Peer-reviewed publications

Filippidis P, Hovius L, Tissot F, Orasch C, Flückiger U, Siegemund M, Pagani JL, Eggimann P, Marchetti O, Lamoth F; Fungal Infection Network of Switzerland (FUNGINOS). Serial monitoring of pancreatic stone protein for the detection of sepsis in intensive care unit patients with complicated abdominal surgery: A prospective, longitudinal cohort study. J Crit Care. 2024 Aug;82:154772. doi: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2024.154772.
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Couchepin J, Reinhold I, Kronig I, Guidi M, Buclin T, Schreiber PW, Neofytos D, Lamoth F; Fungal Infection Network of Switzerland (FUNGINOS). Isavuconazole for the Treatment of Fungal Infections: A Real-life Experience From the Fungal Infection Network of Switzerland (FUNGINOS). Open Forum Infect Dis. 2024 Apr 26;11(5):ofae223. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofae223.
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Portillo V, Ragozzino S, Stavropoulou E, El-Khoury C, Bochud PY, Lamoth F, Khanna N, Neofytos D. Antifungal
Treatment Duration in Hematology Patients With Invasive Mold Infections: A Real-life Update. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2024 Apr 9;11(5):ofae201. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofae201.
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Waldeck F, Boroli F, Zingg S, Walti LN, Wendel-Garcia PD, Conen A, Pagani JL, Boggian K, Schnorf M, Siegemund M, Abed-Maillard S, Michot M, Que YA, Bättig V, Suh N, Kleger GR, Albrich WC. Higher risk for influenza-associated pulmonary aspergillosis (IAPA) in asthmatic patients: A Swiss multicenter cohort study on IAPA in critically ill influenza patients. Influenza Other Respir Viruses. 2022 Nov 16. doi: 10.1111/irv.13059. Online ahead of print.
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Adam KM, Osthoff M, Lamoth F, Conen A, Erard V, Boggian K, Schreiber PW, Zimmerli S, Bochud PY, Neofytos D, Fleury M, Fankhauser H, Goldenberger D, Mühlethaler K, Riat A, Zbinden R, Kronenberg A, Quiblier C, Marchetti O, Khanna N; Fungal Infection Network of Switzerland (FUNGINOS). Trends of the epidemiology of candidemia in Switzerland: A 15-Year FUNGINOS survey. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2021 Sep 17;8(10):ofab471. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofab471. eCollection 2021 Oct.
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Emerging echinocandin-resistant Candida albicans and glabrata in Switzerland. Coste AT, Kritikos A, Li J, Khanna N, Goldenberger D, Garzoni C, Zehnder C, Boggian K, Neofytos D, Riat A, Bachmann D, Sanglard D, Lamoth F; Fungal Infection Network of Switzerland (FUNGINOS). Infection. 2020 Oct;48(5):761-766. doi: 10.1007/s15010-020-01475-
8. Epub 2020 Jul 13. PMID: 32661647.
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Risk factors for candidemia: a prospective matched case-control study. Poissy J, Damonti L, Bignon A, Khanna N, Von Kietzell M, Boggian K, Neofytos D, Vuotto F, Coiteux V, Artru F, Zimmerli S, Pagani JL, Calandra T, Sendid B, Poulain D, van Delden C, Lamoth F, Marchetti O, Bochud PY; FUNGINOS; Allfun French Study Groups. Crit Care. 2020 Mar 18;24(1):109. doi: 10.1186/s13054-020-2766-1.
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Invasive aspergillosis due to Aspergillus section usti: a multicenter retrospective study. Glampedakis E, Cassaing S, Fekkar A, Dannaoui E, Bougnoux ME, Bretagne S, Neofytos D, Schreiber PW, Hennequin C, Morio F, Shadrivova O, Bongomin F, Fernández-Ruiz M, Bellanger AP, Arikan-Akdagli S, Erard V, Aigner M, Paolucci M, Khanna N, Charpentier E, Bonnal C, Brun S, Gabriel F, Riat A, Zbinden R, Le Pape P, Klimko N, Lewis RE, Richardson M, İnkaya AC, Coste AT, Bochud PY, Lamoth F. Clin Infect Dis. 2020 Mar 10:ciaa230. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciaa230. Online ahead of print. PMID: 32155262
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Performance of the T2Candida Panel for the Diagnosis of Intra-Abdominal Candidiasis. Lamoth F, Clancy CJ, Tissot F, Squires K, Eggimann P, Flückiger U, Siegemund M, Orasch C, Zimmerli S, Calandra T, Marchetti O, Nguyen MH, Bochud PY. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2020 Feb 27;7(3):ofaa075. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofaa075. eCollection 2020 Mar.PMID: 32195291.
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C. Orasch, D. Mertz, J. Garbino, C. van Delden, S. Emonet, J. Schrenzel, S. Zimmerli, L. Damonti, K. Mühlethaler, A. Imhof, C. Ruef, J. Fehr, R. Zbinden,K. Boggian, T.Bruderer, U. Flückiger, A. Conen, N. Khanna, R. Frei, T. Bregenzer, F. Lamoth, V. Erard, P.-Y. Bochud, T. Calandra, J. Bille, O. Marchetti, and the Fungal Infection Network of Switzerland (FUNGINOS). Fluconazole Non-Susceptible Breakthrough Candidemia after Prolonged Low-Dose Prophylaxis: A Prospective FUNGINOS Study. Journal of Infection, 2018; 76 : 489-95.
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Kritikos A, Neofytos D, Khanna N, Schreiber PW, Boggian K, Bille J, Schrenzel J, Mühlethaler K, Zbinden R, Bruderer T, Goldenberger D, Pfyffer G, Conen A, Van Delden C, Zimmerli S, Sanglard D, Bachmann D, Marchetti O, Lamoth F; Fungal Infection Network of Switzerland (FUNGINOS). Accuracy of Sensititre YeastOne echinocandins epidemiological cut-off values for identification of FKS mutant Candida albicans and Candida glabrata: a ten-year national survey of the Fungal Infection Network of Switzerland (FUNGINOS). Clin Microbiol Infect. 2018;24:1214.e1- 1214.e4.
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L. Damonti, V. Erard, J. Garbino, J. Schrenzel, S. Zimmerli, K. Mühlethaler, A. Imhof, R. Zbinden, J. Fehr, K. Boggian, T. Bruderer, U. Flückiger, R. Frei, C. Orasch, A. Conen, N. Khanna, T. Bregenzer, J. Bille, F. Lamoth, O.
Marchetti, P.-Y. Bochud and the Fungal Infection Network of Switzerland (FUNGINOS). Catheter retention as a consequence rather than a cause of unfavorable outcome in candidemia. Intensive Care Med. 2017; 43 (6): 935-9.
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Osthoff M, Wojtowicz A, Tissot F, Jørgensen C, Thiel S, Zimmerli S, Marchetti O, Khanna N, Bochud PY, Trendelenburg M; Fungal Infection Network of Switzerland (FUNGINOS). Association of lectin pathway proteins with intra-abdominal Candida infection in high-risk surgical intensive-care unit patients. A prospective cohort study within the fungal infection network of Switzerland. Journal of Infection, 2016 ; 72(3) : 377-85.
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A. Wójtowicz, F. Tissot, F. Lamoth, C. Orasch, P. Eggimann, M. Siegemund, S. Zimmerli, U. Flückiger, J. Bille, T. Calandra, O. Marchetti, P.-Y. Bochud * and the Fungal Infection Network of Switzerland (FUNGINOS). Polymorphisms in TNF-α Increase Susceptibility to Intra-abdominal Candida Infection in High Risk Surgical ICU Patients. Critical Care Medicine, 2014, 42: e304-8. (* Equal contributions as senior authors)
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C. Orasch, O. Marchetti, J. Garbino, J. Schrenzel, S. Zimmerli, K. Muehlethaler, M. Rossi, G. Pfyffer, C. Ruef, J. Fehr, R. Zbinden, T. Calandra, J. Bille. Candida Species Distribution and Antifungal Susceptibility Testing According to EUCAST and New vs. Old CLSI Clinical Breakpoints: A Six-Year Prospective Candidemia Survey from the Fungal Infection Network of Switzerland (FUNGINOS). Clinical Microbiology and Infection, 2014; 20: 698-705.
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F. Tissot, F. Lamoth, P. M. Hauser, C. Orasch, U. Flückiger, M. Siegemund, S. Zimmerli, T. Calandra, J. Bille, P. Eggimann *, O. Marchetti * and the Fungal Infection Network of Switzerland (FUNGINOS). Beta-Glucan Antigenemia Anticipates Diagnosis of Blood Culture-Negative Intra-Abdominal Candidiasis. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 2013; 188 (9): 1100-9. (* Equal contributions as senior authors)
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Garbino J, Fluckiger U, Elzi L, Imhof A, Bille J, Zimmerli S. Survey of aspergillosis in non-neutropenic patients in Swiss teaching hospitals. Clin Microbiol Infect. 2011; 17(9): 1366-71.
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U. Flückiger *, O. Marchetti *, J. Bille, P. Eggimann, S. Zimmerli, A. Imhof, J. Garbino, C. Ruef, D. Pittet, M. Täuber,
M. Glauser, T. Calandra for the Fungal Infection Network of Switzerland (FUNGINOS). Treatment Options of Invasive Fungal Infections in Adults. Swiss Medical Weekly, 2006; 136: 447-463 (* Equal contributions as first authors)
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P. Eggimann, T. Calandra, U. Fluckiger, J. Bille, J. Garbino, M.P. Glauser, O. Marchetti, C. Ruef, M. Täuber, D. Pittet for the Fungal Infection Network of Switzerland (FUNGINOS). Invasive candidiasis: comparison of management choices by infectious diseases and critical care specialists. Intensive Care Medicine, 2005; 31: 1514-21.
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J. Bille, O. Marchetti, D. Pittet for the Fungal Infection Network of Switzerland (FUNGINOS). Reply to the letter by Tattevin et al. “Can we describe the epidemiology of candidemia without using selective blood culture bottles for fungus detection?”. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2004; 39: 599.
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O. Marchetti, J. Bille, U. Fluckiger, P. Eggimann, C. Ruef, J. Garbino, T. Calandra, M.-P. Glauser, M.G. Täuber, D. Pittet for the Fungal Infection Network of Switzerland (FUNGINOS). Epidemiology of candidemia in Swiss tertiary care hospitals: secular trends 1991-2000. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2004; 38: 311-20.
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