Publikationen
2024
Sociodemographic influences on private and professional contact behaviour during the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany: cross-sectional analysis based on a Regional Blood Donor Cohort.
BMC Res Notes. 2024 Jul 27;17(1):206.
Determining the optimal frequency of SARS-CoV-2 regular asymptomatic testing: A randomized feasibility trial in a home care setting.
PLoS One 2024 Jul 3;19(7):e0303344. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0303344. eCollection 2024.
Corticotropin-stimulated steroid profiles to predict shock development and mortality in sepsis: From the HYPRESS study.
Crit Care. 2022 Nov 7;26(1):343. doi: 10.1186/s13054-022-04224-5. PMID: 36345013
Bechmann L, Böttger R, Baier C, Tersteegen A, Bauer K, Kaasch AJ, Geginat G.
Serratia marcescens outbreak in a neonatal intensive care unit associated with contaminated donor milk.
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2022 Aug 5;1-7. doi: 10.1017/ice.2022.187. Online ahead of print.
Meltendorf S, Vogel K, Thurm C, Prätsch F, Reinhold A, Färber J, Heuft HG, Kaasch AJ, Hachenberg T, Weinzierl S, Schraven B, Reinhold D, Brunner-Weinzierl MC, Lingel H.
IL-13 determines specific IgE responses and SARS-CoV-2 immunity after mild COVID-19 and novel mRNA vaccination.
Eur J Immunol. 2022 Oct 22. doi: 10.1002/eji.202249951. Online ahead of print.
Escrihuela-Vidal F, Kaasch AJ, Von Cube M, Rieg S, Kern WV, Seifert H, Song KH, Liao CH, Tilley R, Gott H, Scarborough M, Gordon C, Llewelyn MJ, Kuehl R, Morata L, Soriano A, Edgeworth J, De Gopegui ER, Nsutebu E, Cisneros JM, Fowler VG, Thwaites G, López-Contreras J, Barlow G, Ternavasio-De La Vega HG, Rodríguez-Baño J, López-Cortés LE; International Staphylococcus Aureus Collaboration Study Group, The European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Study Group For Bloodstream Infections, Endocarditis And Sepsis.
Impact of adherence to individual quality-of-care indicators on the prognosis of bloodstream infection due to Staphylococcus aureus: a prospective observational multicentre cohort.
Clin Microbiol Infect. 2022 Oct 23;S1198-743X(22)00533-X.doi: 10.1016/j.cmi.2022.10.019. Online ahead of print.
Zautner AE, Tersteegen A, Schiffner CJ, Dilas M, Marquardt P, Riediger M, Delker AM, Mäde D, Kaasch AJ.
Human Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae infection via bath water - case report and genome announcement.
Front Cell Infect Microbiol. 2022 Oct 24;12:981477. doi: 10.3389/fcimb.2022.981477. eCollection 2022.
Clinical and microbiological characterization of sepsis and evaluation of sepsis scores.
PLoS One 2021 Mar 4;16(3):e0247646. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0247646. eCollection 2021.
Impact of Immunosuppressive Agents on Clinical Manifestations and Outcome of Staphylococcus aureus Bloodstream Infection: A Propensity Score-Matched Analysis in 2 Large, Prospectively Evaluated Cohorts.
Clin Infect Dis. 2021 Oct 5;73(7):1239-1247. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciab385.
Vertebral osteomyelitis in patients with Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infection: Evaluation of risk factors for treatment failure.
J Infect. 2021 Sep;83(3):314-320. doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2021.06.010. Epub 2021 Jun 17.
Pohl R, Krämer SW, Stallmann C, Swart E, Marquardt P, Kaasch AJ, Apfelbacher CJ, Heuft HG.
Study protocol for the SeMaCo study: A longitudinal regional cohort study to assess COVID-19 seroprevalence in blood donors.
F1000Research 2021, 10:982 (https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.53845.1)
An Explorative Tool for Mutation Tracking in the Spike Glycoprotein of SARS-CoV-2
21 IEEE 2nd International Conference on Human-Machine Systems (ICHMS) | 978-1-6654-0170-8/21/$31.00 ©2021 IEEE | DOI: 10.1109/ICHMS53169.2021.9582636
Michel W, Färber J, Dilas M, Heuft HG, Tammer I, Baar J, Kaasch AJ.
A combined oro-nasopharyngeal swab is more sensitive than mouthwash in detecting SARS-CoV-2 by a high-throughput PCR assay.
