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Paul M. Tulkens is affiliated with the Université Catholique de Louvain in Belgium. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, focusing on specific subfields including Pharmacology, Infectious Diseases, Molecular Medicine, Molecular Biology, and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health.

The scientist has contributed to a diverse array of research topics, particularly in the areas of Antibiotics Pharmacokinetics and Efficacy, Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus, Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria, Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing, Pharmaceutical studies and practices, Escherichia coli research studies, and Analytical Methods in Pharmaceuticals.

Notable recent papers authored by Paul M. Tulkens include the following:

  • "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
  • "The Persister Character of Clinical Isolates of Staphylococcus aureus Contributes to Faster Evolution to Resistance and Higher Survival in THP-1 Monocytes: A Study With Moxifloxacin," 2020, Frontiers in Microbiology
  • "Uropathogenic Escherichia coli Shows Antibiotic Tolerance and Growth Heterogeneity in an In Vitro Model of Intracellular Infection," 2021, Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
  • "Towards a better detection of patients at-risk of linezolid toxicity in clinical practice: a prospective study in three Belgian hospital centers," 2024, Frontiers in Pharmacology

Their frequent co-authors include Françoise Van Bambeke, Tiep Khac Nguyen, Frédéric Peyrusson, Jean Cyr Yombi, and Aboubacar Alassane Oumar.

Paul M. Tulkens has published multiple times in prominent scientific venues such as:

  • Antibiotics
  • Frontiers in Microbiology
  • Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
  • Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
  • American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Best Publications

  • Commentary. Lysosomotropic agents.

    de Duve C;de Barsy T;Poole B;Trouet A

  • Aminoglycosides: Activity and Resistance

    Marie-Paule Mingeot-Leclercq;Youri Glupczynski;Paul M. Tulkens

  • Tackling antibiotic resistance

    Karen Bush;Patrice Courvalin;Gautam Dantas;Julian Davies

  • 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

  • Tissue concentrations: do we ever learn?

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

  • Intracellular distribution and activity of antibiotics.

    Paul M. Tulkens

  • 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

  • Mechanism of aminoglycoside-induced lysosomal phospholipidosis: in vitro and in vivo studies with gentamicin and amikacin.

    Guy laurent;Marie-Béatrice Carlier;Bruno Rollman;Frano̧is Van Hoof

  • Glycopeptide antibiotics: from conventional molecules to new derivatives.

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

  • Hepatic safety of antibiotics used in primary care

    Raúl J. Andrade;Paul M. Tulkens;Paul M. Tulkens

  • Comparative Stability Studies of Antipseudomonal β-Lactams for Potential Administration through Portable Elastomeric Pumps (Home Therapy for Cystic Fibrosis Patients) and Motor-Operated Syringes (Intensive Care Units)

    Eric Viaene;Hugues Chanteux;Hélène Servais;Marie-Paule Mingeot-Leclercq

  • 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

  • Early Effects of Gentamicin, Tobramycin, and Amikacin On the Human-kidney

    Marc E. De Broe;Guy J. Paulus;Gert A. Verpooten;Frank Roels

  • Renal cell apoptosis induced by nephrotoxic drugs: cellular and molecular mechanisms and potential approaches to modulation

    Hélène Servais;Alberto Ortiz;Olivier Devuyst;Sophie Denamur

  • The uptake and intracellular accumulation of aminoglycoside antibiotics in lysosomes of cultured rat fibroblasts.

    Paul Tulkens;AndrÉ Trouet

  • 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

  • Gentamicin-induced lysosomal phospholipidosis in cultured rat fibroblasts. Quantitative ultrastructural and biochemical study.

    Aubert-Tulkens G;Van Hoof F;Tulkens P

  • Towards Rational International Antibiotic Breakpoints: Actions from the European Committee on Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing (EUCAST)

    Paul M. Tulkens

Frequent Co-Authors

Françoise Van Bambeke
Françoise Van Bambeke Université Catholique de Louvain
Marie-Paule Mingeot-Leclercq
Marie-Paule Mingeot-Leclercq Université Catholique de Louvain
André Trouet
André Trouet Université Catholique de Louvain
Youri Glupczynski
Youri Glupczynski Université Catholique de Louvain
Robert Brasseur
Robert Brasseur Université Libre de Bruxelles
Yves-Jacques Schneider
Yves-Jacques Schneider Université Catholique de Louvain
Olivier Denis
Olivier Denis Université Libre de Bruxelles
Pierre J. Courtoy
Pierre J. Courtoy Université Catholique de Louvain
Barbara C. Kahl
Barbara C. Kahl University of Münster
Patrick Plésiat
Patrick Plésiat University of Franche-Comté

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