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2023-05-11ZeitschriftenartikelA multicentre external quality assessment: A first step to standardise PCR protocols for the diagnosis of histoplasmosis and coccidioidomycosis Wilmes, Dunja; Hagen, Ferry; Verissimo, Cristina; Alanio, Alexandre; Rickerts, Volker; Buitrago, Maria JoséBackground In-house real-time PCR (qPCR) is increasingly used to diagnose the so-called endemic mycoses as commercial assays are not widely available. Objectives To compare the performance of different molecular ...
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2022-08-09ZeitschriftenartikelAnimal Histoplasmosis in Europe: Review of the Literature and Molecular Typing of the Etiological Agents Wilmes, Dunja; Mayer, Ursula; Wohlsein, Peter; Suntz, Michael; Gerkrath, Jasmin; Schulze, Christoph; Holst, Ina; von Bomhard, Wolf; Rickerts, VolkerHistoplasmosis has been previously diagnosed in animals from Europe. The aim of this study is to review the literature on these reports, to analyze cases diagnosed at our laboratory (2000–2022) and to improve molecular ...
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2023-06-01ZeitschriftenartikelAuswirkungen des Klimawandels auf wasserbürtige Infektionen und Intoxikationen Dupke, Susann; Buchholz, Udo; Fastner, Jutta; Förster, Christina; Frank, Christina; Lewin, Astrid; Rickerts, Volker; Selinka, Hans-Christoph
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2021-06-14ZeitschriftenartikelAuthor Correction: Genetic Factors and Genotype-Environment Interactions Contribute to Variation in Melanin Production in the Fungal Pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans Samarasinghe, Himeshi; Aceituno-Caicedo, David; Cogliati, Massimo; Kwon-Chung, Kyung J.; Rickerts, Volker; Velegraki, Aristea; Akcaglar, Sevim; Xu, Jianping
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2009-11-30ZeitschriftenartikelBreakthrough zygomycosis on posaconazole prophylaxis after allogeneic stem cell transplantation. Mousset, S.; Bug, G.; Heinz, W.J.; Tintelnot, Kathrin; Rickerts, VolkerAntifungal prophylaxis with posaconazole (POS) has been shown to decrease the mortality associated with invasive fungal infections in high-risk patients. We report on a patient, with severe graft-versus-host disease after ...
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2013-05-28ZeitschriftenartikelCombined antifungal approach for the treatment of invasive mucormycosis in patients with hematologic diseases: a report from the SEIFEM and FUNGISCOPE registries Pagano, Livio; Cornely, Oliver A.; Busca, Alessandro; Caira, Morena; Cesaro, Simone; Gasbarrino, Cristiana; Girmenia, Corrado; Heinz, Werner J.; Herbrecht, Raoul; Lass-Flörl, Cornelia; Nosari, Annamaria; Potenza, Leonardo; Racil, Zdenek; Rickerts, Volker; Sheppard, Donald C.; Simon, Arne; Ullmann, Andrew J.; Valentini, Caterina Giovanna; Vehreschild, Jörg Janne; Candoni, Anna; Vehreschild, Maria J.G.T.
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2021-01-15ZeitschriftenartikelCryptococcus bacillisporus (VGIII) Meningoencephalitis Acquired in Santa Cruz, Bolivia Thompson, Luis; Porte, Lorena; Díaz, Violeta; Díaz, María Cristina; Solar, Sebastián; Valenzuela, Pablo; Norley, Nicole; Pires, Yumai; Carreño, Fernando; Valenzuela, Sergio; Shabani, Rukmane; Rickerts, Volker; Weitzel, ThomasWe describe a case of chronic meningoencephalitis with hydrocephalus caused by Crypto- coccus bacillisporus (VGIII) in an immunocompetent patient from Santa Cruz, Bolivia. This first report of a member of the Cryptococcus ...
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2019-11-12ZeitschriftenartikelDetection of Fusarium Species in Clinical Specimens by Probe-Based Real-Time PCR Springer, Jan; Walther, Grit; Rickerts, Volker; Hamprecht, Axel; Willinger, Birgit; Teschner, Daniel; Einsele, Hermann; Kurzai, Oliver; Loeffler, JuergenThe mold Fusarium is a ubiquitous fungus causing plant, animal and human infections. In humans, Fusarium spp. are the major cause of eye infections in patients wearing contact lenses or after local trauma. Systemic infections ...
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2020-11-27ZeitschriftenartikelDetection of Histoplasma DNA from Tissue Blocks by a Specific and a Broad-Range Real-Time PCR: Tools to Elucidate the Epidemiology of Histoplasmosis Wilmes, Dunja; McCormick-Smith, Ilka; Lempp, Charlotte; Mayer, Ursula; Schulze, Arik Bernard; Theegarten, Dirk; Hartmann, Sylvia; Rickerts, VolkerLack of sensitive diagnostic tests impairs the understanding of the epidemiology of histoplasmosis, a disease whose burden is estimated to be largely underrated. Broad-range PCRs have been applied to identify fungal agents ...
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2016-10-21ZeitschriftenartikelDictyostelium discoideum as a Novel Host System to Study the Interaction between Phagocytes and Yeasts Koller, Barbara; Schramm, Christin; Siebert, Susann; Triebel, János; Deland, Eric; Pfefferkorn, Anna M.; Rickerts, Volker; Thewes, SaschaThe social amoeba Dictyostelium discoideum is a well-established model organism to study the interaction between bacteria and phagocytes. In contrast, research using D. discoideum as a host model for fungi is rare. We ...
