Adj Clin Assoc Prof Matthias Maiwald

Associate Professor Matthias Maiwald is a Senior Consultant and the Head of Microbiology at KK Women's and Children's Hospital in Singapore.

He previously worked at the University of Heidelberg, Germany, then at Stanford University, USA, and then at Flinders University in Adelaide, Australia.

He holds a German board certification in medical microbiology, a Fellowship of the Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia (FRCPA) and is a Diplomate of the American Board of Medical Microbiology (D/ABMM).

His areas of interest include microbiological aspects relevant to women’s and children’s health, molecular detection and characterization of fastidious and emerging pathogens, and infection control with an emphasis on hand hygiene and skin antisepsis.

He holds an adjunct academic appointment with the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine at the National University of Singapore (NUS) and another adjunct academic appointment with the Duke-National University of Singapore (Duke-NUS) Graduate School of Medicine.

He has a publication record of over 170 articles, including journal articles and medical textbooks chapters.

He is a recipient of the 2023 COVID-19 Resilience Medal awarded by the Republic of Singapore, for his work during the COVID-19 pandemic.

• Fellow, Faculty of Science, Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia, FFSc(RCPA), 2011.
• Diplomate, American Board of Medical Microbiology, D(ABMM), 2004.
• Fellow, Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia, FRCPA, 2003.
• Habilitation and presentation of the title "Privatdozent" (University of Heidelberg, Germany), 1997.
• Specialist certification (board certification) in microbiology und infectious disease epidemiology, Medical Board of Germany, 1995.
• Presentation of the degree Dr. med. (magna cum laude), University of Heidelberg, Germany, 1987.
• Graduation with the medical degree, MD, University of Heidelberg, Germany, 1987.

• Senior Consultant, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital, 2009 - Present.
• Member of the Hospital Infection Control Committee (HICC), KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital, Singapore, 2010 - Present.
• Member, Point Of Care Testing (POCT) Committee, KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital, Singapore, 2018 - Present.
• Member, Singapore Ministry of Health (MOH) National Antimicrobial Resistance Control Committee (NARCC), National Antimicrobial Resistance Expert Panel (NAREP), Singapore, 2018 - Present.
• Contributing Faculty Member for the internet-based literature service "Faculty Opinions" (formerly Faculty of 1000) https://facultyopinions.com, 2004 - Present.
• Member, Executive Committee. Health Watch USA (a US-based, non-profit health advocacy group), 2023 - Present.

• Chen YYC, Barkham TMS, Chen Y, Aung KT, Koh TH, Ko KKK, Maiwald M, Tan SH. One health antimicrobial resistance in foodborne pathogens. National Centre for Infectious Diseases (NCID) Catalyst Grant FY2024. Application ID: CAG-FY2024-018. Time: 01 Sept. 2024-30 Nov. 2025. Grant sum: S$49,800.00.
• Chew KL, Tsui C, Wang Y, Vasoo S, Tan YE, Rao P, Maiwald M. Development of a rapid molecular assay for rapid identification of antifungal resistance. Grant, National Medical Research Council (NMRC) of Singapore (Application ID: CNIG23jul-0009). Time: 1 Apr. 2024-31 Mar. 2026. Grant sum: SG $ 200,000.
• Ko KKK, Tan SH, Maiwald M. Accelerated outbreak analytics: Exploiting Serratia marcescens genomic rearrangements for fast, cost-effective and generalizable outbreak strain detection. Pathology Academic Clinical Programme (ACP) Collaborative Grant. Reference ACP PATH COLL 23 001. Time: Nov. 2023-Apr. 2026. Grant sum: SG $ 60,000.
• Li J, Chong CY, Maiwald M, Loo LH, Goh A. Assessment of macrolide resistance among Mycoplasma pneumoniae strains from children in Singapore. Paediatrics Academic Clinical Programme (ACP) Tan Cheng Lim (TCL) Research & Education (R&E) Fund Grant. Reference: PAEDSACP‐TCL/2019/RES/004. Time: Apr. 2019-Mar. 2021. Grant sum: SG $ 20,000.
• Maiwald M, Loo LH, Maurer-Stroh S, Chen S, Thoon KC, Tee NWS. Molecular diagnostic and genomic assessment of Bordetella species and strain variants causing pertussis and pertussis-like disease in Singapore. SingHealth Foundation (SHF) Research Grant. Reference: SHF/FG689S/2016. Time: Apr. 2017-Mar. 2019. Grant sum: SG $ 50,000.
• Barrell, BG, Relman DA, Parkhill J, Maiwald M, Pallen MJ. Genome sequence of the enigmatic, fastidious, actinomycete associated with Whipple's disease: Tropheryma whippelii. Funded by the Wellcome Trust, sequenced in cooperation with the Sanger Centre, UK. Grant sum: approx. US $ 700,000 (see: http://www.sanger.ac.uk/Projects /T_whipplei/).

