PD KD Dr. med. Michael Büttcher

Schaub, Barbara, Luhman-Lunt, Carolyn, Ott, Andrea, Krüger, Maren, Skiba, Martin, Worbs, Sylvia, Dorner, Brigitte G., Buettcher, Michael, & Dorner, Martin B. (2025). Conflicting Clinical Presentation of Infection with Clostridium botulinum and Clostridium perfringens in a 5-Month-Old Infant [Journal-article]. Journal of Pediatrics: Clinical Practice, 15, 200140. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpedcp.2025.200140

Meyer Sauteur, Patrick M, Zhang, Xu-Sheng, Emborg, Hanne-Dorthe, Sidorov, Semjon, Pereyre, Sabine, Fischer, Adrien, Lemaire, Baptiste, Greub, Gilbert, Zimmermann, Petra, Agyeman, Philipp K A, Buettcher, Michael, Gaia, Valeria, Imkamp, Frank, Berger, Christoph, Osuna, Ester, Greiter, Beat M, Preiswerk, Benjamin, Brugger, Silvio D, Niederer-Loher, Anita, et al. (2025). Global spatiotemporal dynamics of Mycoplasma pneumoniae re-emergence after COVID-19 pandemic restrictions: an epidemiological and transmission modelling study [Doi: 10.1016/j.lanmic.2024.101019]. The Lancet Microbe. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lanmic.2024.101019

Grant, Rebecca, de Kraker, Marlieke E A, Buetti, Niccolò, Jackson, Holly, Abbas, Mohamed, Sobel, Jonathan Aryeh, Sommerstein, Rami, Eder, Marcus, Balmelli, Carlo, Troillet, Nicolas, Schreiber, Peter W, Jent, Philipp, Senn, Laurence, Flury, Domenica, Tschudin-Sutter, Sarah, Buettcher, Michael, Süveges, Maria, Urbini, Laura, Keiser, Olivia, et al. (2024). In-hospital outcomes of healthcare-associated COVID-19 (Omicron) versus healthcare-associated influenza: a retrospective, nationwide cohort study in Switzerland [Journal-article]. Clinical Infectious Diseases. https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciae558

Meyer Sauteur, Patrick M., Plebani, Margherita, Trück, Johannes, Wagner, Noémie, Agyeman, Philipp K.A., Meyer Sauteur, Patrick M., Aebi, Christoph, Barbey, Florence, Berger, Christoph, Bielicki, Julia A., Buettcher, Michael, Catho, Gaud, Croxatto, Antony, Deubzer-Raunhardt, Beate, Dumoulin, Alexis, Gebauer, Mathias U., Grimm, Mirjam, Heininger, Ulrich, Kahlert, Christian R., et al. (2024). Ongoing disruption of RSV epidemiology in children in Switzerland [Doi: 10.1016/j.lanepe.2024.101050]. The Lancet Regional Health - Europe, 45. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lanepe.2024.101050

Meyer Sauteur, Patrick M., Plebani, Margherita, Trück, Johannes, Wagner, Noémie, Agyeman, Philipp K.A., Meyer Sauteur, Patrick M., Aebi, Christoph, Barbey, Florence, Berger, Christoph, Bielicki, Julia A., Buettcher, Michael, Catho, Gaud, Croxatto, Antony, Deubzer-Raunhardt, Beate, Dumoulin, Alexis, Gebauer, Mathias U., Grimm, Mirjam, Heininger, Ulrich, Kahlert, Christian R., et al. (2024). Ongoing disruption of RSV epidemiology in children in Switzerland [Journal-article]. The Lancet Regional Health - Europe, 45, 101050. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lanepe.2024.101050

Golhen, Klervi, Buettcher, Michael, Huwyler, Jörg, van den Anker, John, Gotta, Verena, Dao, Kim, Rothuizen, Laura E., Kobylinski, Kevin, & Pfister, Marc. (2024). Pharmacometrics to Evaluate Dosing of the Patient-Friendly Ivermectin CHILD-IVITAB in Children ≥ 15 kg and <15 kg [Journal-article]. Pharmaceutics, 16(9), 1186. https://doi.org/10.3390/pharmaceutics16091186

