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  1. ‘Rothia nasisuis’ sp. nov., ‘Dermabacter porcinasus’ sp. nov., ‘Propionibacterium westphaliense’ sp. nov., and ‘Tessaracoccus nasisuum’ sp. nov., isolated from porcine nasal swabs in the Münster region, Germany

    Article • New Microbes and New Infections, September 2018, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  2. Rapid Direct Susceptibility Testing from Positive Blood Cultures by the Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization–Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry-Based Direct-on-Target Microdroplet Growth Assay

    Article • Journal of Clinical Microbiology, August 2018, ASM Journals

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  3. Comparison of tigecycline susceptibility testing methods for multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii

    Article • Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease, August 2018, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  4. Prevalence and Genomic Structure of Bacteriophage phi3 in Human-Derived Livestock-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Isolates from 2000 to 2015

    Article • Journal of Clinical Microbiology, July 2018, ASM Journals

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  5. Comparison of the etiological relevance of Staphylococcus haemolyticus and Staphylococcus hominis

    Article • European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, May 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  6. Comparison of first-line and second-line terlipressin versus sole norepinephrine in fulminant ovine septic shock

    Article • Scientific Reports, May 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  7. The Novel Phage-Derived Antimicrobial Agent HY-133 Is Active against Livestock-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus

    Article • Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, May 2018, ASM Journals

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  8. Comparative evaluation of different gradient diffusion tests for detection of azole resistance in Aspergillus fumigatus

    Article • Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease, May 2018, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  9. Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae in wildlife, food-producing, and companion animals: a systematic review

    Article • Clinical Microbiology and Infection, April 2018, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  10. Evaluation of a novel optical assay for rapid detection of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in liquid culture

    Article • Journal of Microbiological Methods, March 2018, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  11. Staphylococcus aureus Complex in the Straw-Colored Fruit Bat (Eidolon helvum) in Nigeria

    Article • Frontiers in Microbiology, February 2018, Frontiers

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  12. Direct determination of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae and Pseudomonas aeruginosa from positive blood cultures using laser scattering technology

    Article • International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents, February 2018, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  13. Plasmid-Encoded Transferable mecB-Mediated Methicillin Resistance in Staphylococcus aureus

    Article • Emerging Infectious Diseases, February 2018, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  14. Increase of zinc resistance in German human derived livestock-associated MRSA between 2000 and 2014

    Article • Veterinary Microbiology, February 2018, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  15. Molecular diagnosis of skin infections using paraffin-embedded tissue - review and interdisciplinary consensus

    Article • JDDG Journal der Deutschen Dermatologischen Gesellschaft, February 2018, Wiley

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  16. In Vitro Susceptibility of Clinical Staphylococcus aureus Small-Colony Variants to β-Lactam and Non-β-Lactam Antibiotics

    Article • Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, January 2018, ASM Journals

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  17. Defining Multidrug Resistance of Gram-Negative Bacteria in the Dutch–German Border Region—Impact of National Guidelines

    Article • Microorganisms, January 2018, MDPI AG

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  18. Rapid in Vitro Quantification of S. aureus Biofilms on Vascular Graft Surfaces

    Article • Frontiers in Microbiology, December 2017, Frontiers

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  19. Comparison of Different Phenotypic Approaches To Screen and Detect mecC-Harboring Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus

    Article • Journal of Clinical Microbiology, October 2017, ASM Journals

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  20. Bacterial contamination of water samples in Gabon, 2013

    Article • Journal of Microbiology Immunology and Infection, October 2017, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  21. Evaluation of GenoType MTBDRplusby Use of Extracted DNA from Formalin-Fixed Paraffin-Embedded Specimens

    Article • Journal of Clinical Microbiology, September 2017, ASM Journals

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  22. Susceptibility of MDR Pseudomonas aeruginosa to ceftolozane/tazobactam and comparison of different susceptibility testing methods

    Article • Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, August 2017, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  23. First description of an Anaerobiospirillum succiniciproducens prosthetic joint infection

    Article • New Microbes and New Infections, July 2017, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  24. Vascular Graft Impregnation with Antibiotics: The Influence of High Concentrations of Rifampin, Vancomycin, Daptomycin, and Bacteriophage Endolysin HY-133 on Viability of Vascular Cells

    Article • Medical Science Monitor Basic Research, June 2017, International Scientific Literature

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  25. Rapid Phenotypic Detection of Microbial Resistance in Gram-Positive Bacteria by a Real-Time Laser Scattering Method†

    Article • Frontiers in Microbiology, June 2017, Frontiers

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  26. Progressive histoplasmosis with hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis and epithelioid cell granulomatosis: A case report and review of the literature

    Article • European Journal Of Haematology, May 2017, Wiley

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  27. In the centre of an epidemic: Fifteen years of LA-MRSA CC398 at the University Hospital Münster

    Article • Veterinary Microbiology, February 2017, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker, Prof. Dr. Alexander Mellmann

  28. The pathogenicity and host adaptation of livestock-associated MRSA CC398

    Article • Veterinary Microbiology, February 2017, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  29. Staphylococcus aureus from the German general population is highly diverse

    Article • International Journal of Medical Microbiology, January 2017, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  30. Airport door handles and the global spread of antimicrobial-resistant bacteria: a cross sectional study

    Article • Clinical Microbiology and Infection, December 2016, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  31. Factors Associated with Worse Lung Function in Cystic Fibrosis Patients with Persistent Staphylococcus aureus

    Article • PLoS ONE, November 2016, PLOS

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  32. Current Algorithms in Fungal Diagnosis in the Immunocompromised Host

    Article • November 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  33. A geospatial analysis of flies and the spread of antimicrobial resistant bacteria

    Article • International Journal of Medical Microbiology, November 2016, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker, Prof. Dr. Alexander Mellmann

  34. Staphylococcus aureus and surgical site infections: benefits of screening and decolonization before surgery

    Article • Journal of Hospital Infection, November 2016, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  35. Rapid Detection and Identification of Candidemia by Direct Blood Culturing on Solid Medium by Use of Lysis-Centrifugation Method Combined with Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization–Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS)

    Article • Journal of Clinical Microbiology, October 2016, ASM Journals

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  36. Multicentre investigation of carbapenemase-producing Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae in German hospitals

