Enhanced platelet sensitization is accompanied by increased expression of the transporter MRP4 and elevated plasma S1P levels in mild COVID-19 convalescents

Authors: Céline Tolksdorf, Andrea Seidel, Christian Baume, Eileen Moritz, Karen Saljé, Kathrin Lehmann, Karsten Becker, Ulrike Garscha, Thomas Thiele, Edzard Schwedhelm, Mirjam von Lucadou, Mladen V. Tzvetkov, Stefan Engeli, Gabriele Jedlitschky, Bernhard H. Rauch

Source: Platelets, Vol 35, Iss 1 (2024)

Subject Terms: COVID-19, MRP4, platelet activation, S1P, viral infection, Diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs, RC633-647.5

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Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/0953-7104; https://doaj.org/toc/1369-1635

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Colostrum as a source of ESBL-Escherichia coli in feces of newborn calves

Authors: Lisa Bachmann, Laura Weber, Wendy Liermann, Harald M. Hammon, Cora Delling, Franziska Dengler, Katharina Schaufler, Michael Schwabe, Elias Eger, Karsten Becker, Anne Schütz, Timo Homeier-Bachmann

Source: Scientific Reports, Vol 14, Iss 1, Pp 1-11 (2024)

Subject Terms: Medicine, Science

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Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/2045-2322

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Generation of Plasma-Activated Fluids for Successful Disinfection of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in Liquid Environments and Determination of Microbial Damage

Authors: Mareike Hummert, Paul Leenders, Alexander Mellmann, Karsten Becker, Thorsten Kuczius

Source: Plasma, Vol 6, Iss 4, Pp 699-713 (2023)

Subject Terms: Pseudomonas aeruginosa, plasma-activated water, plasma-activated fluids, antimicrobial effect, reactive oxygen and nitrogen species, RONS, Physics, QC1-999, Plasma physics. Ionized gases, QC717.6-718.8

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Relation: https://www.mdpi.com/2571-6182/6/4/48; https://doaj.org/toc/2571-6182

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Temperatures above 37°C increase virulence of a convergent Klebsiella pneumoniae sequence type 307 strain

Authors: Justus U. Müller, Michael Schwabe, Lena-Sophie Swiatek, Stefan E. Heiden, Rabea Schlüter, Max Sittner, Jürgen A. Bohnert, Karsten Becker, Evgeny A. Idelevich, Sebastian Guenther, Elias Eger, Katharina Schaufler

Source: Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, Vol 14 (2024)

Subject Terms: K. pneumoniae, temperature-dependent virulence, hypermucoviscosity, hypervirulence, plasmid copy number, transcriptomics, Microbiology, QR1-502

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Relation: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fcimb.2024.1411286/full; https://doaj.org/toc/2235-2988

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Klebsiella pneumoniae exhibiting a phenotypic hyper-splitting phenomenon including the formation of small colony variants

Authors: Eyüp Doğan, Katharina Sydow, Stefan E. Heiden, Elias Eger, Georgi Wassilew, Richard A. Proctor, Jürgen A. Bohnert, Evgeny A. Idelevich, Katharina Schaufler, Karsten Becker

Source: Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, Vol 14 (2024)

Subject Terms: Klebsiella pneumoniae, hyper-splitting, small colony variant, hypervirulence, multidrug resistance, in-host evolution, Microbiology, QR1-502

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Relation: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fcimb.2024.1372704/full; https://doaj.org/toc/2235-2988

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Case Report: Hip arthroplasty after fracture-related joint infection caused by extensively drug-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae

Authors: Maximilian Fischer, Lars Nonnenmacher, Johannes C. Reichert, Jürgen A. Bohnert, Evgeny A. Idelevich, Eyüp Doğan, Karsten Becker, Georgi I. Wassilew

Source: Frontiers in Surgery, Vol 11 (2024)

Subject Terms: acetabular fracture, hip arthroplasty, fracture-related infection, joint infection, musculoskeletal infection, multidrug-resistant pathogens, Surgery, RD1-811

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Relation: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fsurg.2024.1363298/full; https://doaj.org/toc/2296-875X

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Design and validation of Dolosigranulum pigrum specific PCR primers using the bacterial core genome

Authors: Maliha Aziz, Amber Palmer, Søren Iversen, Juan E. Salazar, Tony Pham, Kelsey Roach, Karsten Becker, Ursula Kaspar, Lance B. Price, Sharmin Baig, Marc Stegger, Paal Skytt Andersen, Cindy M. Liu

