  | 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  Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi |
 | 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. Editorial Reviewed verified by ORBi |
  | MEEX, C., DEVEY, A., Defêche, J., BONTEMS, S., DESCY, J., HAYETTE, M.-P., SACHELI, R., & MELIN, P. (2022). Evaluation of the Revogene GBS DS assay performance for the intrapartum screening of group B streptococcus in comparison with intrapartum culture. Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease. doi:10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2021.115616 Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi |
 | 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 : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons, 21 (11), 3806-3807. doi:10.1111/ajt.16726 Peer reviewed |
 | 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 Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi |
 | 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. |
 | 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. |
 | 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 Peer reviewed |
 | 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 Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi* These authors have contributed equally to this work. |
 | Lefever, S., Indevuyst, C., Cuypers, L., Dewaele, K., Yin, N., Cotton, F., Padalko, E., Oyaert, M., Descy, J., Cavalier, E., Van Ranst, M., André, E., Lagrou, K., & Vermeersch, P. (2021). Comparison of the quantitative DiaSorin Liaison antigen test to RT-PCR for the diagnosis of COVID-19 in symptomatic and asymptomatic outpatients. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. doi:10.1128/JCM.00374-21 Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi |
 | 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. Peer reviewed |
 | 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. Peer reviewed |
 | 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 Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi* These authors have contributed equally to this work. |
 | 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 Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi |
 | 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). |
DESCY, J. (29 May 2018). Retour de l'ECCMID [Paper presentation]. Les Mardis midi de l'Infectiologie, Liège, Belgium. |
 | 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 Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi |
 | 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. Peer reviewed |
 | 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. Peer reviewed |
 | 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. Peer reviewed |
 | 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., 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., 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., 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. (2016). Infectious disease of the eye: how to improve the microbiological diagnosis? [Paper presentation]. 21st Annual Congress - Joint Meeting BVIG/SBMI and BVIKM/SBIMC, Brussel, Belgium. |
 | 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., ADJETEY BAHUN, A., DARFOUF, R., Harag, S., HUYNEN, P., MEEX, C., DESCY, J., MELIN, P., ARRESE ESTRADA, J., & HAYETTE, M.-P. (March 2016). A One-year Survey of Microsporum audouinii infections in Belgium: epidemiological and genotypic characterisation. Clinical Microbiology and Infection, 22 (3), 285.e9-285.e17. doi:10.1016/j.cmi.2015.11.012 Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi |
 | 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. Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi |
 | 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. |
 | FRIPPIAT, F., Musuamba, F. T., Seidel, L., Albert, A., DENOOZ, R., Charlier, C., Van Bambeke, F., Wallemacq, P., DESCY, J., LAMBERMONT, B., LAYIOS, N., DAMAS, P., & Moutschen, M. (12 September 2014). Modelled target attainment after meropenem infusion in patients with severe nosocomial pneumonia: the PROMESSE study. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 70, 207-216. doi:10.1093/jac/dku354 Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi |
HUYNEN, P., TOUSSAINT, F., GERARD, C., HAYETTE, M.-P., MEEX, C., DESCY, J., & Melin, P. (11 May 2014). A clinical lab experience with an automated HIV Antigen/Antibody (Ag/Ab) combined assay [Poster presentation]. 24th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID), Barcelon, Spain. |
MEEX, C., SACHELI, R., DESCY, J., HAYETTE, M.-P., HUYNEN, P., NAIM, R., & MELIN, P. (May 2014). EVALUATION OF THE RAPID DETECTION OF ST-17 AND ST-1 GROUP B STREPTOCOCCI USING A MICROFLEX MALDI-TOF MS (BRUKER) [Poster presentation]. 24th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases. |
 | DESCY, J. (2014). Traitement des infections à entérobactéries productrices de béta-lactamase à spectre élargi: quelles alternatives aux carbapénèmes? [Specialised master, ULiège - Université de Liège]. ORBi-University of Liège. https://orbi.uliege.be/handle/2268/195349 |
DESCY, J. (2014). Traitement des infections à entérobactéries productrices de béta-lactamase à spectre élargi: quelles alternatives aux carbapénèmes? [Paper presentation]. Les Mardis midis de l'Infectiologie. |
 | 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 Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi |
 | 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. Peer reviewed |
 | 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. Peer reviewed |
 | 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. Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi |
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 [Poster presentation]. 5th European Congress of Virology, Lyon, France. |
 | DESCY, J. (23 May 2013). Diagnostic différentiel et prise en charge du syndrome hémolytique urémique et du purpura thrombotique thrombocytopénique: aspects microbiolgiques [Paper presentation]. Les Jeudis de Fleurus. |
 | 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. |
RUZICKA, N., BOREUX, R., LEVAUX, L., MEEX, C., HUYNEN, P., DODEMONT, M., DESCY, J., Melin, P., & Hayette, M.-P. (27 April 2013). Comparison of Real-Time Aspergillus PCR with Platelia™AspergillusEIA in broncho-alveolar lavage fluids for the diagnosis of invasive aspergillosis in neutropenic and non-neutropenic patients [Poster presentation]. 23d European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID), BERLIN, Germany. |
 | 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 Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi |
 | 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 Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi |
 | 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. Peer reviewed |
DESCY, J., Ackermans, Y., BOREUX, R., MEEX, C., Rémont, L., Rodriguez Cuns, G., & MELIN, P. (September 2012). Phenotypical and Genotypical Surveillance of Macrolide and Lincosamide Resistance in Group B Streptococcus in Belgium [Poster presentation]. 52nd ICAAC, San Francisco, United States. |
 | 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. Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi |
 | DESCY, J. (2012). Macrolide and lincosamide resistance patterns in invasive and colonizing group B streptococcus isolated in Belgium [Master’s dissertation, ULiège - Université de Liège]. ORBi-University of Liège. https://orbi.uliege.be/handle/2268/195347 |
DESCY, J. (2012). News de l'ICAAC [Paper presentation]. Les Mardis midis de l'Infectiologie. |
DESCY, J. (2012). Infection systémique à Acanthamoeba [Paper presentation]. Les Mardis midis de l'Infectiologie. |
 | 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. Peer reviewed |
Gilmaire, J., Descy, J., Haleng, J., Chapelle, J.-P., & Cavalier, E. (May 2008). Critical difference: from results to interpretation and its impact on patient care [Poster presentation]. International Symposium "Brussels 2008" Société Belge de Chimie clinique, brussels, Belgium. |