Items where contributor is "Frei, Reno"

2011

Cantoni, N. and Weisser, M. and Frei, R. and Lardinois, D. and Arber, C.. (2011) Black hole in the lung. Bone marrow transplantation, Vol. 46. pp. 154-155.

Tschudin-Sutter, Sarah and Frei, Reno and Widmer, Andreas Franz. (2011) Equal efficacy of a generic piperacillin/tazobactam formulation : results of a local screening protocol. Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease, Vol. 69, iss. 3. pp. 286-287.

Conen, A. and Weisser, M. and Hohler, D. and Frei, R. and Stern, M.. (2011) Hormographiella aspergillata : an emerging mould in acute leukaemia patients? Clinical microbiology and infection, Vol. 17, H. 2. pp. 273-277.

Tschudin Sutter, S. and Halter, J. and Frei, R. and Widmer, A. F.. (2011) Pseudo-outbreak of Pseudomonas mendocina in stem cell cultures. The journal of hospital infection, Vol. 77, H. 1. pp. 70-72.

Buehlmann, M. and Bruderer, T. and Frei, R. and Widmer, A. F.. (2011) Effectiveness of a new decolonisation regimen for eradication of extended-spectrum -lactamase-producing Enterobacteriaceae. The journal of hospital infection, Vol. 77. pp. 113-117.

2010

Tschudin-Sutter, Sarah and Frei, Reno and Battegay, Manuel and Hoesli, Irene and Widmer, Andreas F.. (2010) Extended spectrum ß-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli in neonatal care unit. Emerging infectious diseases, Vol. 16, H. 11. pp. 1758-1760.

Tschudin Sutter, S. and Frei, R. and Dangel, M. and Widmer, A. F.. (2010) Effect of teaching recommended World Health Organization technique on the use of alcohol-based hand rub by medical students. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, 31 (11). pp. 1194-1195.

Hoffer, E. and Haechler, H. and Frei, R. and Stephan, R.. (2010) Low occurrence of Clostridium difficile in fecal samples of healthy calves and pigs at slaughter and in minced meat in Switzerland. Journal of food protection, Vol. 73, H. 5. pp. 973-975.

Rohacek, Martin and Weisser, Maja and Kobza, Richard and Schoenenberger, Andreas W. and Pfyffer, Gaby E. and Frei, Reno and Erne, Paul and Trampuz, Andrej. (2010) Bacterial colonization and infection of electrophysiological cardiac devices detected with sonication and swab culture. Circulation, Vol. 121, H. 15. pp. 1691-1697.

Schwab, C. and Frei, R. and Schmid, H.-P.. (2010) Wie lautet ihre Diagnose? Praxis : Schweizerische Rundschau für Medizin, Vol. 99, H. 1. pp. 15-16.

Luft, Dirk and Schmoor, Claudia and Wilson, Christine and Widmer, Andreas F. and Bertz, Hartmut and Frei, Reno and Heim, Dominik and Dettenkofer, Markus. (2010) Central venous catheter-associated bloodstream infection and colonisation of insertion site and catheter tip : What are the rates and risk factors in haematology patients? Annals of hematology, Vol. 89, issue 12. pp. 1265-1275.

Poirel, Laurent and Carattoli, Alessandra and Bernabeu, Sandrine and Bruderer, Thomas and Frei, Reno and Nordmann, Patrice. (2010) A novel IncQ plasmid type harbouring a class 3 integron from Escherichia coli. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, Vol. 65, H. 8. pp. 1594-1598.

Sendi, Parham and Frei, Reno and Maurer, Thomas B. and Trampuz, Andrej and Zimmerli, Werner and Graber, Peter. (2010) Escherichia coli variants in periprosthetic joint infection : diagnostic challenges with sessile bacteria and sonication. Journal of clinical microbiology, Vol. 48, H. 5. pp. 1720-1725.

Weisser, Maja and Schoenfelder, Sonja M. K. and Orasch, Christina and Arber, Caroline and Gratwohl, Alois and Frei, Reno and Eckart, Martin and Flückiger, Ursula and Ziebuhr, Wilma. (2010) Hypervariability of biofilm formation and oxacillin resistance in a Staphylococcus epidermidis strain causing persistent severe infection in an immunocompromised patient. Journal of clinical microbiology, Vol. 48, H. 7. pp. 2407-2412.

Dettenkofer, M. and Wilson, C. and Gratwohl, A. and Schmoor, C. and Bertz, H. and Frei, R. and Luft, D. and Heim, D. and Schulz, S. and Widmer, A. F.. (2010) Skin disinfection with octenidine dihydrochloride for central venous catheter site care : a double-blind, randomized, controlled trial. Clinical microbiology and infection : CMI : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Vol. 16. pp. 600-606.

Mertz, D. and Frei, R. and Periat, N. and Scheidegger, C. and Battegay, M. and Seiler, W. and Widmer, A. F.. (2010) Eradication of an epidemic methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) from a geriatric university hospital : evidence from a 10-year follow-up. European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases, Vol. 29, H. 8. pp. 987-993.

