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Xanthopoulou, Kyriaki ORCID: 0000-0001-8591-8184, Carattoli, Alessandra, Wille, Julia, Biehl, Lena M., Rohde, Holger, Farowski, Fedja, Krut, Oleg, Villa, Laura, Feudi, Claudia, Seifert, Harald and Higgins, Paul G. ORCID: 0000-0001-8677-9454 (2020). Antibiotic Resistance and Mobile Genetic Elements in Extensively Drug-Resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae Sequence Type 147 Recovered from Germany. Antibiotics-Basel, 9 (10). BASEL: MDPI. ISSN 2079-6382

Guenther, Saskia D., Fritsch, Melanie, Seeger, Jens M., Schiffmann, Lars M., Snipas, Scott J., Coutelle, Maria, Kufer, Thomas A., Higgins, Paul G. ORCID: 0000-0001-8677-9454, Hornung, Veit, Bernardini, Maria L., Hoening, Stefan, Kroenke, Martin, Salvesen, Guy S. and Kashkar, Hamid (2020). Cytosolic Gram-negative bacteria prevent apoptosis by inhibition of effector caspases through lipopolysaccharide. NAT. MICROBIOL, 5 (2). S. 354 - 385. LONDON: NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP. ISSN 2058-5276

Gerson, Stefanie, Lucassen, Kai, Wille, Julia, Nodari, Carolina S., Stefanik, Danuta, Nowak, Jennifer, Wille, Thorsten, Betts, Jonathan W., Roca, Ignasi ORCID: 0000-0002-1800-1576, Vila, Jordi, Cisneros, Jose M., Seifert, Harald and Higgins, Paul G. ORCID: 0000-0001-8677-9454 (2020). Diversity of amino acid substitutions in PmrCAB associated with colistin resistance in clinical isolates of Acinetobacter baumannii. Int. J. Antimicrob. Agents, 55 (3). AMSTERDAM: ELSEVIER. ISSN 1872-7913

Xanthopoulou, Kyriaki, Urrutikoetxea-Gutierrez, Mikel ORCID: 0000-0002-4388-0189, Vidal-Garcia, Matxalen, Diaz de Tuesta del Arco, Jose-Luis, Sanchez-Urtaza, Sandra, Wille, Julia, Seifert, Harald, Higgins, Paul G. ORCID: 0000-0001-8677-9454 and Gallego, Lucia (2020). First Report of New Delhi Metallo-beta-Lactamase-6 (NDM-6) in a Clinical Acinetobacter baumannii Isolate From Northern Spain. Front. Microbiol., 11. LAUSANNE: FRONTIERS MEDIA SA. ISSN 1664-302X

Nodari, Carolina Silva, Cayo, Rodrigo, Streling, Ana Paula, Lei, Felipe, Wille, Julia, Almeida, Myriam S., de Paula, Alexandre Inacio, Campos Pignatari, Antonio Carlos, Seifert, Harald, Higgins, Paul G. ORCID: 0000-0001-8677-9454 and Gales, Ana Cristina (2020). Genomic Analysis of Carbapenem-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii Isolates Belonging to Major Endemic Clones in South America. Front. Microbiol., 11. LAUSANNE: FRONTIERS MEDIA SA. ISSN 1664-302X

Bazzi, Wael, Abou Fayad, Antoine G., Nasser, Aya, Haraoui, Louis-Patrick, Dewachi, Omar, Abou-Sitta, Ghassan, Nguyen, Vinh-Kim, Abara, Aula, Karah, Nabil, Landecker, Hannah ORCID: 0000-0002-1282-9962, Knapp, Charles ORCID: 0000-0001-7997-8543, McEvoy, Megan M., Zaman, Muhammad H., Higgins, Paul G. ORCID: 0000-0001-8677-9454 and Matar, Ghassan M. (2020). Heavy Metal Toxicity in Armed Conflicts Potentiates AMR in A. baumannii by Selecting for Antibiotic and Heavy Metal Co-resistance Mechanisms. Front. Microbiol., 11. LAUSANNE: FRONTIERS MEDIA SA. ISSN 1664-302X

Seifert, Harald, Mueller, Carina, Stefanik, Danuta, Higgins, Paul G. ORCID: 0000-0001-8677-9454, Miller, Alita and Kresken, Michael (2020). In vitro activity of sulbactam/durlobactam against global isolates of carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii. J. Antimicrob. Chemother., 75 (9). S. 2616 - 2622. OXFORD: OXFORD UNIV PRESS. ISSN 1460-2091

Seifert, Harald, Stefanik, Danuta, Olesky, Melanie and Higgins, Paul G. ORCID: 0000-0001-8677-9454 (2020). In vitro activity of the novel fluorocycline TP-6076 against carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii. Int. J. Antimicrob. Agents, 55 (1). AMSTERDAM: ELSEVIER. ISSN 1872-7913

