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W. Kern

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W. Kern — researcher profile on SciRah

h-index: 57
Works: 241
Citations: 15K

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Burden of bacterial bloodstream infection - A brief update on epidemiology and significance of multidrug-resistant pathogens.
W. Kern, S. Rieg
2019Clinical Microbiology and Infection311 citations Open access
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Strategies to enhance rational use of antibiotics in hospital: a guideline by the German Society for Infectious Diseases
K. de With, F. Allerberger, S. Amann, P. Apfalter +17 more
2016Infection207 citations Open access
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Towards precision medicine in sepsis: a position paper from the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases.
J. Rello, T. S. R. van Engelen, E. Alp, T. Calandra +8 more
2018Clinical Microbiology and Infection140 citations Open access
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Overwhelming Postsplenectomy Infection: A Prospective Multicenter Cohort Study.
C. Theilacker, K. Ludewig, A. Serr, J. Schimpf +10 more
2016Clinical Infectious Diseases117 citations
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Colonization with third-generation cephalosporin-resistant Enterobacteriaceae on hospital admission: prevalence and risk factors.
A. Hamprecht, A. Rohde, M. Behnke, S. Feihl +17 more
2016Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy93 citations
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Serum ACE-2, angiotensin II, and aldosterone levels are unchanged in patients with COVID-19
M. Rieder, Luisa Wirth, Luisa Pollmeier, Maren Jeserich +9 more
2020American Journal of Hypertension74 citations Open access
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Prioritizing research areas for antibiotic stewardship programmes in hospitals: a behavioural perspective consensus paper.
M. Rzewuska, E. Charani, J. Clarkson, P. Davey +15 more
2019Clinical Microbiology and Infection66 citations Open access
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Survival following Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infection: A prospective multinational cohort study assessing the impact of place of care.
K. Nambiar, H. Seifert, S. Rieg, W. Kern +51 more
2018Journal of Infection65 citations Open access
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Diagnosis of prosthetic joint infections using UMD-Universal Kit and the automated multiplex-PCR Unyvero i60 ITI® cartridge system: a pilot study
J. Borde, G. Häcker, Sina Guschl, A. Serr +7 more
2015Infection65 citations Open access
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Do medical students feel prepared to prescribe antibiotics responsibly? Results from a cross-sectional survey in 29 European countries
O. Dyar, D. Nathwani, D. Monnet, I. Gyssens +30 more
2018Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy62 citations Open access
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Combination antimicrobial therapy in patients with Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia-a post hoc analysis in 964 prospectively evaluated patients.
S. Rieg, Insa Joost, V. Weiss, G. Peyerl-Hoffmann +5 more
2017Clinical Microbiology and Infection60 citations Open access
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European survey on principles of prudent antibiotic prescribing teaching in undergraduate students.
C. Pulcini, F. Wencker, N. Frimodt-Møller, W. Kern +5 more
2015Clinical Microbiology and Infection60 citations Open access
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Clinical Predictive Model of Multidrug Resistance in Neutropenic Cancer Patients with Bloodstream Infection Due to Pseudomonas aeruginosa
C. Gudiol, A. Albasanz-Puig, J. Laporte-Amargós, N. Pallarès +35 more
2020Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy59 citations Open access
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Resolving colistin resistance and heteroresistance in Enterobacter species
S. Doijad, N. Gisch, Renate Frantz, Bajarang Vasant Kumbhar +40 more
2023Nature Communications58 citations Open access
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Secular trends of bloodstream infections during neutropenia in 15 181 haematopoietic stem cell transplants: 13-year results from a European multicentre surveillance study (ONKO-KISS).
M. Weisser, C. Theilacker, S. Sutter, R. Babikir +5 more
2017Clinical Microbiology and Infection55 citations Open access
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Outpatient Antibiotic Prescription.
J. Bätzing-Feigenbaum, M. Schulz, M. Schulz, R. Hering +1 more
2016Deutsches Ärzteblatt International54 citations Open access
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Management of bloodstream infections by infection specialists: an international ESCMID cross-sectional survey.
