Publications
Re-visiting the 'Del Brutto diagnostic criteria' for the diagnosis of neurocysticercosis Ghent University
Added diagnostic value of CSF biomarkers in differential dementia diagnosis Vrije Universiteit Brussel University of Antwerp
This study aimed to investigate whether cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) biomarkers could have helped the clinician in differential dementia diagnosis in case of clinically ambiguous diagnoses, as compared to autopsy-confirmed dementia diagnosis as gold standard. Twenty-two patients of our autopsy-confirmed dementia population totalling 157 patients had an ambiguous clinical diagnosis at CSF sampling and were included in statistical analysis. CSF ...
Accuracy of a rapid diagnostic test based on antigen detection for the diagnosis of cutaneous leishmaniasis in patients with suggestive skin lesions in Morocco Institute of Tropical Medicine University of Antwerp
In rural areas in Morocco, diagnosing cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) can be challenging. We evaluated the accuracy of a rapid diagnostic test (RDT) based on antigen detection, CL Detect Rapid Testâ„¢ (Inbios International Inc., Seattle, WA), in this setting. We consecutively recruited patients with new skin ulcers in nine primary health centers. We took a dental broach sample for the RDT and two other tissue samples by scraping the border and ...
Diagnostic accuracy of the Leishmania OligoC-TesT and NASBA-Oligochromatography for diagnosis of Leishmaniasis in Sudan Institute of Tropical Medicine
Evaluation of a rapid diagnostic test (CareStartTM Malaria HRP-2/pLDH (Pf/pan) Combo Test) for the diagnosis of malaria in a reference setting Institute of Tropical Medicine
Diagnostic accuracy of PCR in gambiense sleeping sickness diagnosis, staging and post-treatment follow-up: a 2-year longitudinal study Institute of Tropical Medicine
Diagnostic efficiency, embryonic development and clinical outcome after the biopsy of one or two blastomeres for preimplantation genetic diagnosis. Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Evaluation of an antibody detecting point of care test for diagnosis of Taenia solium cysticercosis in a Zambian rural community: a prospective diagnostic accuracy study Institute of Tropical Medicine
The lack of cheap, easy-to-use, rapid diagnostic tests has led to the development of several rapid diagnostic tests for cysticercosis. The new prototype two-strip, Taenia solium point of care test (TS POC) detects antibodies against taeniosis (TS POC T) and cysticercosis (TS POC CC). This study evaluated the diagnostic performance of the TS POC CC in the Sinda district in eastern Zambia. A sample of 1254 participants was recruited and tested ...