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2011

Babouee, Baharak and Elzi, Luigia and Frei, Reno and Widmer, Andreas and Battegay, Manuel. (2011) A comment on Marschall et al. Clinical Infectious Diseases, Vol. 53, no. 7. p. 748.

Kampf, Günter and Widmer, Andreas F.. (2011) Scrub or rub? : What is best practice for hand hygiene before surgery? The veterinary journal, Vol. 190, no. 3. pp. 307-308.

Maiwald, M. and Widmer, A. F. and Rotter, M. L.. (2011) Letter 2: Systematic review and meta-analysis of preoperative anti-sepsis with chlorhexidine versus povidone-iodine in clean-contaminated surgery : (Br J Surg 2010; 97: 1614-1620). British journal of surgery, Vol. 98, H. 3. pp. 461-462.

Widmer, and Andreas, F.. (2011) Transmission of resistant bacteria in intensive care. The New England journal of medicine, Vol. 365, H. 8. p. 763.

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.

Maiwald, Matthias and Widmer, Andreas F. and Rotter, Manfred L.. (2011) Lack of evidence for attributing chlorhexidine as the main active ingredient in skin antiseptics preventing surgical site infections. Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology, 32 (4). pp. 404-405.

Bonkat, Gernot and Rieken, Malte and Rentsch, Cyrill A. and Wyler, Stephen and Feike, Antje and Schäfer, Juliane and Gasser, Thomas and Trampuz, Andrej and Bachmann, Alexander and Widmer, Andreas F.. (2011) Improved detection of microbial ureteral stent colonisation by sonication. World journal of urology, Vol. 29, No. 1. pp. 133-138.

Babouee, B. and Widmer, A. F. and Battegay, M.. (2011) [Vaccination against pneumococci and influenza. How good is the evidence?]. Der Internist, Vol. 52, no. 3. pp. 265-276.

Tschudin-Sutter, Sarah and Frei, Reno and Kampf, Günter and Tamm, Michael and Pflimlin, Eric and Battegay, Manuel and Widmer, Andreas Franz. (2011) Emergence of glutaraldehyde-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology, 32 (12). pp. 1173-1178.

Misteli, Heidi and Widmer, Andreas F. and Rosenthal, Rachel and Oertli, Daniel and Marti, Walter R. and Weber, Walter P.. (2011) Spectrum of pathogens in surgical site infections at a Swiss university hospital. Swiss medical weekly, Vol. 140 , w13146.

Dettenkofer, M. and Ammon, A. and Astagneau, P. and Dancer, S. J. and Gastmeier, P. and Harbarth, S. and Humphreys, H. and Kern, W. V. and Lyytikäinen, O. and Sax, H. and Voss, A. and Widmer, A. F.. (2011) Infection control--a European research perspective for the next decade. The journal of hospital infection, Vol. 77, H. 1. pp. 7-10.

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.

Kuemmerle-Deschner, Jasmin B. and Hachulla, E. and Cartwright, R. and Hawkins, P. N. and Tran, T. A. and Bader-Meunier, B. and Hoyer, J. and Gattorno, M. and Gul, A. and Smith, J. and Leslie, K. S. and Jiménez, S. and Morell-Dubois, S. and Davis, N. and Patel, N. and Widmer, A. and Preiss, R. and Lachmann, H. J.. (2011) Two-year results from an open-label, multicentre, phase III study evaluating the safety and efficacy of canakinumab in patients with cryopyrin-associated periodic syndrome across different severity phenotypes. Annals of the rheumatic diseases : ARD, Vol. 70, H. 12. pp. 2095-2102.

Acklin, Yves P. and Widmer, Andreas F. and Renner, Regina M. and Frei, Reno and Gross, Thomas. (2011) Unexpectedly increased rate of surgical site infections following implant surgery for hip fractures : problem solution with the bundle approach. Injury, Vol. 42, no. 2. pp. 209-216.

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.

