Tessa de Block

2025

Antimicrobial susceptibility of commensal Neisseria species in the Japanese population

Kanesaka, I., Manoharan-Basil, SS., De Block, T., Kenyon, C., Morita, M., Ito, T., Yamane, N., Kanayama, AK. & Kobayashi, I., 2025, In: Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy. 31, 4, 5 p., 102670.

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2024

Antimicrobial susceptibility of commensal Neisseria spp. in parents and their children in Belgium: a cross-sectional survey

Abdellati, S., Gestels, Z., Laumen, JGE., Van Dijck, C., De Baetselier, I., de Block, T., van den Bossche, D., Izumo, K., Vanbaelen, T., Manoharan-Basil, SS. & Kenyon, C., 2024, In: FEMS Microbiology Letters. 371, 12 p., fnae069.

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Assessing novel partner antimicrobials to protect ceftriaxone against gonococcal resistance: an in vitro evaluation

Abdellati, S., Gestels, Z., Baranchyk, Y., de Block, T., van den Bossche, D., De Baetselier, I., Manoharan-Basil, SS. & Kenyon, C., 2024, In: International Journal of STD & AIDS. 35, 13, p. 1042-1049 8 p.

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Breakthrough Mpox Outbreak Investigation, the Delicate Balance Between Host Immune Response and Viral Immune Escape

Moretti, M., Meuwissen, A., Rezende, AM., Zange, S., Van Nedervelde, E., de Block, T., Vercauteren, K., Demuyser, T. & Allard, SD., 2024, In: Sexually Transmitted Diseases. 51, 7, p. 499-503 5 p.

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Ciprofloxacin concentrations in food could select for quinolone resistance in Klebsiella pneumoniae: an in vivo study in Galleria mellonella

Panis, N., Gestels, Z., van den Bossche, D., De Baetselier, I., Abdellati, S., Vanbaelen, T., de Block, T., Manoharan-Basil, SS. & Kenyon, C., 2024, In: Antibiotics-Basel. 13, 11, 12 p., 1097.

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Diagnosing viral infections through T-cell receptor sequencing of activated CD8⁺ T cells

Vujkovic, A., Ha, M., de Block, T., van Petersen, L., Brosius, I., Theunissen, C., van Ierssel, SH., Bartholomeus, E., Adriaensen, W., Vanham, G., Elias, G., Van Damme, P., Van Tendeloo, V., Beutels, P., van Frankenhuijsen, M., Vlieghe, E., Ogunjimi, B., Laukens, K., Meysman, P. & Vercauteren, K., 2024, In: Journal of Infectious Diseases. 229, 2, p. 507-516 10 p.

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Genomic oropharyngeal Neisseria surveillance detects MALDI-TOF MS species misidentifications and reveals a novel Neisseria cinerea clade

de Block, T., De Baetselier, I., van den Bossche, D., Abdellati, S., Gestels, Z., Laumen, JGE., Van Dijck, C., Vanbaelen, T., Claes, N., Vandelannoote, K., Kenyon, C., Harrison, O. & Manoharan-Basil, SS., 2024, In: Journal of Medical Microbiology. 73, 8, 13 p., 1871.

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Gonococcal resistance to zoliflodacin could emerge via transformation from commensal Neisseria species. An in-vitro transformation study

Abdellati, S., Laumen, J. G. E., de Block, T., De Baetselier, I., Van Den Bossche, D., Van Dijck, C., Manoharan-Basil, S. S. & Kenyon, C., 2024, In: Scientific Reports. 14, 1, 10 p., 1179.

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Lack of association between antimicrobial consumption and antimicrobial resistance in a HIV preexposure prophylaxis population: a cross-sectional study

Vanbaelen, T., Laumen, J., Van Dijck, C., De Block, T., Manoharan-Basil, SS. & Kenyon, C., 2024, In: Antibiotics-Basel. 13, 2, 11 p., 188.

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Macrolide resistance is pervasive in oral streptococci in the Belgian general population: a cross- sectional survey

Vanhout, Z., Abdellati, S., Gestels, Z., De Baetselier, I., de Block, T., Vanbaelen, T., Manoharan-Basil, SS. & Kenyon, C., 2024, In: Journal of Medical Microbiology. 73, 11, 8 p., 001932.

