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Scientific Publications

2010

de Kraker ME, Wolkewitz M, Davey PG, Grundmann H; on behalf of the BURDEN study group
The clinical impact of antimicrobial resistance in European hospitals: excess mortality and length of hospital stay related to methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infections
Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2011 Jan 10. [Epub ahead of print]

Lambert ML, Suetens C, Savey A, Palomar M, Hiesmayr M, Morales I, Agodi A, Frank U, Mertens K, Schumacher M, Wolkewitz M.
Clinical outcomes of health-care-associated infections and antimicrobial resistance in patients admitted to European intensive-care units: a cohort study.
Lancet Infect Dis. 2011 Jan;11(1):30-8. Epub 2010 Dec 2

Wolkewitz M, Frank U, Philips G, Schumacher M, Davey P,
on behalf of the BURDEN study group, Frank U, Wilson C, Lawrie-Blum D, Kaier K, Schroeren-Boersch B, Davey P, Chalkley M, Heather D, Ansari F, Suetens C, Lambert M-L, Grundmann H, De Kraker M, Schumacher M, Wolkewitz M
Mortality associated with in-hospital bacteraemia caused by Staphylococcus aureus: a multistate analysis with follow-up beyond hospital discharge /Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy 2010;
doi: 10.1093/jac/dkq424

De Kraker ME, Wolkewitz M, Davey PG, Koller W, Berger J, Nagler J, Icket C, Kalenic S, Horvatic J, Seifert H, Kaasch A, Paniara O, Argyropoulou A, Bompola M, Smyth E, Skally M, Raglio A, Dumpis U, Melbarde Kelmere A, Borg M, Xuereb D, Ghita MC, Noble M, Kolman J, Grabljevec S, Turner D, Lansbury L, Grundmann H.J
Burden of antimicrobial resistance in European hospitals: excess mortality and length of hospital stay associated with bloodstream infections due to Escherichia coli resistant to third-generation cephalosporins.
Antimicrob Chemother. 2010 Nov 23. [Epub ahead of print]

2009

Burnett E, Lee K, Rushmer R, Ellis M, Noble M, Davey P
Healthcare-associated infection and the patient experience:
a qualitative study using patient interviews.
Journal of Hospital Infection 2010;74:24-27

Wolkewitz M, Beyersmann J, Gastmeier P, Schmacher M.
Modeling the effect of time-dependent exposure on intensive care unit mortality.
Intensive Care Med 2009 May;35(5):826-32. Epub 2009 Jan 31.

Wolkewitz M, Beyersmann J, Gastmeier P, Schmacher M.
Efficient risk set sampling when a time-dependent exposure is present.
Matching for time to exposure versus exposure density sampling.

Wolkewitz M, Schumacher M, Davey P for the BURDEN Study Group (2009):
Modelling the effect of time-dependent exposure on hospital mortality using data from the BURDEN study group.
(oral presentation at ECCMID 2009)

2008

Wolkewitz M, Ansari F, Evans J, Schumacher M, Davey P:
Mortality associated with bacteraemia caused by Staphylococcus aureus: A cohort analysis with follow up beyond hospital discharge from the BURDEN study group
(poster presentation at ISSSI - Staphylococci and Staphylococcal Infections - 2008)

Ansari F, Evans J and Davey P (2008):
Comparison of mortality associated with bacteraemia caused by meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus on arrival at hospital versus hospital-acquired MRSA bacteraemia: a cohort analysis from the BURDEN study group
(poster presentation at ECCMID 2008)

Kaier K, Wilson C, Chalkley M, Davey P, Suetens C, Grundmann H, de Kraker M, Schumacher M, Wolkewitz M and Frank U (2008):
Health and economic impacts of antibiotic resistance in European hospitals – Outlook on the BURDEN Project, Infection 36(5):492-494


2007

Kaier K for the BURDEN study group (2007):
The Burden – Project: Measuring the financial impact of antibiotic resistance in Europe, Krankenhaushygiene & Infektionsverhütung 29(6): 212-213 (in German)

Frank U on behalf of the BURDEN Study Group (2007):
The BURDEN project – Assessing the burden of resistance and disease in Europe, Eurosurveillance 12(2):pii=3112

Publications in General Media

2007

Mensch gegen Mikrobe
Merkur online (German)

Tayside's lead role in fight against infection
Dundee Courier

Neue Millionen gegen alte Feinde
Badische Zeitung (German)

2006

Die Bürde der Antibiotika-Resistenz
Informationsdienst Wissenschaft (German)