Harbarth, Stephan

Florinett, Lena; Widmer, Andreas; Troillet, Nicolas; Beldi, Guido; Von Flüe, Markus; Harbarth, Stephan; Sommerstein, Rami (2024). Surgical Antimicrobial Prophylaxis in Low-Risk Cholecystectomies is Associated with Fewer Surgical Site Infections: Nationwide Cohort Study in Switzerland. (In Press). Annals of surgery Wolters Kluwer Health 10.1097/SLA.0000000000006396

Lotfinejad, Nasim; Januel, Jean-Marie; Tschudin-Sutter, Sarah; Schreiber, Peter W; Grandbastien, Bruno; Damonti, Lauro; Lo Priore, Elia; Scherrer, Alexandra; Harbarth, Stephan; Catho, Gaud; Buetti, Niccolò (2024). Systematic scoping review of automated systems for the surveillance of healthcare-associated bloodstream infections related to intravascular catheters. Antimicrobial resistance and infection control, 13(1), p. 25. BioMed Central 10.1186/s13756-024-01380-x

Grant, Rebecca L; Sauser, Julien; Atkinson, Andrew; D'Incau, Stéphanie; Buetti, Niccolò; Zanella, Marie-Céline; Harbarth, Stephan; Marschall, Jonas; Catho, Gaud (2024). Comparison of clinical outcomes over time of inpatients with healthcare-associated or community-acquired coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19): A multicenter, prospective cohort study. Infection control and hospital epidemiology, 45(1), pp. 75-81. Cambridge University Press 10.1017/ice.2023.143

Januel, Jean-Marie; Lotfinejad, Nasim; Grant, Rebecca; Tschudin-Sutter, Sarah; Schreiber, Peter W; Grandbastien, Bruno; Jent, Philipp; Lo Priore, Elia; Scherrer, Alexandra; Harbarth, Stephan; Catho, Gaud; Buetti, Niccolò (2023). Predictive performance of automated surveillance algorithms for intravascular catheter bloodstream infections: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Antimicrobial resistance and infection control, 12(1), p. 87. BioMed Central 10.1186/s13756-023-01286-0

Sommerstein, Rami; Troillet, Nicolas; Harbarth, Stephan; de Kraker, Marlieke E A; Vuichard-Gysin, Danielle; Kuster, Stefan P; Widmer, Andreas F (2023). Timing of Cefuroxime Surgical Antimicrobial Prophylaxis and Its Association With Surgical Site Infections. JAMA Network Open, 6(6), e2317370. American Medical Association 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.17370

Portmann, Lea; de Kraker, Marlieke E A; Fröhlich, Georg; Thiabaud, Amaury; Roelens, Maroussia; Schreiber, Peter W; Troillet, Nicolas; Iten, Anne; Widmer, Andreas; Harbarth, Stephan; Sommerstein, Rami (2023). Hospital Outcomes of Community-Acquired SARS-CoV-2 Omicron Variant Infection Compared With Influenza Infection in Switzerland. JAMA Network Open, 6(2), e2255599. American Medical Association 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.55599

Friedli, Olivier; Völlmy, Irene; Schrenzel, Jacques; Harbarth, Stephan; Kronenberg, Andreas (2022). Retrospective data analysis for definition of multidrug resistance in gram-negative bacteria - a consensus proposal. Swiss medical weekly, 152(w30195), w30195. EMH Media 10.4414/smw.2022.w30195

Vuichard-Gysin, Danielle; Sommerstein, Rami; Kronenberg, Andreas; Buetti, Niccolò; Eder, Marcus; Piezzi, Vanja; Gardiol, Céline; Schlegel, Matthias; Harbarth, Stephan; Widmer, Andreas (2022). High adherence to national IPC guidelines as key to sustainable VRE control in Swiss hospitals: a cross-sectional survey. Antimicrobial resistance and infection control, 11(1), p. 19. BioMed Central 10.1186/s13756-022-01051-9

