• Rieber H. Re: Diagnostic accuracy of 16S rDNA PCR, multiplex PCR, and metagenomic next-generation sequencing in periprosthetic joint infections: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Olearo et al. 
  _{Clin Microbiol Infect. 2025 Dec;31(12):2100-2101. doi: 10.1016/j.cmi.2025.08.021. Epub 2025 Aug 22. PMID: 40850647}
   
• Rieber H, Neßler J.: Staphylococcus Hyicus, A Natural Skin Colonizer In Pigs And Causative Agent Of Exudative
  Epidermitis In Piglets, Associated With Periprosthetic Knee Infection In A Pig Farmer. First Case and Review of the Literature. 
  _{Ann Case Rep. 10:102327, 2025, DOI:10.29011/2574-7754.102327}
   
• Rieber H. RE: Should We Use Rifampicin in Periprosthetic Joint Infections Caused by Staphylococci When the Implant Has Been Exchanged?
  A Multicenter Observational Cohort Study by Kramer et al.
  _{Open Forum Infectious Diseases, Volume 11, Issue 3, March 2024, ofae074, doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofae074}
   
• Rieber H. RE: Is an isolated positive sonication fluid culture in revision arthroplasties clinically relevant?
  by Rondaan et al.
  _{Clin Microbiol Infect. 2024 Mar;30(3):401-402. doi: 10.1016/j.cmi.2023.11.014. Epub 2023 Dec 9. PMID: 38072194}
   
• Evaluation of two different semiautomated homogenisation techniques in microbiological diagnosis of periprosthetic joint infection: dispenser vs. bead milling method
  Rieber H, Frontzek A, Heinrich S, Barden B, Kortstegge T, Dienstknecht T, breil-Wirth A, Herwig M, Jerosch J, Pinkernell R and Ulatowski M
  _{BMC Infectious Diseases (2022) 22:790  https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-022-07775-8}
   
• Analytical detection of Prenatal Drug Exposure in early Childhood in Prenatal, Perinatal and Postnatal Matrices
  Bertges,M., van Helden,J., Weiskirchen,R.
  _{Romanian Journal of Legal Medicine; Okt. 2022; DOI:10.4323/rjlm.2022.4}
   
• Manipulation of THC Hair Concentrations by Commercially Available Products
  Bertges, M.
  _{Metabolites 12, No. 10:900. https.//doi.org/10.3390/metabo12100900- 24 Sep 2022}

• Homed-IQ and Labor Dr. Stein + Kollegen GbR to partner with University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein in large-scale SARS-CoV-2 Antibody study in Nothern Germany
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• Quantification of chloride in sweat by using ion chromatography instead of chloridometer
  Bertges,M., Weiskirchen,R.
  _{SN Appl. Sci. 4, 273 (2022)}

• Depletion of Lipocalin 2 (LCN2) in Mice Leads to Dysbiosis and Persistent Colonization with Segmented Filamentous BactePatrick Klüber P, Meurer S K, Lambertz J, Schwarz R, Zechel-Gran S, Braunschweig T, Hurka S, Domann E, and Weiskirchen, R.
  _{Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2021, 22(23), 13156;}

• Tofacitinib Suppresses IL-10/IL-10R Signaling and Modulates Host Defense Responses in Human Macrophages
  Knoke K, Rongisch R R, Grzes K M, Schwarz R, Lorenz B, Yogev N, Pearce E L, Pearce E J, Kofler D M, Fabri M J
  _{Invest Dermatol. 2022 Mar;142(3 Pt A):559-570.e6. doi: 10.1016/j.jid.2021.07.180. Epub 2021 Sep 1}

• Quantification of Short Chain Fatty Acids (acetate, butyrate, propionate) in human blood with ion exclusion chromatography
  Bertges,M., van Helden,J., Weiskirchen,R.
  _{Pract Lab Med. 2021 Jul 10;26:e00244. doi:10.1016/j.plabm.2021.e00244. PMID:34337125; PMCID: PMC8318}

• Microbiological diagnosis of polymicrobial periprosthetic joint infection revealed superiority of investigated tissue samples compared to sonicate fluid generated from the implant surface
  Rieber H, Frontzek A, Heinrich S. Breil-Wirth A, Messler J, Hegermann S, Ulatowski M, Koutras C, Steinheisser E, Kruppa T, Fischer M, Hammer M, Mullahi A, Morawietz T
  _{Int J Infect Dis.; 2021; 106:302-307}

