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Transmission of MRSA to household contacts.

Mollema FP, Richardus JH, Behrendt M, Vaessen N, Lodder W, Hendriks W, Verbrugh HA, Vos MC.

J Clin Microbiol. 2009 Nov 18. [Epub ahead of print]PMID: 19923490 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]Related articles

Isolation of non-tuberculous mycobacteria at three rural settings in Zambia; a pilot study.

Buijtels PC, van der Sande MA, Parkinson S, Verbrugh HA, Petit PL, van Soolingen D.

Clin Microbiol Infect. 2009 Oct 14. [Epub ahead of print]PMID: 19832715 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]Related articles

Induction of antibodies by Staphylococcus aureus nasal colonization in young children.

Verkaik NJ, Lebon A, de Vogel CP, Hooijkaas H, Verbrugh HA, Jaddoe VW, Hofman A, Moll HA, van Belkum A, van Wamel WJ.

Clin Microbiol Infect. 2009 Oct 14. [Epub ahead of print]PMID: 19832714 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]Related articles

Genotypes, superantigen gene profiles, and presence of exfoliative toxin genes in clinical methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus isolates.

van Trijp MJ, Melles DC, Snijders SV, Wertheim HF, Verbrugh HA, van Belkum A, van Wamel WJ.

Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2009 Oct 12. [Epub ahead of print]PMID: 19828275 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]Related articles

Immunological parameters to define infection progression and therapy response in a well-defined tuberculosis model in mice.

De Steenwinkel JE, De Knegt GJ, Ten Kate MT, Van Belkum A, Verbrugh HA, Hernandez-Pando R, Van Soolingen D, Bakker-Woudenberg IA.

Int J Immunopathol Pharmacol. 2009 Jul-Sep;22(3):723-34.PMID: 19822089 [PubMed - in process]Related articles

5 years of experience implementing a methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus search and destroy policy at the largest university medical center in the Netherlands.

Vos MC, Behrendt MD, Melles DC, Mollema FP, de Groot W, Parlevliet G, Ott A, Horst-Kreft D, van Belkum A, Verbrugh HA.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2009 Oct;30(10):977-84.PMID: 19712031 [PubMed - in process]Related articles

Immediate incubation of blood cultures outside routine laboratory hours of operation accelerates antibiotic switching.

Kerremans JJ, van der Bij AK, Goessens W, Verbrugh HA, Vos MC.

J Clin Microbiol. 2009 Nov;47(11):3520-3. Epub 2009 Aug 26.PMID: 19710262 [PubMed - in process]Related articles

Determinants of Moraxella catarrhalis colonization in healthy Dutch children during the first 14 months of life.

Verhaegh SJ, Lebon A, Saarloos JA, Verbrugh HA, Jaddoe VW, Hofman A, Hays JP, Moll HA, van Belkum A.

Clin Microbiol Infect. 2009 Jul 22. [Epub ahead of print]PMID: 19681950 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]Related articles

Role of Staphylococcus aureus nasal colonization in atopic dermatitis in infants: the Generation R Study.

Lebon A, Labout JA, Verbrugh HA, Jaddoe VW, Hofman A, van Wamel WJ, van Belkum A, Moll HA.

Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2009 Aug;163(8):745-9.PMID: 19652107 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Reclassification of Staphylococcus aureus nasal carriage types.

van Belkum A, Verkaik NJ, de Vogel CP, Boelens HA, Verveer J, Nouwen JL, Verbrugh HA, Wertheim HF.

J Infect Dis. 2009 Jun 15;199(12):1820-6.PMID: 19419332 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Chlamydia trachomatis respiratory infection in Dutch infants.

Rours GI, Hammerschlag MR, Van Doornum GJ, Hop WC, de Groot R, Willemse HF, Verbrugh HA, Verkooyen RP.

Arch Dis Child. 2009 Sep;94(9):705-7. Epub 2009 Apr 23.PMID: 19395401 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Anti-staphylococcal humoral immune response in persistent nasal carriers and noncarriers of Staphylococcus aureus.

Verkaik NJ, de Vogel CP, Boelens HA, Grumann D, Hoogenboezem T, Vink C, Hooijkaas H, Foster TJ, Verbrugh HA, van Belkum A, van Wamel WJ.

J Infect Dis. 2009 Mar 1;199(5):625-32.PMID: 19199541 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Nontuberculous mycobacteria, zambia.

Buijtels PC, van-der-Sande MA, de-Graaff CS, Parkinson S, Verbrugh HA, Petit PL, van-Soolingen D.