Infection, https://doi.org/10.1007/s15010-021-01600-1, accepted
Krämer SW, Pohl R, Marquardt P, Stallmann C, Swart E, Färber J, Kaasch A, Apfelbacher C, Heuft, HG.;
A longitudinal regional cohort study to assess the seroprevalence of antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 in repeat blood donors.
Transfusion medicine and hemotherapy: interdisciplinary journal for transfusion medicine, hemotherapy, immunohematology, and clinical hemostatis - Basel: Karger, 2003, Bd. 48.2021, Suppl. 1, P36, S. 69;
Pohl, R, Heuft HG, Kaasch, A, Krämer SW, Stallmann C, Swart E, Apfelbacher C.
Serologische Untersuchungen bei Blutspendern des Großraums Magdeburg auf Antikörper gegen SARS-CoV-2 (SeMaCo).
Das Gesundheitswesen: Sozialmedizin, Gesundheits-System-Forschung, public health, öffentlicher Gesundheitsdienst, medizinischer Dienst - Stuttgart [u.a.]: Thieme, 2000, Bd. 83 (2021), 8/9, S. 715;
Metabolic Interdependency of Th2 Cell-Mediated Type 2 Immunity and the Tumor Microenvironment
Front. Immunol., 31 May 2021 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2021.632581
2020
Werner G, Neumann B, Weber RE, Kresken M, Wendt C, Bender JK; VRE study group: Becker K, Borgmann S, Diefenbach A, Hamprecht A, Hogardt M, Wichelhaus T, Kemp V, Huebner NO, Kaasch A, Geginat G, Kohnen W, Menzer A, Krause T, Miethke T, Pranada F, Radojn F, Tobisch S, Jansen V, Regnath T, Bührlen U, Schneider-Brachert W, Schwarz R, Luemen M, Skov R, Thuermer A, von Baum H, Weig M,Groß U, Zabel L, von Wulffen H, Döring S.
Thirty years of VRE in Germany - "expect the unexpected": The view from the National Reference Centre for Staphylococci and Enterococci.
Drug Resist Updat. 2020 Dec:53:100732. doi: 10.1016/j.drup.2020.100732. Epub 2020 Oct 27.
Tufa TB, Fuchs A, Tufa TB, Stötter L, Kaasch AJ, Feldt T, Häussinger D, Mackenzie CR.
Correction to: High rate of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing gram-negative infections and associated mortality in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Antimicrob Resist Infect Control. 2020 Aug 22;9(1):140. doi: 10.1186/s13756-020-00806-6.
Rieg S, Ernst A, Peyerl-Hoffmann G, Joost I, Camp J, Hellmich M, Kern WV, Kaasch AJ, Seifert H.
Combination therapy with rifampicin or fosfomycin in patients with Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infection at high risk for complications or relapse: results of a large prospective observational cohort.
J Antimicrob Chemother. 2020 Aug 1;75(8):2282-2290.
Ultraplexing: increasing the efficiency of long-read sequencing for hybrid assembly with k-mer-based multiplexing.
Genome Biol . 2020 Mar 14;21(1):68. doi: 10.1186/s13059-020-01974-9.
Kaasch AJ, Rommerskirchen A, Hellmich M, Fätkenheuer G, Prinz-Langenohl R, Rieg S, Kern WV, Seifert H; SABATO trial group.
Protocol update for the SABATO trial: a randomized controlled trial to assess early oral switch therapy in low-risk Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infection.
Trials. 2020 Feb 12;21(1):175. doi: 10.1186/s13063-020-4102-0.
Kuehl R, Morata L, Boeing C, Subirana I, Seifert H, Rieg S, Kern WV, Kim HB, Kim ES, Liao CH, Tilley R, Lopez-Cortés LE, Llewelyn MJ, Fowler VG, Thwaites G, Cisneros JM, Scarborough M, Nsutebu E, Gurgui Ferrer M, Pérez JL, Barlow G, Hopkins S, Ternavasio-de la Vega HG, Török ME, Wilson P, Kaasch AJ.
Defining persistent Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia: secondary analysis of a prospective cohort study.
Lancet Infect Dis. 2020 Dec;20(12):1409-1417. doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(20)30447-3.
2019
Smit J, Dalager-Pedersen M, Adelborg K, Kaasch AJ, Thomsen RW, Frøslev T, Nielsen H, Schønheyder HC, Sørensen HT, Desimone CV, Desimone DC, Søgaard M.
