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Franz-Josef Schmitz
Researcher at University of Düsseldorf
Publications - 82
Citations - 4855
Franz-Josef Schmitz is an academic researcher from University of Düsseldorf. The author has contributed to research in topics: Staphylococcus aureus & Moxifloxacin. The author has an hindex of 37, co-authored 82 publications receiving 4709 citations. Previous affiliations of Franz-Josef Schmitz include Utrecht University.
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Molecular Detection of Antimicrobial Resistance
TL;DR: Although molecular techniques for the detection of antimicrobial resistance clearly are winning a place in routine diagnostics, phenotypic assays are still the method of choice for most resistance determinations.
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Class 1 integrons, gene cassettes, mobility, and epidemiology.
A C Fluit,Franz-Josef Schmitz +1 more
TL;DR: The versatility of integrons is described, especially their mobility and their ability to collect resistance genes, which are an important source for the spread of antibiotic resistance.
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Antimicrobial susceptibility and frequency of occurrence of clinical blood isolates in Europe from the SENTRY antimicrobial surveillance program, 1997 and 1998.
TL;DR: The incidence of vancomycin resistance in enterococci was relatively low overall and primarily associated with Enterococcus faecium, but extrapolation of these data to smaller and nonteaching hospitals should be undertaken with caution, since resistance rates may be lower in these facilities.
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The prevalence of aminoglycoside resistance and corresponding resistance genes in clinical isolates of staphylococci from 19 European hospitals.
Franz-Josef Schmitz,Ad C. Fluit,Mechthild Gondolf,Ralf Beyrau,Elke Lindenlauf,Jan Verhoef,Hans-Peter Heinz,Mark E. Jones +7 more
TL;DR: The prevalence of ant(4')-Ia and aph(3')-IIIa genes in aminoglycoside-resistant staphylococci was significantly greater than that reported in previous European studies.
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Prevalence of macrolide-resistance genes in Staphylococcus aureus and Enterococcus faecium isolates from 24 European university hospitals.
Franz-Josef Schmitz,Ralf Sadurski,Angela Kray,Mechthild Boos,Roland Geisel,Karl Köhrer,Jan Verhoef,Ad C. Fluit +7 more
TL;DR: The polymerase chain reaction (PCR) was used to study the prevalence of the macrolide resistance genes ermA, ermB, erMC, msrA/msrB, ereA and ereB, in 851 clinical isolates of Staphylococcus aureus and 75 clinical isolate that were erythromycin resistant.