Piepenbrock, Ellen, Higgins, Paul G. ORCID: 0000-0001-8677-9454, Wille, Julia, Xanthopoulou, Kyriaki ORCID: 0000-0001-8591-8184, Zweigner, Janine, Jahn, Peter, Reuter, Stefan, Skov, Robert ORCID: 0000-0002-6079-5381, Eichhorn, Joachim and Seifert, Harald (2020). Klebsiella variicola causing nosocomial transmission among neonates - an emerging pathogen? J. Med. Microbiol., 69 (3). S. 396 - 402. LONDON: MICROBIOLOGY SOC. ISSN 1473-5644

Cerezales, Monica ORCID: 0000-0001-6705-006X, Xanthopoulou, Kyriaki ORCID: 0000-0001-8591-8184, Wille, Julia, Krut, Oleg, Seifert, Harald, Gallego, Lucia and Higgins, Paul G. ORCID: 0000-0001-8677-9454 (2020). Mobile Genetic Elements Harboring Antibiotic Resistance Determinants in Acinetobacter baumannii Isolates From Bolivia. Front. Microbiol., 11. LAUSANNE: FRONTIERS MEDIA SA. ISSN 1664-302X

Higgins, Paul G. ORCID: 0000-0001-8677-9454, Hagen, Ralf Matthias, Podbielski, Andreas, Frickmann, Hagen and Warnke, Philipp (2020). Molecular Epidemiology of Carbapenem-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii Isolated from War-Injured Patients from the Eastern Ukraine. Antibiotics-Basel, 9 (9). BASEL: MDPI. ISSN 2079-6382

Singkham-In, Uthaibhorn, Higgins, Paul G. ORCID: 0000-0001-8677-9454, Wannigama, Dhammika Leshan, Hongsing, Parichart and Chatsuwan, Tanittha (2020). Rescued chlorhexidine activity by resveratrol against carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii via down-regulation of AdeB efflux pump. PLoS One, 15 (12). SAN FRANCISCO: PUBLIC LIBRARY SCIENCE. ISSN 1932-6203

Al-Hassan, Leena ORCID: 0000-0002-0506-050X, Roemer-Mahler, Anne ORCID: 0000-0002-3016-3973, Price, James ORCID: 0000-0003-2541-8545, Islam, Jasmin, El-Mahallawy, Hadir, Higgins, Paul G. ORCID: 0000-0001-8677-9454, Hussein, Amira F. A., Roca, Ignasi ORCID: 0000-0002-1800-1576 and Newport, Melanie (2020). The TACTIC experience: establishing an international, interdisciplinary network to tackle antimicrobial resistance. J. Med. Microbiol., 69 (10). S. 1213 - 1221. LONDON: MICROBIOLOGY SOC. ISSN 1473-5644

Xanthopoulou, Kyriaki ORCID: 0000-0001-8591-8184, Peter, Silke ORCID: 0000-0002-1355-3953, Tobys, David, Behnke, Michael, Dinkelacker, Ariane G., Eisenbeis, Simone, Falgenhauer, Jane, Falgenhauer, Linda ORCID: 0000-0003-4706-8507, Fritzenwanker, Moritz, Goelz, Hannah, Haecker, Georg, Higgins, Paul G. ORCID: 0000-0001-8677-9454, Imirzalioglu, Can, Kaeding, Nadja, Kern, Winfried, V, Kramme, Evelyn, Kola, Axel, Mischnik, Alexander, Rieg, Siegbert, Rohde, Anna M., Rupp, Jan, Tacconelli, Evelina, Vehreschild, Maria J. G. T., Walker, Sarah, V, Gastmeier, Petra and Seifert, Harald (2020). Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium colonizing patients on hospital admission in Germany: prevalence and molecular epidemiology. J. Antimicrob. Chemother., 75 (10). S. 2743 - 2752. OXFORD: OXFORD UNIV PRESS. ISSN 1460-2091

Xu, Qingye, Hua, Xiaoting, He, Jintao, Zhang, Di, Chen, Qiong, Zhang, Linghong, Loh, Belinda ORCID: 0000-0003-1364-6911, Leptihn, Sebastian ORCID: 0000-0002-4847-4622, Wen, Yurong, Higgins, Paul G. ORCID: 0000-0001-8677-9454, Yu, Yunsong and Zhou, Zhihui (2020). The distribution of mutations and hotspots in transcription regulators of resistance-nodulation-cell division efflux pumps in tigecycline non-susceptible Acinetobacter baumannii in China. Int. J. Med. Microbiol., 310 (8). MUNICH: ELSEVIER GMBH. ISSN 1618-0607

Cerezales, Monica ORCID: 0000-0001-6705-006X, Xanthopoulou, Kyriaki ORCID: 0000-0001-8591-8184, Wille, Julia, Bustamante, Zulema, Seifert, Harald, Gallego, Lucia ORCID: 0000-0003-2885-7789 and Higgins, Paul G. ORCID: 0000-0001-8677-9454 (2019). Acinetobacter baumannii analysis by core genome multi-locus sequence typing in two hospitals in Bolivia: endemicity of international clone 7 isolates (CC25). Int. J. Antimicrob. Agents, 53 (6). S. 844 - 850. AMSTERDAM: ELSEVIER. ISSN 1872-7913

