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Overview

Kristina Kadlec is affiliated with the Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut in Germany. Their research spans several fields including Environmental Science, Medicine, and Immunology and Microbiology. Within these disciplines, their work further focuses on subfields such as Ecology, Microbiology, Molecular Biology, Infectious Diseases, and Epidemiology.

The research topics addressed by Kadlec include:

  • Bacteriophages and microbial interactions
  • Microbial infections and disease research
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus
  • Mycobacterium research and diagnosis
  • Milk Quality and Mastitis in Dairy Cows

Kadlec has contributed to publications in several scientific venues, including:

  • Frontiers in Microbiology
  • Microbial Drug Resistance
  • Antibiotics

Some recent papers authored or co-authored by Kristina Kadlec are:

  • Editorial: Plasmid transfer-mechanisms, ecology, evolution and applications, published in 2022 in Frontiers in Microbiology
  • Proposal of Epidemiological Cutoff Values for Apramycin 15 μg and Florfenicol 30 μg Disks Applicable to Staphylococcus aureus, published in 2021 in Microbial Drug Resistance
  • Antimicrobial Resistance in Pasteurella multocida Isolates from Bovine Mastitis Can Be Associated with Multidrug-Resistance-Mediating Integrative and Conjugative Elements (ICEs), published in 2025 in Antibiotics

Frequent collaborators in their research include Štefan Schwarz, Chin-Yi Chen, Clay Fuqua, Charlene R. Jackson, and Eva M. Top. The collaboration with Štefan Schwarz has occurred most often with two joint publications.

Best Publications

  • A field guide to pandemic, epidemic and sporadic clones of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

    Stefan Monecke;Geoffrey Coombs;Anna C. Shore;David C. Coleman

  • Clonal spread of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus pseudintermedius in Europe and North America: an international multicentre study

    Vincent Perreten;Kristina Kadlec;Stefan Schwarz;Ulrika Grönlund Andersson

  • Characterization of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus ST398 from cases of bovine mastitis

    Andrea Fessler;Carly Scott;Kristina Kadlec;Ralf Ehricht

  • Characterization of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Isolates from Food and Food Products of Poultry Origin in Germany

    Andrea T Fessler;Kristina Kadlec;Melanie Hassel;Tomasz Hauschild

  • Diversity of antimicrobial resistance pheno- and genotypes of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus ST398 from diseased swine

    Kristina Kadlec;Ralf Ehricht;Stefan Monecke;Ulrike Steinacker

  • ICEPmu1, an integrative conjugative element (ICE) of Pasteurella multocida: analysis of the regions that comprise 12 antimicrobial resistance genes

    Geovana Brenner Michael;Geovana Brenner Michael;Kristina Kadlec;Michael T. Sweeney;Elzbieta Brzuszkiewicz

  • Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus pseudintermedius among dogs admitted to a small animal hospital

    Ulrike Nienhoff;Kristina Kadlec;Iris F. Chaberny;Jutta Verspohl

  • Comparative analysis of ESBL-positive Escherichia coli isolates from animals and humans from the UK, The Netherlands and Germany

    Guanghui Wu;Michaela J. Day;Muriel T. Mafura;Javier Nunez-Garcia

  • Diversity of STs, plasmids and ESBL genes among Escherichia coli from humans, animals and food in Germany, the Netherlands and the UK

    Michaela J. Day;Irene Rodriguez;Alieda van Essen-Zandbergen;Cindy Dierikx

  • Identification and characterization of methicillin-resistant coagulase-negative staphylococci from bovine mastitis

    Andrea T Fessler;Carmen Billerbeck;Carmen Billerbeck;Kristina Kadlec;Stefan Schwarz

  • The diversity of antimicrobial resistance genes among staphylococci of animal origin

    Sarah Wendlandt;Andrea T. Feßler;Stefan Monecke;Ralf Ehricht

  • Analysis and distribution of class 1 and class 2 integrons and associated gene cassettes among Escherichia coli isolates from swine, horses, cats and dogs collected in the BfT-GermVet monitoring study

    Kristina Kadlec;Stefan Schwarz

  • Bacterial resistance to antimicrobial agents and its impact on veterinary and human medicine.

    Stefan Schwarz;Anette Loeffler;Kristina Kadlec

  • ICEPmu1, an integrative conjugative element (ICE) of Pasteurella multocida: structure and transfer

    Geovana Brenner Michael;Geovana Brenner Michael;Kristina Kadlec;Michael T. Sweeney;Elzbieta Brzuszkiewicz

  • Novel and uncommon antimicrobial resistance genes in livestock-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.

    Kristina Kadlec;Andrea T. Fessler;Tomasz Hauschild;Stefan Schwarz

  • Lincosamides, Streptogramins, Phenicols, and Pleuromutilins: Mode of Action and Mechanisms of Resistance

    Stefan Schwarz;Jianzhong Shen;Kristina Kadlec;Yang Wang

  • Transmission of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains between humans and dogs: two case reports

    Ulrike Nienhoff;Kristina Kadlec;Iris F. Chaberny;Jutta Verspohl

  • Antimicrobial resistance of Staphylococcus pseudintermedius.

    Kristina Kadlec;Stefan Schwarz

  • Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and Staphylococcus pseudintermedius detected in the BfT-GermVet monitoring programme 2004–2006 in Germany

    Stefan Schwarz;Kristina Kadlec;Birgit Strommenger

  • Identification of a Novel Trimethoprim Resistance Gene, dfrK, in a Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus ST398 Strain and Its Physical Linkage to the Tetracycline Resistance Gene tet(L)

    Kristina Kadlec;Stefan Schwarz

  • Characterization of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus CC398 obtained from humans and animals on dairy farms.

    Andrea T Fessler;Richard G M Olde Riekerink;Anja Rothkamp;Kristina Kadlec

Frequent Co-Authors

Stefan Schwarz
Stefan Schwarz Freie Universität Berlin
Stefan Monecke
Stefan Monecke Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology
Ralf Ehricht
Ralf Ehricht Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology
Yang Wang
Yang Wang China Agricultural University
Carmen Torres
Carmen Torres University of La Rioja
Isabel Couto
Isabel Couto Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Engeline van Duijkeren
Engeline van Duijkeren National Institute of Public Health and the Environment (RIVM)
Heiko Liesegang
Heiko Liesegang University of Göttingen
Rolf Daniel
Rolf Daniel University of Göttingen
Dik Mevius
Dik Mevius Utrecht University

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