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 (University of Antwerp)
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
1 - 10 of 24
- Culturing from Tongue SwabsFrom12 Dec 2022 → 15 Dec 2023
- Make Rwandan institutes leaders in infectious disease prevention, diagnosis and controlFrom1 Jan 2022 → Today
- Consolidation and management of the BCCM Consortium as a "Belgian Research Center".From1 Jan 2022 → Today
- TB/NTM Research ClusterFrom1 Jan 2022 → Today
- A 7-laboratory study to calibrate antimicrobial susceptibility testing methods and breakpoints against EUCAST reference standards for bedaquiline, clofazimine, levofloxacin, and linezolidFrom1 Mar 2021 → 3 Mar 2024
- Innovate to reduce rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis in Rwanda and beyondFrom1 Jan 2021 → Today
- Consolidatie en beheer van het BCCM Consortium als Belgisch "Biological Research Center" (BRC) - 2019From1 Jan 2019 → 31 Dec 2019
- Development of a non-RRDR SNP assay for countries to assess accuracy of Xpert in detecting their circulating rifampicin resistanceFrom1 Jan 2019 → 31 Dec 2019
- Towards increased access to rapid diagnostics for resistance to pyrazinamideFrom1 Jan 2019 → 31 Dec 2019
- Novel High-Dose Tuberculosis Retreatment Regimens: How to overcome resistance without creating more?From1 Oct 2018 → 30 Sep 2024
Publications
1 - 10 of 211
- Challenges and knowledge gaps in the management of non-tuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary disease in sub-Saharan African countries with a high tuberculosis burden: a scoping review(2024)
Authors: Elizabeth Tabitha Abbew, N Lorent, Anita Mesic, Ablo Prudence Wachinou, Dorcas Obiri-Yeboah, Tom Decroo, L Rigouts, Lut Lynen
- 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, L Rigouts, Wim Mulders, Stefan Niemann, Matthias Merker, Claudio U. Koeser, Sari Cogneau, Shaheed Vally Omar, et al.
- Armand Van Deun - pioneering public health physician (1953-2023)(2024)
Authors: H L Rieder, E Declercq, L Rigouts, A Piubello, N E Billo, Fatoumata Ba, A Trebucq, C.Y. Chiang, F Portaels
Pages: 68-69 - Safety of high-dose amikacin in the first week of all-oral rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis treatment for the prevention of acquired resistance (STAKE): protocol for a single-arm clinical trial(2024)
Authors: Jihad Snobre, J Gasana, Jean Claude Semuto Ngabonziza, Isabel Cuella Martin, L Rigouts, Bart K Jacobs, Emeline de Viron, Natacha Herssens, JB Ntihumby, A Klibazayre, et al.
- A composite reference standard is needed for bedaquiline antimicrobial susceptibility testing for Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex(2024)
Authors: Claudio U. Koser, Paolo Miotto, Nazir Ismail, Richard M. Anthony, Christian Utpatel, Matthias Merker, S Niemann, Sabira Tahseen, L Rigouts, C Rodrigues, et al.
- Successful Mycobacterium tuberculosis culture isolation from tongue swabs: Results from both experimentally infected and clinical swabs from pulmonary tuberculosis patients(2024)
Authors: L Rigouts, M Conde, Souleymane Hassane-Harouna, K Bah, Mourad Gumusboga, M Ruhwald, Rabab Reenaers, Kristina Fissette, M Gaichiri, M De Vos, et al.
- Phylogenomic and genomic analysis reveals unique and shared genetic signatures of Mycobacterium kansasii complex species(2024)
Authors: Edson Machado, Sidra Ezidio Gonçalves Vasconcellos, Lia Lima Gomes, Marcos Catanho, José Manuel Ramos, L Carvalho, Telma Goldenberg, Paulo Redner, Paulo Cesar de Souza Caldas, M. Campos Ponce, et al.
- Bedaquiline- and clofazimine- selected Mycobacterium tuberculosis mutants: further insights on resistance driven largely by Rv0678(2023)
Authors: Jihad Snobre, M C Villellas, Nele Coeck, Wim Mulders, Oren Tzfadia, Bouke de Jong, K Andries, L Rigouts
- Re-evaluation of critical concentrations of antituberculosis fluoroquinolones in the mycobacteria growth indicator tube 960 System(2023)
Authors: Praharshinie Rupasinghe, Jens Vereecken, Bouke de Jong, L Rigouts, Michèle Driesen
Pages: 316-323 - Face mask sampling (FMS) for tuberculosis shows lower diagnostic sensitivity than sputum sampling in Guinea(2023)
Authors: Souleymane Hassane-Harouna, Sofie Braet, Tom Decroo, Lansana Mady Camara, Alexandre Delamou, Sven De Bock, Nimer Ortuno-Gutierrez, Gba-Foromo Cherif, Caroline M Williams, Anika Wisniewska, et al.