Auf­ga­ben

Die For­schungs­gruppe "Infek­ti­ons­epi­de­mio­lo­gie" beschäf­tigt sich schwer­punkt­mä­ßig mit Vor­kom­men, Risi­ko­fak­to­ren, Behandlungs-​ und Prä­ven­ti­ons­maß­nah­men bei mul­ti­re­sis­ten­ten bak­te­ri­el­len Patho­ge­nen.

Profilbild von Prof. Dr. med. Heike von Baum

Prof. Dr. med. Heike von Baum

Lei­te­rin Sek­tion Kran­ken­haus­hy­giene

Pro­jekte

Aktu­elle Pro­jekte beschäf­ti­gen sich mit der Epi­de­mio­lo­gie der Erre­ger ins­be­son­dere bei Langzeit-​kolonisierten Pati­en­ten, sowie den The­men Umge­bungs­kon­ta­mi­na­tion und Opti­mie­rung der Prä­ven­ti­ons­maß­nah­men. Wei­tere Infor­ma­tio­nen bie­tet das MRE-​Netzwerk Baden-​Württemberg.

Wir unter­su­chen Nach­weis und Stel­len­wert von Legio­nel­len, Pseu­do­mo­na­den, Schim­mel­pil­zen und aty­pi­schen Myko­bak­te­rien im Trink­was­ser.