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Measuring individual colony MICs is a more sensitive method to detect the effect of antimicrobials on antimicrobial susceptibility than the proportion of colonies resistant

Ledesma, V., Vanbaelen, T., Gestels, Z., Panis, N., Abdellati, S., de Block, T., De Baetselier, I., Van den Bossche, D., Manoharan-Basil, SS. & Kenyon, C., 2024, In: FEMS Microbiology Letters. 371, 9 p., fnae104.

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The effect of daily usage of Listerine Cool Mint mouthwash on the oropharyngeal microbiome: a substudy of the PReGo trial

Laumen, JGE., Van Dijck, C., Manoharan-Basil, SS., de Block, T., Abdellati, S., Xavier, BB., Malhotra-Kumar, S. & Kenyon, C., 2024, In: Journal of Medical Microbiology. 73, 6, 10 p., 001830.

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2023

A genomic appraisal of invasive Salmonella Typhimurium and associated antibiotic resistance in sub-saharan Africa

Van Puyvelde, S., de Block, T., Sridhar, S., Bawn, M., Kingsley, R. A., Ingelbeen, B., Beale, M. A., Barbé, B., Jeon, H. J., Mbuyi-Kalonji, L., Phoba, M-F., Falay, D., Martiny, D., Vandenberg, O., Affolabi, D., Rutanga, J. P., Ceyssens, P-J., Mattheus, W., Cuypers, W. L., van der Sande, M. A. B., & 28 othersPark, S. E., Kariuki, S., Otieno, K., Lusingu, J. P. A., Mbwana, J. R., Adjei, S., Sarfo, A., Agyei, S. O., Asante, K. P., Otieno, W., Otieno, L., Tahita, M. C., Lompo, P., Hoffman, I. F., Mvalo, T., Msefula, C., Hassan-Hanga, F., Obaro, S., Mackenzie, G., Deborggraeve, S., Feasey, N., Marks, F., MacLennan, C. A., Thomson, N. R., Jacobs, J., Dougan, G., Kariuki, S. & Lunguya, O., 2023, In: Nature Communications. 14, 17 p., 6392.

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A global genomic analysis of Salmonella Concord reveals lineages with high antimicrobial resistance in Ethiopia

Cuypers, W. L., Meysman, P., Weill, F-X., Hendriksen, R. S., Beyene, G., Wain, J., Nair, S., Chattaway, M. A., Perez-Sepulveda, B. M., Ceyssens, P-J., de Block, T., Lee, W. W. Y., Pardos de la Gandara, M., Kornschober, C., Moran-Gilad, J., Veldman, K. T., Cormican, M., Torpdahl, M., Fields, P. I., Černý, T., & 9 othersHardy, L., Tack, B., Mellor, K. C., Thomson, N., Dougan, G., Deborggraeve, S., Jacobs, J., Laukens, K. & Van Puyvelde, S., 2023, In: Nature Communications. 14, 1, 12 p., 3517.

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Detection of mpox virus in ambient air in a sexual health clinic

Raymenants, J., Van Gestel, L., Coppens, J., de Block, T., Bangwen, E., Rutgers, J., Hens, M., De Vos, E., Coppens, S., Keyaerts, E., André, E., Rezende, A. M., Van Esbroeck, M., Vercauteren, K. & Liesenborghs, L., 2023, In: Archives of Virology. 168, 8, 210.

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Effect on the resistome of dual vs monotherapy for the treatment of Neisseria gonorrhoeae: results from a randomized controlled trial (ResistAZM Trial)

Thibaut, V., Eric, F., Christophe, V. D., Achilleas, T., Laumen, J. G. E., Sheeba, M-B. S., Saïd, A., De Block, T., Irith, D. B., Dorien, V. D. B., Yven, V. H., Anke, R. & Chris, K., 2023, In: Open Forum Infectious Diseases. 10, 10, 8 p., ofad462.

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Enolase is implicated in the emergence of gonococcal tolerance to ceftriaxone

Manoharan-Basil, S. S., Balduck, M., Abdellati, S., Gestels, Z., de Block, T. & Kenyon, C., 2023, In: Antibiotics-Basel. 12, 3, p. 534 7 p.

