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Erb, Stefan and Widmer, Andreas F. and Tschudin-Sutter, Sarah and Neff, Ursula and Fischer, Manuela and Dickenmann, Michael and Grosse, Philipp. (2013) Impact of different catheter lock strategies on bacterial colonization of permanent central venous hemodialysis catheters. Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology, 34 (12). pp. 1314-1317.
Kampf, G. and Ostermeyer, C. and Tschudin-Sutter, S. and Widmer, A. F.. (2013) Resistance or adaptation? How susceptible is a 'glutaraldehyde-resistant' Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolate in the absence of selection pressure? The journal of hospital infection, Vol. 84, H. 4. pp. 316-318.
Tschudin-Sutter, Sarah and Meinke, Ruth and Schuhmacher, Heinz and Dangel, Marc and Eckstein, Friedrich and Reuthebuch, Oliver and Widmer, Andreas Franz. (2013) Drainage days - an independent risk factor for serious sternal wound infections after cardiac surgery : a case control study. American journal of infection control, Vol. 41, H. 12. pp. 1264-1267.
Tschudin-Sutter, Sarah and Tamma, Pranita D. and Milstone, Aaron M. and Perl, Trish M.. (2013) Predictors of First Recurrence of Clostridium difficile Infections in Children. Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 33 (4). pp. 414-416.
Tschudin-Sutter, Sarah and Tamma, Pranita D. and Naegeli, April N. and Speck, Kathleen A. and Milstone, Aaron M. and Perl, Trish M.. (2013) Distinguishing Community-Associated From Hospital-Associated Clostridium difficile Infections in Children: Implications for Public Health Surveillance. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 57 (12). pp. 1665-1672.
Junker, Till and Mujagic, Edin and Hoffmann, Henry and Rosenthal, Rachel and Misteli, Heidi and Zwahlen, Marcel and Oertli, Daniel and Tschudin-Sutter, Sarah and Widmer, Andreas F. and Marti, Walter R. and Weber, Walter P.. (2012) Prevention and control of surgical site infections : review of the Basel Cohort Study. Swiss medical weekly, Vol. 142 , w13616.
Sutter, Raoul and Tschudin-Sutter, Sarah and Grize, Leticia and Fuhr, Peter and Bonten, Marc J. M. and Widmer, Andreas F. and Marsch, Stephan and Rüegg, Stephan. (2012) Associations between infections and clinical outcome parameters in status epilepticus : a retrospective 5-year cohort study. Epilepsia : journal of the International League against Epilepsy, Vol. 53, H. 9. pp. 1489-1497.
Tschudin-Sutter, Sarah and Frei, Reno and Dangel, Marc and Stranden, Anne and Widmer, Andreas F.. (2012) Rate of transmission of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing enterobacteriaceae without contact isolation. Clinical Infectious Diseases, Vol. 55, H. 11. pp. 1505-1511.
Tschudin-Sutter, Sarah and Frei, Reno and Dangel, Marc and Stranden, Anne and Widmer, Andreas Franz. (2012) Sites of colonization with extended-spectrum β-lactamases (ESBL)-producing enterobacteriaceae: the rationale for screening. Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology, 33 (11). pp. 1170-1171.
Tschudin-Sutter, Sarah and Frei, Reno and Egli-Gany, Diane and Eckstein, Friedrich and Valderrabano, Victor and Dangel, Marc and Battegay, Manuel and Widmer, Andreas Franz. (2012) No risk of surgical site infections from residual bacteria after disinfection with povidone-iodine-alcohol in 1014 cases: a prospective observational study. Annals of surgery, Vol. 255, H. 3. pp. 565-569.
Tschudin-Sutter, Sarah and Widmer, Andreas F. and Perl, Trish M.. (2012) Clostridium difficile: novel insights on an incessantly challenging disease. Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases, 25 (4). pp. 405-411.