    Article • International Journal of Medical Microbiology, September 2016, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  37. Real-Time Genome Sequencing of Resistant Bacteria Provides Precision Infection Control in an Institutional Setting

    Article • Journal of Clinical Microbiology, August 2016, ASM Journals

    Prof. Dr. Alexander Mellmann, Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  38. Multiplex PCR assay underreports true bloodstream infections with coagulase-negative staphylococci in hematological patients with febrile neutropenia

    Article • Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease, August 2016, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  39. Multi-center and multi-method evaluation of in vitro activities of ceftaroline against S. aureus

    Article • Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease, August 2016, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  40. False non-susceptible results of tigecycline susceptibility testing against Enterobacteriaceae by an automated system: a multicentre study

    Article • Journal of Medical Microbiology, August 2016, Society for General Microbiology

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  41. Ciprofloxacin versus colistin prophylaxis during neutropenia in acute myeloid leukemia: two parallel patient cohorts treated in a single center

    Article • Haematologica, July 2016, Ferrata Storti Foundation (Haematologica)

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  42. Evaluation of an Automated System for Reading and Interpreting Disk Diffusion Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing of Fastidious Bacteria

    Article • PLoS ONE, July 2016, PLOS

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  43. Exploring the bacterial assemblages along the human nasal passage

    Article • Environmental Microbiology, July 2016, Wiley

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  44. Clinical Significance and Pathogenesis of Staphylococcal Small Colony Variants in Persistent Infections

    Article • Clinical Microbiology Reviews, March 2016, ASM Journals

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  45. Direct blood culturing on solid medium outperforms an automated continuously monitored broth-based blood culture system in terms of time to identification and susceptibility testing

    Article • New Microbes and New Infections, March 2016, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  46. The Recombinant Bacteriophage Endolysin HY-133 ExhibitsIn VitroActivity against Different African Clonal Lineages of the Staphylococcus aureus Complex, Including Staphylococcus schweitzeri

    Article • Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, February 2016, ASM Journals

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  47. Persistence of nasal colonization with human pathogenic bacteria and associated antimicrobial resistance in the German general population

    Article • New Microbes and New Infections, January 2016, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  48. The clinical impact of livestock-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus of the clonal complex 398 for humans

    Article • Veterinary Microbiology, November 2015, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  49. Detection ofmecA- andmecC-Positive Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Isolates by the New Xpert MRSA Gen 3 PCR Assay: TABLE 1

    Article • Journal of Clinical Microbiology, October 2015, ASM Journals

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker, Prof. Dr. Alexander Mellmann

  50. Antibiotika-resistente Erreger in Deutschland

    Article • Bundesgesundheitsblatt - Gesundheitsforschung - Gesundheitsschutz, October 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  51. Missense mutations of PBP2a are associated with reduced susceptibility to ceftaroline and ceftobiprole in African MRSA

    Article • Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, October 2015, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  52. MRSA colonization and infection among persons with occupational livestock exposure in Europe: Prevalence, preventive options and evidence

    Article • Veterinary Microbiology, October 2015, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  53. Important Contribution of the Novel LocuscomEBto Extracellular DNA-Dependent Staphylococcus lugdunensis Biofilm Formation

    Article • Infection and Immunity, September 2015, ASM Journals

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  54. Identification and Susceptibility Testing From Shortly Incubated Cultures Accelerate Blood Culture Diagnostics at No Cost

    Article • Clinical Infectious Diseases, September 2015, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  55. Thymidine-Dependent Staphylococcus aureus Small-Colony Variants Are Induced by Trimethoprim-Sulfamethoxazole (SXT) and Have Increased Fitness during SXT Challenge

    Article • Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, September 2015, ASM Journals

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  56. Molecular Characterization and Antimicrobial Susceptibility of Staphylococcus aureus Isolates from Clinical Infection and Asymptomatic Carriers in Southwest Nigeria

    Article • PLoS ONE, September 2015, PLOS

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  57. Fine-tuning recA expression in Staphylococcus aureus for antimicrobial photoinactivation: importance of photo-induced DNA damage in the photoinactivation mechanism

    Article • Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, August 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  58. Population structure of Legionella spp. from environmental samples in Gabon, 2013

    Article • Infection Genetics and Evolution, July 2015, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  59. The culturome of the human nose habitats reveals individual bacterial fingerprint patterns

    Article • Environmental Microbiology, June 2015, Wiley

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  60. Frequent bacterial skin and soft tissue infections: diagnostic signs and treatment

    Article • JDDG Journal der Deutschen Dermatologischen Gesellschaft, May 2015, Wiley

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  61. Staphylococcus , Micrococcus , and Other Catalase-Positive Cocci

    Article • May 2015, ASM Journals

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  62. Is Africa the origin of major Haitian Staphylococcus aureus lineages?

    Article • International Journal of Infectious Diseases, May 2015, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker, Prof. Dr. Alexander Mellmann

  63. Randomized controlled clinical trial evaluating multiplex polymerase chain reaction for pathogen identification and therapy adaptation in critical care patients with pulmonary or abdominal sepsis

    Article • Journal of International Medical Research, April 2015, SAGE Publications

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  64. Staphylococcus aureus complex from animals and humans in three remote African regions

    Article • Clinical Microbiology and Infection, April 2015, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker, Prof. Dr. Alexander Mellmann

  65. Fatal infections caused by methicillin‐resistant Staphylococcus aureus of clonal complex 398: case presentations and molecular epidemiology

    Article • JMM Case Reports, April 2015, Society for General Microbiology

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  66. MRSA Clonal Complex 22 Strains Harboring Toxic Shock Syndrome Toxin (TSST-1) Are Endemic in the Primary Hospital in Gaza, Palestine

    Article • PLoS ONE, March 2015, PLOS

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  67. Co-detection of Panton-Valentine leukocidin encoding genes and cotrimoxazole resistance in Staphylococcus aureus in Gabon: implications for HIV-patients’ care

    Article • Frontiers in Microbiology, February 2015, Frontiers

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker, Prof. Dr. Alexander Mellmann

  68. Cerebral toxoplasmosis in an adolescent post allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation: successful outcome by antiprotozoal chemotherapy and CD4+T-lymphocyte recovery