Source: Scientific Reports, Vol 13, Iss 1, Pp 1-6 (2023)

Subject Terms: Medicine, Science

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Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/2045-2322

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Genomic analysis of the international high-risk clonal lineage Klebsiella pneumoniae sequence type 395

Authors: Elvira R. Shaidullina, Michael Schwabe, Thomas Rohde, Valeria V. Shapovalova, Marina S. Dyachkova, Alina D. Matsvay, Yuliya A. Savochkina, Andrey A. Shelenkov, Yulia V. Mikhaylova, Katharina Sydow, François Lebreton, Evgeny A. Idelevich, Stefan E. Heiden, Karsten Becker, Roman S. Kozlov, German A. Shipulin, Vasiliy G. Akimkin, Michael Lalk, Sebastian Guenther, Andreas E. Zautner, Jürgen A. Bohnert, Ayslu M. Mardanova, Ruth Bouganim, Dror Marchaim, Katharina J. Hoff, Katharina Schaufler, Mikhail V. Edelstein

Source: Genome Medicine, Vol 15, Iss 1, Pp 1-17 (2023)

Subject Terms: Klebsiella pneumoniae, Recombination, Plasmid, Hypervirulence, Multidrug-resistance, Whole genome sequencing, Medicine, Genetics, QH426-470

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Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/1756-994X

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Expert guidance on target product profile development for AMR diagnostic tests

Authors: Tjeerd Van Staa, Rosanna W Peeling, Saturnino Luz, Herman Goossens, Gunnar Skov Simonsen, Rangarajan Sampath, Jacob Moran-Gilad, Valentina Di Gregori, Alex van Belkum, Jordi Vila, Till T Bachmann, Konstantinos Mitsakakis, John P Hays, Aman Russom, Gerd Luedke, Gyorgy Abel, Harald Peter, Karsten Becker, Pieter Moons

Source: BMJ Global Health, Vol 8, Iss 12 (2023)

Subject Terms: Medicine (General), R5-920, Infectious and parasitic diseases, RC109-216

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Relation: https://gh.bmj.com/content/8/12/e012319.full; https://doaj.org/toc/2059-7908

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Neighbourhood watch: genomic epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2 variants circulating in a German federal state, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, in 2020–2022

Authors: Christian Kohler, Jacqueline King, Lina Stacker, Katja V. Goller, Juliane Moritz, Anne Pohlmann, Neetika Nath, Ana Tzvetkova, Maximilian Rieck, Sofia Paraskevopoulou, Denis Beslic, Martin Hölzer, Stephan Fuchs, Janine Ziemann, Lars Kaderali, Martin Beer, Nils-Olaf Hübner, Karsten Becker

Source: Emerging Microbes and Infections, Vol 12, Iss 2 (2023)

Subject Terms: SARS-CoV-2, whole genome sequencing, surveillance, genomic epidemiology, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Infectious and parasitic diseases, RC109-216, Microbiology, QR1-502

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Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/2222-1751

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Convergent Klebsiella pneumoniae strains belonging to a sequence type 307 outbreak clone combine cefiderocol and carbapenem resistance with hypervirulence

Authors: Katharina Schaufler, Thaddäus Echelmeyer, Michael Schwabe, Sebastian Guenther, Jürgen A. Bohnert, Karsten Becker, Helmut Fickenscher, Aike Bueter, Gregor Maschkowitz, Andi Krumbholz, Dennis Nurjadi, Stefan E. Heiden, Elias Eger

Source: Emerging Microbes and Infections, Vol 12, Iss 2 (2023)

Subject Terms: Infectious and parasitic diseases, RC109-216, Microbiology, QR1-502

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Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/2222-1751

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Plasma-Activated Tap Water with Oxidative Potential Has an Inactivating Effect on Microbiological Contaminants in Aqueous Suspensions

Authors: Nahla C. Droste, Mareike Hummert, Paul Leenders, Alexander Mellmann, Karsten Becker, Thorsten Kuczius

Source: Pathogens, Vol 13, Iss 7, p 535 (2024)

Subject Terms: plasma-activated water, antimicrobial effect, reactive species, watery environment, E. coli, Enterobacterales, Medicine

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Relation: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0817/13/7/535; https://doaj.org/toc/2076-0817

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Evaluation of an Automated System for the Counting of Microbial Colonies

Authors: Elisa Heuser, Karsten Becker, Evgeny A. Idelevich

Source: Microbiology Spectrum, Vol 11, Iss 4 (2023)