Mertz, D. and Frei, R. and Plagge, H. and Battegay, M. and Widmer, A. F.. (2010) Stronger correlation between antibiotic use and the incidence of Clostridium difficile determined by culture results instead of faecal toxin detection only. European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases, Vol. 29, H. 12. pp. 1575-1578.

Tschudin Sutter, S. and Frei, R. and Dangel, M. and Gratwohl, A. and Bonten, M. and Widmer, A. F.. (2010) Not all patients with vancomycin-resistant enterococci need to be isolated. Clinical Infectious Diseases, Vol. 51, H. 6. pp. 678-683.

Adler, Hildegard and Oezcan, Selda and Frei, Reno. (2010) Vancomycin-resistant Enterococci of vanB genotype may pose problems for screening with highly selective media. Journal of clinical microbiology, Vol. 48, H. 6. p. 2323.

Salabi, Allaaeddin El and Toleman, Mark A. and Weeks, Janis and Bruderer, Thomas and Frei, Reno and Walsh, Timothy R.. (2010) First report of the metallo-beta-lactamase SPM-1 in Europe. Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy, Vol. 54, H. 1. p. 582.

Tarr, Philip and Frei, Reno. (2010) Molekulare Früherkennung in der Infektiologie – Molekulare Diagnostik : Eine praktische Einführung für Kliniker. Therapeutische Umschau, Vol. 67, H. 7. pp. 381-386.

2009

Zimmerli, Melanie and Widmer, Andreas F. and Dangel, Marc and Filippi, Andreas and Frei, Reno and Meyer, Jürg. (2009) Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) among dental patients : a problem for infection control in dentistry? Clinical oral investigations, Vol. 13, H. 4. pp. 369-373.

Saxer, Franziska and Widmer, Andreas and Fehr, Jan and Soka, Isaac and Kibatala, Pascience and Urassa, Honorathy and Frei, Reno and Smith, Thomas and Hatz, Christoph. (2009) Benefit of a single preoperative dose of antibiotics in a sub-saharan district hospital: minimal input, massive impact. Annals of surgery : a monthly review of surgical science and practice, Vol. 249, H. 2. pp. 322-326.

Mertz, Dominik and Frei, Reno and Periat, Nadine and Zimmerli, Melanie and Battegay, Manuel and Flückiger, Ursula and Widmer, Andreas F.. (2009) Exclusive Staphylococcus aureus throat carriage : at-risk populations. Archives of internal medicine, Vol. 169. pp. 172-178.

Baldoni, Daniela and Hermann, Heinz and Frei, Reno and Trampuz, Andrej and Steinhuber, Andrea. (2009) Performance of microcalorimetry for early detection of methicillin resistance in clinical isolates of Staphylococcus aureus. Journal of clinical microbiology, Vol. 47. pp. 774-776.

Weber, Walter P. and Reck, Stefan and Neff, Uschi and Saccilotto, Ramon and Dangel, Marc and Rotter, Manfred L. and Frei, Reno and Oertli, Daniel and Marti, Walter R. and Widmer, Andreas F.. (2009) Surgical hand antisepsis with alcohol-based hand rub : comparison of effectiveness after 1.5 and 3 minutes of application. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, 30 (5). pp. 420-426.

Blaettler, L. and Mertz, D. and Frei, R. and Elzi, L. and Widmer, A. F. and Battegay, M. and Flückiger, U.. (2009) Secular trend and risk factors for antimicrobial resistance in Escherichia coli isolates in Switzerland 1997-2007. Infection, 37. pp. 534-539.

Cantoni, Nathan and Weisser, Maja and Buser, Andreas and Arber, Caroline and Stern, Martin and Heim, Dominik and Halter, Jörg and Christen, Susanne and Tsakiris, Dimitrios A. and Droll, Armin and Frei, Reno and Widmer, Andreas F. and Flückiger, Ursula and Passweg, Jakob and Tichelli, André and Gratwohl, Alois. (2009) Infection prevention strategies in a stem cell transplant unit : impact of change of care in isolation practice and routine use of high dose intravenous immunoglobulins on infectious complications and transplant related mortality. European journal of haematology, Vol. 83. pp. 130-138.

Fiumefreddo, Rico and Zaborsky, Roya and Haeuptle, Jeannine and Christ-Crain, Mirjam and Trampuz, Andrej and Steffen, Ingrid and Frei, Reno and Müller, Beat and Schuetz, Philipp. (2009) Clinical predictors for Legionella in patients presenting with community-acquired pneumonia to the emergency department. BMC Pulmonary Medicine, 9. p. 4.

Haeuptle, J. and Zaborsky, R. and Fiumefreddo, R. and Trampuz, A. and Steffen, I. and Frei, R. and Christ-Crain, M. and Müller, B. and Schuetz, P.. (2009) Prognostic value of procalcitonin in Legionella pneumonia. European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, 28. pp. 55-60.

Conen, Anna and Zimmerer, Stefan and Frei, Reno and Battegay, Manuel and Elzi, Luigia and Trampuz, Andrej. (2009) A pain in the neck: probiotics for ulcerative colitis. Annals of internal medicine, Vol. 151, H. 12. pp. 895-897.