Publications in Peer-Reviewed Journals

• Chong CY, Tan NWH, Li J, Thoon KC, Nadua KD, Kam KQ, Tan QL, Lau NWH, Thio ST, Cui L, Maiwald M, Yung CF. Comparison of severe adenovirus infections pre- versus post-COVID-19 pandemic and predictors of mortality in children. Ann Acad Med Singap. 2026; online ahead of print. doi: 10.47102/annals-acadmedsg.2025265.
• Keng B, Han P, Low A, Aung KT, Khor W, Maiwald M, Loo LH, Oon L, Koh TH, Chew KL, Wong C, Seow W, Boucher Y. Epidemiology of Diarrhoeagenic Pathogens in Acute Hospitals in Singapore: A Retrospective Multicentre Study. Microbiology Spectrum 2025; 13: e0272525. doi: 10.1128/spectrum.02725-25.
• Meyer Sauteur PM, ESGMAC MAPS study group*. Mycoplasma pneumoniae: re-emergence and beyond. Lancet Microbe. 2025; 6: 101191. doi: 10.1016/j.lanmic.2025.101191. *Maiwald M co-author as part of the ESGMAC MAPS study group.
• Maiwald M, Poh LY. A simple 3D-printed plastic holder to improve the biosafety of slide handling for the Vitek MS MALDI-TOF instrument. Pathology 2025; 57(6): 779-780. doi: 10.1016/j.pathol.2025.04.004.
• Li J, Yung CF, Kam KQ, Nadua K, Tan NWH, Thoon KC, Maiwald M, Chong CY. Invasive pneumococcal disease and impact of 7- and 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccines in Singapore children over 24 years. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2025; 12: ofaf093. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofaf093.
• Lai YW, Lin RJ, Maiwald M, Lim GZ, Rao P, Koh TH, Puah SH, Tan TC, Howe HS, Lim XR. Disseminated Ureaplasma urealyticum infection and hyperammonemic encephalopathy in a patient with Activated PI3K Delta Syndrome. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2025; 12: ofaf084. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofaf084.
• Chua WZ, Wong RLE, Chun YY, Shien NNC, Su T, Maiwald M, Chew KL, Lin RTP, Hockenberry AM, Luo M, Sham LT. Massively parallel barcode sequencing revealed the interchangeability of capsule transporters in Streptococcus pneumoniae. Sci. Adv. 2025; 11: eadr0162. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.adr0162.
• ESGMAC MAPS study group*. Global spatiotemporal dynamics of Mycoplasma pneumoniae re-emergence after COVID-19 pandemic restrictions: an epidemiological and transmission modelling study. Lancet Microbe. 2025; 6: 101019. doi: 10.1016/j.lanmic.2024.101019. Online ahead of print. *Maiwald M co-author as part of the ESGMAC MAPS study group.
• Kong CKY, Tan NWH, Nadua KD, Kam KQ, Li J, Thoon KC, Yung CF, Maiwald M, Chong CY. Time to positivity of blood cultures in paediatric patients. J Paediatr Child Health 2025; 61: 39-46. doi: 10.1111/jpc.16707.
• Lim YC, Ong KH, Khor WC, Chua FYX, Lim JQ, Tan LK, Chen SL, Wong WK, Maiwald M, Barkham T, Tse TH, Khoo J, Chan JSH, Aung KT. Sequence types and antimicrobial resistance profiles of Salmonella Typhimurium in the food chain in Singapore. Microorganisms 2024; 12 (9): 1912. doi: 10.3390/microorganisms12091912.
• Teo JN, Teo YT, Ganapathy S, Maiwald M, Ng YH, Chong SL. Investigating urinary characteristics and optimal urine white blood cell threshold in paediatric urinary tract infection: A prospective observational study. Ann Acad Med Singap 2024; 53 (9): 539-550. doi: 10.47102/annals-acadmedsg.202477. Editorial to the article: Loe MWC, Li J, Yeo KT. Ann Acad Med Singap 2024; 53 No. 9, 528-529.
• Kavanagh KT, Maiwald M, Cormier LE. Viewpoint: The impending pandemic of resistant organisms - a paradigm shift towards source control is needed. Medicine (Baltimore). 2024; 103: e39200. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000039200.
• Seng MS, Ng KP, Soh TG, Tan TT, Chan M, Maiwald M, Tan LK, Linn YC, Leung W. A phase I/II study of adoptive SARS-CoV-2-specific T cells in immunocompromised hosts with or at risk of severe COVID-19 infection. Cytotherapy 2024; 26 (10): 1170-1178. doi: 10.1016/j.jcyt.2024.05.014.
• Meyer Sauteur PM, Beeton ML, ESGMAC MAPS Study Group*. Pneumonia outbreaks due to re-emergence of Mycoplasma pneumoniae. Lancet Microbe. 2024 Jun; 5 (6): e514. *Coauthor as part of the ESGMAC MAPS Study Group. doi: 10.1016/S2666-5247(23)00406-8.
• Tan YY, Chan CY, Sothirasan K, Tan PL, Maiwald M, Thoon KC, Yeo KT. Outcomes of a targeted congenital cytomegalovirus infection screening approach among infants born ≥35 weeks gestation. Ann Acad Med Singap 2023; 52: 643-4. doi: 10.47102/annals-acadmed.sg.2023254.
• Meyer Sauteur PM, Beeton ML, ESGMAC MAPS Study Group*. Mycoplasma pneumoniae: delayed re-emergence after COVID-19 pandemic restrictions. Lancet Microbe. 2024 Feb; 5 (2): e100-e101. *Coauthor as part of the ESGMAC MAPS Study Group. doi: 10.1016/S2666-5247(23)00344-0.
• Meyer Sauteur PM, Beeton ML, ESGMAC MAPS Study Group*. Mycoplasma pneumoniae: gone forever? Lancet Microbe 2023 Oct; 4 (10): e763. *Coauthor as part of the ESGMAC MAPS Study Group. doi: 10.1016/S2666-5247(23)00182-9.
• Kavanagh KT, Maiwald M, Pontus C, Cimiotti JP, Palmieri PA, Lindsay E. Cormier LE. Frontline worker safety in the age of COVID-19: a global perspective. J Patient Saf. 2023 Aug 1; 19 (5): 293-299. doi: 10.1097/PTS.0000000000001132.
• Lee MH, Mailepessov D, Yahya K, Loo LH, Maiwald M, Aik J. Air quality, meteorological variability and pediatric respiratory syncycial virus infections in Singapore. Sci Rep. 2023; 13: 1001. doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-26184-0.
• Chew SJ, Low KBB, Chong CY, Maiwald M, Thoon KC, Ong RYL, Yung CF, Li J, Nadua KD, Kam KQ, Tan HKK, Lian DWQ, Tan LYR, Tan NWH. Paediatric actinomycosis: a 16-year, single-institution retrospective review of cases. J Paediatr Child Health. 2023 Jun; 59 (6): 833-839. doi: 10.1111/jpc.16400.
• Kam KQ, Maiwald M, Chong CY, Thoon KC, Nadua KD, Loo LH, Yelen, Tan NWH, Li J, Yung CF. SARS-CoV-2 antigen rapid tests and universal screening for COVID-19 Omicron variant among hospitalised children. Am J Infect Control 2022; 51: 255-260. doi: 10.1016/j.ajic.2022.11.002. IF: 4.3.
• Seah A, Loo LH, Jamali N, Maiwald M, Aik J. The influence of air quality and meteorological variations on influenza A and B virus infections in a paediatric population in Singapore. Environ. Res. 2023; 216: 114453. doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2022.114453.
