Alexander W Friedrich

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1 Geographic distribution of Staphylococcus aureus causing invasive infections in Europe: a molecular-epidemiological analysis. PLoS Med 2010 4.05
2 Presence of mcr-1-positive Enterobacteriaceae in retail chicken meat but not in humans in the Netherlands since 2009. Euro Surveill 2016 3.05
3 Analysis of collection of hemolytic uremic syndrome-associated enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli. Emerg Infect Dis 2008 2.92
4 Automated DNA sequence-based early warning system for the detection of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus outbreaks. PLoS Med 2006 2.75
5 Shiga toxin activatable by intestinal mucus in Escherichia coli isolated from humans: predictor for a severe clinical outcome. Clin Infect Dis 2006 2.75
6 Livestock-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in humans, Europe. Emerg Infect Dis 2011 2.35
7 Prevalence of genes encoding pyrogenic toxin superantigens and exfoliative toxins among strains of Staphylococcus aureus isolated from blood and nasal specimens. J Clin Microbiol 2003 2.27
8 Does nasal cocolonization by methicillin-resistant coagulase-negative staphylococci and methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus strains occur frequently enough to represent a risk of false-positive methicillin-resistant S. aureus determinations by molecular methods? J Clin Microbiol 2006 2.23
9 The epidemiology of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in Germany. Dtsch Arztebl Int 2011 2.11
10 Shiga toxin-mediated hemolytic uremic syndrome: time to change the diagnostic paradigm? PLoS One 2007 1.73
11 Prevalence of genes encoding for members of the staphylococcal leukotoxin family among clinical isolates of Staphylococcus aureus. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis 2004 1.61
12 Structural and functional differences between disease-associated genes of enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli O111. Int J Med Microbiol 2006 1.53
13 Livestock-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) as causes of human infection and colonization in Germany. PLoS One 2013 1.41
14 Comparative molecular analysis substantiates zoonotic potential of equine methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. J Clin Microbiol 2008 1.36
15 Shiga toxin-negative attaching and effacing Escherichia coli: distinct clinical associations with bacterial phylogeny and virulence traits and inferred in-host pathogen evolution. Clin Infect Dis 2008 1.32
16 Chromosomal dynamism in progeny of outbreak-related sorbitol-fermenting enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157:NM. Appl Environ Microbiol 2006 1.30
17 Characterization of clonal relatedness among the natural population of Staphylococcus aureus strains by using spa sequence typing and the BURP (based upon repeat patterns) algorithm. J Clin Microbiol 2008 1.26
18 Population dynamics among methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates in Germany during a 6-year period. J Clin Microbiol 2012 1.24
19 Transcriptional analysis of genes encoding Shiga toxin 2 and its variants in Escherichia coli. Appl Environ Microbiol 2005 1.22
20 Human MRSA isolates with novel genetic homolog, Germany. Emerg Infect Dis 2012 1.21
21 Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) isolated from small and exotic animals at a university hospital during routine microbiological examinations. Vet Microbiol 2007 1.20
22 Shiga toxin, cytolethal distending toxin, and hemolysin repertoires in clinical Escherichia coli O91 isolates. J Clin Microbiol 2009 1.20
23 Phylogeny and disease association of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli O91. Emerg Infect Dis 2009 1.18
24 Microbiological evaluation of a new growth-based approach for rapid detection of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. J Antimicrob Chemother 2008 1.16
25 Infection prevention in a connected world: the case for a regional approach. Int J Med Microbiol 2013 1.11
26 Evidence for cost reduction based on pre-admission MRSA screening in general surgery. Int J Hyg Environ Health 2007 1.11
27 Population structure of Staphylococcus aureus from remote African Babongo Pygmies. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2011 1.11
28 Detection of new methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains that carry a novel genetic homologue and important virulence determinants. J Clin Microbiol 2012 1.07
29 Hemolytic-uremic syndrome associated with enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O26:H infection and consumption of unpasteurized cow's milk. Int J Infect Dis 2003 1.07
30 Shiga toxins, glycosphingolipid diversity, and endothelial cell injury. Thromb Haemost 2009 1.07
31 Two cases of severe sepsis caused by Bacillus pumilus in neonatal infants. J Med Microbiol 2011 1.06
32 Hemolysin from Shiga toxin-negative Escherichia coli O26 strains injures microvascular endothelium. Microbes Infect 2006 1.06
33 Persistence of nasal colonization with livestock-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in pig farmers after holidays from pig exposure. Appl Environ Microbiol 2012 1.05
34 Systematic survey on the prevalence of genes coding for staphylococcal enterotoxins SElM, SElO, and SElN. Mol Nutr Food Res 2004 1.04
35 Cross-border dissemination of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, Euregio Meuse-Rhin region. Emerg Infect Dis 2009 1.04
36 Differential cytotoxic actions of Shiga toxin 1 and Shiga toxin 2 on microvascular and macrovascular endothelial cells. Thromb Haemost 2010 0.99
37 Sequence-based typing of flaB is a more stable screening tool than typing of flaA for monitoring of Campylobacter populations. J Clin Microbiol 2004 0.98
38 Cross border comparison of MRSA bacteraemia between The Netherlands and North Rhine-Westphalia (Germany): a cross-sectional study. PLoS One 2012 0.97
39 In vitro activity against Staphylococcus aureus of a novel antimicrobial agent, PRF-119, a recombinant chimeric bacteriophage endolysin. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2011 0.96
40 Distribution of capsular and surface polysaccharide serotypes of Staphylococcus aureus. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis 2007 0.96