Vancauwenberghe, Laure, Roelens, Maroussia, Urbini, Laura, Iten, Anne, Zanella, Marie-Céline, Nwosu, Kene, Flury, Domenica, Buettcher, Michael, Vuichard-Gysin, Danielle, Balmelli, Carlo, Tschudin-Sutter, Sarah, Schreiber, Peter W., Troillet, Nicolas, Sommerstein, Rami, Jent, Philipp, Buchter, Valentin, Sobel, Jonathan, Keiser, Olivia, & Estill, Janne. (2024). Swiss COVID-19 hospital surveillance: an in-depth analysis of the factors associated with hospital readmission dynamics in community-acquired COVID-19 cases [Journal-article]. Swiss Medical Weekly, 154(9), 3773. https://doi.org/10.57187/s.3773

Weber, S., Schlaeppi, C., Barbey, F., Buettcher, M., & Deubzer, B., Duppenthaler, A., Jaboyedoff, M., Kahlert, C., Kottanattu, L., Relly, C., Wagner, N., Zimmermann, P., & Heininger, U. (2024). Clinical Characteristics and Management of Children and Adolescents Hospitalized With Pyomyositis. Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 43(9), 831–840. https://doi.org/10.1097/inf.0000000000004382

Wurm, Juliane, Uka, Anita, Buettcher, Michael, Kottanattu, Lisa, Schöbi, Nina, Trück, Johannes, Villiger, Reto, Ritz, Nicole, & Zimmermann, Petra. (2024). Clinical and Laboratory Biomarkers as Predictors of Severity in Pediatric Inflammatory Multisystem Syndrome-temporally Associated with SARS-CoV-2: Data from a Prospective Nationwide Surveillance Study in Switzerland [Journal-article]. Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 43(7), 675–681. https://doi.org/10.1097/INF.0000000000004332

Buettcher, Michael, Egli, Adrian, Albini, Sarah, Altpeter, Ekkehardt, Labutin, Anton, Guidi, Valeria, Tonolla, Mauro, Lienhard, Reto, Opota, Onya, Schmid, Patrizia, Wuethrich, Tsering, & Schmidt, Kristina M. (2024). Tularemia on the rise in Switzerland? A one health approach is needed! Infection, 52(3), 1165–1169. https://doi.org/10.1007/s15010-024-02218-9

Meyer Sauteur, Patrick M, Beeton, Michael L, Pereyre, Sabine, Bébéar, Cécile, Gardette, Marie, Hénin, Nadège, Wagner, Noémie, Fischer, Adrien, Vitale, Alessandra, Lemaire, Baptiste, Greub, Gilbert, Brouillet, René, Opota, Onya, Zimmermann, Petra, Agyeman, Philipp K A, Aebi, Christoph, Buettcher, Michael, Hostettler, Marisa, Kottanattu, Lisa, et al. (2024). Pneumonia outbreaks due to re-emergence of Mycoplasma pneumoniae [Journal-article]. The Lancet Microbe, 5(6). https://doi.org/10.1016/S2666-5247(23)00406-8

Pillay-Fuentes Lorente, Veshni, Nwogu-Attah, Jacinta N., Steffens, Britta, Bräm, Dominic, Sprecher, Viviane, Hofmann, Daniela, Buettcher, Michael, Pillai, Goonaseelan, Mouksassi, Samer, Coulibaly, Jean, Pfister, Marc, & Keiser, Jennifer. (2024). Understanding Drug Exposure and Trichuris trichiura Cure Rates: A Pharmacometric Approach for Albendazole-Ivermectin Co-medication in Tanzania and Côte d’Ivoire [Journal-article]. Drugs in R and D, 24(2), 331–340. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40268-024-00476-4

Schmid, Patrizia, Sanaksenaho, Oona, Koskela, Ulla, Pokka, Tytti, Ruuska, Terhi, & Buettcher, Michael. (2024). Management of pediatric tularemia in Switzerland and Finland – 2004-2021. Supplementum 277: Abstracts of the of the annual meeting of the Swiss Society of Paediatrics [Journal-article]. Swiss Medical Weekly, 154(5), 4002. https://doi.org/10.57187/s.4002

Dao, Kim, Buettcher, Michael, Golhen, Klervi, Kost, Jonas, Schittny, Andreas, Duthaler, Urs, Atkinson, Andrew, Haefliger, David, Guidi, Monia, Bardinet, Carine, Chtioui, Haithem, Boulekbache, Abdelwahab, Buclin, Thierry, Huwyler, Jörg, Pfister, Marc, & Rothuizen, Laura E. (2024). Novel Patient‐Friendly Orodispersible Formulation of Ivermectin is Associated With Enhanced Palatability, Controlled Absorption, and Less Variability: High Potential for Pediatric Use [Journal-article]. The Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 64(10), 1295–1303. https://doi.org/10.1002/jcph.2462

