Kittl, Sonja

Marchionatti, Emma; Kittl, Sonja; Sendi, Parham; Perreten, Vincent (2024). Whole genome-based antimicrobial resistance, virulence, and phylogenetic characteristics of Trueperella pyogenes clinical isolates from humans and animals. Veterinary microbiology, 294, p. 110102. Elsevier 10.1016/j.vetmic.2024.110102

Kittl, Sonja; Frey, Caroline F; Brodard, Isabelle; Scalisi, Nadia; Vargas Amado, Maria Elena; Thomann, Andreas; Schierack, Peter; Jores, Joerg (2024). Zoonotic bacterial and parasitic intestinal pathogens in foxes, raccoons and other predators from eastern Germany. Environmental Microbiology Reports, 16(3) Wiley 10.1111/1758-2229.13261

Kittl, Sonja; Brodard, Isabelle; Tresch, Milena; Perreten, Vincent (2024). Novel tetracycline resistance gene tet(65) located on a multi-resistance Corynebacterium plasmid. The journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy, 79(5), pp. 1023-1029. Oxford University Press 10.1093/jac/dkae066

Heiderich, Elisabeth; Origgi, Francesco C; Pisano, Simone R R; Kittl, Sonja; Oevermann, Anna; Ryser-Degiorgis, Marie-Pierre; Marti, Iris A (2024). LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES INFECTION IN FREE-RANGING RED FOXES (VULPES VULPES) AND EURASIAN LYNX (LYNX LYNX) IN SWITZERLAND. Journal of zoo and wildlife medicine, 55(1), pp. 268-276. American Association of Zoo Veterinarians 10.1638/2022-0144

Donà, Valentina; Nordmann, Patrice; Kittl, Sonja; Schuller, Simone; Bouvier, Maxime; Poirel, Laurent; Endimiani, Andrea; Perreten, Vincent (2023). Emergence of OXA-48-producing Enterobacter hormaechei in a Swiss companion animal clinic and their genetic relationship to clinical human isolates. The journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy, 78(12), pp. 2950-2960. Oxford University Press 10.1093/jac/dkad337

Tresch, Milena; Watté, Christine; Stengard, Michele; Ritter, Corinne; Brodard, Isabelle; Feyer, Simon; Gohl, Estelle Jessica; Akdesir, Ezgi; Perreten, Vincent; Kittl, Sonja (2023). Corynebacterium oculi-related bacterium may act as a pathogen and carrier of antimicrobial resistance genes in dogs: a case report. BMC veterinary research, 19(1), p. 251. BioMed Central 10.1186/s12917-023-03821-y

Marchionatti, Emma; Kittl, Sonja; Sendi, Parham; Perreten, Vincent (5 July 2023). Phenotypic and WGS-based characterization of antimicrobial resistance of Trueperella pyogenes clinical isolates from humans and animals in Switzerland (Unpublished). In: 9th Symposium on Antimicrobial Resistance in Animals and the Environment. Tours, France. 3. - 5. July 2023.

Cuénod, Aline; Aerni, Martina; Bagutti, Claudia; Bayraktar, Banu; Boz, Efe Serkan; Carneiro, Cynthia Beisert; Casanova, Carlo; Coste, Alix T; Damborg, Peter; van Dam, Dick; Demirci, Mehmet; Drevinek, Pavel; Dubuis, Olivier; Fernandez, José; Greub, Gilbert; Hrabak, Jaroslav; Yiğitler, Gülen Hürkal; Hurych, Jakub; Jensen, Thøger Gorm; Jost, Géraldine; ... (2023). Quality of MALDI-TOF Mass Spectra in Routine Diagnostics: Results from an International External Quality Assessment including 36 Laboratories from 12 countries using 47 challenging bacterial strains. Clinical microbiology and infection, 29(2), pp. 190-199. Elsevier 10.1016/j.cmi.2022.05.017

Zingre, Tatiana; Bagatella, Stefano; Wenker, Christian; Kittl, Sonja; Meli, Marina L; Wyss, Fabia; Grau Roma, Llorenç (2023). Fatal gastritis and enterocolitis due to concurrent Helicobacter pylori and Campylobacter jejuni infection in a captive cheetah (Acinonyxjubatus). Journal of comparative pathology, 201, pp. 81-86. Elsevier 10.1016/j.jcpa.2022.12.016

Marchionatti, Emma; Kittl, Sonja; Sendi, Parham; Perreten, Vincent (29 November 2022). Drug resistance in Trueperellapyogeneshuman and animal clinical isolates in Switzerland (Unpublished). In: 14th GHS Symposium 2022. Studienzentrum Gerzensee (Bern). 29.11. -30.11.2022.

