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Holger Rohde is affiliated with Universität Hamburg in Germany and specializes in fields intersecting medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a focus on infectious diseases, epidemiology, molecular biology, surgery, and molecular medicine.

Their main research topics include antimicrobial resistance, particularly in Staphylococcus species, antibiotic resistance in bacteria, bacterial identification and susceptibility testing, bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing, orthopedic infections and treatments, antibiotics pharmacokinetics and efficacy, and infective endocarditis diagnosis and management.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Holger Rohde include Martin Aepfelbacher, Anna Both, Martin Christner, Benjamin Berinson, and Marc Lütgehetmann.

Holger Rohde's publications appear repeatedly in scientific venues such as Microbiology Spectrum, Antibiotics, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Infection, and Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy.

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by Holger Rohde include:

  • "Emergence of coagulase-negative staphylococci" published in 2020 in Expert Review of Anti-infective Therapy
  • "Pathogen-induced tissue-resident memory T H 17 (T RM 17) cells amplify autoimmune kidney disease" published in 2020 in Science Immunology
  • "Usefulness of BioFire FilmArray BCID2 for Blood Culture Processing in Clinical Practice" published in 2021 in Journal of Clinical Microbiology
  • "Epidemiology, clinical characteristics, and outcome of candidemia in critically ill patients in Germany: a single-center retrospective 10-year analysis" published in 2020 in Annals of Intensive Care
  • "Distinct clonal lineages and within-host diversification shape invasive Staphylococcus epidermidis populations" published in 2021 in PLoS Pathogens

Best Publications

  • Polysaccharide intercellular adhesin or protein factors in biofilm accumulation of Staphylococcus epidermidis and Staphylococcus aureus isolated from prosthetic hip and knee joint infections.

    Holger Rohde;Eike C. Burandt;Nicolaus Siemssen;Lars Frommelt

  • Open-Source Genomic Analysis of Shiga-Toxin–Producing E. coli O104:H4

    Holger Rohde;Junjie Qin;Yujun Cui;Dongfang Li

  • Induction of Staphylococcus epidermidis biofilm formation via proteolytic processing of the accumulation-associated protein by staphylococcal and host proteases

    Holger Rohde;Christoph Burdelski;Katrin Bartscht;Muzaffar Hussain

  • Biofilm formation by Staphylococcus epidermidis depends on functional RsbU, an activator of the sigB operon: differential activation mechanisms due to ethanol and salt stress.

    Johannes K.-M. Knobloch;Katrin Bartscht;Axel Sabottke;Holger Rohde

  • Genes involved in the synthesis and degradation of matrix polysaccharide in Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans and Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae biofilms.

    Jeffrey B. Kaplan;Kabilan Velliyagounder;Chandran Ragunath;Holger Rohde

  • Structure, function and contribution of polysaccharide intercellular adhesin (PIA) to Staphylococcus epidermidis biofilm formation and pathogenesis of biomaterial-associated infections.

    Holger Rohde;Stephanie Frankenberger;Ulrich Zähringer;Dietrich Mack

  • A culture-independent sequence-based metagenomics approach to the investigation of an outbreak of Shiga-toxigenic Escherichia coli O104:H4.

    Nicholas J. Loman;Chrystala Constantinidou;Martin Christner;Holger Rohde

  • Rapid Identification of Bacteria from Positive Blood Culture Bottles by Use of Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry Fingerprinting

    Martin Christner;Holger Rohde;Manuel Wolters;Ingo Sobottka

  • MALDI-TOF MS fingerprinting allows for discrimination of major methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus lineages

    Manuel Wolters;Holger Rohde;Thomas Maier;Cristina Belmar-Campos

  • The giant extracellular matrix‐binding protein of Staphylococcus epidermidis mediates biofilm accumulation and attachment to fibronectin

    Martin Christner;Gefion C. Franke;Nina N. Schommer;Ulrike Wendt

  • Structural basis of Staphylococcus epidermidis biofilm formation: mechanisms and molecular interactions

    Henning Büttner;Dietrich Mack;Holger Rohde

  • Mechanisms of biofilm formation in Staphylococcus epidermidis and Staphylococcus aureus: functional molecules, regulatory circuits, and adaptive responses.

    Dietrich Mack;Petra Becker;Indranil Chatterjee;Sabine Dobinsky

  • Biofilm Formation by Staphylococcus haemolyticus

    Elizabeth Gladys Aarag Fredheim;Claus Klingenberg;Claus Klingenberg;Holger Rohde;Stephanie Frankenberger

  • Biofilm formation in medical device-related infection.

    D. Mack;H. Rohde;L.G. Harris;A.P. Davies

  • Evaluation of different detection methods of biofilm formation in Staphylococcus aureus.

    Johannes K.-M. Knobloch;Matthias A. Horstkotte;Holger Rohde;Dietrich Mack

  • Glucose-Related Dissociation between icaADBC Transcription and Biofilm Expression by Staphylococcus epidermidis: Evidence for an Additional Factor Required for Polysaccharide Intercellular Adhesin Synthesis

    Sabine Dobinsky;Kathrin Kiel;Holger Rohde;Katrin Bartscht

  • Staphylococcal Biofilm Exopolysaccharide Protects against Caenorhabditis elegans Immune Defenses

    Jakob Begun;Jessica M Gaiani;Holger Rohde;Dietrich Mack

  • Staphylococcus epidermidis uses distinct mechanisms of biofilm formation to interfere with phagocytosis and activation of mouse macrophage-like cells 774A.1.

    Nina N. Schommer;Martin Christner;Moritz Hentschke;Klaus Ruckdeschel

  • Megahertz serial crystallography

    Max O. Wiedorn;Dominik Oberthür;Richard Bean;Robin Schubert;Robin Schubert

  • Detection of Virulence-Associated Genes Not Useful for Discriminating between Invasive and Commensal Staphylococcus epidermidis Strains from a Bone Marrow Transplant Unit

    Holger Rohde;Matthias Kalitzky;Nicolaus Kröger;Stefanie Scherpe

  • Microbial interactions in Staphylococcus epidermidis biofilms

    Dietrich Mack;Angharad P. Davies;Llinos G. Harris;Holger Rohde

Frequent Co-Authors

Martin Aepfelbacher
Martin Aepfelbacher Universität Hamburg
Marc Lütgehetmann
Marc Lütgehetmann University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf
Paul D. Fey
Paul D. Fey University of Nebraska Medical Center
Nicolaus Kröger
Nicolaus Kröger Universität Hamburg
Alexander R. Horswill
Alexander R. Horswill University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Malik Alawi
Malik Alawi University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf
Georg Peters
Georg Peters University of Münster
Harald Seifert
Harald Seifert University of Cologne
Mathias Herrmann
Mathias Herrmann Saarland University
Jukka Corander
Jukka Corander University of Oslo

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