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Overview

Uwe Koedel is affiliated with Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München in Germany. Their research encompasses a range of topics within medicine, with a particular focus on infectious diseases and related fields.

The main fields of study for Koedel include Medicine and Immunology and Microbiology. Within these broad areas, their work particularly touches on the subfields of Microbiology, Epidemiology, Infectious Diseases, Emergency Medicine, and Surgery.

Koedel's research topics highlight bacterial infections, especially those affecting the respiratory and nervous systems. These include Bacterial Infections and Vaccines, Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections, Infectious Diseases and Tuberculosis, Cerebrospinal fluid and hydrocephalus, and Emergency and Acute Care Studies. The focus on emergency and trauma care is also notable in their work.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Koedel are:

  • Matthias Klein
  • Hans-Walter Pfister
  • Susanne Dyckhoff-Shen
  • Stefanie Völk
  • Matthijs C. Brouwer

Their publications appear regularly in several specialized journals. The most recurrent venues for their work include:

  • Journal of Neurology
  • Infection
  • Acta Neuropathologica Communications
  • Neurological Research and Practice
  • Journal of Neuroinflammation

Recent published papers by Koedel, with coauthors often contributing, consist of the following titles:

  • "Decline in the number of patients with meningitis in German hospitals during the COVID-19 pandemic," 2022, Journal of Neurology
  • "SOP: emergency workup in patients with suspected acute bacterial meningitis," 2021, Neurological Research and Practice
  • "ChatGPT fails challenging the recent ESCMID brain abscess guideline," 2024, Journal of Neurology
  • "Characterization and diagnosis spectrum of patients with cerebrospinal fluid pleocytosis," 2023, Infection
  • "Pericytes are protective in experimental pneumococcal meningitis through regulating leukocyte infiltration and blood-brain barrier function," 2023, Journal of Neuroinflammation

Best Publications

  • Pathogenesis and pathophysiology of pneumococcal meningitis

    Uwe Koedel;William Michael Scheld;Hans-Walter Pfister

  • TLR13 Recognizes Bacterial 23S rRNA Devoid of Erythromycin Resistance–Forming Modification

    Marina Oldenburg;Anne Krüger;Ruth Ferstl;Andreas Kaufmann

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

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

  • Community-acquired bacterial meningitis.

    Diederik van de Beek;Matthijs Brouwer;Rodrigo Hasbun;Uwe Koedel

  • 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

  • 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

  • Apoptosis is essential for neutrophil functional shutdown and determines tissue damage in experimental pneumococcal meningitis.

    Uwe Koedel;Tobias Frankenberg;Susanne Kirschnek;Bianca Obermaier

  • Extracellular MRP8/14 is a regulator of β2 integrin-dependent neutrophil slow rolling and adhesion

    Monika Pruenster;Angela R. M. Kurz;Kyoung-Jin Chung;Xiao Cao-Ehlker

  • 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

  • The chemokine CXCL13 (BLC): A putative diagnostic marker for neuroborreliosis

    T. A. Rupprecht;H. W. Pfister;B. Angele;S. Kastenbauer

  • 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

  • Lack of IL-6 augments inflammatory response but decreases vascular permeability in bacterial meningitis

    Robert Paul;Uwe Koedel;Frank Winkler;Bernd C. Kieseier

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

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

  • Oxidative stress in bacterial meningitis.

    Uwe Koedel;Hans‐Walter Pfister

  • The chemokine CXCL13 is a key regulator of B cell recruitment to the cerebrospinal fluid in acute Lyme neuroborreliosis

    Tobias A Rupprecht;Andreas Plate;Michaela Adam;Manfed Wick

Frequent Co-Authors

Hans-Walter Pfister
Hans-Walter Pfister Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Adriano Fontana
Adriano Fontana University of Zurich
Sven Hammerschmidt
Sven Hammerschmidt University of Greifswald
Carsten J. Kirschning
Carsten J. Kirschning University of Duisburg-Essen
Stephen L. Leib
Stephen L. Leib University of Bern
Hermann Wagner
Hermann Wagner Technical University of Munich
Volker Fingerle
Volker Fingerle Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Karl Frei
Karl Frei University of Zurich
Ulrich Dirnagl
Ulrich Dirnagl Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Bettina Wilske
Bettina Wilske Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

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