Priority Research Area Infections
Diagnostic Mycobacteriology
Mission 
Projects Funding Techniques Publications Staff
Publications from 1999 to 2012
2012
Feuerriegel S, Oberhauser B, George AG, Dafae F, Richter E, Rüsch-Gerdes S, Niemann S. Sequence analysis for detection of first-line drug resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains from a high-incidence setting. BMC Microbiol. 2012 May 30;12:90. doi: 10.1186/1471-2180-12-90.
Kaynak S, Bauer C, Richter V, Richter E, Niemann S. [Tuberculosis outbreak in 13 people in Saxony-Anhalt: indications of an infection chain by spoligotyping]. Gesundheitswesen. 2012 Jun;74(6):351-7. doi: 10.1055/s-0031-1285862. Epub 2011
Aug 24. German.
Ziegler R, Just H-M, Castell S, Diel R, Gastmeier P, Haas W, Hauer B, Loytved G, Mielke M, Moser I, Nienhaus A, Richter E, Rüden H, Rüsch-Gerdes S, Schaberg T, Wischnewski N, Loddenkemper R. Infektionsprävention bei Tuberkulose - Empfehlungen des DZK [Tuberculosis infection control - recommendations of the DZK]. DAS GESUNDHEITSWESEN 2012 Jun;74(6):337–350.
Ziegler R, Just H-M, Castell S, Diel R, Gastmeier P, Haas W, Hauer B, Loytved G, Mielke M, Moser I, Nienhaus A, Richter E, Rüden H, Rüsch-Gerdes S, Schaberg T, Wischnewski N, Loddenkemper R. Infektionsprävention bei Tuberkulose - Empfehlungen des DZK [Tuberculosis infection control--recommendations of the DZK]. PNEUMOLOGIE 2012 May;66(5):269–282.
Castell S, Bauer T, Diel R, Hedrich A, Magdorf K, Rüsch-Gerdes S, Schaberg T, Loddenkemper R. International Standards of Tuberculosis Care (ISTC) - Kommentierung aus deutscher Sicht [International Standards of Tuberculosis Care (ISTC)--comments from the German point of view]. PNEUMOLOGIE 2012 Apr;66(4):240–249.
Kurbatova EV, Cavanaugh JS, Shah NS, Wright A, Kim H, Metchock B, Van Deun A, Barrera L, Boulahbal F, Richter E, Martín-Casabona N, Arias F, Zemanova I, Drobniewski F, Santos Silva A, Coulter C, Lumb R, Cegielski JP. Rifampicin-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis: susceptibility to isoniazid and other anti-tuberculosis drugs. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF TUBERCULOSIS AND LUNG DISEASES 2012 Mar;16(3):355–357.
Siddiqi S, Ahmed A, Asif S, Behera D, Javaid M, Jani J, Jyoti A, Mahatre R, Mahto D, Richter E, Rodrigues C, Visalakshi P, Rusch-Gerdes S. Direct Drug Susceptibility Testing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis for Rapid Detection of Multidrug Resistance Using the Bactec MGIT 960 System: a Multicenter Study. JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY 2012 Feb;50(2):435–440.
Beckert P, Hillemann D, Kohl TA, Kalinowski J, Richter E, Niemann S, Feuerriegel S. rplC T460C Identified as a Dominant Mutation in Linezolid-Resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis Strains. ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY 2012 Feb;56(5):2743–2745.
Sanchez-Padilla E, Dlamini T, Ascorra A, Rüsch-Gerdes S, Tefera ZD, Calain P, de la Tour R, Jochims F, Richter E, Bonnet M. High Prevalence of Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis, Swaziland, 2009–2010. EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES 2012 Jan;18(1):29-37.
2011
Hepple P, Novoa-Cain J, Cheruiyot C, Richter E, Ritmeijer K. Implementation of liquid culture for tuberculosis diagnosis in a remote setting: lessons learned. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2011 Mar;15(3):405-7. PubMed PMID: 21333111.
