Nicole Ritz

Performance of QuantiFERON-TB Gold Plus assays in paediatric tuberculosis: a multicentre PTBNET study.

Danilo Buonsenso, Antoni Noguera-Julian, Rossana Moroni, Angel Hernández-Bartolomé, Nora Fritschi, Laura Lancella, Laura Cursi, Aleix Soler-Garcia, Renate Krüger, Cornelia Feiterna-Sperling, Michela Sali, Andrea Lo Vecchio, Sara Scarano, Alicia Hernanz Lobo, Maria Espiau, Antonio Soriano-Arandes, Benhur Sirvan Cetin, Folke Brinkmann, Iveta Ozere, Fernando Baquero-Artigao, et al.

Journal article  |  2023  |  Thorax

RATIONALE: In 2016, a new interferon-gamma release assay (IGRA) was introduced, QuantiFERON-TB Gold Plus (QFT-Plus), claimed to ha..

Malaria in Refugee Children Resettled to a Holoendemic Area of Sub-Saharan Africa.

Manuela Hauser, Jean-Bertin B Kabuya, Molly Mantus, Luc K Kamavu, James L Sichivula, Wycliffe M Matende, Nora Fritschi, Timothy Shields, Frank Curriero, Anton Kvit, Gershom Chongwe, William J Moss, Nicole Ritz, Matthew M Ippolito

Journal article  |  2023  |  Clin Infect Dis

BACKGROUND: Malaria is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in refugee children in high-transmission parts of Africa. Charac..

Aerococcus urinae - significance of detection in the paediatric urinary tract: a case series.

Dimitri Rast, Katrina Suzanne Evers, Adrian Egli, Christoph Rudin, Alexandra Goischke, Nicole Ritz

Journal article  |  2023  |  Eur J Pediatr

Aerococcus urinae (A. urinae) is primarily recognized as a common pathogen in the geriatric population, causing urinary tract infe..

Dosing and Monitoring of Isoniazid in a Preterm, Extremely Low Birth Weight Infant After In Utero Exposure to Mycobacterium tuberculosis: A Case Study and Literature Review.

Daniel Drozdov, Gabriel Konetzny, Philipp Meyer, Johannes van den Anker, Sara Bernhard, Nicole Ritz

Journal article  |  2022  |  Pediatr Infect Dis J

Mycobacterial infections in adults with haematological malignancies and haematopoietic stem cell transplants: guidelines from the 8th European Conference on Infections in Leukaemia.

Anne Bergeron, Malgorzata Mikulska, Julien De Greef, Louise Bondeelle, Tomas Franquet, Jean-Louis Herrmann, Christoph Lange, Isabel Spriet, Murat Akova, J Peter Donnelly, Johan Maertens, Georg Maschmeyer, Montserrat Rovira, Delia Goletti, Rafael de la Camara, undefined European Conference on Infections in Leukaemia group

Journal article  |  2022  |  Lancet Infect Dis

Mycobacterial infections, both tuberculosis and nontuberculous, are more common in patients with haematological malignancies and h..

Diagnostic challenges within the Bacillus cereus-group: finding the beast without teeth.

Veronika Muigg, Aline Cuénod, Srinithi Purushothaman, Martin Siegemund, Matthias Wittwer, Valentin Pflüger, Kristina M Schmidt, Maja Weisser, Nicole Ritz, Andreas Widmer, Daniel Goldenberger, Vladimira Hinic, Tim Roloff, Kirstine K Søgaard, Adrian Egli, Helena MB Seth-Smith

Journal article  |  2022  |  New Microbes New Infect

The Bacillus cereus-group (B. cereus sensu lato) includes common, usually avirulent species, often considered contaminants of pati..

11/m—Pain in the left leg and limping after bicycle crash: Preparation for the medical specialist examination: part 92

M Buettcher, N Ritz

Journal article  |  2022  |  Monatsschrift fur Kinderheilkunde

Associations between salivary cytokines and oral health, age, and sex in healthy children.

Charlotte Rinderknecht, Cornelia Filippi, Nicole Ritz, Nora Fritschi, Urs Simmen, Andreas Filippi, Tamara Diesch-Furlanetto

Journal article  |  2022  |  Sci Rep

Human saliva is a complex fluid containing proteins such as salivary cytokines, which can be used for diagnostic purposes, particu..

Swiss recommendations on perioperative antimicrobial prophylaxis in children.

Paolo Paioni, Christoph Aebi, Julia Bielicki, Michael Buettcher, Pierre Alex Crisinel, Christian R Kahlert, Noémie Wagner, Christoph Berger, undefined Paediatric Infectious Disease Group of Switzerland (PIGS)

Journal article  |  2022  |  Swiss Med Wkly

Infection following surgical procedures leads to significant morbidity and mortality in all age groups. Sterile techniques, antibi..

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Fabienne N Jger, Christoph Berger, Michael Buettcher, Sarah Depallens, Ulrich Heininger, Yvon Heller, Malte Kohns Vasconcelos, Bodil Leforestier, Nicole Pellaud, Christa Relly, Johannes Trck, Saskia von Overbeck Ottino, Sara Bernhard-Stirnemann, Nomie Wagner, Nicole Ritz

Journal article  |  2022  |  Schweizerische Ärztezeitung