Sax, Hugo and Uçkay, Ilker and Balmelli, Carlo and Bernasconi, Enos and Boubaker, Karim and Mühlemann, Kathrin and Ruef, Christian and Troillet, Nicolas and Widmer, Andreas and Zanetti, Giorgio and Pittet, Didier. (2011) Overall burden of healthcare-associated infections among surgical patients : results of a national study. Annals of surgery, Vol. 253, H. 2. pp. 365-370.

Schönenberger, Melanie and Forster, Christian and Siegemund, Martin and Woodtli, Susanne and Widmer, Andreas F. and Dickenmann, Michael. (2011) Catheter related blood stream infections in critically ill patients with continuous haemo(dia)filtration and temporary non-tunnelled vascular access. Swiss Medical Weekly, 141. w13294.

Tschudin-Sutter, Sarah and Frei, Reno and Weisser, Maja and Goldenberger, Daniel and Widmer, Andreas F.. (2011) Actinobaculum schaalii - invasive pathogen or innocent bystander? : a retrospective observational study. BMC infectious diseases, Vol. 11, H.. p. 289.

van Cleef, Brigitte A. G. L. and Monnet, Dominique L. and Voss, Andreas and Krziwanek, Karina and Allerberger, Franz and Struelens, Marc and Zemlickova, Helena and Skov, Robert L. and Vuopio-Varkila, Jaana and Cuny, Christiane and Friedrich, Alexander W. and Spiliopoulou, Iris and Pászti, Judit and Hardardottir, Hjordis and Rossney, Angela and Pan, Angelo and Pantosti, Annalisa and Borg, Michael and Grundmann, Hajo and Mueller-Premru, Manica and Olsson-Liljequist, Barbro and Widmer, Andreas and Harbarth, Stephan and Schweiger, Alexander and Unal, Serhat and Kluytmans, Jan A. J. W.. (2011) Livestock-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in humans, Europe. Emerging infectious diseases, Vol. 17, H. 3. pp. 502-505.

Babouee, B. and Frei, R. and Schultheiss, E. and Widmer, A. F. and Goldenberger, D.. (2011) Comparison of the DiversiLab repetitive element PCR system with spa typing and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis for clonal characterization of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Journal of clinical microbiology, Vol. 49, H. 4. pp. 1549-1555.

2010

Mertz, D. and Plagge, H. and Bassetti, S. and Battegay, M. and Widmer, A. F.. (2010) How much money can be saved by applying intravenous antibiotics once instead of several times a day? Infection, 38 (6). pp. 479-482.

Widmer, A. F. and Battegay, M.. (2010) [Postoperative wound infections: essentials for the internal medicine]. Der Internist, Vol. 51, no. 2. pp. 142-153.

Widmer, A. and Gastmeier, P. and Battegay, M.. (2010) [Prevention of infections]. Der Internist, Vol. 51, no. 2. pp. 127-128.

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.

Khanlari, Bettina and Elzi, Luigia and Estermann, Laura and Weisser, Maja and Brett, Wolfgang and Grapow, Martin and Battegay, Manuel and Widmer, Andreas F. and Flückiger, Ursula. (2010) A rifampicin-containing antibiotic treatment improves outcome of staphylococcal deep sternal wound infections. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, Vol. 65, H. 8. pp. 1799-1806.

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.

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.

Orasch, C. and Weisser, M. and Mertz, D. and Conen, A. and Heim, D. and Christen, S. and Gratwohl, A. and Battegay, M. and Widmer, A. and Flückiger, U.. (2010) Comparison of infectious complications during induction/consolidation chemotherapy versus allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Bone marrow transplantation, Vol. 45. pp. 521-526.

Widmer, A. F. and Rotter, M. and Voss, A. and Nthumba, P. and Allegranzi, B. and Boyce, J. and Pittet, D.. (2010) Surgical hand preparation: state-of-the-art. The journal of hospital infection, Vol. 74. pp. 112-122.

Buehlmann, M. and Widmer, A. F.. (2010) Isolationsmassnahmen bei Infektionen der Luftwege. Der Internist : Organ des Berufsverbandes Deutscher Internisten, Vol. 51 , S. 161–168.