Feuerriegel S, Köser CU, Baù D, Rüsch-Gerdes S, Summers DK, Archer JAC, Marti-Renom MA, Niemann S. Impact of fgd1 and ddn diversity in Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex on in vitro susceptibility to PA-824. ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY 2011 Dec;55(12):5718-22.
Roetzer A, Schuback S, Diel R, Gasau F, Ubben T, di Nauta A, Richter E, Rüsch-Gerdes S, Niemann S. Evaluation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis typing methods in a four-year study in Schleswig-Holstein, Northern Germany. JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY 2011 Dec;49(12):4173-8.
Blakemore R, Nabeta P, Davidow AL, Vadwai V, Tahirli R, Munsamy V, Nicol M, Jones M, Persing DH, Hillemann D, Ruesch-Gerdes S, Leisegang F, Zamudio C, Rodrigues C, Boehme CC, Perkins MD, Alland D. A Multisite Assessment of the Quantitative Capabilities of the Xpert MTB/RIF Assay. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE 2011 Nov;184(9):1076-1084.
Hillemann D, Richter E. Mikrobiologie und Diagnostik nichttuberkulöser Mykobakterien. DER PNEUMOLOGE 2011 Jun;8(6):389-395.
Bonnet M, Pardini M, Meacci F, Orrù G, Yesilkaya H, Jarosz T, Andrew PW, Barer M, Checchi F, Rinder H, Orefici G, Rüsch-Gerdes S, Fattorini L, Oggioni MR, Melzer J, Niemann S, Varaine F. Treatment of Tuberculosis in a Region with High Drug Resistance: Outcomes, Drug Resistance Amplification and Re-Infection. PLoS ONE 2011 Aug;6:e23081. Open Access
Falzon D, Jaramillo E, Schunemann HJ, Arentz M, Bauer M, Bayona J, Blanc L, Caminero JA, Daley CL, Duncombe C, Fitzpatrick C, Gebhard A, Getahun H, Henkens M, Holtz TH, Keravec J, Keshavjee S, Khan AJ, Kulier R, Leimane V, Lienhardt C, Lu C, Mariandyshev A, Migliori GB, Mirzayev F, Mitnick CD, Nunn P, Nwagboniwe G, Oxlade O, Palmero D, Pavlinac P, Quelapio MI, Raviglione MC, Rich ML, Royce S, Rusch-Gerdes S, Salakaia A, Sarin R, Sculier D, Varaine F, Vitoria M, Walson JL, Wares F, Weyer K, White RA, Zignol M. WHO guidelines for the programmatic management of drug-resistant tuberculosis: 2011 update. EUROPEAN RESPIRATORY JOURNAL 2011 Aug;38(3):516-528.
Hillemann D, Richter E, Rüsch-Gerdes S. Neue molekulardiagnostische Verfahren in der Tuberkulose- Diagnostik. EPIDEMOLOGISCHES BULLETIN 2011 Aug;2011(34):319-21.
Thye T, Niemann S, Walter K, Homolka S, Intemann CD, Chinbuah MA, Enimil A, Gyapong J, Osei I, Owusu-Dabo E, Rüsch-Gerdes S, Horstmann RD, Ehlers S, Meyer CG. Variant G57E of mannose binding lectin associated with protection against tuberculosis caused by Mycobacterium africanum but not by M. tuberculosis. PLoS ONE 2011 Jun;6(6):e20908. Open Access
Hillemann D, Ruesch-Gerdes S, Boehme C, Richter E. Rapid molecular detection of extrapulmonary tuberculosis by automated GeneXpert(R) MTB/RIF system. JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY Apr;49(4):1202-5.
Hepple P, Novoa-Cain J, Cheruiyot C, Richter E, Ritmeijer K. Implementation of liquid culture for tuberculosis diagnosis in a remote setting: lessons learned. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF TUBERCULOSIS AND LUNG DISEASE 2011 Mar;15(3):405-407.
