Case report: management of dead intraocular helminth parasites in asymptomatic patients (Publications)
We report four asymptomatic patients from Nepal with an incidental finding of a dead intraocular helminth parasite on ophthalmological routine examination. Because the patients were asymptomatic and t
Effect of ageing on antiretroviral drug pharmacokinetics using clinical data combined with modelling and simulation (Publications)
AIMS: The impact of ageing on antiretroviral pharmacokinetics remains uncertain, leading to missing dosing recommendations for elderly people living with HIV (PLWH). The objective of this study was to
Genome-wide DNA methylation in peripheral blood and long-term exposure to source-specific transportation noise and air pollution: the SAPALDIA study (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Few epigenome-wide association studies (EWAS) on air pollutants exist, and none have been done on transportation noise exposures, which also contribute to environmental burden of disease.
Urban informal settlements as hotspots of antimicrobial resistance and the need to curb environmental transmission (Publications)
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a growing public health challenge that is expected to disproportionately burden lower- and middle-income countries (LMICs) in the coming decades. Although the contrib
Whipworm and roundworm infections (Publications)
Trichuriasis and ascariasis are neglected tropical diseases caused by the gastrointestinal dwelling nematodes Trichuris trichiura (a whipworm) and Ascaris lumbricoides (a roundworm), respectively. Bot
A simple, rapid typing method for<em> Streptococcus agalactiae </em>based on ribosomal subunit proteins by MALDI-TOF MS (Publications)
Streptococcus agalactiae (Group B Streptococcus, GBS), is a frequent human colonizer and a leading cause of neonatal meningitis as well as an emerging pathogen in non-pregnant adults. GBS possesses a
Benefit of a single preoperative dose of antibiotics in a sub-Saharan district hospital: minimal input, massive impact (Publications)
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the impact of a single-shot preoperative antimicrobial prophylaxis (AMP) to reduce the rate of Surgical Site Infections (SSIs) in a rural sub-Saharan hospital. SUMMARY BACKGROUN
Status febrilis mit Bewusstlosigkeit (Publications)
Cerebral malaria with Plasmodium vivax is uncommon. Normally Plasmodium falciparum is the cause of cerebral malaria. We report about a 18 year old patient from Pakistan with a history of intermittent
Systematic evaluation of extraction methods for multi-platform based metabotyping: application to the <em>Fasciola hepatica</em> metabolome (Publications)
Combining data from multiple analytical platforms is essential for comprehensive study of the molecular phenotype (metabotype) of a given biological sample. The metabolite profiles generated are intri