    Article • Transplant Infectious Disease, January 2015, Wiley

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  69. Impact of multiplex PCR on antimicrobial treatment in febrile neutropenia: a randomized controlled study

    Article • Medical Microbiology and Immunology, January 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  70. The adhesive properties of the Staphylococcus lugdunensis multifunctional autolysin AtlL and its role in biofilm formation and internalization

    Article • International Journal of Medical Microbiology, January 2015, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  71. Rapid Identification and Susceptibility Testing of Candida spp. from Positive Blood Cultures by Combination of Direct MALDI-TOF Mass Spectrometry and Direct Inoculation of Vitek 2

    Article • PLoS ONE, December 2014, PLOS

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  72. Two-stage hip revision arthroplasty with a hexagonal modular cementless stem in cases of periprosthetic infection

    Article • BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, November 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  73. Molecular characterization of Shigella spp. from patients in Gabon 2011-2013

    Article • Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, November 2014, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker, Prof. Dr. Alexander Mellmann

  74. Development and evaluation of a novel universal  -lactamase gene subtyping assay for blaSHV, blaTEM and blaCTX-M using clinical and livestock-associated Escherichia coli

    Article • Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, November 2014, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker, Prof. Dr. Alexander Mellmann

  75. The risk to import ESBL-producing Enterobacteriaceae and Staphylococcus aureus through chicken meat trade in Gabon

    Article • BMC Microbiology, November 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker, Prof. Dr. Alexander Mellmann

  76. Staphylococcus aureus small colony variants show common metabolic features in central metabolism irrespective of the underlying auxotrophism

    Article • Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, October 2014, Frontiers

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  77. Coagulase-Negative Staphylococci

    Article • Clinical Microbiology Reviews, October 2014, ASM Journals

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  78. Methicillin resistance in Staphylococcus isolates: The “mec alphabet” with specific consideration of mecC, a mec homolog associated with zoonotic S. aureus lineages

    Article • International Journal of Medical Microbiology, October 2014, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  79. LA-MRSA CC398 differ from classical community acquired-MRSA and hospital acquired-MRSA lineages: Functional analysis of infection and colonization processes

    Article • International Journal of Medical Microbiology, October 2014, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  80. Rapid identification of microorganisms from positive blood cultures by MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry subsequent to very short-term incubation on solid medium

    Article • Clinical Microbiology and Infection, October 2014, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  81. Decreased Susceptibility of Staphylococcus aureus Small-Colony Variants toward Human Antimicrobial Peptides

    Article • Journal of Investigative Dermatology, September 2014, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  82. Trends in antimicrobial non-susceptibility in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus from Germany (2004–2011)

    Article • Clinical Microbiology and Infection, September 2014, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker, Prof. Dr. Alexander Mellmann

  83. Acceleration of Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing of Positive Blood Cultures by Inoculation of Vitek 2 Cards with Briefly Incubated Solid Medium Cultures

    Article • Journal of Clinical Microbiology, August 2014, ASM Journals

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  84. Characterization of a Novel Thermostable Nuclease Homolog (NucM) in a Highly Divergent Staphylococcus aureus Clade

    Article • Journal of Clinical Microbiology, August 2014, ASM Journals

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  85. Inactivation of thyA in Staphylococcus aureus Attenuates Virulence and Has a Strong Impact on Metabolism and Virulence Gene Expression

    Article • mBio, July 2014, ASM Journals

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker, Prof. Dr. Alexander Mellmann

  86. Staphylococcus aureus Small Colony Variants (SCVs): a road map for the metabolic pathways involved in persistent infections

    Article • Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, July 2014, Frontiers

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  87. Systematic literature analysis and review of targeted preventive measures to limit healthcare-associated infections by meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

    Article • Eurosurveillance, July 2014, European Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (ECDC)

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  88. Bacteriophage-Based Latex Agglutination Test for Rapid Identification of Staphylococcus aureus

    Article • Journal of Clinical Microbiology, July 2014, ASM Journals

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  89. New epidemiology of Staphylococcus aureus infection in Africa

    Article • Clinical Microbiology and Infection, July 2014, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  90. MRSA: Typisierung und Epidemiologie mit Schwerpunkt Deutschland

    Article • Krankenhaushygiene up2date, June 2014, Thieme Publishing Group

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  91. Transmission of Staphylococcus aureus between mothers and infants in an African setting

    Article • Clinical Microbiology and Infection, June 2014, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  92. CROSS-RESISTANCE OF AZOLES, ECHINOCANDINS, FLUCYTOSINE AND AMPHOTERICIN B IN CLINICALLY IMPORTANT HYPHOMYCETES

    Article • International Journal of Microbiology Research, May 2014, Bioinfo Publications

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  93. ThemecAHomologmecCConfers Resistance against β-Lactams in Staphylococcus aureus Irrespective of the Genetic Strain Background

    Article • Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, April 2014, ASM Journals

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  94. S3-Leitlinie „Therapie entzündlicher Brusterkrankungen in der Stillzeit“

    Article • Senologie - Zeitschrift für Mammadiagnostik und -therapie, March 2014, Thieme Publishing Group

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  95. Systemtherapie mit Antiinfektiva

    Article • Der Hautarzt, February 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  96. Systemtherapie mit Antiinfektiva

    Article • Der Hautarzt, February 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  97. Comparing the anterior nare bacterial community of two discrete human populations using Illumina amplicon sequencing

    Article • Environmental Microbiology, January 2014, Wiley

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  98. Chronisch rezidivierende Infektionen der Haut und Weichgewebe durch Staphylococcus aureus

    Article • Der Hautarzt, January 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  99. Impact of compliance with infection management guidelines on outcome in patients with severe sepsis: a prospective observational multi-center study

    Article • Critical Care, January 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  100. Phylogenetic Relationships Matter: Antifungal Susceptibility among Clinically Relevant Yeasts

    Article • Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, December 2013, ASM Journals

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  101. S3-Guidelines for the Treatment of Inflammatory Breast Disease during the Lactation Period

    Article • Geburtshilfe und Frauenheilkunde, December 2013, Thieme Publishing Group

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  102. Population dynamics ofStaphylococcus aureusfrom Northeastern Nigeria in 2007 and 2012

