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Dr. Helge Karch

Professor
Hygiene
University of Munster
Germany

Biography

Since 2001 Director of the Institute for Hygiene at the Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster (EMU), 1990 - 2001 University professor (C3) for hygiene at the Julius Maximilians University Würzburg, 1989 Habilitation in the subject "Medical Microbiology" at the University of Hamburg, 1984 - 1989 Research Assistant at the Institute of Medical Microbiology and Immunology of the University of Hamburg, 1982 - 1984 Research Assistant at the Institute of Medical Microbiology and Immunology of the Ruhr-University Bochum,1982 Doctorate to Dr. rer. nat. ("Summa cum laude") at the Institute of Microbiology of the Technical University of Darmstadt, 1973 - 1979 studied biology with a diploma at the Technical University of Darmstadt

Research Interest

Microbiology

Publications

  • Kossow A, Zhang W, Bielaszewska M, Rhode S, Karch H, et al. (2016) Molecular Characterization of Human Atypical Sorbitol-Fermenting Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli O157 Reveals High Diversity. J Clin Microbiol 54: 1357-1363.

  • Pohlen M, Marx J, Mellmann A, Becker K, Karch H, et al. (2016) Ciprofloxacin versus colistin prophylaxis during neutropenia in acute myeloid leukemia: two parallel patient cohorts treated in a single center. Haematologica 101: 1208-1215.

  • Betz J, Dorn I, Kouzel IU, Bauwens A, Karch H, et al. (2016) Shiga toxin of enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli directly injures developing human erythrocytes. Cell Microbiol 18: 1339-1348.

  • Bielaszewska M, RĂ¼ter C, Bauwens A, Greune L, Karch H, et al. (2017) Host cell interactions of outer membrane vesicle-associated virulence factors of enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157: Intracellular delivery, trafficking and mechanisms of cell injury. PLoS Pathog 13: e1006159.

  • Legros N, Dusny S, Humpf HU, Pohlentz G, Karch H, et al. (2017) Shiga toxin glycosphingolipid receptors and their lipid membrane ensemble in primary human blood-brain barrier endothelial cells. Glycobiology 27: 99-109.

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