Researcher
Leen Rigouts
- Keywords (Institute of Tropical Medicine):B110-medical-informatics
- Keywords (University of Antwerp):Biomedical sciences (incl. biochemistry)
- Disciplines (Institute of Tropical Medicine):Bacteriology
- Disciplines (University of Antwerp):Diagnostics, Laboratory medicine, Microbiology, Molecular and cell biology, Tropical medicine
- See also: Leen Rigouts (Institute of Tropical Medicine)
Affiliations
- Mycobacteriology (Research unit)
Member
From1 Jul 1989 → Today - Mycobacteriology (Research unit)
Member
From1 Jan 2010 → 16 Apr 2015 - Laboratory for Microbiology, Parasitology and Hygiene (LMPH) (Research group)
Member
From1 Oct 2008 → Today
Projects
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- Curbing rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis in Rwanda and beyond.From1 Nov 2021 → TodayFunding: FWO Strategic Basic Research Grant
- Using novel molecular approaches to understand the transmission dynamics of Mycobacterium leprae in the Comoros.From1 Oct 2018 → 30 Sep 2020Funding: FWO fellowships
- Identification of novel resistance mechanisms against clofazimine in Mycobacterium tuberculosis.From1 Jul 2013 → 30 Jun 2017Funding: Baekeland
- Research for new mechanisms of resistance in fluorochinolone resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis.From1 Jan 2012 → 31 Dec 2012Funding: BOF - Other initiatives
Publications
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- Refined understanding of the impact of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex diversity on the intrinsic susceptibility to pretomanid(2024)
Authors: Praharshinie Rupasinghe, Rabab Reenaers, Jens Vereecken, Wim Mulders, Sari Cogneau, Matthias Merker, Stefan Niemann, Shaheed Vally Omar, Leen Rigouts, Claudio U. Koser, et al.
Pages: 1 - 9 - Successful Mycobacterium tuberculosis culture isolation from tongue swabs: results from both experimentally infected and clinical swabs from pulmonary tuberculosis patients(2024)
Authors: Leen Rigouts, Moussa Conde, Kindy Bah, Mourad Gumusboga, Morten Ruhwald, Rabab Reenaers, Krista Fissette, Mary Gaichiri, Margaretha De Vos, Bouke De Jong
Pages: 1 - 8 - A composite reference standard is needed for bedaquiline antimicrobial susceptibility testing for Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex(2024)
Authors: Claudio U. Koeser, Paolo Miotto, Nabila Ismail, Richard M. Anthony, Christian Utpatel, Matthias Merker, Stefan Niemann, Sabira Tahseen, Leen Rigouts, Camilla Rodrigues, et al.
Pages: 1 - 4 - Reduced critical concentration might not have improved MGIT-based DST's sensitivity to rifampicin(2024)
Authors: Rupasinghe Rupasinghe, Azka Ashraf, Nadia Barreda, Shafiqua Parveen, Muhammad Zubair, Roger Calderon, Sunil Asif, Nilma Hirani, Layila Chingisova, Atang Bulane, et al.
Pages: 1 - 4 - Challenges and knowledge gaps in the management of non-tuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary disease in sub-Saharan African countries with a high tuberculosis burden(2024)
Authors: Elizabeth Abbew, Natalie Lorent, Anita Mesic, Ablo Prudence Wachinou, Dorcas Obiri-Yeboah, Tom Decroo, Leen Rigouts, Lutgarde Lynen
Pages: 1 - 10 - Strain diversity and gene mutations associated with presumptive multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex isolates in Northwest Ethiopia(2023)
Authors: Mebrat Kitata, Gabriela Torrea, Ermias Diro, Ayenesh Abebe, Meseret Kassa, Yilak Girma, Eyasu Tesfa, Kefialew Ejigu, Cecile Uwizeye, Florian Gehre, et al.
Pages: 167 - 175 - Rifampicin resistance conferring mutations among Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains in Rwanda(2023)
Authors: Semuto Ngabonziza, Gabriela Torrea, Conor Joseph Meehan, Wim Mulders, Bertin Ushizimpumu, Louise De Weerdt, Jelle Keysers, Willem Bram De Rijk, Tom Decroo, Bouke De Jong, et al.
Pages: 274 - 281 - Re-evaluation of critical concentrations of antituberculosis fluoroquinolones in the Mycobacteria Growth Indicator Tube 960 system(2023)
Authors: Praharshinie Rupasinghe, Michele Driesen, Jens Vereecken, Bouke De Jong, Leen Rigouts
Pages: 316 - 323 - Bedaquiline resistance in patients with drug-resistant tuberculosis in Cape Town, South Africa(2023)
Authors: Brigitta Derendinger, Anzaan Dippenaar, Margaretha de Vos, Stella Huo, Rencia Alberts, Rebecca Tadokera, Jason Limberis, Frik Sirgel, Tania Dolby, Claudia Spies, et al.
Pages: E972 - E982 - Definitive outcomes in patients with rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis treated in Niger from 2012 to 2019(2023)
Authors: Mahamadou Bassirou Souleymane, Tom Decroo, Saidou Mamadou, Alphazazi Soumana, Ibrahim Mamane Lawan, Assiatou Gagara-Issoufou, Eric Adehossi, Nimer Ortuno-Gutierrez, Lutgarde Lynen, Leen Rigouts, et al.
Pages: 258 - 264