Priv.-Doz. Dr. med. Markus Hufnagel, DTM&H


Dr; Markus Hufnagel

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Center for Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Clinic I
Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Immunology and Vaccinology
University Hospital Freiburg

Mathildenstr. 1
D-79106 Freiburg
Germany

Tel: +49 (0)761-2704300
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Curriculum Vitae

Professional Experience

2010 – Present

Attending Physician ("Oberarzt"), Director of Pediatric Oupatient Clinic;
Assistant Professor in Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine;
Infectious Disease Specialist; Pediatric Rheumatologist;
Lecturer in Immunology, Vaccinology, Tropical Medicine,
Travel Medicine and Pediatric Rheumatology
University Children’s Hospital, Freiburg, Germany

Mar 2010

Visiting Lecturer and Infectious Diseases / Tropical Medicine Consultant
Universitas Unsyiah Kuala in Banda Aceh, Indonesia &
Universitas Gadjah Mada in Jogjakarta, Indonesia

2009

Acting Attending Physician ("Funktionsoberarzt");
Specialist and Lecturer in Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Tropical Medicine, Travel Medicine, Vaccinology, Immunology and Rheumatology
University Children’s Hospital, Freiburg, Germany

Dec 2008

Visiting Lecturer and Infectious Diseases Consultant
Angkor Hospital for Children, Siem Reap, Cambodia

2007 – 2008

Senior Physician and Lecturer, Specialist in Pediatric Infectious Diseases, and Pediatric Rheumatology Fellow
University Children’s Hospital, Freiburg, Germany

Apr – May 2007

Tropical Medicine Fellow
Swiss Tropical Institute, Basel, Switzerland

2005 – 2007

Senior Physician, Pediatric Infectious Diseases Fellow, and
Lecturer in Pediatric Infectious Diseases and Rheumatology
University Children’s Hospital, Freiburg, Germany

2003 – 2005

Pediatric Resident and Assistant Director
in Pediatric Infectious Diseases and Rheumatology

University Children’s Hospital, Kiel, Germany

2000 – 2003

Research Fellow in Microbiology of Infectious Diseases
Channing Laboratory, Dept. of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics,
Brigham & Women's Hospital, Dept. of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass., USA

1995 – 2000

Pediatric Resident and Assistant
in Pediatric Infectious Diseases & Rheumatology

University Children’s Hospital, Kiel, Germany

1994

Research Fellow in Immunology of Infectious Diseases
Max-Planck-Institute for Immunobiology, Freiburg, Germany

1992 – 1994

Physician in Training ("Arzt im Praktikum")
University Children’s Hospital, Freiburg, Germany

Education, Training & Degrees

2010

Board Certification as Pediatric Rheumatologist
("Zusatzweiterbildung")

2009

Board Certification as Physician for Infectious Diseases
("Zusatzweiterbildung")

2009

Postdoctoral Medical Teaching Degree ("Habilitation")
Albert-Ludwig University, Freiburg, Germany

2009

Good Clinical Practice (GCP) Training Certification
Mainz, Germany

2007

Certification as Pediatric Infectious Disease Specialist
Accreditation according to the Curriculum of the European Union of Medical Specialists (UEMS), Confederation of European Specialists in Paediatrics (CESP), and the European Society for Paediatric Infectious Diseases (ESPID)

2005

Board Certification as Physician for Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine ("Facharzt")

1995

Diploma Course and License in Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, England

1994

Approval of Medical Doctoral Thesis ("Promotion")
Albert-Ludwig University, Freiburg, Germany

1994

Medical License ("Approbation als Arzt")

1992

Medical Certification ("Medizinisches Staatsexamen")

1984 – 1992

Medical School, Study of Human Medicine
• Friedrich-Alexander University, Erlangen, Germany
• Albert-Ludwig University, Freiburg, Germany
• University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
• University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

Grants

2010

German Academic Exchange Service (Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst - DAAD) Travel Grant to participate as a Lecturer at the Tropical Medicine, Infectious Diseases and Molecular Biology Summer School
Banda Aceh & Jogjakarta, Indonesia

2008

European Society for Paediatric Infectious Diseases (ESPID)
Funding for Post-Graduate Teaching Visit to a Resource-Poor Country