• Chong CY, Tan NWH, Yung CF, Kam KQ, Nadua K, Maiwald M, Ganguly R, Thoon KC. Effectiveness of maternal pertussis vaccination in Singapore: a test-negative case-control study. Vaccine 2022; 40: 6570–6574. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2022.09.087.
• Li J, Maiwald M, Loo LH, Soong HY, Octavia S, Thoon KC, Chong CY. Clinical characteristics of macrolide-resistant Mycoplasma pneumoniae infections among hospitalised children in Singapore (Research Letter). Ann Acad Med Singap 2022; 51: 653-6. doi: 10.47102/annals-acadmedsg.2022213.
• Ko KKK, Chu JJK, Lim KM, Yingtaweesittikul H, Huang W, Tan SYL, Goh KCM, Tan SH, Ng TY, Maiwald M, Chia JWZ, Cao DY, Tan YE, Sim JHC, Koh TH, Nagarajan N, Suphavilai C. Clonal serotype 1c multidrug-resistant Shigella flexneri detected in multiple institutions by sentinel-site sequencing. Front. Med. 2022; 9: 964640. doi: 10.3389/fmed.2022.964640.
• Meyer Sauteur PM, Chalker VJ, Berger C, Nir-Paz R, Beeton ML, ESGMAC-MyCOVID Study Group*. Mycoplasma pneumoniae beyond the COVID-19 pandemic: where is it? Lancet Microbe 2022; 3: e897. *Coauthor as part of the ESGMAC-MyCOVID Study Group. doi: 10.1016/S2666-5247(22)00190-2.
• Aung KT, Khor WC, Ong KH, Tan WL, Wong ZN, Oh JQ, Wong WK, Tan BZY, Maiwald M, Tee NWS, Barkham T, Koh TH, Dalsgaard A, Chen SL, Schlundt J, Ng LC. Characterisation of Salmonella Enteritidis ST11 and ST1925 associated with human intestinal and extra-intestinal infections in Singapore. Int J Environ Res Public Health, 2022; 19(9): 5671. DOI: 10.3390/ijerph19095671.
• Meyer Sauteur PM, Beeton ML, Uldum SA, Bossuyt N, Vermeulen M, Loens K, Pereyre S, Bébéar C, Keše D, Day J, Afshar B, Chalker VJ, Greub G, Nir-Paz R, Dumke R, ESGMAC–MyCOVID Study Team*. Mycoplasma pneumoniae detections before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: results of a global survey, 2017 to 2021. Euro Surveill. 2022; 27 (19): pii=2100746. *Coauthor as part of the ESGMAC-MyCOVID Study Team. doi: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2022.27.19.2100746.
• Tan JHY, Choong CT, Tee NWS, Chong CY, Thoon KC, Maiwald M, Lee EYX, Tan MSS, Tan NWH. Clinical profile of children with parechovirus meningitis in Singapore. J Neurovirol. 2022; 28 (1): 46-51. doi: 10.1007/s13365-021-01035-2. Correction in: J Neurovirol. 2022; 28 (1): 52-53. doi: 10.1007/s13365-022-01057-4.
• Soh S, Loo LH, Jamali N, Maiwald M, Aik J. Climate variability and seasonal patterns of paediatric parainfluenza infections in the tropics: An ecological study in Singapore. Int J Hyg Environ Health 2022; 239: 113864.
• Chua WZ, Maiwald M, Chew KL, Lin RTP, Zheng S, Sham LT. High-throughput mutagenesis and cross-complementation experiments reveal substrate preference and critical residues of the capsule transporters in Streptococcus pneumoniae. mBio 2021; 12: e02615-21. doi: 10.1128/mBio.02615-21.
• Vig PS, Wong JJM, Chong CY, Nguyen TAP, Maiwald M, Tan NWH. Poor hygiene as a risk factor in the development of brain abscess in adolescents (Research Letter). J Paediatr Child Health. 2021; 57: 2043-2045. (doi: 10.1111/jpc.15798).
• Poh CWM, Seah, XFV, Chong CY, Ganesan I, Maiwald M, Nadua K, Kam KQ, Tan NWH. Salmonella renal abscess in an immunocompetent child: case report and literature review. Glob Pediatr Health 2021; 8: 1-7. doi: 10.1177/2333794X211022263.
• Wan WY, Thoon KC, Loo LH, Chan KS, Oon LLE, Ramasamy A, Maiwald M. Trends in respiratory virus infections during the COVID-19 pandemic in Singapore, 2020. JAMA Netw Open. 2021;4(6):e2115973. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.15973.
• Kam KQ, Thoon KC, Maiwald M, Chong CY, Soong HY, Loo LH, Tan NWH, Li J, Nadua KD, Yung CF. SARS-CoV-2 viral RNA load dynamics in the nasopharynx of infected children. Epidemiol. Infect. 2021; 149: e18: 1-3. doi: 10.1017/S095026882100008X.
• Dörfel D, Maiwald M, Daeschlein G, Müller G, Hudek R, Assadian O, Kampf G, Kohlmann T, Harnoss JC, Kramer A. Comparison of the antimicrobial efficacy of povidone-iodine-alcohol versus chlorhexidine-alcohol for surgical skin preparation on the aerobic and anaerobic skin flora of the shoulder region. Antimicrob Resist Infect Control. 2021; 10: 17. doi: 10.1186/s13756-020-00874-8.
• Feurle GE, Moos V, Landt O, Corcoran C, Reischl U, Maiwald M. Tropheryma whipplei in feces of patients with diarrhea in 3 locations on different continents. Emerg Infect Dis. 2021; 27 (3): 932-935. doi: 10.3201/eid2703.200182.
• Tan KWJ, Yung CF, Maiwald M, Saffari SE, Thoon KC, Chong CY. Respiratory viral infections in hospitalized paediatric patients in the tropics. J Paediatr Child Health. 2021; 57: 559-565. doi: 10.1111/jpc.15267.
• Li J, Thoon KC, Chong CY, Maiwald M, Kam KQ, Nadua K, Tan NWH, Yung CF. Comparative analysis of symptomatic and asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection in children. Ann Acad Med Singapore 2020; 49: 530-7.
• Chong CY, Kam KQ, Li J, Maiwald M, Loo LH, Nadua KD, Tan NWH, Yung CF, Thoon KC. Saliva is not a useful diagnostic specimen in children with Coronavirus Disease 2019 (Research Letter). Clin Infect Dis. 2021; 73 (9): e3144-e3145. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciaa1376. JIF: 9.08.
• Lee YE, Tan HYJ, Choong CT, Tee WSN Chong CY, Thoon KC, Maiwald M, Tan SSM, Tan WHN. Hearing and neurodevelopmental outcomes of young infants with parechovirus-A and enterovirus meningitis: cohort study in Singapore children and literature review. J Pediatr Neurol. 2021; 19 (06): 402-408. doi: 10.1055/s-0040-1716366.
• Tan YY, Quek BH, Thoon KC, Maiwald M, Yung CF, Rajadurai VS, Kong JY. Successful containment of horizontal enterovirus infection in a neonatal unit in Singapore through diagnosis by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and direct sequence analysis. J Infect Public Health, 2020; 13 (10): 1556-61.
• Yusuf E, Maiwald M. COVID‐19, equipoise and observational studies: a reminder of forgotten issues. Infection. 2021; 49: 371-373. doi: 10.1007/s15010-020-01466-9.
