Researcher
Leen Rigouts
- Keywords (Institute of Tropical Medicine):B110-medical-informatics
- Keywords (University of Antwerp):Biomedical sciences (incl. biochemistry)
- 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
From31 Dec 2009 → 16 Apr 2015 - Laboratory for Microbiology, Parasitology and Hygiene (LMPH) (Research group)
Member
From1 Oct 2008 → Today
Projects
1 - 4 of 4
- 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
1 - 10 of 115
- 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 - 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 - 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 - Mycobacterium tuberculosis retains viability in RNAlater buffer but not in GTC-TCEP and DNA/RNA Shield(2023)
Authors: Lena Krausser, Sofie Braet, Z. Benaamar, M. Van Dyck-Lippens, B.C. de Jong, Leen Rigouts
Pages: 1 - 3 - 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 - First-line anti-tuberculosis drugs revisited(2023)
Authors: Pauline Lempens, Leen Rigouts, Bouke De Jong, Conor J. Meehan, Tom Decroo
Number of pages: 115 - 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 - Borderline rpoB mutations transmit at the same rate as common rpoB mutations in a tuberculosis cohort in Bangladesh(2023)
Authors: Pauline Lempens, Armand Van Deun, Kya J.M. Aung, Mohammad A. Hossain, Mahboobeh Behruznia, Tom Decroo, Leen Rigouts, Bouke De Jong, Conor J. Meehan
Pages: 1 - 9 - Molecular epidemiology and population structure of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex strains in tuberculosis patients(2022)
Authors: Mebrat Kitata, Leen Rigouts, Bouke C. de Jong, Gabriela Torrea, Ermias Diro, Florian Gehre
Number of pages: 223