Wilma Ziebuhr

A novel mechanism of phase variation of virulence in <i>Staphylococcus epidermidis</i>: evidence for control of the polysaccharide intercellular adhesin synthesis by alternating insertion and excision of the insertion sequence element IS<i>256</i>

Wilma Ziebuhr, Vanessa Krimmer, Shwan Rachid et al. · Molecular Microbiology · 1999 · 406 citations · Full text

Detection of the intercellular adhesion gene cluster (ica) and phase variation in Staphylococcus epidermidis blood culture strains and mucosal isolates

Wilma Ziebuhr, Christine Heilmann, Friedrich Götz et al. · Infection and Immunity · 1997 · 366 citations · Full text

Pathogenic Microbiology, Pathogen Detection, Blood Culture Isolates +19

Effect of Subinhibitory Antibiotic Concentrations on Polysaccharide Intercellular Adhesin Expression in Biofilm-Forming <i>Staphylococcus epidermidis</i>

Shwan Rachid, Knut Ohlsen, Wolfgang Witte et al. · Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy · 2000 · 365 citations

Biofilms, Icaadbc Operon, Antimicrobial Susceptibility +14

Nosocomial infections by Staphylococcus epidermidis: how a commensal bacterium turns into a pathogen

Wilma Ziebuhr, S. Hennig, Martin Eckart et al. · International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents · 2006 · 251 citations

Medical Microbiology, Commensal Bacterium, Pathogenic Microbiology +12

Alternative Transcription Factor ς ^B Is Involved in Regulation of Biofilm Expression in a <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i> Mucosal Isolate

Shwan Rachid, Knut Ohlsen, Ursula Wallner et al. · Journal of Bacteriology · 2000 · 247 citations · Full text

Biofilms, Environmental Stress Conditions, Medical Microbiology +14