Dr. Mateusz Markowicz
Center for Pathophysiology, Infectiology and Immunology (Institute for Hygiene and Applied Immunology)
T +43 1 4016033023
mateusz.markowicz@meduniwien.ac.at
Keywords
Anaplasma; Borrelia Infections; Lyme Disease; Rickettsia; Tick Bites
Research group(s)
Research interests
- epidemiology, clinical presentation and diagnosis of Lyme borreliosis
- post-Lyme disease syndrom
- IgM persiting antibodies to Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato
- emerging bacterial tick-borne pathogens and infections
- bacterial zoonotic pathogens
Selected publications
- Markowicz, M. et al., 2020. Lyme Borreliosis with Scalp Eschar Mimicking Rickettsial Infection, Austria. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 26(9), pp.2193,
- Lesiak-Markowicz, I. et al., 2019. Chlamydia trachomatis serovars in urogenital and ocular samples collected 2014–2017 from Austrian patients. Scientific Reports, 9(1). Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-54886-5.
- Tomschik, M. et al., 2019. Severe Myasthenic Manifestation of Leptospirosis Associated with New Sequence Type of Leptospira interrogans. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 25(5), pp.968,
- Markowicz, M. et al., 2018. CXCL13 concentrations in cerebrospinal fluid of patients with Lyme neuroborreliosis and other neurological disorders determined by Luminex and ELISA. Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases, 9(5), pp.1137,
- Markowicz, M., Kivaranovic, D. & Stanek, G., 2015. Testing patients with non-specific symptoms for antibodies against Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato does not provide useful clinical information about their aetiology. Clinical Microbiology and Infection, 21(12), pp.1098,