Macheras E, Roux A, Bastian S, Leão SC, Palaci M, Sivadon-Tardy V, Gutierrez C, Richter E, Rüsch-Gerdes S, Pfyffer G, Bodmer T, Cambau E, Gaillard J, Heym B. Multilocus sequence analysis and rpoB sequencing of Mycobacterium abscessus (sensu lato) strains. JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY 2011 Feb;49(2):491-9.
Books & Chapters
Ewig S, Schaberg T, Rüsch-Gerdes S, Bollow M. Tuberkulose und nicht tuberkulöse Mykobakteriosen heute. 3rd ed. Dustri; 2011.
RICHTER E, BROWN-ELLIOTT BA, WALLACE RJJ. 29. Mycobacterium: Laboratory Characteristics of Slowly Growing Mycobacteria. In: Versalovic, James (ed.): Manual of clinical microbiology. Volume 1. Washington, DC: ASM Press; 2011.
2010
Homolka S, Meyer CG, Hillemann D, Owusu-Dabo E, Adjei O, Horstmann RD, Browne ENL, Chinbuah A, Osei I, Gyapong J, Kubica T, Ruesch-Gerdes S, Niemann S. Unequal distribution of resistance-conferring mutations among Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Mycobacterium africanum strains from Ghana. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY 2010 Nov;300(7):489-95.
Feuerriegel S, Köser C, Trübe L, Archer J, Gerdes SR, Richter E, Niemann S. Thr202Ala in thyA is a marker for the Latin American Mediterranean lineage of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex rather than para-aminosalicylic acid resistance. ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY 2010 Nov;54(11):4794-8.
Theuß T, Aupperle H, Eulenberger K, Schoon H, Richter E. Disseminated Infection with Mycobacterium genavense in a Grizzled Giant Squirrel (Ratufa macroura) Associated with the Isolation of an Unknown Mycobacterium. JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PATHOLOGY 2010 Oct;143(2-3):195-198.
Boehme CC, Nabeta P, Hillemann D, Nicol MP, Shenai S, Krapp F, Allen J, Tahirli R, Blakemore R, Rustomjee R, Milovic A, Jones M, O'Brien SM, Persing DH, Ruesch-Gerdes S, Gotuzzo E, Rodrigues C, Alland D, Perkins MD. Rapid Molecular Detection of Tuberculosis and Rifampin Resistance. NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE 2010 Sep;363(11):1005-1015.
Plinke C, Cox HS, Zarkua N, Karimovich HA, Braker K, Diel R, Rüsch-Gerdes S, Feuerriegel S, Niemann S. embCAB sequence variation among ethambutol-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates without embB306 mutation. JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL CHEMOTHERAPY 2010 Jul;65(7):1359-67.
Matthiessen W, Schmidt C, Rüsch-Gerdes S, Schönfeld N. Bedeutung der lokalen und allgemeinen Risikofaktoren für die Pathogenese der pulmonalen nicht-tuberkulösen Mykobakteriosen bei Nicht-AIDS-Patienten. Eine Untersuchung der Wissenschaftlichen Arbeitsgemeinschaft für die Therapie von Lungenkrankheiten (WATL) [Significance of local and general risk factors for the pathogenesis of pulmonary, non-tuberculous mycobacteriosis in non-AIDS patients]. PNEUMOLOGIE 2010 May;64(5):281-290.
Plesker R, Teschner K, Behlert O, Prenger-Berninghoff E, Hillemann D. Airborne Mycobacterium avium infection in a group of red-shanked douc langurs (Pygathrix nemaeus nemaeus). JOURNAL OF MEDICAL PRIMATOLOGY 2010 Apr;39(2):129-135.
Heinrich N, Hoelscher M, Richter E. Non-tuberculous Mycobacteria. DEUTSCHES ARZTEBLATT INTERNATIONAL 2010 Mar;107(9):147-147.