    Article • Epidemiology and Infection, December 2013, Cambridge University Press

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  103. Correction: Evaluation of Non-Invasive Biological Samples to Monitor Staphylococcus aureus Colonization in Great Apes and Lemurs

    Article • PLoS ONE, November 2013, PLOS

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker, Professor Lawrence Mugisha

  104. Molecular epidemiology of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA): think regionally but use globally uniform typing languages

    Article • Eurosurveillance, October 2013, European Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (ECDC)

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  105. Evaluation of Non-Invasive Biological Samples to Monitor Staphylococcus aureus Colonization in Great Apes and Lemurs

    Article • PLoS ONE, October 2013, PLOS

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker, Professor Lawrence Mugisha

  106. Reduction of the nosocomial meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus incidence density by a region-wide search and follow-strategy in forty German hospitals of the EUREGIO, 2009 to 2011

    Article • Eurosurveillance, September 2013, European Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (ECDC)

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  107. Novel Organization of the Arginine Catabolic Mobile Element and Staphylococcal Cassette ChromosomemecComposite Island and Its Horizontal Transfer between Distinct Staphylococcus aureus Genotypes

    Article • Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, September 2013, ASM Journals

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  108. Evaluation of Bactec Mycosis IC/F and Plus Aerobic/F Blood Culture Bottles for Detection of Candida in the Presence of Antifungal Agents

    Article • Journal of Clinical Microbiology, August 2013, ASM Journals

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  109. Infection prevention in a connected world: The case for a regional approach

    Article • International Journal of Medical Microbiology, August 2013, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  110. Characterization of Colonizing Staphylococcus aureus Isolated from Surgical Wards' Patients in a Nigerian University Hospital

    Article • PLoS ONE, July 2013, PLOS

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  111. Role for the fibrinogen-binding proteins Coagulase and Efb in the Staphylococcus aureus–Candida interaction

    Article • International Journal of Medical Microbiology, July 2013, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  112. Erfolgreiche Therapie einer Fusarium-assoziierten Keratitis bei multiresistentem Erreger und multimorbidem Patienten

    Article • Der Ophthalmologe, June 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  113. Major characteristics of Staphylococcus aureus colonizing Jordanian infants

    Article • Pediatrics International, June 2013, Wiley

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  114. High burden of extended-spectrum  -lactamase-producing Enterobacteriaceae in Gabon

    Article • Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, May 2013, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker, Prof. Dr. Alexander Mellmann

  115. Pacemaker lead infection and related bacteraemia caused by normal and small colony variant phenotypes of Bacillus licheniformis

    Article • Journal of Medical Microbiology, March 2013, Society for General Microbiology

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  116. Evaluation of a Modular Multiplex-PCR Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Detection Assay Adapted for mecC Detection

    Article • Journal of Clinical Microbiology, March 2013, ASM Journals

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  117. Antibiotic activity against small-colony variants of Staphylococcus aureus: review of in vitro, animal and clinical data

    Article • Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, March 2013, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Françoise Van Bambeke, Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  118. Livestock-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) as Causes of Human Infection and Colonization in Germany

    Article • PLoS ONE, February 2013, PLOS

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker, Prof. Dr. Alexander Mellmann

  119. The epidemiology and molecular characterization of methicillin-resistant staphylococci sampled from a healthy Jordanian population

    Article • Epidemiology and Infection, January 2013, Cambridge University Press

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  120. Evaluation of Multiple-Locus Variable Number of Tandem Repeats Analysis for Typing Livestock-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus

    Article • PLoS ONE, January 2013, PLOS

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker, Prof. Dr. Alexander Mellmann

  121. Epidemiology and Changes in Patient-Related Factors from 1997 to 2009 in Clinical Yeast Isolates Related to Dermatology, Gynaecology, and Paediatrics

    Article • International Journal of Microbiology, January 2013, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  122. Crohn’s disease complicated by intestinal infection with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

    Article • World Journal of Gastroenterology, January 2013, Baishideng Publishing Group Co., Limited (formerly WJG Press)

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  123. Staphylokokken

    Article • January 2013, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  124. Simultaneous detection of three CNS indicator proteins in complex suspensions using a single immuno-PCR protocol

    Article • Analytical Biochemistry, December 2012, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  125. Clonal structure of Staphylococcus aureus colonizing children with sickle cell anaemia and healthy controls

    Article • Epidemiology and Infection, October 2012, Cambridge University Press

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker, Prof. Dr. Alexander Mellmann

  126. Epidemiology and population structure of Staphylococcus aureus in various population groups from a rural and semi urban area in Gabon, Central Africa

    Article • Acta Tropica, October 2012, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  127. Transcription Analysis and Small Non-Protein Coding RNAs Associated with Bacterial Ribosomal Protein Operons

    Article • Current Medicinal Chemistry, October 2012, Bentham Science Publishers

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  128. Intracellular forms of menadione-dependent small-colony variants of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus are hypersusceptible to  -lactams in a THP-1 cell model due to cooperation between vacuolar acidic pH and oxidant species

    Article • Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, September 2012, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Françoise Van Bambeke, Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  129. A bumpy road to the diagnosis of a Kytococcus schroeteri shunt infection

    Article • Journal of Medical Microbiology, September 2012, Society for General Microbiology

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  130. Influence of the Protein Kinase C Activator Phorbol Myristate Acetate on the Intracellular Activity of Antibiotics against Hemin- and Menadione-Auxotrophic Small-Colony Variant Mutants of Staphylococcus aureus and Their Wild-Type Parental Strain in Hum...