• Kam KQ, Yung CF, Maiwald M, Chong CY, Soong HY, Loo LH, Tan NWH, Li J, Nadua KD, Thoon KC. Clinical utility of buccal swabs for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 detection in coronavirus disease 2019-infected children. J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc. 2020; 9: 370-372. doi: 10.1093/jpids/piaa068.
• Siew JX, Seah XFV, Chew YR, Thoon KC, Chong CY, Yung CF, Maiwald M, Yelen, Li J, Kam KQ, Nadua K, Tanugroho R, Tan NWH. Epidemiology of adenovirus infections and outcomes of cidofovir treatment in severely ill children. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2020; 39: 907-913. doi: 10.1097/INF.0000000000002726.
• Yung CF, Kam KQ, Wong MSY, Maiwald M, Tan YK, Tan BH, Thoon KC. Environment and personal protective equipment tests for SARS-CoV-2 in the isolation room of an infant with infection. Ann Intern Med. 2020; 173: 240-242. doi: 10.7326/M20-0942.
• Kam KQ, Yung CF, Cui L, Lin RTP, Mak TM, Maiwald M, Li J, Chong CY, Nadua K, Tan NWH, Thoon KC. A well infant with coronavirus disease 2019 with high viral load. Clin Infect Dis. 2020; 71: 847-849. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciaa201.
• Aung KT, Chen HJ, Chau ML, Yap G, Lim XF, Humaidi M, Chua C, Yeo G, Yap HM, Oh JQ, Manogaran V, Hapuarachchi HC, Maiwald M, Tee NWS, Barkham T, Koh TH, Gutiérrez RA, Schlundt J, Ng LC. (2019) Salmonella in retail food and wild birds in Singapore—prevalence, antimicrobial resistance and sequence types. Int J Environ Res Public Health 16: 4235. doi: 10.3390/ijerph16214235.
• Chau ML, Maiwald M, Tee NWS, Yap M, Hartantyo SHP, Aung KT, Ranka K, Phua KB, Gutiérrez RA, Barkham T, Ng LC. (2019) Survey of pathogens in pediatric diarrhea patients attending a women’s and children’s hospital in Singapore. Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health 50 (4): 729-741.
• Chan JC, Chong CY, Thoon KC, Tee NWS, Maiwald M, Lam JCM, Bhattacharya R, Chandran S, Yung CF, Tan NWH. (2019) Invasive paediatric Elizabethkingia meningoseptica infections are best treated with a combination of piperacillin/tazobactam and trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole or fluoroquinolone. J Med Microbiol. 68: 1167-1172.
• Josman N, Tee NWS, Maiwald M, Loo LH, Ho CKM. (2018) Pragmatic and evidence-based approach to paediatric cerebrospinal fluid reference limits for white cell count and concentrations of total protein and glucose. J Clin Pathol. 71: 932-5.
• Yung CF, Maiwald M, Loo LH, Soong HY, Tan CB, Lim PK, Li L, Tan NW, Chong CY, Tee N, Thoon KC, Chan YH. (2018) Elizabethkingia anophelis and association with tap water and handwashing, Singapore. Emerg Infect Dis. 24: 1730-3.
• Maiwald M, Widmer AF (2017) WHO's recommendation for surgical skin antisepsis is premature (Research Letter). Lancet Infect Dis 17: 1023-4.
• Loo LH, Soong HY, Maiwald M, Tee NWS. (2017) Assessment of genotypic macrolide resistance among Mycoplasma pneumoniae infections in children in Singapore (Research Letter). Ann Acad Med Singapore 46: 290-2.
• Vemula VM, Li L, Thoon KC, Chong CY, Tee NWS, Maiwald M, Tan NWH. (2016) Risk factors and clinical profile of measles infection in children in Singapore. Infection, Disease & Health 21: 192-196.
• Wee LYJ, Tanugroho RR, Thoon KC, Chong CY, Choong CT, Krishnamoorthy S, Maiwald M, Tee NWS, Tan NWH. (2015) A 15-year retrospective analysis of prognostic factors in childhood bacterial meningitis. Acta Paediatr. 2016; 105 (1) e22-e29. doi: 10.1111/apa.13228.
• Seah XFV, Ngeow JHA, Thoon KC, Tee WSN Maiwald M, Chong CY, Tan NWH. (2015) Infant with invasive nontyphoidal salmonellosis and mastitis. Global Pediatric Health 2: 2333794X15591568.
• Rajkumar V, Chiang CSM, Low JM, Cui L, Lin RTP, Tee NWS, Maiwald M, Chong CY, Thoon KC, Tan NWH (2015) Risk factors for severe adenovirus infection in children during an outbreak in Singapore. Ann Acad Med Singapore 44: 50-9.
• Maiwald M, Chan ESY (2014) Pitfalls in evidence assessment: the case of chlorhexidine and alcohol in skin antisepsis (Leading Article). J Antimicrob Chemother 69: 2017-21.
• Maiwald M, Chan ESY. (2012) The forgotten role of alcohol: a systematic review and meta-analysis of the clinical efficacy and perceived role of chlorhexidine in skin antisepsis. PLoS ONE 7(9): e44277. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0044277. (Note: received two positive evaluations by Faculty of 1000. Details under 4.8 in this document and at http://f1000.com).
• Khalafallah A, Maiwald M, Hannan T, Abell S, Staker J, Supperamohan A. (2012) Early implementation of antifungal therapy in the management of febrile neutropenia is associated with favourable outcome during induction chemotherapy for acute leukaemias. Intern Med J 42: 131-136.
• Jordan D, Simon J, Fury S, Moss S, Giffard P, Maiwald M, Southwell P, Barton MD, Axon JE, Morris SG, Trott DJ. (2011) Carriage of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus by veterinarians in Australia. Australian Veterinary Journal 89: 152-159.
• Anstey JR, Fazio TN, Gordon DL, Hogg G, Jenney AW, Maiwald M, Wilksch JJ. (2010) Community-acquired Klebsiella pneumoniae liver abscesses - an “emerging disease” in Australia. Med J Aust. 193: 543-545.
• Khalafallah A, Maiwald M, Cox A, Burns D, Bates G, Hannan T, Seaton D, Fernandopulle B, Meagher D, Brain T. (2010) Effect of immunoglobulin therapy on the rate of infections in multiple myeloma patients undergoing autologous stem cell transplantation or treated with immunomodulatory agents. Medit J Hematol Infect Dis 2010, 2(1): e2010005.
• Maiwald M. (2006) Update on Whipple’s disease and Tropheryma whipplei. Clin Microbiol Newslett 28: 177-184.
• Maiwald M, von Herbay A, Fredricks DN, Ouverney CC, Kosek JC, Relman DA (2003) Cultivation of Tropheryma whipplei from cerebrospinal fluid. J Infect Dis 188: 801-808. Editorial to the article: Scheld WM (2003) J Infect Dis 188: 797-800. See also: Photo on the cover page of the journal.
• Maiwald M, Lepp PW, Relman DA (2003) Analysis of conserved non-rRNA genes of Tropheryma whipplei. Syst Appl Microbiol 26: 3-12.
