| Evolutionary history and global spread of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis Beijing lineage M Merker, C Blin, S Mona, N Duforet-Frebourg, S Lecher, E Willery, ... Nature genetics 47 (3), 242, 2015 | 302 | 2015 |
| The epidemiology, pathogenesis, transmission, diagnosis, and management of multidrug-resistant, extensively drug-resistant, and incurable tuberculosis K Dheda, T Gumbo, G Maartens, KE Dooley, R McNerney, M Murray, ... The lancet Respiratory medicine 5 (4), 291-360, 2017 | 269 | 2017 |
| Whole-genome-based Mycobacterium tuberculosis surveillance: a standardized, portable, and expandable approach TA Kohl, R Diel, D Harmsen, J Rothgänger, KM Walter, M Merker, ... Journal of clinical microbiology 52 (7), 2479-2486, 2014 | 130 | 2014 |
| Whole genome sequencing reveals complex evolution patterns of multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis Beijing strains in patients M Merker, TA Kohl, A Roetzer, L Truebe, E Richter, S Rüsch-Gerdes, ... PloS one 8 (12), e82551, 2013 | 108 | 2013 |
| Detection of drug-resistant tuberculosis by Xpert MTB/RIF in Swaziland E Sanchez-Padilla, M Merker, P Beckert, F Jochims, T Dlamini, P Kahn, ... New England Journal of Medicine, 2015 | 97 | 2015 |
| Molecular epidemiology and transmission dynamics of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Northwest Ethiopia: new phylogenetic lineages found in Northwest Ethiopia B Tessema, J Beer, M Merker, F Emmrich, U Sack, AC Rodloff, S Niemann BMC infectious diseases 13 (1), 131, 2013 | 65 | 2013 |
| Delamanid and Bedaquiline Resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis Ancestral Beijing Genotype Causing Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis in a Tibetan … H Hoffmann, TA Kohl, S Hofmann-Thiel, M Merker, P Beckert, K Jaton, ... American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine 193 (3), 337-340, 2016 | 61 | 2016 |
| A cluster of multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis among patients arriving in Europe from the Horn of Africa: a molecular epidemiological study TM Walker, M Merker, AM Knoblauch, P Helbling, OD Schoch, ... The Lancet Infectious Diseases 18 (4), 431-440, 2018 | 51 | 2018 |
| LOC-SERS: A promising closed system for the identification of mycobacteria A Mühlig, T Bocklitz, I Labugger, S Dees, S Henk, E Richter, S Andres, ... Analytical chemistry 88 (16), 7998-8004, 2016 | 40 | 2016 |
| Prediction of susceptibility to first-line tuberculosis drugs by DNA sequencing CRyPTIC Consortium and the 100,000 Genomes Project New England Journal of Medicine 379 (15), 1403-1415, 2018 | 37 | 2018 |
| Whole genome sequencing for M/XDR tuberculosis surveillance and for resistance testing TM Walker, M Merker, TA Kohl, DW Crook, S Niemann, TEA Peto Clinical Microbiology and Infection 23 (3), 161-166, 2017 | 37 | 2017 |
| Tracing Mycobacterium tuberculosis transmission by whole genome sequencing in a high incidence setting: a retrospective population-based study in East Greenland K Bjorn-Mortensen, B Soborg, A Koch, K Ladefoged, M Merker, ... Scientific reports 6, 33180, 2016 | 36 | 2016 |
| What is resistance? Impact of phenotypic versus molecular drug resistance testing on therapy for multi-and extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis J Heyckendorf, S Andres, CU Köser, ID Olaru, T Schön, E Sturegård, ... Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 62 (2), e01550-17, 2018 | 34 | 2018 |
| Delamanid susceptibility testing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis using the resazurin microtitre assay and the BACTEC™ MGIT™ 960 system E Schena, L Nedialkova, E Borroni, S Battaglia, AM Cabibbe, S Niemann, ... Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy 71 (6), 1532-1539, 2016 | 27 | 2016 |
| First molecular epidemiology study of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Kiribati E Aleksic, M Merker, H Cox, B Reiher, Z Sekawi, AC Hearps, CE Ryan, ... PloS one 8 (1), e55423, 2013 | 24 | 2013 |
| The Evolution of Strain Typing in the Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex M Merker, TA Kohl, S Niemann, P Supply Strain Variation in the Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex: Its Role in …, 2017 | 18 | 2017 |
| Impact of Genetic Diversity on the Biology of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex Strains. S Niemann, M Merker, T Kohl, P Supply Microbiology spectrum 4 (6), 2016 | 18 | 2016 |
| Nosocomial transmission of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis V Crudu, M Merker, C Lange, E Noroc, E Romancenco, D Chesov, ... The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease 19 (12), 1520-1523, 2015 | 17 | 2015 |
| The relationship between transmission time and clustering methods in Mycobacterium tuberculosis epidemiology CJ Meehan, P Moris, TA Kohl, J Pečerska, S Akter, M Merker, C Utpatel, ... EBioMedicine 37, 410-416, 2018 | 16 | 2018 |
| Perspectives for personalized therapy for patients with multidrug‐resistant tuberculosis C Lange, WA Alghamdi, MH Al‐Shaer, S Brighenti, AH Diacon, ... Journal of internal medicine 284 (2), 163-188, 2018 | 16 | 2018 |
