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Researcher
Jan Jacobs
- Disciplines (KU Leuven):Biochemistry and metabolism, Microbiology, Systems biology, Laboratory medicine, Medical biochemistry and metabolism
- See also: Jan Jacobs (Institute of Tropical Medicine)
Affiliations
- Tropical Bacteriology (Research unit)
Member
From1 Jan 2006 → Today - Laboratory of Clinical Microbiology (Division)
Member
From1 Oct 2014 → Today - Tropical Bacteriology (Research unit)
Member
From31 Dec 2005 → 16 Apr 2015
Projects
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- Antimicrobial resistance containment in hospital settings in Francophone West AfricaFrom1 Sep 2023 → TodayFunding: VLIR-UOS International Training Program (ITP)
- Selected topics in hospital infection prevention and control in sub-Saharan AfricaFrom22 Apr 2021 → TodayFunding: Own budget, for example: patrimony, inscription fees, gifts
- HOSPITAL-BASED SURVEILLANCE OF ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE IN GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA IN PERUFrom29 Oct 2018 → 15 Mar 2024Funding: Own budget, for example: patrimony, inscription fees, gifts
- Predicting and treating non-typhoidal Salmonella bloodstream infection in children in sub-Saharan AfricaFrom1 Oct 2018 → 31 Jan 2024Funding: FWO fellowships
- Invasive salmonellosis in the Democratic Republic of the CongoFrom15 Mar 2018 → 15 Mar 2022Funding: Own budget, for example: patrimony, inscription fees, gifts
- Antiseptics, disinfectants and hand hygiene products as reservoirs of antimicrobial resistance in healthcare facilities in sub-Saharan Africa: frequency, bacterial species and risk factorsFrom15 Mar 2018 → 15 Dec 2023Funding: Own budget, for example: patrimony, inscription fees, gifts
- Effect of lactoferrin on pediatric infectionsFrom13 Nov 2017 → 15 May 2020Funding: Own budget, for example: patrimony, inscription fees, gifts
- Bacterial contamination of blood products for transfusion in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: prevalence, risk analysis, preventionFrom1 Jan 2017 → 19 Dec 2023Funding: FWO Strategic Basic Research Grant
- Implementing clinical bacteriology in low-resource settings: a new perspective on old methodsFrom1 Aug 2016 → 4 Feb 2022Funding: Own budget, for example: patrimony, inscription fees, gifts
- Challenges in diagnosis and management of chikungunya and Zika virus infectionsFrom1 Dec 2015 → 1 Feb 2019Funding: Own budget, for example: patrimony, inscription fees, gifts
Publications
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- Affordable blood culture systems from China: in vitro evaluation for use in resource-limited settings.(2024)
Authors: Jan Jacobs
Pages: 105004 - The barriers and facilitators of implementing a national laboratory-based AMR surveillance system in Cambodia: key informants' perspectives and assessments of microbiology laboratories(2023)
Authors: Jan Jacobs
- Non-typhoidal Salmonella infections unmask the challenges in pediatric febrile illness care in DR Congo(2023)
Authors: Bieke Tack, Jan Jacobs, Jaan Toelen
- Antiseptics, disinfectants and hand hygiene products as reservoirs of antimicrobial resistance in healthcare facilities in sub-Saharan Africa: frequency, bacterial species and risk factors(2023)
Authors: Palpouguini Lompo, Jan Jacobs
- Challenges of Antibiotic Formulations and Administration in the Treatment of Bloodstream Infections in Children Under Five Admitted to Kisantu Hospital, Democratic Republic of Congo(2023)
Authors: Bieke Tack, Jaan Toelen, Karel Allegaert, Jan Jacobs
Pages: 1245 - 1259 - Invasive non-typhoidal Salmonella from stool samples of healthy human carriers are genetically similar to blood culture isolates: a report from the Democratic Republic of the Congo(2023)
Authors: Jan Jacobs
- Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Bloodstream Infections in Hospitalized Patients in Peru(2023)
Authors: Jan Jacobs
Pages: 1118 - 1121 - Plugging the leaks: antibiotic resistance at human-animal interfaces in low-resource settings(2023)
Authors: Jan Jacobs
Pages: 428 - 434 - Prevalence of Antimicrobial Resistance in Gram-Negative Bacteria Bloodstream Infections in Peru and Associated Outcomes: VIRAPERU Study(2023)
Authors: Jan Jacobs
Pages: 1095 - 1106 - A genomic appraisal of invasive Salmonella Typhimurium and associated antibiotic resistance in sub-Saharan Africa(2023)
Authors: Palpouguini Lompo, Jan Jacobs