Devaux I, Manissero D, Fernandez de la Hoz K, Kremer K, van Soolingen D. Surveillance of extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis in Europe, 2003-2007. EUROSURVEILLANCE 2010 Mar;15(11):pii: 19518.
Books, Bookchapters 2010
Richter E (Hrsg.): Tuberkulose, Mykobakteriose. 2. Aufl. München [u.a.]: Elsevier, Urban & Fischer; 2010.
2009
Barniol J, Niemann S, Louis V, Brodhun B, Dreweck C, Richter E, Becher H, Haas W, Junghanss T. Transmission dynamics of pulmonary tuberculosis between autochthonous and immigrant sub-populations. BMC INFECTIOUS DISEASES 2009 Dec;9:197. Open Access
Van Deun A, Barrera L, Bastian I, Fattorini L, Hoffmann H, Kam K, Rigouts L, Rusch-Gerdes S, Wright A. Mycobacterium tuberculosis Strains with Highly Discordant Rifampin Susceptibility Test Results. JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY 2009 Nov;47(11):3501-3506.
Plinke C, Cox H, Kalon S, Doshetov D, Rusch-Gerdes S, Niemann S. Tuberculosis ethambutol resistance: Concordance between phenotypic and genotypic test results. TUBERCULOSIS 2009 Nov;89(6):448-452.
Richter E, Ruesch-Gerdes S, Hillemann D. Drug-susceptibility testing in TB: current status and future prospects. EXPERT REVIEW OF RESPIRATORZ MEDICINE 2009 Oct;3(5):497-510.
Intemann C, Thye T, Niemann S, Browne E, Chinbuah M, Enimil A, Gyapong J, Osei I, Owusu-Dabo E, Helm S, Rusch-Gerdes S, Horstmann R, Meyer C. Autophagy Gene Variant IRGM-261T Contributes to Protection from Tuberculosis Caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis but Not by M. africanum Strains. PLOS PATHOGENS 2009 Sep;5(9):e1000577. Open Access
Anthony R, Cobelens F, Gebhard A, Klatser P, Lumb R, Rusch-Gerdes S, van Soolingen D. Liquid culture for Mycobacterium tuberculosis: proceed, but with caution. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF TUBERCULOSIS AND LUNG DISEASE 2009 Sep;13(9):1051-1053.
Hillemann D, Rüsch-Gerdes S, Greinert U. Epidemiologie und Therapie der mehrfachresistenten Tuberkulose. CHEMOTHERAPIE-JOURNAL 2009 Aug;18(4):119-125.
Feuerriegel S, Cox H, Zarkua N, Karimovich H, Braker K, Rusch-Gerdes S, Niemann S. Sequence Analyses of Just Four Genes To Detect Extensively Drug-Resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis Strains in Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis Patients Undergoing Treatment. ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY 2009 Aug;53(8):3353-3356.
Thye T, Scarisbrick G, Browne E, Chinbuah M, Gyapong J, Osei I, Owusu-Dabo E, Niemann S, Rusch-Gerdes S, Meyer C, Horstmann R. CTLA4 Autoimmunity-Associated Genotype Contributes to Severe Pulmonary Tuberculosis in an African Population. PLOS ONE 2009 Jul;4(7):e6307. Open Access
Pardini M, Niemann S, Varaine F, Iona E, Meacci F, Orru G, Yesilkaya H, Jarosz T, Andrew P, Barer M, Checchi F, Rinder H, Orefici G, Rusch-Gerdes S, Fattorini L, Oggioni M, Bonnet M. Characteristics of drug-resistant tuberculosis in Abkhazia (Georgia), a high-prevalence area in Eastern Europe. TUBERCULOSIS 2009 Jul;89(4):317-324.
Hillemann D, Ruesch-Gerdes S, Richter E. Feasibility of the GenoType MTBDRsl Assay for Fluoroquinolone, Amikacin-Capreomycin, and Ethambutol Resistance Testing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Strains and Clinical Specimens. JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY 2009 Jun;47(6):1767-1772.
