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A J L Weersink

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Articles 6
Citations 17
Followers 0
Related Specialties
Infectious Diseases
General Medicine
Health Services
Top 10 Co-Authors
R H T Nijhuis
A E Smilde
I M Hoepelman
W C Rottier
A G M Buiting
B J M Vlaminckx
A M van Loon
C H van Werkhoven
J A J W Kluytmans
C A B Boucher
Published In
Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd
J Hosp Infect
J Clin Microbiol
Clin Microbiol Infect
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Recent Articles
1.
Analysis of a persistent outbreak with vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium revealed the need for an adapted diagnostic algorithm
Nijhuis R, Weersink A, Stegeman-Heining F, Smilde A, Melles D
J Hosp Infect . 2024 Nov; 155():192-197. PMID: 39515478
Objectives: The study institute was challenged with an outbreak of different vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium (VREfm), including vanA- and/or vanB-containing isolates. Remarkably, screening overnight enriched specimens using a vanA and vanB...
2.
Whole-genome sequencing analysis reveals the spread of a vanB-carrying transposon among different vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium clinical isolates in a non-endemic setting
Nijhuis R, Chlebowicz-Fliss M, Smilde A, Rossen J, Weersink A, Gigengack-Baars A
J Hosp Infect . 2021 Jan; 110:52-59. PMID: 33412230
Background: Vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE), particularly Enterococcus faecium (VREfm), can cause serious nosocomial infections, and have been responsible for healthcare-associated outbreaks. Spreading of VREfm can occur both clonally and by the...
3.
Short-course aminoglycosides as adjunctive empirical therapy in patients with Gram-negative bloodstream infection, a cohort study
Deelen J, Rottier W, Buiting A, Dorigo-Zetsma J, Kluytmans J, van der Linden P, et al.
Clin Microbiol Infect . 2020 May; 27(2):269-275. PMID: 32387438
Objective: Short-course aminoglycosides as adjunctive empirical therapy to β-lactams in patients with a clinical suspicion of sepsis are used to broaden antibiotic susceptibility coverage and to enhance bacterial killing. We...
4.
First report of a brain abscess caused by Nocardia veterana
Arends J, Stemerding A, Vorst S, de Neeling A, Weersink A
J Clin Microbiol . 2011 Oct; 49(12):4364-5. PMID: 21998437
Among Nocardia species causing infections, Nocardia veterana is rarely isolated and is mostly described as causing pulmonary infections. This is the first presentation of a case of brain abscess attributable...
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[Relationship between rubella virus and Fuchs heterochromic uveitis; 2 patients]
de Groot-Mijnes J, Ten Dam-van Loon N, Weersink A, van Loon A, Rothova A
Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd . 2007 Dec; 151(47):2631-4. PMID: 18161266
Two otherwise healthy men, aged 26 and 29 years, were diagnosed with Fuchs heterochromic uveitis (FHU) on the basis of the presence of iris heterochromia or iris atrophy, stellate corneal...
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[Patients co-infected with HIV and hepatitis-B virus (HBV): the favourable effect of lamivudine, as part of combined antiretroviral therapy, on HBV may be dependent upon the number of CD4-cells]
Smit M, Haverkamp M, Weersink A, Boucher C, Hoepelman I
Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd . 2004 Dec; 148(47):2330-4. PMID: 15587052
Objective: To determine the effect of lamivudine on HBV co-infection in HIV-infected patients. Design: Retrospective Method: The HBsAg status and the use of lamivudine were determined retrospectively in a cohort...