• Sonicate fluid inoculated into blood culture bottles does not improve diagnosis of periprosthetic joint infection caused by anaerobes. A retrospective analysis
  Rieber H, Frontzek A, Alefeld M, Heinrich S, Barden B, Jerosch J, Breil-Wirth A, Schmitt H, Ulatowsi M, Götz S, Mullahi A, Fischer M, Weber R, Pfander D, Sakkal A, Kukuk P, Bell A.
  _{Anaerobe. 2020 Jan 28;62:102152. doi: 10.1016/j. anaerobe.2020.102152 [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 32001335}

• Molecular typing and in vitro resistance of Cryptococcus neoformans clinical isolates obtained in Germany between 2011 and 2017
  Selb R, Fuchs V, Graf B, Hamprecht A,Hogardt M, Sedlacek L, Schwarz R, Idelevich EA, Becker SL, Held J, Küpper-Tetzel CP, McCormick-Smith I, Heckmann D, Gerkrath J, Han CO, Wilmes D, Rickerts V
  _{Int J Med Microbiol. 2019 Sept;309(6):151336.doi:10.1016/j.ijmm.2019.151336.Epub 2019 Aug.16.MID: 31444102}

• Periprosthetic joint infection associated with Mycoplasma hominis after transurethral instrumentation in an immunocompetent patient. Unusual or underestimated? A case report and review of the literature
  Rieber H, Frontzek A, Fischer M
  _{Int J Infect Dis. 2019 Mar 14.pii: S1201-9712(19)30141-9.doi:10.1016/j.ijid.2019.03.012.PMID:30880125}

• Slackia exigua, an anaerobic Gram-positive rod and part of human oral microbiota associated with periprosthetic joint infection of the hip. First case and review of the literature
  Rieber H, Frontzek A, Schmitt H.
  _{Anaerobe.2019 Feb 23. pii:S1075-9964(19)30038-1.doi:10.1016/j.anaerobe.2019.02.015 [Epub ahead of print]PMID:30807855}
   
• Whole genome analyses of CMY-2-producing Escherichia coli isolates from humans, animals and food in GermanY
  Pietsch M, Irrgang A, Roschanski N, Brenner Michael G, Hamprecht A, Rieber H, Käsbohrer A, Schwarz S, Rösler U, Kreienbrock L, Pfeifer Y, Fuchs S, Werner G; RESET Study Group.
  _{BMC Genomics.2018 Aug 9;19(1):601.doi:10.1186/s12864-018-4976-3.PMID:3009276}
   
• Periprosthetic joint infection caused by anaerobes. Retrospective analysis reveals no need for prolonged cultivation time if sensitive supplemented growth media are used
  Rieber H, Frontzek A, Jerosch J, Alefeld M, Strohecker T, Ulatowski M, Morawitz T, Hinsenkamp S, Bell A, Kücükköylü D, Frommelt L
  _{Anaerobe. 2018 Jan 24. pii: S1075-9964(18)30020-9.doi:10.1016/j.anaerobe.2018.01.009}
   

• Dermatomycoses Due to Nannizzia praecox (Formerly Microsporum praecox) in Germany :Case Reports and Review of the Literature
  Uhrlaß S, Mayser P, Schwarz R, Koch D, Krüger C, Krofmann I, Nenoff P
  _{Mycopathologia. 2017 Oct 24.doi:10.1007/s11046-017-0213-x.[Epub ahead of print] Review.}

• Prevalence of β-lactamase genes in domestic washing machines and dishwashers and the impact of laundering processes on antibiotic resistant bacteria
  Rehberg L, Frontzek A, Melhus Å, Bockmühl DPJ
  _{Appl Microbiol. 2017 Aug 28. doi: 10.1111/jam.13574.}-ansehen-
  
   
• Protracted Regional Dissemination of GIM-1-Producing Serratia marcescens in Western German
  Wendel AF, Kaase M, Autenrieth IB, Peter S, Oberhettinger P, Rieber H, Pfeffer K, MacKenzie CR, Willmann
  _{Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2017 Feb. 23;61 (3). pii:e01880-16.doi: 10.1128/AAC.01880-16. Print 2017 Mar.PMID: 27956426 (Free PMC Article)}