Teaching visit to the Angkor Hospital for Children, Siem Reap, Cambodia

2005

German Society for Pediatric Infectious Diseases (DGPI)
Fellowship Grant "Pediatric Infectious Diseases"
— For a two-year fellowship at the University Children's Hospital, Freiburg, Germany

1999

"Walter-Marget Vereinigung zur Förderung der Infektiologie"
Research Fellowship Grant
— For a fellowship at the Channing Laboratory, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

Professional Memberships


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Original Published Research

Schenk T, Maier B, Hufnagel M, Strahm B, Kontny U, Neumann-Haefelin D, Falcone V (2010)
Persistence of HBoV in immunocompromised patients.
Pediatr Infect Dis J, (currently on press)

Carlsson G, Hufnagel M, Jansen O, Claviez A, Nabavi A (2010)
Rapid recovery of motor and cognitive functions after resection of a right frontal lobe meningioma in a child.
Childs Nerv Syst. 26:105-111
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Hatz C, Werlein J, Mutsch M, Hufnagel M, Behrens RH (2009)
Japanese Encephalitis: Defining Risk Incidence for Travelers to Endemic Countries and Vaccine Prescribing From the UK and Switzerland.
J Travel Med, 16:200-203
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von Schnakenburg C, Hufnagel M, Superti-Furga A, Rieger-Fackeldey E, Berner R (2009)
Successful Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy in a Neonate with Early-onset Group B Streptococcal Sepsis and Multi-organ Dysfunction Syndrome.
[Multiorganversagen bei Early-onset-B-Streptokokkensepsis: Erfolgreicher Einsatz einer kontinuierlichen venovenösen Hämofiltration (CVVH) beim Neugeborenen.]

Klin Padiatr. 221:251-3. German.
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Hufnagel M, Burger A, Bartelt S, Henneke P, Berner R (2008)
Secular trends in pediatric bloodstream infections over a 20-year period at a tertiary care hospital in Germany.
European Journal of Pediatrics, 167:1149-59
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Hufnagel M, Liese C, Löscher C, Kunze K, Prömpeler H, Berner R, Krüger M (2007)
Enterococcal colonization of infants in a neonatal intensive care unit: Seasonal patterns and associated risk factors.
BMC Infectious Diseases, 7:107
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Schenk T, Strahm B, Kontny U, Hufnagel M, Neumann-Haefelin D, Falcone V (2007)
Disseminated human bocavirus infection in a child following hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 13:1425-1427
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Hufnagel M, Carey VJ, Baldassarri L, Reinert RR, Huebner J (2006)
Distribution of four capsular serotypes of Enterococcus faecalis among clinical isolates from different geographical origins and infection sites.
Infection, 34:22-25
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Buck D, Malivert L, de Chasseval R, Barraud A, Fondanèche M-C, Sanal O, Plebani A, Stèphan J-L, Hufnagel M, le Deist F, Fischer A, Durandy A, de Villartay JP, Revy P (2006)
Cernunnos, a novel nonhomologous end-joining factor, is mutated in human immunodeficiency with microcephaly.
Cell, 124:287-299
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Hufnagel M, Czech N, Schmidt M, Hero B, Claviez A (2006)
Neuroblastoma Stage 4S with 123I-MIBG-positive bone marrow involvement.
Pediatric Blood & Cancer, 46:264-265
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Hufnagel M, Huebner J (2005)
Analysis of the specific immune response against capsular polysaccharides of two patients with systemic enterococcal infections.
Infection, 33:373-376
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Kropec A, Hufnagel M, Zimmermann K, Huebner J (2005)
In vitro assessment of the host response against Enterococcus faecalis in probiotic preparations.
Infection, 33:377-379
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Hufnagel M, Kropec A, Theilacker C, Huebner J (2005)
Naturally acquired antibodies against four Enterococcus faecalis capsular polysaccharides in normal human sera.
Clinical and Vaccine Immunology (formerly Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology), 12:930-934
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Hufnagel M, Hancock LE, Koch S, Theilacker C, Gilmore MS, Huebner J (2004)
Serological and genetic diversity of capsular polysaccharides in Enterococcus faecalis.
Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 42:2548-2557
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Hufnagel M, Koch S, Creti R, Baldassarri L, Huebner J (2004)
A putative sugar-binding transcriptional regulator in a novel gene locus in Enterococcus faecalis contributes to biofilm formation and prolonged bacteremia in mice.
Journal of Infectious Diseases, 189:420-430
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Hufnagel M, Koch S, Kropec A, Huebner J (2003)
Opsonophagocytic assay as a potentially useful tool for assessing safety of Enterococcal preparation.
International Journal of Food Microbiology, 88:263-267
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Lässker U, Harder TC, Hufnagel M, Suttorp M (2002)
Rapid molecular discrimination of infection with wild-type varicella zoster virus or varicella vaccine virus.
Infection, 30:320-322
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Harder TC, Hufnagel M, Zahn K, Beutel K, Schmitt HJ, Ullmann U, Rautenberg P (2001)
A new LightCyclerTM polymerase chain reaction for rapid and sensitive quantification of parvovirus B19 DNA guides therapeutic decision-making in chronic infections.
Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 39:4413-4419
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Eichmann D, Hufnagel M, Quick P, Santer R (1999)
Treatment of hyperinsulinemic hypoglycemia with nifedipine.
European Journal of Pediatrics, 158:204-206
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Muller D, Hufnagel M, Suttorp (1999)
Accidental overdose of vancomycin in preterm twins.
Pediatric Infectious Diseases Journal, 18:744-745
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Hufnagel M, Eichmann D, Stieh J, Santer R (1998)
Further evidence for a dominant form of  familial persistent hyperinsulinemic hypoglycemia of infancy: a family with documented hyperinsulinemia in two generations.
Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, 83:2215-2216
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Dai WJ, Bartens W, Kohler G, Hufnagel M, Kopf M, Brombacher F (1997)
Impaired macrophage listericidal and cytokine activities are responsible for the rapid death of Listeria monocytogenes-infected IFN-gamma receptor-deficient mice.
Journal of Immunology, 158:5297-5304
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Hufnagel M, Niemeyer C, Zimmerhackl LB, Tuchelmann T, Sauter S, Brandis M (1995)
Hemophagocytosis: a complication of acute Q fever in a child.
Clinical Infectious Diseases, 21:1029-1031
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Hufnagel M, Tuchelmann, Zimmerhackl LB, Leititis JU, Tüchelmann T, Brandis M,
Brem S, Schindera F (1994)
Acute renal failure without liver involvement in Leptospirosis icterohaemorrhagiae infection. [Akutes Nierenversagen ohne Leberbeteiligung bei Leptospira icterohaemorrhagiae-Infektion.]
Monatsschr Kinderheilkd 142:957-960. German.


