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Overview

Johan W. Mouton was affiliated with Radboud University Medical Center in the Netherlands. Their research contributions primarily spanned the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a strong focus on several subfields including Epidemiology, Pharmacology, Molecular Medicine, Infectious Diseases, and Clinical Biochemistry.

Their scholarly output included extensive work on several key topics such as Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria, Antibiotics Pharmacokinetics and Efficacy, Urinary Tract Infections Management, Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing, Antibiotic Use and Resistance, Antifungal Resistance and Susceptibility, and Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections.

Johan W. Mouton contributed to multiple scientific publications with notable papers including:

  • European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID) guidelines for the treatment of infections caused by multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacilli (endorsed by European society of intensive care medicine), 2021, Clinical Microbiology and Infection
  • Antimicrobial susceptibility testing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex isolates - the EUCAST broth microdilution reference method for MIC determination, 2020, Clinical Microbiology and Infection
  • Colistin plus meropenem for carbapenem-resistant Gram-negative infections: in vitro synergism is not associated with better clinical outcomes, 2020, Clinical Microbiology and Infection
  • Guide-free Cas9 from pathogenic Campylobacter jejuni bacteria causes severe damage to DNA, 2020, Science Advances
  • Population pharmacokinetics of colistin and the relation to survival in critically ill patients infected with colistin susceptible and carbapenem-resistant bacteria, 2020, Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Frequent co-authors included Joseph Meletiadis, George L. Daikos, Mical Paul, Amir Nutman, and Anna Skiada, reflecting collaborative research efforts in related fields.

The scientist's work found a regular platform in several publication venues, with most contributions appearing in the Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, Clinical Microbiology and Infection, and Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, along with publications in Science Advances and Open Forum Infectious Diseases.

Best Publications

  • European Society of clinical microbiology and infectious diseases (ESCMID) guidelines for the treatment of infections caused by Multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacilli (endorsed by ESICM -European Society of intensive care Medicine).

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  • Individualised antibiotic dosing for patients who are critically ill: challenges and potential solutions

    Jason A Roberts;Jason A Roberts;Mohd H Abdul-Aziz;Jeffrey Lipman;Jeffrey Lipman;Johan W Mouton

  • International Consensus Guidelines for the Optimal Use of the Polymyxins: Endorsed by the American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP), European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID), Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), International Society for Anti-infective Pharmacology (ISAP), Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM), and Society of Infectious Diseases Pharmacists (SIDP).

    Brian T. Tsuji;Jason M. Pogue;Alexandre P. Zavascki;Mical Paul;Mical Paul

  • EUCAST expert rules in antimicrobial susceptibility testing

    R. Leclercq;R. Cantón;D.F.J. Brown;C.G. Giske

  • Current evidence on hospital antimicrobial stewardship objectives: a systematic review and meta-analysis

    Emelie C Schuts;Marlies E J L Hulscher;Johan W Mouton;Cees M Verduin

  • Standardization of pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic (PK/PD) terminology for anti-infective drugs: an update

    Johan W. Mouton;Michael N. Dudley;Otto Cars;Hartmut Derendorf

  • Colistin alone versus colistin plus meropenem for treatment of severe infections caused by carbapenem-resistant Gram-negative bacteria: an open-label, randomised controlled trial

    Mical Paul;Mical Paul;George L Daikos;Emanuele Durante-Mangoni;Dafna Yahav;Dafna Yahav

  • Nasal Carriage of Staphylococcus Aureus as a Major Risk Factor for Wound Infections after Cardiac Surgery

    J. A. J. W. Kluytmans;J. W. Mouton;E. P. F. Ijzerman;C. M. J. E. Vandenbroucke-Grauls

  • European harmonization of MIC breakpoints for antimicrobial susceptibility testing of bacteria

    Gunnar Kahlmeter;Derek F. J. Brown;Fred W. Goldstein;Alasdair P. MacGowan

  • Framework for optimisation of the clinical use of colistin and polymyxin B : the Prato polymyxin consensus

    Roger Leigh Nation;Jian Li;Otto Cars;William Couet

  • Killing of Pseudomonas aeruginosa during continuous and intermittent infusion of ceftazidime in an in vitro pharmacokinetic model.

    J W Mouton;J G den Hollander

  • Tissue concentrations: do we ever learn?

    Johan W. Mouton;Ursula Theuretzbacher;William A. Craig;Paul M. Tulkens

  • Resistance mechanisms and drug susceptibility testing of nontuberculous mycobacteria

    Jakko van Ingen;Martin J. Boeree;Dick van Soolingen;Johan W. Mouton

  • MIC-based dose adjustment: facts and fables.

    Johan W Mouton;Anouk E Muller;Rafael Canton;Christian G Giske

  • In vitro susceptibilities of zygomycetes to conventional and new antifungals

    Eric Dannaoui;Joseph Meletiadis;Johan W Mouton;Jacques F G M Meis

  • Reduction of surgical-site infections in cardiothoracic surgery by elimination of nasal carriage of Staphylococcus aureus.

    Jan A. J. W. Kluytmans;Johan W. Mouton;Marjolein F. Q. VandenBergh;Marie-José A. A. J. Manders

  • Use of a Novel Panel of Nine Short Tandem Repeats for Exact and High-Resolution Fingerprinting of Aspergillus fumigatus Isolates

    Hanneke A. de Valk;Jacques F. G. M. Meis;Ilse M. Curfs;Konrad Muehlethaler

  • The role of pharmacokinetics/pharmacodynamics in setting clinical MIC breakpoints: the EUCAST approach

    J.W. Mouton;D.F.J. Brown;P. Apfalter;R. Cantón

  • Nitrofurantoin revisited: a systematic review and meta-analysis of controlled trials

    Angela Csaki Huttner;Els Verhaegh;Stéphan Juergen Harbarth;Anouk Muller

  • In Vitro Drug Interaction Modeling of Combinations of Azoles with Terbinafine against Clinical Scedosporium prolificans Isolates

    Joseph Meletiadis;Johan W. Mouton;Jacques F. G. M. Meis;Paul E. Verweij

  • European Committee on Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing (EUCAST) Technical Notes on antimicrobial susceptibility testing

    G Kahlmeter;Dfj Brown;FW Goldstein;AP MacGowan

Frequent Co-Authors

Joseph Meletiadis
Joseph Meletiadis National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Paul E. Verweij
Paul E. Verweij Radboud University
Jacques F. Meis
Jacques F. Meis Canisius-Wilhelmina Ziekenhuis
Willem J. G. Melchers
Willem J. G. Melchers Radboud University
Maiken Cavling Arendrup
Maiken Cavling Arendrup Statens Serum Institut
Leonard Leibovici
Leonard Leibovici Tel Aviv University
Roger J. M. Brüggemann
Roger J. M. Brüggemann Radboud University
Yehuda Carmeli
Yehuda Carmeli Tel Aviv University
Henri A. Verbrugh
Henri A. Verbrugh Erasmus University Rotterdam
Gunnar Kahlmeter
Gunnar Kahlmeter Uppsala University

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