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Jan Verhaegen

Jan Verhaegen

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Microbiology

D-Index
59
Citations
13736
World Ranking
3250
National Ranking
70

Overview

Jan Verhaegen is affiliated with KU Leuven in Belgium and works primarily in the field of Medicine. Their research is focused on Epidemiology, with significant contributions to Surgery, Microbiology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, and Infectious Diseases.

The scientist's main topics of research include Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections, Respiratory Viral Infections Research, Bacterial Infections and Vaccines, Pneumocystis jirovecii Pneumonia Detection and Treatment, Orthopaedic Implants and Arthroplasty, Streptococcal Infections and Treatments, and Influenza Virus Research Studies.

Jan Verhaegen has coauthored numerous papers with the following frequent collaborators: Stefanie Desmet, Liesbet Van Heirstraeten, Philippe Beutels, Surbhi Malhotra-Kumar, and Heidi Theeten.

The scientist has published in a variety of venues, including:

  • Orthopaedic Proceedings
  • Eurosurveillance
  • The Lancet Infectious Diseases
  • Vaccine
  • Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society

Notable recent papers by Jan Verhaegen include:

  • Dynamic changes in paediatric invasive pneumococcal disease after sequential switches of conjugate vaccine in Belgium: a national retrospective observational study, 2020, The Lancet Infectious Diseases
  • How nasopharyngeal pneumococcal carriage evolved during and after a PCV13-to-PCV10 vaccination programme switch in Belgium, 2016 to 2018, 2020, Eurosurveillance
  • In-depth analysis of pneumococcal serotypes in Belgian children (2015-2018): Diversity, invasive disease potential, and antimicrobial susceptibility in carriage and disease, 2020, Vaccine
  • Serotype 19A and 6C Account for One-Third of Pneumococcal Carriage Among Belgian Day-Care Children Four Years After a Shift to a Lower-Valent PCV, 2022, Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society
  • Streptococcus pneumoniae Serotypes Carried by Young Children and Their Association With Acute Otitis Media During the Period 2016-2019, 2021, Frontiers in Pediatrics

Best Publications

  • A decrease of the butyrate-producing species Roseburia hominis and Faecalibacterium prausnitzii defines dysbiosis in patients with ulcerative colitis

    Kathleen Machiels;Marie Joossens;João Sabino;Vicky De Preter

  • Galactomannan and Computed Tomography–Based Preemptive Antifungal Therapy in Neutropenic Patients at High Risk for Invasive Fungal Infection: A Prospective Feasibility Study

    Johan Maertens;Koen Theunissen;Gregor Verhoef;Johnny Verschakelen

  • Screening for circulating galactomannan as a noninvasive diagnostic tool for invasive aspergillosis in prolonged neutropenic patients and stem cell transplantation recipients: a prospective validation.

    Johan Maertens;Jan Verhaegen;Katrien Lagrou;Johan Van Eldere

  • Autopsy-Controlled Prospective Evaluation of Serial Screening for Circulating Galactomannan by a Sandwich Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay for Hematological Patients at Risk for Invasive Aspergillosis

    Johan Maertens;Jan Verhaegen;Hilde Demuynck;Penelope Brock

  • Use of Circulating Galactomannan Screening for Early Diagnosis of Invasive Aspergillosis in Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplant Recipients

    Johan Maertens;Johan Van Eldere;Jan Verhaegen;Erik Verbeken

  • High doses of vitamin D to reduce exacerbations in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a randomized trial.

    An Lehouck;Chantal Mathieu;Claudia Carremans;Femke Baeke

  • Survival of E. coli and Enterococcus spp. derived from pig slurry in soils of different texture

    D Cools;Roel Merckx;Karel Vlassak;Jan Verhaegen

  • Prospective clinical evaluation of lower cut-offs for galactomannan detection in adult neutropenic cancer patients and haematological stem cell transplant recipients.

    Johan Maertens;Koen Theunissen;Eric Verbeken;Katrien Lagrou

  • The FXR agonist obeticholic acid prevents gut barrier dysfunction and bacterial translocation in cholestatic rats.

    Len Verbeke;Ricard Farre;Bert Verbinnen;Bert Verbinnen;Kris Covens

  • Cost-Effectiveness of Pneumococcal Vaccination of Older People: A Study in 5 Western European Countries

    A. Ament;R. Baltussen;R. Baltussen;G. Duru;C. Rigaud-Bully

  • Fluoroquinolone-resistant E. coli in intestinal flora of patients undergoing transrectal ultrasound-guided prostate biopsy-should we reassess our practices for antibiotic prophylaxis?

    D. Steensels;K. Slabbaert;L. De Wever;P. Vermeersch

  • Increasing incidence of Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhea in inflammatory bowel disease

    Peter Bossuyt;Jan Verhaegen;Gert Van Assche;Paul Rutgeerts

  • Multicentre evaluation of the VITEK 2 Advanced Expert System for interpretive reading of antimicrobial resistance tests

    D. M. Livermore;M. Struelens;J. Amorim;F. Baquero

  • Third Belgian multicentre survey of antibiotic susceptibility of anaerobic bacteria

    Ingrid Wybo;Denis Piérard;Inge Verschraegen;Marijke Reynders

  • Specific members of the predominant gut microbiota predict pouchitis following colectomy and IPAA in UC

    Kathleen Machiels;João Guedelha Sabino;Leen Vandermosten;Marie Joossens;Marie Joossens

  • Serum (1-3)-β-d-Glucan as a Tool for Diagnosis of Pneumocystis jirovecii Pneumonia in Patients with Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection or Hematological Malignancy

    Stefanie Desmet;Eric Van Wijngaerden;Johan Maertens;Jan Verhaegen

  • Antimicrobial resistance in invasive non-typhoid Salmonella from the Democratic Republic of the Congo: emergence of decreased fluoroquinolone susceptibility and extended-spectrum beta lactamases.

    Octavie Lunguya;Veerle Lejon;Veerle Lejon;Marie-France Phoba;Sophie Bertrand

  • Pneumococcal serotypes in children in 4 European countries.

    Germaine Hanquet;Esther Kissling;Asuncion Fenoll;Robert C. George;Robert C. George

  • Comparison of two treatment regimens for eradication of Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection in children with cystic fibrosis.

    M. Proesmans;F. Vermeulen;L. Boulanger;J. Verhaegen

  • Microbiology of Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid in Children With Acute Nonresponding or Recurrent Community-Acquired Pneumonia: Identification of Nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae as a Major Pathogen

    Iris De Schutter;Elke De Wachter;Françoise Crokaert;Jan Verhaegen

Frequent Co-Authors

Marc Decramer
Marc Decramer KU Leuven
Jan Jacobs
Jan Jacobs KU Leuven
Youri Glupczynski
Youri Glupczynski Université Catholique de Louvain
Denis Piérard
Denis Piérard Vrije Universiteit Brussel

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