M.W. Bijlsma MD PhD publications

2020

• van Kassel Merel N., van Haeringen Koen J., Brouwer Matthijs C., Bijlsma Merijn W., van de Beek Diederik Community-acquired group B streptococcal meningitis in adults Journal of infection 2020;80 (3):255-260 [PubMed]
• Figueiredo A. H. A., Brouwer M. C., Bijlsma M. W., van der Ende A., van de Beek D. Community-acquired pneumonia in patients with bacterial meningitis: a prospective nationwide cohort study Clinical microbiology and infection 2020;26 (4):513.e7-513.e11 [PubMed]
• Kremer Philip H. C., Lees John A., Ferwerda Bart, Bijlsma Merijn W., Macalasdair Neil, van der Ende Arie, Brouwer Matthijs C., Bentley Stephen D., van de Beek Diederik Diversification in immunogenicity genes caused by selective pressures in invasive meningococci Microbial genomics 2020;6 (9):1-9 [PubMed]
• Jamrozy Dorota, Bijlsma Merijn W., de Goffau Marcus C., van de Beek Diederik, Kuijpers Taco W., Parkhill Julian, van der Ende Arie, Bentley Stephen D. Increasing incidence of group B streptococcus neonatal infections in the Netherlands is associated with clonal expansion of CC17 and CC23 Scientific reports 2020;10 (1) [PubMed]
• van Zeggeren Ingeborg E., Bijlsma Merijn W., Tanck Michael W., van de Beek Diederik, Brouwer Matthijs C. Systematic review and validation of diagnostic prediction models in patients suspected of meningitis Journal of infection 2020;80 (2):143-151 [PubMed]

2019

• van Kassel Merel N., Bijlsma Merijn W., Brouwer Matthijs C., van der Ende Arie, van de Beek Diederik Community-acquired group B streptococcal meningitis in adults: 33 cases from prospective cohort studies Journal of infection 2019;78 (1):54-57 [PubMed]
• de Gier Brechje, van Kassel Merel N., Sanders Elisabeth A. M., van de Beek Diederik, Hahné Susan J. M., van der Ende Arie, Bijlsma Merijn W. Disease burden of neonatal invasive Group B Streptococcus infection in the Netherlands PLoS ONE 2019;14 (5) [PubMed]
• van Ettekoven Cornelis N., Brouwer Matthijs C., Bijlsma Merijn W., Wijdicks Eelco F. M., van de Beek Diederik The FOUR score as predictor of outcome in adults with bacterial meningitis Neurology 2019;92 (22):e2522-e2526 [PubMed]

2017

• Costerus Joost M., Brouwer Matthijs C., Bijlsma Merijn W., van de Beek Diederik Community-acquired bacterial meningitis Current opinion in infectious diseases 2017;30 (1):135-141 [PubMed]
• Koopmans Merel M., Bijlsma Merijn W., Brouwer Matthijs C., van de Beek Diederik, van der Ende Arie Listeria monocytogenes meningitis in the Netherlands, 1985-2014: A nationwide surveillance study Journal of infection 2017;75 (1):12-19 [PubMed]
• van Ravenhorst M. B., Bijlsma M. W., van Houten M. A., Struben V. M. D., Anderson A. S., Eiden J., Hao L., Jansen K. U., Jones H., Kitchin N., Pedneault L., Sanders E. A. M., van der Ende A. Meningococcal carriage in Dutch adolescents and young adults; a cross-sectional and longitudinal cohort study Clinical microbiology and infection 2017;23 (8):573.e1-573.e7 [PubMed]
• Dias S. P., Brouwer M. C., Bijlsma M. W., van der Ende A., van de Beek D. Sex-based differences in adults with community-acquired bacterial meningitis: a prospective cohort study Clinical microbiology and infection 2017;23 (2):121.e9-121.e15 [PubMed]