Schöbi, Nina, Sanchez, Carlos, Welzel, Tatjana, Bamford, Alasdair, Webb, Kate, Rojo, Pablo, Tremoulet, Adriana, Atkinson, Andrew, Schlapbach, Luregn J, Bielicki, Julia Anna, & SwissPed Recovery trial group. (2024). Swissped-RECOVERY: masked independent adjudication for the interpretation of non-randomised treatment in a two-arm open-label randomised controlled trial (methylprednisolone vs immunoglobulins) in Paediatric Inflammatory Multisystem Syndrome Temporally Associated with SARSCoV-2 (PIMS-TS) involving 10 secondary and tertiary paediatric hospitals in Switzerland [Journal-article]. BMJ Open, 14(4), e078137. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2023-078137

Blanchard-Rohner, Geraldine, Sanchez, Carlos, Andre, Maya C., Bressieux-Degueldre, Sabrina, Grazioli, Serge, Perez, Marie-Helene, Wütz, Daniela, Schöbi, Nina, Welzel, Tatjana, Atkinson, Andrew, Schlapbach, Luregn J., Bielicki, Julia A., Trück, Johannes, Koehler, Henrik, Gysi, Spyridoula, Janz, Indra, Bieri, Andreas, Donner, Birgit, Hammer, Jürg, et al. (2024). COVID-19 Vaccine Acceptance Among Parents of Children With Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children. Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 43(4), 361–364. https://doi.org/10.1097/INF.0000000000004206

Gotta, Verena, Bielicki, Julia Anna, Paioni, Paolo, Csajka, Chantal, Bräm, Dominic Stefan, Berger, Christoph, Giger, Elisabeth, Buettcher, Michael, Posfay-Barbe, Klara M., Van Den Anker, John, & Pfister, Marc. (2024). Pharmacometric in silico studies used to facilitate a national dose standardisation process in neonatology - application to amikacin. Swiss Medical Weekly, 154(4). https://doi.org/10.57187/s.3632

Wurm, Juliane, Uka, Anita, Bernet, Vera, Buettcher, Michael, Giannoni, Eric, Kottanattu, Lisa, Schöbi, Nina, Zemmouri, Abdelaziz, Ritz, Nicole, & Zimmermann, Petra. (2024). The changing clinical presentation of COVID-19 in children during the course of the pandemic [Journal-article]. Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics, 113(4), 771–777. https://doi.org/10.1111/apa.17061

Mattatia, Chantal, Agyeman, Philipp K A, Schöbi, Nina, Aebi, Simon, Duppenthaler, Andrea, Büttcher, Michael, & Aebi, Christoph. (2024). Seroepidemiology of Human Tularemia-Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Seroprevalence Studies [Journal-article]. Open Forum Infectious Diseases, 11(2). https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofad636

Ajayi, David T., Orherhe, Ochuko M., Pillai, Goonaseelan, Mouksassi, Samer, Steffens, Britta, Bräm, Dominic, Sprecher, Viviane, Hofmann, Daniela, Buettcher, Michael, Coulibaly, Jean T., Ali, Said M., Keiser, Jennifer, & Pfister, Marc. (2024). Pharmacometric Analysis to Describe Pharmacokinetics and Exposure-Efficacy Response of Ivermectin in Adolescents Infected with Trichuris trichiura [Journal-article]. Journal of Clinical Pharmacology. https://doi.org/10.1002/jcph.6158

Andre, Maya C., Carlos, Sanchez, Sabrina, Bressieux-Degueldre, Marie-Helene, Perez, Daniela, Wütz, Geraldine, Blanchard-Rohner, Serge, Grazioli, Nina, Schöbi, Johannes, Trück, Tatjana, Welzel, Andrew, Atkinson, Schlapbach, Luregn J., Julia, Bielicki, Sanchez, Carlos, Bressieux-Degueldre, Sabrina, Perez, Marie-Helene, Wütz, Daniela, Blanchard-Rohner, Geraldine, Grazioli, Serge, et al. (2024). Cardiac assessment and inflammatory markers in children with paediatric inflammatory multisystem syndrome temporally associated with SARS-CoV2 (PIMS-TS) treated with methylprednisolone versus intravenous immunoglobulins: 6-month follow-up outcomes of the randomised controlled Swissped RECOVERY trial. eClinicalMedicine, 67. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eclinm.2023.102358