Emerg Infect Dis. 2009 Feb;15(2):242-9.PMID: 19193268 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Needle-to-incubator transport time: logistic factors influencing transport time for blood culture specimens.

Kerremans JJ, van der Bij AK, Goessens W, Verbrugh HA, Vos MC.

J Clin Microbiol. 2009 Mar;47(3):819-22. Epub 2009 Jan 7.PMID: 19129412 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Polymorphism in CC-chemokine ligand 2 associated with tuberculosis in Zambia.

Buijtels PC, van de Sande WW, Parkinson S, Petit PL, van der Sande MA, van Soolingen D, Verbrugh HA, van Belkum A.

Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2008 Dec;12(12):1485-8.PMID: 19017462 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Co-evolutionary aspects of human colonisation and infection by Staphylococcus aureus.

van Belkum A, Melles DC, Nouwen J, van Leeuwen WB, van Wamel W, Vos MC, Wertheim HF, Verbrugh HA.

Infect Genet Evol. 2009 Jan;9(1):32-47. Epub 2008 Oct 19. Review.PMID: 19000784 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Dynamics and determinants of Staphylococcus aureus carriage in infancy: the Generation R Study.

Lebon A, Labout JA, Verbrugh HA, Jaddoe VW, Hofman A, van Wamel W, Moll HA, van Belkum A.

J Clin Microbiol. 2008 Oct;46(10):3517-21. Epub 2008 Jul 30.PMID: 18667593 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

High-throughput typing of Staphylococcus aureus by amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) or multi-locus variable number of tandem repeat analysis (MLVA) reveals consistent strain relatedness.

Melles DC, Schouls L, François P, Herzig S, Verbrugh HA, van Belkum A, Schrenzel J.

Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis. 2009 Jan;28(1):39-45. Epub 2008 Jul 29.PMID: 18663501 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Factors associated with pneumococcal carriage in healthy Dutch infants: the generation R study.

Labout JA, Duijts L, Arends LR, Jaddoe VW, Hofman A, de Groot R, Verbrugh HA, Hermans PW, Moll HA.

J Pediatr. 2008 Dec;153(6):771-6. Epub 2008 Jul 14.PMID: 18621390 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Comparison of the accuracy of disk diffusion zone diameters obtained by manual zone measurements to that by automated zone measurements to determine antimicrobial susceptibility.

Lestari ES, Severin JA, Filius PM, Kuntaman K, Offra Duerink D, Hadi U, Wahjono H, Verbrugh HA; 'Antimicrobial Resistance in Indonesia: Prevalence and Prevention' (AMRIN).

J Microbiol Methods. 2008 Oct;75(2):177-81. Epub 2008 Jun 27.PMID: 18585805 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Detection of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a low-prevalence setting by polymerase chain reaction with a selective enrichment broth.

Kerremans JJ, Maaskant J, Verbrugh HA, van Leeuwen WB, Vos MC.

Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2008 Aug;61(4):396-401. Epub 2008 May 22.PMID: 18501551 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Unusually high prevalence of panton-valentine leukocidin genes among methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus strains carried in the Indonesian population.

Severin JA, Lestari ES, Kuntaman K, Melles DC, Pastink M, Peeters JK, Snijders SV, Hadi U, Duerink DO, van Belkum A, Verbrugh HA; Antimicrobial Resistance in Indonesia, Prevalence and Prevention Study Group.

J Clin Microbiol. 2008 Jun;46(6):1989-95. Epub 2008 Apr 23.PMID: 18434555 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Host polymorphisms in interleukin 4, complement factor H, and C-reactive protein associated with nasal carriage of Staphylococcus aureus and occurrence of boils.

Emonts M, Uitterlinden AG, Nouwen JL, Kardys I, Maat MP, Melles DC, Witteman J, Jong PT, Verbrugh HA, Hofman A, Hermans PW, Belkum A.

J Infect Dis. 2008 May 1;197(9):1244-53.PMID: 18422436 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Methicillin-resistant and -susceptible Staphylococcus aureus sequence type 398 in pigs and humans.

van Belkum A, Melles DC, Peeters JK, van Leeuwen WB, van Duijkeren E, Huijsdens XW, Spalburg E, de Neeling AJ, Verbrugh HA; Dutch Working Party on Surveillance and Research of MRSA-SOM.

Emerg Infect Dis. 2008 Mar;14(3):479-83.PMID: 18325267 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Host-microbe interplay in persistent Staphylococcus aureus nasal carriage in HIV patients.