• Molecular Investigation of Carbapenem-Resistant Acinetobacter spp. from Hospitals in North Rhine-Westphalia, German
  Rieber H., Frontzek A., Pfeifer Y
  _{Microb Drug Resist. 2017 Jan;23(1):25-31.doi: 10.1089/mdr.2016.0035.Epub 2016 Apr 19.PMID: 27093111}

• Robinsioniella peoriensis, originally isolated from swine manure, and early periprosthetic hip infection: Case report and rewiew of the literatur
  Rieber H., Frontzek A., Bell A., Frommelt L
  _{Anaerobe. 2016 Dec;42:33-36.doi:10.1016/j.anaerobe.2016.07.005Epub 2016 Jul30 PMID: 27481335}
  
   
• Comparative in vitro activity of oral antimicrobial agents against Enterobacteriaceae from patients with community-acquired urinary tract infections in three European countries
  Kresken M, Körber-Irrgang B, Biedenbach DJ, Batsta N, Besard V, Cantòn R, Garcìa-Castillo M, Kalka-Moll W, Pascual A, Schwarz R, Van Meensel B, Wisplinghoff H, Seifert H
  _{Clin Microbiol Infect. 2016 Jan;22(1):63.e1-5.doi:10.1016/j.cmi2015.08.019.Epub2015Aug.29.}
   

• Characterization of Microbial Communities in Household Washing Machine
  Ika D. Nix, André Frontzek, Dirk P. Bockmühl (2015)
  _{Tenside Surfactanta Detergents: Vol.52, No.6, pp.432-440,doi:10.3139/113.110394}

• Molecular typing of clinical Cryptococcus neoformans isolates collected in Germany from 2004 to 2010
  Sanchini A, Smith IM, Sedlacek L, Schwarz R, Tintelnot K, Rickerts V.
  _{Med Microbiol. Immunol 2014 oct; 203(5):333-40. doi: 10.1007/s00430-014-0341-6. Epub2014May}

• Healthcare worker-related MRSA cluster in a German neonatology level III ICU: a true European story
  Scheithauer S, Trepels-Kottek S, Häfner H, Keller D, Ittel T, Wagner N, Heimann K, Schoberer M, Schwarz R, Haase G, Waitschies B, Orlikowsky T, Lemmen S
  _{Int J Hyg Environ Health.2014 Mar; 217(2-3):307-11.doi:10.1016/j.ijheh.2013.07.006.Epub2013Jul25.}

• Laboratory survey on the incidence of Pneumocystis jirovecii - obviously a peculiar fungus, but also a rare pathogen?
  Hof H, Oberdorfer K, Mertes T, Miller B, Schwarz R, Regnath T, Schmidt-Wieland T, Wellinghausen N, Holfelder
  _{Dtsch Med Wochenschr. 2012 Oct; 137(43):2229-31 . doi: 10.1055/s-0032-1327231.Epub 2012 Oct.17.}

• Emergence of Metallo-ß-Lactamase GIM-1 in a Clinical Isolate of Serratia marcescens
  Rieber H., Frontzek A., Pfeifer Y
  _{Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2012 Sep; 56(9):4945-7.doi:10.1128/AAC.00405-12.E-pub2012Jun18 PMID:22710114}

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• Emergence of metallo-ß-lactamases GIM-1 and VIM in multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa in North Rine-Westphalia, German
  Rieber H., Frontzek A., von Baum H., Pfeifer Y
  _{J Antimicrob Chemother. 2012 Apr;67(4):1043-5.doi:10.1093/jac/dkr579. Epub 2012 Jan12. No abstract available. PMID: 22247491}

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• Actinomyces neuii subsp. neuii Associated with Periprosthetic Infection in Total Hip Arthroplasty as Causative Agent
  Rieber H., Schwarz R., Krämer O., Cordier W., Frommelt L.
  _{J Clin Microbiol. 2009 Dec;47(12):4183-4.doi:10.1128/jCM.01249-09. Epub 2009 Sep.30 PMID: 19794032}

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