• Bentley SD, Maiwald M, Murphy LD, Pallen MJ, Yeats CA, Dover L, Norbertczak HT, Besra GS, Quail MA, Harris DE, von Herbay A, Goble A, Rutter S, Squares R, Squares S, Barrell BG, Parkhill J, Relman DA (2003) Sequencing and analysis of the genome of the Whipple’s disease bacterium Tropheryma whipplei. Lancet 361: 637-644. Editorial to the article: Schaffner A, Schneemann M (2003) Lancet 361: 632.
• Maiwald M, Relman DA (2001) Whipple's disease and Tropheryma whippelii: secrets slowly revealed. Clin Infect Dis 32: 457-463.
• Maiwald M, von Herbay A, Persing DH, Mitchell PS, Abdelmalek MF, Thorvilson JN, Fredricks DN, Relman DA (2001) Tropheryma whippelii DNA is rare in the intestinal mucosa of patients without other evidence of Whipple disease. Ann Intern Med 134: 115-119.
• Rudi J, Kuck D, Rudy A, Sieg A, Maiwald M, Stremmel W (2000) Helicobacter pylori vacA genotypes and cagA gene in a series of 383 H. pylori positive patients. Z Gastroenterol 38: 559-564.
• Maiwald M, von Herbay A, Lepp PW, Relman DA (2000) Organization, structure, and variability of the rRNA operon of the Whipple's disease bacterium (Tropheryma whippelii). J Bacteriol 182: 3292-3297.
• Lieb K, Maiwald M, Berger M, Voderholzer U (1999) Insomnia for 5 years (case report). Lancet 354: 1966.
• Helbig JH, Engelstädter T, Maiwald M, Uldum SA, Witzleb W, Lück PC (1999) Diagnostic relevance of the detection of Legionella DNA in urine samples by the polymerase chain reaction. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 18: 716-722.
• Rudi J, Rudy A, Maiwald M, Kuck D, Sieg A, Stremmel W (1999) Direct determination of Helicobacter pylori vacA genotypes and cagA gene in gastric biopsies and relationship to gastrointestinal diseases. Am J Gastroenterol 94: 1525-1531.
• Köhler J, Maiwald M, Lück PC, Helbig JH, Hingst V, Sonntag HG (1999) Prevalence of legionellae in the water systems of a hospital complex and detection of infections by unselected culturing of respiratory tract secretions. J Hosp Infect 41: 301-311.
• Rudi J, Rudy A, Maiwald M, Stremmel W (1999) Helicobacter sp. are not detectable in bile from German patients with biliary disease. Gastroenterology 116: 1016-1017.
• Hassler D, Maiwald M, Petney TN (1998) Diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of Lyme disease (letter). JAMA 280: 1049-1050.
• Kappe R, Okeke CN, Fauser C, Maiwald M, Sonntag HG (1998) Molecular probes for the detection of pathogenic fungi in the presence of human tissue. J Med Microbiol 47: 811-820.
• Maiwald M, Oehme R, March O, Petney TN, Kimmig P, Naser K, Zappe HA, Hassler D, von Knebel Doeberitz M (1998) Transmission risk of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato from Ixodes ricinus ticks to humans in southwest Germany. Epidemiol Infect 121: 103-108.
• Kaiser R, and the Participants of an Expert Committee* (1998) Frühsommermeningo-enzephalitis und Lyme-Borreliose - Prävention vor und nach Zeckenstich. [Tick-borne encephalitis and Lyme borreliosis - prevention before and after tick bite]. Dtsch Med Wochenschr 123: 847-853. *Coauthor as Participant of the Expert Committee.
• Maiwald M, Helbig JH, Lück PC (1998) Laboratory methods for the diagnosis of Legionella infections. J Microbiol Methods 33: 59-79.
• Möhler M, Kosa R, Maiwald M, Galle PR, Stremmel W (1998) 43jährige Patientin mit unklarem undulierendem Fieber und Abdominalbeschwerden. [43-year-old patient with unclear undulating fever and abdominal pain]. Internist 39: 303-307.
• Rudi J, Kolb C, Maiwald M, Kuck D, Sieg A, Galle PR, Stremmel W (1998) Diversity of Helicobacter pylori vacA and cagA genes and relationship to VacA and CagA protein expression, cytotoxin production, and associated diseases. J Clin Microbiol 36: 944-948.
• Grau AJ, Buggle F, Becher H, Zimmermann E, Spiel M, Fent T, Maiwald M, Werle E, Zorn M, Hengel H, Hacke W (1998) Recent bacterial and viral infection is a risk factor for cerebrovascular ischemia. Clinical and biochemical studies. Neurology 50: 196-203.
• Maiwald M, Schuhmacher F, Ditton HJ, von Herbay A (1998) Environmental occurrence of the Whipple's disease bacterium (Tropheryma whippelii). Appl Environ Microbiol 64: 760-762.
• Rudi J, Kolb C, Maiwald M, Zuna I, von Herbay A, Galle PR, Stremmel W (1997) Serum antibodies against Helicobacter pylori proteins VacA and CagA are associated with increased risk for gastric adenocarcinoma. Dig Dis Sci 42: 1652-1659.
• von Herbay A, Ditton HJ, Schuhmacher F, Maiwald M (1997) Whipple's disease: Staging and monitoring by cytology and polymerase chain reaction analysis of cerebrospinal fluid. Gastroenterology 113: 434-441. Editorial to the paper: Brasitus TA (1997) Whipple's disease revisited. Gastroenterology, 113: 371. See also: Photo on the cover page of the journal.
• Bock M, Nickel P, Maiwald M, Kappe R, Näher H (1997) Diagnostik von Dermato-mykosen mit der Polymerase-Kettenreaktion. [Detection of dermatophytes by polymerase chain reaction]. Hautarzt 48: 175-180.
• von Herbay A, Otto HF, Stolte M, Borchard F, Kirchner T, Ditton HJ, Maiwald M (1997) Epidemiology of Whipple's disease in Germany. Analysis of 110 patients diagnosed in 1965-95. Scand J Gastroenterol 32: 52-57.
• von Herbay A, Maiwald M, Ditton HJ, Otto HF (1996) Histology of intestinal Whipple's disease revisited. A study of 48 patients. Virchows Arch 429: 335-343.
• Petney TN, Maiwald M. (1996) Tick nomenclature (letter). Lancet 348: 1251.
• Spranger M, Krempien S, Schwab S, Maiwald M, Bruno K, Hacke W (1996) Excess glutamate in the cerebrospinal fluid in bacterial meningitis. J Neurol Sci 143: 126-131.
• Beichel E, Petney TN, Hassler D, Brückner M, Maiwald M (1996) Tick infestation patterns and prevalence of Borrelia burgdorferi in ticks collected at a veterinary clinic in Germany. Vet Parasitol 65: 147-155.
• Maiwald M, Ditton HJ, von Herbay A, Rainey FA, Stackebrandt E (1996) Reassessment of the phylogenetic position of the bacterium associated with Whipple's disease and determination of the 16S-23S ribosomal intergenic spacer sequence. Int J Syst Bacteriol 46: 1078-1082.
• Okpara J, Maiwald M, Borneff M, Windeler J, Sonntag HG (1996) Evaluation of a new version of the EnviroAmp Legionella kit for the detection of legionellae in water samples by the polymerase chain reaction. Zentralbl Hyg Umweltmed 198: 502-513.
