Dr. C.F.M. Linssen

Dr. C.F.M. Linssen

Catharina (Kitty) Linssen was born on May 19th 1974 in Roermond, the Netherlands. She studied Medicine at the University of Maastricht where she obtained her medical degree in August 2000. In the same year she started work as a ‘AGNIO’ at the department of Medical Microbiology of the Maastricht University Medical Center (MUMC), Maastricht, NL. A year later she began her training as a Medical Microbiologist at the same department. During this period she also started her research project on ‘Diagnostic value of bronchoalveolar lavage in infectious disorders’, in which she incorporated both conventional methods (microscopy, culture and serology) as well as new methods (mainly molecular methods). In 2007 she completed her PhD thesis entitled: ‘Diagnostic value of bronchoalveolar lavage in infectious disorders’. Till January 2012 she worked as a staff member at the department of Medical Microbiology of the MUMC. Currently, she is a staff member of the department of Medical Microbiology of Atrium Medical Center, Heerlen, NL. She will continue her research towards improving bronchoalveolar lavage fluid as a diagnostic tool in pulmonary infectious diseases.

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Dr. C.F.M. Linssen
E-mail: k.linssen@atriummc.nl
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