Influence of Acetylsalicylic Acid Use on Risk and Outcome of Community-Acquired Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia: A Population-Based Study.
Open Forum Infect Dis. 2019 Sep 20;6(9):ofz356. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofz356. eCollection 2019 Sep.
Kaasch AJ, Kern WV, Joost I, Hellmich M, Seifert H, Rieg S.
Effect of Clinically Uninfected Orthopedic Implants and Pacemakers/AICDs in Low-Risk Staphylococcus aureus Bloodstream Infection on Crude Mortality Rate: A Post Hoc Analysis of a Large Cohort Study.
Open Forum Infect Dis. 2019 Apr 15;6(5):ofz170. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofz170. eCollection 2019 May.
Jazmati N, Hain O, Hellmich M, Plum G, Kaasch A.
PCR based detection of tcdCΔ117 in Clostridium difficile infection identifies patients at risk for recurrence - A hospital-based prospective observational study.
Anaerobe. 2019 Jun;57:39-44. doi: 10.1016/j.anaerobe.2019.03.010. Epub 2019 Mar 13.
Hagel S, Kaasch AJ, Weis S, Seifert H, Pletz MW, Rieg S.
[Staphylococcus aureus Bacteraemia - an Interdisciplinary Challenge].
Anasthesiol Intensivmed Notfallmed Schmerzther. 2019 Mar;54(3):206-216. doi: 10.1055/a-0756-8263. Epub 2019 Mar 13. German.
2018
Rieg S, von Cube M, Kaasch A, Bonaventura B, Bothe W, Wolkewitz M, Peyerl-Hoffmann G, Deppe AC, Wahlers T, Beyersdorf F, Seifert H, Kern WV.
Investigating the impact of early valve surgery on survival in Staphylococcus aureus infective endocarditis using a marginal structural model approach - results of a large prospectively evaluated cohort.
Clin Infect Dis. 2018 Oct 22.
Nambiar K, Seifert H, Rieg S, Kern WV, Scarborough M, Gordon NC, Kim HB, Song KH, Tilley R, Gott H, Liao CH, Edgeworth J, Nsutebu E, López-Cortés LE, Morata L, Walker AS, Thwaites G, Llewelyn MJ, Kaasch AJ.
Survival following Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infection: A prospective multinational cohort study assessing the impact of place of care.
J Infect. 2018 Sep 1.
Smit J, Rieg SR, Wendel AF, Kern WV, Seifert H, Schønheyder HC, Kaasch AJ.
Onset of symptoms, diagnostic confirmation, and occurrence of multiple infective foci in patients with Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infection: a look into the order of events and potential clinical implications.
Infection. 2018 Oct;46(5):651-658.
Flüh G, Seifert H, Kaasch AJ.
Oritavancin: an update.
Future Microbiol. 2018 Jun 1;13:727-729.
Joost I, Bothe W, Pausch C, Kaasch A, Lange B, Peyerl-Hoffmann G, Flüh G, Müller M, Schneider C, Seifert H, Kern WV, Beyersdorf F, Rieg S.
Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infection in patients with ventricular assist devices-Management and outcome in a prospective bicenter cohort.
J Infect. 2018 Jul;77(1):30-37.
Wendel AF, Meyer S, Deenen R, Köhrer K, Kolbe-Busch S, Pfeffer K, Willmann M, Kaasch AJ, MacKenzie CR.
Long-Term, Low-Frequency Cluster of a German-Imipenemase-1-Producing Enterobacter hormaechei ssp. steigerwaltii ST89 in a Tertiary Care Hospital in Germany.
Microb Drug Resist. 2018 May.
2017
Rieg S, Kaasch AJ.
Controversies in Treatment of Severe Staphylococcus Infections.
Dtsch Med Wochenschr. 2017 Apr;142(7):493-498.
Joost I, Kaasch A, Pausch C, Peyerl-Hoffmann G, Schneider C, Voll RE, Seifert H, Kern WV, Rieg S.
Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia in patients with rheumatoid arthritis - Data from the prospective INSTINCT cohort.
J Infect. 2017 Jun;74(6):575-584.
Hos NJ, Jazmati N, Stefanik D, Hellmich M, AlSael H, Kern WV, Rieg S, Wisplinghoff H, Seifert H, Kaasch AJ.
Determining vancomycin Etest MICs in patients with MRSA bloodstream infection does not support switching antimicrobials.
J Infect. 2017 Mar;74(3):248-259.
2016
Rieg S, Joost I, Weiß V, Peyerl-Hoffmann G, Schneider C, Hellmich M, Seifert H, Kern WV, Kaasch A.