    Article • Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, September 2012, ASM Journals

    Professor Françoise Van Bambeke, Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  131. Susceptibility of Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia strains to different skin-derived antimicrobial proteins

    Article • Archives of Dermatological Research, September 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  132. Drug‐Resistant Human Staphylococcus Aureus in Sanctuary Apes Pose a Threat to Endangered Wild Ape Populations

    Article • American Journal of Primatology, August 2012, Wiley

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker, Professor Lawrence Mugisha

  133. Susceptibility Screening of Hyphae-Forming Fungi with a New, Easy, and Fast Inoculum Preparation Method

    Article • Mycopathologia, August 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  134. Nasal Carriage as a Source of agr-Defective Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia

    Article • The Journal of Infectious Diseases, August 2012, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  135. Detection of New Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Strains That Carry a Novel Genetic Homologue and Important Virulence Determinants

    Article • Journal of Clinical Microbiology, July 2012, ASM Journals

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  136. Population Dynamics among Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Isolates in Germany during a 6-Year Period

    Article • Journal of Clinical Microbiology, July 2012, ASM Journals

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker, Prof. Dr. Alexander Mellmann

  137. Human MRSA Isolates with Novel Genetic Homolog, Germany

    Article • Emerging Infectious Diseases, June 2012, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  138. Pharmacodynamic Evaluation of the Activity of Antibiotics against Hemin- and Menadione-Dependent Small-Colony Variants of Staphylococcus aureus in Models of Extracellular (Broth) and Intracellular (THP-1 Monocytes) Infections

    Article • Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, May 2012, ASM Journals

    Professor Françoise Van Bambeke, Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  139. Catheter Colonization and Abscess Formation Due to Staphylococcus epidermidis with Normal and Small-Colony-Variant Phenotype Is Mouse Strain Dependent

    Article • PLoS ONE, May 2012, PLOS

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  140. Hautinfektionen durch MRSA

    Article • Der Hautarzt, April 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  141. The Length of the Staphylococcus aureus Protein A Polymorphic Region Regulates Inflammation: Impact on Acute and Chronic Infection

    Article • The Journal of Infectious Diseases, April 2012, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  142. Molecular fingerprinting of Staphylococcus aureus isolated from patients with osteomyelitis in Argentina and clonal distribution of the cap5(8) genes and of other selected virulence genes

    Article • European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, March 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  143. Characterization of fusidic acid-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates in the community of Casablanca (Morocco)

    Article • International Journal of Medical Microbiology, March 2012, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  144. Persistent Bloodstream Infection with Kocuria rhizophila Related to a Damaged Central Catheter

    Article • Journal of Clinical Microbiology, January 2012, ASM Journals

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  145. Species and susceptibility distribution of 1062 clinical yeast isolates to azoles, echinocandins, flucytosine and amphotericin B from a multi-centre study

    Article • Mycoses, January 2012, Wiley

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  146. Highly divergent Staphylococcus aureus isolates from African non-human primates

    Article • Environmental Microbiology Reports, December 2011, Wiley

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker, Prof. Dr. Alexander Mellmann

  147. Characteristics of hospital patients colonized with livestock-associated meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) CC398 versus other MRSA clones

    Article • Journal of Hospital Infection, December 2011, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  148. The Epidemiology of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in Germany

    Article • Deutsches Ärzteblatt international, November 2011, Deutscher Arzte-Verlag GmbH

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  149. Auxotrophic mutant of Staphylococcus aureus interferes with nasal colonization by the wild type

    Article • Microbes and Infection, November 2011, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  150. Virulence factors and genotypes of Staphylococcus aureus from infection and carriage in Gabon

    Article • Clinical Microbiology and Infection, October 2011, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker, Prof. Dr. Alexander Mellmann

  151. Validating T-RFLP as a sensitive and high-throughput approach to assess bacterial diversity patterns in human anterior nares

    Article • FEMS Microbiology Ecology, September 2011, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  152. Comparative in vitro activity of finafloxacin against staphylococci displaying normal and small colony variant phenotypes

    Article • Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, September 2011, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  153. Is there any rationale for treatment of Staphylococcus aureus infections with antimicrobials that are determined to be ineffective in vitro?

    Article • Clinical Microbiology and Infection, August 2011, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  154. In VitroActivity against Staphylococcus aureus of a Novel Antimicrobial Agent, PRF-119, a Recombinant Chimeric Bacteriophage Endolysin

    Article • Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, July 2011, ASM Journals

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  155. Small colony variants of Staphylococcus aureus reveal distinct protein profiles

    Article • PROTEOMICS, May 2011, Wiley

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker, Simone König

  156. Population Structure of Staphylococcus aureus from Remote African Babongo Pygmies

    Article • PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, May 2011, PLOS

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  157. Pulmonale Infektionen in der pädiatrischen Hämatologie und Onkologie

    Article • Monatsschrift Kinderheilkunde, March 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  158. Resistance trends and in vitro activity of tigecycline and 17 other antimicrobial agents against Gram-positive and Gram-negative organisms, including multidrug-resistant pathogens, in Germany

    Article • European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, February 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  159. Staphylococcus aureus phenotype switching: an effective bacterial strategy to escape host immune response and establish a chronic infection

    Article • EMBO Molecular Medicine, January 2011, EMBO

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker, Dr Dirk Holzinger

  160. The matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionisation time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS)-based protein peaks of 4448 and 5302Da are not associated with the presence of Panton-Valentine leukocidin

    Article • International Journal of Medical Microbiology, January 2011, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  161. Subcutaneous Infection with S. aureus in Mice Reveals Association of Resistance with Influx of Neutrophils and Th2 Response

    Article • Journal of Investigative Dermatology, January 2011, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker, Dr Dirk Holzinger

  162. Staphylococcus, Micrococcus, and Other Catalase-Positive Cocci *

    Article • January 2011, ASM Journals

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  163. Staphylococcus aureus Small‐Colony Variants Are Adapted Phenotypes for Intracellular Persistence

    Article • The Journal of Infectious Diseases, October 2010, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  164. Bacteriophage-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Mutant Confers Broad Immunity against Staphylococcal Infection in Mice

    Article • PLoS ONE, July 2010, PLOS

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  165. Activation of Hypoxia Inducible Factor 1 Is a General Phenomenon in Infections with Human Pathogens

    Article • PLoS ONE, July 2010, PLOS

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  166. Staphylococcus aureus invades the epithelium in nasal polyposis and induces IL-6 in nasal epithelial cells in vitro

    Article • Allergy, April 2010, Wiley

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  167. Staphylococcal Strains Vary Greatly in Their Ability to Induce an Inflammatory Response in Endothelial Cells

    Article • The Journal of Infectious Diseases, March 2010, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  168. Central line associated bloodstream infection rates, extra length of stay, extra mortality and microbiological profile in a German tertiary intensive care unit: findings of the International Nosocomial Infection Control Consortium

    Article • International Journal of Infectious Diseases, March 2010, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  169. A poke into the diversity and associations within human anterior nare microbial communities

    Article • The ISME Journal, February 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  170. Identification of differentially expressed small non-protein-coding RNAs in Staphylococcus aureus displaying both the normal and the small-colony variant phenotype

    Article • Journal of Molecular Medicine, February 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  171. Semi-selective broth improves screening for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

    Article • Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, February 2010, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker, Prof. Dr. Alexander Mellmann

  172. Geographic Distribution of Staphylococcus aureus Causing Invasive Infections in Europe: A Molecular-Epidemiological Analysis

    Article • PLoS Medicine, January 2010, PLOS

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker, Prof. Dr. Alexander Mellmann

  173. Incidence of staphylococcal colonization and of the 753Q Toll-like receptor 2 variant in nasal polyposis

    Article • American Journal of Rhinology and Allergy, January 2010, Oceanside Publications Inc.