Farowski, Fedja, Els, Gregor, Tsakmaklis, Anastasia, Higgins, Paul G. ORCID: 0000-0001-8677-9454, Kahlert, Christian R. ORCID: 0000-0002-0784-3276, Stein-Thoeringer, Christoph K., Bobardt, Johanna S., Dettmer-Wilde, Katja, Oefner, Peter J., Vehreschild, Jorg Janne and Vehreschild, Maria J. G. T. (2019). Assessment of urinary 3-indoxyl sulfate as a marker for gut microbiota diversity and abundance of Clostridiales. Gut Microbes, 10 (2). S. 133 - 142. PHILADELPHIA: TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC. ISSN 1949-0984

Dimitriou, Vassiliki, Biehl, Lena M., Hamprecht, Axel ORCID: 0000-0003-1449-5780, Vogel, Wichard, Doerfel, Daniela, Peter, Silke, Schafhausen, Philippe, Rohde, Holger, von Lilienfeld-Toal, Marie, Klassert, Tilman E., Slickers, Peter, Ehricht, Ralf, Slevogt, Hortense, Christ, Hildegard ORCID: 0000-0003-3235-2994, Hellmich, Martin, Farowski, Fedja, Tsakmaklis, Anastasia, Higgins, Paul G. ORCID: 0000-0001-8677-9454, Seifert, Harald and Vehreschild, Maria J. G. T. (2019). Controlling intestinal colonization of high-risk haematology patients with ESBL-producing Enterobacteriaceae: a randomized, placebo-controlled, multicentre, Phase II trial (CLEAR). J. Antimicrob. Chemother., 74 (7). S. 2065 - 2075. OXFORD: OXFORD UNIV PRESS. ISSN 1460-2091

Rossen, John W. A., Dombrecht, Jill, Vanfleteren, Diederik, De Bruyne, Katrien, van Belkum, Alex, Rosema, Sigrid, Lokate, Mariette, Bathoorn, Erik, Reuter, Sandra, Grundmann, Hajo, Ertel, Julia, Higgins, Paul G. ORCID: 0000-0001-8677-9454 and Seifert, Harald (2019). Epidemiological Typing of Serratia marcescens Isolates by Whole-Genome Multilocus Sequence Typing. J. Clin. Microbiol., 57 (4). WASHINGTON: AMER SOC MICROBIOLOGY. ISSN 1098-660X

Mertins, Sonja, Higgins, Paul G. ORCID: 0000-0001-8677-9454, Rodriguez, Maria Gonzalez, Borlon, Celine, Galleman, Quentin, Mertens, Pascal ORCID: 0000-0002-1458-8306, Seifert, Harald, Kroenke, Martin and Klimka, Alexander (2019). Generation and selection of antibodies for a novel immunochromatographic lateral flow test to rapidly identify OXA-23-like-mediated carbapenem resistance in Acinetobacter baumannii. J. Med. Microbiol., 68 (7). S. 1021 - 1033. LONDON: MICROBIOLOGY SOC. ISSN 1473-5644

Opazo-Capurro, Andres ORCID: 0000-0002-6382-7625, Higgins, Paul G. ORCID: 0000-0001-8677-9454, Wille, Julia, Seifert, Harald, Cigarroa, Camila, Gonzalez-Munoz, Paulina, Quezada-Aguiluz, Mario ORCID: 0000-0001-9644-8368, Dominguez-Yevenes, Mariana, Bello-Toledo, Helia, Vergara, Luis and Gonzalez-Rocha, Gerardo (2019). Genetic Features of Antarctic Acinetobacter radioresistens Strain A154 Harboring Multiple Antibiotic-Resistance Genes. Front. Cell. Infect. Microbiol., 9. LAUSANNE: FRONTIERS MEDIA SA. ISSN 2235-2988

Tietgen, Manuela, Kramer, Jan S., Brunst, Steffen, Djahanschiri, Bardya ORCID: 0000-0002-6066-8315, Wohra, Sonali, Higgins, Paul G. ORCID: 0000-0001-8677-9454, Weidensdorfer, Marko, Riedel-Christ, Sara, Pos, Klaas M., Gonzaga, Aitor, Steglich, Matthias, Nuebel, Ulrich, Ebersberger, Ingo, Proschak, Ewgenij and Goettig, Stephan (2019). Identification of the novel class D beta-lactamase OXA-679 involved in carbapenem resistance in Acinetobacter calcoaceticus. J. Antimicrob. Chemother., 74 (6). S. 1494 - 1503. OXFORD: OXFORD UNIV PRESS. ISSN 1460-2091

Fuchs, Frieder ORCID: 0000-0001-7075-5378, Wille, Julia, Hamprecht, Axel ORCID: 0000-0003-1449-5780, Parcina, Marijo, Lehmann, Clara, Schwarze-Zander, Carolynne, Seifert, Harald and Higgins, Paul G. ORCID: 0000-0001-8677-9454 (2019). In vitro activity of mecillinam and nitroxoline against Neisseria gonorrhoeae - re-purposing old antibiotics in the multi-drug resistance era. J. Med. Microbiol., 68 (7). S. 991 - 996. LONDON: MICROBIOLOGY SOC. ISSN 1473-5644