Melles DC, Pauw E, van den Boogaard L, Boelens HA, Peters J, Peeters JK, Witsenboer H, van Leeuwen WB, Verbrugh HA, van Belkum A, Nouwen JL.

Microbes Infect. 2008 Feb;10(2):151-8. Epub 2007 Nov 9.PMID: 18248760 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Chlamydia trachomatis as a cause of neonatal conjunctivitis in Dutch infants.

Rours IG, Hammerschlag MR, Ott A, De Faber TJ, Verbrugh HA, de Groot R, Verkooyen RP.

Pediatrics. 2008 Feb;121(2):e321-6.PMID: 18245405 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Prevention of Staphylococcus aureus burn wound colonization by nasal mupirocin.

Kooistra-Smid AM, van Zanten E, Ott A, van Dijk SR, Beerthuizen GI, Vogels WH, van Belkum A, Verbrugh HA.

Burns. 2008 Sep;34(6):835-9. Epub 2008 Feb 1.PMID: 18242873 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Key role for clumping factor B in Staphylococcus aureus nasal colonization of humans.

Wertheim HF, Walsh E, Choudhurry R, Melles DC, Boelens HA, Miajlovic H, Verbrugh HA, Foster T, van Belkum A.

PLoS Med. 2008 Jan 15;5(1):e17.PMID: 18198942 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Rapid identification of mycobacteria by Raman spectroscopy.

Buijtels PC, Willemse-Erix HF, Petit PL, Endtz HP, Puppels GJ, Verbrugh HA, van Belkum A, van Soolingen D, Maquelin K.

J Clin Microbiol. 2008 Mar;46(3):961-5. Epub 2008 Jan 3.PMID: 18174303 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Rapid identification and antimicrobial susceptibility testing reduce antibiotic use and accelerate pathogen-directed antibiotic use.

Kerremans JJ, Verboom P, Stijnen T, Hakkaart-van Roijen L, Goessens W, Verbrugh HA, Vos MC.

J Antimicrob Chemother. 2008 Feb;61(2):428-35. Epub 2007 Dec 21.PMID: 18156278 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Rapid identification of Staphyloccocus aureus in positive-testing blood cultures by Slidex Staph Plus agglutination test.

Kerremans JJ, Goessens WH, Verbrugh HA, Vos MC.

J Clin Microbiol. 2008 Jan;46(1):395. Epub 2007 Nov 21. No abstract available. PMID: 18032626 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Overlapping population structures of nasal isolates of Staphylococcus aureus from healthy Dutch and American individuals.

Melles DC, Tenover FC, Kuehnert MJ, Witsenboer H, Peeters JK, Verbrugh HA, van Belkum A.

J Clin Microbiol. 2008 Jan;46(1):235-41. Epub 2007 Oct 31.PMID: 17977984 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Antimicrobial resistance among commensal isolates of Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus in the Indonesian population inside and outside hospitals.

Lestari ES, Severin JA, Filius PM, Kuntaman K, Duerink DO, Hadi U, Wahjono H, Verbrugh HA; Antimicrobial Resistance in Indonesia: Prevalence and Prevention (AMRIN).

Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis. 2008 Jan;27(1):45-51. Epub 2007 Oct 13.PMID: 17934766 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Targeted drug delivery to enhance efficacy and shorten treatment duration in disseminated Mycobacterium avium infection in mice.

de Steenwinkel JE, van Vianen W, Ten Kate MT, Verbrugh HA, van Agtmael MA, Schiffelers RM, Bakker-Woudenberg IA.

J Antimicrob Chemother. 2007 Nov;60(5):1064-73. Epub 2007 Sep 10.PMID: 17846106 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Determinants of carriage of resistant Escherichia coli in the Indonesian population inside and outside hospitals.

Duerink DO, Lestari ES, Hadi U, Nagelkerke NJ, Severin JA, Verbrugh HA, Keuter M, Gyssens IC, van den Broek PJ; Study Group Antimicrobial Resistance in Indonesia: Prevalence and Prevention (AMRIN).

J Antimicrob Chemother. 2007 Aug;60(2):377-84. Epub 2007 Jun 26.PMID: 17595290 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Association between nasal carriage of Staphylococcus aureus and the human complement cascade activator serine protease C1 inhibitor (C1INH) valine vs. methionine polymorphism at amino acid position 480.

