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| Constanze WendtSummaryAffiliation: University of Heidelberg Country: Germany Publications
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Polyclonal bacteremia due to gram-negative rodsC Wendt
Institut fur Hygiene, Umweltmedizin, und Arbeitsmedizin, Freie Universitat Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Clin Infect Dis 33:460-5. 2001..Nearly 20% of episodes of bacteremia due to nonfermenting rods were polyclonal, but it remains unclear why nonfermenting rods were more likely to cause polyclonal bacteremia than were other gram-negative rods...
First outbreak of Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase (KPC)-producing K. pneumoniae in GermanyC Wendt
Hygiene Institute, University of Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 324, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 29:563-70. 2010..Typing revealed that all patients were colonised by the same strain. KPC-K. pneumoniae has been introduced to Germany possibly from Greece and transmission to other institutions is likely...- Infection control in German nursing homesConstanze Wendt
Hygiene Institut, University of Heidelberg, Germany
Am J Infect Control 34:426-9. 2006..However, the lack of responsibility of the caring physicians for the whole population of a nursing home may hinder the process. This article discusses the state of infection control in German nursing homes... - Characteristics that promote transmission of Staphylococcus aureus nursing homes in German nursing homesC Wendt
Hygiene Institut, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 26:816-21. 2005..To determine factors that influence transmission of Staphylococcus aureus in nursing homes in the Rhine-Neckar region of southern Germany... - Risk factors for colonization with third-generation cephalosporin-resistant enterobacteriaceaeC Wendt
Hygiene Institute, University of Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 324, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
Infection 33:327-32. 2005..We studied risk factors for colonization with CRE in a case control study including 1,706 patients, admitted to any of the 15 ICUs of Heidelberg University Hospitals... - Value of whole-body washing with chlorhexidine for the eradication of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: a randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind clinical trialC Wendt
Hygiene Institut, University of Heidelberg, 69 120 Heidelberg, Germany
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 28:1036-43. 2007..Whole-body washing with antiseptic solution has been widely used as part of eradication treatment for colonization with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), but evidence for the effectiveness of this measure is limited... - Risk factors for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus carriage in residents of German nursing homesH von Baum
Hygiene-Institut, University of Heidelberg, Germany
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 23:511-5. 2002..Apart from well-known risk factors for the acquisition of MRSA, we identified the size of the nursing home as an independent risk factor. This might be due to an increased use of and microbials in nursing homes of a certain size... 
Longitudinal study of the molecular epidemiology of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus at a university hospitalSabine Petersdorf
Hygiene Institut, University of Heidelberg, INF 324, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
J Clin Microbiol 44:4297-302. 2006..Infection control measures seemed sufficient to prevent further transmission of some but not all of the strains...- Staphylococcus aureus in dermatology outpatients with special emphasis on community-associated methicillin-resistant strainsUta Jappe
Department of Dermatology, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
J Invest Dermatol 128:2655-64. 2008..The significant risk factor for the acquisition of CA-MRSA was visits to foreign countries and/or professional or private contacts with foreigners... - Differences in hand hygiene behavior related to the contamination risk of healthcare activities in different groups of healthcare workersConstanze Wendt
, Heidelberg, Germany
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 25:203-6. 2004..CONCLUSIONS: This study showed better compliance with hand hygiene than that reported by many previous studies, but compliance was still inadequate and varied significantly by type of HCW, type of activity, and location in the hospital... - Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonization in inflammatory versus non-inflammatory skin diseases: who should be screened?Uta Jappe
Department of Dermatology and Venereology, University of Heidelberg, Germany
Acta Derm Venereol 84:181-6. 2004..Therefore, patients with chronic ulcers and erosions should be screened for MRSA colonization to implement infection control measures... - Genetic diversity of Legionella pneumophila in hospital water systemsKlaus Oberdorfer
