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2016-05-27Zeitschriftenartikel

Socioeconomic Status and Use of Outpatient Medical Care: The Case of Germany

Hoebel, Jens; Rattay, Petra; Prütz, Franziska; Rommel, Alexander; Lampert, Thomas

Background: Socially disadvantaged people have an increased need for medical care due to a higher burden of health problems and chronic diseases. In Germany, outpatient care is chiefly provided by office-based general ...

2016-06-06Zeitschriftenartikel

The Human Antimicrobial Protein Bactericidal/Permeability-Increasing Protein (BPI) Inhibits the Infectivity of Influenza A Virus

Pinkenburg, Olaf; Meyer, Torben; Bannert, Norbert; Norley, Steven; Bolte, Kathrin; Czudai-Matwich, Volker; Herold, Susanne; Gessner, André; Schnare, Markus

In addition to their well-known antibacterial activity some antimicrobial peptides and proteins (AMPs) display also antiviral effects. A 27 aa peptide from the N-terminal part of human bactericidal/permeability-increasing ...

2015-12-12Zeitschriftenartikel

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus from infections in horses in Germany are frequent colonizers of veterinarians but rare among MRSA from infections in humans

Cuny, Christiane; Abdelbary, Mohamed M. H.; Köck, Robin; Layer, Franziska; Scheidemann, Wolfgang; Werner, Guido; Witte, Wolfgan

A total of 272 methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) from equine infections originating from 17 equine hospitals and 39 veterinary practices in Germany as well as 67 isolates from personnel working at equine ...

2016-05-28Zeitschriftenartikel

Association of partner, parental, and employment statuses with self-rated health among German women and men

Lippe, Elena von der; Rattay, Petra

The association of partner, parental, and employment statuses with health is usually discussed in terms of either the multiple role burden hypothesis or the multiple role attachment hypothesis. The first hypothesis states ...

2016-05-11Zeitschriftenartikel

Recovery of a 10-year-old girl from methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus sepsis in response to low-dose ceftaroline treatment

Borgmann, Stefan; Rieß, Beate; Wernitz-Keibel, Thomas von; Bühler, Matthias; Layer, Franziska; Strommenger, Birgit

A 9-year-old girl was severely injured in a car accident in Afghanistan, in which both her lower legs were badly damaged. She was treated at the Hospital of Ingolstadt (Klinikum Ingolstadt) after she had undergone initial ...

2015-12-10Zeitschriftenartikel

Pitfalls in PCR troubleshooting: Expect the unexpected?

Schrick, Livia; Nitsche, Andreas

PCR is a well-understood and established laboratory technique often used in molecular diagnostics. Huge experience has been accumulated over the last years regarding the design of PCR assays and their set-up, including ...

2016-10-04Zeitschriftenartikel

Reiseassoziierte Krankheiten 2015

Robert Koch-Institut

Der Bericht basiert auf den Meldedaten nach Infektionsschutzgesetz (IfSG), die dem Robert Koch-Institut (RKI) mit Datenstand 1. März 2016 übermittelt worden waren. Diese wurden ergänzt um Angaben aus anderen Erfassungssystemen, ...

2017-03-21Zeitschriftenartikel

Evidence for Contemporary Switching of the O-Antigen Gene Cluster between Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli Strains Colonizing Cattle

Geue, Lutz; Menge, Christian; Eichhorn, Inga; Semmler, Torsten; Wieler, Lothar H.; Pickard, Derek; Berens, Christian; Barth, Stefanie A.

Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) comprise a group of zoonotic enteric pathogens with ruminants, especially cattle, as the main reservoir. O-antigens are instrumental for host colonization and bacterial niche ...

2017-03-20Zeitschriftenartikel

Co-circulation of West Nile virus and distinct insect-specific flaviviruses in Turkey

Ergünay, Koray; Litzba, Nadine; Brinkmann, Annika; Günay, Filiz; Sarıkaya, Yasemen; Kar, Sırrı; Örsten, Serra; Öter, Kerem; Domingo, Cristina; Kasap, Özge Erisoz; Özkul, Aykut; Mitchell, Luke; Nitsche, Andreas; Alten, Bülent; Linton, Yvonne-Marie

Background: Active vector surveillance provides an efficient tool for monitoring the presence or spread of emerging or re-emerging vector-borne viruses. This study was undertaken to investigate the circulation of ...

2017-03-23Zeitschriftenartikel

Contact investigation after a fatal case of extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB) in an aircraft, Germany, July 2013

Heiden, Maria an der; Hauer, Barbara; Fiebig, Lena; Glaser-Paschke, Gisela; Stemmler, M.; Simon, C.; Rüsch-Gerdes, Sabine; Gilsdorf, Andreas; Haas, Walter

In July 2013, a passenger died of infectious extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB) on board of an aircraft after a 3-hour flight from Turkey to Germany. Initial information indicated the patient had moved about ...

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