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A A van Zwet

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Engel T, Slotboom B, van Maarseveen N, van Zwet A, Nabuurs-Franssen M, Hagen F
J Hosp Infect . 2017 Jul; 97(3):247-253. PMID: 28743503
Objective: A multiplex extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Enterobacteriaceae (ESBL-E) quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR), performed directly on rectal swabs, was compared with a culture-based protocol to study the discrepancies between the two...
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Nijhuis R, Severs T, Van der Vegt D, van Zwet A, Kusters J
J Antimicrob Chemother . 2015 May; 70(9):2515-8. PMID: 25995292
Objectives: Mycoplasma genitalium is a sexually transmitted pathogen, and infection with it is usually treated with macrolides. Unfortunately, emerging resistance to the macrolides has been associated with mutations in region...
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Fransen B, de Visser E, Lenting A, Rodenburg G, van Zwet A, Gisolf E
Neth J Med . 2014 May; 72(3):135-8. PMID: 24846926
Background: Spondylodiscitis, also known as vertebral osteomyelitis, is a destructive disease with high morbidity and mortality. Diagnosis is often delayed because of the rarity of the disease and the fact...
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Hanemaaijer N, Nijhuis R, Slotboom B, Mascini E, van Zwet A
J Hosp Infect . 2014 Apr; 87(1):47-9. PMID: 24746789
Rapid identification of patients colonized with carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae (CPE) is essential to prevent introduction and the spread of CPE in the hospital. This article presents the results of a new...
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Nijhuis R, van Zwet A, Savelkoul P, Roovers E, Bosboom R, Postma B, et al.
J Hosp Infect . 2011 Oct; 79(4):349-53. PMID: 21962834
Extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL) genes are distributed worldwide and their epidemiology is complex. Using the Check-ESBL assay, the distribution of class A ESBL genes in clinical isolates of aerobic Gram-negative bacilli...
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Wassenberg M, Kluytmans J, Bosboom R, Buiting A, van Elzakker E, Melchers W, et al.
Clin Microbiol Infect . 2011 May; 17(11):1704-10. PMID: 21595786
Multiple body site screening and pre-emptive isolation of patients at risk for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) carriage are considered essential for control of nosocomial spread. The relative importance of extranasal...
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Bruijnesteijn van Coppenraet L, Swanink C, van Zwet A, Nijhuis R, Schirm J, Wallinga J, et al.
J Virol Methods . 2010 Aug; 169(1):188-92. PMID: 20691735
Two molecular assays were compared with real-time RT-PCR and viral culture for simultaneous detection of common viruses from respiratory samples: a multiplex ligation-dependant probe amplification (MLPA) and a dual priming...
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Wassenberg M, Kluytmans J, Box A, Bosboom R, Buiting A, van Elzakker E, et al.
Clin Microbiol Infect . 2010 Mar; 16(12):1754-61. PMID: 20219077
Pre-emptive isolation of suspected methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) carriers is considered essential for controlling the spread of MRSA, but noncolonized patients will be isolated unnecessarily as a result of a...
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van Duynhoven Y, Friesema I, Schuurman T, Roovers A, van Zwet A, Sabbe L, et al.
Clin Microbiol Infect . 2008 Mar; 14(5):437-45. PMID: 18325039
Detection of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) in The Netherlands is traditionally limited to serogroup O157. To assess the relative importance of STEC, including non-O157 serogroups, stool samples submitted nationwide...
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Diederen B, van Zwet A, van der Zee A, Peeters M
Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis . 2005 Sep; 24(8):545-8. PMID: 16133414
Reported here is the case of a previously healthy 67-year-old man who was admitted to the intensive care unit with pneumonia caused by Legionella longbeachae. The organism was identified in...