Combination antimicrobial therapy in patients with Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia-a post hoc analysis in 964 prospectively evaluated patients.
Clin Microbiol Infect. 2016 Sep 8. pii: S1198-743X(16)30370-6.
Katchanov J, Kluge S, MacKenzie CR, Kaasch AJ.
"Nudging" in microbiological reports: a strategy to improve prescribing.
Infection. 2016 Aug 19.
Smit J, López-Cortés LE, Kaasch AJ, Søgaard M, Thomsen RW, Schønheyder HC, Rodríguez-Baño J, Nielsen H.
Gender differences in the outcome of community-acquired Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia: a historical population-based cohort study.
Clin Microbiol Infect. 2016 Jun 22. pii: S1198-743X(16)30187-2.
Smit J, Kaasch AJ, Søgaard M, Thomsen RW, Nielsen H, Frøslev T, Schønheyder HC.
Use of Glucocorticoids and Risk of Community-Acquired Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia: A Population-Based Case-Control Study.
Mayo Clin Proc. 2016 Jul;91(7):873-80.
Kaasch AJ, Seifert H.
Oritavancin: a long-acting antibacterial lipoglycopeptide.
Future Microbiol. 2016 Jul;11:843-55.
2015
Eichenberger EM, Thaden JT, Sharma-Kuinkel B, Park LP, Rude TH, Ruffin F, Hos NJ, Seifert H, Rieg S, Kern WV, Lower SK, Fowler VG Jr, Kaasch AJ.
Polymorphisms in Fibronectin Binding Proteins A and B among Staphylococcus aureus Bloodstream Isolates Are Not Associated with Arthroplasty Infection.
PLoS One. 2015 Nov 25;10(11):e0141436.
Kaasch AJ, Fätkenheuer G, Prinz-Langenohl R, Paulus U, Hellmich M, Weiß V, Jung N, Rieg S, Kern WV, Seifert H;
SABATO trial group. Early oral switch therapy in low-risk Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infection (SABATO): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.
Trials. 2015 Oct 9;16:450.
Jazmati N, Hellmich M, Licanin B, Plum G, Kaasch AJ.
PCR cycle threshold value predicts the course of Clostridium difficile infection.
Clin Microbiol Infect. 2016 Feb;22(2):e7-8.
Kaasch AJ, Michels G.
Staphylococcus aureus Bloodstream Infection: When Is Transthoracic Echocardiography Sufficient?
JACC Cardiovasc Imaging. 2015 Aug;8(8):932-3.
Weis S, Kaasch AJ, Rieg S, Löffler B, Hagel S, Forstner C, Brunkhorst FM, Pletz MW.
[Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia - a distinct entity].
Dtsch Med Wochenschr. 2015 Jun;140(13):982-9.
Kaasch AJ, Jung N.
Editorial Commentary: Transesophageal Echocardiography in Staphylococcus aureus Bloodstream Infection--Always Needed?
Clin Infect Dis. 2015 Jul 1;61(1):29-30.
Kaasch AJ, Jung N, Fätkenheuer G, Seifert H.
Vancomycin minimum inhibitory concentration in methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus and mortality: more than handwaving?
Clin Infect Dis. 2015 Feb 15;60(4):668.
Hos NJ, Rieg S, Kern WV, Jonas D, Fowler VG, Higgins PG, Seifert H, Kaasch AJ.
Amino acid alterations in fibronectin binding protein A (FnBPA) and bacterial genotype are associated with cardiac device related infection in Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia.
J Infect. 2015 Feb;70(2):153-9.
2014
Fätkenheuer G, Kaasch AJ.
How deadly is meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus?
Lancet Infect Dis. 2014 Oct;14(10):905-7.
Cobos-Trigueros N, Kaasch AJ, Soriano A, Torres JL, Vergara A, Morata L, Zboromyrska Y, De La Calle C, Alejo I, Hernández C, Cardozo C, Marco F, Del Río A, Almela M, Mensa J, Martínez JA.
Time to positivity and detection of growth in anaerobic blood culture vials predict the presence of Candida glabrata in candidemia: a two-center European cohort study.
J Clin Microbiol. 2014 Aug;52(8):3082-4.
Skvarc M, Stubljar D, Rogina P, Kaasch AJ.
Non-culture-based methods to diagnose bloodstream infection: Does it work?
Eur J Microbiol Immunol (Bp). 2013 Jun;3(2):97-104.