Nager, Marina and Tarr, Philip E. and Haack, Horst G. and Martius, Ferdinand and Stoebe, Claudio and Frei, Reno and Danuser, Juerg and Jehle, Andreas W.. (2009) Reactivation of bovine tuberculosis in patient treated with infliximab, Switzerland. Emerging infectious diseases, Vol. 15, H. 7. pp. 1132-1133.

2008

Datta, Florence and Erb, Thomas and Heininger, Ulrich and Gervaix, Alain and Schaad, Urs B. and Berger, Christoph and Vaudaux, Bernard and Aebi, Christoph and Hitzler, Michael and Kind, Christian and Gnehm, Hanspeter E. and Frei, Reno and Pediatric Infectious Disease Group Switzerland Methicillin-Resis, . (2008) A multicenter, cross-sectional study on the prevalence and risk factors for nasal colonization with Staphylococcus aureus in patients admitted to children's hospitals in Switzerland. Clinical Infectious Diseases, Vol. 47, no. 7. pp. 923-926.

Strandén, A. M. and Frei, R. and Adler, H. and Flückiger, U. and Widmer, A. F.. (2008) Emergence of SCCmec type IV as the most common type of methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus in a University Hospital. Infection, 37. pp. 44-48.

Fenner, L. and Widmer, A. F. and Straub, C. and Frei, R.. (2008) Is the incidence of anaerobic bacteremia decreasing? Analysis of 114,000 blood cultures over a ten-year period. Journal of clinical microbiology, Vol. 46, H. 7. pp. 2432-2434.

Fenner, L. and Widmer, A. F. and Goy, G. and Rudin, S. and Frei, R.. (2008) Rapid and reliable diagnostic algorithm for detection of Clostridium difficile. Journal of clinical microbiology, Vol. 46, H. 1. pp. 328-330.

Fenner, L. and Widmer, A. F. and Frei, R.. (2008) Molecular epidemiology of invasive methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus strains circulating at a Swiss University Hospital. European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases, Vol. 27, H. 7. pp. 623-626.

Fenner, L. and Frei, R. and Gregory, M. and Dangel, M. and Stranden, A. and Widmer, A. F.. (2008) Epidemiology of Clostridium difficile-associated disease at University Hospital Basel including molecular characterisation of the isolates 2006-2007. European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases, Vol. 27, H. 12. pp. 1201-1207.

Fenner, L. and Widmer, A. F. and Dangel, M. and Frei, R.. (2008) Distribution of spa types among meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates during a 6 year period at a low-prevalence University Hospital. The Journal of medical microbiology, Vol. 57, H. 5. pp. 612-616.

Kappel, C. and Widmer, A. and Geng, V. and von Arx, P. and Frei, R. and Koch, H. G. and Knecht, H.. (2008) Successful control of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a spinal cord injury center : a 10-year prospective study including molecular typing. Spinal cord, Vol. 46, H. 6. pp. 438-444.

Buehlmann, M. and Frei, R. and Fenner, L. and Dangel, M. and Fluckiger, U. and Widmer, A. F.. (2008) Highly effective regimen for decolonization of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus carriers. Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology, 29 (6). pp. 510-516.

Conen, A. and Weisser, M. and Jörg, C. O. and Battegay, M. and Trampuz, A. and Frei, R. and Christen, S. and Heim, D. and Gratwohl, A. and Flückiger, U.. (2008) Candida krusei--a serious complication in patients with hematological malignancies : successful treatment with caspofungin. Transplant infectious disease, Vol. 10, H. 1. pp. 66-70.

Adler, H. and Fenner, L. and Walter, P. and Hohler, D. and Schultheiss, E. and Oezcan, S. and Frei, R.. (2008) Plasmid-mediated AmpC beta-lactamases in Enterobacteriaceae lacking inducible chromosomal ampC genes : prevalence at a Swiss university hospital and occurrence of the different molecular types in Switzerland. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, Vol. 61, H. 2. pp. 457-458.

Poirel, L. and Bruderer, T. and Frei, R. and Bernabeu, S. and Graber, P. and Nordmann, P.. (2008) Multidrug-resistant Providencia stuartii expressing extended-spectrum beta-lactamase PER-1, originating in Kosovo. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, Vol. 61, H. 6. pp. 1392-1393.

Widmer, A. F. and Mertz, D. and Frei, R.. (2008) Necessity of screening of both the nose and the throat to detect methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonization in patients upon admission to an intensive care unit. Journal of clinical microbiology, Vol. 46, H. 2. p. 835.

Fenner, L. and Widmer, A. F. and Stranden, A. and Conzelmann, M. and Goorhuis, A. and Harmanus, C. and Kuijper, E. J. and Frei, R.. (2008) First cluster of clindamycin-resistant Clostridium difficile PCR ribotype 027 in Switzerland. Clinical microbiology and infection, Vol. 14, H. 5. pp. 514-515.