Publications

Posters ANRESIS

Plüss-Suard C, Mueller Y, Kronenberg A.
When antibiotics are not prescribed: findings from a low-consumption country.
ECCMID (European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases), Munich Germany, April 2026.
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Friedli O , Plüss-Suard C, Kronenberg A.
Trends in Invasive Candida Infections in Swiss Hospitals: A 15-Year Surveillance Study (2009–2023) on Species Distribution, Antifungal Resistance, and Usage Patterns
ECCMID (European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases), Vienna, Austria, April 2025.
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Bischof C, Kronenberg A, Sommerstein R and the Swiss Centre for Antibiotic resistance (ANRESIS)
Surveillance of temporal trends and antimicrobial resistance in nosocomial respiratory pathogens, Switzerland, 2007 to 2022
ECCMID (European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases), Vienna, Austria, April 2025.
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Habegger T, Zufferey J, Friedli O, Plüss-Suard C, Kronenberg A.
Not all regions in Switzerland met the WHO set target of 60% Access antibiotics in total outpatient antibiotic use.
ECCMID (European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases), Vienna, Austria, April 2025.
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Wassilew N, Zehnder A, Atkinson A, Kronenberg A, Marschall J.
Correlation of antimicrobial consumption with Clostridioides difficile incidence across the departments of an academic medical center
Joint Annual Meeting SSI, SSM, SSHH 2024, Bern, Switzerland.
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Schaad S, Dunaiceva J, Peytremann A, Gendolla S, Clack L, Plüss-Suard C, Niquille A, Nicolet A, Marti J, Boillat-Blanco N, Wolfensberger A, Müller Y.
Acceptability, appropriateness, and feasibilityof antimicrobial stewardship interventionsamong Swiss primary care physicians
SGAIM (Congress of Swiss Society of Internal Medicine) Basel, Switzerland, Mai 2024.
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Graber SM, Stollberg SM, Plüss-Suard C, Huber CA, Kronenberg A, Senn O, Neuner-Jehle S, Plate A.
Antimicrobial consumption in the Swiss outpatient setting: Who are the most relevant prescribers?
SGAIM (Congress of Swiss Society of Internal Medicine) Basel, Switzerland, Mai 2024.
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Peytremann A, Dunaiceva J, Faouzi M, Schwarz J, Plüss-Suard C, Mueller Y.
Antimicrobial prescriptions among physicians participating in the Swiss Sentinella network from 2017 to 2022: a cross-sectional study.
SGAIM (Congress of Swiss Society of Internal Medicine) Basel, Switzerland, Mai 2024.
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Damonti L* Gasser M*, Kronenberg A, Buetti N.
Epidemiology of bloodstream infections caused by extended-spectrum cephalosporin-resistant Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae in Switzerland, 2015-2022: secular trends and association with the COVID-19 pandemic.
ECCMID (European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases), Barcelona, Spain, April 2024.
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Plüss-Suard C., Friedli O., Kronenberg A.
Switzerland on its way to the WHO goal of 60% access group antibiotics: a twodecades analysis of outpatient antibiotic consumption.
ECCMID (European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases), Barcelona, Spain, April 2024.
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Burri A*, Renggli L*, Ehrhard S, Gasser M, Kronenberg A and the Swiss Antibiotic Resistance Centre. *contributed equally
Incidence and resistance rates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa bloodstream infections in Switzerland: a nationwide surveillancestudy (2010 – 2022)
Joint Annual Meeting SSI, SSHH 2023 Zürich, Switzerland.
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Cusini A, Sendi P, Gasser M, Kronenberg A. and the Swiss Antibiotic Resistance Centre.
Changes in the Epidemiology of Invasive Infections with Group A Streptococcus in Time of theCOVID-19 pandemic in Switzerland
Joint Annual Meeting SSI, SSHH 2023 Zürich, Switzerland.
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Friedli O, Kronenberg A, Gasser M. and the Swiss Antibiotic Resistance Centre.
Association of fluoroquinolone consumption and ciprofloxacin resistance rates in Escherichia coli of urinary tract infections in the outpatient sector, Switzerland 2004 – 2021
ECCMID (European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases), Copenhagen, Denmark, April 2023.
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Kositz C, Jaeger VK, Neumayr A, Kronenberg A, Kuenzli E.
The effect of the SARS‐CoV‐2 pandemic oncommunity‐acquired blood stream infections withextended‐spectrum β‐lactamase‐producing Escherichia coli in Switzerland
ECCMID (European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases), Copenhagen, Denmark, April 2023.
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Friedli O, Gasser M, Cusini A, Fulchini R, Vuichard-Gysin D, Halder Tobler R, Wassilew N, Plüss-Suard C, Kronenberg A.
Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Inpatient Antibiotic Consumption in Switzerland
Joint Annual Meeting SSI, SSH 2022 Interlaken, Switzerland.
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Plüss-Suard C, Friedli O, Perisa D, Mäusezahl M, Kronenberg A.
Decrease of outpatient antibiotic consumption during the COVID-19 pandemic, Switzerland: an interrupted time series analysis
Joint Annual Meeting SSI, SSHH 2022 Interlaken, Switzerland.
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Renggli L , Gasser M , Buetti N , Kronenberg A.
The increase in methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia in Switzerland (2008-2021) is mainly driven by elderly male of the German-speaking part
Annual Congress of the Swiss Society for Microbiology, August 2022, Lausanne, Switzerland.
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Gasser M, Kronenberg A and the Swiss Centre for Antibiotic Resistance (ANRESIS).
Estimation of overall AMR burden in Switzerland  is affected by stratification by linguistic region and level of care
ECCMID (European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases), Lisbon, Portugal, April 2022.
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Renggli L , Plüss-Suard C , Gasser M , Sonderegger B , Kronenberg A.
Assessing the conversion of electronic medical records data into antibiotic stewardship quality indicators
ECCMID (European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases), Lisbon, Portugal, April 2022.
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Friedli O, Schrenzel J, Keller P, Kronenberg A.
Proposal of a national definition of multidrug-resistant invasive gram-negative organisms by ANRESIS
International Conference on Prevention and Infection Control (ICPIC), Sept. 2021, Geneva, Switzerland.
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Voellmy I, Kronenberg A and the Swiss Centre for Antibiotic Resistance (ANRESIS)
Antimicrobial susceptibility testing data of Swiss microbiological laboratories show good data reliability and comparability
Annual Congress of the Swiss Society for Microbiology, Sept. 2021, online.
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Jagadesh S, Low N, Kronenberg A and the Swiss Centre for Antibiotic Resistance (ANRESIS)
Surveillance of antimicrobial resistance in Neisseria gonorrhoeae in Switzerland needs to improve: analysis of data from the Swiss Centre for Antibiotic Resistance, 2004 to 2020
Annual Congress of the Swiss Society for Microbiology, Sept. 2021, online.
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Renggli L , Gasser M, Friedli O, Plüss Suard C, Kronenberg A and the Swiss Centre for Antibiotic Resistance (ANRESIS)
Interactive Access to Current Hospital -specific Antimicrobial Consumption Data: the ANRESIS Dashboard
Joint Annual Meeting SSI/SSHH/SSTMP/SSTTM, Sept. 2021 Montreux, Switzerland.
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Gasser M, Nordmann P, Kessler J, Kronenberg A1 and the Swiss Centre for Antibiotic Resistance (ANRESIS)
Incidence of Carbapenemase-Producing Enterobacterales (CPE) in Switzerland 2020 – 2021
Joint Annual Meeting SSI/SSHH/SSTMP/SSTTM, Sept. 2021 Montreux, Switzerland.
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Friedli O, Kronenberg A and the Swiss Centre for Antibiotic Resistance (ANRESIS)
Surveillance of multidrug resistant Enterobacterales is affected by the new EUCAST definition
ECCMID (European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases), online, 2021
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Voellmy I, Kronenberg A and the Swiss Centre for Antibiotic Resistance (ANRESIS)
Programming issues in automated resistance testing devices can falsely increase carbapenem nonsusceptibility rates in Morganellaceae
ECCMID (European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases), online, 2021.
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Gasser M, Kronenberg A and the Swiss Centre for Antibiotic Resistance (ANRESIS)
Attributable deaths and disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) caused by infections with antibiotic-resistant bacteria in Switzerland from 2010 to 2019
ECCMID (European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases), online, 2021
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Renggli L*, Gasser M*, Plüss-Suard C, Harbarth S, Kronenberg A and the Swiss Centre for Antibiotic Resistance (ANRESIS) (*contributed equally)
Temporal and structural patterns of third-generation cephalosporin resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae incidence in Swiss hospitals
ECCMID (European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases), online, 2021
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Voellmy I, Kronenberg A and the Swiss Centre for Antibiotic Resistance (ANRESIS)
Significantly higher antibiotic susceptibility and invasiveness in Klebsiella variicola than Klebsiella pneumoniae suggest species identification provides valuable information to clinicians
ECCMID (European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases), online, 2021
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Renggli L, Gasser M, Plüss-Suard C, Kronenberg A
Temporal and Regional Differences in Antibiotic Use for Treatment of Invasive Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Infections in Swiss Hospitals, 2009 – 2019
Joint Meeting 2020 SSI-SSHH Geneva
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Plüss-Suard C, Perisa D, Friedli O, Kronenberg A
Antibacterial prescribing in the outpatient setting: results from a longitudinal study and a sentinel network of physicians, Switzerland
Joint Meeting 2020 SSI-SSHH Geneva
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Gasser M, Ramette A, Nordmann P, Zbinden R, Schrenzel J, Perisa D, Kronenberg A
Temporal and regional incidence of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales in Switzerland from 2013 to 2018
Joint Meeting 2020 SSI-SSHH Geneva
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Barnsteiner S, Schlegel M, Albrich WC, Baty F, Pluess-Suard C, Kronenberg A, Kohler P
Antibiotic consumption and resistance in Swiss intensive care units
Congress sgi-sginf 2019, Lausanne, Switzerland 2019
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Bock L, Bultet LA, Kronenberg A, Vogt R, Kaufmann C, Tschudin-Sutter S.