Thye T, Browne E, Chinbuah M, Gyapong J, Osei I, Owusu-Dabo E, Brattig N, Niemann S, Rusch-Gerdes S, Horstmann R, Meyer C. IL 10 Haplotype Associated with Tuberculin Skin Test Response but Not with Pulmonary TB. PLOS ONE 2009 May;4(5):e5420. Open Access
Sotgiu G, Ferrara G, Matteelli A, Richardson M, Centis R, Ruesch-Gerdes S, Toungoussova O, Zellweger J, Spanevello A, Cirillo D, Lange C, Migliori G. Epidemiology and clinical management of XDR-TB: a systematic review by TBNET. EUROPEAN RESPIRATORY JOURNAL 2009 Apr;33(4):871-881.
Homolka S, Koser C, Archer J, Rusch-Gerdes S, Niemann S. Single-Nucleotide Polymorphisms in Rv2629 Are Specific for Mycobacterium tuberculosis Genotypes Beijing and Ghana but Not Associated with Rifampin Resistance. JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY 2009 Jan;47(1):223-226.
Books, Book Chapters 2009
Richter E. Mykobakterien. In: Neumeister, Birgid (Hrsg.): Mikrobiologische Diagnostik : Bakteriologie, Mykologie, Virologie, Parasitologie. Stuttgart: Thieme; 2009 p. 398-418.
2008
Schmidt V, Schneider S, Schlomer J, Krautwald-Junghanns M, Richter E. Transmission of tuberculosis between men and pet birds: a case report. AVIAN PATHOLOGY 2008 Dec;37(6):589-592.
Cox H, Sibilia K, Feuerriegel S, Kalon S, Polonsky J, Khamraev A, Rusch-Gerdes S, Mills C, Niemann S. Emergence of Extensive Drug Resistance during Treatment for Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis. NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE 2008 Nov;359(22):2398-2400.
Eker B, Ortmann J, Migliori G, Sotgiu G, Muetterlein R, Centis R, Hoffmann H, Kirsten D, Schaberg T, Ruesch-Gerdes S, Lange C. Multidrug- and Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis, Germany. EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES 2008 Nov;14(11):1700-1706.
Wirth T, Hildebrand F, Allix-Beguec C, Wolbeling F, Kubica T, Kremer K, van Soolingen D, Rusch-Gerdes S, Locht C, Brisse S, Meyer A, Supply P, Niemann S. Origin, spread and demography of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex. PLOS PATHOGENS 2008 Sep;4(9). Open Access
Schweickert B, Goldenberg O, Richter E, Gobel U, Petrich A, Buchholz P, Moter A. Occurrence and clinical relevance of Mycobacterium chimaera sp nov., Germany. EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES 2008 Sep;14(9):1443-1446. Open Access
Rüsch-Gerdes S, Hillemann D. Moderne mykobakteriologische Labordiagnostik & [Modern laboratory diagnostics for mycobacteria]. PNEUMOLOGIE 2008 Sep;62(9):533-540.
Meyer C, Scarisbrick G, Niemann S, Browne E, Chinbuah M, Gyapong J, Osei I, Owusu-Dabo E, Kubica T, Rusch-Gerdes S, Thye T, Horstmann R. Pulmonary tuberculosis: Virulence of Mycobacterium africanum and relevance in HIV co-infection. TUBERCULOSIS 2008 Sep;88(5):482-489.
Hauer B, Diel R, Priwitzer M, Rüsch-Gerdes S, Schaberg T, Loddenkemper R. Der neue Tuberkulose-Schnelltest von DiaVita - keine Verbesserung der diagnostischen Möglichkeiten / [The new tuberculosis rapid assay from DiaVita - no improvement of diagnostic]. PNEUMOLOGIE 2008 Aug;62(8):480-481.