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  174. A multicenter trial to compare blood culture with polymerase chain reaction in severe human sepsis

    Article • Intensive Care Medicine, November 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  175. Immunomodulation of Nasal Epithelial Cells by Staphylococcus aureus-Derived Serine Proteases

    Article • The Journal of Immunology, November 2009, The American Association of Immunologists

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  176. ATIII Attenuates Endotoxemia Induced Healing Impairment in the Colon

    Article • Journal of Surgical Research, November 2009, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  177. High sensitivity detection of the glial fibrillary acidic protein as indicator for TSE risk material in meat products using an immuno-PCR

    Article • Molecular Nutrition & Food Research, October 2009, Wiley

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  178. Evaluation of a novel 7-joint ultrasound score in daily rheumatologic practice: A pilot project

    Article • Arthritis & Rheumatism, September 2009, Wiley

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  179. Prevalence and molecular characteristics of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) among pigs on German farms and import of livestock-related MRSA into hospitals

    Article • European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, August 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  180. Transcription Analysis of the Extracellular Adherence Protein fromStaphylococcus aureusin Authentic Human Infection and In Vitro

    Article • The Journal of Infectious Diseases, May 2009, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Christiane Wolz, Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  181. Cross-border comparison of the admission prevalence and clonal structure of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

    Article • Journal of Hospital Infection, April 2009, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker, Prof. Dr. Alexander Mellmann

  182. Incidence and risk factors for community-acquired acute gastroenteritis in north-west Germany in 2004

    Article • European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, March 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  183. Capsule Expression and Genotypic Differences among Staphylococcus aureus Isolates from Patients with Chronic or Acute Osteomyelitis

    Article • Infection and Immunity, March 2009, ASM Journals

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  184. Rothia mucilaginosa

    Article • January 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  185. Staphylococcus aureus

    Article • January 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  186. Staphylococcus (koagulasenegativ)

    Article • January 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  187. Micrococcus und Dermacoccus

    Article • January 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  188. 17.2 „Staphylococcaceae“, Micrococcaceae und Dermacoccaceae

    Article • January 2009, Thieme Publishing Group

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  189. 15.4 Resistenzen bei Staphylokokken (PRSA, MRSA, VISA, VRSA)

    Article • January 2009, Thieme Publishing Group

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  190. Identification of the Genetic Basis for Clinical Menadione-Auxotrophic Small-Colony Variant Isolates of Staphylococcus aureus

    Article • Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, September 2008, ASM Journals

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  191. Kocuria rhizophila Adds to the Emerging Spectrum of Micrococcal Species Involved in Human Infections

    Article • Journal of Clinical Microbiology, July 2008, ASM Journals

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  192. Cluster analysis of ribotyping profiles of Staphylococcus epidermidis isolates recovered from foreign body‐associated orthopedic infections

    Article • Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part A, May 2008, Wiley

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  193. Microbiological evaluation of a new growth-based approach for rapid detection of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

    Article • Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, March 2008, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  194. New Immuno-PCR Assay for Detection of Low Concentrations of Shiga Toxin 2 and Its Variants

    Article • Journal of Clinical Microbiology, February 2008, ASM Journals

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  195. Autorinnen und Autoren

    Article • January 2008, Elsevier

    Michael Nevels, Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  196. Staphylococcus-aureus-Infektionen

    Article • January 2008, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  197. Anti-inflammatory effects of ciprofloxacin in S. aureus Newman induced nasal inflammation in vitro

    Article • Journal of Inflammation, January 2008, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  198. Not ready to use – overcoming pitfalls when dispersing nanoparticles in physiological media

    Article • Nanotoxicology, January 2008, Taylor & Francis

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  199. eap Gene as Novel Target for Specific Identification of Staphylococcus aureus

    Article • Journal of Clinical Microbiology, December 2007, ASM Journals

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  200. Faecal S100A12 as a non-invasive marker distinguishing inflammatory bowel disease from irritable bowel syndrome

    Article • Gut, December 2007, BMJ

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  201. Understanding the physiology and adaptation of staphylococci: A post-genomic approach

    Article • International Journal of Medical Microbiology, November 2007, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  202. Subcutaneous Zygomycosis in Neutropenia

    Article • Journal of Clinical Oncology, October 2007, American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  203. Proinflammatory Impact of Staphylococcus epidermidis on the Nasal Epithelium Quantified by IL-8 and GRO-α Responses in Primary Human Nasal Epithelial Cells

    Article • International Archives of Allergy and Immunology, August 2007, Karger Publishers

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  204. Distribution of capsular and surface polysaccharide serotypes of Staphylococcus aureus

    Article • Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease, July 2007, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker, Prof. Dr. Alexander Mellmann

  205. PAR-2 activation regulates IL-8 and GRO-? synthesis by NF-?B, but not RANTES, IL-6, eotaxin or TARC expression in nasal epithelium

    Article • Clinical & Experimental Allergy, July 2007, Wiley

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  206. Staphylococcus pettenkoferi sp. nov., a novel coagulase-negative staphylococcal species isolated from human clinical specimens

    Article • INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY, July 2007, Society for General Microbiology

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker, Prof. Dr. Alexander Mellmann

  207. Staphylococcal Chromosomal Cassette mec Type I, spa Type, and Expression of Pls Are Determinants of Reduced Cellular Invasiveness of Methicillin‐Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Isolates

    Article • The Journal of Infectious Diseases, June 2007, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker, Prof. Dr. Alexander Mellmann