Fröhlich, Georg Marcus; De Kraker, Marlieke E A; Abbas, Mohamed; Keiser, Olivia; Thiabaud, Amaury; Roelens, Maroussia; Cusini, Alexia; Flury, Domenica; Schreiber, Peter W; Buettcher, Michael; Corti, Natascia; Vuichard-Gysin, Danielle; Troillet, Nicolas; Sauser, Julien; Gaudenz, Roman; Damonti, Lauro; Balmelli, Carlo; Iten, Anne; Widmer, Andreas; Harbarth, Stephan; ... (2022). Hospital outcomes of community-acquired COVID-19 versus influenza: Insights from the Swiss hospital-based surveillance of influenza and COVID-19. Eurosurveillance, 27(1) European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2022.27.1.2001848

Sommerstein, Rami; Atkinson, Andrew; Kuster, Stefan P; Vuichard-Gysin, Danielle; Harbarth, Stephan; Troillet, Nicolas; Widmer, Andreas F (2021). Association Between Antimicrobial Prophylaxis With Double-Dose Cefuroxime and Surgical Site Infections in Patients Weighing 80 kg or More. JAMA Network Open, 4(12), e2138926. American Medical Association 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.38926

Sommerstein, Rami; Damonti, Lauro; Marschall, Jonas; Harbarth, Stephan; Gasser, Michael; Kronenberg, Andreas; Buetti, Niccolò (2021). Distribution of pathogens and antimicrobial resistance in ICU-bloodstream infections during hospitalization: a nationwide surveillance study. Scientific reports, 11(1), p. 16876. Springer Nature 10.1038/s41598-021-95873-z

Metsini, Aliki; Widmer, Andreas; Zingg, Walter; Gardiol, Céline; Vuichard-Gysin, Danielle; Eder, Marcus; Maag, Judith; Schlegel, Matthias; Marschall, Jonas; Harbarth, Stephan; Sommerstein, Rami (2021). Evaluation of existing and desired measures to monitor, prevent and control healthcare-associated infections in Swiss hospitals. Swiss medical weekly, 151(w20516), w20516. EMH Schweizerischer Ärzteverlag 10.4414/smw.2021.20516

Damonti, Lauro; Kronenberg, Andreas; Marschall, Jonas; Jent, Philipp; Sommerstein, Rami; De Kraker, Marlieke E. A.; Harbarth, Stephan; Gasser, Michael; Buetti, Niccolò (2021). The effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the epidemiology of positive blood cultures in Swiss intensive care units: a nationwide surveillance study. Critical care, 25(1), p. 403. BioMed Central 10.1186/s13054-021-03814-z

Vuichard-Gysin, Danielle; Sommerstein, Rami; Martischang, Romain; Harbarth, Stephan; Kuster, Stefan P; Senn, Laurence; Widmer, Andreas (2020). Candida auris - recommendations on infection prevention and control measures in Switzerland. Swiss medical weekly, 150(w20297), w20297. EMH Schweizerischer Ärzteverlag 10.4414/smw.2020.20297

Piezzi, Vanja; Gasser, Michael; Atkinson, Andrew; Kronenberg, Andreas; Vuichard-Gysin, Danielle; Harbarth, Stephan; Marschall, Jonas; Buetti, Niccolò (2020). Increasing proportion of vancomycin-resistance among enterococcal bacteraemias in Switzerland: a 6-year nation-wide surveillance, 2013 to 2018. Eurosurveillance, 25(35) European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2020.25.35.1900575

Sommerstein, Rami; Fux, Christoph Andreas; Vuichard-Gysin, Danielle; Abbas, Mohamed; Marschall, Jonas; Balmelli, Carlo; Troillet, Nicolas; Harbarth, Stephan; Schlegel, Matthias; Widmer, Andreas (2020). Risk of SARS-CoV-2 transmission by aerosols, the rational use of masks, and protection of healthcare workers from COVID-19. Antimicrobial resistance and infection control, 9(1), p. 100. BioMed Central 10.1186/s13756-020-00763-0

