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Leo M. Schouls is affiliated with the University of Minnesota in the United States. Their research predominantly spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, as well as Medicine, with specific focus on subfields such as Molecular Medicine, Infectious Diseases, Molecular Biology, Epidemiology, and Endocrinology.

The scientist's main topics of study include Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria, Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus, Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing, Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing, Streptococcal Infections and Treatments, Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts, and Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections.

Schouls has contributed to multiple papers published in notable venues. Some recent publications include:

  • "bla OXA-48-like genome architecture among carbapenemase-producing Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae in the Netherlands" (2021, Microbial Genomics)
  • "Cross-border spread of blaNDM-1- and blaOXA-48-positive Klebsiella pneumoniae: a European collaborative analysis of whole genome sequencing and epidemiological data, 2014 to 2019" (2020, Eurosurveillance)
  • "Dominance of M1UK clade among Dutch M1 Streptococcus pyogenes" (2020, The Lancet Infectious Diseases)
  • "National surveillance pilot study unveils a multicenter, clonal outbreak of VIM-2-producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa ST111 in the Netherlands between 2015 and 2017" (2021, Scientific Reports)
  • "Plasmid diversity among genetically related Klebsiella pneumoniae blaKPC-2 and blaKPC-3 isolates collected in the Dutch national surveillance" (2020, Scientific Reports)

Frequent publication venues for Schouls include Communications Medicine, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Scientific Reports, Eurosurveillance, and Clinical Microbiology and Infection.

The scientist has collaborated regularly with several coauthors, identified by the highest number of joint publications. These frequently include Sandra Witteveen, Antoni P. A. Hendrickx, Daan W. Notermans, Fabian Landman, and Karin van Dijk.

Best Publications

  • Simultaneous detection and strain differentiation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis for diagnosis and epidemiology.

    J Kamerbeek;L Schouls;A Kolk;M van Agterveld

  • Identification of genes that are associated with DNA repeats in prokaryotes.

    Ruud. Jansen;Jan. D. A. van Embden;Wim. Gaastra;Leo. M. Schouls

  • GP5+/6+ PCR followed by Reverse Line Blot Analysis Enables Rapid and High-Throughput Identification of Human Papillomavirus Genotypes

    Adriaan J. C. van den Brule;René Pol;Nathalie Fransen-Daalmeijer;Leo M. Schouls

  • Amplified-Fragment Length Polymorphism Analysis: the State of an Art

    P. H. M. Savelkoul;H. J. M. Aarts;J. de Haas;L. Dijkshoorn

  • Simultaneous detection of bovine Theileria and Babesia species by reverse line blot hybridization.

    J. M. Gubbels;A. P. de Vos;M. van der Weide;J. Viseras

  • Detection and identification of Ehrlichia, Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato, and Bartonella species in Dutch Ixodes ricinus ticks.

    Leo M. Schouls;Ingrid Van De Pol;Sjoerd G. T. Rijpkema;Corrie S. Schot

  • The carbapenem inactivation method (CIM), a simple and low-cost alternative for the Carba NP test to assess phenotypic carbapenemase activity in gram-negative rods.

    Kim van der Zwaluw;Angela de Haan;Gerlinde N. Pluister;Hester J. Bootsma

  • A novel pathogenic taxon of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex, Canetti: characterization of an exceptional isolate from Africa.

    D. Van Soolingen;T. Hoogenboezem;P. E. W. De Haas;P. W. M. Hermans

  • Molecular typing of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus on the basis of protein A gene polymorphism

    H. M. E. Frénay;A. E. Bunschoten;L. M. Schouls;W. J. van Leeuwen

  • Simultaneous detection and genotyping of three genomic groups of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato in Dutch Ixodes ricinus ticks by characterization of the amplified intergenic spacer region between 5S and 23S rRNA genes.

    S. G. T. Rijpkema;M. J. C. H. Molkenboer;L. M. Schouls;F. Jongejan

  • Presence of bacterial DNA and bacterial peptidoglycans in joints of patients with rheumatoid arthritis and other arthritides.

    I M van der Heijden;B Wilbrink;I Tchetverikov;I A Schrijver

  • Genetic Variation and Evolutionary Origin of the Direct Repeat Locus of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex Bacteria

    J. D. A. van Embden;T. van Gorkom;K. Kremer;R. Jansen

  • Comparative Genotyping of Campylobacter jejuni by Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphism, Multilocus Sequence Typing, and Short Repeat Sequencing: Strain Diversity, Host Range, and Recombination

    Leo M. Schouls;Sanne Reulen;Birgitta Duim;Jaap A. Wagenaar

  • Bordetella pertussis, the Causative Agent of Whooping Cough, Evolved from a Distinct, Human-Associated Lineage of B. bronchiseptica

    Dimitri A Diavatopoulos;Craig A Cummings;Craig A Cummings;Leo M Schouls;Mary M Brinig;Mary M Brinig

  • Identification of Ehrlichia spp. and Borrelia burgdorferi in Ixodes ticks in the Baltic regions of Russia.

    Andrey N. Alekseev;Helen V. Dubinina;Ingrid V. A. N. De Pol;Leo M. Schouls

  • Pitfalls and fallacies of cat scratch disease serology: evaluation of Bartonella henselae-based indirect fluorescence assay and enzyme-linked immunoassay.

    A. M. C. Bergmans;M. F. Peeters;J. F. P. Schellekens;M. C. Vos

  • Predominance of two Bartonella henselae variants among cat-scratch disease patients in the Netherlands.

    A. M. C. Bergmans;J. F. P. Schellekens;J. D. A. Van Embden;L. M. Schouls

  • Discrimination of epidemic and nonepidemic methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains on the basis of protein A gene polymorphism.

    H. M. E. Frenay;J. P. G. Theelen;L. M. Schouls;C. M. J. E. Vandenbroucke-Grauls

  • Detection of Borrelia afzelii, Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto, Borrelia garinii and group VS116 by PCR in skin biopsies of patients with erythema migrans and acrodermatitis chronica atrophicans.

    Sjoerd G.T. Rijpkema;Dig J. Tazelaar;Marc J.C.H. Molkenboer;Gerda T. Noordhoek

  • Epidemiology of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus carrying the novel mecC gene in Denmark corroborates a zoonotic reservoir with transmission to humans

    A Petersen;Mikael Ruge Stegger;O Heltberg;J Christensen

  • Identification of a novel family of sequence repeats among prokaryotes.

    Rund Jansen;Jam D.A. van Embden;Wim Gaastra;Leo M. Schouls

Frequent Co-Authors

Jan Kluytmans
Jan Kluytmans Utrecht University
Arie van der Ende
Arie van der Ende University of Amsterdam
Guy A. M. Berbers
Guy A. M. Berbers University of Minnesota
Frits R. Mooi
Frits R. Mooi National Institute of Public Health and the Environment (RIVM)
Hajo Grundmann
Hajo Grundmann University of Freiburg
Birgitta Duim
Birgitta Duim Utrecht University
Jan Jacobs
Jan Jacobs KU Leuven
J. D. A. Van Embden
J. D. A. Van Embden National Institute for Public Health and the Environment
Paul H. M. Savelkoul
Paul H. M. Savelkoul Maastricht University
Elisabeth A. M. Sanders
Elisabeth A. M. Sanders Utrecht University

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