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Houben AJM, Oostdijk EAN, van der Voort PHJ, Monen JCM, Bonten MJM, van der Bij AK, Vlaspolder F, Stuart JWTC, van Hees BC, Vijfhuizen J, Wintermans RGF, der Kuil WAV, Alblas J, van der Bij AK, Frentz D, Leenstra T, Monen JC, Muilwijk J, Notermans DW, de Greeff SC, van Keulen PHJ, Kluytmans JAJW, Mattsson EE, Sebens FW, Frenay HME, Maraha B, Heilmann FGC, Halaby T, Versteeg D, Hendrix R, Schellekens JFP, Diederen BMW, de Brauwer EIGB, Stals FS, Bakker LJ, Dorigo-Zetsma JW, van Zeijl JH, Bernards AT, de Jongh BM, Vlaminckx BJM, Horrevorts A, Kuipers S, Wintermans RGF, Moffie B, Brimicombe RW, Jansen CL, Renders NHM, Hendrickx BGA, Buiting AGM, Kaan JA, Thijsen SFT, Deege MPD, Ekkelenkamp MB, Tjhie HT, van Zwet AA, Voorn GP, Ruijs GJHM, Wolfhagen MJHM. Selective decontamination of the oropharynx and the digestive tract, and antimicrobial resistance: a 4 year ecological study in 38 intensive care units in the Netherlands. J Antimicrob Chemother 2013; 69:797-804. [DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkt416] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Herremans T, Hogema BM, Nabuurs M, Peeters M, Wegdam-Blans M, Schneeberger P, Nijhuis C, Notermans DW, Galama J, Horrevorts A, van Loo IHM, Vlaminckx B, Zaaijer HL, Koopmans MP, Berkhout H, Socolovschi C, Raoult D, Stenos J, Nicholson W, Bijlmer H. Comparison of the performance of IFA, CFA, and ELISA assays for the serodiagnosis of acute Q fever by quality assessment. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis 2012; 75:16-21. [PMID: 23041450 DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2012.09.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2012] [Revised: 09/04/2012] [Accepted: 09/05/2012] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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The indirect immunofluorescence assay (IFA) is considered the reference method for diagnosing Q fever, but serology is also performed by complement fixation assay (CFA) or enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). However, comparability between these assays is not clear, and therefore a quality assessment was performed. A total of 25 serum samples from negative controls, Q fever patients, and a serial diluted high-positive sample were analyzed in 10 Dutch laboratories. Six laboratories performed CFA, 5 performed IFA, and 5 performed ELISAs. Three international reference laboratories from Australia, France, and the USA also participated in this study. Qualitative values between laboratories using the same methods were within close range, and all 3 methods correctly identified acute Q fever patients. The IFA, ELISA, and CFA are all suitable serodiagnostic assays to diagnose acute Q fever, but the IFA remains an important tool in the follow-up of patients and in identifying patients at risk for developing chronic Q fever.
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- Tineke Herremans
- Centre for Infectious Disease Control, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), 3720 BA Bilthoven, The Netherlands.