Ulziibat, Munkhtulga, Buettcher, Michael, Altankhuyag, Uuganbayar, Chuluunbaatar, Battulga, Mikhlay, Zorigtbaatar, Sharav, Chimgee, Bira, Sarantsetseg, Essig, Stefan, Ritz, Nicole, & Munkhuu, Bayalag. (2024). Microbiological Spectrum of Osteoarticular Infections and Their Management in Mongolian Children [Doi: 10.1177/2333794X241298801]. Global Pediatric Health, 11, 2333794X241298801. https://doi.org/10.1177/2333794x241298801

Villaverde, Serena MD*,†, Pedrero-Tomé, Roberto BSc, MSc†, Papaevangelou, Vassiliki MD, PhD‡, Syridou, Garyfallia MD‡, Karagiannidou, Sofia MD‡, Lyall, Hermione MD, PhD§, Payne, Helen MD, PhD§, Frick, Marie Antoinette MD, PhD¶, Soler-Palacín, Pere MD, PhD¶, Baquero-Artigao, Fernando MD‖,**, Rodríguez-Molino, Paula MD‖,**, Fortuny-Guasch, Claudia MD, PhD††, Rios-Barnés, Maria MD††, Sánchez-Mateos, Miguel MD‡‡, Saavedra-Lozano, Jesús MD, PhD**,§§, Bringué, Xavier MD¶¶, Moliner, Elisenda MD‖‖, Castells, Laura MD***, Muga, Oihana MD†††, et al. (2024). Antiviral Treatment and Risk of Hearing Loss in Asymptomatic and Mild Symptomatic Infants With Congenital Cytomegalovirus. Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. https://doi.org/10.1097/inf.0000000000004583

Villaverde, Serena, Pedrero-Tomé, Roberto, Papaevangelou, Vassiliki, Syridou, Garyfallia, Karagiannidou, Sofia, Lyall, Hermione, Payne, Helen, Frick, Marie Antoinette, Soler-Palacín, Pere, Baquero-Artigao, Fernando, Rodríguez-Molino, Paula, Fortuny-Guasch, Claudia, Rios-Barnés, Maria, Sánchez-Mateos, Miguel, Saavedra-Lozano, Jesús, Bringué, Xavier, Moliner, Elisenda, Castells, Laura, Muga, Oihana, et al. (2024). Antiviral Treatment and Risk of Hearing Loss in Asymptomatic and Mild Symptomatic Infants With Congenital Cytomegalovirus [Journal-article]. Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. https://doi.org/10.1097/INF.0000000000004583

Weber, Sebastian, Schlaeppi, Chloé, Barbey, Florence, Buettcher, Michael, Deubzer, Beate, Duppenthaler, Andrea, Jaboyedoff, Manon, Kahlert, Christian, Kottanattu, Lisa, Relly, Christa, Wagner, Noemie, Zimmermann, Petra, & Heininger, Ulrich. (2024). Clinical Characteristics and Management of Children and Adolescents Hospitalized With Pyomyositis [Journal-article]. Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 43(9), 831–840. https://doi.org/10.1097/INF.0000000000004382

Ménétrey, A, Landolt, MA, Buettcher, M, Neuhaus, TJ, & Simma, L. (2023). Vaccine Hesitancy in Central Switzerland: Identifying and Characterizing Undervaccinated Children in a Pediatric Emergency Department. Pediatric Reports, 15(4), 710–721. https://doi.org/10.3390/pediatric15040064

Fritschi, N., Vaezipour, N., Buettcher, M., Portevin, D., Naranbhai, V., & Ritz, N. (2023). Ratios from full blood count as markers for TB diagnosis, treatment, prognosis: a systematic review [Journal-article]. International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, 27(11), 822–832. https://doi.org/10.5588/ijtld.22.0598

Fritschi, N., Vaezipour, N., Buettcher, M., Portevin, D., Naranbhai, V., & Ritz, N. (2023). Ratios from full blood count as markers for TB diagnosis, treatment, prognosis: a systematic review. International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, 27(11), 822–832. https://doi.org/10.5588/ijtld.22.0598

