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The Q fever epidemic in The Netherlands: history, onset, response and reflection by ROEST, H. I. J., TILBURG, J. J. H. C., VAN DER HOEK, W., VELLEMA, P., VAN ZIJDERVELD, F. G., KLAASSEN, C. H. W., RAOULT, D.

“…The 2007–2009 human Q fever epidemic in The Netherlands attracted attention due to its magnitude and duration. The current epidemic and the historical…”
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Apophysomyces elegans: Epidemiology, Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphism Typing, and In Vitro Antifungal Susceptibility Pattern by Chakrabarti, A, Shivaprakash, M.R, Curfs-Breuker, I, Baghela, A, Klaassen, C.H, Meis, J.F

“…Apophysomyces elegans is an emerging pathogen in India. We planned the present study to analyze the clinical pattern of the disease, to perform molecular…”
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Schizophyllum commune as an emerging fungal pathogen: a review and report of two cases by Chowdhary, A., Randhawa, H. S., Gaur, S. N., Agarwal, K., Kathuria, S., Roy, P., Klaassen, C. H., Meis, J. F.

“…Summary We report Schizophyllum commune as the aetiological agent of one case each of allergic broncho‐pulmonary mycosis (ABPM) and pulmonary fungal ball, and…”
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Detection of azole-susceptible and azole-resistant Aspergillus coinfection by cyp51A PCR amplicon melting curve analysis by Schauwvlieghe, A F A D, Vonk, A G, Buddingh, E P, Hoek, R A S, Dalm, V A, Klaassen, C H W, Rijnders, B J A

“…The AsperGenius® assay is a multiplex real-time PCR test that allows the simultaneous detection of Aspergillus species and identification of the most common…”
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Prevalence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus among veterinarians: an international study by Wulf, M.W.H., Sørum, M., van Nes, A., Skov, R., Melchers, W.J.G., Klaassen, C.H.W., Voss, A.

“…Pig farmers and veterinarians in contact with livestock in The Netherlands have a higher risk of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) carriage…”
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Application of multiple-locus variable-number tandem-repeat analysis to determine clonal spread of toxin A-negative Clostridium difficile in a general hospital in Buenos Aires, Argentina by Goorhuis, A., Legaria, M.C., van den Berg, R.J., Harmanus, C., Klaassen, C.H.W., Brazier, J.S., Lumelsky, G., Kuijper, E.J.

“…Isolates from patients with Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) usually produce both toxin A (TcdA) and toxin B (TcdB), but an increasing number of reports…”
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Genotypic diversity of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in cystic fibrosis siblings in Qatar using AFLP fingerprinting by Abdul Wahab, A., Taj-Aldeen, S. J., Hagen, F., Diophode, S., Saadoon, A., Meis, J. F., Klaassen, C. H.

“…Pseudomonas aeruginosa is one of the primary pathogens in patients with cystic fibrosis (CF) and a major cause of morbidity and mortality. Reports of the…”
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Phylogeny, identification and nomenclature of the genus Aspergillus by Samson, R.A., Visagie, C.M., Houbraken, J., Hong, S.-B., Hubka, V., Klaassen, C.H.W., Perrone, G., Seifert, K.A., Susca, A., Tanney, J.B., Varga, J., Kocsubé, S., Szigeti, G., Yaguchi, T., Frisvad, J.C.

“…Aspergillus comprises a diverse group of species based on morphological, physiological and phylogenetic characters, which significantly impact biotechnology,…”
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Interlaboratory reproducibility of a microsatellite-based typing assay for Aspergillus fumigatus through the use of allelic ladders: proof of concept by de Valk, H.A., Meis, J.F.G.M., Bretagne, S., Costa, J.-M., Lasker, B.A., Balajee, S.A., Pasqualotto, A.C., Anderson, M.J., Alcázar-Fuoli, L., Mellado, E., Klaassen, C.H.W.

“…An interlaboratory study was performed with the aim of investigating the reproducibility of a multiplex microbial microsatellite-based typing assay for…”
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First environmental isolation of Cryptococcus gattii, genotype AFLP5, from India and a global review by Chowdhary, A., Prakash, A., Randhawa, H. S., Kathuria, S., Hagen, F., Klaassen, C. H., Meis, J. F.

“…Summary We report the first environmental isolation from India of Cryptococcus gattii, genotype amplified fragment length polymorphism 5 (AFLP5), which is one…”
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Identification and nomenclature of the genus Penicillium by Visagie, C.M., Houbraken, J., Frisvad, J.C., Hong, S.-B., Klaassen, C.H.W., Perrone, G., Seifert, K.A., Varga, J., Yaguchi, T., Samson, R.A.