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Kuijper EJ, Klaassen CHW, Horrevorts A, Endtz HP. [Cutaneous nocardiosis as an opportunistic infection]. Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd 2004; 148:1311; author reply 1311. [PMID: 15279219] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/30/2023]
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Bierkens A, Hendrikx A, Ezz El Din K, de la Rosette J, Horrevorts A, Doesburg W, Debruyne F. The Value of Antibiotic Prophylaxis During Extracorporeal Shock Wave Lithotripsy in the Prevention of Urinary Tract Infections in Patients With Urine Proven Sterile Prior to Treatment. J Urol 1998. [DOI: 10.1016/s0022-5347(01)63902-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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- A.F. Bierkens
- Departments of Urology and Medical Statistics, Academic Hospital Nijmegen, Nijmegen, Department of Urology, Catharine Hospital Eindhoven and Department of Medical Microbiology, Rode Kruis Hospital, The Hague, The Netherlands
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- Departments of Urology and Medical Statistics, Academic Hospital Nijmegen, Nijmegen, Department of Urology, Catharine Hospital Eindhoven and Department of Medical Microbiology, Rode Kruis Hospital, The Hague, The Netherlands
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- Departments of Urology and Medical Statistics, Academic Hospital Nijmegen, Nijmegen, Department of Urology, Catharine Hospital Eindhoven and Department of Medical Microbiology, Rode Kruis Hospital, The Hague, The Netherlands
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- Departments of Urology and Medical Statistics, Academic Hospital Nijmegen, Nijmegen, Department of Urology, Catharine Hospital Eindhoven and Department of Medical Microbiology, Rode Kruis Hospital, The Hague, The Netherlands
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- Departments of Urology and Medical Statistics, Academic Hospital Nijmegen, Nijmegen, Department of Urology, Catharine Hospital Eindhoven and Department of Medical Microbiology, Rode Kruis Hospital, The Hague, The Netherlands
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- Departments of Urology and Medical Statistics, Academic Hospital Nijmegen, Nijmegen, Department of Urology, Catharine Hospital Eindhoven and Department of Medical Microbiology, Rode Kruis Hospital, The Hague, The Netherlands
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- Departments of Urology and Medical Statistics, Academic Hospital Nijmegen, Nijmegen, Department of Urology, Catharine Hospital Eindhoven and Department of Medical Microbiology, Rode Kruis Hospital, The Hague, The Netherlands
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Horrevorts A, ten Hagen G, Hekster Y, Tjernberg I, Dijkshoorn L. Development of resistance to ciprofloxacin in Acinetobacter baumanii strains isolated during a 20-month outbreak. J Antimicrob Chemother 1997; 40:460-1. [PMID: 9338509 DOI: 10.1093/jac/40.3.460] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Bierkens AF, Hendrikx AJ, Ezz el Din KE, de la Rosette JJ, Horrevorts A, Doesburg W, Debruyne FM. The value of antibiotic prophylaxis during extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy in the prevention of urinary tract infections in patients with urine proven sterile prior to treatment. Eur Urol 1997; 31:30-5. [PMID: 9032531 DOI: 10.1159/000474414] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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INTRODUCTION There are controversies in the literature regarding the need for and duration of antibiotic prophylaxis in patients treated with extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL) who have a negative urine culture before treatment. In order to determine the efficacy of antibiotic prophylaxis in ESWL treatment of patients with proven sterile urine, a randomized trial was performed. METHODS Patients were randomized for placebo and 1 or 7 days antibiotic prophylaxis (cefuroxime or ciprofloxacin), starting 30 min before ESWL. Post-ESWL studies (immediately and 2 and 6 weeks after ESWL) included patient history, urine culture and Gram stain. RESULTS After 2 weeks 20% of the patients and after 6 weeks 23% of the patients had bacteriuria, but there was no statistical significance between patients treated with placebo or those receiving prophylactic treatment. Only 2-3% of the patients (in the prophylaxis and placebo group) had clinical and bacteriological signs of a urinary tract infection, either 2 or 6 weeks after ESWL, possibly caused by re-infection, however, since bacteria were found in none of the urine samples collected directly after ESWL. There was no beneficial effect of antibiotic prophylaxis, in the prevention of urinary tract infections in patients with a nephrostomy catheter or dilatation at the site of treatment. CONCLUSION We conclude that in patients with urine proven sterile prior to ESWL there is no need for antibiotic prophylaxis.
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- A F Bierkens
- Department of Urology, Academic Hospital Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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Horrevorts A, Bergman K, Kollée L, Breuker I, Tjernberg I, Dijkshoorn L. Clinical and epidemiological investigations of Acinetobacter genomospecies 3 in a neonatal intensive care unit. J Clin Microbiol 1995; 33:1567-72. [PMID: 7650188 PMCID: PMC228217 DOI: 10.1128/jcm.33.6.1567-1572.1995] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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A prospective study of Acinetobacter isolates from a neonatal intensive care unit was performed for 24 months. Fifty-six isolates were obtained from 21 patients, and another eight were obtained from environmental specimens. Infection due to Acinetobacter organisms was established for 16 patients, 6 with septicemia, 9 with pneumonia, and 1 with a wound infection. Further investigations were performed with 38 representative isolates. Twenty-nine isolates were identified as unnamed DNA-DNA hybridization group (genomospecies) 3, three were identified as genomospecies 2 (Acinetobacter baumannii), one was identified as genomospecies 5 (Acinetobacter junii), three were identified as genomospecies 14, and two were unclassified. Eight distinguishable protein profiles, coded I through VIII, were found by cell envelope protein electrophoresis. Profile V, a common profile, was observed for 17 isolates that had been recovered from 11 patients and 1 dust specimen. These isolates, all of which belonged to genomospecies 3, had similar antibiograms and biotypes. This study has revealed that genomospecies 3 can be associated with infection and be spread in hospitals.
