Calciphylaxis, ook wel calcific uremic arteriolopathy (CUA) genoemd, is een zeldzame, maar levensbedreigende aandoening die vooral voorkomt bij mensen met terminaal nierlijden. Daarnaast wordt het gezien bij tal van andere aandoeningen zoals primaire hyperparathyreoïdie, maligniteiten, systeemziekten en levercirrose. De exacte incidentie en prevale...
Q fever is a worldwide zoonotic infectious disease caused by the bacterium Coxiella burnetii. During 2007-2010, the largest Q fever outbreak was reported in The Netherlands, where more than 4000 human cases were registered showing a serious burden of the disease. During this outbreak, goats harboring predominantly the CbNL01 genotype strain were id...
The biomedical model of health orients towards pathogenesis, the study of disease origins and causes. The starting point is to understand determinants of ill-health, and health is defined in this model as the absence of disease. When applied to nutrition research, the underlying assumption is that eating is a physiological act, and that eating supp...
Streptococcus suis is Gram-positive bacterium and its natural habitat is the upper respiratory tract of pigs, and in particular the tonsils and nasal cavity. Although it is considered to be a normal member of the adult pig microbiome, it can cause serious diseases in pigs and humans. S. suis is in fact one of the most important swine pathogens worl...
Zymoseptoria tritici (Desm.) Quaedvlieg & Crous (previously known as Mycosphaerella graminicola) is the causal agent of septoria tritici blotch (STB), which is a devastating foliar wheat disease worldwide. It is responsible for significant yield losses occurring annually in all major wheat-growing areas and threatens global food security. Z. tritic...
Schmallenberg virus primarily infects domestic and wild ruminants. Cattle and sheep seem to be the most susceptible species. Goats, pigs and camelids seem to be less susceptible. In pregnant cattle and sheep, the virus can infect multiple organs of the un-borne fetus. However, this infection often does not cause major lesions and infrequently leads...
Les entérocoques sont des bactéries lactiques utilisées depuis des siècles dans la transformation des aliments. Ces micro-organismes jouent un rôle essentiel dans la conservation (prolongation du temps de stockage) et dans la qualité bactériologique des aliments, tout en respectant leurs propriétés nutritionnelles et organoleptiques. Cependant, ce ...
Les entérocoques sont des bactéries lactiques utilisées depuis des siècles dans la transformation des aliments. Ces micro-organismes jouent un rôle essentiel dans la conservation (prolongation du temps de stockage) et dans la qualité bactériologique des aliments, tout en respectant leurs propriétés nutritionnelles et organoleptiques. Cependant, ce ...
cum laude graduation (with distinction)
Chapter 1 provides a short introduction and the outline of this thesis. The aim of the thesis was to identify clinical risk factors for non-anastomotic strictures (NAS), by analyzing donor and patient characteristics, as well as surgical variables in relation to postoperative outcome after orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT). Furthermore, we hav...
