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Overview

Françoise Van Bambeke is affiliated with Université Catholique de Louvain in Belgium. Their research spans multiple fields primarily within Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. The scientist's work is particularly notable in subfields such as Molecular Biology, Infectious Diseases, Molecular Medicine, Pharmacology, and Epidemiology.

The main topics covered by Françoise Van Bambeke's research include:

  • Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing
  • Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria
  • Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus
  • Antibiotics Pharmacokinetics and Efficacy
  • Antibiotic Use and Resistance
  • Antimicrobial Peptides and Activities
  • Orthopedic Infections and Treatments

The scientist has frequently published in the following venues:

  • Antibiotics
  • Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
  • Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
  • Microbiology Spectrum
  • Frontiers in Microbiology

Recent publications by Françoise Van Bambeke include:

  • Intracellular Staphylococcus aureus persisters upon antibiotic exposure, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Host Cell Oxidative Stress Induces Dormant Staphylococcus aureus Persisters, 2022, Microbiology Spectrum
  • Artemisia Spp. Derivatives for COVID-19 Treatment: Anecdotal Use, Political Hype, Treatment Potential, Challenges, and Road Map to Randomized Clinical Trials, 2020, American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
  • Clinical Use and Adverse Drug Reactions of Linezolid: A Retrospective Study in Four Belgian Hospital Centers, 2021, Antibiotics
  • Increased Azithromycin Susceptibility of Multidrug-Resistant Gram-Negative Bacteria on RPMI-1640 Agar Assessed by Disk Diffusion Testing, 2020, Antibiotics

Frequent collaborators in their research include Paul M. Tulkens, Perrin Ngougni Pokem, Hervé Poilvache, Olivia Dalleur, and Hector Rodriguez-Villalobos. These repeated partnerships reflect ongoing cooperative efforts in antimicrobial research and related biomedical topics.

Best Publications

  • Pseudomonas aeruginosa: resistance and therapeutic options at the turn of the new millennium.

    N Mesaros;P Nordmann;P Plesiat;M Roussel-Delvallez

  • Antibiotic efflux pumps.

    Françoise Van Bambeke;Elisabetta Balzi;Paul M Tulkens

  • Quinolones in 2005: an update

    F. Van Bambeke;J.-M. Michot;J. Van Eldere;P.M. Tulkens

  • Intracellular Staphylococcus aureus persisters upon antibiotic exposure.

    Frédéric Peyrusson;Hugo Varet;Tiep Khac Nguyen;Rachel Legendre

  • Pharmacodynamic Evaluation of the Intracellular Activities of Antibiotics against Staphylococcus aureus in a Model of THP-1 Macrophages

    Maritza Barcia-Macay;Cristina Seral;Marie-Paule Mingeot-Leclercq;Paul M. Tulkens

  • Glycopeptide antibiotics: from conventional molecules to new derivatives.

    Françoise Van Bambeke;Yves Van Laethem;Patrice Courvalin;Paul M. Tulkens

  • Antibiotic efflux pumps in prokaryotic cells: occurrence, impact on resistance and strategies for the future of antimicrobial therapy

    F Van Bambeke;Y Glupczynski;P Plésiat;J C Pechère

  • Intracellular pharmacodynamics of antibiotics

    Stéphane Carryn;Hugues Chanteux;Cristina Seral;Marie-Paule Mingeot-Leclercq

  • Contrasting Effects of Acidic pH on the Extracellular and Intracellular Activities of the Anti-Gram-Positive Fluoroquinolones Moxifloxacin and Delafloxacin against Staphylococcus aureus

    Sandrine Lemaire;Paul M. Tulkens;Françoise Van Bambeke

  • Inhibitors of bacterial efflux pumps as adjuvants in antibiotic treatments and diagnostic tools for detection of resistance by efflux.

    Françoise Van Bambeke;Jean-Marie Pagès;Ving J Lee

  • Quantitative Analysis of Gentamicin, Azithromycin, Telithromycin, Ciprofloxacin, Moxifloxacin, and Oritavancin (LY333328) Activities against Intracellular Staphylococcus aureus in Mouse J774 Macrophages

    Cristina Seral;Françoise Van Bambeke;Paul M. Tulkens

  • Antibiotic activity against small-colony variants of Staphylococcus aureus: review of in vitro, animal and clinical data

    Laetitia G. Garcia;Sandrine Lemaire;Barbara C. Kahl;Karsten Becker

  • ABC Multidrug Transporters: Target for Modulation of Drug Pharmacokinetics and Drug-Drug Interactions

    Béatrice Marquez;Françoise Van Bambeke

  • Cellular pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics of antibiotics: current views and perspectives.

    Françoise Van Bambeke;Maritza Barcia-Macay;Sandrine Lemaire;Paul M. Tulkens

  • Comparative Intracellular (THP-1 Macrophage) and Extracellular Activities of β-Lactams, Azithromycin, Gentamicin, and Fluoroquinolones against Listeria monocytogenes at Clinically Relevant Concentrations

    Stéphane Carryn;Françoise Van Bambeke;Marie-Paule Mingeot-Leclercq;Paul M. Tulkens

  • The bacterial envelope as a target for novel anti-MRSA antibiotics.

    Françoise Van Bambeke;Marie-Paule Mingeot-Leclercq;Marc J. Struelens;Paul M. Tulkens

  • Gentamicin-induced apoptosis in LLC-PK1 cells : Involvement of lysosomes and mitochondria

    Hélène Servais;Patrick Van Der Smissen;Gaëtan Thirion;Gauthier Van Der Essen

  • A combined pharmacodynamic quantitative and qualitative model reveals the potent activity of daptomycin and delafloxacin against Staphylococcus aureus biofilms.

    Julia Bauer;Wafi Siala;Paul M. Tulkens;Françoise Van Bambeke

  • Multidrug-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae infections: current and future therapeutic options.

    Françoise Van Bambeke;René R Reinert;Peter C Appelbaum;Paul M Tulkens

  • Glycopeptides in clinical development: pharmacological profile and clinical perspectives.

    Françoise Van Bambeke

  • The Sanford Guide to Antimicrobial Therapy 2012-2013

    Mickael Aoun;Franky Buyle;Stephane DeWit;Evelien Haegeman

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul M. Tulkens
Paul M. Tulkens Université Catholique de Louvain
Marie-Paule Mingeot-Leclercq
Marie-Paule Mingeot-Leclercq Université Catholique de Louvain
Youri Glupczynski
Youri Glupczynski Université Catholique de Louvain
Olivier Denis
Olivier Denis Université Libre de Bruxelles
Barbara C. Kahl
Barbara C. Kahl University of Münster
Robert Brasseur
Robert Brasseur Université Libre de Bruxelles
Patrick Plésiat
Patrick Plésiat University of Franche-Comté
Joëlle Quetin-Leclercq
Joëlle Quetin-Leclercq Université Catholique de Louvain
Peter C. Appelbaum
Peter C. Appelbaum Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
Pierre J. Courtoy
Pierre J. Courtoy Université Catholique de Louvain

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