Diagnostic Mycobacteriology

2025

Diricks, M, Maurer, FP, Dreyer, V, Barilar, I, Utpatel, C, Merker, M, Wetzstein, N & Niemann, S 2025, 'Genomic insights into the plasmidome of non-tuberculous mycobacteria', Genome medicine, Jg. 17, Nr. 1, S. 19. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13073-025-01443-7

Dirks, EE, Pfiffer, V, Sohl, G, Berger, FK, Friesen, I, Friesen, J, Ignatius, R, Elias, J, Mellmann, A & Arvand, M 2025, 'Whole genome sequence analysis reveals limited diversity among Clostridioides difficile ribotype 027 and 078 isolates collected in 22 hospitals in Berlin and Brandenburg, Germany', Antimicrobial resistance and infection control, Jg. 14, Nr. 1, S. 56. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13756-025-01565-y

Hillemann, D, Cambau, E, Polsfuß, S & Friesen, I 2025, 'Comparison of a modified broth microdilution Sensititre™ SLOMYCOI assay with the CLSI-recommended agar disk elution method for antimicrobial susceptibility testing of Mycobacterium haemophilum', JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL CHEMOTHERAPY. https://doi.org/10.1093/jac/dkaf162

Kessel, J, Braner, A, Diricks, M, Walther, T, Holubec, T, Werner, R, Hogardt, M, Wichelhaus, TA, Niemann, S, Moter, A, Friesen, I & Wetzstein, N 2025, 'Mycobacterium chelonae infection of a cardiovascular bioprosthesis linked to a recent outbreak', Infection. https://doi.org/10.1007/s15010-025-02534-8

Krysenko, S, Emani, CS, Bäuerle, M, Oswald, M, Kulik, A, Meyners, C, Hillemann, D, Merker, M, Prosser, G, Wohlers, I, Hausch, F, Brötz-Oesterhelt, H, Mitulski, A, Reiling, N & Wohlleben, W 2025, 'GlnA3Mt is able to glutamylate spermine but it is not essential for the detoxification of spermine in Mycobacterium tuberculosis', JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY, S. e0043924. https://doi.org/10.1128/jb.00439-24

Reimann, M, Avsar, K, DiNardo, AR, Goldmann, T, Günther, G, Hoelscher, M, Ibraim, E, Kalsdorf, B, Kaufmann, SHE, Köhler, N, Mandalakas, AM, Maurer, FP, Müller, M, Nitschkowski, D, Olaru, ID, Popa, C, Rachow, A, Rolling, T, Salzer, HJF, Sanchez-Carballo, P, Schuhmann, M, Schaub, D, Spinu, V, Terhalle, E, Unnewehr, M, Zielinski, NJ, Heyckendorf, J & Lange, C 2025, 'The TB27 Transcriptomic Model for Predicting Mycobacterium tuberculosis Culture Conversion', Pathogens and Immunity, Jg. 10, Nr. 1, S. 120-139. https://doi.org/10.20411/pai.v10i1.770

Römpp, A, Treu, A, Kokesch-Himmelreich, J, Marwitz, F, Dreisbach, J, Aboutara, N, Hillemann, D, Garrelts, M, Converse, PJ, Tyagi, S, Gerbach, S, Gyr, L, Lemm, A-K, Volz, J, Hölscher, A, Gröschel, L, Stemp, E-M, Heinrich, N, Kloss, F, Nuermberger, EL, Schwudke, D, Hoelscher, M, Hölscher, C & Walter, K 2025, 'The clinical-stage drug BTZ-043 accumulates in murine tuberculosis lesions and efficiently acts against Mycobacterium tuberculosis', Nature communications, Jg. 16, Nr. 1, S. 826. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-56146-9

2024

Blankson, HNA, Kamara, RF, Barilar, I, Andres, S, Conteh, OS, Dallenga, T, Foray, L, Maurer, F, Kranzer, K & Utpatel, C et al. 2024, 'Molecular determinants of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in Sierra Leone', Microbiology spectrum, Jg. 12, Nr. 3, S. e0240523. https://doi.org/10.1128/spectrum.02405-23

de Vos, M, David, A, Duraisamy, K, Nadarajan, D, Noroc, E, Penn-Nicholson, A, Crudu, V, Giri, S, Maurer, FP & Pati, S et al. 2024, 'Accuracy of cobas MTB and MTB-RIF/INH for Detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Drug Resistance', Journal of Molecular Diagnostics, Jg. 26, Nr. 8, S. 708-718. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmoldx.2024.05.004

Friesen, I, Dreyer, V, Klingmüller, A, Zuber, S, Hoffmann, AM, Suárez, I, Schütz, B, Preßel, T, Andres, S & Niemann, S et al. 2024, 'First detection of a Mycobacterium tuberculosis XDR clinical isolate harbouring an RpoB I491F mutation in a Ukrainian patient treated in Germany, October 2023', Eurosurveillance, Jg. 29, Nr. 28. https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2024.29.28.2400420

Friesen, I, Saluzzo, F, Groenheit, R, Aubry, A, Anthony, R, Niemann, S, Mathys, V, Cirillo, DM & TB European Reference Laboratory Network (ERLTB-Net-3) 2024, 'Re: 'Availability of drugs and resistance testing for BPaLM regimen for rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis in Europe' by Lange et al', CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTION , Jg. 30, Nr. 9, S. 1204-1206. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cmi.2024.06.001

Froböse, NJ, Theiler, T, Horn, D, Sußiek, J, Böing, C, Kuhns, M, Schuler, F, Raschke, M, Schaumburg, F & Roßlenbroich, SB 2024, 'Fracture-associated infection with Mycobacterium smegmatis in a 16-year old patient', Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease, Jg. 110, Nr. 1, S. 116379. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2024.116379

Gröschel, MI, Pérez-Llanos, FJ, Diel, R, Vargas, R, Escuyer, V, Musser, K, Trieu, L, Meissner, JS, Knorr, J & Klinkenberg, D et al. 2024, 'Differential rates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis transmission associate with host-pathogen sympatry', Nature Microbiology, Jg. 9, Nr. 8, S. 2113-2127. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41564-024-01758-y

Kikhney, J, Friesen, I, Wiesener, S, Kursawe, L, Loddenkemper, C, Zündorf, J, Häuser, B, Cónsul Tejero, EP, Schöning, DV & Sarbandi, K et al. 2024, 'Endocarditis associated with contamination of cardiovascular bioprostheses with Mycobacterium chelonae: a collaborative microbiological study', The Lancet. Microbe, S. 100934. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lanmic.2024.06.001

Meiwes, L, Kontsevaya, I, Chesov, D, Kulciţkaia, S, Dreyer, V, Hillemann, D, Dlamini, Q, Williams, C, Barer, M & Brinkmann, F et al. 2024, 'Whispers in the wind: Face mask sampling for Mycobacterium tuberculosis detection in children with pulmonary tuberculosis', JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES. https://doi.org/10.1093/infdis/jiae282

Otto-Knapp, R, Bauer, T, Brinkmann, F, Feiterna-Sperling, C, Friesen, I, Geerdes-Fenge, H, Hartmann, P, Häcker, B, Heyckendorf, J & Kuhns, M et al. 2024, 'Treatment of MDR, Pre-XDR, XDR, and Rifampicin-Resistant Tuberculosis or in Case of Intolerance to at Least Rifampicin in Austria, Germany, and Switzerland', RESPIRATION, Jg. 103, Nr. 9, S. 593-600. https://doi.org/10.1159/000539410

Paulowski, L, Filip, R, Jankovic Makek, M, Guglielmetti, L, Goletti, D, van Ingen, J, Kranzer, K, Maurer, FP & ESGMYC 2024, 'Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the real-world diagnostic infrastructure for tuberculosis-An ESGMYC collaborative study', PLOS ONE, Jg. 19, Nr. 4, S. e0291404. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0291404

Rauch, A, Köhler, N, Brehm, TT, Zielinski, N, Stoycheva, K, Maier, C, Böttcher, L, Friesen, I, Schaub, D, Reimann, M, Schmiedel, S, Lange, C & Kalsdorf, B 2024, 'Long-Term Self-Administered Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy in the Treatment of Tuberculosis', Drugs. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40265-024-02122-4

Svensson, E, Ketelsen, H, Andres, S, Folkvardsen, DB, Hillemann, D, Conteh, O, Norman, A, Niemann, S, Lillebaek, T & Kuhns, M 2024, 'Dual-centre evaluation of the FluoroType MTBDR version 2 assay for detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and resistance-conferring mutations in pulmonary and extrapulmonary samples from Denmark, Germany and Sierra Leone', CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTION , Jg. 30, Nr. 8, S. 1055-1060. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cmi.2024.04.006

Trauth, J, Kantelhardt, V, Usenko, B, Knipper, M, Kuhns, M, Friesen, I & Herold, S 2024, 'Bedaquiline, pretomanid and linezolid in multidrug-resistant and pre-extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis in refugees from Ukraine and Somalia in Germany', The European respiratory journal, Jg. 63, Nr. 5. https://doi.org/10.1183/13993003.00303-2024

Wetzstein, N, Diricks, M, Andres, S, Kuhns, M, Marschall, L, Biciusca, T, Smaczny, C, Friesen, I, Niemann, S & Wichelhaus, TA 2024, 'Genomic diversity and clinical relevance of Mycobacterium simiae', ERJ Open Research, Jg. 10, Nr. 2, 00773-2023. https://doi.org/10.1183/23120541.00773-2023

Wetzstein, N, Diricks, M, Anton, TB, Andres, S, Kuhns, M, Kohl, TA, Schwarz, C, Lewin, A, Kehrmann, J & Kahl, BC et al. 2024, 'Clinical and genomic features of Mycobacterium avium complex: a multi-national European study', Genome medicine, Jg. 16, Nr. 1, S. 86. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13073-024-01359-8

2023

Brehm, TT, Köhler, N, Schmiedel, S, Terhalle, E, Martensen, J, Kalsdorf, B, Kandulla, J, Heyckendorf, J, Kuhns, M, Friesen, I & Lange, C 2023, 'Therapie der Tuberkulose: Was gibt es Neues?', Innere Medizin (Heidelberg, Germany), Jg. 64, Nr. 7, S. 701-707. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00108-023-01523-z

EUCAST AMST and ESCMYC study groups, Fröberg, G, Maurer, FP, Chryssanthou, E, Fernström, L, Benmansour, H, Boarbi, S, Mengshoel, AT, Keller, PM, Viveiros, M, Machado, D, Fitzgibbon, MM, Mok, S, Werngren, J, Cirillo, DM, Alcaide, F, Hyyryläinen, H-L, Aubry, A, Andres, S, Nadarajan, D, Svensson, E, Turnidge, J, Giske, CG, Kahlmeter, G, Cambau, E, van Ingen, J & Schön, T 2023, 'Towards clinical breakpoints for non-tuberculous mycobacteria - Determination of epidemiological cut off values for the Mycobacterium avium complex and Mycobacterium abscessus using broth microdilution', CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTION , Jg. 29, Nr. 6, S. 758-764. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cmi.2023.02.007

Koehler, N, Andres, S, Merker, M, Dreyer, V, John, A, Kuhns, M, Krieger, D, Choong, E, Verougstraete, N, Zur Wiesch, PA, Wicha, SG, König, C, Kalsdorf, B, Sanchez Carballo, PM, Schaub, D, Werngren, J, Schön, T, Peloquin, CA, Schönfeld, N, Verstraete, AG, Decosterd, LA, Aarnoutse, R, Niemann, S, Maurer, FP & Lange, C 2023, 'Pretomanid-Resistant Tuberculosis', Journal of infection, Jg. 86, Nr. 5, S. 520-524. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jinf.2023.01.039

Maier, C, Chesov, D, Schaub, D, Kalsdorf, B, Andres, S, Friesen, I, Reimann, M & Lange, C 2023, 'Long-term treatment outcomes in patients with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis', CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTION , Jg. 29, Nr. 6, S. 751-757. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cmi.2023.02.013

Pérez-Llanos, FJ, Dreyer, V, Barilar, I, Utpatel, C, Kohl, TA, Murcia, MI, Homolka, S, Merker, M & Niemann, S 2023, 'Transmission Dynamics of a Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex Outbreak in an Indigenous Population in the Colombian Amazon Region', Microbiology spectrum, S. e0501322. https://doi.org/10.1128/spectrum.05013-22

Rollo, RF, Mori, G, Hill, TA, Hillemann, D, Niemann, S, Homolka, S, Fairlie, DP & Blumenthal, A 2023, 'Wollamide Cyclic Hexapeptides Synergize with Established and New Tuberculosis Antibiotics in Targeting Mycobacterium tuberculosis', Microbiology spectrum, Jg. 11, Nr. 4, S. e0046523. https://doi.org/10.1128/spectrum.00465-23

TBNET and RESIST-TB networks, Domínguez, J, Boeree, MJ, Cambau, E, Chesov, D, Conradie, F, Cox, V, Dheda, K, Dudnyk, A, Farhat, MR, Gagneux, S, Grobusch, MP, Gröschel, MI, Guglielmetti, L, Kontsevaya, I, Lange, B, van Leth, F, Lienhardt, C, Mandalakas, AM, Maurer, FP, Merker, M, Miotto, P, Molina-Moya, B, Morel, F, Niemann, S, Veziris, N, Whitelaw, A, Horsburgh, CR & Lange, C 2023, 'Clinical implications of molecular drug resistance testing for Mycobacterium tuberculosis: a 2023 TBnet/RESIST-TB consensus statement', Lancet Infectious Diseases, Jg. 23, Nr. 4, S. e122-e137. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1473-3099(22)00875-1

Van, N, Degefu, YN, Leus, PA, Larkins-Ford, J, Klickstein, J, Maurer, FP, Stone, D, Poonawala, H, Thorpe, CM, Smith, TC & Aldridge, BB 2023, 'Novel Synergies and Isolate Specificities in the Drug Interaction Landscape of Mycobacterium abscessus', ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY, Jg. 67, Nr. 7, S. e0009023. https://doi.org/10.1128/aac.00090-23

2022

Akwani, WC, van Vliet, AHM, Joel, JO, Andres, S, Diricks, M, Maurer, FP, Chambers, MA & Hingley-Wilson, SM 2022, 'The Use of Comparative Genomic Analysis for the Development of Subspecies-Specific PCR Assays for Mycobacterium abscessus', Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, Jg. 12, S. 816615. https://doi.org/10.3389/fcimb.2022.816615

Antimycobacterial Susceptibility Testing Group 2022, 'Updating the approaches to define susceptibility and resistance to anti-tuberculosis agents: implications for diagnosis and treatment', The European respiratory journal, Jg. 59, Nr. 4, 2200166. https://doi.org/10.1183/13993003.00166-2022

Bateson, A, Ortiz Canseco, J, McHugh, TD, Witney, AA, Feuerriegel, S, Merker, M, Kohl, TA, Utpatel, C, Niemann, S, Andres, S, Kranzer, K, Maurer, FP, Ghodousi, A, Borroni, E, Cirillo, DM, Wijkander, M, Toro, JC, Groenheit, R, Werngren, J, Machado, D, Viveiros, M, Warren, RM, Sirgel, F, Dippenaar, A, Köser, CU, Sun, E & Timm, J 2022, 'Ancient and recent differences in the intrinsic susceptibility of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex to pretomanid', JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL CHEMOTHERAPY, Jg. 77, Nr. 6, S. 1685-1693. https://doi.org/10.1093/jac/dkac070

Brandenburg, J, Heyckendorf, J, Marwitz, F, Zehethofer, N, Linnemann, L, Gisch, N, Karaköse, H, Reimann, M, Kranzer, K, Kalsdorf, B, Sanchez-Carballo, P, Weinkauf, M, Scholz, V, Malm, S, Homolka, S, Gaede, KI, Herzmann, C, Schaible, UE, Hölscher, C, Reiling, N & Schwudke, D 2022, 'Tuberculostearic Acid-Containing Phosphatidylinositols as Markers of Bacterial Burden in Tuberculosis', ACS infectious diseases, Jg. 8, Nr. 7, S. 1303-1315. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsinfecdis.2c00075

Chesov, E, Chesov, D, Maurer, FP, Andres, S, Utpatel, C, Barilar, I, Donica, A, Reimann, M, Niemann, S, Lange, C, Crudu, V, Heyckendorf, J & Merker, M 2022, 'Emergence of bedaquiline resistance in a high tuberculosis burden country', The European respiratory journal, Jg. 59, Nr. 3, 2100621. https://doi.org/10.1183/13993003.00621-2021

Diricks, M, Merker, M, Wetzstein, N, Kohl, TA, Niemann, S & Maurer, FP 2022, 'Delineating Mycobacterium abscessus population structure and transmission employing high-resolution core genome multilocus sequence typing', Nature communications, Jg. 13, Nr. 1, S. 4936. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-32122-5

European Laboratory Initiative on TB, HIV and viral hepatitis core group members 2022, 'Integrated use of laboratory services for multiple infectious diseases in the WHO European Region during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond', Eurosurveillance, Jg. 27, Nr. 29, 2100930. https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2022.27.29.2100930

European Laboratory Initiative on TB, HIV and Viral Hepatitis(3) & Niemann, S 2022, 'Diagnostic Capacities for Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis in the World Health Organization European Region: Action is Needed by all Member States', Journal of Molecular Diagnostics, Jg. 24, Nr. 11, S. 1189-1194. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmoldx.2022.07.005

Finci, I, Albertini, A, Merker, M, Andres, S, Bablishvili, N, Barilar, I, Cáceres, T, Crudu, V, Gotuzzo, E, Hapeela, N, Hoffmann, H, Hoogland, C, Kohl, TA, Kranzer, K, Mantsoki, A, Maurer, FP, Nicol, MP, Noroc, E, Plesnik, S, Rodwell, T, Ruhwald, M, Savidge, T, Salfinger, M, Streicher, E, Tukvadze, N, Warren, R, Zemanay, W, Zurek, A, Niemann, S & Denkinger, CM 2022, 'Investigating resistance in clinical Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex isolates with genomic and phenotypic antimicrobial susceptibility testing: a multicentre observational study', The Lancet. Microbe, Jg. 3, Nr. 9, S. e672-e682. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2666-5247(22)00116-1

Gisch, N, Utpatel, C, Gronbach, LM, Kohl, TA, Schombel, U, Malm, S, Dobos, KM, Hesser, DC, Diel, R, Götsch, U, Gerdes, S, Shuaib, YA, Ntinginya, NE, Khosa, C, Viegas, S, Kerubo, G, Ali, S, Al-Hajoj, SA, Ndung’u, PW, Rachow, A, Hoelscher, M, Maurer, FP, Schwudke, D, Niemann, S, Reiling, N & Homolka, S 2022, 'Sub-Lineage Specific Phenolic Glycolipid Patterns in the Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex Lineage 1', Frontiers in Microbiology, Jg. 13, S. 832054. https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2022.832054

Hansen, J, Kolbe, K, König, IR, Scherließ, R, Hellfritzsch, M, Malm, S, Müller-Loennies, S, Zallet, J, Hillemann, D, Wiesmüller, K-H, Herzmann, C, Brandenburg, J & Reiling, N 2022, 'Lipobiotin-capture magnetic bead assay for isolation, enrichment and detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis from saliva', PLOS ONE, Jg. 17, Nr. 7, S. e0265554. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0265554

Kanyala, E, Shuaib, YA, Schwarz, NG, Andres, S, Richter, E, Sawadogo, B, Sawadogo, M, Germaine, M, Lassina, O, Poppert, S & Frickmann, H 2022, 'Prevalence and Molecular Characterization of Mycobacterium bovis in Slaughtered Cattle Carcasses in Burkina Faso; West Africa', Microorganisms, Jg. 10, Nr. 7, 1378. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms10071378

Klein, C, Borsche, M, Balck, A, Föh, B, Rahmöller, J, Peters, E, Knickmann, J, Lane, M, Vollstedt, E-J, Elsner, SA, Käding, N, Hauswaldt, S, Lange, T, Hundt, JE, Lehrian, S, Giese, J, Mischnik, A, Niemann, S, Maurer, F, Homolka, S, Paulowski, L, Kramer, J, Twesten, C, Sina, C, Gillessen-Kaesbach, G, Busch, H, Ehlers, M, Taube, S, Rupp, J & Katalinic, A 2022, 'One-year surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 transmission of the ELISA cohort: A model for population-based monitoring of infection risk', Science advances, Jg. 8, Nr. 15, S. eabm5016. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abm5016

Lagune, M, Le Moigne, V, Johansen, MD, Vásquez Sotomayor, F, Daher, W, Petit, C, Cosentino, G, Paulowski, L, Gutsmann, T, Wilmanns, M, Maurer, FP, Herrmann, J-L, Girard-Misguich, F & Kremer, L 2022, 'The ESX-4 substrates, EsxU and EsxT, modulate Mycobacterium abscessus fitness', PLOS PATHOGENS, Jg. 18, Nr. 8, S. e1010771. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1010771

Merker, M, Rasigade, J-P, Barbier, M, Cox, H, Feuerriegel, S, Kohl, TA, Shitikov, E, Klaos, K, Gaudin, C, Antoine, R, Diel, R, Borrell, S, Gagneux, S, Nikolayevskyy, V, Andres, S, Crudu, V, Supply, P, Niemann, S & Wirth, T 2022, 'Transcontinental spread and evolution of Mycobacterium tuberculosis W148 European/Russian clade toward extensively drug resistant tuberculosis', Nature communications, Jg. 13, Nr. 1, S. 5105. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-32455-1

Paulowski, L, Beckham, KSH, Johansen, MD, Berneking, L, Van, N, Degefu, Y, Staack, S, Sotomayor, FV, Asar, L, Rohde, H, Aldridge, BB, Aepfelbacher, M, Parret, A, Wilmanns, M, Kremer, L, Combrink, K & Maurer, FP 2022, 'C25-modified rifamycin derivatives with improved activity against Mycobacterium abscessus', PNAS nexus, Jg. 1, Nr. 4, S. pgac130. https://doi.org/10.1093/pnasnexus/pgac130

Schaberg, T, Brinkmann, F, Feiterna-Sperling, C, Geerdes-Fenge, H, Hartmann, P, Häcker, B, Hauer, B, Haas, W, Heyckendorf, J, Lange, C, Maurer, FP, Nienhaus, A, Otto-Knapp, R, Priwitzer, M, Richter, E, Salzer, HJF, Schoch, O, Schönfeld, N, Stahlmann, R & Bauer, T 2022, 'Tuberkulose im Erwachsenenalter', Pneumologie (Stuttgart, Germany), Jg. 76, Nr. 11, S. 727-819. https://doi.org/10.1055/a-1934-8303

