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: L 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
61 - 70 of 116
- Genetic determinants of drug resistance in mycobacterium tuberculosis and their diagnostic value(2016)
Authors: Maha R. Farhat, Razvan Sultana, Oleg Iartchouk, Sam Bozeman, James Galagan, Peter Sisk, Christian Stolte, Hanna Nebenzahl-Guimaraes, Karen Jacobson, Alexander Sloutsky, et al.
Pages: 621 - 630 - Population-based resistance of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates to pyrazinamide and fluoroquinolones(2016)
Authors: Matteo Zignol, Anna S. Dean, Natavan Alikhanova, Sonke Andres, Andrea Maurizio Cabibbe, Daniela Maria Cirillo, Andrei Dadu, Andries Dreyer, Michele Driesen, Christopher Gilpin, et al.
Pages: 1185 - 1192 - Increased detection of smear-negative pulmonary tuberculosis by GeneXpert MTB/RIF (R) assay after bleach concentration(2016)
Authors: Mulualem Tadesse, Dossegnaw Aragaw, Leen Rigouts, Gemeda Abebe
Pages: 211 - 218 - Geographic differences in the contribution of ubiA mutations to high-level ethambutol resistance in mycobacterium tuberculosis(2016)
Authors: Subramanya Lingaraju, Leen Rigouts, Aditi Gupta, Jongseok Lee, Alaine Nyaruhirira Umubyeyi, Amy L. Davidow, Susan German, EunJin Cho, Ji-im Lee, Sang-Nae Cho, et al.
Pages: 4101 - 4105 - Mycobacterium tuberculosis whole genome sequencing and protein structure modelling provides insights into anti-tuberculosis drug resistance(2016)
Authors: Jody Phelan, Francesc Coll, Ruth McNerney, David B. Ascher, Douglas E. V. Pires, Nick Furnham, Nele Coeck, Grant A. Hill-Cawthorne, Mridul B. Nair, Kim Mallard, et al.
- Specific gyrA gene mutations predict poor treatment outcome in MDR-TB(2016)
Authors: Leen Rigouts, N. Coeck, M. Gumusboga, W. B. de Rijk, K. J. M. Aung, M. A. Hossain, K. Fissette, H. L. Rieder, C. J. Meehan, B. C. de Jong, et al.
Pages: 314 - 323 - Use of RODAC plates to measure containment of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in a Class IIB biosafety cabinet during routine operations(2016)
Authors: Geraldine Daneau, Elie Nduwamahoro, Kristina Fissette, Patrick Rudelsheim, Dick van Soolingen, Bouke C. de Jong, Leen Rigouts
Pages: 148 - 154 - Genotyping and strain distribution of Mycobacterium avium subspecies hominissuis isolated from humans and pigs in Belgium, 2011 2013(2016)
Authors: C. Vluggen, K. Soetaert, L. Duytschaever, J. Denoel, M. Fauville-Dufaux, F. Smeets, N. Bruffaerts, K. Huygen, D. Fretin, Leen Rigouts, et al.
Pages: 18 - 25 - Rapid Detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Strains Resistant to Isoniazid and/or Rifampicin: Standardization of Multiplex Polymerase Chain Reaction Analysis(2016)
Authors: Jimena Collantes, Francesca Barletta Solari, Leen Rigouts
Pages: 1257 - 1264 - Correlation of different phenotypic drug susceptibility testing methods for four fluoroquinolones in Mycobacterium tuberculosis(2016)
Authors: Nele Coeck, Bouke C. de Jong, Maren Diels, Pim de Rijk, Elisa Ardizzoni, Armand Van Deun, Leen Rigouts
Pages: 1233 - 1240