Zanichelli, Veronica; Huttner, Angela; Harbarth, Stephan; Kronenberg, Andreas; Huttner, Benedikt; Swiss Centre For Antibiotic Resistance Anresis, ANRESIS (2019). Antimicrobial resistance trends in Escherichia coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae and Proteus mirabilis urinary isolates from Switzerland: retrospective analysis of data from a national surveillance network over an 8-year period (2009-2016). Swiss medical weekly, 149, w20110. EMH Media 10.4414/smw.2019.20110

Abbas, Mohamed; de Kraker, Marlieke Ea; Aghayev, Emin; Astagneau, Pascal; Aupee, Martine; Behnke, Michael; Bull, Ann; Choi, Hee Jung; de Greeff, Sabine C; Elgohari, Suzanne; Gastmeier, Petra; Harrison, Wendy; Koek, Mayke Bg; Lamagni, Theresa; Limon-Cáceres, Enric; Løwer, Hege Line; Lyytikäinen, Outi; Marimuthu, Kalisvar; Marquess, John; McCann, Rebecca; ... (2019). Impact of participation in a surgical site infection surveillance network: results from a large international cohort study. Journal of hospital infection, 102(3), pp. 267-276. Elsevier 10.1016/j.jhin.2018.12.003

Martischang, Romain; Buetti, Niccolo; Balmelli, Carlo; Saam, Mirko; Widmer, Andreas; Harbarth, Stephan (2019). Nation-wide survey of screening practices to detect carriers of multi-drug resistant organisms upon admission to Swiss healthcare institutions. Antimicrobial resistance and infection control, 8(37), p. 37. BioMed Central 10.1186/s13756-019-0479-5

Kohler, Philipp; Fulchini, Rosamaria; Albrich, Werner C.; Egli, Adrian; Balmelli, Carlo; Harbarth, Stephan; Héquet, Delphine; Kahlert, Christian R.; Kuster, Stefan P.; Petignat, Christiane; Schlegel, Matthias; Kronenberg, Andreas (2018). Antibiotic resistance in Swiss nursing homes: analysis of National Surveillance Data over an 11-year period between 2007 and 2017. Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control, 7(1), p. 88. BioMed Central 10.1186/s13756-018-0378-1

Huttner, Angela; Hatz, Christoph; van den Dobbelsteen, Germie; Abbanat, Darren; Hornacek, Alena; Frölich, Rahel; Dreyer, Anita M; Martin, Patricia; Davies, Todd; Fae, Kellen; van den Nieuwenhof, Ingrid; Thoelen, Stefan; de Vallière, Serge; Kuhn, Annette; Bernasconi, Enos; Viereck, Volker; Kavvadias, Tilemachos; Kling, Kerstin; Ryu, Gloria; Hülder, Tanja; ... (2017). Safety, immunogenicity, and preliminary clinical efficacy of a vaccine against extraintestinal pathogenic Escherichia coli in women with a history of recurrent urinary tract infection: a randomised, single-blind, placebo-controlled phase 1b trial. Lancet infectious diseases, 17(5), pp. 528-537. Elsevier 10.1016/S1473-3099(17)30108-1

Olearo, Flaminia; Albrich, Werner C; Vernaz, Nathalie; Harbarth, Stephan; Kronenberg, Andreas (2016). Staphylococcus aureus and methicillin resistance in Switzerland: regional differences and trends from 2004 to 2014. Swiss medical weekly, 146(w14339), w14339. EMH Schweizerischer Ärzteverlag 10.4414/smw.2016.14339

Uçkay, Ilker; Garzoni, Christian; Ferry, Tristan; Harbarth, Stephan; Stern, Richard; Assal, Mathieu; Hoffmeyer, Pierre; Lew, Daniel; Bernard, Louis (2010). Postoperative serum pro-calcitonin and C-reactive protein levels in patients with orthopedic infections. Swiss medical weekly, 140, w13124. Muttenz: EMH Schweizerischer Ärzteverlag 10.4414/smw.2010.13124