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  1. Whole-genome sequence analyses reveal cryptic species-level diversity among clinical Actinotignum isolates misidentified by matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry
  2. Performance and Practicality of 16S Nanopore Sequencing for Routine Bacterial Identification in Clinical Samples
  3. Emergence of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium vanA ST612 with reduced daptomycin susceptibility, Switzerland, 2018 to 2024
  4. Multicenter Evaluation of the QIAstat‐Dx and the BioFire Multiplex Panel Tests for the Detection of Respiratory Pathogens
  5. Antibacterial Effects of X-ray and MRI Contrast Media: An In Vitro Pilot Study
  6. Biomolecules capturing live bacteria from clinical samples
  7. Urine Flow Cytometry Parameter Cannot Safely Predict Contamination of Urine—A Cohort Study of a Swiss Emergency Department Using Machine Learning Techniques
  8. Repatriation of a patient with COVID-19 contributed to the importation of an emerging carbapenemase producer
  9. Mycobacterium helveticum sp. nov., a novel slowly growing mycobacterial species associated with granulomatous lesions in adult swine
  10. Comparison of the Diagnostic Performance of qPCR, Sanger Sequencing, and Whole-Genome Sequencing in Determining Clarithromycin and Levofloxacin Resistance in Helicobacter pylori
  11. NGS-Based S. aureus Typing and Outbreak Analysis in Clinical Microbiology Laboratories: Lessons Learned From a Swiss-Wide Proficiency Test
  12. Recurrent Mycobacterium chelonae Skin Infection Unmasked as Factitious Disorder Using Bacterial Whole Genome Sequence Analysis
  13. Natural Polymorphisms in Mycobacterium tuberculosis Conferring Resistance to Delamanid in Drug-Naive Patients
  14. Rapid Increase of CTX-M-Producing Shigella sonnei Isolates in Switzerland Due to Spread of Common Plasmids and International Clones
  15. Think tuberculosis—but is thinking enough?
  16. Shifting Paradigms Regarding the Role of Nontuberculous Mycobacteria in Patients with Cystic Fibrosis Advanced Lung Disease
  17. International Society of Cardiovascular Infectious Diseases Guidelines for the Diagnosis, Treatment and Prevention of Disseminated Mycobacterium chimaera Infection Following Cardiac Surgery with Cardiopulmonary Bypass
  18. Mycoplasma penetrans bacteremia in an immunocompromised patient detected by metagenomic sequencing: a case report
  19. Evaluation of the AID AmpC line probe assay for molecular detection of AmpC-producing Enterobacterales
  20. Detection of NDM-19, a novel variant of the New Delhi metallo-β-lactamase with increased carbapenemase activity under zinc-limited conditions, in Switzerland
  21. Defining threshold values in microscopic examination and qPCR for optimal performance of line probe assays for resistance detection in Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex
  22. Next-Generation Sequencing for the Diagnosis of Challenging Culture-Negative Endocarditis
  23. Review of current diagnostic methods and advances inHelicobacter pyloridiagnostics in the era of next generation sequencing
  24. Rare Case of Community-Acquired Endocarditis Caused by Neisseria meningitidis Assessed by Clinical Metagenomics
  25. Francisella tularensis Periprosthetic Joint Infections Diagnosed with Growth in Cultures
  26. Population-based inference of aminoglycoside resistance mechanisms in Escherichia coli
  27. First Clinical Case of In Vivo Acquisition of DHA-1 Plasmid-Mediated AmpC in a Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica Isolate
  28. Rapid Characterization of Virulence Determinants in Helicobacter pylori Isolated from Non-Atrophic Gastritis Patients by Next-Generation Sequencing
  29. Phenotypic and Genomic Analyses ofBurkholderia stabilisClinical Contamination, Switzerland
  30. Whole-Genome Sequencing for Drug Resistance Profile Prediction in Mycobacterium tuberculosis
  31. Standards for MIC testing that apply to the majority of bacterial pathogens should also be enforced for Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex
  32. High-throughput screening of bacterial pathogens in clinical specimens using 16S rDNA qPCR and fragment analysis
  33. Drug susceptibility testing and mortality in patients treated for tuberculosis in high-burden countries: a multicentre cohort study
  34. Evaluation of Lightmix Mycoplasma macrolide assay for detection of macrolide-resistant Mycoplasma pneumoniae in pneumonia patients