Widmer, A. F. and Battegay, M.. (2010) Postoperative Wundinfektionen. Der Internist : Organ des Berufsverbandes Deutscher Internisten, Vol. 51 , S. 142–153.

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.

Rosenthal, R. and Weber, W. P. and Marti, W. R. and Misteli, H. and Reck, S. and Dangel, M. and Oertli, D. and Widmer, A. F.. (2010) Surveillance of surgical site infections by surgeons : biased underreporting or useful epidemiological data? The journal of hospital infection, Vol. 75, H. 3. pp. 178-182.

Tschudin-Sutter, Sarah and Pargger, Hans and Widmer, Andreas F.. (2010) Hand hygiene in the intensive care unit. Critical care medicine, Vol. 38, Suppl. 8. pp. 299-305.

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.

Buehlmann, M. and Widmer, A. F.. (2010) [Isolation precautions in respiratory tract infections]. Der Internist, Vol. 51, no. 2. pp. 161-168.

Rohrer, Nadine and Widmer, Andreas F. and Waltimo, Tuomas and Kulik, Eva M. and Weiger, Roland and Filipuzzi-Jenny, Elisabeth and Walter, Clemens. (2010) Antimicrobial efficacy of 3 oral antiseptics containing octenidine, polyhexamethylene biguanide, or Citroxx : can chlorhexidine be replaced? Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, 31 (7). pp. 733-739.

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.

Buehlmann, Manuela and Fankhauser, Hans and Laffer, Reto and Bregenzer, Thomas and Widmer, Andreas F.. (2010) The inguinal skin : an important site of colonization with extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Enterobacteriaceae. Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology, 31 (4). pp. 427-428.

Maiwald, Matthias and Widmer, Andreas F. and Rotter, Manfred L.. (2010) Chlorhexidine is not the main active ingredient in skin antiseptics that reduce blood culture contamination rates. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, 31 (10). pp. 1095-1096.

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.

Buehlmann, Manuela and Beltraminelli, Helmut and Strub, Christoph and Bircher, Andreas and Jordan, Xavier and Battegay, Manuel and Itin, Peter and Widmer, Andreas F.. (2009) Scabies outbreak in an intensive care unit with 1,659 exposed individuals--key factors for controlling the outbreak. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, 30 (4). pp. 354-360.

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.

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.

Nickel, C. H. and Stephan, F. P. and Dangel, M. and Blume, K. and Gehrisch, R. and Dumoulin, A. and Tschudin, S. and Keller, D. I. and Hirsch, H. H. and Widmer, A. F. and Bingisser, R.. (2009) First wave of the influenza A/H1N1v pandemic in Switzerland. Swiss medical weekly : official journal of the Swiss Society of Infectious Diseases, the Swiss Society of Internal Medicine, the Swiss Society of Pneumology, Vol. 139. pp. 731-737.

Haynes, A. B. and Gawande, A. A. and the, Safe Surgery Saves Lifes Study Group. (2009) A surgical safety checklist to reduce morbidity and mortality in a global population. The New England journal of medicine, Vol. 360. pp. 491-499.

Dumoulin, A. and Widmer, A. F. X. and Hirsch, H. H.. (2009) Comprehensive diagnostics for respiratory virus infections after transplantation or after potential exposure to swine flu A/H1N1 : what else is out there? Transplant infectious disease : an official journal of the Transplantation Society, Vol. 11. pp. 287-289.

Pittet, D. and Allegranzi, B. and Boyce, J. and World, Health Organization World Alliance for Patient Safety First Glob. (2009) The World Health Organization guidelines on hand hygiene in health care and their consensus recommendations. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, 30 (7). pp. 611-622.

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.