Meyer Sauteur PM, Beeton ML, & ESGMAC the ESGMAC MAPS study group. (2023). Mycoplasma pneumoniae: gone forever? (Patent No. 10). The Lancet Microbe, 4(10), Article 10. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2666-5247(23)00182-9

Uka, Anita, Bressieux-Degueldre, Sabrina, Buettcher, Michael, Kottanattu, Lisa, Plebani, Margerita, Niederer-Loher, Anita, Schöbi, Nina, Hofer, Michael, Tomasini, Julie, Trück, Johannes, Villiger, Reto, Wagner, Noémie, Wuetz, Daniela, Ritz, Nicole, & Zimmermann, Petra. (2023). Cardiac involvement in children with paediatric multisystem inflammatory syndrome temporally associated with SARS-CoV-2 (PIMS-TS): data from a prospective nationwide surveillance study. Swiss Medical Weekly, 153(10). https://doi.org/10.57187/smw.2023.40092

Buettcher, M., Schmid, P., Sanaksenaho, O., Koskela, U., Pokka, T., Altpeter, E., Labutin, A., & Tapiainen, T. (2023). Paediatric tularemia in Europe - Two countries: Different vectors and epidemiology . Supplementum 267: Abstracts of the annual meeting of the Swiss Society of Paediatrics [Journal-article]. Swiss Medical Weekly, 153(6), 40104. https://doi.org/10.57187/smw.2023.40104

Kissling, Mirjam, Fritschi, Nora, Baumann, Philipp, Buettcher, Michael, Bonhoeffer, Jan, Naranbhai, Vivek, Ritz, Nicole, & ProPAED and CITRUS study team. (2023). Monocyte, Lymphocyte and Neutrophil Ratios - Easy-to-Use Biomarkers for the Diagnosis of Pediatric Tuberculosis. Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 42, 520–527. https://doi.org/10.1097/INF.0000000000003901

Golhen K, Buettcher M, Kost J, Huwyler J, & Pfister M. (2023). Meeting Challenges of Pediatric Drug Delivery: The Potential of Orally Fast Disintegrating Tablets for Infants and Children. Pharmaceutics, 15(4). https://doi.org/10.3390/pharmaceutics15041033

Golhen, Klervi, Buettcher, Michael, Kost, Jonas, Huwyler, Jörg, & Pfister, Marc. (2023). Meeting Challenges of Pediatric Drug Delivery: The Potential of Orally Fast Disintegrating Tablets for Infants and Children. Pharmaceutics, 15(4), 1033. https://doi.org/10.3390/pharmaceutics15041033

Portmann L, de Kraker MEA, Fröhlich G, Thiabaud A, Roelens M, Schreiber PW, Troillet N, Iten A, Widmer A, Harbarth S, Sommerstein R, & CH-SUR study group. (2023). Hospital Outcomes of Community-Acquired SARS-CoV-2 Omicron Variant Infection Compared with Influenza Infection in Switzerland. JAMA Network Open, 6(2), e2255599. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.55599

Buettcher, Michael, Stebler, Anita K., Theiler, Martin, Kobylinski, Kevin, & Pfister, Marc. (2023). National survey in Switzerland calls for improved diagnosis and treatment in children with scabies. Swiss Medical Weekly, 153(11). https://doi.org/10.57187/SMW.2023.40129

Schütz SD, Liechti N, Altpeter E, Labutin A, Wütrich T, Schmidt KM, Buettcher M, Moser M, Bruggmann R, & Wittwer M. (2023). Phylogeography of Francisella tularensis subspecies holarctica and epidemiology of tularemia in Switzerland. Frontiers in Microbiology, 14, 1151049. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2023.1151049

Welzel, Tatjana, Atkinson, Andrew, Schöbi, Nina, Andre, Maya C, Bailey, Douggl G N, Blanchard-Rohner, Geraldine, Buettcher, Michael, Grazioli, Serge, Koehler, Henrik, Perez, Marie-Helene, Trück, Johannes, Vanoni, Federica, Zimmermann, Petra, Sanchez, Carlos, Bielicki, Julia A, Schlapbach, Luregn J, Bieri, Andreas, Gysi, Spyridoula, Janz, Indra, et al. (2023). Methylprednisolone versus intravenous immunoglobulins in children with paediatric inflammatory multisystem syndrome temporally associated with SARS-CoV-2 (PIMS-TS): an open-label, multicentre, randomised trial. The Lancet Child and Adolescent Health, 7, 238–248. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2352-4642(23)00020-2