Cosgaya, Clara, Ratia, Carlos, Mari-Almirall, Marta, Rubio, Laia, Higgins, Paul G. ORCID: 0000-0001-8677-9454, Seifert, Harald, Roca, Ignasi ORCID: 0000-0002-1800-1576 and Vila, Jordi (2019). In vitro and in vivo Virulence Potential of the Emergent Species of the Acinetobacter baumannii (Ab) Group. Front. Microbiol., 10. LAUSANNE: FRONTIERS MEDIA SA. ISSN 1664-302X

Gerson, Stefanie, Betts, Jonathan W., Lucassen, Kai ORCID: 0000-0002-6335-7731, Nodari, Carolina Silva, Wille, Julia, Josten, Michaele, Goettig, Stephan, Nowak, Jennifer, Stefanik, Danuta, Roca, Ignasi ORCID: 0000-0002-1800-1576, Vila, Jordi, Cisneros, Jose M., La Ragione, Roberto M., Seifert, Harald and Higgins, Paul G. ORCID: 0000-0001-8677-9454 (2019). Investigation of Novel pmrB and eptA Mutations in Isogenic Acinetobacter baumannii Isolates Associated with Colistin Resistance and Increased Virulence In Vivo. Antimicrob. Agents Chemother., 63 (3). WASHINGTON: AMER SOC MICROBIOLOGY. ISSN 1098-6596

Schaefer, Elena, Malecki, Monika, Tellez-Castillo, Carlos J., Pfennigwerth, Niels ORCID: 0000-0002-6403-5646, Marlinghaus, Lennart, Higgins, Paul G. ORCID: 0000-0001-8677-9454, Mattner, Frauke and Wendel, Andreas F. (2019). Molecular surveillance of carbapenemase-producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa at three medical centres in Cologne, Germany. Antimicrob. Resist. Infect. Control, 8 (1). LONDON: BMC. ISSN 2047-2994

D'Souza, Roshan, Pinto, Naina A., Higgins, Paul G. ORCID: 0000-0001-8677-9454, Byun, Jung-Hyun ORCID: 0000-0001-5909-5807, Cho, Young Lag, Choi, Jong Rak and Yong, Dongeun (2019). Phenotypic and Genotypic Characterization of Acinetobacter spp. Panel Strains: A Cornerstone to Facilitate Antimicrobial Development. Front. Microbiol., 10. LAUSANNE: FRONTIERS MEDIA SA. ISSN 1664-302X

Farowski, Fedja, Solbach, Philipp, Tsakmaklis, Anastasia, Brodesser, Susanne, Aguilar, Rebeca Cruz, Cornely, Oliver A., Dettmer, Katja, Higgins, Paul G. ORCID: 0000-0001-8677-9454, Suerbaum, Sebastian, Jazmati, Nathalie, Oefner, Peter J. and Vehreschild, Maria J. G. T. (2019). Potential biomarkers to predict outcome of faecal microbiota transfer for recurrent Clostridioides difficile infection. Dig. Liver Dis., 51 (7). S. 944 - 952. NEW YORK: ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC. ISSN 1878-3562

Betts, Jonathan W., Hornsey, Michael ORCID: 0000-0001-8990-2059, Higgins, Paul G. ORCID: 0000-0001-8677-9454, Lucassen, Kai ORCID: 0000-0002-6335-7731, Wille, Julia, Salguero, Francisco J., Seifert, Harald and La Ragione, Roberto M. (2019). Restoring the activity of the antibiotic aztreonam using the polyphenol epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG) against multidrug-resistant clinical isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. J. Med. Microbiol., 68 (10). S. 1552 - 1560. LONDON: MICROBIOLOGY SOC. ISSN 1473-5644

Klotz, Peter, Higgins, Paul G. ORCID: 0000-0001-8677-9454, Schaubmar, Andreas R., Failing, Klaus, Leidner, Ursula, Seifert, Harald, Scheufen, Sandra, Semmler, Torsten ORCID: 0000-0002-2225-7267 and Ewers, Christa (2019). Seasonal Occurrence and Carbapenem Susceptibility of Bovine Acinetobacter baumannii in Germany. Front. Microbiol., 10. LAUSANNE: FRONTIERS MEDIA SA. ISSN 1664-302X

Higgins, Paul G. ORCID: 0000-0001-8677-9454, Hrenovic, Jasna, Seifert, Harald and Dekic, Svjetlana ORCID: 0000-0001-6508-7336 (2018). Characterization of Acinetobacter baumannii from water and sludge line of secondary wastewater treatment plant. Water Res., 140. S. 261 - 268. OXFORD: PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD. ISSN 0043-1354

