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Olivier Denis is affiliated with the Université Libre de Bruxelles in Belgium. Their research primarily focuses on medicine, with significant contributions to biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Within these broader fields, they have focused on subfields such as infectious diseases, epidemiology, molecular medicine, pharmacology, and clinical biochemistry.

The scientist has published extensively on topics related to antibiotic resistance in bacteria, antifungal resistance and susceptibility, and antimicrobial resistance in Staphylococcus. Their work also covers antibiotics pharmacokinetics and efficacy, bacterial identification and susceptibility testing, fungal infections, and studies related to antibiotic use and resistance.

Olivier Denis has contributed to notable peer-reviewed journals, frequently publishing in:

  • European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases
  • Journal de Mycologie Médicale
  • Clinical Microbiology and Infection
  • Eurosurveillance
  • Scientific Reports

Selected recent papers by Olivier Denis include:

  • Antibiotics versus no therapy in kidney transplant recipients with asymptomatic bacteriuria (BiRT): a pragmatic, multicentre, randomized, controlled trial (2020) - Clinical Microbiology and Infection
  • Pseudomonas aeruginosa antimicrobial susceptibility profiles, resistance mechanisms and international clonal lineages: update from ESGARS-ESCMID/ISARPAE Group (2023) - Clinical Microbiology and Infection
  • Niche specialization and spread of Staphylococcus capitis involved in neonatal sepsis (2020) - Nature Microbiology
  • 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
  • Large diversity of linezolid-resistant isolates discovered in food-producing animals through linezolid selective monitoring in Belgium in 2019 (2021) - Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Frequent collaborators in Olivier Denis's research include:

  • Te-Din Huang
  • Isabel Montesinos
  • Hector Rodriguez-Villalobos
  • Pierre Bogaerts
  • Isidore W. Yerbanga

The scientist's work aligns with research communities that investigate microbial resistance mechanisms, epidemiology of infectious diseases, and the clinical applications of antimicrobial agents. Their multidisciplinary approach bridges clinical microbiology with molecular and pharmacological insights.

Best Publications

  • Immunogenicity and protective efficacy of a tuberculosis DNA vaccine

    Huygen K;Denis O;Montgomery Dl

  • Antimicrobial Resistance of Old and Recent Staphylococcus aureus Isolates from Poultry: First Detection of Livestock-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Strain ST398

    Mostafa Nemati;Katleen Hermans;Urszula Lipinska;Olivier Denis

  • Rapid detection of Staphylococcus aureus and methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) in wound specimens and blood cultures: Multicenter preclinical evaluation of the cepheid Xpert MRSA/SA skin and soft tissue and blood culture assays

    Donna Wolk;Marc Struelens;Preeti Pancholi;Thomas Davis

  • Bacteria from Animals as a Pool of Antimicrobial Resistance Genes.

    Maria Angeles Argudín;Ariane Deplano;Alaeddine Meghraoui;Magali Dodémont

  • Improved Immunogenicity and Protective Efficacy of a Tuberculosis DNA Vaccine Encoding Ag85 by Protein Boosting

    Audrey Tanghe;Sushila D'Souza;Valérie Rosseels;Olivier Denis

  • Vaccination with Plasmid DNA Encoding Mycobacterial Antigen 85A Stimulates a CD4+ and CD8+ T-Cell Epitopic Repertoire Broader than That Stimulated by Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv Infection

    Olivier Denis;Audrey Tanghe;Kamiel Palfliet;Fabienne Jurion

  • Molecular Characterization of an Epidemic Clone of Panantibiotic-Resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa

    Ariane Deplano;Olivier Denis;Laurent Poirel;Didier Hocquet

  • Validation of Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis and spa Typing for Long-Term, Nationwide Epidemiological Surveillance Studies of Staphylococcus aureus Infections

    M. Hallin;A. Deplano;O. Denis;R. De Mendonça

  • High occurrence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus ST398 in equine nasal samples

    A. Van den Eede;A. Martens;U. Lipinska;M. Struelens

  • 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

  • Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus ST398 in Swine Farm Personnel, Belgium

    Olivier Denis;Carl Suetens;Marie Hallin;Boudewijn Catry

  • Mapping of Murine Th1 Helper T-Cell Epitopes of Mycolyl Transferases Ag85A, Ag85B, and Ag85C from Mycobacterium tuberculosis

    S. D'Souza;V. Rosseels;M. Romano;A. Tanghe

  • Immunogenicity and protective efficacy of tuberculosis DNA vaccines encoding putative phosphate transport receptors.

    Audrey Tanghe;Philippe Lefèvre;Olivier Denis;Sushila D’Souza

  • Polyclonal emergence and importation of community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains harbouring Panton-Valentine leucocidin genes in Belgium

    O. Denis;A. Deplano;H. De Beenhouwer;M. Hallin

  • Validation of carbapenemase and extended-spectrum β-lactamase multiplex endpoint PCR assays according to ISO 15189

    P. Bogaerts;R. Rezende de Castro;R. de Mendonca;T.-D. Huang

  • Rapid emergence and spread of OXA-48-producing carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae isolates in Belgian hospitals

    Youri Glupczynski;Te-Din Huang;Warda Bouchahrouf;Roberta Rezende de Castro

  • Improved tuberculosis DNA vaccines by formulation in cationic lipids.

    S. D'Souza;V. Rosseels;O. Denis;A. Tanghe

  • Rapid emergence of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae isolates in Belgium.

    T D Huang;P Bogaerts;Catherine Berhin;Béatrice Jans

  • Disseminated Scedosporium apiospermum Infection in a Cystic Fibrosis Patient After Double-lung Transplantation

    Françoise Symoens;Christiane Knoop;Marc Schrooyen;Olivier Denis

  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis with Disruption in Genes Encoding the Phosphate Binding Proteins PstS1 and PstS2 Is Deficient in Phosphate Uptake and Demonstrates Reduced In Vivo Virulence

    Priska Peirs;Philippe Lefèvre;Samira Boarbi;Xiao-Ming Wang

  • COMMUNITY ASSOCIATED METHICILLINRESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS

    R Mertens;L Seyler;P Lacor;O Denis

Frequent Co-Authors

Marc Struelens
Marc Struelens Université Libre de Bruxelles
Ariane Deplano
Ariane Deplano Université Libre de Bruxelles
Kris Huygen
Kris Huygen Institut Pasteur
Youri Glupczynski
Youri Glupczynski Université Catholique de Louvain
Patrick Butaye
Patrick Butaye City University of Hong Kong
Paul M. Tulkens
Paul M. Tulkens Université Catholique de Louvain
Françoise Van Bambeke
Françoise Van Bambeke Université Catholique de Louvain
Jan Jacobs
Jan Jacobs KU Leuven
Barbara C. Kahl
Barbara C. Kahl University of Münster
Denis Piérard
Denis Piérard Vrije Universiteit Brussel

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