Publications
Value of lower respiratory tract surveillance cultures to predict bacterial pathogens in ventilator-associated pneumonia : systematic review and diagnostic test accuracy meta-analysis Ghent University University of Antwerp
Multivariable analysis in diagnostic accuracy studies: what are the possibilities? Institute of Tropical Medicine
Trial Design for a Diagnostic Accuracy Study of a Point-of-Care Test for the Detection of Taenia solium Taeniosis and (Neuro)Cysticercosis in Community Settings of Highly Endemic, Resource-Poor Areas in Zambia: Challenges and Rationale Ghent University Institute of Tropical Medicine
Systematic review of proposed definitions of nocturnal polyuria and population-based evidence of their diagnostic accuracy Ghent University
Correcting for the Absence of a Gold Standard Improves Diagnostic Accuracy of Biomarkers in Alzheimer's Disease Hasselt University
Accuracy of PfHRP2 versus Pf-pLDH antigen detection by malaria rapid diagnostic tests in hospitalized children in a seasonal hyperendemic malaria transmission area in Burkina Faso Institute of Tropical Medicine KU Leuven
BACKGROUND: In most sub-Saharan African countries malaria rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) are now used for the diagnosis of malaria. Most RDTs used detect Plasmodium falciparum histidine-rich protein-2 (PfHRP2), though P. falciparum-specific parasite lactate dehydrogenase (Pf-pLDH)-detecting RDTs may have advantages over PfHRP2-detecting RDTs. Only few data are available on the use of RDTs in severe illness and the present study compared ...
The XN-30 hematology analyzer for rapid sensitive detection of malaria: a diagnostic accuracy study Institute of Tropical Medicine KU Leuven
BACKGROUND: Accurate and timely diagnosis of malaria is essential for disease management and surveillance. Thin and thick blood smear microscopy and malaria rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) are standard malaria diagnostics, but both methods have limitations. The novel automated hematology analyzer XN-30 provides standard complete blood counts (CBC) as well as quantification of malaria parasitemia at the price of a CBC. This study assessed the ...