Achermann, Y. and Vogt, M. and Spormann, C. and Kolling, C. and Remschmidt, C. and Wüst, J. and Simmen, B. and Trampuz, A.. (2011) Characteristics and outcome of 27 elbow periprosthetic joint infections : results from a 14-year cohort study of 358 elbow prostheses. Clinical microbiology and infection, Vol. 17, H. 3. pp. 432-438.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Berdajs, Denis A. and Trampuz, Andrej and Ferrari, Enrico and Ruchat, Patrick and Hurni, Michel and von Segesser, Ludwig K.. (2011) Delayed primary versus late secondary wound closure in the treatment of postsurgical sternum osteomyelitis. Interactive cardiovascular and thoracic surgery, Vol. 12, H. 6. pp. 914-918.
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.
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.
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.
El Amari, E. Boffi and Combescure, C. and Yerly, S. and Calmy, A. and Kaiser, L. and Hasse, B. and Furrer, H. and Cavassini, M. and Vernazza, P. and Hirsch, Hh and Bernasconi, E. and Hirschel, B. and Swiss HIV Cohort Study, . (2011) Clinical relevance of cytomegalovirus viraemia(*,†). HIV medicine, Vol. 12, H. 7. pp. 394-402.
Furustrand Tafin, Ulrika and Majic, Ivana and Zalila Belkhodja, Cyrine and Betrisey, Bertrand and Corvec, Stéphane and Zimmerli, Werner and Trampuz, Andrej. (2011) Gentamicin improves the activities of daptomycin and vancomycin against Enterococcus faecalis in vitro and in an experimental foreign-body infection model. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, Vol. 55, H. 10. pp. 4821-4827.
Garbino, J. and Fluckiger, U. and Elzi, L. and Imhof, A. and Bille, J. and Zimmerli, S.. (2011) Survey of aspergillosis in non-neutropenic patients in Swiss teaching hospitals. Clinical microbiology and infection, Vol. 17, H. 9. pp. 1366-1371.
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.
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.
Maertens, J. and Marchetti, O. and Herbrecht, R. and Cornely, O. A. and Flückiger, U. and Frêre, P. and Gachot, B. and Heinz, W. J. and Lass-Flörl, C. and Ribaud, P. and Thiebaut, A. and Cordonnier, C. and Third European Conference on Infections in Leukemia, . (2011) European guidelines for antifungal management in leukemia and hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients : summary of the ECIL 3--2009 update. Bone marrow transplantation, Vol. 46, H. 5. pp. 709-718.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Sendi, P. and Christensson, B. and Uçkay, I. and Trampuz, A. and Achermann, Y. and Boggian, K. and Svensson, D. and Widerström, M. and Zimmerli, W. and PJI study group, G. B. S.. (2011) Group B streptococcus in prosthetic hip and knee joint-associated infections. The journal of hospital infection, Vol. 79, H. 1. pp. 64-69.
Sutter, R. and Tschudin-Sutter S., and Grize, L. and Widmer, A. F. and Marsch, S. and Ruegg, S.. (2011) Acute phase proteins and white blood cell levels for prediction of infectious complications in status epilepticus. Critical care, Vol. 15, H. 6 , R274.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Vuichard, D. and Conen, A. and Brenner, M. and Itin, P. and Flückiger, U.. (2011) Bullous cellulitis with Cryptococcus neoformans. Infection, 39 (2). pp. 181-182.
Widmer, and Andreas, F.. (2011) Transmission of resistant bacteria in intensive care. The New England journal of medicine, Vol. 365, H. 8. p. 763.
Wildi, K. and Tschudin-Sutter, S. and Dell-Kuster, S. and Frei, R. and Bucher, H. C. and Nüesch, R.. (2011) Factors associated with positive blood cultures in outpatients with suspected bacteremia. European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases, Vol. 30, H. 12. pp. 1615-1619.
Zimmerer, Stephan M. E. and Conen, Anna and Müller, Andreas A. and Sailer, Martin and Taub, Ethan and Flückiger, Ursula and Schwenzer-Zimmerer, Katja C.. (2011) Spinal epidural abscess : aetiology, predisponent factors and clinical outcomes in a 4-year prospective study. European spine journal, Vol. 20, H. 12. pp. 2228-2234.
de Roche, M. and Sawatzki, M. and Degen, L. and Itin, P. and Flückiger, U. and Frei, R. and Goldenberger, D.. (2011) [Lymphogranuloma venereum. An old disease in a new dress]. Der Internist, 52 (5). pp. 584-589.
