Browsing Artikel in Fachzeitschriften by Author "Ruscher, Claudia"

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2022-07-07Zeitschriftenartikel

A shift from travel-associated cases to autochthonous transmission with Berlin as epicentre of the monkeypox outbreak in Germany, May to June 2022

Selb, Regina; Werber, Dirk; Falkenhorst, Gerhard; Steffen, Gyde; Lachmann, Raskit; Ruscher, Claudia; McFarland, Sarah; Bartel, Alexander; Hemmers, Lukas; Koppe, Uwe; Stark, Klaus; Bremer, Viviane; Jansen, Klaus; Berlin MPX study group

By 22 June 2022, 521 cases of monkeypox were notified in Germany. The median age was 38 years (IQR: 32–44); all cases were men. In Berlin, where 69% of all cases occurred, almost all were men who have sex with men. Monkeypox ...
2022-11-17Zeitschriftenartikel

Analysis of two choir outbreaks acting in concert to characterize long- range transmission risks through SARS-CoV-2, Berlin, Germany, 2020

Reichert, Felix; Stier, Oliver; Hartmann, Anne; Ruscher, Claudia; Brinkmann, Annika; Grossegesse, Marica; Neumann, Markus; Werber, Dirk; Hausner, Marius; Kunze, Mareike; Weiß, Bettina; Michel, Janine; Nitsche, Andreas; an der Heiden, Matthias; Kriegel, Martin; Corman, Victor Max; Jones, Terry Carleton; Drosten, Christian; Brommann, Tobias; Buchholz, Udo

Background Superspreading events are important drivers of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic and long-range (LR) transmission is believed to play a major role. We investigated two choir outbreaks with different attack rates (AR) ...
2019-05-23Zeitschriftenartikel

Dating apps and websites as tools to reach anonymous sexual contacts during an outbreak of hepatitis A among men who have sex with men, Berlin, 2017

Ruscher, Claudia; Werber, Dirk; Thoulass, Janine; Zimmermann, Ruth; Eckardt, Matthias; Winter, Christian; Sagebiel, Daniel

Background In an outbreak of hepatitis A among men who have sex with men (MSM) in Berlin (2016 and 2017), patients frequently reported anonymous sex and use of dating applications to meet sexual contacts, hampering tracing ...
2015-03-05Zeitschriftenartikel

Healthcare-associated infections and antimicrobial use in long term care facilities (HALT-2)

Deutsche Ergebnisse der zweiten europäischen Prävalenzerhebung

Ruscher, Claudia; Kraus-Haas, Martina; Nassauer, Alfred; Mielke, Martin

Infektionsprävention und Strategien zum angemessenen Einsatz von Antibiotika in Pflegeeinrichtungen haben vor dem Hintergrund des demografischen Wandels nicht nur in Deutschland eine große Bedeutung. Zur Schaffung einer ...
2020-12-20Zeitschriftenartikel

Hepatitis A outbreak among MSM in Berlin due to low vaccination coverage: Epidemiology, management, and successful interventions

Zimmermann, Ruth; Faber, Mirko; Dudareva, Sandra; Ingiliz, Patrick; Jessen, Heiko; Koch, Judith; Marcus, Ulrich; Michaelis, Kai; Rieck, Thorsten; Ruscher, Claudia; Schilling, Birte; Schumacher, Jakob; Sissolak, Dagmar; Thoulass, Janine; Wenzel, Jürgen J.; Werber, Dirk; Sagebiel, Daniel

Objectives To describe the characteristics of a large hepatitis A virus (HAV) outbreak among men who have sex with men (MSM) in Berlin and to assess the impact of measures implemented. Methods Cases of ...
2012-10-21Zeitschriftenartikel

Herausforderungen durch Infektionen und mehrfach-resistente Bakterien bei alten Menschen in Heimen

Ruscher, Claudia; Schaumann, R.; Mielke, Martin

Nosokomiale Infektionen betreffen nicht nur Patienten, die im Rahmen von Krankenhausaufenthalten behandelt werden, sondern auch Menschen, die im Bereich der stationären und ambulanten Pflege versorgt werden. Da dies in der ...
2022-08-11Zeitschriftenartikel

Nosokomiale Infektionen und Antibiotikaanwendung in Langzeitpflegeeinrichtungen. Deutsche Ergebnisse der dritten europäischen Punkt-Prävalenz-Erhebung HALT-3

Schmidt, Nicole; Marujo, Vanda; Eckmanns, Tim; Zacher, Benedikt; Arvand, Mardjan; Ruscher, Claudia

Hintergrund und Ziel Die wichtige Rolle der Maßnahmen zur Infektionsprävention und -kontrolle in Langzeitpflegeeinrichtungen ist im Kontext der aktuellen SARS-CoV-2-Pandemie besonders deutlich geworden. Um eine verlässliche ...
2020-12-02Zeitschriftenartikel

Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Outbreak Related to a Nightclub, Germany, 2020

Muller, Nadine; Kunze, Mareike; Steitz, Fabienne; Saad, Neil J.; Mühlemann, Barbara; Beheim-Schwarzbach, Jörn I.; Schneider, Julia; Drosten, Christian; Murajda, Lukas; Kochs, Sandra; Ruscher, Claudia; Walter, Jan; Zeitlmann, Nadine; Corman, Victor M.

We report an outbreak of coronavirus disease with 74 cases related to a nightclub in Germany in March 2020. Staff members were particularly affected (attack rate 56%) and likely caused sustained viral transmission after ...