Genotypic and phenotypic characterization of the Acinetobacter calcoaceticus–Acinetobacter baumannii complex with the proposal of Acinetobacter pittii sp. nov. (formerly Acinetobacter genomic species 3) and Acinetobacter nosocomialis sp. nov. (formerly Acinetobacter genomic species 13TU)

Alexandr Nemec, Lenka Křížová, Martina Maixnerová, +6

Research in Microbiology

Acinetobacter Pittii SpMedicineBacteriologyPhenotypic CharacterizationMicrobiology +5

Pseudomonas aeruginosa Population Structure Revisited

Jean‐Paul Pirnay, Florence Bilocq, Bruno Pot, +8

PLoS ONE

Environmental IsolatesGram-negative BacteriologyAntimicrobial SusceptibilityHealth SciencesAntibiotics +12

Gardnerella vaginalis comprises three distinct genotypes of which only two produce sialidase

Guido Lopes dos Santos Santiago, Pieter Deschaght, Nabil El Aila, +5

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Distinct GenotypesGeneticsPathogenesisVaginitisPathogen Characterization +5

Comparison of the sensitivity of culture, PCR and quantitative real-time PCR for the detection of Pseudomonas aeruginosain sputum of cystic fibrosis patients

Pieter Deschaght, Thierry de Baère, Leen Van Simaey, +5

BMC Microbiology

Molecular Epidemiology and Clinical Impact of Acinetobacter calcoaceticus-baumannii Complex in a Belgian Burn Wound Center

Daniël De Vos, Jean‐Paul Pirnay, Florence Bilocq, +18

PLoS ONE

Molecular EpidemiologyAntibiotic ResistanceBurn Wound CenterClinical ImpactDrug Resistance +15

Haemophilus influenzae biofilm formation in chronic otitis media with effusion

Helen Van Hoecke, Ann-Sophie De Paepe, Edward Lambert, +6

European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology

Medical MicrobiologyMicrobial DiseaseChronic Otitis MediaMicrobiologyInfection Control +3

Psychrobacter isolates of human origin, other than Psychrobacter phenylpyruvicus, are predominantly Psychrobacter faecalis and Psychrobacter pulmonis, with emended description of P. faecalis

Pieter Deschaght, Michèle Janssens, Mario Vaneechoutte, +1

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY

Medical MicrobiologyMicrobial SystematicsPathogenic MicrobiologyP. FaecalisPsychrobacter Faecalis +8

Is the Improvement of CF Patients, Hospitalized for Pulmonary Exacerbation, Correlated to a Decrease in Bacterial Load?

Pieter Deschaght, Petra Schelstraete, Leen Van Simaey, +6

PLoS ONE

The development of a 16S rRNA gene based PCR for the identification of Streptococcus pneumoniaeand comparison with four other species specific PCR assays

Nabil Abdullah El Aila, Stefan Emler, Tarja Kaijalainen, +6

BMC Infectious Diseases

Isolates belonging to CDC group II-i belong predominantly to Sphingobacterium mizutaii Yabuuchi et al. 1983: emended descriptions of S. mizutaii and of the genus Sphingobacterium

G. Wauters, Michèle Janssens, Thierry De Baere, +2

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY