Publications

Effects of agricultural fungicide use on Aspergillus fumigatus abundance, antifungal susceptibility, and population structure

Antibiotic resistance is an increasing threat to human health. In the case of Aspergillus fumigatus, which is both an environmental …
Amelia E Barber, Jennifer Riedel, Tongta Sae-Ong, Kang Kang, Werner Brabetz, Holger B Deising, Oliver Kurzai
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Low rate of azole resistance in cases of avian aspergillosis in Germany

Aspergillosis is the most common fungal disease of the avian respiratory tract. Due to delayed diagnosis and treatment failure, the …
Amelia E Barber, Sandra Scheufen, Grit Walther, Oliver Kurzai, Volker Schmidt
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Comparative genomics of serial Candida glabrata isolates and the rapid acquisition of echinocandin resistance during therapy

The opportunistic pathogen Candida glabrata shows a concerning increase in drug resistance. Here, we present the analysis of two serial …
Amelia E Barber, Michael Weber, Kerstin Kaerger, Jorg Linde, Hanna Golz, Daniel Duerschmied, Antonie Markert, Reinhard Guthke, Grit Walther, Oliver Kurzai
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Candida auris in Germany and previous exposure to foreign healthcare

The emerging yeast Candida auris has disseminated worldwide. We report on 7 cases identified in Germany during 2015-2017. In 6 of these …
Axel Hamprecht, Amelia E Barber, Sibylle C Mellinghoff, Philipp Thelen, Grit Walther, Yanying Yu, Priya Neurgaonkar, Thomas Dandekar, Oliver A Cornely, Ronny Martin, others
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