Researcher
Jan Jacobs
- Disciplines (KU Leuven):Biochemistry and metabolism, Microbiology, Systems biology, Laboratory medicine, Medical biochemistry and metabolism
- See also: Jan Jacobs (KU Leuven)
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
1 - 10 of 42
- Improve research capacity in infectious disease to inform policy & control strategiesFrom1 Jan 2022 → Today
- Clinical diagnostic trial in Western Africa of a simplified blood culture system to improve healthcare in low-resource settingsFrom1 Jul 2021 → Today
- Selected topics in hospital infection prevention and control in sub-Saharan AfricaFrom1 Jan 2021 → Today
- Predicting and treating non-typhoidal Salmonella bloodstream infections in children in sub-Saharan AfricaFrom17 Apr 2020 → Today
- Understanding antimicrobials use: An ethnographic study of rural communities in Burkina FasoFrom1 Jan 2020 → Today
- Old school bacteriology revisited: need for in-depth knowledge on bacterial growth to tune diagnosis of bloodstream infections for use in low resource settingsFrom1 Jan 2020 → 31 Dec 2022
- Advancing a GMMA-based vaccine against invasive non-typhoidal salmonellosis through Phase I trial in Europe and sub-Saharan AfricaFrom1 Oct 2019 → 31 Oct 2023
- Pilot clinical bacteriology in the EVD care response to detect intercurring bloodstream infections and inform about appropriate antibiotic treatmentFrom1 Aug 2019 → 30 Jun 2020
- Effect of a novel typhoid conjugate vaccine in Africa: a multicenter study in Ghana and the DRCFrom1 Jan 2019 → 31 Dec 2023
- To strengthen the research capacity in the resource limited setting of Burkina Faso.From1 Jan 2019 → 31 Dec 2019
Publications
21 - 30 of 246
- Biphasic versus monophasic manual blood culture bottles for low-resource settings: an in-vitro study(2022)
Authors: Sien Ombelet, Alessandra Natale, Jean-Baptiste Ronat, Thomas Kesteman, Olivier Vandenberg, J Jacobs, Liselotte Hardy
Pages: e124-e132 - Antibiotic use from formal and informal healthcare providers in the Democratic Republic of Congo: a population-based study in two health zones(2022)
Authors: Brecht Ingelbeen, Delphin Mavinga Phanzu, Marie-France Phoba, Mi Yn Budiongo, Neamin M Berhe, Frédéric K Kamba, Lisette Mbuyi Kalonji, Bijou Mbangi, Liselotte Hardy, Bieke Tack, et al.
Pages: 1272-1277 - Escherichia coli from urine samples of pregnant women as an indicator for antimicrobial resistance in the community: a field study from rural Burkina Faso(2022)
Authors: Annelies Post, I. Guiraud, Marjan Peeters, Palpouguini Lompo, Sien Ombelet, Ibrahima Karama, S. Yougbare, Z. Garba, Eli Rouamba, H. Tinto, et al.
Pages: 112 - Global burden of bacterial antimicrobial resistance in 2019: a systematic analysis(2022)
Authors: CJL Murray, KS Ikuta, F Sharara, LR Swetschinski, GR Aguilar, AR Gray, C Han, C Bisignano, Suman Pn Rao, EE Wool, et al.
Pages: 629-655 - Blood culture surveillance in a secondary care hospital in Benin: epidemiology of bloodstream infection pathogens and antimicrobial resistance(2022)
Authors: Sien Ombelet, Gutemberg Kpossou, Carine Kotchare, Esenam Agbobli, Frédéric Sogbo, Faridath Massou, Katrien Lagrou, Barbara Barbé, Dissou Affolabi, J Jacobs
Pages: 1-15 - Distribution of serotypes and antibiotic resistance of invasive Pseudomonas aeruginosa in a multi-country collection(2022)
Authors: Shamima Nasrin, Nicolas Hegerle, Shaichi Sen, Joseph Nkeze, Sunil Sen, Jasnehta Permala-Booth, Myeongjin Choi, James Sinclair, Milagritos D Tapia, J Kristie Johnson, et al.
Pages: 1-12 - Pilot testing of the "turbidimeter", a simple, universal reader intended to complement and enhance bacterial growth detection in manual blood culture systems in low-resource settings(2022)
Authors: Barbara Barbé, Ellen Corsmit, Jasper Jans, Kamalpreet Kaur, Roel Baets, J Jacobs, Liselotte Hardy
- Nasopharyngeal colonisation dynamics of bacterial pathogens in patients with fever in rural Burkina Faso: an observational study(2022)
Authors: Liesbeth Martens, Bérenger Kaboré, Annelies Post, Christa E van der Gaast-de Jongh, Jeroen D Langereis, Halidou Tinto, J Jacobs, André J van der Ven, Quirijn de Mast, Marien I de Jonge
Pages: 1-10 - Etiological spectrum of persistent fever in the tropics and predictors of ubiquitous infections: a prospective four-country study with pooled analysis(2022)
Authors: Emmanuel Bottieau, Lukas Van Duffel, Sayda El-Safi, Kanika Deshpande Koirala, Basudha Khanal, Suman Rijal, Narayan Raj Bhattarai, Thong Phe, Kruy Lim, Deby Mukendi, et al.
Pages: 144 - Urban rats as carriers of invasive Salmonella Typhimurium sequence type 313, Kisangani, Democratic Republic of Congo(2022)
Authors: Dadi Falay, Liselotte Hardy, Jacques Tanzito, Octavie Lunguya, Edmonde Bonebe, Marjan Peeters, Wesley Mattheus, Chris Van Geet, Erik Verheyen, Dudu Akaibe, et al.