Publications and communications of Julie DESCY

GERMAI, M., BERGER, L., Frippiat, F., Largana Samuel, LIMELETTE, J.-P., & DESCY, J. (14 March 2026). Relais IV-PO des antibiotiques chez le patient adulte hospitalisé : audit multicentrique des pratiques et développement d’un e-learning interhospitalier [Poster presentation]. 37ème congrès de l’AFPHB, Namur, Belgium.

Diop, C., Descy, J., Sacheli, R., Meex, C., Sinpetrean, A., LAYIOS, N., & Hayette, M.-P. (2024). Saccharomyces cerevisiae fungemia: how heterogenous is their management? Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease, 116343. doi:10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2024.116343

Bayoudh, F., Giot, J.-B., Descy, J., Fontaine, C., Hayette, M.-P., Baron, F., WILLEMS, E., Beguin, Y., FRIPPIAT, F., & Servais, S. (March 2024). Oral minocycline as systemic therapy for uncomplicated venous access device-related bloodstream infection with coagulase-negative staphylococci after allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation. Current Research in Translational Medicine, 72 (1), 103422. doi:10.1016/j.retram.2023.103422

Fontaine, C., Layios, N., Giot, J.-B., Meex, C., & Descy, J. (January 2024). Un antibiogramme rapide optimise-t-il la prise en charge thérapeutique des patients présentant une bactériémie ? Revue Médicale de Liège, 79 (1), 17-22.

Firket, L., Descy, J., Seidel, L., Bonvoisin, C., Bouquegneau, A., Grosch, S., Jouret, F., & Weekers, L. (November 2021). Serological response to mRNA SARS-CoV-2 BNT162b2 vaccine in kidney transplant recipients depends on prior exposure to SARS-CoV-2. American Journal of Transplantation, 21 (11), 3806-3807. doi:10.1111/ajt.16726

GONCETTE, V., Layios, N., DESCY, J., & FRIPPIAT, F. (September 2021). Continuous infusion, therapeutic drug monitoring and outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy with ceftazidime/avibactam: a retrospective cohort study. Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance, 26, 15 - 19. doi:10.1016/j.jgar.2021.04.015

Catarin, N., MEEX, C., FONTAINE, C., NIZET, A., HAYETTE, M.-P., & DESCY, J. (July 2021). Evaluation of analytical performance of dRAST™ system for direct and rapid antimicrobial susceptibility testing on Gram-negative and Gram-positive organisms from positive blood cultures [Poster presentation]. 31st European Congress of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases.

FONTAINE, C., Catarin, N., MEEX, C., Vercheval, C., MACLOT, F., HAYETTE, M.-P., & DESCY, J. (July 2021). Clinical impact of a direct Rapid Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing (dRAST) in administration of optimal therapy in patients with bloodstream infection [Poster presentation]. ECCMID.

SEYNAEVE, Y., Heylen, J., FONTAINE, C., MACLOT, F., MEEX, C., Diep, A. N., Donneau, A.-F., HAYETTE, M.-P., & DESCY, J. (24 June 2021). Evaluation of Two Rapid Antigenic Tests for the Detection of SARS-CoV-2 in Nasopharyngeal Swabs. Journal of Clinical Medicine, 10 (13), 2774. doi:10.3390/jcm10132774

Cirillo, A., Huart, J., Taminiau, B., Descy, J., Saint-Remy, A., Daube, G., KRZESINSKI, J.-M., MELIN, P., JOURET, F., & De Tullio, P. (26 May 2021). Human Stool Metabolome Differs upon 24 h Blood Pressure Levels and Blood Pressure Dipping Status: A Prospective Longitudinal Study [Poster presentation]. CIRM day.

HUART, J.* , Cirillo, A.* , Taminiau, B., DESCY, J., SAINT-REMY, A., Daube, G., KRZESINSKI, J.-M., MELIN, P., De Tullio, P.* , & JOURET, F.*. (29 April 2021). Human Stool Metabolome Differs upon 24 h Blood Pressure Levels and Blood Pressure Dipping Status: A Prospective Longitudinal Study. Metabolites, 11 (5), 282. doi:10.3390/metabo11050282

Hayette, M.-P., MEEX, C., BONTEMS, S., Diop, C. S., NIZET, A., Lamtiri Laarif, M., DESCY, J., VAIRA, D., Jacques, J., Thys, M., GILLET, P., & MELIN, P. (September 2020). La déferlante COVID-19 : la PCR à la rescousse ! : Chronique d’une gestion de crise au Laboratoire de Microbiologie clinique du CHU de Liège. Revue Médicale de Liège, 75 (S55-S61), 55-61.