Blaschke, Ulrike ORCID: 0000-0002-3496-5447, Skiebe, Evelyn, Kaatz, Michael, Higgins, Paul G. ORCID: 0000-0001-8677-9454, Pfeifer, Yvonne and Wilharm, Gottfried ORCID: 0000-0002-1771-6799 (2018). Complete Genome Sequencing of Acinetobacter sp. Strain LoGeW2-3, Isolated from the Pellet of a White Stork, Reveals a Novel Class D Beta-Lactamase Gene. Microbiol. Resour. Ann., 6 (2). WASHINGTON: AMER SOC MICROBIOLOGY. ISSN 2576-098X

Gerson, Stefanie, Nowak, Jennifer, Zander, Esther, Ertel, Julia, Wen, Yurong ORCID: 0000-0001-8730-5197, Krut, Oleg, Seifert, Harald and Higgins, Paul G. ORCID: 0000-0001-8677-9454 (2018). Diversity of mutations in regulatory genes of resistance-nodulationcell division efflux pumps in association with tigecycline resistance in Acinetobacter baumannii. J. Antimicrob. Chemother., 73 (6). S. 1501 - 1509. OXFORD: OXFORD UNIV PRESS. ISSN 1460-2091

Cerezales, Monica ORCID: 0000-0001-6705-006X, Ocampo-Sosa, Alain A., Alvarez Montes, Laura, Diaz Rios, Catalina, Bustamante, Zulema, Santos, Jazmin, Martinez-Martinez, Luis, Higgins, Paul G. ORCID: 0000-0001-8677-9454 and Gallego, Lucia ORCID: 0000-0003-2885-7789 (2018). High Prevalence of Extensively Drug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii at a Children Hospital in Bolivia. Pediatr. Infect. Dis. J., 37 (11). S. 1118 - 1124. PHILADELPHIA: LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS. ISSN 1532-0987

Cerezales, Monica ORCID: 0000-0001-6705-006X, Xanthopoulou, Kyriaki ORCID: 0000-0001-8591-8184, Ertel, Julia, Nemec, Alexandr ORCID: 0000-0003-0608-9598, Bustamante, Zulema, Seifert, Harald, Gallego, Lucia ORCID: 0000-0003-2885-7789 and Higgins, Paul G. ORCID: 0000-0001-8677-9454 (2018). Identification of Acinetobacter seifertii isolated from Bolivian hospitals. J. Med. Microbiol., 67 (6). S. 834 - 838. LONDON: MICROBIOLOGY SOC. ISSN 1473-5644

Seifert, Harald, Stefanik, Danuta, Sutcliffe, Joyce A. and Higgins, Paul G. ORCID: 0000-0001-8677-9454 (2018). In-vitro activity of the novel fluorocycline eravacycline against carbapenem non-susceptible Acinetobacter baumannii. Int. J. Antimicrob. Agents, 51 (1). S. 62 - 65. AMSTERDAM: ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV. ISSN 1872-7913

Higgins, Paul G. ORCID: 0000-0001-8677-9454, Prior, Karola, Harmsen, Dag and Seifert, Harald (2017). Development and evaluation of a core genome multilocus typing scheme for whole-genome sequence-based typing of Acinetobacter baumannii. PLoS One, 12 (6). SAN FRANCISCO: PUBLIC LIBRARY SCIENCE. ISSN 1932-6203

Ladavac, Ranko, Bedenic, Branka, Vranic-Ladavac, Mirna, Barisic, Nada, Karcic, Natalie, Pompe, Karoline, Ferencic, Antun ORCID: 0000-0002-2166-7264, Stojanovic, Aleksandar, Seifert, Harald, Katic, Stjepan and Higgins, Paul G. ORCID: 0000-0001-8677-9454 (2017). Emergence of different Acinetobacter baumannii clones in a Croatian hospital and correlation with antibiotic susceptibility. J. Glob. Antimicrob. Resist., 10. S. 213 - 219. OXFORD: ELSEVIER SCI LTD. ISSN 2213-7173

Buser, Genevieve L., Cassidy, P. Maureen, Cunningham, Margaret C., Rudin, Susan, Hujer, Andrea M., Vega, Robert, Furuno, Jon P., Marshall, Steven H., Higgins, Paul G. ORCID: 0000-0001-8677-9454, Jacobs, Michael R., Wright, Meredith S., Adams, Mark D., Bonomo, Robert A., Pfeiffer, Christopher D. and Beldavs, Zintars G. (2017). Failure to Communicate: Transmission of Extensively Drug-Resistant bla(OXA-237)-Containing Acinetobacter baumannii-Multiple Facilities in Oregon, 2012-2014. Infect. Control Hosp. Epidemiol., 38 (11). S. 1335 - 1342. NEW YORK: CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS. ISSN 1559-6834

D'Souza, Roshan, Pinto, Naina Adren, Higgins, Paul G. ORCID: 0000-0001-8677-9454, Hwang, Insik, Yong, Dongeun, Choi, Jongrak, Lee, Kyoungwon and Chong, Yunsop (2017). First Report of the Carbapenemase Gene bla(OXA-499) in Acinetobacter pittii. Antimicrob. Agents Chemother., 61 (5). WASHINGTON: AMER SOC MICROBIOLOGY. ISSN 1098-6596