Emonts M, de Jongh CE, Houwing-Duistermaat JJ, van Leeuwen WB, de Groot R, Verbrugh HA, Hermans PW, van Belkum A.

FEMS Immunol Med Microbiol. 2007 Aug;50(3):330-2. Epub 2007 May 10.PMID: 17498209 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

[Antibiotic resistance: epidemiological developments and preventive measures]

Goessens WH, Verbrugh HA.

Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd. 2007 Mar 31;151(13):748-52. Review. Dutch. PMID: 17471776 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Comparison of multilocus sequence typing (MLST), pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE), and amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) for genetic typing of Staphylococcus aureus.

Melles DC, van Leeuwen WB, Snijders SV, Horst-Kreft D, Peeters JK, Verbrugh HA, van Belkum A.

J Microbiol Methods. 2007 May;69(2):371-5. Epub 2007 Feb 3.PMID: 17346834 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Nasopharyngeal co-colonization with Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus pneumoniae in children is bacterial genotype independent.

Melles DC, Bogaert D, Gorkink RF, Peeters JK, Moorhouse MJ, Ott A, van Leeuwen WB, Simons G, Verbrugh HA, Hermans PW, van Belkum A.

Microbiology. 2007 Mar;153(Pt 3):686-92.PMID: 17322188 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

[The current MRSA policy in the Netherlands]

Verbrugh HA.

Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd. 2006 Nov 11;150(45):2513; author reply 2514. Dutch. No abstract available. PMID: 17137101 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Global prevalence of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.

Wertheim HF, Verbrugh HA.

Lancet. 2006 Nov 25;368(9550):1866; author reply 1866-7. No abstract available. PMID: 17126709 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

MRSA: We can overcome, but who will lead the battle?

Vos MC, Verbrugh HA.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2005 Feb;26(2):117-20. No abstract available. PMID: 16955947 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Staphylococcus aureus nasal carriage is associated with glucocorticoid receptor gene polymorphisms.

van den Akker EL, Nouwen JL, Melles DC, van Rossum EF, Koper JW, Uitterlinden AG, Hofman A, Verbrugh HA, Pols HA, Lamberts SW, van Belkum A.

J Infect Dis. 2006 Sep 15;194(6):814-8. Epub 2006 Aug 8.PMID: 16941349 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Impact of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection on morbidity and costs in healthcare facilities.

Verbrugh HA.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2006 Sep;27(9):994-5. No abstract available. PMID: 16941332 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Trends in fungaemia and antifungal susceptibility in the Netherlands.

Verduyn Lunel F, Koeleman JG, Spanjaard L, Vandenbroucke-Grauls C, Schultz C, Verbrugh HA, Vos G, Troelstra A, Mascini E, Verweij PE, Voss A.

Neth J Med. 2006 Jul-Aug;64(7):236-42.PMID: 16929085 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Nose picking and nasal carriage of Staphylococcus aureus.

Wertheim HF, van Kleef M, Vos MC, Ott A, Verbrugh HA, Fokkens W.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2006 Aug;27(8):863-7. Epub 2006 Jul 20.PMID: 16874648 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Panton-Valentine leukocidin genes in Staphylococcus aureus.

Melles DC, van Leeuwen WB, Boelens HA, Peeters JK, Verbrugh HA, van Belkum A.

Emerg Infect Dis. 2006 Jul;12(7):1174-5. No abstract available. PMID: 16848048 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Staphylococcus aureus carriage patterns and the risk of infections associated with continuous peritoneal dialysis.

Nouwen J, Schouten J, Schneebergen P, Snijders S, Maaskant J, Koolen M, van Belkum A, Verbrugh HA.

J Clin Microbiol. 2006 Jun;44(6):2233-6.PMID: 16757626 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Clonal distribution and differential occurrence of the enterotoxin gene cluster, egc, in carriage- versus bacteremia-associated isolates of Staphylococcus aureus.

van Belkum A, Melles DC, Snijders SV, van Leeuwen WB, Wertheim HF, Nouwen JL, Verbrugh HA, Etienne J.

J Clin Microbiol. 2006 Apr;44(4):1555-7.PMID: 16597892 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Identification of DNA sequence variation in Campylobacter jejuni strains associated with the Guillain-Barré syndrome by high-throughput AFLP analysis.

Godschalk PC, Bergman MP, Gorkink RF, Simons G, van den Braak N, Lastovica AJ, Endtz HP, Verbrugh HA, van Belkum A.

BMC Microbiol. 2006 Apr 4;6:32.PMID: 16594990 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article