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.
Abgottspon, Daniela and Rölli, Gina and Hosch, Lucie and Steinhuber, Andrea and Jiang, Xiaohua and Schwardt, Oliver and Cutting, Brian and Smiesko, Martin and Jenal, Urs and Ernst, Beat and Trampuz, Andrej. (2010) Development of an aggregation assay to screen FimH antagonists. Journal of Microbiological Methods, 82 (3). pp. 249-255.
Achermann, Yvonne and Vogt, Markus and Leunig, Michael and Wüst, Jürg and Trampuz, Andrej. (2010) Improved diagnosis of periprosthetic joint infection by multiplex PCR of sonication fluid from removed implants. Journal of clinical microbiology, Vol. 48, H. 4. pp. 1208-1214.
Aebi, Timothy and Weisser, Maja and Bucher, Evelyne and Hirsch, Hans H. and Marsch, Stephan and Siegemund, Martin. (2010) Co-infection of Influenza B and Streptococci causing severe pneumonia and septic shock in healthy women. BMC Infectious Diseases, 10. p. 308.
Baldoni, Daniela and Steinhuber, Andrea and Zimmerli, Werner and Trampuz, Andrej. (2010) In vitro activity of gallium maltolate against Staphylococci in logarithmic, stationary, and biofilm growth phases : comparison of conventional and calorimetric susceptibility testing methods. Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy: AAC, Vol. 54, H. 1. pp. 157-163.
Buehlmann, M. and Widmer, A. F.. (2010) Isolationsmassnahmen bei Infektionen der Luftwege. Der Internist : Organ des Berufsverbandes Deutscher Internisten, Vol. 51 , S. 161–168.
Buehlmann, M. and Widmer, A. F.. (2010) [Isolation precautions in respiratory tract infections]. Der Internist, Vol. 51, no. 2. pp. 161-168.
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.
Clauss, Martin and Trampuz, Andrej and Borens, Olivier and Bohner, Marc and Ilchmann, Thomas. (2010) Biofilm formation on bone grafts and bone graft substitutes : comparison of different materials by a standard in vitro test and microcalorimetry. Acta biomaterialia, Vol. 6, H. 9. pp. 3791-3797.
Daneschwar, F. and Tschudin Sutter, S. and Widmer, A. F. and Battegay, M.. (2010) 42-jähriger, adipöser Patient mit beatmungspflichtiger H1N1-Infektion. Der Internist, Vol. 51, no. 10 , S. 1308-1310, 1312.
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.
Hunziker, Sabina and Hügle, Thomas and Schuchardt, Katrin and Groeschl, Isabelle and Schuetz, Philipp and Mueller, Beat and Dick, Walter and Eriksson, Urs and Trampuz, Andrej. (2010) The value of serum procalcitonin level for differentiation of infectious from noninfectious causes of fever after orthopaedic surgery. Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, 92 (1). pp. 138-148.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Trampuz, A. and Steinrücken, J. and Clauss, M. and Bizzini, A. and Furustrand, U. and Uçkay, I. and Peter, R. and Bille, J. and Borens, O.. (2010) [New methods for the diagnosis of implant-associated infections]. Revue médicale suisse, Vol. 6, no. 243. pp. 731-734.
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.
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.
Tschudin Sutter S, Hirsch H. H. and Battegay M, Widmer A. F.. (2010) Neuraminidasehemmer – Fokus Oseltamivir. Schweizerisches Medizin-Forum, Vol. 10. pp. 45-47.
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, 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.
Uçkay, I. and Hoffmeyer, P. and Trampuz, A. and Borens, O. and Terzic, A. and Scolozzi, P. and Peter, R.. (2010) [Antibiotic prophylaxis before dental procedures in arthroplasty patients]. Revue médicale suisse, Vol. 6. pp. 727-730.
Widmer, A. and Gastmeier, P. and Battegay, M.. (2010) [Prevention of infections]. Der Internist, Vol. 51, no. 2. pp. 127-128.
Widmer, A. F. and Battegay, M.. (2010) Postoperative Wundinfektionen. Der Internist : Organ des Berufsverbandes Deutscher Internisten, Vol. 51 , S. 142–153.
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. 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.