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Genomic analysis of Yersinia pestis strains from Brazil: search for virulence factors and association with epidemiological data

Pitta, JLDP., Bezerra, MF., Fernandes, DLRD., de Block, T., Novaes, AD., de Almeida, AMP. & Rezende, AM., 2023, In: Pathogens. 12, 8, 14 p., 991.

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Leveraging T-cell receptor - epitope recognition models to disentangle unique and cross-reactive T-cell response to SARS-CoV-2 during COVID-19 progression/resolution

Postovskaya, A., Vujkovic, A., de Block, T., van Petersen, L., van Frankenhuijsen, M., Brosius, I., Bottieau, E., Van Dijck, C., Theunissen, C., van Ierssel, S. H., Vlieghe, E., Bartholomeus, E., Mullan, K., Adriaensen, W., Vanham, G., Ogunjimi, B., Laukens, K., Vercauteren, K. & Meysman, P., 2023, In: Frontiers in Immunology. 14, 14 p., 1130876.

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Salmonella Typhi whole genome sequencing in Rwanda shows a diverse historical population with recent introduction of haplotype H58

Rutanga, J. P., de Block, T., Cuypers, W. L., Cafmeyer, J., Peeters, M., Umumararungu, E., Ngabonziza, J. C. S., Rucogoza, A., Vandenberg, O., Martiny, D., Dusabe, A., Nkubana, T., Dougan, G., Muvunyi, C. M., Mwikarago, I. E., Jacobs, J., Deborggraeve, S. & Van Puyvelde, S., 2023, In: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. 17, 6, 16 p., e0011285.

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The oropharynx of men using HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis is enriched with antibiotic resistance genes: a cross-sectional observational metagenomic study

Van Dijck, C., Laumen, J. G. E., de Block, T., Abdellati, S., De Baetselier, I., Tsoumanis, A., Malhotra-Kumar, S., Manoharan-Basil, S. S., Kenyon, C. & Xavier, B. B., 2023, In: Journal of Infection. 86, 4, p. 329-337 9 p.

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2022

Alternative pathways to ciprofloxacin resistance in Neisseria gonorrhoeae: an in vitro study of the WHO-P and WHO-F reference strains

González, N., Abdellati, S., De Baetselier, I., Laumen, J. G. E., Van Dijck, C., de Block, T., Kenyon, C. & Manoharan-Basil, S. S., 2022, In: Antibiotics-Basel. 11, 4, 12 p., 499.

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Ciprofloxacin concentrations 1/1000th the MIC can select for antimicrobial resistance in N. gonorrhoeae-important implications for maximum residue limits in food

González, N., Abdellati, S., De Baetselier, I., Laumen, J. G. E., Van Dijck, C., Block, T. D., Manoharan-Basil, S. S. & Kenyon, C., 2022, In: Antibiotics-Basel. 11, 10, 13 p., 1430.

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Genetic and structural variation in the O-antigen of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium isolates causing bloodstream infections in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Van Puyvelde, S., Gasperini, G., Biggel, M., Phoba, M-F., Raso, M. M., de Block, T., Vanheer, L. N., Deborggraeve, S., Vandenberg, O., Thomson, N., Ravenscroft, N., Maclennan, C. A., Bellich, B., Cescutti, P., Dougan, G., Jacobs, J., Lunguya, O. & Micoli, F., 2022, In: MBio. 13, 4, 15 p., e0037422.

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Global epidemiology of antimicrobial resistance in commensal Neisseria species: a systematic review

Vanbaelen, T., Van Dijck, C., Laumen, J., Gonzalez, N., De Baetselier, I., Manoharan-Basil, S. S., De Block, T. & Kenyon, C., 2022, In: International Journal of Medical Microbiology. 312, 3, 151551.

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Retrospective detection of asymptomatic monkeypox virus infections among male sexual health clinic attendees in Belgium

ITM Monkeypox Study Group, 2022, In: Nature Medicine. 28, 11, p. 2288-2292 5 p., 1081.

