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Zhou X, Chlebowicz M, Bathoorn E, Rosema S, Couto N, Lokate M, et al.
J Antimicrob Chemother . 2018 Sep; 73(12):3259-3267. PMID: 30219855
Background: Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium (VREfm) has emerged as a nosocomial pathogen worldwide. The dissemination of VREfm is due to both clonal spread and spread of mobile genetic elements (MGEs) such...
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Aardema H, Arends J, de Smet A, Zijlstra J
Neth J Med . 2015 May; 73(4):169-74. PMID: 25968288
Background: The occurrence of highly resistant microorganisms (HRMOs) is a major threat to critical care patients, leading to worse outcomes, need for isolation measures, and demand for second-line or rescue...
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Glasner C, Pluister G, Westh H, Arends J, Empel J, Giles E, et al.
Clin Microbiol Infect . 2015 Feb; 21(2):163.e1-8. PMID: 25658555
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) belonging to the multilocus sequence type clonal complex 59 (MLST CC59) is the predominant community-associated MRSA clone in Asia. This clone, which is primarily linked with...
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Zhou X, Arends J, Kampinga G, Ahmad H, Dijkhuizen B, van Barneveld P, et al.
J Clin Microbiol . 2014 Oct; 52(12):4293-7. PMID: 25297325
Rapid and accurate detection of VRE (vancomycin-resistant enterococci) is required for adequate antimicrobial treatment and infection prevention measures. Previous studies using PCR for the detection of VRE, including Cepheid's Xpert...
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Bathoorn E, Friedrich A, Zhou K, Arends J, Borst D, Grundmann H, et al.
Euro Surveill . 2013 Nov; 18(42). PMID: 24176580
We describe the introduction of various multi-drug resistant bacterial strains, including an NDM-1-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae, through a traveller returning from Egypt, where they had been admitted to a private hospital....
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Kovaleva J, Meessen N, Peters F, Been M, Arends J, Borgers R, et al.
Endoscopy . 2009 Sep; 41(10):913-6. PMID: 19750453
Endoscopes, including duodenoscopes, are medical devices that are frequently associated with outbreaks of nosocomial infections. We investigated an outbreak of multidrug-resistant PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA sepsis affecting three patients after endoscopic retrograde...
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de Smet A, Kluytmans J, Cooper B, Mascini E, Benus R, van der Werf T, et al.
N Engl J Med . 2009 Jan; 360(1):20-31. PMID: 19118302
Background: Selective digestive tract decontamination (SDD) and selective oropharyngeal decontamination (SOD) are infection-prevention measures used in the treatment of some patients in intensive care, but reported effects on patient outcome...
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Stam-Bolink E, Mithoe D, Baas W, Arends J, Moller A
Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis . 2007 Jul; 26(10):723-7. PMID: 17636366
Infections caused by community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) are emerging as a major public health problem. In this study, we describe the distribution of 54 Panton-Valentine leucocidin (PVL)-carrying MRSA isolates...
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Sibbald M, Ziebandt A, Engelmann S, Hecker M, De Jong A, Harmsen H, et al.
Microbiol Mol Biol Rev . 2006 Sep; 70(3):755-88. PMID: 16959968
The gram-positive bacterium Staphylococcus aureus is a frequent component of the human microbial flora that can turn into a dangerous pathogen. As such, this organism is capable of infecting almost...
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Thomasse Y, Arends J, van der Heide P, Smit L, van Weerden T, Fock J
Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd . 2005 Apr; 149(15):826-31. PMID: 15850274
Two previously healthy infants, a boy of 10 weeks and a girl of 4 months presented with apathy and muscle weakness. A third previously healthy child, a girl of 6...