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Towards clinical breakpoints for non-tuberculous mycobacteria- Determination of epidemiological cut off values for the Mycobacterium avium complex and Mycobacterium abscessus using broth microdilution.
Mycobacterium abscessus (MAB) obtained by commercial broth microdilution (SLOMYCOI and RAPMYCOI) from 12 laboratories. Epidemiological cut-off values (ECOFF s) and tentative ECOFF s (TECOFF s) were determined by ...
Evaluation of a Liquid Media MALDI-TOF MS Protocol for the Identification of Dermatophytes Isolated from Infections.
schools and represents a global health problem. Correct identification of the infection agent is essential in the determination of the infection source, epidemiological course, and treatment initiation. The ...
High diversity of yeast species and strains responsible for vulvovaginal candidiasis in South-East Gabon.
genetic structure of the C. albicans strains was determined by multiple locus variable-number tandem repeat analysis using 4 microsatellite markers. RESULTS: The mean and median age of the patients was 31 ...
Poor timing and failure of source control are risk factors for mortality in critically ill patients with secondary peritonitis.
survival suggesting that source control is more determinative for outcome. Health Topics: Health and disease monitoring Surveillance de la santé et des maladies Ziekten en gezondheid in kaart brengen ...
Validation of Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy for Serotyping of Streptococcus pneumoniae.
and (ii) train an artificial neural network (ANN) model to predict unknown pneumococcal serotypes. During validation using 153 additional strains, we reached 98.0% accuracy for determining serotypes ...
Impact of Q-fever on physical and psychosocial functioning until 8 years after Coxiella burnetii infection: An integrative data analysis.
Meta-Analysis as Topic middle aged Psychosocial Functioning Q Fever Quality of Life Social Adjustment Abstract: BACKGROUND: This study aimed to determine short- and long-term physical and psychosocial impact of ...
Unravelling data for rapid evidence-based response to COVID-19: a summary of the unCoVer protocol
any individual-level data, will be performed with the objective to reveal patients’ baseline characteristics, biomarkers, determinants of COVID-19 prognosis, safety and effectiveness of treatments, and ...
Organizing the health interview survey at the local level: design of a pilot study.
option. All questions were selected from the Belgian Health Interview Survey relating to health status and determinants of health. RESULTS: One thousand twenty-two questionnaires were obtained after ...
Ultrastable Silver Nanoparticles for Rapid Serology Detection of Anti-SARS-CoV-2 Immunoglobulins G.
particles. In real clinical samples, the AgNP-based dipstick assays showed impressive results: 100% specificity was observed for negative samples, while a sensitivity of 73% was determined for positive ...
Development and validation of a microfluidic multiplex immunoassay for the determination of levels and avidity of serum antibodies to tetanus, diphtheria and pertussis antigens.
Publication Type: Peer reviewed scientific article Authors: Debby Thomas; Doreen Dillaerts; Maaike Cockx; Louanne Ampofo; Joseph She; I Desombere; Geukens, Nick; Bossuyt, Xavier Source: J Immunol Methods, Volume 503 (2022) Keywords: Antibodies, Bacterial ...