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Overview

Michael Tamm is affiliated with the University Hospital of Basel in Switzerland, contributing extensively to the field of medicine, with a focus on pulmonary and respiratory medicine. Their research encompasses a broad range of subfields including infectious diseases, physiology, epidemiology, and surgery.

Their scholarly work covers main topics such as:

  • Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
  • Neonatal Respiratory Health Research
  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
  • Obstructive Sleep Apnea Research
  • Asthma and respiratory diseases

Frequent coauthors in their publications include:

  • Daiana Stolz
  • Kathleen Jahn
  • Leticia Grize
  • Heiner C. Bucher
  • Katrin Hostettler

Their work appears regularly in a number of scientific journals and venues, including:

  • Respiratory Research
  • Canadian Respiratory Journal
  • European Respiratory Journal
  • Respiration
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Selected recent papers authored or coauthored by Michael Tamm include:

  • Fast multiplex bacterial PCR of bronchoalveolar lavage for antibiotic stewardship in hospitalised patients with pneumonia at risk of Gram-negative bacterial infection (Flagship II): a multicentre, randomised controlled trial, 2022, The Lancet Respiratory Medicine
  • Postinfectious Bronchiolitis Obliterans in Children: Diagnostic Workup and Therapeutic Options: A Workshop Report, 2020, Canadian Respiratory Journal
  • Tumour neoantigen mimicry by microbial species in cancer immunotherapy, 2021, British Journal of Cancer
  • Airway Smooth Muscle Cell Mitochondria Damage and Mitophagy in COPD via ERK1/2 MAPK, 2022, International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Antibody Response in Immunocompromised Patients After the Administration of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Vaccine BNT162b2 or mRNA-1273: A Randomized Controlled Trial, 2022, Clinical Infectious Diseases

Best Publications

  • Effect of procalcitonin-guided treatment on antibiotic use and outcome in lower respiratory tract infections: cluster-randomised, single-blinded intervention trial

    Mirjam Christ-Crain;Daiana Jaccard-Stolz;Roland Bingisser;Mikael M Gencay

  • Procalcitonin guidance of antibiotic therapy in community-acquired pneumonia: a randomized trial.

    Mirjam Christ-Crain;Daiana Stolz;Roland Bingisser;Christian Müller

  • Antibiotic Treatment of Exacerbations of COPD: A Randomized, Controlled Trial Comparing Procalcitonin-Guidance With Standard Therapy

    Daiana Stolz;Mirjam Christ-Crain;Roland Bingisser;Jörg Leuppi

  • Procalcitonin to initiate or discontinue antibiotics in acute respiratory tract infections

    Philipp Schuetz;Yannick Wirz;Ramon Sager;Mirjam Christ-Crain

  • Airway Smooth Muscle Cell Proliferation Is Increased in Asthma

    Peter R. A. Johnson;Michael Roth;Michael Tamm;Margaret Hughes

  • Diagnostic and prognostic accuracy of clinical and laboratory parameters in community-acquired pneumonia

    Beat Müller;Stephan Harbarth;Daiana Stolz;Roland Bingisser

  • Short-term vs Conventional Glucocorticoid Therapy in Acute Exacerbations of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: The REDUCE Randomized Clinical Trial

    Jörg D. Leuppi;Philipp Schuetz;Roland Bingisser;Michael Bodmer

  • Effect of procalcitonin-guided antibiotic treatment on mortality in acute respiratory infections: a patient level meta-analysis

    Philipp Schuetz;Yannick Wirz;Ramon Sager;Mirjam Christ-Crain;Mirjam Christ-Crain

  • Copeptin, C-Reactive Protein, and Procalcitonin as Prognostic Biomarkers in Acute Exacerbation of COPD

    Daiana Stolz;Mirjam Christ-Crain;Nils G. Morgenthaler;Jörg Leuppi

  • A randomised, controlled trial of bosentan in severe COPD.

    D Stolz;H Rasch;A Linka;M Di Valentino

  • Procalcitonin for reduced antibiotic exposure in ventilator-associated pneumonia: a randomised study

    D. Stolz;N. Smyrnios;P. Eggimann;H. Pargger

  • Transmission of human herpesvirus 8 infection from renal-transplant donors to recipients.

    Nicolas Regamey;Michael Tamm;Marion Wernli;Anne Witschi

  • Procalcitonin to Guide Initiation and Duration of Antibiotic Treatment in Acute Respiratory Infections: An Individual Patient Data Meta-Analysis

    Philipp Schuetz;Philipp Schuetz;Matthias Briel;Mirjam Christ-Crain;Daiana Stolz

  • Pro-adrenomedullin to predict severity and outcome in community-acquired pneumonia [ISRCTN04176397]

    Mirjam Christ-Crain;Nils G Morgenthaler;Daiana Stolz;Christian Müller

  • Interaction between glucocorticoids and β2 agonists on bronchial airway smooth muscle cells through synchronised cellular signalling

    Michael Roth;Michael Roth;Peter R A Johnson;Jochen J Rüdiger;Gregory G King

  • Exercise capacity as a predictor of postoperative complications in lung resection candidates.

    C T Bolliger;P Jordan;M Solèr;P Stulz

  • Induction of vascular endothelial growth factor by platelet-activating factor and platelet-derived growth factor is downregulated by corticosteroids.

    Markus Nauck;Michael Roth;Michael Tamm;Oliver Eickelberg

  • Dysfunctional Interaction of C/EBPalpha and the Glucocorticoid Receptor in Asthmatic Bronchial Smooth-Muscle Cells

    Michael Roth;Peter R.A. Johnson;Peter Borger;Michel P. Bihl

  • Circulating levels of copeptin, a novel biomarker, in lower respiratory tract infections

    B Müller;N Morgenthaler;D Stolz;P Schuetz

  • Procalcitonin to initiate or discontinue antibiotics in acute respiratory tract infections (Review)

    Schuetz P;Müller B;Christ-Crain M;Stolz D

Frequent Co-Authors

Mirjam Christ-Crain
Mirjam Christ-Crain University of Basel
Renaud Louis
Renaud Louis University of Liège
Tobias Welte
Tobias Welte University of Hannover
Francesco Blasi
Francesco Blasi University of Milan
Antoni Torres
Antoni Torres University of Barcelona
Lukas Bubendorf
Lukas Bubendorf University Hospital of Basel
Philipp Schuetz
Philipp Schuetz University of Basel
Beat Müller
Beat Müller University of Basel
Hans H. Hirsch
Hans H. Hirsch University Hospital of Basel
Christian Schindler
Christian Schindler Columbia University

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