Subject Terms: colony counting, automatic counts, bacteria, yeast, agar, Microbiology, QR1-502

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Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/2165-0497

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Clinical Manifestations of Infections with the Omicron Sub-Lineages BA.1, BA.2, and BA.5: A Retrospective Follow-Up Analysis of Public Health Data from Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany

Authors: Katja Verena Goller, Janine Ziemann, Christian Kohler, Karsten Becker, Nils-Olaf Hübner, on behalf of the CoMV-Gen Study Group

Source: Viruses, Vol 16, Iss 3, p 454 (2024)

Subject Terms: SARS-CoV-2, Omicron, BA.1, BA.2, BA.5, symptoms, Microbiology, QR1-502

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Relation: https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/16/3/454; https://doaj.org/toc/1999-4915

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Editorial: MALDI-TOF MS in microbiological diagnostics: future applications beyond identification

Authors: Karsten Becker, Antonella Lupetti

Source: Frontiers in Microbiology, Vol 14 (2023)

Subject Terms: antimicrobial resistance, diagnostics, mass spectrometry, MALDI-TOF, susceptibility testing, nano LC-MS/MS, Microbiology, QR1-502

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Relation: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2023.1204452/full; https://doaj.org/toc/1664-302X

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Besonders belastet und kurz vor dem Abbruch? Nicht-traditionelle Studierende zu Beginn der COVID-19-Pandemie

Authors: Karsten Becker, Tobias Brändle

Source: Zeitschrift für Hochschulentwicklung, Vol 17, Iss 4 (2022)

Subject Terms: Education

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Relation: https://www.zfhe.at/index.php/zfhe/article/view/1662; https://doaj.org/toc/2219-6994

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Detection, Identification and Diagnostic Characterization of the Staphylococcal Small Colony-Variant (SCV) Phenotype

Authors: Karsten Becker

Source: Antibiotics, Vol 12, Iss 9, p 1446 (2023)

Subject Terms: small-colony-variant, Staphylococcus aureus, coagulase-negative staphylococci, diagnostics, cultivation, identification, Therapeutics. Pharmacology, RM1-950

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Relation: https://www.mdpi.com/2079-6382/12/9/1446; https://doaj.org/toc/2079-6382

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A Klebsiella pneumoniae ST307 outbreak clone from Germany demonstrates features of extensive drug resistance, hypermucoviscosity, and enhanced iron acquisition

Authors: Stefan E. Heiden, Nils-Olaf Hübner, Jürgen A. Bohnert, Claus-Dieter Heidecke, Axel Kramer, Veronika Balau, Wolfgang Gierer, Stephan Schaefer, Tim Eckmanns, Sören Gatermann, Elias Eger, Sebastian Guenther, Karsten Becker, Katharina Schaufler

Source: Genome Medicine, Vol 12, Iss 1, Pp 1-15 (2020)

Subject Terms: XDR Klebsiella pneumoniae, Outbreak, Hypervirulence, Plasmid transmission, “Mosaic” plasmid, Medicine, Genetics, QH426-470

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Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/1756-994X

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High proportion of carbapenemase-producing Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae among extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producers in Nigerian hospitals

Authors: Adesola Olalekan, Francis Onwugamba, Bamidele Iwalokun, Alexander Mellmann, Karsten Becker, Frieder Schaumburg

Source: Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance, Vol 21, Iss , Pp 8-12 (2020)

Subject Terms: Nigeria, Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales, blaNDM, blaOXA-181, Extended-spectrum β-lactamase, Ceftazidime/avibactam, Microbiology, QR1-502

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Relation: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213716519302401; https://doaj.org/toc/2213-7165

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Extensively Drug-Resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae Counteracts Fitness and Virulence Costs That Accompanied Ceftazidime-Avibactam Resistance Acquisition

Authors: Elias Eger, Michael Schwabe, Lukas Schulig, Nils-Olaf Hübner, Jürgen A. Bohnert, Uwe T. Bornscheuer, Stefan E. Heiden, Justus U. Müller, Fazal Adnan, Karsten Becker, Carlos L. Correa-Martinez, Sebastian Guenther, Evgeny A. Idelevich, Daniel Baecker, Katharina Schaufler

Source: Microbiology Spectrum, Vol 10, Iss 3 (2022)

Subject Terms: XDR, ST307, OmpK36, experimental evolution, fitness and virulence compensation, RpoE, Microbiology, QR1-502

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Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/2165-0497

Access URL: https://doaj.org/article/85bb58673b9b4f96a166dd697c027616