Jan Kluijtmans

Full Professor

Biography

Jan Kluytmans did his medical training as well as specialization in Clinical Microbiology at Erasmus Medical University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. The title of his PhD thesis in 1996, was: Nasal carriage of Staphylococcus aureus: the key to preventing staphylococcal disease.

His scientific career focuses on the epidemiology and control of nosocomial infections, with a special interest in Staphylococcus aureus, surgical site infections and antimicrobial resistance. He has been involved in many national and international guidelines on infection control, especially those dealing with the control of MRSA and the prevention of surgical site infections. In 2006 he was appointed as Professor of Medical Microbiology and Infection Control at the VU university medical center in Amsterdam. In 2014 he moved to the University Medical Center Utrecht, Julius Center, where he leads several work packages within the Combacte program. In 2017 he was appointed as Professor of epidemiology of Healthcare-related infections.

Until July 2021 he worked in the Amphia Hospital in Breda/Oosterhout and St. Elisabeth Hospital and TweeSteden Hospital in Tilburg as a consultant Microbiologist.

Since October 2021 he is head of the department of medical Microbiology at the UMC Utrecht.

He has more than 300 papers in peer-reviewed journals and given more than 500 presentations and lectures.

Contact

jkluijtm@umcutrecht.nl

Pure profile

Recent publications

All publications

External validation of risk indices and the development of a multivariable risk prediction model for surgical site infection in adults Darren P.R. Troeman, Stephan Harbarth, Jan A.J.W. Kluytmans, C. H. van Werkhoven, Annemie Van den Abeele, Wim Laffut, Tomáš Tomáš, Jan Neumann, Ivo Hanke, Radim Brat, Valeriu Gheorghita, Dorel Săndesc, Dan Corneci, Serban Ion Bubenek-Turconi, Adrian Todor, Piret Mitt, Mait Altmets, Pamela Barbadoro, Giuseppe Nardi, Francesco Castelli, Julián de la Torre Cisneros, Miquel Pujol Rojo, Dolores Escudero, Juan P. Horcajada, María Dolores del Toro López, Zorana Djordjevic, Sonja Konstantinovic, Biljana Carevic, Damian Mawer, Tony Bateman, Andrew Ustianowski, Martin Llewelyn, David Chadwick, Miruna David, Elodie Couvé-Deacon, Bas Vierhout, Lijckle van der Laan, Miquel Ekkelenkamp, Susanne Weber, Derek Hazard, Martin Wolkewitz, Alexey Ruzin, Christine Tkaczyk, Brett Selman, Frangiscos Sifakis, Frank Coenjaerts, Claudia Recanatini, Fleur Paling, Marc J.M. Bonten, Herman Goossens,
Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control, 2026, vol. 15

Quantifying immune dysregulation in pneumonia and sepsis with a parsimonious machine-learning model Erik H.A. Michels, Pierre François Dequin, Joe M. Butler, Antoine Guillon, Bruno Evrard, Fleur P. Paling, Tom D.Y. Reijnders, Alex R. Schuurman, Tjitske S.R. van Engelen, Xanthe Brands, Bastiaan W. Haak, Lieuwe D.J. Bos, Carolyn Leroux, Evangelos J. Giamarellos-Bourboulis, Jaap Stoker, Jan M. Prins, Daniël R. Faber, Renée A. Douma, Timothy E. Sweeney, Surbhi Malhotra-Kumar, Jan A.J.W. Kluytmans, Brendon P. Scicluna, Olaf L. Cremer, Michael Matthay, Carolyn Calfee, W. Joost Wiersinga, Hessel Peters-Sengers, Tom van der Poll
The Lancet Respiratory Medicine, 2026, vol. 14, p.327-340

Aquatic reservoir-associated outbreaks of multidrug-resistant bacteria S B Debast, M I van den Bos-Kromhout, S V de Vries-van Rossum, S E M Abma-Blatter, D W Notermans, J A J W Kluytmans, B Immeker, J K Zuur, M L Hijmering, A A Bergwerff, M J Bruins, Y J W M Bisselink, A P A Hendrickx, J W A Rossen
The journal of Hospital Infection, 2025, vol. 162, p.310-318

Automated surveillance of hospital-onset bacteremia and fungemia Manon A C M Brekelmans, Anne L M Vlek, Yvonne van Dijk, Annelies E Smilde, Annemarie J L Weersink, Herman F Wunderink, Hanneke Boon, Saara Vainio, Wendy S Bril, Jan A J W Kluytmans, Marc J M Bonten, Maaike S M van Mourik
Infection control and hospital epidemiology, 2025, vol. 46, p.472-480

Drivers of extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL)- producing Enterobacterales colonization among residents of long-term care facilities Siri Göpel, Julia Guther, Beryl Primrose Gladstone, Nadine Conzelmann, Stefanie Bunk, Tobias Terzer, Tess D Verschuuren, Daniel Martak, Elena Salamanca, Ingo B Autenrieth, Silke Peter, Jan A J W Kluytmans, Didier Hocquet, Jesus Rodriguez-Baño, Evelina Tacconelli,
The journal of Hospital Infection, 2025, vol. 157, p.67-74

The blood transcriptional response in patients developing intensive care unit-acquired pneumonia Justin de Brabander, Erik H A Michels, Joe M Butler, Tom D Y Reijnders, Tjitske S R van Engelen, Giuseppe G F Leite, Fleur P Paling, Augustijn M Klarenbeek, Daoud L S Sie, Roxane E Boyer, Timothy E Sweeney, Marc J M Bonten, Leen Timbermont, Surbhi Malhotra-Kumar, Jan A J W Kluytmans, Hessel Peters-Sengers, Tom van der Poll,
The European respiratory journal, 2025, vol. 65

External positions

EC member - Scienc counsellor and member of EC - ESCMID

chair of the national signaleringsoverleg en antimicrobiele resistentie - chairing the meetings and communicating data - SOZI-AMR

Voorzitter - Bijdrage leveren aan de succesvolle bestrijding van Antibiotica Resistentie in Nederland - Nederlandse Vereniging voor Medische Microbiologie

Editorial Board Member of PLOS ONE - Arts-microbioloog - PLOS One