  35. Rapid identification of NDM-, KPC-, IMP-, VIM- and OXA-48-like carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriales from blood cultures by a multiplex lateral flow immunoassay
  36. Low-grade infections as a possible cause of arthrofibrosis after total knee arthroplasty
  37. Discovery and Characterization of Mycobacterium basiliense sp. nov., a Nontuberculous Mycobacterium Isolated From Human Lungs
  38. Genetic Determinants and Prediction of Antibiotic Resistance Phenotypes in Helicobacter pylori
  39. Improving the quality and workflow of bacterial genome sequencing and analysis: paving the way for a Switzerland-wide molecular epidemiological surveillance platform
  40. Inadequate Perioperative Prophylaxis and Postsurgical Complications After Graft Implantation Are Important Risk Factors for Subsequent Vascular Graft Infections: Prospective Results From the Vascular Graft Infection Cohort Study
  41. Aortic Endograft Infection with Mycobacterium chimaera and Granulicatella adiacens, Switzerland, 2014
  42. Multiplex PCR on the Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid of Immunocompromised Patients
  43. Comparison of Löwenstein–Jensen and BACTEC MGIT 960 culture for Mycobacterium tuberculosis in people living with HIV
  44. Urban transmission of tuberculosis in China
  45. Detection limit of Mycobacterium chimaera in water samples for monitoring medical device safety: insights from a pilot experimental series
  46. Increased Pathogen Identification in Vascular Graft Infections by the Combined Use of Tissue Cultures and 16S rRNA Gene Polymerase Chain Reaction
  47. Different Types of Heater-Cooler Units and Their Risk of Transmission of Mycobacterium chimaera During Open-Heart Surgery: Clues From Device Design
  48. Molecular detection of fungal pathogens in clinical specimens by 18S rDNA high-throughput screening in comparison to ITS PCR and culture
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  50. Combining forecast probabilities with graphical visualization for improved reporting of antimicrobial susceptibility testing
  51. A cluster of multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis among patients arriving in Europe from the Horn of Africa: a molecular epidemiological study
  52. Detection of respiratory bacterial pathogens causing atypical pneumonia by multiplex Lightmix ® RT-PCR
  53. Global Health Estimate of Invasive Mycobacterium chimaera Infections Associated with Heater–Cooler Devices in Cardiac Surgery
  54. A novel RT-PCR for the detection of Helicobacter pylori and identification of clarithromycin resistance mediated by mutations in the 23S rRNA gene
  55. Pathogen Identification by Multiplex LightMix Real-Time PCR Assay in Patients with Meningitis and Culture-Negative Cerebrospinal Fluid Specimens
  56. Rapid disc diffusion antibiotic susceptibility testing for Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Acinetobacter baumannii and Enterococcus spp.
  57. Global outbreak of severe Mycobacterium chimaera disease after cardiac surgery: a molecular epidemiological study
  58. Effect of β-lactamase production and β-lactam instability on MIC testing results for Mycobacterium abscessus
  59. Rapid detection of ESBL, carbapenemases, MRSA and other important resistance phenotypes within 6–8 h by automated disc diffusion antibiotic susceptibility testing
  60. MASTER: a model to improve and standardize clinical breakpoints for antimicrobial susceptibility testing using forecast probabilities
  61. Asymptomatic congenital tuberculosis
  62. Development of a Novel Lead that Targets M. tuberculosis Polyketide Synthase 13
  63. Evaluation of the AID carbapenemase line probe assay for rapid detection and identification of carbapenemase genes in Gram-negative bacilli
  64. Clinical and Histopathologic Ocular Findings in Disseminated Mycobacterium chimaera Infection after Cardiothoracic Surgery
  65. Reemergence ofMycobacterium chimaerain Heater–Cooler Units despite Intensified Cleaning and Disinfection Protocol
  66. Comment on: Delamanid susceptibility testing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis using the resazurin microtitre assay and the BACTEC™ MGIT™ 960 system
  67. Diagnostic Molecular Mycobacteriology in Regions With Low Tuberculosis Endemicity: Combining Real-time PCR Assays for Detection of Multiple Mycobacterial Pathogens With Line Probe Assays for Identification of Resistance Mutations
  68. Draft Genome Sequence of the Vaccination Strain Mycobacterium bovis BCG S4-Jena
