University Medical Center Utrecht
Department of Internal Medicine
Heicklberglaan 100
Utrecht
Netherlands
3584 CK
Biographical Sketch: Marc Bonten is Head of the Department of Medical Microbiology at the University Medical Center Utrecht, the Netherlands, (UMCU) and head of the department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology at the Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care (also at the UMCU). Since 2003 he is professor of Molecular Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases.
He is Associate Editor of Intensive Care Medicine. He has also been a member of several guideline committees, including those for IDSA/ATS (Nosocomial Pneumonia 2003), SCCM/ESICM (Surviving Sepsis Campaign 2003), SWAB (Community-acquired Pneumonia 2004, Surveillance of MRSA 2005, and Eradication of MRSA 2005), and the SHEA/APIC Position Statement on MRSA/VRE Surveillance Legislation.