K. Diallo, N. Thilly, A. Luc, G. Béraud +8 more
2018International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents52 citations Open access
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Detecting Staphylococcus aureus Virulence and Resistance Genes: a Comparison of Whole-Genome Sequencing and DNA Microarray Technology
L. Strauß, U. Ruffing, S. Abdulla, A. Alabi +13 more
2016Journal of Clinical Microbiology49 citations Open access
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A prospective, randomised, double blind placebo-controlled trial to evaluate the efficacy and safety of tocilizumab in patients with severe COVID-19 pneumonia (TOC-COVID): A structured summary of a study protocol for a randomised controlled trial
Jonathan Rilinger, W. Kern, D. Duerschmied, A. Supady +3 more
2020Trials45 citations Open access
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The “Choosing Wisely” initiative in infectious diseases
C. Lehmann, R. Berner, J. Bogner, O. Cornely +12 more
2016Infection45 citations
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Implementing an intensified antibiotic stewardship programme targeting cephalosporin and fluoroquinolone use in a 200-bed community hospital in Germany
J. Borde, S. Litterst, M. Ruhnke, R. Feik +4 more
2015Infection39 citations
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Novel Piperazine Arylideneimidazolones Inhibit the AcrAB-TolC Pump in Escherichia coli and Simultaneously Act as Fluorescent Membrane Probes in a Combined Real-Time Influx and Efflux Assay
J. Bohnert, S. Schuster, W. Kern, T. Karcz +4 more
2016Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy38 citations Open access
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Evidence of a Substrate-Discriminating Entrance Channel in the Lower Porter Domain of the Multidrug Resistance Efflux Pump AcrB
S. Schuster, M. Vávra, W. Kern
2016Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy38 citations Open access
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Prevalence of third-generation cephalosporin-resistant Enterobacterales colonization on hospital admission and ESBL genotype-specific risk factors: a cross-sectional study in six German university hospitals.
A. Rohde, J. Zweigner, M. Wiese-Posselt, F. Schwab +17 more
2020Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy37 citations Open access
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Contribution of specific pathogens to bloodstream infection mortality in neutropenic patients with hematologic malignancies: Results from a multicentric surveillance cohort study
W. Kern, Jan A. Roth, H. Bertz, T. Götting +3 more
2019Transplant Infectious Disease36 citations
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Impact of fluoroquinolone prophylaxis during neutropenia on bloodstream infection: Data from a surveillance program in 8755 patients receiving high-dose chemotherapy for haematologic malignancies between 2009 and 2014.
W. Kern, S. Weber, M. Dettenkofer, K. Kaier +6 more
2018Journal of Infection36 citations
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Community-Associated Staphylococcus aureus from Sub-Saharan Africa and Germany: A Cross-Sectional Geographic Correlation Study
U. Ruffing, A. Alabi, T. Kazimoto, D. Vubil +21 more
2017Scientific Reports35 citations Open access
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Hospital use of systemic antifungal drugs: a multi-center surveillance update from Germany
Barbara N. Gross, M. Steib-Bauert, W. Kern, H. Knoth +6 more
2015Infection33 citations
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The Decline in Outpatient Antibiotic Use.
J. Holstiege, M. Schulz, M. Akmatov, W. Kern +2 more
2020Deutsches Ärzteblatt International32 citations Open access
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Covid‐19 in patients with hematological and solid cancers at a Comprehensive Cancer Center in Germany
K. Shoumariyeh, F. Biavasco, G. Ihorst, S. Rieg +6 more
2020Cancer Medicine32 citations Open access
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Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium colonizing patients on hospital admission in Germany: prevalence and molecular epidemiology.
K. Xanthopoulou, S. Peter, David Tobys, M. Behnke +22 more
2020Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy31 citations
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Phylogenetics of tick-borne encephalitis virus in endemic foci in the upper Rhine region in France and Germany
M. Bestehorn, S. Weigold, W. Kern, L. Chitimia-Dobler +3 more
2018PLoS ONE31 citations Open access
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Cross-border comparison of the Dutch and German guidelines on multidrug-resistant Gram-negative microorganisms
J. Müller, A. Voss, R. Köck, B. Sinha +13 more
2015Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control31 citations Open access
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Antibiotika-Anwendung 2012/13 in 109 deutschen Akutkrankenhäusern
W. Kern, M. Fellhauer, M. Hug, T. Hoppe-Tichy +3 more
2015DMW Deutsche Medizinische Wochenschrift31 citations Open access
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Contribution of AcrAB-TolC to multidrug resistance in an Escherichia coli sequence type 131 isolate.
