital-associated cluster of Clostridium difficile PCR ribotype 027 infections in Germany During 2007.

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Rotavirus vaccine effectiveness and case-control study on risk factors for breakthrough infections in Germany, 2010-2011.

scientific article published in February 2013

Sepsis prediction during outbreaks at neonatal intensive care units through body surface screening for Gram-negative bacteria: systematic review and meta-analysis

Sharing more than friendship--nasal colonization with coagulase-positive staphylococci (CPS) and co-habitation aspects of dogs and their owners

scientific article (publication date: 2012)

Social media and internet-based data in global systems for public health surveillance: a systematic review

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Stalking a lethal superbug by whole-genome sequencing and phylogenetics: Influence on unraveling a major hospital outbreak of carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae

scientific article published on 18 September 2017

The burden of MRSA in four German university hospitals

scientific article published on 29 September 2005

The first wave of pandemic influenza (H1N1) 2009 in Germany: from initiation to acceleration

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The impact of zoonotic MRSA colonization and infection in Germany

scientific article published on September 2014

The influence of high-efficiency particulate air filtration on mortality and fungal infection among highly immunosuppressed patients: a systematic review

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The relationship between methodological trial quality and the effects of impregnated central venous catheters

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Timeliness of surveillance during outbreak of Shiga Toxin-producing Escherichia coli infection, Germany, 2011.

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Towards a framework for evaluating and grading evidence in public health

scientific article published on 23 March 2015

Tuberculosis in public ground transport - is there enough evidence to justify contact tracing?

scientific article published on 25 November 2014

Under-reporting of measles: an evaluation based on data from north rhine-westphalia

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Use of existing systematic reviews for evidence assessments in infectious disease prevention: a comparative case study

scientific article published on 11 October 2016

Vaccination coverage among children in Germany estimated by analysis of health insurance claims data

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Varicella vaccination coverage of children under two years of age in Germany

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Veterinarians Visiting Swine Farms Are at High Risk for Colonization With Livestock-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus.

scientific article published on 3 September 2015

West African Ebola epidemic after one year--slowing but not yet under control

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What influences availability of medicines for the community management of childhood illnesses in central Uganda? Implications for scaling up the integrated community case management programme

scientific article published on 25 November 2015

Whole Genome Sequence Analysis of CTX-M-15 Producing Klebsiella Isolates Allowed Dissecting a Polyclonal Outbreak Scenario

scientific article published on 23 February 2018

[Compliance with hand disinfection: evaluating intensive care units]

scientific article published on 01 February 2002