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- A Horrevorts
- Department of Medical Microbiology, University Hospital Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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Donnelly JP, Muus P, Schattenberg A, De Witte T, Horrevorts A, DePauw BE. A scheme for daily monitoring of oral mucositis in allogeneic BMT recipients. Bone Marrow Transplant 1992; 9:409-13. [PMID: 1628123] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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A system was developed for scoring oral mucositis in order to investigate its connection with fever and bacteraemia due to 'viridans' streptococci. A series of 42 allogeneic bone marrow transplant recipients given demethoxydaunorubicin and total body irradiation for conditioning therapy were monitored daily for the presence of lesions, erythema, oral oedema, pain and dysphagia, each of which was graded numerically at four levels. These values were added together to yield a daily mucositis score (DMS) with a scale of 0-15. Mucositis developed shortly after transplant and progressed within a few days to grade III (WHO grade 3-4) in the majority of patients. Bacteraemia due to 'viridans' streptococci was documented in 64% of cases and the organisms were first detected as fever developed and mucositis approached its peak. The WHO scheme defined mucositis as either absent or grade 3-4 corresponding to a DMS of 4 or 5, whereas a grading system based on the most pronounced sign or symptom resulted in three grades of severity which corresponded to a DMS of less than or equal to 4, 5-9 and greater than or equal to 10 respectively. However, only the DMS permitted monitoring of mucositis through all its stages of development. The scheme therefore offers the potential for exploring causal relationships between mucosal damage, granulocytopenia, fever and bacteraemia and can be included as an independent measure in studies of prevention and therapy of complications related to mucositis.
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- J P Donnelly
- Department of Haematology, University Hospital Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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Melchers W, Meis J, Rosa P, Claas E, Nohlmans L, Koopman R, Horrevorts A, Galama J. Amplification of Borrelia burgdorferi DNA in skin biopsies from patients with Lyme disease. J Clin Microbiol 1991; 29:2401-6. [PMID: 1774243 PMCID: PMC270346 DOI: 10.1128/jcm.29.11.2401-2406.1991] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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To determine whether the polymerase chain reaction could contribute to a better diagnosis of Lyme disease, skin biopsy samples from patients suffering from erythema chronicum migrans or acrodermatitis chronica atrophicans were tested for the presence of Borrelia burgdorferi by a polymerase chain reaction assay, which was specific for European strains. The spirochete could not be detected microscopically in any of the 15 biopsy samples obtained from nine patients. However, B. burgdorferi could be isolated from seven of eight of these samples, which indicated the presence of spirochetes. Using a nested polymerase chain reaction, we were able to detect B. burgdorferi-specific sequences in 12 of the 15 biopsy samples. Biopsy samples from three of four patients with erythema chronicum migrans and four of five patients with acrodermatitis chronica atrophicans were found to be positive for B. burgdorferi. The spirochete could be isolated from the biopsy sample, from a patient with erythema chronicum migrans who tested negative, which suggests a false-negative polymerase chain reaction result probably on account of the low number of spirochetes present in the lesion. The positive polymerase chain reaction for lesions from patients with acrodermatis chronica atrophicans supports the concept that B. burgdorferi can persist in the skin over a long period of time. From these results, it was concluded that the polymerase chain reaction is a valuable technique for the diagnosis of Lyme disease.
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- W Melchers
- Department of Medical Microbiology, University Hospital Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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de Pauw BE, Nováková IR, Donnelly JP, Horrevorts A. [Mono or combination therapy in severe bacterial infections?]. Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd 1989; 133:954-6. [PMID: 2725765] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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