• Petney TN, Beichel E, Maiwald M, Hassler D (1996) Ixodes ventalloi: a new tick record for Germany. Appl Parasitol 37: 96-98.
• von Herbay A, Ditton HJ, Maiwald M (1996) Diagnostic application of a polymerase chain reaction assay for the Whipple's disease bacterium to intestinal biopsies. Gastroenterology 110: 1735-1743.
• Kappe R, Fauser C, Okeke CN, Maiwald M (1996) Universal fungus-specific primer systems and group-specific hybridization oligonucleotides for 18S rDNA. Mycoses 39: 25-30.
• Petney TN, Hassler D, Brückner M, Maiwald M (1996) Comparison of bladder and ear biopsy samples for determining prevalence of Borrelia burgdorferi in rodents in Central Europe. J Clin Microbiol 34: 1310-1312.
• von Herbay A, Schuhmacher F, Ditton HJ, Maiwald M (1996) Beethoven's final illness (letter). Lancet, 347: 766.
• 102. Fauser C, Okeke CN, Maiwald M, Kappe R (1995) Design of universal fungus specific primer systems and group specific hybridization oligonucleotides for 18S rDNA. J Indian Bot Soc 74 A: 423-429.
• Maiwald M, Petney TN, Brückner M, Krämer C, Röhler B, Beichel E, Hassler D (1995) Untersuchungen zur natürlichen Epidemiologie der Lyme-Borreliose anläßlich des gehäuften Auftretens von Erkrankungen in einem Vorort einer nordbadischen Gemeinde. [The natural epidemiology of Borrelia burgdorferi in a suburban area in North Baden (Germany) in which a high infection risk of Lyme disease exists]. Gesundheitswesen 57: 419-425.
• Maiwald M, Meier-Willersen HJ, Hartmann M, von Herbay A (1995) Detection of Tropheryma whippelii DNA in a patient with AIDS. J Clin Microbiol 33: 1354-1356.
• Lück PC, Köhler J, Maiwald M, Helbig JH (1995) DNA polymorphisms in strains of Legionella pneumophila serogroups 3 and 4 detected by macrorestriction analysis and their use for epidemiological investigation of nosocomial legionellosis. Appl Environ Microbiol 61: 2000-2003.
• Maiwald M, Stockinger C, Hassler D, von Knebel Doeberitz M, Sonntag HG (1995) Evaluation of the detection of Borrelia burgdorferi DNA in urine samples by polymerase chain reaction. Infection 23: 173-179.
• Grau AJ, Buggle F, Heindl S, Steichen-Wiehn C, Banerjee T, Maiwald M, Rohlfs M, Suhr H, Fiehn W, Becher H, Hacke W (1995) Recent infection as a risk factor for cerebrovascular ischemia. Stroke 26: 373-379.
• Maiwald M, Schill M, Stockinger C, Helbig JH, Lück PC, Witzleb W, Sonntag HG (1995) Detection of Legionella DNA in human and guinea pig urine samples by the polymerase chain reaction. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 14: 25-33.
• Mayatepek E, Hassler D, Maiwald M (1994) Beteiligung von LTB4 und Cysteinyl Leukotrienen an der Pathogenese der Lyme Borreliose. [Role of LTB4 and cysteinyl leukotriens in the pathogenesis of Lyme borreliosis]. Pädiatr Grenzgeb 32: 567-572.
• Bock M, Maiwald M, Kappe R, Nickel P, Näher H (1994) Polymerase chain reaction-based detection of dermatophyte DNA with a fungus-specific primer system. Mycoses 37: 79-84.
• Hassler D, Maiwald M (1994) [Re-infection with Borrelia burgdorferi in an immuno-competent patient]. Translated from Dtsch Med Wochenschr 119: 338-342). Dtsch Med Wochenschr (Japanese Edition) 16: 376-380.
• Hassler D, Maiwald M (1994) Re-Infektionen mit Borrelia burgdorferi bei einem immun¬kompetenten Patienten. [Re-infection with Borrelia burgdorferi in an immunocompetent patient]. Dtsch Med Wochenschr 119: 338-342.
• Maiwald M, Kappe R, Sonntag HG (1994) Rapid presumptive identification of medically relevant yeasts to the species level by polymerase chain reaction and restriction enzyme analysis. J Med Vet Mycol 32: 115-122.
• Maiwald M, Ditton HJ, Sonntag HG, von Knebel Doeberitz M (1994) Characterization of contaminating DNA in Taq polymerase which occurs during amplification with a primer set for Legionella 5S ribosomal RNA. Mol Cell Probes 8: 11-14.
• Maiwald M, Kissel K, Srimuang S, von Knebel Doeberitz M, Sonntag HG (1994) Comparison of polymerase chain reaction and conventional culture for the detection of legionellas in hospital water samples. J Appl Bacteriol 76: 216-225.
• Maiwald M (1994) Lyme-Borreliose - eine Infektionskrankheit mit interdisziplinären Anfor¬derungen. [Lyme borreliosis - an infectious disease with interdisciplinary demands]. (Reprinted from: Med Welt 45: 1-8; 1994) Tierärztl Prax 22: 301-308.
• Maiwald M (1994) Lyme-Borreliose - eine Infektionskrankheit mit interdisziplinären Anfor¬derungen. [Lyme borreliosis - an infectious disease with interdisciplinary demands]. Med Welt 45: 1-8.
• Mayatepek E, Hassler D, Maiwald M (1993) Enhanced levels of leukotriene B4 in synovial fluid in Lyme disease. Mediators Inflamm 2: 225-228.
• Meier-Willersen HJ, Maiwald M, von Herbay A (1993) [Whipple's disease associated with opportunistic infections]. (Translated from Dtsch Med Wochenschr 118: 854-860). Dtsch Med Wochenschr (Japanese Edition) 15: 830-839.
• Meier-Willersen HJ, Maiwald M, von Herbay A (1993) Morbus Whipple in Assoziation mit opportunistischen Infektionen. [Whipple's disease associated with opportunistic infections]. Dtsch Med Wochenschr 118: 854-860.
• Idris MA, Maiwald M, El-Mauly KN, Ruppel A (1993) Human brucellosis in Dhofar, Sultanate of Oman. J Trop Med Hyg 96: 46-50.
• Maiwald M, Zöller L (1991) The polymerase chain reaction in the bacteriological diagnostic laboratory - An enlarging spectrum of applications. Klin Lab 37: 194-200.
• Seitz HK, Simanowski UA, Garzon FT, Rideout JM, Peters TJ, Koch A, Berger MR, Einecke H, Maiwald M (1990) Possible role of acetaldehyde in ethanol-related rectal cocarcinogenesis in the rat. Gastroenterology 98: 406-413.
• Maiwald M, Hingst V, Sonntag HG (1987) Bakterieller Metabolismus eines Desin-fektionswirkstoffs am Beispiel des Formaldehyds - eine Literaturübersicht. [Bacterial metabolism of a disinfecting agent: formaldehyde - a review]. Hyg Med 12: 190-194.
• Hingst V, Maiwald M, Sonntag HG (1987) Untersuchungen zum enzymatischen Abbau von Formaldehyd durch Isolate der Species Pseudomonas aeruginosa. [The enzymatic degradation of formaldehyde by isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa]. Zentralbl Bakteriol Mikrobiol Hyg B 184: 167-181.