  208. Augmented Expression of Polysaccharide Intercellular Adhesin in a Defined Staphylococcus epidermidis Mutant with the Small-Colony-Variant Phenotype

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, April 2007, ASM Journals

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  209. P1958 Parallel-and cross-resistance of the azolesfiuconazole, itraconazole, kezoconazole, voriconazole, and offiuconazole to clinical yeast isolates

    Article • International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents, March 2007, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  210. P1725 Comparison of two automated systems (WalkAway and VITEK 2) for identification of Gram-negative bacteria

    Article • International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents, March 2007, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  211. P830 Assessing the in vitro activity of daptomycin against well-characterised methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains representing different spa types

    Article • International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents, March 2007, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  212. P1803 Capsular and surface polysaccharide serotypes of methicillin-susceptible and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains currently circulating in Germany

    Article • International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents, March 2007, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  213. Nekrotisierende Pneumonie mit Staphylococcus aureus (pvl-Gen positiv)

    Article • Monatsschrift Kinderheilkunde, March 2007, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  214. Systematic Survey of Nonspecific Agglutination by Candida spp. in Latex Assays

    Article • Journal of Clinical Microbiology, January 2007, ASM Journals

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  215. A quantitative real-time immuno-PCR approach for detection of staphylococcal enterotoxins

    Article • Journal of Molecular Medicine, January 2007, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  216. Interleukin-6, procalcitonin and TNF- : MARKERS OF PERI-PROSTHETIC INFECTION FOLLOWING TOTAL JOINT REPLACEMENT

    Article • Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - British Volume, January 2007, Bone & Joint

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  217. Reporter Metabolite Analysis of Transcriptional Profiles of a Staphylococcus aureus Strain with Normal Phenotype and Its Isogenic hemB Mutant Displaying the Small-Colony-Variant Phenotype

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, September 2006, ASM Journals

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  218. Bordetella pertussis respiratory infection following hematopoietic stem cell transplantation: time for universal vaccination?

    Article • Bone Marrow Transplantation, September 2006, Nature

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  219. Biotyping of Enterotoxigenic Staphylococcus aureus by Enterotoxin Gene Cluster (egc) Polymorphism and spa Typing Analyses

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, September 2006, ASM Journals

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker, Dr Vincenzina Fusco

  220. Fourier-Transform Infrared Spectroscopic Analysis Is a Powerful Tool for Studying the Dynamic Changes in Staphylococcus aureus Small-Colony Variants

    Article • Journal of Clinical Microbiology, September 2006, ASM Journals

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  221. Induction of CXC chemokines in A549 airway epithelial cells by trypsin and staphylococcal proteases - a possible route for neutrophilic inflammation in chronic rhinosinusitis

    Article • Clinical & Experimental Immunology, June 2006, Wiley

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  222. The small colony variant (SCV) concept—the role of staphylococcal SCVs in persistent infections

    Article • Injury, May 2006, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  223. Small colony variants: a pathogenic form of bacteria that facilitates persistent and recurrent infections

    Article • Nature Reviews Microbiology, April 2006, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  224. Sequencing and Staphylococci Identification

    Article • Emerging Infectious Diseases, February 2006, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  225. Phenotype Microarray Profiling of Staphylococcus aureus menD and hemB Mutants with the Small-Colony-Variant Phenotype

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, January 2006, ASM Journals

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  226. Does Nasal Cocolonization by Methicillin-Resistant Coagulase-Negative Staphylococci and Methicillin-Susceptible Staphylococcus aureus Strains Occur Frequently Enough To Represent a Risk of False-Positive Methicillin-Resistant S. aureus Determinations b...

    Article • Journal of Clinical Microbiology, January 2006, ASM Journals

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  227. Comparative In Vitro Activity of Ceftobiprole against Staphylococci Displaying Normal and Small-Colony Variant Phenotypes

    Article • Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, October 2005, ASM Journals

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  228. Staphylococcus lugdunensis Pacemaker-related Infection

    Article • Emerging Infectious Diseases, August 2005, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  229. Fatal bacteremic pneumonia

    Article • Journal of Infection, August 2005, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  230. Resistenz CCR6-defizienter Mäuse gegen eine Infektion mit Yersinia enterocolitica

    Article • Seminars in Musculoskeletal Radiology, May 2005, Thieme Publishing Group

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  231. Evaluation of Two Chromogenic Agar Media for Recovery and Identification of Staphylococcus aureus Small-Colony Variants

    Article • Journal of Clinical Microbiology, April 2005, ASM Journals

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  232. Thermonuclease gene as a target for specific identification of Staphylococcus intermedius isolates: Use of a PCR-DNA enzyme immunoassay

    Article • Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease, April 2005, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  233. Real-time quantitative PCR assay for the detection of Helicobacter pylori: no association with sudden infant death syndrome

    Article • International Journal of Legal Medicine, March 2005, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  234. Impact of a Molecular Approach to Improve the Microbiological Diagnosis of Infective Heart Valve Endocarditis

    Article • Circulation, March 2005, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  235. Staphylococcus aureus Infection Caused by a Panton Valentine Leukocidin-Producing Strain

    Article • The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, March 2005, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  236. Infections Associated with Medical Devices

    Article • Drugs, January 2005, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  237. Staphylococcus aureus—Toxin Detection

    Article • December 2004, Taylor & Francis

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  238. Staphylococcus aureus—Toxin Detection

    Article • December 2004, Taylor & Francis

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  239. Systematic survey on the prevalence of genes coding for staphylococcal enterotoxins SElM, SElO, and SElN

    Article • Molecular Nutrition & Food Research, December 2004, Wiley

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  240. Development and Evaluation of a Quality-Controlled Ribosomal Sequence Database for 16S Ribosomal DNA-Based Identification of Staphylococcus Species

    Article • Journal of Clinical Microbiology, November 2004, ASM Journals

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker, Prof. Dr. Alexander Mellmann

  241. Prevalence of genes encoding for members of the staphylococcal leukotoxin family among clinical isolates of Staphylococcus aureus

    Article • Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease, July 2004, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  242. Evaluation of Different Methods To Detect Methicillin Resistance in Small-Colony Variants of Staphylococcus aureus

    Article • Journal of Clinical Microbiology, March 2004, ASM Journals

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  243. Effect of trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole prophylaxis in AIDS patients on the formation of the small colony variant phenotype of Staphylococcus aureus

