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Overview

Hans-Walter Pfister is affiliated with Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München in Germany. Their research primarily falls within the fields of Medicine and Immunology and Microbiology, with notable focus on subfields such as Microbiology, Epidemiology, Infectious Diseases, Neurology, and Surgery.

The scientist's body of work addresses topics including Bacterial Infections and Vaccines, Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections, Infectious Encephalopathies and Encephalitis, Infectious Diseases and Tuberculosis, Herpesvirus Infections and Treatments, Polyomavirus and related diseases, and Long-Term Effects of COVID-19.

Hans-Walter Pfister has contributed to several recent papers. Key publications include:

  • "Decline in the number of patients with meningitis in German hospitals during the COVID-19 pandemic," 2022, published in Journal of Neurology
  • "German guidelines on community-acquired acute bacterial meningitis in adults," 2023, published in Neurological Research and Practice
  • "SOP: emergency workup in patients with suspected acute bacterial meningitis," 2021, published in Neurological Research and Practice
  • "S2k-Leitlinie: Ambulant erworbene bakterielle Meningoenzephalitis im Erwachsenenalter," 2023, published in DGNeurologie
  • "Characterization and diagnosis spectrum of patients with cerebrospinal fluid pleocytosis," 2023, published in Infection

Frequent co-authors in their network include Matthias Klein, Uwe Koedel, Susanne Dyckhoff-Shen, Stefanie Völk, and Nina C. Teske.

Hans-Walter Pfister's research is frequently disseminated through a range of publication venues. These include:

  • Journal of Neurology
  • Neurological Research and Practice
  • Infection
  • European Journal of Neurology
  • MMW - Fortschritte der Medizin

Best Publications

  • ESCMID guideline: diagnosis and treatment of acute bacterial meningitis.

    D van de Beek;C Cabellos;O Dzupova;S Esposito

  • Pneumococcal meningitis in adults: spectrum of complications and prognostic factors in a series of 87 cases.

    Stefan Kastenbauer;Hans-Walter Pfister

  • Pathogenesis and pathophysiology of pneumococcal meningitis

    Uwe Koedel;William Michael Scheld;Hans-Walter Pfister

  • Spectrum of Complications During Bacterial Meningitis in Adults: Results of a Prospective Clinical Study

    Hans-Walter Pfister;Wolfgang Feiden;Karl-Max Einhäupl

  • Pathophysiology of Bacterial Meningitis: Mechanism(s) of Neuronal Injury

    W. Michael Scheld;Uwe Koedel;Barnett Nathan;Hans-Walter Pfister

  • γ-secretase directly sheds the survival receptor BCMA from plasma cells

    Sarah A. Laurent;Franziska S. Hoffmann;Peer-Hendrik Kuhn;Qingyu Cheng

  • Cerebrovascular complications of bacterial meningitis in adults

    Hans-Walter Pfister;Gian Domenico Borasio;Ulrich Dirnagl;Michael Bauer

  • Toll-Like Receptor 2 Participates in Mediation of Immune Response in Experimental Pneumococcal Meningitis

    Uwe Koedel;Barbara Angele;Tobias Rupprecht;Hermann Wagner

  • Lyme neuroborreliosis—epidemiology, diagnosis and management

    Uwe Koedel;Volker Fingerle;Hans-Walter Pfister

  • The Pathogenesis of Lyme Neuroborreliosis: From Infection to Inflammation

    Tobias A. Rupprecht;Uwe Koedel;Volker Fingerle;Hans-Walter Pfister

  • Intrathecal Production of Specific Antibodies against Borrelia burgdorferi in Patients with Lymphocytic Meningoradiculitis (Bannwarth's Syndrome)

    Bettina Wilske;Günther Schierz;Vera Preac-Mursic;Käthe von Buscb

  • Matrix metalloproteinases contribute to the blood-brain barrier disruption during bacterial meningitis.

    Robert Paul;Stefan Lorenzl;Uwe Koedel;Bernd Sporer

  • The NLRP3 Inflammasome Contributes to Brain Injury in Pneumococcal Meningitis and Is Activated through ATP-Dependent Lysosomal Cathepsin B Release

    Tobias Hoegen;Nadin Tremel;Matthias Klein;Barbara Angele

  • Identification of a T cell chemotactic factor in the cerebrospinal fluid of HIV-1-infected individuals as interferon-γ inducible protein 10

    Stefan A Kolb;Bernd Sporer;Fritz Lahrtz;Uwe Koedel

  • MyD88 is required for mounting a robust host immune response to Streptococcus pneumoniae in the CNS.

    Uwe Koedel;Tobias Rupprecht;Barbara Angele;Juergen Heesemann

  • Experimental pneumococcal meningitis: cerebrovascular alterations, brain edema, and meningeal inflammation are linked to the production of nitric oxide.

    Uwe Koedel;Andrea Bernatowicz;Robert Paul;Karl Frei

  • New understandings on the pathophysiology of bacterial meningitis.

    Uwe Koedel;Matthias Klein;Hans-Walter Pfister

  • Innate Immunity to Pneumococcal Infection of the Central Nervous System Depends on Toll-Like Receptor (TLR) 2 and TLR4

    Matthias Klein;Bianca Obermaier;Barbara Angele;Hans-Walter Pfister

  • Randomized comparison of ceftriaxone and cefotaxime in lyme neuroborreliosis

    Hans-Walter Pfister;Vera Preac-Mursic;Bettina Wilske;Eva Schielke

  • Diversity of OspA and OspC among cerebrospinal fluid isolates of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato from patients with neuroborreliosis in Germany.

    Bettina Wilske;Uli Busch;Helmut Eiffert;Volker Fingerle

  • A prospective study on the role of CXCL13 in Lyme neuroborreliosis

    C. Schmidt;A. Plate;B. Angele;H.-W. Pfister

Frequent Co-Authors

Uwe Koedel
Uwe Koedel Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Adriano Fontana
Adriano Fontana University of Zurich
Bettina Wilske
Bettina Wilske Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Karl Frei
Karl Frei University of Zurich
Volker Fingerle
Volker Fingerle Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Carsten J. Kirschning
Carsten J. Kirschning University of Duisburg-Essen
Andreas Straube
Andreas Straube Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Hermann Wagner
Hermann Wagner Technical University of Munich
Sven Hammerschmidt
Sven Hammerschmidt University of Greifswald
Armin Giese
Armin Giese Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

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