Rosenthal, Rachel and Weber, Walter P. and Zwahlen, Marcel and Misteli, Heidi and Reck, Stefan and Oertli, Daniel and Widmer, Andreas F. and Marti, Walter R.. (2009) Impact of surgical training on incidence of surgical site infection. World journal of surgery : official journal of the Société internationale de chirurgie ... [et al.], Vol. 33. pp. 1165-1173.

Weber, Walter P. and Zwahlen, Marcel and Reck, Stefan and Misteli, Heidi and Rosenthal, Rachel and Buser, Andreas S. and Kaufmann, Mark and Oertli, Daniel and Widmer, Andreas F. and Marti, Walter R.. (2009) The association of preoperative anemia and perioperative allogeneic blood transfusion with the risk of surgical site infection. Transfusion : official journal of the American Association of Blood Banks, Vol. 49. pp. 1964-1970.

Misteli, Heidi and Weber, Walter P. and Reck, Stefan and Rosenthal, Rachel and Zwahlen, Marcel and Fueglistaler, Philipp and Bolli, Martin K. and Oertli, Daniel and Widmer, Andreas F. and Marti, Walter R.. (2009) Surgical glove perforation and the risk of surgical site infection. Archives of surgery, Vol. 144. pp. 553-558.

Beltraminelli, H. and Widmer, A. F. and Jordan, X. and Strub, C. and Bircher, A. J. and De Lorenzo, R. and Herold, R. and Schuhmacher, H. and Buehlmann, M. and Itin, P.. (2009) Scabies, boring skin and psyche : a situation report. Dermatology, 219 (1). pp. 1-2.

2008

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.

Khanna, N. and Widmer, A. F. and Decker, M. and Steffen, I. and Halter, J. and Heim, D. and Weisser, M. and Gratwohl, A. and Fluckiger, U. and Hirsch, H. H.. (2008) Respiratory syncytial virus infection in patients with hematological diseases: single-center study and review of the literature. Clinical Infectious Diseases, Vol. 46. pp. 402-412.

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.

Weber, W. P. and Marti, W. R. and Zwahlen, M. and Misteli, H. and Rosenthal, R. and Reck, S. and Fueglistaler, P. and Bolli, M. and Trampuz, A. and Oertli, D. and Widmer, A. F.. (2008) The timing of surgical antimicrobial prophylaxis. Annals of surgery, Vol. 247. pp. 918-926.

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.

Weber, W. P. and Zwahlen, M. and Reck, S. and Feder-Mengus, C. and Misteli, H. and Rosenthal, R. and Brandenberger, D. and Oertli, D. and Widmer, A. F. and Marti, W. R.. (2008) Economic burden of surgical site infections at a European university hospital. Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology, 29 (7). pp. 623-629.

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.

Dettenkofer, M. and Widmer, A. F. and Kern, W. V.. (2008) [MRSA and other multi-resistant pathogens: an ever increasing problem even in ambulant medicine]. Deutsche medizinische Wochenschrift, Jg. 133, H. 8. pp. 370-371.

Widmer, A. F.. (2008) Ceftobiprole: a new option for treatment of skin and soft-tissue infections due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Clinical Infectious Diseases, Vol. 46, no. 5. pp. 656-658.

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.

Rupnik, M. and Widmer, A. and Zimmermann, O. and Eckert, C. and Barbut, F.. (2008) Clostridium difficile toxinotype V, ribotype 078, in animals and humans. Journal of clinical microbiology, Vol. 46, H. 6. p. 2146.

Widmer, A. F.. (2008) Disinfection and Decontamination : Principles, Applications and Related Issues. Clinical infectious diseases, Vol. 47. pp. 299-301.

Widmer, A. F. and Rotter, M.. (2008) Effectiveness of alcohol-based hand hygiene gels in reducing nosocomial infection rates. Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology, 29 (6). 576 ; author reply 580-582.

2003

Khanna, N. and Goldenberger, D. and Graber, P. and Battegay, M. and Widmer, A. F.. (2003) Gastroenteritis outbreak with norovirus in a Swiss university hospital with a newly identified virus strain. The journal of hospital infection, Vol. 55, H. 2. pp. 131-136.