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,
Molecular detection of <em>Setaria tundra</em> (Nematoda: Filarioidea) and an unidentified filarial species in mosquitoes in Germany (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Knowledge of the potential vector role of Culicidae mosquitoes in Germany is very scanty, and until recently it was generally assumed that they are not involved in the transmission of anth
Fluorescent<em> in situ</em> hybridization of pre-incubated blood culture material for the rapid diagnosis of histoplasmosis (Publications)
Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) has been shown to be useful for the detection of Candida and Cryptococcus species in blood culture materials. FISH procedures for the detection of Histoplasma
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 identification of <em>Leishmania</em> spp. in formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissue samples by fluorescence<em> in situ</em> hybridization (Publications)
OBJECTIVE: To describe and validate fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH), a new method of Leishmania spp. identification. FISH allows for a rapid detection of target organisms by specific binding
Regional differences and trends in breast cancer surgical procedures and their relation to socioeconomic disparities and screening patterns (Publications)
BackgroundImportant regional disparities in patterns of care in breast cancer have recently been described. In Switzerland,nationwide data on hospitalisations have been collected since 1998. They have
Asymptomatic <em>Plasmodium</em> infection and glycemic control in adults: results from a population-based survey in south-central Côte d'Ivoire (Publications)
AIMS: We investigated the cross-sectional associations of Plasmodium infection (PI) with fasting glucose (FG) and glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) in malaria-endemic south-central Cote d'Ivoire. METHODS: W
