Publications

Seleced papers on the Identibac technology.

(PMID No – PubMed Identification Number)

Development of a miniaturised micro-array for the rapid identification of antimicrobial resistance genes in Gram-negative bacteria

Miranda Batchelor, Katie L Hopkins, Ernesto Liebana, Peter Slickers, Ralf Ehricht, Muriel Mafura, Frank Aarestrup, Dik Mevius, Felicity Clifton-Hadley, Martin J Woodward, Rob H Davies, E John Threfall, Muna F Anjum.

International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents 2008 May 31(5) p 440-451

PMID N^o 18243668

Pathotyping Escherichia coli by using miniaturised DNA microarrays

Muna F Anjum, Muriel Mafura, Peter Slickers, Karin Ballmer, Peter Kuhnert, Martin J Woodward, Ralf Ehricht

Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 2007 Sept 73(17), p.5692-7

PMID N^o 17630299

Fast DNA Serotyping of Escherichia coli by use of an oligonucleotide microarray

Karin Ballmer, Bozena M Korczak, Peter Kuhnert, Peter Slickers, Ralf Ehricht and Hubert Hachler

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 2007 Feb 45(2) p 370-9. Epub 2006, Nov15

PMID N^o 17108073

Microarray-based detection of 90 antibiotic resistance genes of Gram –positive bacteria

Vincent Perreten, Lorianne Volet-Fawer, Peter Slickers, Ralf Ehricht, Peter Kuhnert and Joachim Frey

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 2005 May 43(5) p2291-302

PMID N^o 15872258

Phenotypic and genotypic characterisation of antimicrobial resistance in German Escherichia coli isolates from cattle, swine and poultry

Beatriz Guerra, Ernst Junker, Andreas Schroeter, Burkhard Malnorey, Simone Lehmann and Reiner Helmuth

Antimicrobial Chemotherapy 2003 Sept 52(3),p489-92. Epub 2003 Jul 29.

PMID N^o 12888584

Characterisation and localisation of drug resistancedeterminants in multidrug-resistant, integron-carrying Salmonella Enterica serotype Typhimurium strains

B. Guerra, E. Junker, A. Miko, R. Helmuth and M.C. Mendoza

Microbial Drug Resistance 2004 Summer 10(2) p83-91

PMID N^o 15256022

Rapid genotyping of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) isolates using miniaturised oligonucleotide arrays

S. Moneke and R. Ehricht

Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases 2005 Oct, 11(10), p825 – 833

PMID N^o 16153257

Microarray-based characterisation of a Panton-Valentine leukocidin-positive community-acquired strain of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

S. Moneke, P. Slickers, H. Hotzel, G. Richter-Huhn, M. Pohle, S. Weber, W. Witte and R. Ehricht

Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases 2006, Aug 12(8), p718 -728

PMID N^o 16842566

Assignment of Staphylococcus aureus isolates to clonal complexes based on microarray analysis and pattern recognition

Stefan Moneke, Peter Slickers and Ralf Ehricht

FEMS Immunology Medical Microbiology 2008 Jul 53(2), p237-51. Epub 2008 May 27.

PMID N^o 18507678

Microarray based study on virulence-associated genes and resistance determinants of Staphylococcus aureus isolates from cattle

Stefan Moneke, Peter Kuhnert, Helmut Hotzel, Peter Slickers and Ralf Ehricht

Veterniary Microbiology 2007 Nov 15 125)1-2), p128 – 140. Epub 2007 May 24.

PMID N^o 17614219

The mef(A) Gene predominates amongseven macrolide resistance genes identified in Gram-negative strainsrepresenting 13 genera,isolated from healthy portuguese children

K.K. Ojo, C. Ulep, N. Van Kirk, H Luis, M. Bernardo, J. Leitao, and M.C. Roberts

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 2004 Sept 48(9), p 3451 -6

PMID N^o 15328110

Population structure of Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Lutz Wiehlmann, Gerd Wagner, Nina Cramer, Benny Siebert, Peter Gudowius, Gracia Morales, Thilo Kohler, Christian van Delden, Christian Weinel, Peter Slickers and Burkhard Tummler

Proceedings of National Acadamy of Sciences of the USA, 2007 May 8 104(19) p 8101 – 6. Epub 2007 Apr 27.

PMID N^o 17468398