Kittl, Sonja; Studer, Eveline; Brodard, Isabelle; Thomann, Andreas; Jores, Jörg (2022). Corynebacterium uberis sp. nov. frequently isolated from bovine mastitis. Systematic and applied microbiology, 45(4), p. 126325. Elsevier 10.1016/j.syapm.2022.126325

Rediger, David; Butty, Marc André; Kittl, Sonja; Bodmer, Michèle; Hartnack, Sonja (2022). Bayesian latent class models to determine diagnostic sensitivities and specificities of two point of care rapid tests (Selma plus, Dipslide) for the detection of Streptococcus uberis associated with mastitis in dairy cows. Frontiers in veterinary science, 9(1062056), p. 1062056. Frontiers Media 10.3389/fvets.2022.1062056

Pisano, Simone R. R.; Kittl, Sonja; Eulenberger, Ulrike; Jores, Joerg; Origgi, Francesco C. (2021). Natural Infection of a European Red Squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) with Francisella tularensis subsp. holarctica. Journal of wildlife diseases, 57(4), pp. 970-973. Wildlife Disease Association 10.7589/JWD-D-20-00182

Schönecker, Lutz; Schnydrig, Philipp; Brodard, Isabelle; Thomann, Andreas; Hemphill, Andrew; Rodriguez-Campos, Sabrina; Perreten, Vincent; Jores, Joerg; Kittl, Sonja (2021). Trueperella pecoris sp. nov. isolated from bovine and porcine specimens. International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology, 71(6) Society for General Microbiology SGM 10.1099/ijsem.0.004848

Brilhante, Michael; Gobeli Brawand, Stefanie; Endimiani, Andrea; Rohrbach, Helene; Kittl, Sonja; Willi, Barbara; Schuller, Simone; Perreten, Vincent (2021). Two high-risk clones of carbapenemase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae that cause infections in pets and are present in the environment of a veterinary referral hospital. Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy, 76(5), pp. 1140-1149. Oxford University Press 10.1093/jac/dkab028

Grau-Roma, Llorenç; Navarro, Mauricio; Blatter, Sohvi; Wenker, Christian; Kittl, Sonja; Uzal, Francisco A; Posthaus, Horst (2021). Clostridium perfringens-Associated Necrotic Enteritis-Like Disease in Coconut Lorikeets (Trichoglossus haematodus). Veterinary pathology, 58(2), pp. 423-427. Sage 10.1177/0300985820971788

Kittl, Sonja; Brodard, Isabelle; Overesch, Gudrun; Kuhnert, Peter; Jores, Joerg; Labroussaa, Fabien (2021). Complete Genome Sequences of the Methicillin-Resistant Strain Staphylococcus aureus 17Gst354 and Its Prophage Staphylococcus Phage vB_StaphS-IVBph354. Microbiology resource announcements, 10(27), e0058621. American Society for Microbiology 10.1128/MRA.00586-21

Knöpfler, Stefanie; Schauer, Alexandria; Thomann, Andreas; Feyer, Simon; Rüegg-van den Broek, Peggy; Glardon, Olivier Jean; Kittl, Sonja (2021). Actinomycosis in a gray four-eyed opossum (Philander opossum) caused by a novel species of Schaalia. BMC veterinary research, 17(1), p. 243. BioMed Central 10.1186/s12917-021-02937-3

Horlbog, Jule Anna; Stephan, Roger; Stevens, Marc J. A.; Overesch, Gudrun; Kittl, Sonja; Napoleoni, Maira; Silenzi, Valentina; Nüesch-Inderbinen, Magdalena; Albini, Sarah (2021). Feedborne Salmonella enterica Serovar Jerusalem Outbreak in Different Organic Poultry Flocks in Switzerland and Italy Linked to Soya Expeller. Microorganisms, 9(7), p. 1367. MDPI 10.3390/microorganisms9071367

Akarsu, Hatice; Brodard, Isabelle; Kittl, Sonja; Overesch, Gudrun; Jores, Jörg (2020). Complete Genome Sequences of Four Brucella suis Strains Isolated from Swiss Wild Boars. Microbiology resource announcements, 9(49) American Society for Microbiology 10.1128/MRA.01048-20

Kittl, Sonja; Francey, Thierry; Brodard, Isabelle; Origgi, Francesco C.; Borel, Stéphanie; Ryser-Degiorgis, Marie-Pierre; Schweighauser, Ariane; Jores, Joerg (2020). First European report of Francisella tularensis subsp. holarctica isolation from a domestic cat. Veterinary research, 51(1), p. 109. BioMed Central 10.1186/s13567-020-00834-5