Diop, C. S., DESCY, J., MEEX, C., SACHELI, R., & HAYETTE, M.-P. (April 2020). Saccharomyces cerevisiae fungaemia: a 10-year review in the CHU of Liege (Belgium) [Poster presentation]. 30th ECCMID.

Melin, P., SACHELI, R., Lambotte, O., Hayette, M.-P., DESCY, J., HUYNEN, P., & MEEX, C. (2019). Group B streptococcus neonatal invasive infections in Belgium 2010-2017, and characterization of isolated strains. In I. C. INMIS, INMIS 2019 Abstract book.

Huart, J.* , Leenders, J.* , Taminiau, B.* , Descy, J., Saint-Remy, A., Daube, G., KRZESINSKI, J.-M., MELIN, P., De Tullio, P.* , & Jouret, F.*. (2019). Gut Microbiota and Fecal Levels of Short-Chain Fatty Acids Differ Upon 24-Hour Blood Pressure Levels in Men. Hypertension. doi:10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.118.12588

Bontems, S., BOREUX, R., CAPRARO, V., Huynen, P., DESCY, J., Melin, P., Hayette, M.-P., & MEEX, C. (2019). Evaluation of the Abbott RealTime quantitative CMV and EBV assays using the maxCycle protocol in a laboratory automation context. Journal of Virological Methods, 270, 137-145. doi:10.1016/j.jviromet.2019.05.007

MEEX, C., Defêche, J., DEVEY, A., DESCY, J., HAYETTE, M.-P., HUYNEN, P., SACHELI, R., & MELIN, P. (December 2018). Dépistage intrapartum du Streptococcus agalactiae par PCR GenePOC GBS DS [Poster presentation]. 38ème Réunion Interdisciplinaire de Chimiothérapie Anti-Infectieuse (RICAI).

HUART, J., Leenders, J., Taminiau, B., DESCY, J., SAINT-REMY, A., Daube, G., KRZESINSKI, J.-M., MELIN, P., De Tullio, P., & JOURET, F. (18 May 2018). GUT MICROBIOTA AND FAECAL LEVELS OF SHORT CHAIN FATTY ACIDS DIFFER UPON BLOOD PRESSURE LEVELS IN MAN. Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, 33 (Issue suppl_1), 368–i369. doi:10.1093/ndt/gfy104.SP069

DESCY, J., MEEX, C., BONTEMS, S., HAYETTE, M.-P., HUYNEN, P., & MELIN, P. (21 April 2018). VALIDATION, IMPLEMENTATION AND ROUTINE WORK WITH TOTAL LAB-AUTOMATION BD-KIESTRA : A TWO-YEAR EXPERIENCE AT THE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF LIÈGE, BELGIUM [Poster presentation]. ECCMID 2018.

DESCY, J., VISEE, C., FRIPPIAT, F., MEEX, C., LAYIOS, N., VAN BAMBEKE, F., & MELIN, P. (21 April 2018). Temocillin susceptibility testing with Vitek2® system and E-test® Are these methods reliable to determine temocillin MIC ? [Poster presentation]. ECCMID 2018.

MELIN, P., & DESCY, J. (2018). Coulisse de la santé du patient : Dédale des prélèvements: 
de l’analyse microbiologique 
au diagnostic [Paper presentation]. Festival Imagésanté 2018, Liege, Belgium.

MELIN, P., LECOMTE, L., SACHELI, R., DESCY, J., HUYNEN, P., HAYETTE, M.-P., & MEEX, C. (2018). Group B Streptococcus neonatal invasive infections in Belgium, 2013-2016. In Abstract book of 1st ISSAD 2018.

SACHELI, R., MEEX, C., DESCY, J., HUYNEN, P., HAYETTE, M.-P., & MELIN, P. (2018). Characterization of Group B Streptococcus strains isolated from neonatal invasive diseases in Belgium, 2015. In abstract book of 1st ISSAD 2018.

SACHELI, R., MEEX, C., DESCY, J., HUYNEN, P., HAYETTE, M.-P., & MELIN, P. (2018). 2015 Surveillance of Group B Streptococcus strains isolated from invasive diseases among adults in Belgium : bacteriological and clinical characteristics. In Abstract book of 1st ISSAD 2018.

DESCY, J., & PIRET, S. (05 December 2017). A propos de diphtérie [Paper presentation]. Les Mardis midi de l'Infectiologie, Liège, Belgium.

