Prevalence and clinical presentation of health care workers with symptoms of coronavirus disease 2019 in 2 Dutch hospitals during an early phase of the pandemic

MFQ Kluytmans-van Den Bergh, AGM Buiting… - JAMA network …, 2020 - jamanetwork.com
Importance On February 27, 2020, the first patient with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-
19) was reported in the Netherlands. During the following weeks, at 2 Dutch teaching …

Extended-Spectrum β-Lactamase–Producing Escherichia coli From Retail Chicken Meat and Humans: Comparison of Strains, Plasmids, Resistance Genes, and …

JAJW Kluytmans, ITMA Overdevest… - Clinical infectious …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Background. The worldwide prevalence of extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL)–
producing Enterobacteriaceae is increasing rapidly both in hospitals and in the community …

SARS-CoV-2 infection in 86 healthcare workers in two Dutch hospitals in March 2020

MFQ Kluytmans-van den Bergh, AGM Buiting, SD Pas… - MedRxiv, 2020 - medrxiv.org
ABSTRACT Background On February 27, 2020, the first patient with COVID-19 was reported
in the Netherlands. During the following weeks, nine healthcare workers (HCWs) were …

[HTML][HTML] Self-testing for the detection of SARS-CoV-2 infection with rapid antigen tests for people with suspected COVID-19 in the community

JJJM Stohr, VF Zwart, G Goderski, A Meijer… - Clinical Microbiology …, 2022 - Elsevier
Objectives To evaluate the performance of nasal mid-turbinate self-testing using rapid
antigen detection tests (RDT) for persons with suspected coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID …

[HTML][HTML] Presence of mcr-1-positive Enterobacteriaceae in retail chicken meat but not in humans in the Netherlands since 2009

MF Kluytmans–van den Bergh, P Huizinga… - …, 2016 - eurosurveillance.org
Recently, the plasmid-mediated colistin resistance gene mcr-1 was found in
Enterobacteriaceae from humans, pigs and retail meat in China. Several reports have …

Whole-genome multilocus sequence typing of extended-spectrum-beta-lactamase-producing Enterobacteriaceae

MFQ Kluytmans-Van Den Bergh… - Journal of clinical …, 2016 - Am Soc Microbiol
Molecular typing has become indispensable in the detection of nosocomial transmission of
bacterial pathogens and the identification of sources and routes of transmission in outbreak …

[HTML][HTML] Molecular characterization and phylogeny of Shiga toxin–producing Escherichia coli isolates obtained from two Dutch regions using whole genome …

M Ferdous, AW Friedrich, H Grundmann… - Clinical Microbiology …, 2016 - Elsevier
Shiga toxin–producing Escherichia coli (STEC) is one of the major causes of human
gastrointestinal disease and has been implicated in sporadic cases and outbreaks of …

Contact precautions in single-bed or multiple-bed rooms for patients with extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Enterobacteriaceae in Dutch hospitals: a cluster …

MFQ Kluytmans-van den Bergh… - The Lancet infectious …, 2019 - thelancet.com
Background Use of single-bed rooms for control of extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL)-
producing Enterobacteriaceae is under debate; the added value when applying contact …

[HTML][HTML] Livestock-associated MRSA in household members of pig farmers: transmission and dynamics of carriage, a prospective cohort study

BAGL van Cleef, BHB van Benthem, EJM Verkade… - PloS one, 2015 - journals.plos.org
This prospective cohort study describes carriage of livestock-associated methicillin-resistant
Staphylococcus aureus (LA-MRSA) in household members from 49 farrowing pig farms in …

Dynamics and Determinants of Staphylococcus aureus Carriage in Livestock Veterinarians: A Prospective Cohort Study

E Verkade, B van Benthem… - Clinical Infectious …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Background. Since 2003, a new clade of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
(MRSA) belonging to clonal complex (CC) 398 and associated with animal husbandry has …