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Medical Reviews

Kenzel S, Hufnagel M, Berner R, Henneke P (2010)
Pneumococcus Vaccination and Serotype Replacement: Do we need a new vaccine or vaccination concept? [Pneumokokkenimpfung und Serotyp-Replacement: Brauchen wir ein neues Impf(stoff)konzept?.]
Dtsch Med Wschr, 135:1198-1200. German.
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Lander F, Hufnagel M, Berner R (2010)
Antimicrobial therapy for sepsis in pediatrics.
[Antimikrobielle Therapie der Sepsis in der Pädiatrie.]

Pädiat Prax. 75:233-245. German.

Weih M, Schaller G, Degirmenci U, Hufnagel M, Kornhuber J (2009)
Differential diagnosis of neurodegenerative disorders in young adults.
[Differentialdiagnosen zu neurodegenerativen Erkrankungen im jungen Erwachsenenalter.]

Fortsch Neurol Psychiatr, 77(11):662-668. German.

Hufnagel M, Berner R (2009)
Lymphadenitis colli – a guideline for diagnostic and therapeutic procedures.
[Lymphadenitis colli – ein Leitfaden für das diagnostische und therapeutische Vorgehen.]

Kinder- und Jugendarzt, 40:300-11. German.
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Hufnagel M, Henneke P, Krüger M, Berner R (2008)
Severe, rapid-onset sepsis in childhood. [Die foudroyante Sepsis im Kindesalter.]
Up2date Notfallmedizin, 3:149-171. German.

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Hufnagel M, Burger A, Zwigart M, Berner R (2008)
Epidemiology of Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia in childhood – "secular trends."
[Epidemiologie von Staphylococcus aureus-Bakteriämien im Kindesalter – "säkulare Trends."]