Evans, Scott R., Hujer, Andrea M., Jiang, Hongyu, Hill, Carol B., Hujer, Kristine M., Mediavilla, Jose R., Manca, Claudia, Tran, Thuy Tien T., Domitrovic, T. Nicholas, Higgins, Paul G. ORCID: 0000-0001-8677-9454, Seifert, Harald, Kreiswirth, Barry N., Patel, Robin, Jacobs, Michael R., Chen, Liang, Sampath, Rangarajan, Hall, Thomas, Marzan, Christine, Fowler, Vance G., Jr., Chambers, Henry F. and Bonomo, Robert A. (2017). Informing Antibiotic Treatment Decisions: Evaluating Rapid Molecular Diagnostics To Identify Susceptibility and Resistance to Carbapenems against Acinetobacter spp. in PRIMERS III. J. Clin. Microbiol., 55 (1). S. 134 - 145. WASHINGTON: AMER SOC MICROBIOLOGY. ISSN 1098-660X

Wen, Yurong ORCID: 0000-0001-8730-5197, Ouyang, Zhenlin, Yu, Yue, Zhou, Xiaorong, Pei, Yingmei, Devreese, Bart ORCID: 0000-0002-9764-2581, Higgins, Paul G. ORCID: 0000-0001-8677-9454 and Zheng, Fang (2017). Mechanistic insight into how multidrug resistant Acinetobacter baumannii response regulator AdeR recognizes an intercistronic region. Nucleic Acids Res., 45 (16). S. 9773 - 9788. OXFORD: OXFORD UNIV PRESS. ISSN 1362-4962

Hujer, Andrea M., Higgins, Paul G. ORCID: 0000-0001-8677-9454, Rudin, Susan D., Buser, Genevieve L., Marshall, Steven H., Xanthopoulou, Kyriaki ORCID: 0000-0001-8591-8184, Seifert, Harald, Rojas, Laura J., Domitrovic, T. Nicholas, Cassidy, P. Maureen, Cunningham, Margaret C., Vega, Robert, Furuno, Jon P., Pfeiffer, Christopher D., Beldavs, Zintars G., Wright, Meredith S., Jacobs, Michael R., Adams, Mark D. and Bonomo, Robert A. (2017). Nosocomial Outbreak of Extensively Drug-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii Isolates Containing bla(OXA-237) Carried on a Plasmid. Antimicrob. Agents Chemother., 61 (11). WASHINGTON: AMER SOC MICROBIOLOGY. ISSN 1098-6596

Wilharm, Gottfried ORCID: 0000-0002-1771-6799, Skiebe, Evelyn, Higgins, Paul G. ORCID: 0000-0001-8677-9454, Poppel, Marie T., Blaschke, Ulrike ORCID: 0000-0002-3496-5447, Leser, Sarah, Heider, Christine, Heindorf, Magdalena, Brauner, Paul, Jaeckel, Udo, Boehland, Karin, Cuny, Christiane, Lopinska, Andzelina, Kaminski, Piotr, Kasprzak, Mariusz ORCID: 0000-0001-9088-8098, Bochenski, Marcin ORCID: 0000-0002-7081-809X, Ciebiera, Olaf, Tobolka, Marcin ORCID: 0000-0002-4989-1524, Zolnierowicz, Katarzyna M., Siekiera, Joachim, Seifert, Harald, Gagne, Stephanie, Salcedo, Suzana P., Kaatz, Michael, Layer, Franziska, Bender, Jennifer K., Fuchs, Stephan, Semmler, Torsten ORCID: 0000-0002-2225-7267, Pfeifer, Yvonne and Jerzak, Leszek (2017). Relatedness of wildlife and livestock avian isolates of the nosocomial pathogen Acinetobacter baumannii to lineages spread in hospitals worldwide. Environ. Microbiol., 19 (10). S. 4349 - 4365. HOBOKEN: WILEY. ISSN 1462-2920

Cosgaya, Clara, Mari-Almirall, Marta, Van Assche, Ado ORCID: 0000-0002-5016-0489, Fernandez-Orth, Dietmar, Mosqueda, Noraida, Telli, Murat, Huys, Geert ORCID: 0000-0002-7092-4837, Higgins, Paul G. ORCID: 0000-0001-8677-9454, Seifert, Harald, Lievens, Bart, Roca, Ignasi ORCID: 0000-0002-1800-1576 and Vila, Jordi ORCID: 0000-0002-8025-3926 (2016). Acinetobacter dijkshoorniae sp nov., a member of the Acinetobacter calcoaceticus-Acinetobacter baumannii complex mainly recovered from clinical samples in different countries. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 66. S. 4105 - 4112. LONDON: MICROBIOLOGY SOC. ISSN 1466-5034

