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    The impact of a needs-oriented dental prophylaxis program on bacteremia after toothbrushing and systemic inflammation in children, adolescents, and young adults with chronic kidney disease

    Chronic kidney disease (CKD) still leads to high mortality rates, mainly due to cardiovascular disease. One important influencing factor is persisting low-grade chronic inflammation partly maintained by gingiv...

    Karolin Höfer, Anna Turnowsky, Rasmus Ehren, Christina Taylan… in Pediatric Nephrology (2022)

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    Plasma interferon-γ-inducible protein 10 (IP-10) levels correlate with disease severity and paradoxical reactions in extrapulmonary tuberculosis

    With 1.5 million deaths worldwide in 2018, tuberculosis (TB) remains a major global public health problem. While pulmonary TB (PTB) is the most common manifestation, the proportion of extrapulmonary TB (EPTB) ...

    Isabelle Suárez, Samuel Rohr, Melanie Stecher, Clara Lehmann, Sandra Winter… in Infection (2021)

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    Low prevalence of DHFR and DHPS mutations in Pneumocystis jirovecii strains obtained from a German cohort

    Pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP) is an opportunistic and potentially life-threatening infection of immunocompromised individuals. A combination of trimethoprim–sulfamethoxazole is widely used for prophylaxis and t...

    Isabelle Suárez, Lisa Roderus, Edeltraud van Gumpel, Norma Jung, Clara Lehmann… in Infection (2017)

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    Performance of two MALDI-TOF MS systems for the identification of yeasts isolated from bloodstream infections and cerebrospinal fluids using a time-saving direct transfer protocol

    The rapid and correct identification of pathogens is of paramount importance for the treatment of patients with invasive infections. Matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry...

    Axel Hamprecht, Sara Christ, Tanja Oestreicher… in Medical Microbiology and Immunology (2014)

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    Therapeutic concentrations of antibiotics inhibit Shiga toxin release from enterohemorrhagic E. coli O104:H4 from the 2011 German outbreak

    The shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC) O104:H4 caused a major outbreak in Germany in spring 2011. STEC are usually susceptible to common antibiotics. However, antibiotic treatment of STEC-infected patients is n...

    Diana Corogeanu, Ruben Willmes, Martina Wolke, Georg Plum… in BMC Microbiology (2012)

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    The potential of recombinant antigens ESAT-6, MPT63 and mig for specific discrimination of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and M. avium infection

    Claudia Rolinck-Werninghaus, Klaus Magdorf, Klaus Stark… in European Journal of Pediatrics (2003)