Nicole Ritz

Swiss consensus recommendations on urinary tract infections in children.

Michael Buettcher, Johannes Trueck, Anita Niederer-Loher, Ulrich Heininger, Philipp Agyeman, Sandra Asner, Christoph Berger, Julia Bielicki, Christian Kahlert, Lisa Kottanattu, Patrick M Meyer Sauteur, Paolo Paioni, Klara Posfay-Barbe, Christa Relly, Nicole Ritz, Petra Zimmermann, Franziska Zucol, Rita Gobet, Sandra Shavit, Christoph Rudin, et al.

Journal article  |  2021  |  European Journal of Pediatrics

The kidneys and the urinary tract are a common source of infection in children of all ages, especially infants and young children...

Mycobacterium ulcerans-specific immune response after immunisation with bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) vaccine

Laure F Pittet, Marc Tebruegge, Binita Dutta, Susan Donath, Nicole Messina, Dan Casalaz, Willem A Hanekom, Warwick J Britton, Roy Robins-Browne, Nigel Curtis, Nicole Ritz

Journal article  |  2021  |  Vaccine

BACKGROUND: Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccine provides partial protection against Buruli ulcer caused by Mycobacterium ulcera..

Additional Concerns Regarding Children With Coronavirus Disease 2019.

Petra Zimmermann, Florian Goetzinger, Nicole Ritz

Journal article  |  2020  |  JAMA Pediatrics

Preventing tuberculosis in paediatric kidney transplant recipients: is there a role for BCG immunisation pre-transplantation in low tuberculosis incidence countries?

Alasdair Bamford, Garth Dixon, Nigel Klein, Stephen D Marks, Nicole Ritz, Steven B Welch, Marc Tebruegge

Journal article  |  2020  |  Pediatric Nephrology

AbstractThe risk of tuberculosis (TB) disease is increased in children with chronic kidney disease (CKD), even higher in stage 5 C..

Tuberculosis Disease in Children and Adolescents on Therapy With Antitumor Necrosis Factor-alpha Agents: A Collaborative, Multicenter Paediatric Tuberculosis Network European Trials Group (ptbnet) Study

Antoni Noguera-Julian, Joan Calzada-Hernandez, Folke Brinkmann, Robindra Basu Roy, Olga Bilogortseva, Michael Buettcher, Isabel Carvalho, Vira Chechenyeva, Lola Falcon, Florian Goetzinger, Carmelo Guerrero-Laleona, Peter Hoffmann, Marija Jelusic, Tim Niehues, Iveta Ozere, Fiona Shackley, Elena Suciliene, Steven B Welch, Elisabeth H Scholvinck, Nicole Ritz, et al.

Journal article  |  2020  |  Clinical Infectious Diseases

BACKGROUND: In adults, anti-tumor-necrosis-factor (TNF)-α therapy is associated with progression of latent tuberculosis infection ..

Age-dependent response of the human nasal epithelium to rhinovirus infection.

Jakob Usemann, Marco P Alves, Nicole Ritz, Philipp Latzin, Loretta Müller

Journal article  |  2020  |  European Respiratory Journal

Bacille Calmette Guerin (BCG) and new TB vaccines: Specific, cross-mycobacterial and off-target effects

Nora Fritschi, Nigel Curtis, Nicole Ritz

Journal article  |  2020  |  Paediatric Respiratory Reviews

The Bacille Calmette Guérin (BCG) vaccine was developed over a century ago and has become one of the most used vaccines without un..

Asylum-Seeking Children with Medical Complexity and Rare Diseases in a Tertiary Hospital in Switzerland.

S Buser, J Brandenberger, M Gmünder, C Pohl, N Ritz

Journal article  |  2020  |  Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health

The aim of this study was to assess the characteristics of asylum-seeking children with medical complexity visiting a tertiary car..

Intermediate monocytes exhibit higher levels of TLR2, TLR4 and CD64 early after congenital heart surgery.

Moritz B Merbecks, Victoria C Ziesenitz, Tobias Rubner, Noëmi Meier, Berthold Klein, Helmut Rauch, Patrick Saur, Nicole Ritz, Tsvetomir Loukanov, Steffen Schmitt, Matthias Gorenflo

Journal article  |  2020  |  Cytokine

INTRODUCTION: Congenital heart surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) initiates an immune response which frequently leads to or..

COVID-19 in children and adolescents in Europe: a multinational, multicentre cohort study

Florian Goetzinger, Begona Santiago-Garcia, Antoni Noguera-Julian, Miguel Lanaspa, Laura Lancella, Francesca I Calo Carducci, Natalia Gabrovska, Svetlana Velizarova, Petra Prunk, Veronika Osterman, Uros Krivec, Andrea Lo Vecchio, Delane Shingadia, Antoni Soriano-Arandes, Susana Melendo, Marcello Lanari, Luca Pierantoni, Noemie Wagner, Arnaud G L'Huillier, Ulrich Heininger, et al.

Journal article  |  2020  |  Lancet Child and Adolescent Health

BACKGROUND: To date, few data on paediatric COVID-19 have been published, and most reports originate from China. This study aimed ..