Nowak, Jennifer, Schneiders, Thamarai ORCID: 0000-0002-7758-7925, Seifert, Harald and Higgins, Paul G. ORCID: 0000-0001-8677-9454 (2016). The Asp20-to-Asn Substitution in the Response Regulator AdeR Leads to Enhanced Efflux Activity of AdeB in Acinetobacter baumannii. Antimicrob. Agents Chemother., 60 (2). S. 1085 - 1091. WASHINGTON: AMER SOC MICROBIOLOGY. ISSN 1098-6596

Pfeifer, Yvonne, Hunfeld, Klaus-Peter, Borgmann, Stefan, Maneg, Daniela, Blobner, Wolfgang, Werner, Guido and Higgins, Paul G. ORCID: 0000-0001-8677-9454 (2016). Carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii ST78 with OXA-72 carbapenemase and ESBL gene bla(CTX-M-115). J. Antimicrob. Chemother., 71 (5). S. 1426 - 1429. OXFORD: OXFORD UNIV PRESS. ISSN 1460-2091

Higgins, Paul G. ORCID: 0000-0001-8677-9454, Koehler, Daniela, Chan, Jacqueline Z. M., Cornely, Oliver A., Fatkenheuer, Gerd, Gillis, Meyke, Pallen, Mark J., Tien, Johanna, Seifert, Harald, Vehreschild, Maria J. G. T. and Millard, Andrew D. (2016). Draft Genome Sequences of Nine Clinical Isolates of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci. Microbiol. Resour. Ann., 4 (4). WASHINGTON: AMER SOC MICROBIOLOGY. ISSN 2576-098X

Zander, Esther, Seifert, Harald and Higgins, Paul G. ORCID: 0000-0001-8677-9454 (2016). Effects of Saline, an Ambient Acidic Environment, and Sodium Salicylate on OXA-Mediated Carbapenem Resistance in Acinetobacter baumannii. Antimicrob. Agents Chemother., 60 (6). S. 3415 - 3419. WASHINGTON: AMER SOC MICROBIOLOGY. ISSN 1098-6596

Tomaschek, Franziska, Higgins, Paul G. ORCID: 0000-0001-8677-9454, Stefanik, Danuta, Wisplinghoff, Hilmar and Seifert, Harald (2016). Head-to-Head Comparison of Two Multi-Locus Sequence Typing (MLST) Schemes for Characterization of Acinetobacter baumannii Outbreak and Sporadic Isolates. PLoS One, 11 (4). SAN FRANCISCO: PUBLIC LIBRARY SCIENCE. ISSN 1932-6203

Lindgren, Patricia Komp, Higgins, Paul G. ORCID: 0000-0001-8677-9454, Seifert, Harald and Cars, Otto (2016). Prevalence of hypermutators among clinical Acinetobacter baumannii isolates. J. Antimicrob. Chemother., 71 (3). S. 661 - 666. OXFORD: OXFORD UNIV PRESS. ISSN 1460-2091

Nemec, Alexandr ORCID: 0000-0003-0608-9598, Krizova, Lenka, Maixnerova, Martina, Sedo, Ondrej, Brisse, Sylvain ORCID: 0000-0002-2516-2108 and Higgins, Paul G. ORCID: 0000-0001-8677-9454 (2015). Acinetobacter seifertii sp nov., a member of the Acinetobacter calcoaceticus-Acinetobacter baumannii complex isolated from human clinical specimens. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 65. S. 934 - 943. READING: SOC GENERAL MICROBIOLOGY. ISSN 1466-5034

Nemec, Alexandr ORCID: 0000-0003-0608-9598, Krizova, Lenka, Maixnerova, Martina, Sedo, Ondrej, Brisse, Sylvain ORCID: 0000-0002-2516-2108 and Higgins, Paul G. ORCID: 0000-0001-8677-9454 (2015). Acinetobacter seifertii sp nov., a member of the Acinetobacter calcoaceticus-Acinetobacter baumannii complex isolated from human clinical specimens. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 65. S. 934 - 943. READING: SOC GENERAL MICROBIOLOGY. ISSN 1466-5034

Hos, Nina J., Rieg, Siegbert ORCID: 0000-0001-7493-7080, Kern, Winfried V., Jonas, Daniel, Fowler, Vance G., Higgins, Paul G. ORCID: 0000-0001-8677-9454, Seifert, Harald and Kaasch, Achim J. (2015). Amino acid alterations in fibronectin binding protein A (FnBPA) and bacterial genotype are associated with cardiac device related infection in Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia. J. Infect., 70 (2). S. 153 - 160. LONDON: W B SAUNDERS CO LTD. ISSN 1532-2742

Zander, Esther, Bonnin, Remy A. ORCID: 0000-0002-2307-3232, Seifert, Harald and Higgins, Paul G. ORCID: 0000-0001-8677-9454 (2014). Characterization of bla(OXA-143) Variants in Acinetobacter baumannii and Acinetobacter pittii. Antimicrob. Agents Chemother., 58 (5). S. 2704 - 2709. WASHINGTON: AMER SOC MICROBIOLOGY. ISSN 1098-6596