Sauteur P.M.M., Chalker V.J., Berger C., Nir-Paz R., Beeton M.L., Pereyre S., Bebear C., Wagner N., Andreutti C., Greub G., Agyeman P.K.A., Aebi C., Buettcher M., Kottanattu L., Gaia V., Imkamp F., Zbinden R., Sidorov S., Niederer-Loher A., et al. (2022). Mycoplasma pneumoniae beyond the COVID-19 pandemic: where is it? The Lancet Microbe, 3(12), e897. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2666-5247(22)00190-2

Buettcher M., & Ritz N. (2022). 11/m—Pain in the left leg and limping after bicycle crash: Preparation for the medical specialist examination: part 92 11/m mit Schmerzen im linken Bein und Hinken nach Fahrradsturz: Vorbereitung auf die Facharztprüfung: Fall 92. Monatsschrift Fur Kinderheilkunde, 170, 491–495. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00112-022-01602-9

Paioni, Paolo, Aebi, Christoph, Bielicki, Julia, Buettcher, Michael, Crisinel, Pierre Alex, Kahlert, Christian R., Wagner, Noémie, Berger, Christoph, Agyeman P., Asner S., Azzi T., Bar W., Barbey F., Bernhard-Stirnemann S., Bonhoeffer J., Desgrandchamps D., Diana A., Deak C., Dierig A., et al. (2022). Swiss recommendations on perioperative antimicrobial prophylaxis in children. Swiss Medical Weekly, 152(3738). https://doi.org/10.4414/SMW.2022.w30230

Golhen K, Winskill C, Theiler M, Buettcher M, Yeh YH, Zhang N, Welzel T, & Pfister M. (2022). Understanding efficacy-safety balance of biologics in moderate-to-severe pediatric psoriasis. Frontiers in Medicine, 9, 944208. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmed.2022.944208

Kapp, A., Giagkou, E., Mitrovic, I., Stahr, N., Ritz, N., & Büttcher, M. (2022). A red herring in an unusual presentation of a rare paediatric neuroborreliosis syndrome . Supplementum 258: Abstracts of the annual meeting 2022 of the Swiss Society of Paediatrics [Journal-article]. Swiss Medical Weekly, 152(2122), w30203. https://doi.org/10.4414/smw.2022.w30203

Zimmermann P, Uka A., Buettcher M, Fougère Y, Plebani M, Relly C, Schmid H, Ritz N, Swiss Paediatric Surveillance Unit (SPSU), Bernet V., Betti C., Cachat F., Caplazi P., Decker M-L., Durrer E., Fluri S., Gebauer M., Gehri M., Giannoni E., et al. (2022). Neonates with SARS-CoV-2 infection: spectrum of disease from a prospective nationwide observational cohort study. Swiss Medical Weekly, 152(21-22). https://doi.org/10.4414/SMW.2022.w30185

Welzel T, Schöbi N, André MC, Bailey DGN, Blanchard-Rohner G, Buettcher M, Grazioli S, Koehler H, Perez MH, Trück J, Vanoni F, Zimmermann P, Atkinson A, Sanchez C, Whittaker E, Faust SN, Bielicki JA, Schlapbach LJ, & Swissped Recovery Trial. (2022). Multicenter Randomized Trial of Methylprednisolone vs. Intravenous Immunoglobulins to Treat the Pediatric Inflammatory Multisystem Syndrome—Temporally Associated With SARS-CoV-2 (PIMS-TS): Protocol of the Swissped RECOVERY Trial. Frontiers in Pediatrics, 10, 905046. https://doi.org/10.3389/fped.2022.905046

Meyer Sauteur P.M., Beeton M.L., Uldum S.A., Bossuyt N., Vermeulen M., Loens K., Pereyre S., Bebear C., Kese D., Day J., Afshar B., Chalker V.J., Greub G., Nir-Paz R., Dumke R., Wagner N., Andreutti C., Agyeman P.K.A., Aebi C., et al. (2022). Mycoplasma pneumoniae detections before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: results of a global survey, 2017 to 2021. Eurosurveillance, 27(19). https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2022.27.19.2100746

Buettcher M. (2022). Borrelial lymphocytoma presentations of the ear. Archives of Disease in Childhood, 107(5), 490. https://doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2021-322652

