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