Achermann, Yvonne and Trampuz, Andrej and Moro, Fabricio and Wüst, Jürg and Vogt, Markus. (2009) Corynebacterium bovis shoulder prosthetic joint infection : the first reported case. Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease, Vol. 64. pp. 213-215.
Baldoni, Daniela and Haschke, Manuel and Rajacic, Zarko and Zimmerli, Werner and Trampuz, Andrej. (2009) Linezolid alone or combined with rifampin against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in experimental foreign-body infection. Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy : AAC, Vol. 53. pp. 1142-1148.
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.
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.
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.
Borens, O. and Nussbaumer, F. and Baalbaki, R. and Trampuz, A.. (2009) Diagnostic et traitement des infections d’implants orthopédiques. Revue médicale suisse : revue officielle de la Société médicale de la Suisse romande ... [et al.], Vol. 5. pp. 2563-2568.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
John, Anne-Kathrin and Baldoni, Daniela and Haschke, Manuel and Rentsch, Katharina and Schaerli, Patrick and Zimmerli, Werner and Trampuz, Andrej. (2009) Efficacy of daptomycin in implant-associated infection due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: importance of combination with rifampin. Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy : AAC, Vol. 53. pp. 2719-2724.
Khanna, N. and Steffen, I. and Studt, J.-D. and Schreiber, A. and Lehmann, T. and Weisser, M. and Flückiger, U. and Gratwohl, A. and Halter, J. and Hirsch, H. H.. (2009) Outcome of influenza infections in outpatients after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Transplant infectious disease, Vol. 11. pp. 100-105.
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.
Mertz, Dominik and Koller, Michael and Haller, Patricia and Lampert, Markus L. and Plagge, Herbert and Hug, Balthasar and Koch, Gian and Battegay, Manuel and Flückiger, Ursula and Bassetti, Stefano. (2009) Outcomes of early switching from intravenous to oral antibiotics on medical wards. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, Vol. 64, H. 1. pp. 188-199.
Mertz, Dominik and Viktorin, Nina and Wolbers, Marcel and Flückiger, Ursula and Battegay, Manuel. (2009) Impact of HIV status on outcome of infectious complications in intravenous drug users. JAIDS: journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes, Vol. 51, H. 4 , S. 506-507 ; author reply 507-508.
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.
Mueller, Andreas Albert and Saldamli, Belma and Stübinger, Stefan and Walter, Clemens and Flückiger, Ursüla and Merlo, Adrian and Schwenzer-Zimmerer, Katja and Zeilhofer, Hans-Florian and Zimmerer, Stephan. (2009) Oral bacterial cultures in nontraumatic brain abscesses : results of a first-line study. Oral surgery, oral medicine, oral pathology, oral radiology, and endodontology, Vol. 107. pp. 469-476.
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.
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.
Rieger, U. M. and Pierer, G. and Lüscher, N. J. and Trampuz, A.. (2009) Sonication of removed breast implants for improved detection of subclinical infection. Aesthetic plastic surgery, Vol. 33. pp. 404-408.
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.
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.
Tschudin, S. and Laifer, G. and Orasch, C. and Nüesch, R.. (2009) Kopfschmerzen und Wortfindungsstörungen bei einem immunsupprimierten Patienten. Schweizerische Rundschau für Medizin Praxis = Revue suisse de médecine PRAXIS, Vol. 98. pp. 775-779.
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.
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.
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.
Battegay, M. and Fehr, J. and Flückiger, U. and Elzi, L.. (2008) Antiretroviral therapy of late presenters with advanced HIV disease. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, Vol. 62, H. 1. pp. 41-44.
Battegay, M. and Hirschel, B.. (2008) 11th European AIDS Conference (EACS) - Conference Scene. Future HIV Therapy, Vol. 2, no. 1. pp. 21-24.
Battegay, M. and Stoeckle, M. and Tanner, M. and Hatz, C.. (2008) Wo HIV-Betreuung in Afrika wirkt. Gazzetta des Universitätsspitals Basel, 2008, Nr. 1. pp. 4-5.
