Scientific Publications 2013 [View all on PubMed]

1. Alabi AS, Frielinghaus L, Kaba H, Kösters K, Huson MA, Kahl BC, Peters G, Grobusch MP, Issifou S, Kremsner PG, Schaumburg F. Retrospective analysis of antimicrobial resistance and bacterial spectrum of infection in Gabon, Central Africa. BMC Infect Dis. 2013 Oct 2;13:455. [Abstract] [Free Full Article]
2. Auer-Hackenberg L, Thol F, Akerey-Diop D, Zoleko RM, Rodolphe Mackanga J, Adegnika AA, Mombo-Ngoma G, Ramharter M. Short report: premastication in rural Gabon--a cross-sectional survey. J Trop Pediatr. 2014 Apr;60(2):154-6. Epub 2013 Oct 3. [Abstract]
3. Basra A, Mombo-Ngoma G, Melser MC, Diop DA, Würbel H, Mackanga JR, Fürstenau M, Zoleko RM, Adegnika AA, Gonzalez R, Menendez C, Kremsner PG, Ramharter M. Efficacy of mefloquine intermittent preventive treatment in pregnancy against Schistosoma haematobium infection in Gabon: a nested randomized controlled assessor-blinded clinical trial. Clin Infect Dis. 2013 Mar;56(6):e68-75. [Abstract]
4. Flamen A, Bélard S, Kokou C, Janssen S, Grobusch MP. Childhood tuberculosis in Lambaréné, Gabon: tuberculosis control in its infancy? Infection. 2014 Feb;42(1):161-4. [Abstract]
5. Friedrich SO, Rachow A, Saathoff E, Singh K, Mangu CD, Dawson R, Phillips PP, Venter A, Bateson A, Boehme CC, Heinrich N, Hunt RD, Boeree MJ, Zumla A, McHugh TD, Gillespie SH, Diacon AH, Hoelscher M; Pan African Consortium for the Evaluation of Anti-tuberculosis Antibiotics (PanACEA). Assessment of the sensitivity and specificity of Xpert MTB/RIF assay as an early sputum biomarker of response to tuberculosis treatment. Lancet Respir Med. 2013 Aug;1(6):462-70. [Abstract]
6. Herrmann M, Abdullah S, Alabi A, Alonso P, Friedrich AW, Fuhr G, Germann A, Kern WV, Kremsner PG, Mandomando I, Mellmann AC, Pluschke G, Rieg S, Ruffing U, Schaumburg F, Tanner M, Peters G, von Briesen H, von Eiff C, von Müller L, Grobusch MP. Staphylococcal disease in Africa: another neglected 'tropical' disease. Future Microbiol. 2013 Jan;8(1):17-26 [Abstract]
7. Hogewoning A, Amoah A, Bavinck JN, Boakye D, Yazdanbakhsh M, Adegnika A, De Smedt S, Fonteyne Y, Willemze R, Lavrijsen A. Skin diseases among schoolchildren in Ghana, Gabon, and Rwanda. Int J Dermatol. 2013 May;52(5):589-600. [Abstract]
8. Jäckle MJ, Blumentrath CG, Zoleko RM, Akerey-Diop D, Mackanga JR, Adegnika AA, Lell B, Matsiegui PB, Kremsner PG, Mombo-Ngoma G, Ramharter M. Malaria in pregnancy in rural Gabon: a cross-sectional survey on the impact of seasonality in high-risk groups. Malar J. 2013 Nov 13;12:412. [Abstract] [Free Full Article]
9. Jepsen MP, Jogdand PS, Singh SK, Esen M, Christiansen M, Issifou S, Hounkpatin AB, Ateba-Ngoa U, Kremsner PG, Dziegiel MH, Olesen-Larsen S, Jepsen S, Mordmüller B, Theisen M. The malaria vaccine candidate GMZ2 elicits functional antibodies in individuals from malaria endemic and non-endemic areas. J Infect Dis. 2013 Aug 1;208(3):479-88. [Abstract]
10. Kayigire XA, Friedrich SO, Venter A, Dawson R, Gillespie SH, Boeree MJ, Heinrich N, Hoelscher M, Diacon AH; Pan African Consortium for the Evaluation of Anti-tuberculosis Antibiotics. Direct comparison of Xpert MTB/RIF assay with liquid and solid mycobacterial culture for quantification of early bactericidal activity. J Clin Microbiol. 2013 Jun;51(6):1894-8. [Abstract] [Free Full Article]
11. Kendjo E, Agbenyega T, Bojang K, Newton CR, Bouyou-Akotet M, Pedross F, Kombila M, Helbok R, Kremsner PG. Mortality patterns and site heterogeneity of severe malaria in African children. PLoS One. 2013;8(3):e58686. [Abstract] [Free Full Article]
