Researcher
Katrien Lagrou
- Disciplines:Microbiology, Public health care
Affiliations
- Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Transplantation (Department)
Responsible
From1 Aug 2020 → Today - Laboratory of Clinical Microbiology (Division)
Responsible
From1 Feb 2017 → Today - Laboratory of Clinical Microbiology (Division)
Member
From1 Oct 2003 → Today - Laboratory of Molecular Bacteriology (Rega Institute) (Division)
Member
From1 Oct 1999 → 30 Sep 2001
Projects
1 - 10 of 18
- Insights in febrile neutropenia (SAFE study) and clinical and translational insights in (invasive) mold infections and mycology, with the focus on Hematologic patients.From1 Oct 2023 → TodayFunding: Own budget, for example: patrimony, inscription fees, gifts
- MucorVax – Development of a first-in-class fungal vaccine candidateFrom1 Oct 2023 → TodayFunding: IOF - technology concept exploration
- STRAtified Dosing based on Augmented renal clearance for CEFtriaxone in patients with severe community-acquired pneumonia: STRADA-CEF trial.From1 Oct 2022 → TodayFunding: FWO Applied Biomedical Research (TBM)
- Dynamics of the Type 3 secretion system translocase(DOT3S)From1 Jan 2022 → TodayFunding: FWO research project (including WEAVE projects)
- PhD on the epidemiology of invasive pneumococcal diseaseFrom25 Oct 2021 → TodayFunding: BOF - doctoral mandates
- Clinical validation of antifungal dosing strategies in critically ill patientsFrom1 Oct 2021 → 30 Sep 2022Funding: BOF - postdoctoral mandates
- Dual-band fibered confocal fluorescence microscope for the intravital interrogation of deep tissues and organs in real time and with cellular resolutionFrom1 Jan 2021 → 31 Dec 2022Funding: BOF - scientific equipment program
- Multimodal dual-imaging-derived biomarkers for unravelling host response from lung disease progression in cystic lung fibrosis, infection and therapyFrom15 Oct 2020 → TodayFunding: FWO Strategic Basic Research Grant
- Improving prevention and treatment strategies concerning opportunistic infections in immunocompromised hematologic patientsFrom14 Sep 2020 → TodayFunding: Foundations, funds and other with scientific goal
- Unravelling the pathogenic mechanism behind influenza associated aspergillosisFrom25 Sep 2019 → TodayFunding: FWO fellowships
Publications
21 - 30 of 331
- Pulmonary Aspergillosis in Humboldt Penguins-Susceptibility Patterns and Molecular Epidemiology of Clinical and Environmental Aspergillus fumigatus Isolates from a Belgian Zoo, 2017-2022(2023)
Authors: Katrien Lagrou
- Successful Multimodal Therapy with Intracerebral Liposomal Amphotericin B and Systemic High-Dose Isavuconazole in Proven Disseminated Aspergillosis(2023)
Authors: Simon Feys, Katrien Lagrou
- Mucorales PCR in blood as an early marker of invasive gastrointestinal mucormycosis might decrease the delay in treatment: A case report(2023)
Authors: Greet De Vlieger, Yves Debaveye, Halit Topal, Gert De Hertogh, Katrien Lagrou, Johan Maertens
Pages: 8 - 12 - The current state of laboratory mycology and access to antifungal treatment in Europe: a European Confederation of Medical Mycology survey.(2023)
Authors: Katrien Lagrou
Pages: e47 - e56 - The current state of laboratory mycology and access to antifungal treatment in Europe: a European Confederation of Medical Mycology survey(2023)
Authors: Katrien Lagrou
Pages: e47 - e56 - Blood Mucorales PCR to track down Aspergillus and Mucorales co-infections in at-risk hematology patients: A case-control study(2022)
Authors: Katrien Lagrou, Johan Maertens
- Anatomical barriers against SARS-CoV-2 neuroinvasion at vulnerable interfaces visualized in deceased COVID-19 patients(2022)
Authors: Marnick Clijsters, Wout Backaert, Dirk Jochmans, Lies Laenen, Yves Debaveye, Paul De Munter, Jan Gunst, Mark Jorissen, Katrien Lagrou, Johan Neyts, et al.
Pages: 3919 - + - Lung epithelial and myeloid innate immunity in influenzaassociated or COVID-19-associated pulmonary aspergillosis: an observational study(2022)
Authors: Simon Feys, Bram Boeckx, Yves Debaveye, Greet Hermans, Stephanie Humblet-Baron, Katrien Lagrou, Laura Seldeslachts, Karin Thevissen, Christophe Vandenbriele, Lore Vanderbeke, et al.
Pages: 1147 - 1159 - Molecular detection of SARS-COV-2 in exhaled breath at the point-of-need(2022)
Authors: Elisabeth Marchal, Maarten Fauvart, Pieter Berden, Katrien Lagrou, Paul De Munter, Emmanuel Andre
- Severity of COVID-19 among Hospitalized Patients: Omicron Remains a Severe Threat for Immunocompromised Hosts(2022)
Authors: Louis Nevejan, Sien Ombelet, Lies Laenen, Katrien Lagrou, Lize Cuypers, Emmanuel Andre