41 Shiga toxin receptor Gb3Cer/CD77: tumor-association and promising therapeutic target in pancreas and colon cancer. PLoS One 2009 0.96
42 Rapid identification and differentiation of clinical isolates of enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC), atypical EPEC, and Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli by a one-step multiplex PCR method. J Clin Microbiol 2006 0.95
43 spa typing for epidemiological surveillance of Staphylococcus aureus. Methods Mol Biol 2009 0.94
44 Different clonal complexes of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus are disseminated in the Euregio Meuse-Rhine region. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2005 0.93
45 Shiga toxin glycosphingolipid receptors in microvascular and macrovascular endothelial cells: differential association with membrane lipid raft microdomains. J Lipid Res 2011 0.93
46 Promiscuous Shiga toxin 2e and its intimate relationship to Forssman. Glycobiology 2012 0.92
47 New immuno-PCR assay for detection of low concentrations of shiga toxin 2 and its variants. J Clin Microbiol 2008 0.92
48 Absence of livestock-associated methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus clonal complex CC398 as a nasal colonizer of pigs raised in an alternative system. Appl Environ Microbiol 2011 0.90
49 A rapid method for the discrimination of genes encoding classical Shiga toxin (Stx) 1 and its variants, Stx1c and Stx1d, in Escherichia coli. Mol Nutr Food Res 2004 0.90
50 Microfluidic-chip-based multiple-locus variable-number tandem-repeat fingerprinting with new primer sets for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. J Clin Microbiol 2012 0.88
51 Rapid and high-resolution distinction of community-acquired and nosocomial Staphylococcus aureus isolates with identical pulsed-field gel electrophoresis patterns and spa types. Int J Med Microbiol 2013 0.88
52 Evaluation of a modular multiplex-PCR methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus detection assay adapted for mecC detection. J Clin Microbiol 2013 0.88
53 Isolation of an NDM-5-producing ST16 Klebsiella pneumoniae from a Dutch patient without travel history abroad, August 2015. Euro Surveill 2015 0.87
54 agr-dependent bacterial interference has no impact on long-term colonization of Staphylococcus aureus during persistent airway infection of cystic fibrosis patients. J Clin Microbiol 2003 0.86
55 Staphylococcus aureus and MRSA colonization rates among personnel and dogs in a small animal hospital: association with nosocomial infections. Berl Munch Tierarztl Wochenschr 2009 0.86
56 Comparative in vitro activity of ceftobiprole against staphylococci displaying normal and small-colony variant phenotypes. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2005 0.86
57 The sortase A substrates FnbpA, FnbpB, ClfA and ClfB antagonize colony spreading of Staphylococcus aureus. PLoS One 2012 0.86
58 [Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in veterinary medicine: a "new emerging pathogen"?]. Berl Munch Tierarztl Wochenschr 2006 0.86
59 Staphylococcal chromosomal cassette mec type I, spa type, and expression of Pls are determinants of reduced cellular invasiveness of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates. J Infect Dis 2007 0.85
60 Application of combined high-performance thin-layer chromatography immunostaining and nanoelectrospray ionization quadrupole time-of-flight tandem mass spectrometry to the structural characterization of high- and low-affinity binding ligands of Shiga toxin 1. Rapid Commun Mass Spectrom 2005 0.85
61 Detection of a phylogenetically distinct IMP-type metallo-β-lactamase, IMP-35, in a CC235 Pseudomonas aeruginosa from the Dutch-German border region (Euregio). J Antimicrob Chemother 2013 0.84
62 Glycosphingolipids in vascular endothelial cells: relationship of heterogeneity in Gb3Cer/CD77 receptor expression with differential Shiga toxin 1 cytotoxicity. Glycoconj J 2008 0.84
63 New aspects in the pathogenesis of enteropathic hemolytic uremic syndrome. Semin Thromb Hemost 2006 0.83
64 Uncommon membrane distribution of Shiga toxin glycosphingolipid receptors in toxin-sensitive human glomerular microvascular endothelial cells. Biol Chem 2012 0.83
65 Neutral glycosphingolipids in human blood: a precise mass spectrometry analysis with special reference to lipoprotein-associated Shiga toxin receptors. J Lipid Res 2010 0.83
66 On the structural diversity of Shiga toxin glycosphingolipid receptors in lymphoid and myeloid cells determined by nanoelectrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry. Rapid Commun Mass Spectrom 2010 0.83
67 Deconjugation and degradation of flavonol glycosides by pig cecal microbiota characterized by Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH). J Agric Food Chem 2008 0.82
68 Important issues for perioperative systemic antimicrobial prophylaxis in surgery. Curr Opin Anaesthesiol 2014 0.81
69 Staphylococcal disease in Africa: another neglected 'tropical' disease. Future Microbiol 2013 0.81
70 Novel organization of the arginine catabolic mobile element and staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec composite island and its horizontal transfer between distinct Staphylococcus aureus genotypes. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2013 0.81
71 Matching IR-MALDI-o-TOF mass spectrometry with the TLC overlay binding assay and its clinical application for tracing tumor-associated glycosphingolipids in hepatocellular and pancreatic cancer. Anal Chem 2008 0.81
72 International multicenter evaluation of the DiversiLab bacterial typing system for Escherichia coli and Klebsiella spp. J Clin Microbiol 2013 0.79
73 Algorithm for pre-emptive glycopeptide treatment in patients with haematologic malignancies and an Enterococcus faecium bloodstream infection. Antimicrob Resist Infect Control 2013 0.77
74 [Analysis of patient flows: basis for regional control of antibiotic resistance]. Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd 2015 0.77
75 Normal silica gel and reversed phase thin-layer chromatography coupled with UV spectroscopy and IR-MALDI-o-TOF-MS for the detection of tetracycline antibiotics. Anal Bioanal Chem 2010 0.75