Other Publications

• Maiwald M, Thoon KC. As COVID-19 restrictions ease, are more children prone to infections by respiratory viruses? KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital Special Delivery 22 Aug 2022. Available at: https://www.kkh.com.sg/news/patient-care/as-covid-19-restrictions-ease-are-more-children-prone-to-infections-by-respiratory-viruses.
• Maiwald M (2017) Skin antiseptics in venous puncture site disinfection for preventing blood culture contamination: A Bayesian network meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials (letter to the editor). Int. J. Nurs. Stud. 75, 91-92.
• Maiwald M (2017) Skin preparation for prevention of surgical site infection after cesarean delivery: a randomized controlled trial (letter to the editor). Obstet Gynecol 129: 750-1.
• Maiwald M, Assam PN, Chan ESY, Dancer SJ (2014) Chlorhexidine’s role in skin antisepsis: questioning the evidence (letter to the editor). Lancet 384: 1344-5.
• Maiwald M, Loo LH, Tee NWS. (2014) Influenza virus infections: a brief overview of epidemiology and diagnostic modalities. Special Delivery 62 (Issue 06; Nov-Dec 2014): 6-8.
• Harbarth S, Maiwald M, Dancer SJ. (2013) The environment and healthcare-acquired infections: why accurate reporting and evaluation of biological plausibility are important (letter to the editor). Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 34: 996-7.
• Maiwald M, Petney TN, Assam PN, Chan ESY. (2013) Use of statistics as another factor leading to an overestimation of chlorhexidine’s role in skin antisepsis (letter to the editor). Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 34: 872-3.
• Maiwald M. (2013) Chlorhexidine-alcohol compared with povidone-iodine for surgical-site antisepsis in cesarean deliveries (letter to the editor). Obstet Gynecol. 121: 378-9.
• Maiwald M. (2012) Technique is important for alcohol-based surgical hand antisepsis (letter to the editor). Healthcare Infection 17: 106-107. doi:10.1071/HI12028.
• Maiwald M, Harrington K. (2012) Transfer of teaching materials between universities: where is the boundary between legitimate transaction and violation of moral intellectual property rights? Australian Universities’ Review 54 (2): 61-4.
• Maiwald M. (2011) Ein Plagiatsfall anderer Art: Der Transfer von Lehrmaterialien zwischen Universitäten in Australien. [Plagiarism of a different kind: transfer of teaching materials between universities in Australia]. Forschung und Lehre 18 (7): 538-9.
• Maiwald M, Harrington K. (2011) Knowing and defending your moral intellectual property rights. NTEU Advocate 18 (1): 22-3.
• Maiwald M, Widmer AF, Rotter ML. (2011) Lack of evidence for attributing chlorhexidine as the main active ingredient in skin antiseptics preventing surgical site infections (letter to the editor). Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 32: 404-5.
• Maiwald M, Widmer AF, Rotter ML. (2011) Letter 2: Systematic review and meta-analysis of preoperative antisepsis with chlorhexidine versus povidone-iodine in clean-contaminated surgery (Br J Surg 2010; 97: 1614-1620). Br J Surg. 98: 461-2.
• Maiwald M, Widmer AF, Rotter ML. (2010) Chlorhexidine is not the main active ingredient in skin antiseptics that reduce blood culture contamination rates (letter to the editor). Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 31: 1095-1096.
• Maiwald M. (2009) Systematic review of the efficacy of alcohol preparations and other agents for hand hygiene in the healthcare setting. Project report to the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC), Canberra ACT, Australia.
• Maiwald M. (2008) Alcohol-based hand hygiene and nosocomial infection rates (letter to the editor). Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 29: 579-580.
• Maiwald M, Widmer AF. (2007) Are alcohol gels better than liquid hand rubs? (letter to the editor). Crit Care 11: 418.
• Maiwald M, Farmer CJM, Lance DG, Nieuwenhuijs VB, Heath CH, Watson DI, Gordon DL. (2006) Surgical antisepsis and the risk of operating theatre fires (letter to the editor). ANZ J Surg 76: 422-423.
• Hassler D, Maiwald M, von Herbay A (2003) Bakterium mit Tarnkappe: Das Genom des Erregers von Morbus Whipple wurde jetzt entschlüsselt. [Bacterium with camouflage: the genome of the pathogen of Whipple's disease has been decoded]. Dtsch Med Wochenschr 128: 655-6.
• Maiwald M (2002) New technologies for the culture-independent detection and identification of microorganisms. Microbiology Australia 23 (1): 21-23.
• von Herbay A, Maiwald M (1999) Morbus Whipple: aktuelle Diagnostik und Therapie. [Whipple's disease: current diagnosis and therapy]. Tips für die gastroenterologische Praxis 27 (2): 25-31.
• Hassler D, Maiwald M (1998) Fallbeispiele zur Interpretation der Borreliose-Serologie. Fall 4: Akute oder chronische Borreliose? [Case examples for the interpretation of Lyme disease serology. Case 4: Acute or chronic Lyme borreliosis]? Fortschr Med 116 (32): 16, 57.
• Hassler D, Maiwald M (1998) Fallbeispiele zur Interpretation der Borreliose-Serologie. Fall 3: Akute Neuroborreliose oder Bandscheibenvorfall? [Case examples for the interpretation of Lyme disease serology. Case 3: Acute neuroborreliosis or vertebral disc hernia]? Fortschr Med 116 (31): 18, 67.
• Hassler D, Maiwald M (1998) Fallbeispiele zur Interpretation der Borreliose-Serologie. Fall 2: Blandes Erythema migrans oder Reinfektion? [Case examples for the interpretation of Lyme disease serology. Case 2: Uncomplicated erythema migrans or reinfection]? Fortschr Med 116 (30): 20, 55.
• Hassler D, Maiwald M (1998) Interpretation der Borreliose-Serologie. Stadiengerechte Diagnostik - Einleitung zu den Fallbeispielen. Fall 1: Liegt eine Borrelieninfektion vor? [Interpretation of Lyme disease serology. Diagnostic procedures in different stages - Introduction to the case examples. Case 1: Is this Lyme borreliosis]? Fortschr Med 116 (29): 20-24, 71.
• Maiwald M (1998) Charakterisierung "neuer" Infektionserreger: eine Herausforderung an die Kochschen Postulate. [Characterization of "new" infectious agents: a challenge to Koch's postulates]. Hyg Mikrobiol 1/98: 16-26.
• von Baum H, Kosa R, Maiwald M, Geiss HK (1997) Der interessante Fall. [The interesting case]. Mikrobiologe 7: 139, 151-152.
• Kappe R, Zakikhani S, Okeke CN, Maiwald M (1996) No AluI site at position 940-943 of cryptococcal 18S rDNA (letter to the editor). J Med Vet Mycol 34: 367.
• Maiwald M, Ditton HJ, Meier-Willersen HJ, von Herbay A (1996) Aspekte des Morbus Whipple: eine Übersicht. [Aspects of Whipple's disease: a review]. BIOforum 19: 445-449.
• 156. Maiwald M, Hassler D, Zappe HA (1996) Epidemiologie und Prophylaxe zeckenüber-tragener Krankheiten. [Epidemiology and prophylaxis of tick-borne diseases]. Allgemeinarzt 17: 986-993.
• Hassler D, Maiwald M, Zappe HA (1996) Stadiengerechte Therapie der Borreliose. [Therapy of Lyme borreliosis according to disease stages]. Praxismagazin 5/96: 42-44.
• von Herbay A, Ditton HJ, Maiwald M, Meier-Willersen HJ (1994) PCR-Nachweis von Tropheryma whippelii vor und nach Therapie (Leserbrief). [Detection of Tropheryma whippelii using the polymerase chain reaction before and after therapy of Whipple's disease (letter)]. Dtsch Med Wochenschr 119: 1679.
• Maiwald M (1994) Legionellen. Teil 2: Epidemiologie, Pathogenese und Labordiagnostik einer ungewöhnlichen Erregerfamilie. [Legionellae - part 2: epidemiology, pathogenesis, and laboratory diagnosis of an extraordinary bacterial family]. BIOforum 17: 394-397.
• Maiwald M (1994) Legionellen. Teil 1: Entdeckungsgeschichte und Eigenschaften einer ungewöhnlichen Erregerfamilie. [Legionellae - part 1: history and characteristics of an extraordinary bacterial family]. BIOforum 17: 340-343.
• Bock M, Maiwald M, Kappe R, Nickel P, Näher H (1994) A fungus-specific primer system for the amplification and detection of dermatophyte DNA. BIOforum Extra Prague '94: 20-21.
• Maiwald M, Stockinger C, Schill M, Sonntag HG (1995) Metody przygotowywania prób do dowodu DNA w moczu. Nowoczense Laboratorium 1: 41-46. [Evaluation of sample preparation methods for the detection of DNA from Borrelia burgdorferi and Legionella sp. in urine samples]. Nowoczense Laboratorium 1: 41-46. (Translated into Polish from: BIOforum 17: 232-237; 1994).
• Maiwald M, Stockinger C, Schill M, Sonntag HG (1994) Probenvorbereitungsmethoden für den Nachweis von DNA in Urinproben. [Evaluation of sample preparation methods for the detection of DNA from Borrelia burgdorferi and Legionella sp. in urine samples]. BIOforum 17: 232-237.
• Maiwald M (1993) Lyme-Borreliose - ein neues "Chamäleon" unter den Infektions-krankheiten. [Lyme borreliosis - a new "chameleon" within the infectious diseases]. BIOforum 16: 102-107.
• Maiwald M, Kissel K, von Knebel Doeberitz M, Sonntag HG (1992) Vergleich von Kultur und Polymerase-Kettenreaktion zum Nachweis von Legionella sp. in Klinikwasserproben. [Comparison of culture and polymerase chain reaction for the detection of Legionella sp. in hospital water samples]. Forum Städte-Hygiene 43: 183-186.
• Hingst V, Maiwald M (1990) Kryptosporidiose-Epidemie durch kontaminiertes Trinkwasser. [An epidemic of cryptosporidiosis caused by contaminated drinking water]. Dtsch Med Wochenschr 115: 78-79. Maiwald M, von Herbay A, Relman DA. Chapter 111: Whipple disease. In: Chung RT, Rubin DT, Wilcox CM (editors). Sleisenger and Fordtran's Gastrointestinal and Liver Disease. 12th edition. Elsevier, Philadelphia, PA; 2026. ISBN: 978-0-443-11657-5.