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 Walti, L. N. and Merlo, A. and Fluckiger, U. and Battegay, M. and Trampuz, A.. (2008) Characteristics and treatment outcome of cerebrospinal fluid shunt-associated infections in adults: a retrospective analysis over an 11-year period. Clinical Infectious Diseases, Vol. 47. pp. 73-82.
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.
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.
El Amari, E. B. and Toutous-Trellu, L. and Gayet-Ageron, A. and Baumann, M. and Cathomas, G. and Steffen, I. and Erb, P. and Mueller, N. J. and Furrer, H. and Cavassini, M. and Vernazza, P. and Hirsch, H. H. and Bernasconi, E. and Hirschel, B. and Swiss, HIV Cohort Study. (2008) Predicting the evolution of Kaposi sarcoma, in the highly active antiretroviral therapy era. AIDS, Vol. 22. pp. 1019-1028.
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.
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 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 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.
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.
Flückiger, U.. (2008) Endokarditis-Prophylaxe. Pharma-Kritik, Vol. 29. pp. 69-72.
Flückiger, U. and Troillet, N.. (2008) [New Swiss guidelines for the prevention of infective endocarditis]. Revue médicale suisse, Vol. 4, no. 174. pp. 2134-2138.
Flückiger, U. and Wiehl, P.. (2008) Endokarditis-Prophylaxe. Dentalworld, Vol. 4. pp. 2-4.
Gruber, V. and Cavassini, M. and Battegay, M. and Boffi El Amari, E. and Tarr, P. E.. (2008) Exposition gegenüber HIV, Hepatitis B und C in Praxis und Spital : Vorbeugung und Post-Expositionsprophylaxe. Swiss medical forum = Schweizerisches Medizin-Forum, Vol. 8. pp. 650-655.
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.
Khanlari, B. and Bodmer, M. and Terracciano, L. and Heim, M. H. and Fluckiger, U. and Weisser, M.. (2008) Hepatitis with fibrin-ring granulomas. Infection, 36 (4). pp. 381-383.
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.
Lüthy, J. and Trampuz, A. and Tyndall, A. and Vogt, T.. (2008) [Spondylodiscitis without fever: a diagnostic challenge]. Deutsche medizinische Wochenschrift, Jg. 133, H. 34-35. pp. 1725-1729.
Mertz, D. and Khanlari, B. and Viktorin, N. and Battegay, M. and Fluckiger, U.. (2008) Less than 28 days of intravenous antibiotic treatment is sufficient for suppurative thrombophlebitis in injection drug users. Clinical Infectious Diseases, Vol. 46. pp. 741-744.
Mertz, D. and Viktorin, N. and Wolbers, M. and Laifer, G. and Leimenstoll, B. and Fluckiger, U. and Battegay, M.. (2008) Appropriateness of antibiotic treatment in intravenous drug users, a retrospective analysis. BMC infectious diseases, Vol. 8 , 42.
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.
Steinhuber, A. and Landmann, R. and Goerke, C. and Wolz, C. and Flückiger, U.. (2008) Bioluminescence imaging to study the promoter activity of hla of Staphylococcus aureus in vitro and in vivo. Zentralblatt für Bakteriologie, Vol. 298, H. 7/8. pp. 599-605.
Stoeckle, M. and Kaech, C. and Trampuz, A. and Zimmerli, W.. (2008) The role of diabetes mellitus in patients with bloodstream infections. Swiss Medical Weekly, Vol. 138. pp. 512-519.
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.
Trampuz, A. and Zimmerli, W.. (2008) Diagnosis and treatment of implant-associated septic arthritis and osteomyelitis. Current infectious disease reports, Vol. 10, No. 5. pp. 394-403.
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.
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.
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.. (2008) Disinfection and Decontamination : Principles, Applications and Related Issues. Clinical infectious diseases, Vol. 47. pp. 299-301.
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.
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.
Tschudin, S. and Sponagel, L. and Flückiger, U.. (2006) Bedrohliches Fieber. Therapeutische Umschau = Revue thérapeutique, Bd. 63, H. 10. pp. 651-657.
Tschudin S, Khanlari B. and Schaub S, Laifer G. and Flückiger U, Bassetti S.. (2006) Arthritis und Fieber aus Mauritius. Schweizerisches Medizin-Forum, Vol. 6. pp. 1036-1038.