MEEX, C., DUPONT, A., SACHELI, R., DESCY, J., HUYNEN, P., HAYETTE, M.-P., & MELIN, P. (19 October 2017). Evaluation of the Xpert®GBS LB test (Cepheid) performed on antenatal screening LIM enrichment broth for detection of Streptococcus agalactiae or group B streptococcus, compared to the reference culture method [Paper presentation]. 20th Lancefield International Symposium on Streptococci and Streptococcal Diseases 2017, Denarau Island, Fiji.

SACHELI, R., DARFOUF, R., ADJETEY BAHUN, A., DESCY, J., HUYNEN, P., Patteet, S., Lagrou, K., & HAYETTE, M.-P. (October 2017). A 5-year survey of dermatophytes strains circulating in Belgium [Poster presentation]. 8th Trends in Medical Mycology, Belgrade, Serbia.

SACHELI, R., DESCY, J., MEEX, C., HUYNEN, P., HAYETTE, M.-P., & MELIN, P. (October 2017). Evolution of rate and genotypes of resistance to macrolide/lincosamide among invasive Group B Streptococcus (GBS): Development of a multiplex PCR tool for simultaneous detection of ErmB, ErmTr, MefA and LsaC resistance genes [Poster presentation]. 20th Lancefield International Symposium on Streptococci and Streptococcal Diseases 2017, Denarau Island, Fiji.

SACHELI, R., MEEX, C., DESCY, J., HUYNEN, P., HAYETTE, M.-P., & MELIN, P. (October 2017). Update of the characteristics of Group B Streptococci (GBS) colonizing pregnant women in Belgium: capsular-type distribution, pili characterization, antimicrobial susceptibility profile and Multiple Locus Sequence Types [Poster presentation]. 20th Lancefield International Symposium on Streptococci and Streptococcal Diseases 2017, Denarau Island, Fiji.

VISEE, C., FRIPPIAT, F., DESCY, J., MEEX, C., MELIN, P., MISTRETTA, V., VAN BAMBEKE, F., & LAYIOS, N. (22 April 2017). Are Vitek2 system and E-test relevant and reliable for determining susceptibility to temocillin? [Poster presentation]. 27th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID), Vienne, Austria.

BONTEMS, S., BOREUX, R., CAPRARO, V., HUYNEN, P., DESCY, J., MELIN, P., HAYETTE, M.-P., & MEEX, C. (April 2017). Evaluation of the Abbott RealTime CMV and EBV assays on the m2000 (Abbott) platform [Poster presentation]. ECCMID, Vienne, Austria.

DESCY, J., MEEX, C., & MELIN, P. (28 October 2016). Multi-résistance aux antibiotiques chez les bacilles Gram négatif en 2016: Ampleur du problème, impact clinique et moyens diagnostiques [Paper presentation]. Séminaire du CIP, Liege, Belgium.

MELIN, P., DESCY, J., & MEEX, C. (2016). Infections de la shère génitale. In P. MELIN & M. POLET, Les infections de la sphère génitale. Bruxelles, Belgique. Bruxelles, Belgium: bioMérieux.

SACHELI, R., Dekkers, C., GRAIDE, H., DARFOUF, R., ADJETEY BAHUN, A., MEEX, C., DESCY, J., HUYNEN, P., MELIN, P., André, J., ARRESE ESTRADA, J., & HAYETTE, M.-P. (October 2015). Epidemiological aspects and genotypic characterization of T.violaceum strains collected during a Belgian National survey on anthropophilic tinea. Mycoses, 58 (Supplement 4), 189.

SACHELI, R., Dekkers, C., DARFOUF, R., ADJETEY BAHUN, A., GRAIDE, H., MEEX, C., DESCY, J., HUYNEN, P., MELIN, P., ARRESE ESTRADA, J., & HAYETTE, M.-P. (May 2015). Epidemiological aspects and genotypic characterization of strains of Microsporum audouinii isolated in the context of a Belgian National survey on anthropophilic tinea [Poster presentation]. Sixth FEBS Advanced Lecture Course, Human Fungal Pathogens :Molecular Mechanisms of Host-Pathogen Interactions and Virulence, Nice, France.

SACHELI, R., Géron, B., Dekkers, C., DESCY, J., MEEX, C., HUYNEN, P., MELIN, P., & HAYETTE, M.-P. (28 April 2015). Epidemiological aspects and genotypic characterization of strains of Microsporum audouinii isolated in the context of a Belgian National survey on anthropophilic tinea [Poster presentation]. 25th ECCMID, Copenhague, Denmark.