Baumann, Philipp, Fuchs, Aline, Gotta, Verena, Ritz, Nicole, Baer, Gurli, Bonhoeffer, Jessica M., Buettcher, Michael, Heininger, Ulrich, Szinnai, Gabor, & Bonhoeffer, Jan. (2022). The kinetic profiles of copeptin and mid regional proadrenomedullin (MR-proADM) in pediatric lower respiratory tract infections. PLoS ONE, 17(3 March). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0264305

Uka A, Buettcher M, Bernhard-Stirnemann S, Fougère Y, Moussaoui D, Kottanattu L, Wagner N, Zimmermann P, Ritz N, Swiss Paediatric Surveillance Unit (SPSU), Bernet V., Betti C., Cachat F., Caplazi P., Decker M.-L., Durrer E., Fluri S., Gebauer M., Gehri M., et al. (2022). Factors associated with hospital and intensive care admission in paediatric SARS-CoV-2 infection: a prospective nationwide observational cohort study. European Journal of Pediatrics, 181(3), 1245–1255. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00431-021-04276-9

Uka A, Buettcher M, Bernhard-Stirnemann S, Fougère Y, Moussaoui D, Kottanattu L, Wagner N, Zimmermann P., Ritz N, Swiss Paediatric Surveillance Unit (SPSU), Betti C., Cachat F., Caplazi P., Decker M.-L., Durrer E., Fluri S., Gebauer M., Gehri M., Giannoni E., et al. (2022). Correction to: Factors associated with hospital and intensive care admission in paediatric SARS-CoV-2 infection: a prospective nationwide observational cohort study (European Journal of Pediatrics, (2022), 181, 3, (1245-1255), 10.1007/s00431-021-04276-9). European Journal of Pediatrics, 181(3), 1257. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00431-021-04359-7

Fröhlich GM, De Kraker MEA, Abbas M, Keiser O, Thiabaud A, Roelens M, Cusini A, Flury D, Schreiber PW, Buettcher M, Corti N, Vuichard-Gysin D, Troillet N, Sauser J, Gaudenz R, Damonti L, Balmelli C, Iten A, Widmer A, et al. (2022). Hospital outcomes of community-acquired COVID-19 versus influenza: Insights from the Swiss hospital-based surveillance of influenza and COVID-19. Eurosurveillance, 27(1). https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2022.27.1.2001848

Büttcher, M., Clavuot, A., Shavit, S., & Neuhaus, T.J. (2022). Harnwegsinfektionen bei Kindern und Jugendlichen – Empfehlungen für Praxis und Klinik. Padiatrische Praxis, 97, 432–448.

Büttcher, M., Clavuot, A., Shavit, S., & Neuhaus, T.J. (2022). Uninary tract infections in children and adolescents – recommendations for the general and hospital paediatrician/practitioner. Internistische Praxis, 66, 100–116.

Heyne-Pietschmann M, Lehnick D, Spalinger J, Righini-Grunder F, Buettcher M, Lehner M, & Stocker M. (2021). Newborns with Bloody Stools—At the Crossroad between Efficient Management of Necrotizing Enterocolitis and Antibiotic Stewardship. Antibiotics, 10(12). https://doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics10121467

von Hammerstein AL, Aebi C, Barbey F, Berger C, Buettcher M, Casaulta C, Egli A, Gebauer M, Guerra B, Kahlert C, Kellner E, Kottanattu L, Opota O, Mann C, Meyer Sauteur P, Plebani M, Ritz N, Testi C, von Niederhäusern V, et al. (2021). Interseasonal rsv infections in switzerland - rapid establishment of a clinician-led national reporting system (rsv epich). Swiss Medical Weekly, 151(35-36), w30057. https://doi.org/10.4414/SMW.2021.w30057

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Fuchs A., Gotta V, Decker ML, Szinnai G, Baumann P, Bonhoeffer J., Ritz N, Ritz N, Baer G., Berthet G., Bonhoeffer J.M., Buettcher M., Gambon M., Heininger U., Mueller B., Schaad U.B., Schuetz P., & Trachsel D. (2018). Cytokine kinetic profiles in children with acute lower respiratory tract infection: a post hoc descriptive analysis from a randomized control trial. Clinical Microbiology and Infection, 24(12), 1341. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cmi.2018.03.016

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Büttcher M., Kahlert C.R., & Heininger U. (2023). Management der Borreliose in der Pädiatrie. Paediatrica, 14.

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