  69. Performance of Copan WASP for Routine Urine Microbiology
  70. Delamanid and Bedaquiline Resistance inMycobacterium tuberculosisAncestral Beijing Genotype Causing Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis in a Tibetan Refugee
  71. Restricted Identification of Clinical Pathogens Categorized as Biothreats by Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization–Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry
  72. False low holotranscobalamin levels in a patient with a novel TCN2 mutation
  73. Acquired Resistance to Bedaquiline and Delamanid in Therapy for Tuberculosis
  74. Determination of MIC Distribution and Epidemiological Cutoff Values for Bedaquiline and Delamanid in Mycobacterium tuberculosis Using the MGIT 960 System Equipped with TB eXiST
  75. Detection of Pneumonia Associated Pathogens Using a Prototype Multiplexed Pneumonia Test in Hospitalized Patients with Severe Pneumonia
  76. Primary Epstein–Barr virus infection and probable parvovirus B19 reactivation resulting in fulminant hepatitis and fulfilling five of eight criteria for hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis
  77. A case of EDTA-dependent pseudothrombocytopenia: simple recognition of an underdiagnosed and misleading phenomenon
  78. Sinonasal inhalation of tobramycin vibrating aerosol in cystic fibrosis patients with upper airway Pseudomonas aeruginosa colonization: results of a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled pilot study
  79. Non-invasive assessment of upper and lower airway infection and inflammation in CF patients
  80. Rational Therapy ofClostridium difficileInfections
  81. HIV post exposure prophylaxis induced bicytopenia: a case report
  82. Dynamics of soluble and cellular inflammatory markers in nasal lavage obtained from Cystic Fibrosis patients during intravenous antibiotic treatment
  83. Epstein-Barr Virus MicroRNAs in Plasma as Potential Biomarkers for Chronic Infections: (Response to: Kawano et al; The Journal of Infectious Diseases; 2013; 208:771-9)
  84. Kutane Tuberkulosemanifestation als Ursache einer Wundheilungsstörung nach Bagatelltrauma
  85. Multiresistente Erreger
  86. Quality of blood culture testing - a survey in intensive care units and microbiological laboratories across four European countries
  87. Fieber und erniedrigte CD4-Zellzahl bei einem 22-jährigen Patienten aus Ghana
  88. Analysis of the Intestinal Microbiome of a Recovered Clostridium difficile Patient after Fecal Transplantation
  89. Close Geographic Association of Human Neoehrlichiosis and Tick Populations Carrying “Candidatus Neoehrlichia mikurensis” in Eastern Switzerland
  90. Family outbreak of an infection with a recombinant Coxsackie A virus in eastern Switzerland
  91. The Urinary Antibiotic 5-Nitro-8-Hydroxyquinoline (Nitroxoline) Reduces the Formation and Induces the Dispersal of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Biofilms by Chelation of Iron and Zinc
  92. Streptococcus tigurinus, a Novel Member of the Streptococcus mitis Group, Causes Invasive Infections
  93. Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus
  94. Afrikanisches Zeckenbissfieber - Rickettsiose nach Urlaub in Südafrika
  95. Streptococcus tigurinus sp. nov., isolated from blood of patients with endocarditis, meningitis and spondylodiscitis
  96. Broad-Range 16S rRNA Gene Polymerase Chain Reaction for Diagnosis of Culture-Negative Bacterial Infections
  97. Relief from Zmp1-Mediated Arrest of Phagosome Maturation Is Associated with Facilitated Presentation and Enhanced Immunogenicity of Mycobacterial Antigens
  98. Mycobacterium algericum sp. nov., a novel rapidly growing species related to the Mycobacterium terrae complex and associated with goat lung lesions
  99. Recognition of Potentially Novel Human Disease-Associated Pathogens by Implementation of Systematic 16S rRNA Gene Sequencing in the Diagnostic Laboratory
  100. Septicemia Caused by Tick-borne Bacterial Pathogen Candidatus Neoehrlichia mikurensis
  101. Detection of a Mixed Infection in a Culture-Negative Brain Abscess by Broad-Spectrum Bacterial 16S rRNA Gene PCR
  102. Cloning, expression and characterization of Mycobacterium tuberculosis lipoprotein LprF
  103. Deletion ofdopinMycobacterium smegmatisabolishes pupylation of protein substratesin vivo
  104. Identification of ApolipoproteinN-Acyltransferase (Lnt) in Mycobacteria
  105. Tuberculosis vaccine strain Mycobacterium bovis BCG Russia is a natural recA mutant