Epidemiology and Resistance Patterns of Bacterial and Fungal Colonization of Biliary Plastic Stents: A Prospective Cohort Study

Christoph Lübbert; Karolin Wendt; Jürgen Feisthammel; Annette Moter; Norman Lippmann; Thilo Busch; Joachim Mössner; Albrecht Hoffmeister; Arne C. Rodloff

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0155479

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Epidemiology and Resistance Patterns of Bacterial and Fungal Colonization of Biliary Plastic Stents: A Prospective Cohort Study

Christoph Lübbert ,

* E-mail: christoph.luebbert@medizin.uni-leipzig.de

Affiliations Interdisciplinary Endoscopy Unit, Department of Gastroenterology and Rheumatology, Leipzig University Hospital, Liebigstr. 20, D-04103 Leipzig, Germany, Division of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Department of Gastroenterology and Rheumatology, Leipzig University Hospital, Liebigstr. 20, D-04103 Leipzig, Germany, Interdisciplinary Center for Infectious Diseases, Leipzig University Hospital, D-04103 Leipzig, Germany
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Karolin Wendt,

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Department of Gastroenterology and Rheumatology, Leipzig University Hospital, Liebigstr. 20, D-04103 Leipzig, Germany
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Jürgen Feisthammel,

Affiliation Interdisciplinary Endoscopy Unit, Department of Gastroenterology and Rheumatology, Leipzig University Hospital, Liebigstr. 20, D-04103 Leipzig, Germany
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Annette Moter,

Affiliation Biofilm Center, German Heart Institute (Deutsches Herzzentrum Berlin, DHZB), Hindenburgdamm 30, D-12203 Berlin, Germany
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Norman Lippmann,

Affiliations Interdisciplinary Center for Infectious Diseases, Leipzig University Hospital, D-04103 Leipzig, Germany, Institute for Medical Microbiology and Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases, Leipzig University Hospital, Liebigstr. 21, D-04103 Leipzig, Germany
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Thilo Busch,

Affiliation Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Leipzig University Hospital, Liebigstr. 20, D-04103 Leipzig, Germany
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Joachim Mössner,

Affiliation Interdisciplinary Endoscopy Unit, Department of Gastroenterology and Rheumatology, Leipzig University Hospital, Liebigstr. 20, D-04103 Leipzig, Germany
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Albrecht Hoffmeister,

Affiliation Interdisciplinary Endoscopy Unit, Department of Gastroenterology and Rheumatology, Leipzig University Hospital, Liebigstr. 20, D-04103 Leipzig, Germany
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Arne C. Rodloff

Affiliations Interdisciplinary Center for Infectious Diseases, Leipzig University Hospital, D-04103 Leipzig, Germany, Institute for Medical Microbiology and Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases, Leipzig University Hospital, Liebigstr. 21, D-04103 Leipzig, Germany
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Epidemiology and Resistance Patterns of Bacterial and Fungal Colonization of Biliary Plastic Stents: A Prospective Cohort Study

Christoph Lübbert,
Karolin Wendt,
Jürgen Feisthammel,
Annette Moter,
Norman Lippmann,
Thilo Busch,
Joachim Mössner,
Albrecht Hoffmeister,
Arne C. Rodloff

Published: May 12, 2016
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0155479

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