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Overview

Constance Schultsz is affiliated with the University of Amsterdam in the Netherlands and has an extensive body of research primarily within the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology.

Their research spans a number of subfields including Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Molecular Biology, Epidemiology, Endocrinology, and Molecular Medicine. This diverse expertise supports an interdisciplinary approach that addresses complex health issues.

Schultsz's main research topics include:

  • Streptococcal Infections and Treatments
  • Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria
  • Antibiotic Use and Resistance
  • Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing
  • Neonatal and Maternal Infections
  • Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies

Their frequent coauthors reflect ongoing collaborative efforts and include:

  • Boas C.L. van der Putten
  • Thomas J. Roodsant
  • Daniel R. Mende
  • Menno D. de Jong
  • Michuki Maina

Schultsz's works are commonly published in specific venues, which include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Harvard Dataverse
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Microbial Genomics
  • PLoS ONE

Selected recent papers illustrate the focus and impact of Schultsz's research efforts:

  • Update on Streptococcus suis Research and Prevention in the Era of Antimicrobial Restriction: 4th International Workshop on S. suis (2020) - published in Pathogens
  • A Human 2D Primary Organoid-Derived Epithelial Monolayer Model to Study Host-Pathogen Interaction in the Small Intestine (2020) - published in Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
  • Key considerations on the potential impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on antimicrobial resistance research and surveillance (2021) - published in Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
  • Antibiotic use in Kenyan public hospitals: Prevalence, appropriateness and link to guideline availability (2020) - published in International Journal of Infectious Diseases
  • Filling the gaps in the global prevalence map of clinical antimicrobial resistance (2020) - published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Best Publications

  • Worldwide trends in body-mass index, underweight, overweight, and obesity from 1975 to 2016: a pooled analysis of 2416 population-based measurement studies in 128·9 million children, adolescents, and adults

    Leandra Abarca-Gómez;Ziad A Abdeen;Zargar Abdul Hamid;Niveen M Abu-Rmeileh

  • Trends in adult body-mass index in 200 countries from 1975 to 2014: A pooled analysis of 1698 population-based measurement studies with 19.2 million participants

    Mariachiara Di Cesare;Mariachiara Di Cesare;James Bentham;Gretchen A Stevens;Bin Zhou

  • Worldwide trends in hypertension prevalence and progress in treatment and control from 1990 to 2019: a pooled analysis of 1201 population-representative studies with 104 million participants

    Bin Zhou;Rodrigo M Carrillo-Larco;Goodarz Danaei;Leanne M Riley

  • Worldwide trends in blood pressure from 1975 to 2015: a pooled analysis of 1479 population-based measurement studies with 19·1 million participants

    Bin Zhou;James Bentham;Mariachiara Di Cesare;Honor Bixby

  • Genomic analysis of diversity, population structure, virulence, and antimicrobial resistance in Klebsiella pneumoniae, an urgent threat to public health

    Kathryn E. Holt;Heiman Wertheim;Ruth N. Zadoks;Stephen Baker

  • Avian Influenza A (H5N1) in 10 Patients in Vietnam

    T T Hien;N T Liem;N T Dung;L T San

  • Streptococcus suis: an emerging human pathogen.

    Heiman F. L. Wertheim;Ho Dang Trung Nghia;Walter Taylor;Walter Taylor;Constance Schultsz;Constance Schultsz

  • Dissemination of the mcr-1 colistin resistance gene

    Maris S Arcilla;Jarne M van Hattem;Sebastien Matamoros;Damian C Melles

  • Hypertension in sub-saharan Africa: cross-sectional surveys in four rural and urban communities

    Marleen E. Hendriks;Ferdinand W. N. M. Wit;Marijke T. L. Roos;Lizzy M. Brewster

  • Import and spread of extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Enterobacteriaceae by international travellers (COMBAT study): a prospective, multicentre cohort study

    Maris S Arcilla;Jarne M van Hattem;Manon R Haverkate;Martin C J Bootsma;Martin C J Bootsma

  • Height and body-mass index trajectories of school-aged children and adolescents from 1985 to 2019 in 200 countries and territories: a pooled analysis of 2181 population-based studies with 65 million participants

    Andrea Rodriguez-Martinez;Bin Zhou;Marisa K. Sophiea;James Bentham

  • Streptococcus suis Meningitis in Adults in Vietnam

    Nguyen Thi Hoang Mai;Ngo Thi Hoa;Tran Vu Thieu Nga;Le Dieu Linh

  • The intestinal mucus layer from patients with inflammatory bowel disease harbors high numbers of bacteria compared with controls

    C. Schultsz;F. M. Van Den Berg;F. W. Ten Kate;G. N. J. Tytgat

  • Epidemiology, Clinical Manifestations, and Outcomes of Streptococcus suis Infection in Humans

    Vu Thi Lan Huong;Ngo Ha;Nguyen Tien Huy;Peter Horby

  • Adjunctive dexamethasone in bacterial meningitis: a meta-analysis of individual patient data

    Diederik van de Beek;Jeremy J Farrar;Jan de Gans;Nguyen Thi Hoang Mai

  • Antimicrobial Drug Resistance of Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhi in Asia and Molecular Mechanism of Reduced Susceptibility to the Fluoroquinolones

    Tran Thuy Chau;James Ian Campbell;James Ian Campbell;Claudia M. Galindo;Nguyen Van Minh Hoang

  • Rapid evolution of virulence and drug resistance in the emerging zoonotic pathogen Streptococcus suis

    Matthew T. G. Holden;Heidi Hauser;Mandy Sanders;Thi Hoa Ngo

  • Trends in obesity and diabetes across Africa from 1980 to 2014: an analysis of pooled population-based studies

    AP Kengne;J Bentham;B Zhou;N Peer

  • Dexamethasone in Vietnamese Adolescents and Adults with Bacterial Meningitis

    Nguyen Thi Hoang Mai;Tran Thi Hong Chau;Guy Thwaites;Ly Van Chuong

  • Global phylogenetic analysis of Escherichia coli and plasmids carrying the mcr-1 gene indicates bacterial diversity but plasmid restriction.

    Sébastien Matamoros;Jarne M van Hattem;Maris S Arcilla;Niels Willemse

Frequent Co-Authors

Jeremy Farrar
Jeremy Farrar World Health Organization
Nguyen Van Vinh Chau
Nguyen Van Vinh Chau University of Oxford
Tran Tinh Hien
Tran Tinh Hien University of Oxford
Stephen Baker
Stephen Baker Agency for Science, Technology and Research
John Penders
John Penders Maastricht University
Karien Stronks
Karien Stronks University of Amsterdam
Mike English
Mike English Wellcome Trust
Heiman F. L. Wertheim
Heiman F. L. Wertheim Radboud University
Aletta E. Schutte
Aletta E. Schutte University of New South Wales
Tobias F. Rinke de Wit
Tobias F. Rinke de Wit University of Amsterdam

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