• Evaluation of two different semiautomated homogenisation techniques in microbiological diagnosis of periprosthetic joint infection: dispenser vs. bead milling method

Rieber H, Frontzek A, Heinrich S, Barden B, Kortstegge T, Dienstknecht T, breil-Wirth A, Herwig M, Jerosch J, Pinkernell R and Ulatowski M.

Rieber et al BMC Infectious Diseases (2022) 22:790  doi.org/10.1186/s12879-022-07775-8

• Microbiological diagnosis of polymicrobial periprosthetic joint infection revealed superiority of investigated tissue samples compared to sonicate fluid generated from the implant surface

Rieber H, Frontzek A, Heinrich S. Breil-Wirth A, Messler J, Hegermann S, Ulatowski M, Koutras C, Steinheisser E, Kruppa T, Fischer M, Hammer M, Mullahi A, Morawietz T
_{Int J Infect Dis.; 2021; 106:302-307}

• Sonicate fluid inoculated into blood culture bottles does not improve diagnosis of periprosthetic joint infection caused by anaerobes. A retrospective analysis.

Rieber H, Frontzek A, Alefeld M, Heinrich S, Barden B, Jerosch J, Breil-Wirth A, Schmitt H, Ulatowsi M, Götz S, Mullahi A, Fischer M, Weber R, Pfander D, Sakkal A, Kukuk P, Bell A.
_{Anaerobe. 2020 Jan 28;62:102152. doi: 10.1016/j. anaerobe.2020.102152 [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 32001335}

• Periprosthetic joint infection associated with Mycoplasma hominis after transurethral instrumentation in an immunocompetent patient. Unusual or underestimated? A case report and review of the literature

Rieber H, Frontzek A, Fischer M
_{Int J Infect Dis. 2019 Mar 14.pii: S1201-9712(19)30141-9.doi:10.1016/j.ijid.2019.03.012.
PMID:30880125}

• Slackia exigua, an anaerobic Gram-positive rod and part of human oral microbiota associated with periprosthetic joint infection of the hip. First case and review of the literature.

Rieber H, Frontzek A, Schmitt H.
_{Anaerobe.2019 Feb 23. pii:S1075-9964(19)30038-1.doi:10.1016/j.anaerobe.2019.02.015 [Epub ahead of print]
PMID:30807855}

• Whole genome analyses of CMY-2-producing Escherichia coli isolates from humans, animals and food in Germany

Pietsch M, Irrgang A, Roschanski N, Brenner Michael G, Hamprecht A, Rieber H, Käsbohrer A, Schwarz S, Rösler U, Kreienbrock L, Pfeifer Y, Fuchs S, Werner G; RESET Study Group.
_{BMC Genomics.2018 Aug 9;19(1):601.doi:10.1186/s12864-018-4976-3.
PMID:30092762}

• Periprosthetic joint infection caused by anaerobes. Retrospective analysis reveals no need for prolonged cultivation time if sensitive supplemented growth media are used.

Rieber H, Frontzek A, Jerosch J, Alefeld M, Strohecker T, Ulatowski M, Morawitz T, Hinsenkamp S, Bell A, Kücükköylü D, Frommelt L

_{Anaerobe. 2018 Jan 24. pii: S1075-9964(18)30020-9.doi:10.1016/j.anaerobe.2018.01.009}

• Protracted Regional Dissemination of GIM-1-Producing Serratia marcescens in Western Germany

Wendel AF, Kaase M, Autenrieth IB, Peter S, Oberhettinger P, Rieber H, Pfeffer K, MacKenzie CR, Willmann M
_{Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2017 Feb. 23;61 (3). pii:e01880-16.doi: 10.1128/AAC.01880-16. Print 2017 Mar.
PMID: 27956426 (Free PMC Article)}

• Molecular Investigation of Carbapenem-Resistant Acinetobacter spp. from Hospitals in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Rieber H., Frontzek A., Pfeifer Y.
_{Microb Drug Resist. 2017 Jan;23(1):25-31.doi: 10.1089/mdr.2016.0035.
Epub 2016 Apr 19.
PMID: 27093111}

• Robinsioniella peoriensis, originally isolated from swine manure, and early periprosthetic hip infection: Case report and rewiew of the literature

Rieber H., Frontzek A., Bell A., Frommelt L.
_{Anaerobe. 2016 Dec;42:33-36.doi:10.1016/j.anaerobe.2016.07.005
Epub 2016 Jul30
PMID: 27481335}

• Emergence of Metallo-ß-Lactamase GIM-1 in a Clinical Isolate of Serratia marcescens

Rieber H., Frontzek A., Pfeifer Y.
_{Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2012 Sep; 56(9):4945-7.doi:10.1128/AAC.00405-12.E-pub2012Jun18
PMID:22710114}

• Emergence of metallo-ß-lactamases GIM-1 and VIM in multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa in North Rine-Westphalia, Germany

Rieber H., Frontzek A., von Baum H., Pfeifer Y.
_{J Antimicrob Chemother. 2012 Apr;67(4):1043-5.doi:10.1093/jac/dkr579. Epub 2012 Jan12. No abstract available.
PMID: 22247491}

• Actinomyces neuii subsp. neuii Associated with Periprosthetic Infection in Total Hip Arthroplasty as Causative Agent

Rieber H., Schwarz R., Krämer O., Cordier W., Frommelt L.
_{J Clin Microbiol. 2009 Dec;47(12):4183-4.doi:10.1128/jCM.01249-09. Epub 2009 Sep.30
PMID: 19794032}