12. Khattab A, Kremsner PG, Meri S. Complement activation in primiparous women from a malaria endemic area is associated with reduced birthweight. Placenta. 2013 Feb;34(2):162-7. [Abstract]
13. Kombila DU, Moussavou-Kombila JB, Grobusch MP, Lell B. Clinical and laboratory features of tuberculosis within a hospital population in Libreville, Gabon. Infection. 2013 Jun;41(3):737-9. [Abstract]
14. Krishna S, Kremsner PG. Antidogmatic approaches to artemisinin resistance: reappraisal as treatment failure with artemisinin combination therapy. Trends Parasitol. 2013 Jul;29(7):313-7. [Abstract]
15. Labuda LA, Ateba-Ngoa U, Feugap EN, Heeringa JJ, van der Vlugt LE, Pires RB, Mewono L, Kremsner PG, van Zelm MC, Adegnika AA, Yazdanbakhsh M, Smits HH. Alterations in peripheral blood B cell subsets and dynamics of B cell responses during human schistosomiasis. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2013;7(3):e2094. [Abstract] [Free Full Article]
16. Metzger WG, Mordmüller B. Loa loa-does it deserve to be neglected? Lancet Infect Dis. 2014 Apr;14(4):353-7. [Abstract]
17. Schaumburg F, Biallas B, Alabi AS, Grobusch MP, Feugap EN, Lell B, Mellmann A, Peters G, Kremsner PG, Becker K, Adegnika AA. Clonal structure of Staphylococcus aureus colonizing children with sickle cell anaemia and healthy controls. Epidemiol Infect. 2013 Aug;141(8):1717-20. [Abstract]
18. Schaumburg F, Alabi A, Kokou C, Grobusch MP, Köck R, Kaba H, Becker K, Adegnika AA, Kremsner PG, Peters G, Mellmann A. High burden of extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Enterobacteriaceae in Gabon. J Antimicrob Chemother. 2013 Sep;68(9):2140-3. [Abstract]
19. Schaumburg F, Alabi A, von Eiff C, Flamen A, Traore H, Grobusch MP, Peters G, Kremsner PG, van der Linden M. Streptococcus pneumoniae colonization in remote African Pygmies. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 2013 Feb;107(2):105-9. [Abstract]
20. Schaumburg F, Alabi AS, Mombo-Ngoma G, Kaba H, Zoleko RM, Diop DA, Mackanga JR, Basra A, Gonzalez R, Menendez C, Grobusch MP, Kremsner PG, Köck R, Peters G, Ramharter M, Becker K. Transmission of Staphylococcus aureus between mothers and infants in an African setting. Clin Microbiol Infect. 2013 Oct 3. [Abstract]
21. Schaumburg F, Biallas B, Ngoune Feugap E, Alabi AS, Mordmüller B, Kremsner PG, Grobusch MP, Lell B, van der Linden M, Peters G, Adegnika AA. Carriage of encapsulated bacteria in Gabonese children with sickle cell anaemia. Clin Microbiol Infect. 2013 Mar;19(3):235-41. [Abstract]
22. Stolp SM, Huson MA, Janssen S, Beyeme JO, Grobusch MP. Tuberculosis patients hospitalized in the Albert Schweitzer Hospital, Lambaréné, Gabon-a retrospective observational study. Clin Microbiol Infect. 2013 Nov;19(11):E499-501. [Abstract]
23. Warimwe GM, Fletcher HA, Olotu A, Agnandji ST, Hill AV, Marsh K, Bejon P. Peripheral blood monocyte-to-lymphocyte ratio at study enrollment predicts efficacy of the RTS,S malaria vaccine: analysis of pooled phase II clinical trial data. BMC Med. 2013 Aug 21;11:184. [Abstract] [Free Full Article]
24. Wiria AE, Hamid F, Wammes LJ, Kaisar MM, May L, Prasetyani MA, Wahyuni S, Djuardi Y, Ariawan I, Wibowo H, Lell B, Sauerwein R, Brice GT, Sutanto I, van Lieshout L, de Craen AJ, van Ree R, Verweij JJ, Tsonaka R, Houwing-Duistermaat JJ, Luty AJ, Sartono E, Supali T, Yazdanbakhsh M. The effect of three-monthly albendazole treatment on malarial parasitemia and allergy: a household-based cluster-randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. PLoS One. 2013;8(3):e57899. [Abstract] [Free Full Article]