Huber J, Richter E, Binder L, Maass M, Eberl R, Zenz W. Mycobacterium bohemicum and cervical lymphadenitis in children. EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES 2008 Jul;14(7):1158-1159. Open Access
Migliori G, Lange C, Centis R, Sotgiu G, Mutterlein R, Hoffmann H, Kliiman K, De laco G, Lauria F, Richardson M, Spanevello A, Cirillo D. Resistance to second-line injectables and treatment outcomes in multidrug-resistant and extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis cases. EUROPEAN RESPIRATORY JOURNAL 2008 Jun;31(6):1155-1159.
Homolka S, Post E, Oberhauser B, George A, Westman L, Dafae F, Rusch-Gerdes S, Niemann S. High genetic diversity among Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex strains from Sierra Leone. BMC MICROBIOLOGY 2008 Jun;8:103. Open Access
Herb F, Thye T, Niemann S, Browne E, Chinbuah M, Gyapong J, Osei I, Owusu-Dabo E, Werz O, Rusch-Gerdes S, Horstmann R, Meyer C. ALOX5 variants associated with susceptibility to human pulmonary tuberculosis. HUMAN MOLECULAR GENETICS 2008 Apr;17(7):1052-1060.
Hillemann D, Rusch-Gerdes S, Richter E. In vitro-selected linezolid-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis mutants. ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY 2008 Feb;52(2):800-801.
2007
Greinert U, Hillemann D, Lange C, Richter E. Antibiotika-resistente Tuberkulose / Antibiotic drug-resistant tuberculosis. MEDIZINISCHE KLINIK 2007 Dec;102(12):957-966.
Drobniewski F, Rusch-Gerdes S, Hoffner S. Antimicrobial susceptibility testing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (EUCAST document E.DEF 8.1) - Report of the subcommittee on antimicrobial susceptibility testing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis of the European Committee for Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing (EUCAST) of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID). CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTION 2007 Dec;13(12):1144-1156.
Richter E, Tortoli E, Fischer A, Hendricks O, Engel R, Hillemann D, Schubert S, Kristiansen J. Mycobacterium alsiense, novel, slowly growing species isolated from patients with pulmonary disease. JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY 2007 Nov;45(11):3837-3839.
Cox HS, Kalon S, Allamuratova S, Sizaire V, Tigay ZN, Rüsch-Gerdes S, Karimovich HA, Kebede Y, Mills C. Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis treatment outcomes in Karakalpakstan, Uzbekistan: treatment complexity and XDR-TB among treatment failures. PLOS ONE 2007 Nov;2(11):e1126. Open Access
Hillemann D, Rusch-Gerdes S, Richter E. Evaluation of the GenoType MTBDRplus assay for rifampin and isoniazid susceptibility testing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains and clinical specimens. JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY 2007 Aug;45(8):2635-2640.
Cox H, Niemann S, Ismailov G, Doshetov D, Orozco J, Blok L, Rusch-Gerdes S, Kebede Y. Risk of acquired drug resistance during short-course directly observed treatment of tuberculosis in an area with high levels of drug resistance. CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES 2007 Jun;44(11):1421-1427.
Richter E, Rusch-Gerdes S, Hillemann D. First linezolid-resistant clinical isolates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY 2007 Apr;51(4):1534-1536.
Shah N, Wright A, Bai G, Barrera L, Boulahbal F, Martin-Casabona N, Drobniewski F, Gilpin C, Havelkova M, Lepe R, Lumb R, Metchock B, Portaels F, Rodrigues M, Rusch-Gerdes S, Van Deun A, Vincent V, Laserson K, Wells C, Cegielski J. Worldwide emergence of extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis. EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES 2007 Mar;13(3):380-387.
