Chlamydia spp

Jürgen Benjamin Hagemann1, Ulrike Simnacher2, David Longbottom3, Morag Livingstone3, Julia Maile4, Erwin Soutschek4, Gernot Walder5, Katharina Boden6, Konrad Sachse7, Andreas Essig2 J Clin Microbiol. 2016 Jul;54(7):1883-1890.  doi: 10.1128/JCM.00351-16. Epub 2016 May 18. Abstract The obligate intracellular bacterium Chlamydia abortus is the causative agent of enzootic abortion of ewes and poses a… Preberi več »Analysis of Humoral Immune Responses to Surface and Virulence-Associated Chlamydia abortus Proteins in Ovine and Human Abortions by Use of a Newly Developed Line Immunoassay

Vera Forsbach-Birk1, Corinna Foddis, Ulrike Simnacher, Max Wilkat, David Longbottom, Gernot Walder, Christiane Benesch, Martin Ganter, Konrad Sachse, Andreas Essig PLoS One. 2013 Nov 15;8(11):e80310.  doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0080310. eCollection 2013. Abstract Enzootic abortion of ewes (EAE) due to infection with the obligate intracellular pathogen Chlamydia (C.) abortus is an important zoonosis leading… Preberi več »Profiling antibody responses to infections by Chlamydia abortus enables identification of potential virulence factors and candidates for serodiagnosis

Gernot Walder1, Hans Schönherr, Helmut Hotzel, Cornelia Speth, Albrecht Oehme, Manfred P Dierich, Reinhard Würzner Scand J Infect Dis. 2003;35(1):71-3. doi: 10.1080/0036554021000026984. Abstract This study reports an extraordinarily severe and prolonged course of neuroornithosis with generalized status epilepticus as an initial symptom. Direct invasion of the central nervous… Preberi več »Presence of Chlamydophila psittaci DNA in the central nervous system of a patient with status epilepticus

Gernot Walder1, Walter Gritsch, Christian J Wiedermann, Gerhard Pölzl, Günther Laufer, Helmut Hotzel, Angela Berndt, Sabine Pankuweit, Dirk Theegarten, Olaf Anhenn, Albrecht Oehme, Manfred P Dierich, Reinhard Würzner Crit Care Med. 2007 Feb;35(2):623-6.  doi: 10.1097/01.CCM.0000254726.57339.C8. Abstract Objective: The aim of this study is to describe a case of fulminant myocarditis caused by co-infection with… Preberi več »Co-infection with two Chlamydophila species in a case of fulminant myocarditis

Gernot Walder1, Helmut Hotzel, Christoph Brezinka, Walter Gritsch, Robert Tauber, Reinhard Würzner, Franz Ploner Obstet Gynecol. 2005 Nov;106(5 Pt 2):1215-7. doi: 10.1097/01.AOG.0000161060.69470.9c. Abstract Background: Chlamydophila abortus (formerly Chlamydia psittaci serovar 1) is a rare but severe cause of gestational septicemia, with particular problems in diagnosis and clinical management.… Preberi več »An unusual cause of sepsis during pregnancy: recognizing infection with chlamydophila abortus

Gernot Walder1, Herwig Meusburger, Helmut Hotzel, Albrecht Oehme, Walter Neunteufel, Manfred P Dierich, Reinhard Würzner Emerg Infect Dis. 2003 Dec;9(12):1642-4. doi: 10.3201/eid0912.020566. Abstract We report the first documented case of an extragestational infection with Chlamydophila abortus in humans. The pathogen was identified in a patient with severe pelvic… Preberi več »Chlamydophila abortus pelvic inflammatory disease