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Gerlinde N. Pluister
Researcher at Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy
Publications - 22
Citations - 1706
Gerlinde N. Pluister is an academic researcher from Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy. The author has contributed to research in topics: Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus & Multiple Loci VNTR Analysis. The author has an hindex of 15, co-authored 20 publications receiving 1539 citations.
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Community-acquired MRSA and pig-farming.
X. W. Huijsdens,Beatrix J van Dijke,Emile Spalburg,Marga G van Santen-Verheuvel,Max Heck,Gerlinde N. Pluister,Andreas Voss,Wim J. B. Wannet,Albert J. de Neeling +8 more
TL;DR: A MRSA cluster among family members of a pig-farmer, his co-workers and his pigs shows clonal spread and transmission between humans and pigs in the Netherlands and puts the until now successful Search and Destroy policy of the Netherlands at risk.
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The carbapenem inactivation method (CIM), a simple and low-cost alternative for the Carba NP test to assess phenotypic carbapenemase activity in gram-negative rods.
Kim van der Zwaluw,Angela de Haan,Gerlinde N. Pluister,Hester J. Bootsma,Albert J. de Neeling,Leo M. Schouls +5 more
TL;DR: The CIM was shown to be a cost-effective and highly robust phenotypic screening method that can reliably detect carbapenemase activity.
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Whole-Genome Sequencing for Routine Pathogen Surveillance in Public Health: a Population Snapshot of Invasive Staphylococcus aureus in Europe
David M. Aanensen,Edward J. Feil,Matthew T. G. Holden,Matthew T. G. Holden,Janina Dordel,Janina Dordel,Corin Yeats,Artemij Fedosejev,Richard Goater,Santiago Castillo-Ramírez,Jukka Corander,Caroline Colijn,Monika A. Chlebowicz,Leo M. Schouls,Max Heck,Gerlinde N. Pluister,Raymond Ruimy,Gunnar Kahlmeter,Jenny Åhman,Erika Matuschek,Alexander W. Friedrich,Julian Parkhill,Stephen D. Bentley,Brian G. Spratt,Hajo Grundmann,Hajo Grundmann +25 more
TL;DR: It is argued that this work provides a comprehensive road map illustrating the three vital components for future molecular epidemiological surveillance: (i) large-scale structured surveys, (ii) WGS, and (iii) community-oriented database infrastructure and analysis tools.
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Multiple-Locus Variable Number Tandem Repeat Analysis of Staphylococcus Aureus: Comparison with Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis and spa-Typing
Leo M. Schouls,Emile Spalburg,Martijn van Luit,X. W. Huijsdens,Gerlinde N. Pluister,Marga G van Santen-Verheuvel,Han G. J. van der Heide,Hajo Grundmann,Max Heck,Albert J. de Neeling +9 more
TL;DR: The MLVA described in this study is a high throughput, relatively low cost genotyping method for S. aureus that yields discrete and unambiguous data that can be used to assign biological meaningful genotypes and complexes andCan be used for interlaboratory comparisons in network accessible databases.
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Emergence of virulent methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains carrying Panton-Valentine leucocidin genes in The Netherlands.
W J B Wannet,E. Spalburg,Max Heck,Gerlinde N. Pluister,E Tiemersma,Rob J. L. Willems,X. W. Huijsdens,A J de Neeling,Jerome Etienne +8 more
TL;DR: It was found that up to 15% of all MRSA isolates detected in The Netherlands harbored the PVL genes, a highly potent toxin which is involved in severe skin infections and necrotizing pneumonia, even in previously healthy individuals.