Amber Rijfkogel

Ms. Amber Rijfkogel

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Academic Career Length

2Years (2025-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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15 January 2025 in Antibiotics
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AVAnneloes van Veen
Anneloes van Veen
SSSelvi N. Shahab
Selvi N. Shahab
ARAmber Rijfkogel
Amber Rijfkogel
AHAnne Voor in 't holt
Anne Voor in 't holt
CKCorné H. W. Klaassen
Corné H. W. Klaassen
JSJuliëtte A. Severin
Juliëtte A. Severin
Background/Objectives: The global spread of carbapenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa (CRPA) warrants collaborative action. Guidance should come from integrated One Health surveillance; however, a surveillance strategy is currently unavailable due to insufficient knowledge on the sources and transmission routes of CRPA. The aim of the SAMPAN study (“A Smart Surveillance Strategy for Carbapenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa”) is to develop a globally applicable surveillance strategy. Methods: First, an international cross-sectional study will be conducted to investigate CRPA in clinical and environmental settings in Rotterdam (The Netherlands), Rome (Italy), and Jakarta (Indonesia). Screening cultures and risk factor questionnaires will be taken from healthy individuals and patients upon hospital admission. Clinical CRPA isolates will also be included. Additionally, samples will be taken twice from wet hospital environments and monthly from the hospitals’ (drinking) water system, hospital and municipal wastewater treatment plants, and receiving rivers. Whole-genome sequencing will be performed to characterize CRPA isolates and determine the genetic relatedness among the isolates from different reservoirs. Findings from the cross-sectional study, combined with expert elicitation using a Delphi method, will serve as the input for the surveillance strategy. Conclusions: The SAMPAN study will provide a broader understanding of the sources and transmission routes of CRPA. Therewith, the development of a globally applicable smart surveillance strategy will be made possible, delivering information that is needed to guide actions against the spread of CRPA.

4 September 2026 in Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance
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SSSelvi N. Shahab
Selvi N. Shahab
AVAnneloes van Veen
Anneloes van Veen
NKNikita Kempenaars
Nikita Kempenaars
ARAmber Rijfkogel
Amber Rijfkogel
HSHeike Schmitt
Heike Schmitt
JSJuliëtte A. Severin
Juliëtte A. Severin