“…Penicillium is a diverse genus occurring worldwide and its species play important roles as decomposers of organic materials and cause destructive rots in the…”
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Isolation of multiple-triazole-resistant Aspergillus fumigatus strains carrying the TR/L98H mutations in the cyp51A gene in India by CHOWDHARY, Anuradha, KATHURIA, Shallu, RANDHAWA, Harbans S, GAUR, Shailendra N, KLAASSEN, Corne H, MEIS, Jacques F

“…Azole resistance in Aspergillus fumigatus isolates impacts on the management of aspergillosis since azoles are primary agents used for prophylaxis and therapy…”
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Interlaboratory Reproducibility of a Single-Locus Sequence-Based Method for Strain Typing of Aspergillus fumigatus by Hurst, S.F, Kidd, S.E, Morrissey, C.O, Snelders, E, Melchers, W.J.G, Castelli, M.V, Mellado, E, Simmon, K, Petti, C.A, Richardson, S, Zhang, S, Romanelli, A.M, Wickes, B.L, de Valk, H.A, Klaassen, C.H.W, Balajee, S. Arunmozhi

“…Seven international laboratories tested the recently proposed single-locus typing strategy for Aspergillus fumigatus subtyping for interlaboratory…”
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A search strategy for detecting duodenoscope-associated infections: a retrospective observational study by van der Ploeg, K., Klaassen, C.H.W., Vos, M.C., Severin, J.A., Mason-Slingerland, B.C.G.C., Bruno, M.J.

“…Duodenoscope-associated infections (DAIs) are exogenous infections resulting from the use of contaminated duodenoscopes. Though numerous outbreaks of DAI have…”
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Environmental isolation and characterisation of Cryptococcus species from living trees in Havana city, Cuba by Illnait-Zaragozí, M. T., Martínez-Machín, G. F., Fernández-Andreu, C. M., Perurena-Lancha, M. R., Theelen, B., Boekhout, T., Meis, J. F., Klaassen, C. H.

“…Summary Cryptococcus isolates from Cuban patients were identified as C. neoformans var. grubii. Although this species has since long been associated with bird…”
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Proposal for a screening protocol for Candida auris colonization by Leonhard, S.E., Chong, G.M., Foudraine, D.E., Bode, L.G.M., Croughs, P., Popping, S., Schaftenaar, E., Klaassen, C.H.W., Severin, J.A.

“…Candida auris is an emerging multidrug-resistant yeast which can cause severe infection in hospitalized patients. Since its first detection in 2009, C. auris…”
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Frequency of and Prognostic Significance of Cardiac Involvement at Presentation in Hereditary Transthyretin-Derived Amyloidosis and the Value of N-Terminal Pro-B-Type Natriuretic Peptide by Klaassen, Sebastiaan H.C., Tromp, Jasper, Nienhuis, Hans L.A., van der Meer, Peter, van den Berg, Maarten P., Blokzijl, Hans, van Veldhuisen, Dirk J., Hazenberg, Bouke P.C.

“…The aim of this study is to assess the prevalence of cardiac involvement in hereditary transthyretin-derived (ATTRm) amyloidosis at the time of diagnosis and…”
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Prevalence and molecular mechanism of macrolide resistance in β-haemolytic streptococci in The Netherlands by Van Leer Buter, C.C, Mouton, J.W, Klaassen, C.H.W, Handgraaf, C.M.A, Sunnen, S, Melchers, W.J.G, Sturm, P.D.J

“…Abstract The prevalence of resistance to erythromycin and clindamycin as well as the presence of the resistance genes mef (A), mef (E), erm (A) and erm (B)…”
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Outbreak of Invasive Aspergillosis After Major Heart Surgery Caused by Spores in the Air of the Intensive Care Unit by Peláez, T., Muñoz, P., Guinea, J., Valerio, M., Giannella, M., Klaassen, C. H. W., Bouza, E.

“…We report on an outbreak of invasive aspergillosis in a major heart surgery unit related to peaks of high counts of genotypically related Aspergillus conidia…”
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Molecular Typing of a Suspected Cluster of Nocardia farcinica Infections by Use of Randomly Amplified Polymorphic DNA, Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis, and Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphism Analyses by Kalpoe, J.S, Templeton, K.E, Horrevorts, A.M, Endtz, H.P, Kuijper, E.J, Bernards, A.T, Klaassen, C.H.W

“…Randomly amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD), pulsed-field gelelectrophoresis (PFGE), and amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) analyses were used to…”
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