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2020-05-30ZeitschriftenartikelDisseminated coccidioidomycosis: Monitoring of serologic markers for treatment response Wilmes, Dunja; Schui, Daniela; Held, Jürgen; Ackermann, Sina; Geipel, Udo; Emrich, Kai; Winkelmann, Ernst-Joachim; Rickerts, VolkerWe describe a patient with a disseminated coccidioidomycosis. Biomarkers in serum during itraconazole therapy showed a rapid clearing of Coccidioides DNA as detected by PCR. Coccidioides antibody detection by lateral flow ...
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2019-07-25ZeitschriftenartikelDisseminated Emergomycosis in a Person with HIV Infection, Uganda Rooms, Isabelle; Mugisha, Peter; Gambichler, Thilo; Hadaschik, Eva; Esser, Stefan; Rath, Peter-Michael; Haase, Gerhard; Wilmes, Dunja; McCormick-Smith, Ilka; Rickerts, VolkerWe describe emergomycosis in a patient in Uganda with HIV infection. We tested a formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded skin biopsy to identify Emergomyces pasteurianus or a closely related pathogen by sequencing broad-range ...
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2023-01-24ZeitschriftenartikelDot Immunobinding Assay for the Rapid Serodetection of Scedosporium/Lomentospora in Cystic Fibrosis Patients Martin-Souto, Leire; Antoran, Aitziber; Areitio, Maialen; Aparicio-Fernandez, Leire; Martín-Gómez, María Teresa; Fernandez, Roberto; Astigarraga, Egoitz; Barreda-Gómez, Gabriel; Schwarz, Carsten; Rickerts, Volker; Hernando, Fernando L.; Rementeria, Aitor; Buldain, Idoia; Ramirez-Garcia, AndoniThe detection of Scedosporium/Lomentospora is still based on non-standardized low-sensitivity culture procedures. This fact is particularly worrying in patients with cystic fibrosis (CF), where these fungi are the second ...
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2018-05-24ZeitschriftenartikelEmergomykose: eine weltweit auftretende systemische Mykose durch thermal dimorphe Pilze Rickerts, Volker; Wilmes, DunjaUnter Emergomykosen werden systemische, potenziell letal verlaufende Infektionen mit Lungenund/ oder Hautbeteiligung durch ein neu beschriebenes Genus thermal dimorpher Pilze verstanden. Emergomyces (Es.) gehören zur ...
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2012-03-13ZeitschriftenartikelEnhanced fungal DNA-extraction from formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissue specimens by application of thermal energy Rickerts, Volker; Khot, Prasanna D.; Ko, Daisy L.; Fredricks, David N.Determining the etiology of invasive fungal infections (IFI) is critical for patient management as fungi vary in their susceptibility to antifungals. However, the etiology remains obscure in many cases due to negative ...
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2018-06-29ZeitschriftenartikelEnvironment Interactions Contribute to Variation in Melanin Production in the Fungal Pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans Samarasinghe, Himeshi; Aceituno-Caicedo, David; Cogliati, Massimo; Kwon-Chung, Kyung J.; Rickerts, Volker; Velegraki, Aristea; Ackaglar, Sevim; Xu, JianpingCryptococcosis is a common opportunistic fungal infection that often disseminates into the central nervous system, leading to meningitis. Production of melanin pigments during infections is one of the most important virulence ...
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2022-03-16ZeitschriftenartikelExclusion of Mucorales Co-Infection in a Patient with Aspergillus flavus Sinusitis by Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization (FISH) Kessel, Johanna; Hogardt, Michael; Aspacher, Lukas; Wichelhaus, Thomas A.; Gerkrath, Jasmin; Rosenow, Emely; Springer, Jan; Rickerts, VolkerInvasive fungal infections are associated with increased mortality in hematological patients. Despite considerable advances in antifungal therapy, the evaluation of suspected treatment failure is a common clinical challenge ...
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2020-07ZeitschriftenartikelHistoplasmose: Epidemiologie und Diagnostik der häufigsten endemischen Systemmykose Wilmes, Dunja; Gerkrath, Jasmin; Rickerts, VolkerDie Histoplasmose ist die weltweit am weitesten verbreitete endemische Systemmykose. Sie wird meist durch Inhalation des obligat pathogenen, thermal dimorphen Pilzes Histoplasma capsulatum ausgelöst. Sie manifestiert sich ...
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2022-03-11ZeitschriftenartikelIdentification of Mucormycosis by Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization Targeting Ribosomal RNA in Tissue Samples Dalimot, Jill Jasmine; Smith, Ilka Mc Cormick; Gerkrath, Jasmin; Hartmann, Sylvia; Cornely, Oliver A.; Lee, Soo Chan; Heitman, Joseph; Rickerts, VolkerMucormycosis is an invasive fungal infection associated with high mortality, partly due to delayed diagnosis and inadequate empiric therapy. As fungal cultures often fail to grow Mucorales, identification of respective ...
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2013-09-30ZeitschriftenartikelIdentifizierung von Pilzen in Gewebeschnitten mit Fluoreszenz-in-situ-Hybridisierung Rickerts, VolkerPilzinfektionen sind trotz der Verfügbarkeit neuer Antimykotika mit einer hohen Letalität assoziiert. Aufgrund differenter Empfindlichkeit verschiedener Pilze kommt der Erregeridentifizierung eine entscheidende Bedeutung ...