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Overview

Barbara C. Kahl is affiliated with the University of Münster in Germany and has contributed extensively to fields intersecting medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their research spans numerous topics with a focus on bacterial biofilms, cystic fibrosis, and antimicrobial resistance.

The main topics covered in their work include:

  • Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing
  • Cystic Fibrosis Research Advances
  • Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus
  • Mycobacterium research and diagnosis
  • Infectious Diseases and Mycology
  • Plant Pathogenic Bacteria Studies
  • Antifungal resistance and susceptibility

The primary fields of study extracted from their publications are:

  • Medicine
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Several subfields of particular interest appear in their research, such as:

  • Molecular Biology
  • Infectious Diseases
  • Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
  • Epidemiology
  • Small Animals

Kahl has published frequently in a range of scientific journals, with notable publication venues including:

  • Journal of Cystic Fibrosis
  • Microbiology Spectrum
  • Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
  • Frontiers in Microbiology
  • Frontiers in Immunology

Notable recent papers include:

  • "Pseudomonas aeruginosa Utilizes Host-Derived Itaconate to Redirect Its Metabolism to Promote Biofilm Formation" (2020) published in Cell Metabolism
  • "Staphylococcus aureus induces an itaconate-dominated immunometabolic response that drives biofilm formation" (2021) published in Nature Communications
  • "Niche specialization and spread of Staphylococcus capitis involved in neonatal sepsis" (2020) published in Nature Microbiology
  • "Staphylococcus aureus and Cystic Fibrosis-A Close Relationship. What Can We Learn from Sequencing Studies?" (2021) published in Pathogens
  • "Gram Staining: a Comparison of Two Automated Systems and Manual Staining" (2020) published in Journal of Clinical Microbiology

The researcher has collaborated frequently with co-authors including:

  • B. Schwartbeck
  • Dennis Görlich
  • S. Deiwick
  • Schwartbeck Bianca
  • C.H. Rumpf

Best Publications

  • Small colony variants: a pathogenic form of bacteria that facilitates persistent and recurrent infections

    Richard A. Proctor;Christof von Eiff;Barbara C. Kahl;Karsten Becker

  • Staphylococcus aureus Panton-Valentine Leukocidin Is a Very Potent Cytotoxic Factor for Human Neutrophils

    Bettina Löffler;Muzaffar Hussain;Matthias Grundmeier;Michaela Brück

  • The Epidemic of Extended-Spectrum-β-Lactamase-Producing Escherichia coli ST131 Is Driven by a Single Highly Pathogenic Subclone, H30-Rx

    Lance B. Price;Lance B. Price;James R. Johnson;Maliha Aziz;Maliha Aziz;Connie Clabots

  • Persistent Infection with Small Colony Variant Strains of Staphylococcus aureus in Patients with Cystic Fibrosis

    Barbara Kahl;Mathias Herrmann;Anne Schulze Everding;Hans G. Koch

  • Clinical Significance and Pathogenesis of Staphylococcal Small Colony Variants in Persistent Infections

    Barbara C. Kahl;Karsten Becker;Bettina Löffler

  • Staphylococcus aureus Small Colony Variants (SCVs): a road map for the metabolic pathways involved in persistent infections

    Richard A. Proctor;André Kriegeskorte;Barbara C. Kahl;Karsten Becker

  • Staphylococcal small colony variants have novel mechanisms for antibiotic resistance

    R. A. Proctor;B. Kahl;C. von Eiff;Pierre Vaudaux

  • Staphylococcus aureus RN6390 Replicates and Induces Apoptosis in a Pulmonary Epithelial Cell Line

    Barbara C. Kahl;Mark Goulian;Willem van Wamel;Mathias Herrmann

  • Concordant genotype of upper and lower airways P aeruginosa and S aureus isolates in cystic fibrosis

    Jochen G. Mainz;Lutz Naehrlich;Matthias Schien;Manfred Käding

  • Population Dynamics of Persistent Staphylococcus aureus Isolated from the Airways of Cystic Fibrosis Patients during a 6-Year Prospective Study

    Barbara C. Kahl;Angelika Duebbers;Gabriele Lubritz;Johannes Haeberle

  • Antibiotic activity against small-colony variants of Staphylococcus aureus: review of in vitro, animal and clinical data

    Laetitia G. Garcia;Sandrine Lemaire;Barbara C. Kahl;Karsten Becker

  • Pseudomonas aeruginosa Utilizes Host-Derived Itaconate to Redirect Its Metabolism to Promote Biofilm Formation.

    Sebastián A. Riquelme;Kalle Liimatta;Tania Wong Fok Lung;Blanche Fields

  • Multiple virulence factors are required for Staphylococcus aureus-induced apoptosis in endothelial cells.

    Bettina Haslinger-Löffler;Barbara C Kahl;Matthias Grundmeier;Katrin Strangfeld

  • In vivo mutations of thymidylate synthase (encoded by thyA) are responsible for thymidine dependency in clinical small-colony variants of Staphylococcus aureus.

    Indranil Chatterjee;Andre Kriegeskorte;Andreas Fischer;Susanne Deiwick

  • Small colony variants (SCVs) of Staphylococcus aureus--a bacterial survival strategy

    Barbara C. Kahl

  • Increased Frequency of Genomic Alterations in Staphylococcus aureus during Chronic Infection Is in Part Due to Phage Mobilization

    Christiane Goerke;Saskia Matias y Papenberg;Simone Dasbach;Klaus Dietz

  • Thymidine-Dependent Staphylococcus aureus Small-Colony Variants Are Associated with Extensive Alterations in Regulator and Virulence Gene Expression Profiles

    Barbara C. Kahl;Gunnar Belling;Petra Becker;Indranil Chatterjee

  • Variation of the Polymorphic Region X of the Protein A Gene during Persistent Airway Infection of Cystic Fibrosis Patients Reflects Two Independent Mechanisms of Genetic Change in Staphylococcus aureus

    Barbara C. Kahl;Alexander Mellmann;Susanne Deiwick;Georg Peters

  • Staphylococcus aureus induces an itaconate-dominated immunometabolic response that drives biofilm formation.

    Kira L. Tomlinson;Tania Wong Fok Lung;Felix Dach;Felix Dach;Medini K. Annavajhala

  • Thymidine-dependent small-colony variants of Staphylococcus aureus exhibit gross morphological and ultrastructural changes consistent with impaired cell separation.

    Barbara C. Kahl;Gunnar Belling;Rudolf Reichelt;Mathias Herrmann

  • Prevalence of Scedosporium species and Lomentospora prolificans in patients with cystic fibrosis in a multicenter trial by use of a selective medium.

    L. Sedlacek;B. Graf;C. Schwarz;F. Albert

Frequent Co-Authors

Georg Peters
Georg Peters University of Münster
Karsten Becker
Karsten Becker Greifswald University Hospital
Richard A. Proctor
Richard A. Proctor University of Wisconsin–Madison
Paul M. Tulkens
Paul M. Tulkens Université Catholique de Louvain
Alexander Mellmann
Alexander Mellmann University of Münster
Françoise Van Bambeke
Françoise Van Bambeke Université Catholique de Louvain
Mathias Herrmann
Mathias Herrmann Saarland University
Olivier Denis
Olivier Denis Université Libre de Bruxelles
Christof von Eiff
Christof von Eiff Pfizer (United States)
Alice Prince
Alice Prince Columbia University

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