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Lodewijk Spanjaard

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Wagemakers A, Jahfari S, de Wever B, Spanjaard L, Starink M, de Vries H, et al.
Ticks Tick Borne Dis . 2017 Jan; 8(3):370-374. PMID: 28065617
Ixodes ticks transmit Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato (s.l.), the causative agent of Lyme borreliosis (LB). These tick species also transmit Borrelia miyamotoi, which was recently found to cause infections in...
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Coipan E, Jahfari S, Fonville M, Oei G, Spanjaard L, Takumi K, et al.
Infect Genet Evol . 2016 Apr; 42:66-76. PMID: 27125686
In this study we used typing based on the eight multilocus sequence typing scheme housekeeping genes (MLST) and 5S-23S rDNA intergenic spacer (IGS) to explore the population structure of Borrelia...
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van Beers E, Muller M, Vlaar A, Spanjaard L, van den Bergh W
Eur J Haematol . 2015 Dec; 97(3):271-7. PMID: 26676382
Background: Mortality prediction models of patients with a haematological malignancy admitted to an intensive care unit (ICU) do not include the presence of neutropenia and microbiology results. We performed a...
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Schoot R, van Ommen C, Stijnen T, Tissing W, Michiels E, Abbink F, et al.
Eur J Cancer . 2015 Jul; 51(14):2031-8. PMID: 26188849
Background: The prevention of central venous catheter (CVC) associated bloodstream infections (CABSIs) in paediatric oncology patients is essential. Ethanol locks can eliminate pathogens colonising CVCs and microbial resistance is rare....
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Stoof S, Rodenburg G, Knol M, Rumke L, Bovenkerk S, Berbers G, et al.
Clin Infect Dis . 2015 Jul; 61(8):1281-92. PMID: 26123933
Background: Several countries consider the implementation of a meningococcal serogroup B vaccine for young children and/or serogroup C or ACWY conjugate vaccine for adolescents. Representative information on clinical course of...
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Westendorp W, Vermeij J, Zock E, Hooijenga I, Kruyt N, Bosboom H, et al.
Lancet . 2015 Jan; 385(9977):1519-26. PMID: 25612858
Background: In adults with acute stroke, infections occur commonly and are associated with an unfavourable functional outcome. In the Preventive Antibiotics in Stroke Study (PASS) we aimed to establish whether...
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Bijlsma M, Bekker V, Brouwer M, Spanjaard L, van de Beek D, van der Ende A
Lancet Infect Dis . 2014 Aug; 14(9):805-12. PMID: 25104306
Background: Epidemiological data for invasive meningococcal disease is essential for public health policy and vaccine development. We analysed national surveillance data from the Netherlands for PorA coverage of two PorA-based...
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Bijlsma M, Brouwer M, Spanjaard L, van de Beek D, van der Ende A
Clin Infect Dis . 2014 Jul; 59(9):1216-21. PMID: 25069869
Background: Vaccination with meningococcal serogroup C (MenC) conjugate (MCC) polysaccharide vaccines led to a substantial decline in MenC disease in the vaccinated and the unvaccinated population. The decline in the...
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Westendorp W, Vermeij J, van Geloven N, Dippel D, Dijkgraaf M, van der Poll T, et al.
Trials . 2014 Apr; 15:133. PMID: 24750904
Background: Stroke is a leading cause of death worldwide. Infections after stroke occur in 30% of stroke patients and are strongly associated with unfavourable outcome. Preventive antibiotic therapy lowers infection...
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Sanders M, de Jonge R, Terwee C, Heymans M, Koomen I, Ouburg S, et al.
BMC Infect Dis . 2013 Jul; 13:340. PMID: 23879305
Background: Sensorineural hearing loss is the most common sequela in survivors of bacterial meningitis (BM). In the past we developed a validated prediction model to identify children at risk for...