Books and Book Chapters

• Maiwald M, von Herbay A, Relman DA. (2021) Chapter 109: Whipple's disease. pp. 1769-1778.e3. In: Feldman M, Friedman LS, Brandt LJ (editors). Sleisenger & Fordtran's gastrointestinal and liver disease. 11th edition. Elsevier, Philadelphia, PA. ISBN: 978-0-323-60962-3.
• Maiwald M, von Herbay A, Relman DA. (2015) Chapter 109: Whipple's disease. pp. 1886-1895. In: Feldman M, Friedman LS, Brandt LJ (editors). Sleisenger & Fordtran's gastrointestinal and liver disease. 10th edition. Saunders/Elsevier, Philadelphia, PA. ISBN: 978-1-4557-4692-7.
• Maiwald M, von Herbay A, Relman DA (2010) Chapter 106: Whipple's disease. pp. 1833-1842. In: Feldman M, Friedman LS, Brandt LJ (editors). Sleisenger & Fordtran's gastrointestinal and liver disease. 9th edition. WB Saunders, Philadelphia. ISBN 9781416062073.
• Maiwald M, von Herbay A, Relman DA (2006) Chapter 103: Whipple's disease. pp. 2319-2331. In: Feldman M, Friedman LS, Brandt L (editors). Sleisenger & Fordtran's gastrointestinal and liver disease. 8th edition. WB Saunders, Philadelphia.
• Maiwald M, von Herbay A, Relman DA (2002) Chapter 95: Whipple's disease. pp. 1854-1863. In: Feldman M, Friedman LS, Sleisenger MH (editors). Sleisenger & Fordtran's gastrointestinal and liver disease. 7th edition. WB Saunders, Philadelphia. ISBN 0721689736.
• Maiwald M, Relman DA (2014) Chapter 28: Whipple’s disease. pp 461-73. In Scheld WM, Whitley RJ, Marra CM (editors). Infections of the central nervous system, 4th edition. Wolters Kluwer Health, Philadelphia. ISBN: 978-1-4511-7372-7.
• Maiwald M, Widmer AF, Shaw D, Coventry BJ (2014) Chapter 3: Surgical infection. pp. 107-132. In: Coventry BJ (ed.). General surgery risk reduction. Series: Surgery: complications, risks and consequences. Springer-Verlag, London. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4471-5391-7. ISBN: 978-1-4471-5390-0.
• Maiwald M, Relman DA (2012) Tropheryma. pp. 717-726. In: Goodfellow M, Kämpfer P, Busse HJ, Trujillo ME, Suzuki KI, Ludwig W, Whitman WB (editors). Bergey's manual of systematic bacteriology. Volume 5: The Actinobacteria, Part A. Springer-Verlag, New York. ISBN: 978-0-387-95043-3.
• Maiwald M. (2012) Nokardien. [Nocardiae]. pp. 617-620. In: Darai G, Handermann M, Sonntag HG, Zöller L (Eds.) Lexikon der Infektionskrankheiten des Menschen. 4th edition.
• Maiwald M. (2009) Nokardien. [Nocardiae]. pp. 599-602. In: Darai G, Handermann M, Sonntag HG, Tidona CA, Zöller L (Eds.) Lexikon der Infektionskrankheiten des Menschen. 3rd edition.
• Maiwald M (2003) Nokardien. [Nocardiae]. pp. 470-472. In: Dto., 2nd edition.
• Maiwald M (1997) Nokardien. [Nocardiae]. pp. 367-369. In: Darai G, Handermann M, Hinz E, Sonntag HG (Eds.) Lexikon der Infektionskrankheiten des Menschen. Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg.
• Maiwald M. (2012) Enterokokken. [Enterococci]. pp. 277-281. In: Darai G, Handermann M, Sonntag HG, Zöller L (Eds.) Lexikon der Infektionskrankheiten des Menschen. 4th edition. Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg. ISBN: 978-3-642-17157-4.
• Maiwald M. (2009) Enterokokken. [Enterococci]. pp. 281-285. In: Darai G, Handermann M, Sonntag HG, Tidona CA, Zöller L (Eds.) Lexikon der Infektionskrankheiten des Menschen. 3rd edition. ISBN: 978-3-540-39005-3.
• Maiwald M (2003) Enterokokken. [Enterococci]. pp. 215-219. In: Dto., 2nd edition. ISBN 3-540-44168-9.
• Maiwald M (1997) Enterokokken. [Enterococci]. pp. 166-169. In: Darai G, Handermann M, Hinz E, Sonntag HG (Eds.) Lexikon der Infektionskrankheiten des Menschen. Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg. ISBN 3-540-61995-X.
• Maiwald M (2011) Broad-range PCR for detection and identification of bacteria. pp. 491-505. In: Persing DH, Tenover FC, Tang YW, Nolte FS, Hayden RT, van Belkum A (eds.). Molecular microbiology: diagnostic principles and practice. 2nd edition. American Society for Microbiology, Washington DC. ISBN 978-1-55581-497-7.
• Maiwald M (2004) Broad-range PCR for detection and identification of bacteria. pp. 379-90. In: Persing DH, Tenover FC, Versalovic J, Tang YW, Unger ER, Relman DA, White TJ (eds.). Molecular microbiology: diagnostic principles and practice. American Society for Microbiology, Washington DC. ISBN 1-55581-221-X.
• Maiwald M (2011) Nokardiose [Nocardiosis]. Chapter VIII-1.34. In: Hofmann F (editor). Handbuch der Infektionskrankheiten. 39th Update. Ecomed, Landsberg/Lech.
• Maiwald M (2009) Tropheryma whipplei. pp. 380-386. In: Neumeister B, Geiss HK Braun RW, Kimmig P (editors). Mikrobiogische Diagnostik. [Microbiological diagnostics]. 2nd edition. Georg Thieme Verlag, Stuttgart. ISBN: 978-3-13-743602-7.
• Grayson ML, Hunt C, Johnson P, Maiwald M, Martin R, McLaws ML (2008) Chapter 14: Hand hygiene. pp. 259-75. In: Cruickshank M, Ferguson J (editors). Reducing harm to patients from health care associated infection: the role of surveillance. Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care, Sydney. ISBN: 978-0-9803462-8-2.
• Maiwald M (2005) Tropheryma. pp. 998-1004. In: Borriello SP, Murray PR, Funke G (editors). Topley and Wilson's microbiology and microbial infections: bacteriology. 10th edition. Hodder Arnold Publishers, London.
• von Herbay A, Maiwald M (2003) Whipple disease. pp.297-8. In: NORD Guide to Rare Disorders. Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins, Philadelphia. ISBN 0-7817-3063-5.
• Maiwald M (2001) Vom "Morning Glory Pool" in alle Labors dieser Welt: Thermus aquaticus und die Polymerase-Kettenreaktion. [From the "Morning Glory Pool" to laboratories all over the world: Thermus aquaticus and the polymerase chain reaction]. pp. 319-324. In: Hassler D (editor; dto.). Dto. Zett-Verlag, Steinen.
• Maiwald M (2000) Von der heißen Quelle in alle Labors dieser Welt: Thermus aquaticus und die Polymerase-Kettenreaktion. [From hot springs to laboratories all over the world: Thermus aquaticus and the polymerase chain reaction]. pp. 302-307. In: Hassler D (editor; with contributions from Braun R, Hassler M, Kimmig P, Maiwald M). Brenn-punkt Infektiologie: Alte und "neue" Infektionskrankheiten. [Focus on infectious disea-ses: Old and “new” infectious diseases]. Zett-Verlag, Steinen.
• Maiwald M (2001) Das Ergebnis einer fatalen Verwechslung: Legionellosen. [Result of a fatal mistake: legionelloses]. pp. 65-72. In: Hassler D (editor, dto.). Dto. Zett-Verlag, Steinen).
• Maiwald M (2000) Das Ergebnis einer "dummen" Verwechslung: die Legionärskrankheit. [Result of a "stupid" mistake: Legionnaire’s disease]. pp. 59-67. In: Hassler D (editor; with contributions from Braun R, Hassler M, Kimmig P, Maiwald M). Brennpunkt Infektiologie: Alte und "neue" Infektionskrankheiten. [Focus on infectious diseases: Old and “new” infectious diseases]. Zett-Verlag, Steinen.
• Maiwald M (2001) Dto. pp. 37-46. In: Hassler D (editor; dto, plus Regnath T, Schwartz TF). Brennpunkt Infektiologie 2: Geschichten aus der faszinierenden Welt der Mikroben. [Focus on infectious diseases 2: Stories from the fascinating world of microbes]. Zett-Verlag, Steinen. ISBN 3-926770-22-8.
• Maiwald M (2000) Die unfreiwillige Abmagerungskur: Morbus Whipple. [Whipple’s disease]. pp. 35-46. In: Hassler D (editor; with contributions from Braun R, Hassler M, Kimmig P, Maiwald M). Brennpunkt Infektiologie: Alte und "neue" Infektions¬krank-heiten. [Focus on infectious diseases: Old and “new” infectious diseases]. Zett-Verlag, Steinen. ISBN 3-926770-14-7.
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