2016

• Bijlsma Merijn W. Bacterial meningitis: epidemiology, herd protection, clinical characteristics, and risk assessment 2016. 173p. ISBN 9789462993655. [UvA Dissertations Online] University of Amsterdam. (Supervisor: van de Beek D.; Co-supervisors: van der Ende A., Brouwer M. C.)
• Bijlsma Merijn W., Brouwer Matthijs C., Kasanmoentalib E. Soemirien, Kloek Anne T., Lucas Marjolein J., Tanck Michael W., van der Ende Arie, van de Beek Diederik Community-acquired bacterial meningitis in adults in the Netherlands, 2006-14: a prospective cohort study Lancet infectious diseases 2016;16 (3):339-347 [PubMed]
• Costerus J. M., Brouwer M. C., Bijlsma M. W., Tanck M. W., van der Ende A., van de Beek D. Impact of an evidence-based guideline on the management of community-acquired bacterial meningitis: a prospective cohort study Clinical microbiology and infection 2016;22 (11):928-933 [PubMed]
• Bijlsma Merijn W., Brouwer Matthijs C., Bossuyt Patrick M., Heymans Martijn W., van der Ende Arie, Tanck Michael W. T., van de Beek Diederik Risk scores for outcome in bacterial meningitis: Systematic review and external validation study Journal of infection 2016;73 (5):393-401 [PubMed]
• Dias Sara P., Brouwer Matthijs C., Bijlsma Merijn W., van der Ende Arie, van de Beek Diederik Sex-based differences in pneumococcal serotype distribution in adults with pneumococcal meningitis Journal of infection 2016;73 (6):616-619 [PubMed]

2014

• Bijlsma Merijn W., Brouwer Matthijs C., Spanjaard Lodewijk, van de Beek Diederik, van der Ende Arie A decade of herd protection after introduction of meningococcal serogroup C conjugate vaccination Clinical infectious diseases 2014;59 (9):1216-1221 [PubMed]
• Bijlsma Merijn W., Bekker Vincent, Brouwer Matthijs C., Spanjaard Lodewijk, van de Beek Diederik, van der Ende Arie Epidemiology of invasive meningococcal disease in the Netherlands, 1960-2012: an analysis of national surveillance data Lancet infectious diseases 2014;14 (9):805-812 [PubMed]
• Bekker Vincent, Bijlsma Merijn W., van de Beek Diederik, Kuijpers Taco W., van der Ende Arie Incidence of invasive group B streptococcal disease and pathogen genotype distribution in newborn babies in the Netherlands over 25 years: a nationwide surveillance study Lancet infectious diseases 2014;14 (11):1083-1089 [PubMed]
• Bijlsma Merijn W., Brouwer Matthijs C., van den Kerkhof Hans, Knol Mirjam J., van de Beek Diederik, van der Ende Arie No evidence of clusters of serogroup C meningococcal disease in the Dutch MSM community Journal of infection 2014;68 (3):296-297 [PubMed]
• Bijlsma Merijn W., Blufpand Hester N., Kaspers Gertjan J. L., Bökenkamp Arend Why pediatricians fail to diagnose hypertension: a multicenter survey Journal of pediatrics 2014;164 (1):173-177.e7 [PubMed]

2013

• Koopmans Merel M., Brouwer Matthijs C., Bijlsma Merijn W., Bovenkerk Sandra, Keijzers Wendy, van der Ende Arie, van de Beek Diederik Listeria monocytogenes sequence type 6 and increased rate of unfavorable outcome in meningitis: epidemiologic cohort study Clinical infectious diseases 2013;57 (2):247-253 [PubMed]
• Bijlsma Merijn W., Brouwer Matthijs C., van de Beek Diederik Prognostic risk score for pleocytosis with a negative gram stain: valid but of limited utility in bacterial meningitis patients Mayo Clinic proceedings. Mayo Clinic 2013;88 (4):421 [PubMed]
• Hasbun Rodrigo, Bijlsma Merijn, Brouwer Matthijs C., Khoury Nabil, Hadi Christiane M., van der Ende Arie, Wootton Susan H., Salazar Lucrecia, Hossain Md Monir, Beilke Mark, van de Beek Diederik Risk score for identifying adults with CSF pleocytosis and negative CSF Gram stain at low risk for an urgent treatable cause Journal of infection 2013;67 (2):102-110 [PubMed]

2011

• Klaassen I. L. M., de Haas V., van Wijk J. A. E., Kaspers G. J. L., Bijlsma M., Bökenkamp A. Pyuria is absent during urinary tract infections in neutropenic patients Pediatric blood & cancer 2011;56 (5):868-870 [PubMed]

2008

• Bijlsma M. W., Wennink J. M. B., Enkelaar A. C., Heres M. H. B., Honig A. De mogelijkheid van ondertoezichtstelling van het nog ongeboren kind bij twijfels over de veiligheid van de thuissituatie Nederlands tijdschrift voor geneeskunde 2008;152 (15):895-898 [PubMed]
• ten Asbroek Augustinus H. A., Bijlsma Merijn W., Malla Puspha, Shrestha Binjwala, Delnoij Diana M. J. The road to tuberculosis treatment in rural Nepal: A qualitative assessment of 26 journeys BMC health services research 2008;8:7 [PubMed]