    Article • Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease, March 2004, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  244. Cellular prion protein acquires resistance to proteolytic degradation following copper ion binding

    Article • Biological Chemistry, January 2004, De Gruyter

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  245. In Vitro Activity of Recombinant Lysostaphin against Staphylococcus aureus Isolates from Anterior Nares and Blood

    Article • Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, November 2003, ASM Journals

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  246. agr-Dependent Bacterial Interference Has No Impact on Long-Term Colonization of Staphylococcus aureus during Persistent Airway Infection of Cystic Fibrosis Patients

    Article • Journal of Clinical Microbiology, November 2003, ASM Journals

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  247. Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis due to Kytococcus schroeteri

    Article • Emerging Infectious Diseases, November 2003, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  248. Oropharyngeal carriage of Candida species in HIV-infected patients in India. Oropharyngeale Candida-Besiedlung bei HIV-Infizierten in Indien

    Article • Mycoses, September 2003, Wiley

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  249. An outbreak of candidemia due to Candida tropicalis in a neonatal intensive care unit. Candidamie-Ausbruch durch Candida tropicalis auf einer Neugeborenen-Intensivstation

    Article • Mycoses, September 2003, Wiley

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  250. Bacteria and Granulation Tissue Associated With Montgomery T-Tubes

    Article • The Laryngoscope, August 2003, Wiley

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  251. Detection of Staphylococcus aureus by 16S rRNA directed in situ hybridisation in a patient with a brain abscess caused by small colony variants

    Article • Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry, July 2003, BMJ

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  252. Prevalence of Genes Encoding Pyrogenic Toxin Superantigens and Exfoliative Toxins among Strains of Staphylococcus aureus Isolated from Blood and Nasal Specimens

    Article • Journal of Clinical Microbiology, April 2003, ASM Journals

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  253. Intranasal Mupirocin to Prevent Postoperative Infections

    Article • New England Journal of Medicine, October 2002, New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM/MMS)

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  254. Kytococcus schroeteri sp. nov., a novel Gram-positive actinobacterium isolated from a human clinical source

    Article • INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY, September 2002, Society for General Microbiology

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  255. Kytococcus schroeteri sp. nov., a novel Gram-positive actinobacterium isolated from a human clinical source.

    Article • INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY, September 2002, Society for General Microbiology

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  256. INFLUENCE OF CULTURE MEDIA ON THE SUSCEPTIBILITY OF CANDIDA SPECIES TO VORICONAZOLE

    Article • Mycoses, August 2002, Wiley

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  257. INFLUENCE OF THE COMBINATION OF FLUCYTOSINE (5FC) PLUS FLUCONAZOLE (FCA) ON THE SUSCEPTIBILITY OF YEASTS

    Article • Mycoses, August 2002, Wiley

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  258. TYPING OF CANDIDA TROPICALIS STRAINS: GENOTYPING USING ARBITRARILY PRIMED POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION VERSUS PHENOTYPING BY FOURIER TRANSFORM-INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY

    Article • Mycoses, August 2002, Wiley

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  259. Methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus keratitis after excimer laser photorefractive keratectomy

    Article • Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery, April 2002, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  260. Identification and Characterization of a Novel 38.5-Kilodalton Cell Surface Protein of Staphylococcus aureus with Extended-Spectrum Binding Activity for Extracellular Matrix and Plasma Proteins

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, December 2001, ASM Journals

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  261. Enterotoxigenic Potential of Staphylococcus intermedius

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, December 2001, ASM Journals

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  262. Analogs of Eap Protein Are Conserved and Prevalent in Clinical Staphylococcus aureus Isolates

    Article • Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology, November 2001, ASM Journals

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  263. Viszerale Leishmaniose - nicht nur eine Tropenkrankheit

    Article • Monatsschrift Kinderheilkunde, October 2001, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  264. Isolation and Characterization of a Species-Specific DNA Fragment for Identification of Candida (Torulopsis) glabrata by PCR

    Article • Journal of Clinical Microbiology, September 2001, ASM Journals

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  265. Intracellular Persistence of Staphylococcus aureus Small-Colony Variants within Keratinocytes: A Cause for Antibiotic Treatment Failure in a Patient with Darier's Disease

    Article • Clinical Infectious Diseases, June 2001, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  266. Survey of Staphylococcal Enterotoxin Genes, Exfoliative Toxin Genes, and Toxic Shock Syndrome Toxin 1 Gene in Non-Staphylococcus aureus Species

    Article • European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, June 2001, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  267. Survey of Staphylococcal Enterotoxin Genes, Exfoliative Toxin Genes, and Toxic Shock Syndrome Toxin 1 Gene in Non- Staphylococcus aureus Species

    Article • European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, June 2001, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  268. Nasal Carriage ofStaphylococcus aureus

    Article • New England Journal of Medicine, May 2001, New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM/MMS)

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  269. Nasal Carriage as a Source of Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia

    Article • New England Journal of Medicine, January 2001, New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM/MMS)

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  270. Prinzipien und Stellenwert von Nukleinsäure-Nachweistechniken (NNT) in der modernen mikrobiologischen Diagnostik

    Article • AINS - Anästhesiologie · Intensivmedizin · Notfallmedizin · Schmerztherapie, December 2000, Thieme Publishing Group

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  271. Use of Polymerase Chain Reaction for Postmortem Diagnosis of Malaria

    Article • Diagnostic Molecular Pathology, December 1999, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  272. „Topische Antibiotika und Antiseptika”

    Article • Der Hautarzt, May 1999, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  273. Persistent Infection with Small Colony Variant Strains of Staphylococcus aureus in Patients with Cystic Fibrosis

    Article • The Journal of Infectious Diseases, April 1998, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  274. Multiresistenz bei klinisch relevanten grampositiven Kokken

    Article • Intensivmedizin + Notfallmedizin, October 1997, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  275. Epidemiology, Control and Treatment of Methicillin-Resistant

    Article • Drugs, January 1996, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker

  276. Identification of Toxoplasma-DNA by Polymerase Chain Reaction in Peripheral Blood Leukocytes of Patients with Suspected Toxoplasmosis

    Article • January 1994, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Becker