[FG] Tschudin Sutter Sarah

Research Focus

Immunology & Infectious Diseases

Area of Research

Hospital acquired infections, with a focus on transmission of multi drug-resistant pathogens, and infection prevention and control interventions.

Collaborations

Local and national Collaborations

Department of Clinical Bacteriology and Mycology, University Hospital Basel

Cantonal Laboratory of the City of Basel

Department of Biosystems and Engineering Sciences, ETH Zürich

Swiss Society for Infectious Diseases 

National Center for Infection Prevention (Swissnoso)

ANRESIS, Swiss Centre for Antibiotic Resistance, Bern

National Centre of Competence in Research NCCR AntiResist 

International Collaborations

ESCMID (European Societiy for Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases) 

• European Committee of Infection Control (EUCIC)
• Study Group for Nosocomial Infections (ESGNI)
• Study Group for Clostridioides difficile (ESGCD)

Ongoing Research Projects

• Transmission of ESBL-producing Enterobacteriales and their mobile genetic elements - identification of sources by whole genome sequencing (ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT03465683), Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF), project NRP 72 (407240_167060)
• Routes of transmission of ESBL-producing Enterobacterales in a tertiary academic care center, Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) (320030_19790)
• Epidemiology of Carbapenemase-producing Bacteria in a Swiss Tertiary Care Hospital (ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT04098133)
• NCCR AntiResist (Phase I and II): New approaches to combat antibiotic-resistant bacteria (51NF40_180541)
• Fecal microbiota transplantation versus vancomycin or fidaxomicin in Clostridioides difficile infection first recurrence (Fender) An interventional, pragmatic, prospective, randomized, controlled trial (ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT05017766), Swiss National Science Foundation IICT 193065
• Simplifying the World Health Organization (WHO) Protocol for Hand Hygiene (ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT03588221)