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Herbert Hof is affiliated with Heidelberg University in Germany and contributes to research primarily in the fields of Medicine, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Immunology and Microbiology. Their work spans multiple subfields including Epidemiology, Microbiology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Plant Science, and Infectious Diseases.

Key topics covered in their research encompass Reproductive tract infections research, Syphilis Diagnosis and Treatment, Mycotoxins in Agriculture and Food, Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases, Antifungal resistance and susceptibility, Urinary Tract Infections Management, and Essential Oils and Antimicrobial Activity.

Herbert Hof has authored studies published in several notable scientific journals and publications. Typical venues for their research include:

  • Geburtshilfe und Frauenheilkunde
  • Der Gynäkologe
  • Journal of Fungi
  • PubMed
  • Mycoses

Among recent papers authored or coauthored by Herbert Hof are the following:

  • "The Medical Relevance of Fusarium spp." (2020, Journal of Fungi)
  • "Guideline: Vulvovaginal candidosis (AWMF 015/072, level S2k)" (2021, Mycoses)
  • "Antifungal activity of nitroxoline against Candida auris isolates" (2021, Clinical Microbiology and Infection)
  • "Malignant Keratitis Caused by a Highly-Resistant Strain of Fusarium Tonkinense from the Fusarium Solani Complex" (2021, Journal of Fungi)
  • "Vulvovaginal Candidosis (Excluding Mucocutaneous Candidosis): Guideline of the German (DGGG), Austrian (OEGGG) and Swiss (SGGG) Society of Gynecology and Obstetrics (S2k-Level, AWMF Registry Number 015/072, September 2020)" (2021, Geburtshilfe und Frauenheilkunde)

Herbert Hof collaborates frequently with several researchers in their field. These frequent coauthors include:

  • Werner Mendling
  • Alex Farr
  • Isaak Effendy
  • Brigitte Frey Tirri
  • Peter Mayser

Best Publications

  • Tn916-induced mutations in the hemolysin determinant affecting virulence of Listeria monocytogenes.

    S Kathariou;P Metz;H Hof;W Goebel

  • Rapid Identification and Typing of Listeria Species by Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization-Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry†

    Sukhadeo B. Barbuddhe;Thomas Maier;Gerold Schwarz;Markus Kostrzewa

  • Management of listeriosis.

    H Hof;T Nichterlein;M Kretschmar

  • A novel approach of direct ex vivo epitope mapping identifies dominant and subdominant CD4 and CD8 T cell epitopes from Listeria monocytogenes.

    Gernot Geginat;Simone Schenk;Mojca Skoberne;Werner Goebel

  • Differential activation of a Candida albicans virulence gene family during infection

    Peter Staib;Marianne Kretschmar;Thomas Nichterlein;Herbert Hof

  • Deletion of the gliP gene of Aspergillus fumigatus results in loss of gliotoxin production but has no effect on virulence of the fungus in a low-dose mouse infection model

    Claudio Kupfahl;Thorsten Heinekamp;Gernot Geginat;Thomas Ruppert

  • An update on the medical management of listeriosis.

    Herbert Hof

  • Critical annotations to the use of azole antifungals for plant protection.

    Herbert Hof

  • Crucial role of TNF receptor type 1 (p55), but not of TNF receptor type 2 (p75), in murine toxoplasmosis.

    Martina Deckert-Schlüter;Horst Bluethmann;Andrea Rang;Herbert Hof

  • Cloned hemolysin genes from Escherichia coli that cause urinary tract infection determine different levels of toxicity in mice.

    J Hacker;C Hughes;H Hof;W Goebel

  • Host-induced, stage-specific virulence gene activation in Candida albicans during infection.

    Peter Staib;Marianne Kretschmar;Thomas Nichterlein;Gerwald Köhler

  • Large listeriosis outbreak linked to cheese made from pasteurized milk, Germany, 2006-2007.

    Judith Koch;Regine Dworak;Rita Prager;Biserka Becker

  • History and epidemiology of listeriosis

    H Hof

  • Diagnosis and antimicrobial therapy of lung infiltrates in febrile neutropenic patients: Guidelines of the infectious diseases working party of the German Society of Haematology and Oncology.

    Georg Maschmeyer;Thomas Beinert;Dieter Buchheidt;Oliver A. Cornely

  • Guideline: Vulvovaginal candidosis (AWMF 015/072, level S2k)

    Alex Farr;Isaak Effendy;Brigitte Frey Tirri;Herbert Hof

  • Germ tubes and proteinase activity contribute to virulence of Candida albicans in murine peritonitis.

    Marianne Kretschmar;Bernhard Hube;Thomas Bertsch;Dominique Sanglard

  • Differential expression of ICAM-1, VCAM-1 and their ligands LFA-1, Mac-1, CD43, VLA-4, and MHC class II antigens in murine Toxoplasma encephalitis: a light microscopic and ultrastructural immunohistochemical study.

    M. Deckert-Schlüter;D. Schlüter;H. Hof;O. D. Wiestler

  • Marker exchange mutagenesis of the aerolysin determinant in Aeromonas hydrophila demonstrates the role of aerolysin in A. hydrophila-associated systemic infections.

    T Chakraborty;B Huhle;H Hof;H Bergbauer

  • Expression pattern and cellular origin of cytokines in the normal and Toxoplasma gondii-infected murine brain.

    D Schlüter;N Kaefer;H Hof;O D Wiestler

  • A new, broad-spectrum azole antifungal: posaconazole – mechanisms of action and resistance, spectrum of activity

    H. Hof

  • Diagnosis of invasive fungal infections in hematology and oncology—guidelines from the Infectious Diseases Working Party in Haematology and Oncology of the German Society for Haematology and Oncology (AGIHO)

    M. Ruhnke;A. Böhme;D. Buchheidt;O. Cornely

Frequent Co-Authors

Dirk Schlüter
Dirk Schlüter Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg
Werner Goebel
Werner Goebel University of Würzburg
Otmar D. Wiestler
Otmar D. Wiestler German Cancer Research Center
Oliver A. Cornely
Oliver A. Cornely University of Cologne
Trinad Chakraborty
Trinad Chakraborty University of Giessen
Jörg Hacker
Jörg Hacker University of Würzburg
Martin Schaller
Martin Schaller University of Tübingen
Joachim Morschhäuser
Joachim Morschhäuser University of Würzburg
Eugen Domann
Eugen Domann University of Giessen
Hans Christian Korting
Hans Christian Korting Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

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