Publi­ka­tio­nen

  • Haupt­meier BM, von Baum H: CAPNETZ – Kom­pe­tenz­netz­werk Ambu­lant erwor­bene Pneu­mo­nie
    Kran­ken­haus­hy­giene up2date 5, 93-105 (2010)
  • Kal­bitz M, von Baum H: Frühe post­ope­ra­tive Wund­in­fek­tio­nen
    Ortho­pä­die und Unfall­chir­ur­gie up2date 4, 49-62 (2009)
  • von Baum H, Bom­mer M, Forke A, Holz J, Frenz P, Wel­ling­hau­sen N. Is dome­stic tap water a risk for infec­tions in neu­tro­pe­nic pati­ents?
    Infec­tion 38: 181-186 (2010), Mar 18. [Epub ahead of print]
  • Dumke R, von Baum H, Lück P.C., Jacobs E. Sub­ty­pes and vari­ants of Myco­plasma pneu­mo­niae: Local and tem­po­ral chan­ges in Ger­many 2003-2006 and absence of a cor­re­la­tion bet­ween the geno­type in the respi­ra­tory tract and the occur­rence of genotype-​specific anti­bo­dies in the sera of infec­ted pati­ents.
    Epi­de­mio­logy and Infec­tion (2010), Mar 25:1-9. [Epub ahead of print]
  • von Baum H, Det­ten­ko­fer M, Heeg P, Schröp­pel K, Wendt C. Kon­sen­sus­emp­feh­lung Baden-​Württemberg: Umgang mit Pati­en­ten mit hoch­re­sis­ten­ten Ente­ro­bak­te­rien inklu­sive ESBL-​Bildnern. Hyg & Med 1 / 2, 40-45 (2010)
  • von Baum H, Här­ter G, Essig A, Lück C, Gon­ser T, Emba­cher A, Brock­mann S. Preli­mi­nary report: out­break of Legi­onn­aires’ disease in the cities of Ulm and Neu-​Ulm in Ger­many, Decem­ber 2009 - Janu­ary 2010. Euro Sur­veill. 2010;15(4): www.euro­sur­veil­lance.org
  • Cul­lik A, Pfei­fer Y, Pra­ger R, von Baum H, Witte W. A novel IS26 struc­ture is sur­roun­ding blaCTX-​M genes in dif­fe­rent plas­mids of Ger­man cli­ni­cal iso­la­tes of Esche­ri­chia coli. J Med Micro­biol. 2010 Jan 21. [Epub ahead of print]
  • von Baum H, Welte T, Marre R, Sut­torp N, Ewig S for THE CAPNETZ STUDY GROUP.
    Community-​acquired pneu­mo­nia through ente­ro­b­ac­te­ria­ceae and Pseu­do­mo­nas aeru­gi­nosa: Dia­gno­sis, inci­dence and pre­dic­tors
    Eur Respir J. 2010;35(3):598-615. Epub 2009 Aug 13
  • Dumke R, von Baum H, Lück P.C., Jacobs E. Occur­rence of macrolide-​resistant Myco­plasma pneu­mo­niae strains in Ger­many
    Clin Micro­biol Infect 16, 613-616 (2010), 2009 Sept 17 [Epub ahead of print]
  • von Baum H, Welte T, Marre R, Sut­torp N, Lück C, Ewig S. Myco­plasma pneu­mo­niae pneu­mo­nia revi­si­ted within the Ger­man Com­pe­tence net­work for Community-​acquired pneu­mo­nia (CAPNETZ)
    BMC Infec­tious Disea­ses 9:62 (2009)
  • von Baum H: What heal­th­care workers want – The ideal hand dis­in­fec­tant.
    J Hosp Infect 70 Suppl 1, 58-59 (2008)
  • von Baum H, Ewig S, Marre R, Sut­torp N, Gon­schior S, Welte T, Lück C for the Com­pe­tence Net­work for Com­mu­nity Acqui­red Pneu­mo­nia Study Group.
    Community-​acquired Legio­nella pn+eumo­nia: New insights from the Ger­man Com­pe­tence Net­work for Com­mu­nity Acqui­red Pneu­mo­nia
    Clin Infect Dis 46, 1356–1364 (2008)
  • von Baum H, Det­ten­ko­fer M, Föll M, Heeg P, Ser­netz S, Wendt C:
    Con­sen­sus­emp­feh­lung Baden-​Württemberg: Umgang mit MRSA – posi­ti­vem Per­so­nal
    Hyg & Medi­zin,1/2, 33 (2008)
  • Wendt C, Schinke S, Würt­tem­ber­ger M, Ober­dor­fer K, Bock-​Hensley O, von Baum H: Value of whole-​body washing with chlor­he­xi­dine for the era­di­ca­tion of Methicillin-​resistant Sta­phy­lo­coc­cus aureus: A  ran­do­mi­zed, placebo-​controlled, double-​blind cli­ni­cal trial.Infect Con­trol Hosp Epi­de­miol 28, 1036-1043 (2007)
  • von Baum H, Schel­zig H, Wel­ling­hau­sen N, Essig A: Two­fold noso­co­mial acqui­si­tion of VRE. J Infect 55, 203-204 (2007)
  • Wendt C, Bock-​Hensley O, von Baum H: Infec­tion con­trol in Ger­man nur­sing homes. Am J Infect Con­trol 34, 426-429 (2006)
  • von Baum H, Sigge A, Bom­mer M, Kern W, Marre R, Doeh­ner H, Kern P, Reu­ter S: Moxiflo­xa­cin pro­phy­la­xis in neu­tro­pe­nic pati­ents. J Anti­mi­crob Che­mo­ther 58, 891-894 (2006)
  • Wendt C, Svo­boda D, Schmidt C, Bock-​Hensley O, von Baum H: Cha­rac­te­ristics that pro­mote trans­mis­sion of Sta­phy­lo­coc­cus aureus in Ger­man nur­sing homes. Infect Con­trol Hosp Epi­de­miol 26, 816 -821 (2005)
  • von Baum H, Ober JF, Wendt C, Wen­zel RP, Edmond MB:
    Antibiotic-​resistant blood­stream infec­tions in hos­pi­ta­li­zed pati­ents: Spe­ci­fic risk fac­tors in a high-​risk popu­la­tion? Infec­tion 33, 320-326 (2005)
  • Wendt C, Lin D, von Baum H: Risk fac­tors for colo­niza­tion with third-​generation cephalosporin-​resistant Ente­ro­b­ac­te­ria­ceae. Infec­tion 33, 327-332 (2005)
  • Kern WV, Steib-​Bauert M, de With K, Reu­ter S, Bertz H, Frank U, von Baum H: Fluoro­qui­no­lone con­sump­tion and fluoro­qui­no­lone resis­tance in hematology-​oncology pati­ents - Eco­lo­gi­cal ana­ly­sis in two Uni­ver­sity Hos­pi­tals 1999-2002; J Anti­mi­crob Che­mo­ther 55: 57-60 (2005)
  • Reu­ter S, Kern WV, Sigge A, Döh­ner H, Marre R, Kern P, von Baum H: Impact of fluoro­qui­no­lone pro­phy­la­xis on redu­ced infection-​related mor­ta­lity among pati­ents with neu­tro­pe­nia and hema­to­lo­gic mali­gnan­cies; Clin Infect Dis 40: 1087-1093 (2005)
  • von Baum H, Lin D, Wendt C: Pre­va­lence of Colo­niza­tion with 3rd Gene­ra­tion Cepha­los­po­rin resistant Ente­ro­b­ac­te­ria­ceae (CRE) in ICU Pati­ents of Hei­del­berg Uni­ver­sity Hos­pi­tals; Clin Micro­biol Infect, 10: 436-440 (2004)
  • Wendt C, Knautz D, von Baum H: Dif­fe­ren­ces in hand hygiene beha­vior rela­ted to the con­ta­mi­na­tion risk of heal­th­care acti­vi­ties in dif­fe­rent groups of heal­th­care workers; Infect Con­trol Hosp Epi­de­miol 25, 203 -206 (2004)
  • Ober­dor­fer K, Swo­boda S, Hamann A, Baertsch U, Kus­te­rer K, Born B, Hoppe-​Tichy T, Geiss HK, von Baum H: Treat­ment of dia­be­tic foot infec­tion with oral levo­flo­xa­cin: study on wound tis­sue and serum con­cen­tra­tion with micro­bio­lo­gi­cal fin­dings; J Anti­mi­crob Che­mo­ther, 54, 836-839 (2004)
  • von Baum H, Schmidt C, Svo­boda D, Bock-​Hensely O, Wendt C: Risk fac­tors for MRSA car­riage in Ger­man nur­sing home resi­dents; Infect Con­trol Hosp Epi­de­miol, 23, 511-515 (2002)
  • von Baum H, Bött­cher S, Abel R, Ger­ner HJ, Sonn­tag H-G: Tis­sue and serum con­cen­tra­ti­ons of levo­flo­xa­cin in ortho­pa­edic pati­ents; J of Anti­mi­crob Agents, 18, 335-340 (2001)
  • von Baum H, Franz U, Geiss HK: Pre­va­lence of Ciprofloxacin-​resistant Esche­ri­chia coli in hematologic-​oncologic pati­ents; Infec­tion, 28, 278-281 (2000)

Team Infek­ti­ons­epi­de­mio­lo­gie

  • Profilbild von Prof. Dr. med. Heike von Baum

    Prof. Dr. med. Heike von Baum

    Lei­te­rin Sek­tion Kran­ken­haus­hy­giene

    Schwer­punkte

    - Infek­ti­ons­epi­de­mio­lo­gie

    - Lehre