Moser, Sarah; Seth-Smith, Helena; Egli, Adrian; Kittl, Sonja; Overesch, Gudrun (2020). Campylobacter jejuni from Canine and Bovine Cases of Campylobacteriosis Express High antimicrobial Resistance Rates against (Fluoro)quinolones and Tetracyclines. Pathogens, 9(9) MDPI AG 10.3390/pathogens9090691

Posthaus, Horst; Kittl, Sonja; Tarek, Basma; Bruggisser, Julia (2020). Clostridium perfringens type C necrotic enteritis in pigs: diagnosis, pathogenesis, and prevention. Journal of veterinary diagnostic investigation, 32(2), pp. 203-212. Sage 10.1177/1040638719900180

Kittl, Sonja; Brodard, Isabelle; Heim, Dagmar; Andina-Pfister, Patrizia; Overesch, Gudrun (2020). Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Strains in Swiss Pigs and Their Relation to Isolates from Farmers and Veterinarians. Applied and environmental microbiology, 86(5), e01865. American Society for Microbiology 10.1128/AEM.01865-19

Schwendener, Sybille; Nigg, Aurélien; Collaud, Alexandra; Overesch, Gudrun; Kittl, Sonja; Phumthanakorn, Nathita; Perreten, Vincent (2019). Typing of mecD Islands in Genetically Diverse Methicillin-Resistant Macrococcus caseolyticus Strains from Cattle. Applied and environmental microbiology, 85(19) American Society for Microbiology 10.1128/AEM.01496-19

Gobeli, Stefanie; Kittl, Sonja; Dettwiler, Martina; Thomann, Andreas; Feyer, Simon; Cachim, José; Theubet, Grégoire; Liechti, Nicole; Wittwer, Matthias; Schürch, Nadia; Oberhänsli, Simone; Heinimann, Andreas; Jores, Jörg (2019). An unusual case of bovine anthrax in the canton of Jura, Switzerland in 2017. BMC veterinary research, 15(1), p. 265. BioMed Central 10.1186/s12917-019-1996-4

Kittl, Sonja; Brodard, Isabelle; Rychener, Lorenz; Jores, Jörg; Roosje, Petra; Gobeli Brawand, Stefanie (2018). Otitis in a cat associated with Corynebacterium provencense. BMC veterinary research, 14(1), p. 200. BioMed Central 10.1186/s12917-018-1526-9

Hamza, Eman; Kittl, Sonja; Kuhnert, Peter (2017). Temporal induction of pro-inflammatory and regulatory cytokines in human peripheral blood mononuclear cells by Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli. PLoS ONE, 12(2), e0171350. Public Library of Science 10.1371/journal.pone.0171350

Jonas, Romie; Kittl, Sonja; Overesch, Gudrun; Kuhnert, Peter (2015). Genotypes and antibiotic resistance of bovine Campylobacter and their contribution to human campylobacteriosis. Epidemiology and infection, 143(11), pp. 2373-2380. Cambridge University Press 10.1017/S0950268814003410

Bianchini, Valentina; Luini, Mario; Borella, Laura; Parisi, Antonio; Jonas, Romie; Kittl, Sonja; Kuhnert, Peter (2014). Genotypes and antibiotic resistances of Campylobacter jejuni isolates from cattle and pigeons in dairy farms. International journal of environmental research and public health, 11(7), pp. 7154-7162. MDPI 10.3390/ijerph110707154

Amar, Chantal; Kittl, Sonja; Spreng, David; Thomann, Andreas; Korczak, Bozena; Burnens, André P.; Kuhnert, Peter (2014). Genotypes and antibiotic resistance of canine Campylobacter jejuni isolates. Veterinary microbiology, 168(1), pp. 124-130. Elsevier 10.1016/j.vetmic.2013.10.006

Kittl, Sonja; Heckel, Gerald; Korczak, Bozena; Kuhnert, Peter (2013). Source attribution of human Campylobacter isolates by MLST and fla-typing and association of genotypes with quinolone resistance. PLoS ONE, 8(11), e81796. Public Library of Science 10.1371/journal.pone.0081796

Kittl, Sonja; Korczak, Bozena M.; Niederer, Lilian; Baumgartner, Andreas; Buettner, Sabina; Overesch, Gudrun; Kuhnert, Peter (2013). Comparison of genotypes and antibiotic resistances of Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli on chicken retail meat and at slaughter. Applied and environmental microbiology, 79(12), pp. 3875-3878. Washington, D.C.: American Society for Microbiology 10.1128/AEM.00493-13

Kittl, Sonja; Kuhnert, Peter; Hachler, H.; Korczak, Bozena (2011). Comparison of genotypes and antibiotic resistance of Campylobacter jejuni isolated from humans and slaughtered chickens in Switzerland. Journal of applied microbiology, 110(2), pp. 513-520. Malden, Mass.: Wiley-Blackwell 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2010.04906.x