Influence of local outdoor temperature on incidence of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Enterobacteriaceae.
29th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID), April 2019, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
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Birrer M, Marschall J, Atkinson A, Kronenberg A, Sommerstein R.
Temporal trends and resistance patterns in nosocomial lower respiratory tract pathogens: an analysis of a nationwide surveillance system, Switzerland, 2008 to 2017.
29th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID), April 2019, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
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Buetti N, Marschall J, Timsit JF, Atkinson A, Kronenberg A, Sommerstein R.
The effect of hospitalisation duration on antimicrobial resistance in bloodstream infections
29th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID), April 2019, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
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Ramette A, Zbinden R, Schrenzel J, Nordmann P, Perisa D, Kronenberg A and the Swiss Centre for Antibitoic Resistance (ANRESIS).
Prevalence of Carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae in Switzerland from 2013 to 2017.
ECCMID (European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases), Madrid, Spain 2018
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Buetti N, Lo Priore E, Atkinson A, Widmer AF, Kronenberg A, Marschall J and the Swiss Centre for Antibiotic Resistance (ANRESIS)
Catheter-related infections: does the spectrum of microbial causes change over time?
ECCMID (European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases), Madrid, Spain 2018
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Salazar-Vizcaya L, Atkinson A, Kronenberg A, Plüss-Suard C, Marschall J, Sommerstein R.
The impact of non-human transmissions on the future prevalence of ESBL-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae: a population based mathematical modelling study.
ECCMID (European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases), Madrid, Spain 2018
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Plüss-Suard C, Kronenberg A, Zanetti G and the Swiss Centre for Antibiotic Resistance (anresis.ch).
Antibiotic use in 61 acute care hospitals in Switzerland: trends over the years 2004-2012 and comparison with Europe.
Joint annual Meeting Aarau 2014.
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Hauser H, Kronenberg A, Hilty M, Mühlemann K.
Trends of antimicrobial resistance in Streptococcus pneumoniae in Switzerland 2004-2011: active surveillance versus use of routine micobiology data.
ECCMID (European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases), Berlin, Germany, 27-30 April 2013.
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Kronenberg A, Mühlemann K. for Sentinel surveillance of antibiotic resistance in Switzerland (SEARCH).
Temporal Trends of Enterobacteriaceae with resistance to higher generation cephalosporins in Switzerland, 2004 to 2010.
ECCMID (European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases), Milan, Italy, 7-10 Mai 2011.
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Kronenberg A, Koenig S, Droz S, Mühlemann K. for Sentinel surveillance of antibiotic resistance in Switzerland (SEARCH).
Prevalence of multi-resistant microorganisms in the ambulatory setting in a Swiss region.
ECCMID (European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases), Vienna, Austria, 10-13 April 2010.
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Plüss-Suard C., A. Pannatier and G. Zanetti for the Swiss Antibiotic Monitoring Study Group.
Antibiotic use comparison in acute care hospitals between Switzerland and Europe.
EAHP (European Association of Hospital Pharmacists) 14th Congress, Barcelona, Spain, 25-27 March 2009.
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Kronenberg A, Evison J.M, Schlegel M, Mühlemann K. for Sentinel surveillance of antibiotic resistance in Switzerland (SEARCH).
Sentinel surveillance of antibiotic resistance in Switzerland (SEARCH).
ECCMID (European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases), Barcelona, Spain, 19-22 April 2008.
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Albrich W.C, Kronenberg A, Mühlemann K. for Sentinel surveillance of antibiotic resistance in Switzerland (SEARCH).
Regional variation and temporal trends of Meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus using the Sentinel Surveillance of Antibiotic Resistance in Switzerland (SEARCH).
ECCMID (European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases), Barcelona, Spain, 19-22 April 2008.
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