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Elvira Richter is affiliated with the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg in Germany. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Medicine, with significant contributions to Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology, and Surgery. The scientist's work extensively covers Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology, Mycobacterium research and diagnosis, and related infectious diseases.

The main topics addressed in their publications include:

  • Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology
  • Mycobacterium research and diagnosis
  • Infectious Diseases and Tuberculosis
  • Diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis
  • Infectious Diseases and Mycology
  • Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia detection and treatment
  • Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research

Frequent coauthors in Richter's publications are:

  • Brit Häcker
  • Florian P. Maurer
  • Albert Nienhaus
  • Ralf Otto-Knapp
  • Tom Schaberg

Richter has published multiple papers in journals such as Pneumologie, Emerging Infectious Diseases, Clinical Microbiology and Infection, and Microorganisms. The venues with the highest number of their publications include:

  • Pneumologie
  • Emerging Infectious Diseases
  • ClinMicroNow
  • Clinical Microbiology and Infection
  • Microorganisms

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Richter include:

  • "Tuberkulose im Erwachsenenalter," 2022, Pneumologie
  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex Lineage 3 as Causative Agent of Pulmonary Tuberculosis, Eastern Sudan1, 2020, Emerging infectious diseases
  • Pathogen and host determinants of extrapulmonary tuberculosis among 1035 patients in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, 2008-2023, 2024, Clinical Microbiology and Infection
  • Prevalence and Molecular Characterization of Mycobacterium bovis in Slaughtered Cattle Carcasses in Burkina Faso; West Africa, 2022, Microorganisms
  • Infektionsprävention & Hygiene bei Tuberkulose - Empfehlungen des DZK, 2023, Pneumologie

Best Publications

  • The geographic diversity of nontuberculous mycobacteria isolated from pulmonary samples: an NTM-NET collaborative study

    Wouter Hoefsloot;Jakko Van Ingen;Claire Andrejak;Kristian Ängeby

  • Rapid Molecular Detection of Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis by the Automated GeneXpert MTB/RIF System

    Doris Hillemann;Sabine Rüsch-Gerdes;Catharina Boehme;Elvira Richter

  • Evaluation of the GenoType MTBDRplus Assay for Rifampin and Isoniazid Susceptibility Testing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Strains and Clinical Specimens

    Doris Hillemann;Sabine Rüsch-Gerdes;Elvira Richter

  • Management of patients with multidrug-resistant/extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis in Europe: a TBNET consensus statement

    Christoph Lange;Ibrahim Abubakar;Jan Willem C. Alffenaar;Graham Bothamley

  • Feasibility of the GenoType MTBDRsl Assay for Fluoroquinolone, Amikacin-Capreomycin, and Ethambutol Resistance Testing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Strains and Clinical Specimens

    Doris Hillemann;Sabine Rüsch-Gerdes;Elvira Richter

  • Use of the Genotype MTBDR Assay for Rapid Detection of Rifampin and Isoniazid Resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex Isolates

    Doris Hillemann;Michael Weizenegger;Tanja Kubica;Elvira Richter

  • Frequency of rpoB Mutations Inside and Outside the Cluster I Region in Rifampin-Resistant Clinical Mycobacterium tuberculosis Isolates

    Markus Heep;Barbara Brandstätter;Ulrich Rieger;Norbert Lehn

  • Differentiation of Clinical Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex Isolates by gyrB DNA Sequence Polymorphism Analysis

    Stefan Niemann;Dag Harmsen;Sabine Rüsch-Gerdes;Elvira Richter

  • RIDOM: Comprehensive and public sequence database for identification of Mycobacterium species

    Dag Harmsen;Stefan Dostal;Andreas Roth;Stefan Niemann

  • TUMOUR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA PROMOTER GENE POLYMORPHISM IN SARCOIDOSIS

    Ulrike Seitzer;Cezary Swider;Frank Stüber;Krzysztof Suchnicki

  • Evaluation of the GenoType Mycobacterium Assay for Identification of Mycobacterial Species from Cultures

    Elvira Richter;Sabine Rüsch-Gerdes;Doris Hillemann

  • Differentiation among members of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex by molecular and biochemical features: evidence for two pyrazinamide-susceptible subtypes of M. bovis.

    Stefan Niemann;Elvira Richter;Sabine Rüsch-Gerdes

  • Whole genome sequencing reveals complex evolution patterns of multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis Beijing strains in patients.

    Matthias Merker;Thomas A Kohl;Andreas Roetzer;Leona Truebe

  • Multilocus Sequence Analysis and rpoB Sequencing of Mycobacterium abscessus (Sensu Lato) Strains

    Edouard Macheras;Anne-Laure Roux;Sylvaine Bastian;Sylvia Cardoso Leão

  • Evaluation of Genotype MTBC Assay for Differentiation of Clinical Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex Isolates

    Elvira Richter;Michael Weizenegger;Sabine Rüsch-Gerdes;Stefan Niemann

  • Microbiological and Clinical Outcomes of Treating Non-Mycobacterium Avium Complex Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Pulmonary Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

    Roland Diel;Felix Ringshausen;Elvira Richter;Lutz Welker

  • First Linezolid-Resistant Clinical Isolates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

    Elvira Richter;Sabine Rüsch-Gerdes;Doris Hillemann

  • Assessment of mycobacterial DNA in cells and tissues of mycobacterial and sarcoid lesions.

    E Richter;U Greinert;D Kirsten;S Rüsch-Gerdes

  • Stability of Mycobacterium tuberculosis IS6110 Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism Patterns and Spoligotypes Determined by Analyzing Serial Isolates from Patients with Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis

    Stefan Niemann;Elvira Richter;Sabine Rüsch-Gerdes

  • Microbiologic Outcome of Interventions Against Mycobacterium avium Complex Pulmonary Disease: A Systematic Review.

    Roland Diel;Albert Nienhaus;Felix C. Ringshausen;Elvira Richter

Frequent Co-Authors

Sabine Rüsch-Gerdes
Sabine Rüsch-Gerdes Kiel University
Stefan Niemann
Stefan Niemann Research Center Borstel - Leibniz-Center for Medicine and Biosciences
Enrico Tortoli
Enrico Tortoli Vita-Salute San Raffaele University
Francis Drobniewski
Francis Drobniewski Imperial College London
Christoph Lange
Christoph Lange University of Lübeck
Daniela M. Cirillo
Daniela M. Cirillo Vita-Salute San Raffaele University
Emmanuelle Cambau
Emmanuelle Cambau Université Paris Cité
Lothar H. Wieler
Lothar H. Wieler Hasso Plattner Institute
Dick van Soolingen
Dick van Soolingen National Institute for Public Health and the Environment
Sven Hoffner
Sven Hoffner Karolinska Institute

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