Oelemann M, Diel R, Vatin V, Haas W, Rusch-Gerdes S, Locht C, Niemann S, Supply P. Assessment of an optimized mycobacterial interspersed repetitive-unit-variable-number tandem-repeat typing system combined with spoligotyping for population-based molecular epidemiology studies of tuberculosis. JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY 2007 Mar;45(3):691-697.
2006 (Selection)
Hillemann D, Richter E, Rusch-Gerdes S. Use of the BACTEC mycobacteria growth indicator tube 960 automated system for recovery of mycobacteria from 9,558 extrapulmonary specimens, including urine samples. JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY 2006 Nov;44(11):4014-4017.
Hillemann D, Rusch-Gerdes S, Richter E. Application of the Genotype (R) MTBDR assay directly on sputum specimens. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF TUBERCULOSIS AND LUNG DISEASE 2006 Sep;10(9):1057-1059.
Hillemann D, Warren R, Kubica T, Rusch-Gerdes S, Niemann S. Rapid detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Beijing genotype strains by real-time PCR (vol 44, pg 302, 2006). JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY 2006 Sep;44(9):3472-3472.
Rüsch-Gerdes S, Pfyffer G, Casal M, Chadwick M, Siddiqi S. Multicenter laboratory validation of the BACTEC MGIT 960 technique for testing susceptibilities of Mycobacterium tuberculosis to classical second-line drugs and newer antimicrobials. JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY 2006 Mar;44(3):688-692.
1999 – 2005 (Selection)
Diel R, Seidler A, Nienhaus A, Rusch-Gerdes S, Niemann S. Occupational risk of tuberculosis transmission in a low incidence area. RESPIRATORY RESEARCH 2005 Apr;6:35. Open Access
Rusch-Gerdes S, Richter E. Clinical evaluation of the semiautomated BDProbeTec ET system for the detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in respiratory and nonrespiratory specimens. DIAGNOSTIC MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASE 2004 Apr;48(4):265-270.
Harmsen D, Dostal S, Roth A, Niemann S, Rothganger J, Sammeth M, Albert J, Frosch M, Richter E. RIDOM: Comprehensive and public sequence database for identification of Mycobacterium species. BMC INFECTIOUS DISEASES 2003 Nov;3:26. Open Access
Richter E, Niemann S, Gloeckner F, Pfyffer G, Rusch-Gerdes S. Mycobacterium holsaticum sp nov. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY 2002 Nov;52:1991-1996.
Niemann S, Richter E, Rusch-Gerdes S. Biochemical and genetic evidence for the transfer of Mycobacterium tuberculosis subsp caprae Aranaz et al. 1999 to the species Mycobacterium bovis Karlson and Lessel 1970 (Approved Lists 1980) as Mycobacterium bovis subsp caprae comb. nov. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY 2002 Mar;52:433-436.
Diel R, Schneider S, Meywald-Walter K, Ruf C, Rusch-Gerdes S, Niemann S. Epidemiology of tuberculosis in Hamburg, Germany: Long-term population-based analysis applying classical and molecular epidemiological techniques. JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY 2002 Feb;40(2):532-539.
Bemer P, Palicova F, Rusch-Gerdes S, Drugeon H, Pfyffer G. Multicenter evaluation of fully automated BACTEC Mycobacteria Growth Indicator Tube 960 system for susceptibility testing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY 2002 Jan;40(1):150-154.
Hanna B, Ebrahimzadeh A, Elliott L, Morgan M, Novak S, Rusch-Gerdes S, Acio M, Dunbar D, Holmes T, Rexer C, Savthyakumar C, Vannier A. Multicenter evaluation of the BACTEC MGIT 960 system for recovery of mycobacteria. JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY 1999 Mar;37(3):748-752.
Rusch-Gerdes S, Domehl C, Nardi G, Gismondo M, Welscher H, Pfyffer G. Multicenter evaluation of the Mycobacteria Growth Indicator Tube for testing susceptibility of Mycobacterium tuberculosis to first-line drugs. JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY 1999 Jan;37(1):45-48.