Kinder- und Jugendmedizin, 8:88-92. German.
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Hufnagel M, Berner R (2007)
Lice, fleas and other beasts. [Läuse, Flöhe und anderes Getier.]
Kinderkrankenschwester, 26:283-8. German.
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Hufnagel M, Neef V, Berner R (2007)
White tongue in Infants – not always oral thrush.
[Die weiße Zunge beim Säugling – nicht immer ein Mundsoor.]

Kinderärztliche Praxis 78:152-154. German.

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Koch S, Hufnagel M, Huebner J (2004)
Treatment and prevention of enterococcal infections – alternative and experimental approaches.
Expert Opinion on Biological Therapy, 4:1519-31
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Koch S, Hufnagel M, Theilacker C, Huebner J (2004)
Enterococcal infections: host response, therapeutic, and prophylactic possibilities.
Vaccine, 22:822–830
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Hufnagel M (2001)
Hand, mouth, foot disease. [Hand-Mund-Fuß-Krankheit.]
Deutsche Medizinische Wochenschrift, 126:1125-1126. German.
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Hufnagel M, Schmitt HJ (1999)
Acute fever in travelers returning from the tropics. [Akutes Fieber bei Tropenrückkehrern.] Kinderärztliche Praxis 7:496-503. German.

Hufnagel M, Schmitt HJ (1999)
Chronic fever in travelers returning from the tropics.
[Chronisches Fieber bei Tropenrückkehrern.]

Kinderärztliche Praxis 7:504-509. German.


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Medical Book Contributions

Hufnagel M (2009, 2003, 2000)
Legionella [Legionellose]
Chapter in "Handbuch Infektionen bei Kindern und Jugendlichen, [Handbook of Infectious Diseases in Children and Adolescents]," ed. Deutsche Gesellschaft für pädiatrische Infektiologie. Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart, pp. 332-5. German.

Hufnagel M (2009, 2003, 2000)
Leptospirosis [Leptospirose]
Chapter in "Handbuch Infektionen bei Kindern und Jugendlichen, [Handbook of Infectious Diseases in Children and Adolescents]," ed. Deutsche Gesellschaft für pädiatrische Infektiologie. Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart, pp. 344-6. German.

Hufnagel M (2008)
Pneumococcus: The Clinical Picture [Pneumokokken: Das Krankheitsbild]
Chapter in "Konjugatimpfstoffe und Infektionskrankheiten durch bekapselte Erreger." [Conjugate Vaccines and Infectious Diseases Caused by Capsulated Microorganisms],
ed. Berner R. Uni-Med Science, 1:25-35. German.

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Schmitt HJ, Hufnagel M (2007, 2003, 2001)
Typhus and Cholera Vaccination [Typhus- und Choleraschutzimpfung]
Chapter in "Pädiatrie Grundlagen und Praxis, [Pediatric Fundamentals and Practice]," eds. Lentze MJ, Schaub J, Schulte FJ, Spranger J. Springer-Verlag Berlin, pp. 95-96. German.

Hufnagel M, Schmitt HJ (2007, 2003, 2001)
Chlamydia Infections [Chlamydien-Infektionen]
Chapter in "Pädiatrie Grundlagen und Praxis, [Pediatric Fundamentals and Practice]," eds. Lentze MJ, Schaub J, Schulte FJ, Spranger J. Springer-Verlag Berlin, pp. 773-6. German.

Hufnagel M, Schmitt HJ (2007, 2003, 2001)
Q-Fever [Q-Fieber]
Chapter in "Pädiatrie Grundlagen und Praxis,[Pediatric Fundamentals and Practice]," eds. Lentze MJ, Schaub J, Schulte FJ, Spranger J. Springer-Verlag Berlin, pp. 798-9. German.

Hufnagel M, Schmitt HJ (2007, 2003, 2001)
Sepsis
Chapter in "Pädiatrie Grundlagen und Praxis, [Pediatric Fundamentals and Practice]," eds. Lentze MJ, Schaub J, Schulte FJ, Spranger J. Springer-Verlag Berlin, pp. 739-44. German.

Hufnagel M, Schmitt HJ (2007, 2003, 2001)
Toxic Shock Syndrome [Toxisches Schocksyndrom]
Chapter in "Pädiatrie Grundlagen und Praxis, [Pediatric Fundamentals and Practice]," eds. Lentze MJ, Schaub J, Schulte FJ, Spranger J. Springer-Verlag Berlin, pp. 744-6. German.


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