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Streptococcus pyogenes infections with limited emm-type diversity in the homeless population of Brussels, 2016-2018.
aged Skin Diseases, Infectious Streptococcal Infections Streptococcus pyogenes Abstract: OBJECTIVES: The aim was to characterize the clinical features, outcomes, and strain diversity of ...
Shifting national surveillance of Shigella infections toward geno-serotyping by the development of a tailored Luminex assay and NGS workflow.
health authorities. However, many clinical laboratories struggle to differentiate non- EIEC, EIEC, and Shigella in their current workflows, leading to inaccuracies in surveillance and rising numbers of ...
Human psittacosis: a review with emphasis on surveillance in Belgium.
psittacosis in humans, mainly in persons in contact with birds in either the setting of occupational or companion bird exposure. Infection is associated with a range of clinical manifestations from asymptomatic ...
Strong increase of true and false positive mycobacterial cultures sent to the National Reference Centre in Belgium, 2007 to 2016.
observational study investigated the numbers of analyses at the NRC and false positive cultures (interpreted as containing mycobacteria at referring clinical laboratories, but with no mycobacterial DNA detected ...
Study of the underlying mechanisms and consequences of pathogenicity differences between two in vitro selected G1-H9N2 clones originating from a single isolate.
underlying mechanisms were studied. Specifically, the phenotypical outcome of SPF bird infection by the two clones resulted in completely different clinical outcomes. These differences in clinical outcome were ...
European all-cause excess and influenza-attributable mortality in the 2017/18 season: should the burden of influenza B be reconsidered?
S Brown; Adlhoch, Cornelia; Penttinen, Pasi; Mølbak, Kåre; Krause, Tyra G Source: Clinical Microbiology and Infection (2019) Keywords: Excess mortality Surveillance Abstract: Objectives Weekly monitoring of ...
Personal exposure to traffic-related air pollutants and relationships with respiratory symptoms and oxidative stress: A pilot cross-sectional study among urban green space workers.
urinary 8- OH dG biomarkers to detect early/mild effects of air pollution. Full text language: English Category: A1 FOS Classification: 3.02 Clinical medicine ...
Asymptomatic bacteriuria in older adults: the most fragile women are prone to long-term colonization
have ABU prevalence rates of about 80% and are often persistent carriers. Such prevalence rates should be considered in clinical decision making as they devalue the meaning of a positive urine culture as ...
How to overcome political and legal barriers to the implementation of a drug consumption room: an application of the policy agenda framework to the Belgian situation
Publication Type: Peer reviewed scientific article Authors: Pierre Smith; Louis Favril; Dominique Delhauteur; Freya Vander Laenen; Pablo Nicaise Source: Addiction Science & Clinical Practice, ...
Isolation and Characterization of Clinical RSV Isolates in Belgium during the Winters of 2016–2018
Publication Type: Peer reviewed scientific article Authors: Winke Van der Gucht; Kim Stobbelaar; Matthias Govaerts; Thomas Mangodt; Cyril Barbezange; Annelies Leemans; Benedicte De Winter; Steven Van Gucht; Guy Caljon; Louis Maes; Jozef De Dooy; Philippe ...