Institute of Hygiene, University of Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 324, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
Int J Hyg Environ Health 211:172-8. 2008..Contamination of water supplies seemed to be dominated by stable genotypes, even after various control measures. Additional genotypes could be isolated sporadically, however, their pathogenetic relevance seemed to be questionable... - An outbreak of epidemic keratoconjunctivtis in a pediatric unit due to adenovirus type 8Iris E Chaberny
Department of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, Institute of Hygiene, University of Heidelberg, Germany
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 24:514-9. 2003..Ophthalmologists who have had contact with known EKC cases should use antiseptics and disinfectants with virucidal activity before contact with newborns or abstain from examining newborns... - Survival of cephalosporin-resistant enterobacteriaceae on fingersAnuradha Gunale
University Institute of Hygiene, Heidelberg, Germany
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 27:974-7. 2006..Although there was no significant difference in survival between the groups of transmitted and sporadic strains, there were significant differences in bacterial survival between the participants... - Evaluation of a single-locus real-time polymerase chain reaction as a screening test for specific detection of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in ICU patientsK Oberdorfer
Institute of Hygiene, University of Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 324, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany
Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 25:657-63. 2006..Nevertheless, further work is needed to reduce the inhibition rate of the PCR and to explain why false-positive results were obtained with methicillin-susceptible S. aureus... - Genetic variability and prevalence of Bartonella henselae in cats in Berlin, Germany, and analysis of its genetic relatedness to a strain from Berlin that is pathogenic for humansM Arvand
Institut für Infektionsmedizin, Freie Universitat Berlin, Berlin, Germany
J Clin Microbiol 39:743-6. 2001..henselae strains. Interestingly, all feline isolates displayed low genetic relatedness to B. henselae strain Berlin-1, which is pathogenic for humans... - Molecular evidence of Pneumocystis transmission in pediatric transplant unitBritta Höcker
University Children s Hospital, Im Neuenheimer Feld 150, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
Emerg Infect Dis 11:330-2. 2005..An infant with mitochondriopathy was the probable index patient... - Tigecycline for the treatment of patients with severe sepsis or septic shock: a drug use evaluation in a surgical intensive care unitStefanie Swoboda
Pharmacy Department, University Hospital of Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 670, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
J Antimicrob Chemother 61:729-33. 2008..The aim of this observational, retrospective evaluation was to assess tigecycline use patterns in a surgical intensive care unit (SICU) of a tertiary care centre... - Staphylococcus aureus-induced plasmacytoid dendritic cell activation is based on an IgG-mediated memory responseMarijo Parcina
Department of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
J Immunol 181:3823-33. 2008..aureus represents an Ag-specific memory response since it requires the presence of class-switched immunoglobulins... - Evidence-based spectrum of antimicrobial activity for disinfection of bronchoscopesConstanze Wendt
Hygiene Institut, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
J Hosp Infect 70:60-8. 2008..The aim of this analysis is to define those micro-organisms that may contaminate the bronchoscope during the examination and that may cause disease in other patients... - Evaluation of a new selective medium, BD BBL CHROMagar MRSA II, for detection of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in different specimensC Wendt
Hygiene Institut, University of Heidelberg, INF 324, 69 120 Heidelberg, Germany
J Clin Microbiol 48:2223-7. 2010..6% for wound specimens, and 100% and 100% for positive blood cultures. The specificity was 99.8% for respiratory specimens and 100% for all others. In conclusion, CMRSAII is a reliable screening medium for multiple specimen types... - Clostridium difficile diarrhoea in the immunosuppressed patient--update on prevention and managementMatthias Schaier
Nephrol Dial Transplant 19:2432-6. 2004 - Susceptibilities of Campylobacter jejuni isolates from Germany to ciprofloxacin, moxifloxacin, erythromycin, clindamycin, and tetracyclineJutta Wagner
Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology of Infection, Institute of Infectious Diseases Medicine, Benjamin Franklin Medical Center, Free University of Berlin, 12203 Berlin
Antimicrob Agents Chemother 47:2358-61. 2003..The data indicate a considerable ciprofloxacin resistance (45.1%) without a clonal relationship of the strains and a greater in vitro activity of moxifloxacin, erythromycin, and clindamycin...