University Institute for Medical Microbiology and Virology
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University Institute for Medical Microbiology and Virology
University Institute for Medical Microbiology and Virology
The University Institute for Medical Microbiology and Virology is a central institute at Klinikum Oldenburg. It conducts diagnostics for infectious pathogens for Klinikum Oldenburg and other hospitals. The specialists use culture, serology, and molecular biological methods to detect bacteria, viruses, fungi, and parasites. They analyze samples from all inpatients and outpatients.
The test results of inpatients are communicated and explained to the physicians in the referring departments. Findings are also made available to the attending physicians digitally via the hospital information system as quickly as possible. This ensures that the diagnostic results can be incorporated into patient treatment in a timely manner.
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Professional experience
Since September 2019: University Professor (W3) and Director, University Institute for Medical Microbiology and Virology, Oldenburg Medical Center and Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg
September 2018–August 2019: Appointed University Professor (W2), Chair of "Resistance in Gram-Negative Pathogens," University of Cologne
September 2014–August 2019: Senior Physician, Institute of Microbiology, Immunology and Hygiene (IMMIH), Cologne University Hospital
April 2014–September 2014: Senior Physician, IMMIH, Cologne University Hospital
2013–2019: Head of the working group "Resistance Mechanisms of Multidrug-Resistant Gram-Negative Pathogens and Human Pathogenic Fungi" at the IMMIH
March 2012: Specialist in Microbiology and Virology and Infectious Disease Epidemiology
January 2008–February 2012: Resident at the IMMIH, University Hospital Cologne
May 2006–December 2007: Resident at the Department of Dermatology, University of Bonn
November 2005: Medical license
Awards & Research Funding
2016: Research Award Clinical Microbiology of the German Society for Microbiology and Hygiene (DGHM)
2012: Research funding from the Cologne Fortune Program
2011: TAE excellence award of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID)
2004: Doctoral scholarship from the Charité
Teaching
- Med. Microbiology and virologyAntibiotics
- Antibiotics
- Antimycotics
- Development of resistance
- Antibiotic stewardship
To the courses
Research and publications
The University Institute of Medical Microbiology and Virology focuses on the following research areas:
- Antibiotic and antimycotic resistance
- Dissemination of resistance genes
- Diagnostic processes
Prof. Dr. Axel Hamprecht:
For an overview of publications see PubMed
