Van Kerkhoven, D., Peetermans, W. E., Verbist, L., Verhaegen, J.
The incidence of penicillin- and erythromycin-resistant strains of Streptococcus pneumoniae has increased considerably in Belgium. The medical charts of all patients with pneumococcal bacteraemia who...
Van Kerkhoven, D., Peetermans, W. E., Verbist, L., Verhaegen, J.
The incidence of penicillin- and erythromycin-resistant strains of Streptococcus pneumoniae has increased considerably in Belgium. The medical charts of all patients with pneumococcal bacteraemia who...
Van Kerkhoven, D., Peetermans, W. E., Verbist, L., Verhaegen, J.
The incidence of penicillin- and erythromycin-resistant strains of Streptococcus pneumoniae has increased considerably in Belgium. The medical charts of all patients with pneumococcal bacteraemia who...
Three cases of Kingella kingae infection in young children (2003)
We describe three cases of Kingella kingae infection in young children hospitalised in our institution, and draw attention to the importance of proper handling of synovial fluid.
Livermore, D. M., Struelens, M., Amorim, J., Baquero, F., Bille, J., Canton, R., ...
Interpretive reading analyses the complete resistance profiles of bacteria to multiple antibiotics and infers the resistance mechanisms present; it aids therapeutic choice and enhances surveillance...
Macrolide resistance in Belgian Streptococcus pneumoniae (2000)
Lagrou, K., Peetermans, W. E., Verhaegen, J., Van Lierde, S., Verbist, L., Van Eldere, J.
The genetic basis of macrolide resistance was characterized in 59 Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates. All isolates were collected in 1995 and 1997 and were from invasive infections. The majority of...
Lagrou, K., Peetermans, W. E., Jorissen, M., Verhaegen, J., Van Damme, J., Van Eldere, J.
We have investigated the influence of subinhibitory concentrations of erythromycin on the interaction between Streptococcus pneumoniae and human respiratory epithelial cells. Confluent in vitro cell...
MICs of 16 non-&bgr;-lactams were determined by agar dilution for 283 penicillin-susceptible, 122 intermediate and 23 fully penicillin-resistant isolates of pneumococci. Penicillin-resistant...
Verbist, L., Verhaegen, J., Wounters, Ch., Vandenhoven, G.
The comparative activities of piperacillin/tazobactam and other antibiotics against 5625 Gram-negative and Gram-positive bactena freshly isolated from hospitalized patients was examined. The...