MEEX, C., SACHELI, R., DESCY, J., HAYETTE, M.-P., HUYNEN, P., KRIDELKA, F., IEVEN, M., & Melin, P. (12 November 2014). EVALUATION OF THE PRACTICABILITY OF A RAPID INTRAPARTUM SCREENING BASED STRATEGY FOR PREVENTION OF GROUP B STREPTOCOCCUS PERINATAL INFECTIONS USING A REAL TIME PCR PERFORMED BY MIDWIVES AS A POINT OF CARE TEST [Poster presentation]. XIX Lancefield International Symposium on Streptococci and Streptococcal Diseases, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

SACHELI, R., DIMO, L., GRAIDE, H., MEEX, C., DESCY, J., HUYNEN, P., Melin, P., Arrese Estrada, J., & Hayette, M.-P. (01 October 2013). DNA fingerprinting using Diversilab system for genotyping characterization of Microsporum audouinii and Trichophyton violaceum. Mycoses, 56 (Supplement S3), 99. doi:10.1111/myc.12121_1

HUYNEN, P., Mauroy, A., Gérard, C., BOREUX, R., BRUCCULERI, M.-R., MEEX, C., HAYETTE, M.-P., DESCY, J., Thiry, E., De Mol, P., & MELIN, P. (September 2013). Evaluation of a new rapid test for the detection of norovirus antigen in comparison with Real Time RT-PCR. Virologie, 17 (S2), 239-240.

MELIN, P., Dodémont, M., Sarlet, G., SACHELI, R., DESCY, J., MEEX, C., HUYNEN, P., & HAYETTE, M.-P. (2013). Improvement of transport condition of swabs for group B streptococcal (GBS) screening. In Program and Abstract of the 53rd Intersciences Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. Washington, USA: ASM. Washington, United States: ASM.

Melin, P., SACHELI, R., Sarlet, G., MEEX, C., DESCY, J., HUYNEN, P., & HAYETTE, M.-P. (2013). Surveillance of serotypes and antimicrobial susceptibility profile in group B streptococcus (GBS) in Belgium. In Program and Abstract of the 53rd Intersciences Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. Washington, USA: ASM. Washington, United States: ASM.

MELIN, P., & DESCY, J. (2013). Le diagnostic microbiologique en 2013 ! Le parcours d'un échantillon. (ULiège - Université de Liège, Microbiologie médicale). Liege, Belgium: LABSET/ULg.

KEUTGENS, A., SIMONI, P., DETREMBLEUR, N., FRIPPIAT, F., GIOT, J.-B., SPIRLET, F., AGHAZARIAN, S., DESCY, J., MEEX, C., HUYNEN, P., Melin, P., MULLER, N., GOTTSTEIN, B., CARLIER, Y., & Hayette, M.-P. (February 2013). FATAL ALVEOLAR ECHINOCOCCOSIS OF THE LUMBAR SPINE. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 51 (2), 688-91. doi:10.1128/JCM.01906-12

MEEX, C., Neuville, F., DESCY, J., HUYNEN, P., HAYETTE, M.-P., De Mol, P., & MELIN, P. (November 2012). Direct identification of bacteria from BacT/ALERT anaerobic positive blood cultures by MALDI-TOF MS: MALDI Sepsityper kit versus an in-house saponin method for bacterial extraction. Journal of Medical Microbiology, 61, 1511-1516. doi:10.1099/jmm.0.044750-0

DESCY, J., ACKERMANS, Y., BOREUX, R., MEEX, C., Rémont, L., Rodriguez Cuns, G., & MELIN, P. (2012). Phenotypical and genotypical surveillance of macrolide and lincosamide resistance in group B streptococcus in Belgium. In Program and Abstract of the 52nd Intersciences Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. Washington, United States: ASM.

DESCY, J., De Mol, P., HAYETTE, M.-P., HUYNEN, P., MEEX, C., & MELIN, P. (July 2012). Acute cholecystitis with Listeria monocytogenes. Acta Clinica Belgica, 67 (4), 295-297.

MEEX, C., NEUVILLE, F., DESCY, J., MELIN, P., HAYETTE, M.-P., HUYNEN, P., & De Mol, P. (2011). Direct identification of bacteria from positive blood cultures by MALDI-TOF MS : MALDI Sepsityper kit (Bruker) VS home made saponin method for bacterial extraction [Poster presentation]. Symposium annuel de la SBBC.

Descy, J., Meex, C., Melin, P., Hayette, M.-P., Huynen, P., & De Mol, P. (2010). Spectrométrie de masse MALDI-TOF en bactériologie clinique ou comment identifier une bactérie en une minute. Revue Médicale de Liège, 65 (Suppl. Synthèse 2010), 29-34.