A.P. van Dam PhD

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PhD A.P. van Dam

Position
Medical Specialist
Main activities
Patient care, Research, Other
Specialisation
Medical microbiology
Focus of research

1. Bacterial sexually transmitted diseases. Main focus Neisseria gonorrhoeae and antimicrobial resistance. Present sidelines Treponema pallidum, Mycoplasma genitalium and shigellosis

2. Spiorochetal infections: Lyme borreliosis and leptospirosis (and syphilis, see above)

Key publications
  • de Laat Myrthe M., Wind Carolien M., Bruisten Sylvia M., Dierdorp Mirjam, de Vries Henry J. C., Schim van der Loeff Maarten F., van Dam Alje P. Ceftriaxone Reduced Susceptible Neisseria gonorrhoeae in the Netherlands, 2009 to 2017: From PenA Mosaicism to A501T/V Nonmosaicism Sexually transmitted diseases 2019;46 (9):594-601 [PubMed]
  • Wind Carolien M., Bruisten Sylvia M., Schim van der Loeff Maarten F., Dierdorp Mirjam, de Vries Henry J. C., van Dam Alje P. A Case-Control Study of Molecular Epidemiology in Relation to Azithromycin Resistance in Neisseria gonorrhoeae Isolates Collected in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, between 2008 and 2015 Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 2017;61 (6):e02374-16 [PubMed]
  • Wind Carolien M., de Vries Henry J. C., Schim van der Loeff Maarten F., Unemo Magnus, van Dam Alje P. Successful Combination of Nucleic Acid Amplification Test Diagnostics and Targeted Deferred Neisseria gonorrhoeae Culture Journal of clinical microbiology 2015;53 (6):1884-1890 [PubMed]
  • Wind Carolien M., de Vries Henry J. C., van Dam Alje P. Determination of in vitro synergy for dual antimicrobial therapy against resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae using Etest and agar dilution International journal of antimicrobial agents 2015;45 (3):305-308 [PubMed]
  • van Dam Alje P., van Ogtrop Marc L., Golparian Daniel, Mehrtens Jan, de Vries Henry J. C., Unemo Magnus Verified clinical failure with cefotaxime 1g for treatment of gonorrhoea in the Netherlands: a case report Sexually transmitted infections 2014;90 (7):513-514 [PubMed]
All Publications
Research programmes

Prof. MD PhD H.J.C. de Vries (Sexually Transmitted and Emerging Skin Infections)