Matthias Merker
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Matthias Merker
@mmerker.bsky.social
Trying to understand the evolution of drug resistant bacteria.
From DNA to microbiome profiles in two days. Great workshop by Meriem Belheouane @fzborstel.bsky.social at UNAM🇳🇦. Thanks to all trainees from 10 African partner sites and the PANGenS consortium.
January 22, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Reposted by Matthias Merker
Season’s Greetings from the European Society of #Mycobacteriology (ESM), and best wishes for 2025! It has been another busy year for ESM and a pleasure to see so many of you at our Annual Congress in Bruges! Save the date for next ESM Annual Congress, 22–25 June 2025 in Lisbon, Portugal.
#ESMyco
December 18, 2024 at 11:57 AM
How does Haemophilus influenzae evolve mutational resistance to antibiotics like ampicillin? Difficulties with clinical breakpoints and some new genes that may play a role for other beta-lactam antibiotics as well.
@mdiricks.bsky.social @fzborstel.bsky.social
Revisiting mutational resistance to ampicillin and cefotaxime in Haemophilus influenzae - Genome Medicine
Background Haemophilus influenzae is an opportunistic bacterial pathogen that can cause severe respiratory tract and invasive infections. The emergence of β-lactamase-negative ampicillin-resistant (BL...
genomemedicine.biomedcentral.com
December 4, 2024 at 1:50 PM
Reposted by Matthias Merker
Am FZB untersuchen wir die Evolution von
#Antibiotikaresistenzen, z.B. im Mikrobiom oder bei Lungenpathogenen wie Haemophilus influenzae. Diese Bakterien können schwere Erkrankungen, wie Lungenentzündung oder #Sepsis hervorrufen und weisen zunehmend Resistenzen gegen Breitbandantibiotika auf.
#AMR
November 22, 2024 at 2:30 PM