Antibiotic exposure among children younger than 5 years in low-income and middle-income countries: a cross-sectional study of nationally... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Antibiotic resistance is a major threat to global health. Although detailed information about antibiotic use in high-income countries is available, little is known regarding the use of ant
Impact of changes in detection effort on control of visceral leishmaniasis in the Indian subcontinent (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Control of visceral leishmaniasis (VL) on the Indian subcontinent relies on prompt detection and treatment of symptomatic cases. Detection efforts influence the observed VL incidence and h
Strengthening surveillance systems for malaria elimination by integrating molecular and genomic data (Publications)
Unprecedented efforts in malaria control over the last 15 years have led to a substantial decrease in both morbidity and mortality in most endemic settings. However, these progresses have stalled over
Antiprotozoal activity of Turkish <em>Origanum onites</em> essential oil and its components (Publications)
Essential oil of Origanum species is well known for antimicrobial activity, but only a few have been evaluated in narrow spectrum antiprotozoal assays. Herein, we assessed the antiprotozoal potential
Increased detection of invasive enteropathogenic bacteria in pre-incubated blood culture materials by real-time PCR in comparison with automated... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Invasive enteropathogenic bacteria can cause systemic infections. Data from studies with PCR detection suggest, at least for Salmonella enterica, that blood culture may lead to underestima
16S rRNA gene sequence-based identification of bacteria in automatically incubated blood culture materials from tropical sub-Saharan Africa (Publications)
BACKGROUND: The quality of microbiological diagnostic procedures depends on pre-analytic conditions. We compared the results of 16S rRNA gene PCR and sequencing from automatically incubated blood cult
Rapid discrimination of <em>Haemophilus influenzae</em>, <em>H. parainfluenzae</em>, and<em> H. haemolyticus</em> by fluorescence<em> in situ</em>... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Due to considerable differences in pathogenicity, Haemophilus influenzae, H. parainfluenzae and H. haemolyticus have to be reliably discriminated in routine diagnostics. Retrospective anal
Rapid identification of <em>Acinetobacter</em> spp. by fluorescence <em>in situ</em> hybridization (FISH) from colony and blood culture material (Publications)
Multi-drug-resistant strains of the Acinetobacter baumannii complex cause nosocomial infections. Rapid identification of Acinetobacter spp. is desirable in order to facilitate therapeutic or hygiene d
Identification of lymphogranuloma venereum-associated <em>Chlamydia trachomatis</em> serovars by fluorescence <em>in situ</em> hybridisation--a... (Publications)
We describe a proof-of-principle evaluation of a fluorescence in situ hybridisation (FISH) procedure to identify Chlamydia trachomatis serovars L1-L3, the causative agents of lymphogranuloma venereum,
Rapid identification of yeast by fluorescence<em> in situ</em> hybridisation from broth and blood cultures (Publications)
Candida species including species other than Candida albicans are of importance as causative agents of sepsis in intensive-care units, requiring prompt initiation of targeted therapy. While fluconazol