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Peter W. M. Hermans
Researcher at Erasmus University Rotterdam
Publications - 51
Citations - 6391
Peter W. M. Hermans is an academic researcher from Erasmus University Rotterdam. The author has contributed to research in topics: Streptococcus pneumoniae & Pneumococcal infections. The author has an hindex of 32, co-authored 51 publications receiving 6108 citations. Previous affiliations of Peter W. M. Hermans include Boston Children's Hospital & Radboud University Nijmegen.
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Streptococcus pneumoniae colonisation: the key to pneumococcal disease.
TL;DR: The mechanism and epidemiology of colonisation, the complexity of relations within and between species, and the consequences of the different preventive strategies for pneumococcal colonisation are discussed.
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Comparison of Methods Based on Different Molecular Epidemiological Markers for Typing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex Strains: Interlaboratory Study of Discriminatory Power and Reproducibility
Kristin Kremer,D. van Soolingen,Richard Frothingham,Walter H. Haas,Peter W. M. Hermans,Carlos Martin,Prasit Palittapongarnpim,Bonnie B. Plikaytis,Lee W. Riley,Mitchell A. Yakrus,James M. Musser,J. D. A. Van Embden +11 more
TL;DR: Strain differentiation by IS6110 RFLP or mixed-linker PCR are the methods of choice for epidemiological investigations, indicating a clonal population structure of M. tuberculosis strains.
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Colonisation by Streptococcus pneumoniae and Staphylococcus aureus in healthy children
Debby Bogaert,A. van Belkum,Marcel Sluijter,A. Luijendijk,R. de Groot,H.C. Rumke,Henri A. Verbrugh,Peter W. M. Hermans +7 more
TL;DR: A natural competition between colonisation with vaccine-type pneumococci and S aureus, which might explain the increase in S a Aureus-related otitis media after vaccination, is suggested.
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Inhibitory and Bactericidal Effects of Hydrogen Peroxide Production by Streptococcus pneumoniae on Other Inhabitants of the Upper Respiratory Tract
TL;DR: An inverse correlation between colonization of the human nasopharynx by Streptococcus pneumoniae and Haemophilus influenzae, both common upper respiratory pathogens, has been reported and elevated hydrogen peroxide production may be a means by which S. pneumoniae is able to inhibit a variety of competing organisms in the aerobic environment of the upper respiratory tract.
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Effect of conjugate pneumococcal vaccine followed by polysaccharide pneumococcal vaccine on recurrent acute otitis media: a randomised study
Reinier H. Veenhoven,Debby Bogaert,Cuno S. P. M. Uiterwaal,Carole N. M. Brouwer,Herma H. Kiezebrink,Jacob P. Bruin,Ed P. F. IJzerman,Peter W. M. Hermans,Ronald de Groot,Ben J.M. Zegers,Wietse Kuis,Ger T. Rijkers,Anne G M Schilder,Elisabeth A. M. Sanders +13 more
TL;DR: Data do not lend support to the use of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine to prevent otitis media in previously unvaccinated toddlers and children with a history of recurrent AOM.