S. Schuster, M. Vávra, Tobias M Schweigger, J. Rossen +2 more
2017International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents30 citations
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A Single-Center Prospective Cohort Study on Postsplenectomy Sepsis and its Prevention
S. Rieg, Lena Bechet, Kai Naujoks, J. Hromek +7 more
2020Open Forum Infectious Diseases29 citations Open access
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Proof of an Outer Membrane Target of the Efflux Inhibitor Phe-Arg-β-Naphthylamide from Random Mutagenesis
S. Schuster, J. Bohnert, M. Vávra, J. Rossen +1 more
2019Molecules27 citations Open access
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HIV Gene Therapy: An Update
T. Cornu, C. Mussolino, Matthias C. Müller, C. Wehr +2 more
2020Human Gene Therapy26 citations
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A behavioural approach to specifying interventions: what insights can be gained for the reporting and implementation of interventions to reduce antibiotic use in hospitals?
E. Duncan, E. Charani, J. Clarkson, J. Francis +15 more
2020Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy25 citations Open access
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Discontinuation of empirical antibiotic therapy in neutropenic leukaemia patients with fever of unknown origin is ethical.
C. Orasch, D. Averbuch, M. Mikulska, C. Cordonnier +8 more
2015Clinical Microbiology and Infection25 citations Open access
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Validation of adapted daily dose definitions for hospital antibacterial drug use evaluation: a multicentre study
G. Först, Katja de With, N. Weber, J. Borde +36 more
2017Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy24 citations
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Pseudomonas aeruginosa Bloodstream Infections in Patients with Cancer: Differences between Patients with Hematological Malignancies and Solid Tumors
C. Royo-Cebrecos, J. Laporte-Amargós, Marta Peña, I. Ruiz-Camps +34 more
2022Pathogens22 citations Open access
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Amino acid alterations in fibronectin binding protein A (FnBPA) and bacterial genotype are associated with cardiac device related infection in Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia.
N. Hos, S. Rieg, W. Kern, D. Jonas +4 more
2015Journal of Infection22 citations
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Prevalence of and Factors Associated with Antibiotic Prescriptions in Patients with Acute Lower and Upper Respiratory Tract Infections—A Case-Control Study
W. Kern, K. Kostev
2021Antibiotics20 citations Open access
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Enterococcus faecalis bloodstream infection: does infectious disease specialist consultation make a difference?
C. Cattaneo, S. Rieg, G. Schwarzer, Matthias C. Müller +2 more
2021Infection19 citations Open access
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Five cases of vector-borne Francisella tularensis holarctica infections in south-western Germany and genetic diversity.
J. Borde, S. Zange, Markus H. Antwerpen, Enrico Georgi +3 more
2017Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases19 citations
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Serum protein profiling reveals a specific upregulation of the immunomodulatory protein progranulin in COVID-19
M. Rieder, Luisa Wirth, Luisa Pollmeier, Maren Jeserich +11 more
2020Journal of Infectious Diseases18 citations Open access
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Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia in patients with rheumatoid arthritis - Data from the prospective INSTINCT cohort.
Insa Joost, A. Kaasch, Christine Pausch, G. Peyerl-Hoffmann +5 more
2017Journal of Infection18 citations
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The innate defense antimicrobial peptides hBD3 and RNase7 are induced in human umbilical vein endothelial cells by classical inflammatory cytokines but not Th17 cytokines.
Christine Burgey, W. Kern, W. Römer, T. Sakinc +1 more
2015Microbes and infection18 citations Open access
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Limited Multidrug Resistance Efflux Pump Overexpression among Multidrug-Resistant Escherichia coli Strains of ST131
J. Camp, S. Schuster, M. Vávra, Tobias M Schweigger +3 more
2021Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy17 citations Open access
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