Goettig, Stephan, Gruber, Teresa M., Higgins, Paul G. ORCID: 0000-0001-8677-9454, Wachsmuth, Maik, Seifert, Harald and Kempf, Volkhard A. J. (2014). Detection of pan drug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii in Germany. J. Antimicrob. Chemother., 69 (9). S. 2578 - 2581. OXFORD: OXFORD UNIV PRESS. ISSN 1460-2091

Zander, Esther, Seifert, Harald and Higgins, Paul G. ORCID: 0000-0001-8677-9454 (2014). Insertion sequence IS18 mediates overexpression of bla(OXA-257) in a carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter bereziniae isolate. J. Antimicrob. Chemother., 69 (1). S. 270 - 272. OXFORD: OXFORD UNIV PRESS. ISSN 1460-2091

Kamolvit, Witchuda, Higgins, Paul G. ORCID: 0000-0001-8677-9454, Paterson, David L. and Seifert, Harald (2014). Multiplex PCR to detect the genes encoding naturally occurring oxacillinases in Acinetobacter spp. J. Antimicrob. Chemother., 69 (4). S. 959 - 964. OXFORD: OXFORD UNIV PRESS. ISSN 1460-2091

Zander, Esther, Fernandez-Gonzalez, Ana, Schleicher, Xenia, Dammhayn, Cathrin, Kamolvit, Witchuda, Seifert, Harald and Higgins, Paul G. ORCID: 0000-0001-8677-9454 (2014). Worldwide dissemination of acquired carbapenem-hydrolysing class D beta-lactamases in Acinetobacter spp. other than Acinetobacter baumannii. Int. J. Antimicrob. Agents, 43 (4). S. 375 - 378. AMSTERDAM: ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV. ISSN 1872-7913

Cieslinski, Juliette M., Arend, Lavinia ORCID: 0000-0003-4555-4632, Tuon, Felipe F., Silva, Ethianne P., Ekermann, Rafael G. S., Dalla-Costa, Libera Maria, Higgins, Paul G. ORCID: 0000-0001-8677-9454, Seifert, Harald and Pilonetto, Marcelo (2013). Molecular epidemiology characterization of OXA-23 carbapenemase-producing Acinetobacter baumannii isolated from 8 Brazilian hospitals using repetitive sequence-based PCR. Diagn. Microbiol. Infect. Dis., 77 (4). S. 337 - 341. NEW YORK: ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC. ISSN 1879-0070

Higgins, Paul G. ORCID: 0000-0001-8677-9454, Janssen, Katharina, Fresen, Maximilian M., Wisplinghoff, Hilmar and Seifert, Harald (2012). Molecular Epidemiology of Acinetobacter baumannii Bloodstream Isolates Obtained in the United States from 1995 to 2004 Using rep-PCR and Multilocus Sequence Typing. J. Clin. Microbiol., 50 (11). S. 3493 - 3501. WASHINGTON: AMER SOC MICROBIOLOGY. ISSN 1098-660X

Franolic-Kukina, Irena, Bedenic, Branka, Budimir, Ana, Herljevic, Zoran, Vranes, Jasmina and Higgins, Paul G. ORCID: 0000-0001-8677-9454 (2011). Clonal spread of carbapenem-resistant OXA-72-positive Acinetobacter baumannii in a Croatian university hospital. Int. J. Infect. Dis., 15 (10). S. E706 - 4. OXFORD: ELSEVIER SCI LTD. ISSN 1201-9712

Pfeifer, Yvonne, Wilharm, Gottfried ORCID: 0000-0002-1771-6799, Zander, Esther, Wichelhaus, Thomas A., Goettig, Stefan, Hunfeld, Klaus-Peter, Seifert, Harald, Witte, Wolfgang and Higgins, Paul G. ORCID: 0000-0001-8677-9454 (2011). Molecular characterization of bla(NDM-1) in an Acinetobacter baumannii strain isolated in Germany in 2007. J. Antimicrob. Chemother., 66 (9). S. 1998 - 2002. OXFORD: OXFORD UNIV PRESS. ISSN 1460-2091

Higgins, Paul G. ORCID: 0000-0001-8677-9454, Schneiders, Thamarai ORCID: 0000-0002-7758-7925, Hamprecht, Axel ORCID: 0000-0003-1449-5780 and Seifert, Harald (2010). In Vivo Selection of a Missense Mutation in adeR and Conversion of the Novel bla(OXA-164) Gene into bla(OXA-58) in Carbapenem-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii Isolates from a Hospitalized Patient. Antimicrob. Agents Chemother., 54 (12). S. 5021 - 5028. WASHINGTON: AMER SOC MICROBIOLOGY. ISSN 0066-4804

Higgins, Paul G. ORCID: 0000-0001-8677-9454, Lehmann, Marlene, Wisplinghoff, Hilmar and Seifert, Harald (2010). gyrB Multiplex PCR To Differentiate between Acinetobacter calcoaceticus and Acinetobacter Genomic Species 3. J. Clin. Microbiol., 48 (12). S. 4592 - 4595. WASHINGTON: AMER SOC MICROBIOLOGY. ISSN 0095-1137