Stefan Weber

TL;DR: For the BD Quantibrite HLA-DR/Monocyte test, preanalytical handling is standardized and results demonstrated the independence of this test from flow cytometer and instrument settings.

TL;DR: It is shown that the use of neuromuscular blocking drugs in general anaesthesia is associated with an increased risk of postoperative pulmonary complications, and Anaesthetists must balance the potential benefits of neurmuscular blockade against the increasedrisk of postoperatively pulmonary complications.

TL;DR: A diagnostic microarray was used to characterise a collection of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) isolates from hospitals in the German region of Eastern Saxony, finding variants that differed mainly in the carriage of additional resistance determinants and certain virulence-associated genes.

TL;DR: It was shown that 47% of ectopic foci triggering the onset of AF were located outside the pulmonary veins in extravenous parts of the left atrium and the right atrium, and 27% of patients had AF onsets of bifocal origin, challenging the current opinion that extrapulmonary foci play a minor role in inducing AF.

TL;DR: In this paper, meta-transcriptome sequencing of 1,067 nasopharyngeal swab samples collected between May 9th and Jun 29th, 2020 during the first peak of the local COVID-19 epidemic was conducted.