Shuaib, YA, Utpatel, C, Kohl, TA, Barilar, I, Diricks, M, Ashraf, N, Wieler, LH, Kerubo, G, Mesfin, EA, Diallo, AB, Al-Hajoj, S, Ndung'u, P, Fitzgibbon, MM, Vaziri, F, Sintchenko, V, Martinez, E, Viegas, SO, Zhou, Y, Azmy, A, Al-Amry, K, Godreuil, S, Varma-Basil, M, Narang, A, Ali, S, Beckert, P, Dreyer, V, Kabwe, M, Bates, M, Hoelscher, M, Rachow, A, Gori, A, Tekwu, EM, Sidze, LK, Jean-Paul, AA, Beng, VP, Ntoumi, F, Frank, M, Diallo, AG, Mboup, S, Tessema, B, Beyene, D, Khan, SN, Diel, R, Supply, P, Maurer, FP, Hoffmann, H, Niemann, S & Merker, M 2022, 'Origin and Global Expansion of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex Lineage 3', Genes, Jg. 13, Nr. 6, 990. https://doi.org/10.3390/genes13060990

Sibandze, DB, Kay, A, Dreyer, V, Sikhondze, W, Dlamini, Q, DiNardo, A, Mtetwa, G, Lukhele, B, Vambe, D, Lange, C, Glenn Dlamini, M, Ness, T, Mejia, R, Kalsdorf, B, Heyckendorf, J, Kuhns, M, Maurer, FP, Dlamini, S, Maphalala, G, Niemann, S & Mandalakas, A 2022, 'Rapid molecular diagnostics of tuberculosis resistance by targeted stool sequencing', Genome medicine, Jg. 14, Nr. 1, S. 52. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13073-022-01054-6

Study Group on Mycobacteria of the European Society of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESGMYC), European Society of Mycobacteriology (ESM), European Respiratory Society (ERS) and 2022, 'Rifapentine access in Europe: growing concerns over key tuberculosis treatment component', The European respiratory journal, Jg. 59, Nr. 5, S. 2200388. https://doi.org/10.1183/13993003.00388-2022

Walter, K, Kokesch-Himmelreich, J, Treu, A, Waldow, F, Hillemann, D, Jakobs, N, Lemm, A-K, Schwudke, D, Römpp, A & Hölscher, C 2022, 'Interleukin-13 overexpressing mice represent an advanced pre-clinical model for detecting the distribution of anti-mycobacterial drugs within centrally necrotizing granulomas', ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY, Jg. 66, Nr. 6, S. e0158821. https://doi.org/10.1128/AAC.01588-21

Welte, T, Dinkel, J, Maurer, F, Richter, E, Rohde, G, Schwarz, C, Taube, C & Diel, R 2022, 'Versorgung von Patienten/innen mit einer durch nichttuberkulöse Mykobakterien verursachten Lungenerkrankung in Deutschland – ein transsektorales patientenorientiertes Versorgungskonzept', Pneumologie (Stuttgart, Germany), Jg. 76, Nr. 8, S. 534-546. https://doi.org/10.1055/a-1855-0858

Wetzstein, N, Diricks, M, Kohl, TA, Wichelhaus, TA, Andres, S, Paulowski, L, Schwarz, C, Lewin, A, Kehrmann, J, Kahl, BC, Dichtl, K, Hügel, C, Eickmeier, O, Smaczny, C, Schmidt, A, Zimmermann, S, Nährlich, L, Hafkemeyer, S, Niemann, S, Maurer, FP & Hogardt, M 2022, 'Molecular Epidemiology of Mycobacterium abscessus Isolates Recovered from German Cystic Fibrosis Patients', Microbiology spectrum, Jg. 10, Nr. 4, S. e0171422. https://doi.org/10.1128/spectrum.01714-22