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Screening of anorectal and oropharyngeal samples fails to detect bacteriophages infecting Neisseria gonorrhoeae

Laumen, J. G. E., Abdellati, S., Manoharan-Basil, S. S., Van Dijck, C., Van den Bossche, D., De Baetselier, I., de Block, T., Malhotra-Kumar, S., Soentjens, P., Pirnay, J-P., Kenyon, C. & Merabishvili, M., 2022, In: Antibiotics-Basel. 11, 2, 268.

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Severe mpox (formerly monkeypox) disease in five patients after recent vaccination with MVA-BN vaccine, Belgium, July to October 2022

ITM Monkeypox Study Group, 2022, In: Eurosurveillance. 27, 48, 6 p., 2200894.

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Successful intra- but not inter-species recombination of msr(D) in Neisseria subflava

de Block, T., González, N., Abdellati, S., Laumen, J. G. E., Van Dijck, C., De Baetselier, I., Van den Bossche, D., Manoharan-Basil, S. S. & Kenyon, C., 2022, In: Frontiers in Microbiology. 13, 9 p., 855482.

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Tolerance to ceftriaxone in Neisseria gonorrhoeae: rapid induction in WHO P reference strain and detection in clinical isolates

Balduck, M., Laumen, J. G. E., Abdellati, S., De Baetselier, I., de Block, T., Manoharan-Basil, S. S. & Kenyon, C., 2022, In: Antibiotics-Basel. 11, 11, 12 p., 1480.

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2021

Evidence of horizontal gene transfer of 50S ribosomal genes rplB, rplD, and rplY in Neisseria gonorrhoeae

Manoharan-Basil, S. S., Laumen, J. G. E., Van Dijck, C., De Block, T., De Baetselier, I. & Kenyon, C., 2021, In: Frontiers in Microbiology. 12, 17 p., 683901.

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Sub-inhibitory concentrations of chlorhexidine induce resistance to chlorhexidine and decrease antibiotic susceptibility in Neisseria gonorrhoeae

Laumen, J. G. E., Van Dijck, C., Manoharan-Basil, S. S., Abdellati, S., De Baetselier, I., Cuylaerts, V., De Block, T., Van den Bossche, D., Xavier, B. B., Malhotra-Kumar, S. & Kenyon, C., 2021, In: Frontiers in Microbiology. 12, 9 p., 776909.

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WGS of commensal Neisseria reveals acquisition of a new ribosomal protection protein (MsrD) as a possible explanation for high level azithromycin resistance in Belgium

de Block, T., Laumen, J. G. E., Van Dijck, C., Abdellati, S., De Baetselier, I., Manoharan-Basil, S. S., Van den Bossche, D. & Kenyon, C., 2021, In: Pathogens. 10, 3, 14 p., 384.

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2019

An African Salmonella Typhimurium ST313 sublineage with extensive drug-resistance and signatures of host adaptation

Van Puyvelde, S., Pickard, D., Vandelannoote, K., Heinz, E., Barbé, B., de Block, T., Clare, S., Coomber, E. L., Harcourt, K., Sridhar, S., Lees, E. A., Wheeler, N. E., Klemm, E. J., Kuijpers, L., Kalonji, L. M., Phoba, M-F., Falay, D., Ngbonda, D., Lunguya, O., Jacobs, J., & 2 othersDougan, G. & Deborggraeve, S., 2019, In: Nature Communications. 10, 1, 12 p., 4280.

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2018

Selection of potential therapeutic bacteriophages that lyse a CTX-M-15 extended spectrum β-lactamase producing Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi strain from the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Kakabadze, E., Makalatia, K., Grdzelishvili, N., Bakuradze, N., Goderdzishvili, M., Kusradze, I., Phoba, M-F., Lunguya, O., Lood, C., Lavigne, R., Jacobs, J., Deborggraeve, S., De Block, T., Van Puyvelde, S., Lee, D., Coffey, A., Sedrakyan, A., Soentjens, P., De Vos, D., Pirnay, J-P., & 1 othersChanishvili, N., 2018, In: Viruses. 10, 4, p. 172 9 p.

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2016

Diagnosis of bacterial bloodstream infections: a 16S metagenomics approach

Decuypere, S., Meehan, C. J., Van Puyvelde, S., De Block, T., Maltha, J., Palpouguini, L., Tahita, M., Tinto, H., Jacobs, J. & Deborggraeve, S., 2016, In: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. 10, 2, 12 p., e0004470.

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