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Organisation profile
Head of unit: Prof. Liselotte Hardy
The Unit of Tropical Bacteriology (UTB) was created in 2008 in the Department of Clinical Sciences at the Institute of Tropical Medicine (ITM), Antwerp, Belgium. It is headed by Prof. Liselotte Hardy. UTB combines biomedical research, education and support of laboratory services. We focus on antibiotic resistance and both generic and specific laboratory capacity sharing. In order to achieve real impact we work closely together with the laboratory teams of our partner institutions in low- and middle-income countries.
The UTB is involved in capacity building and operational research programs in low-resource settings addressing laboratory quality, clinical bacteriology and development and implementation of adapted diagnostics.
Research is further extended to tropical bacterial diseases such as invasive salmonellosis, cholera and melioidosis. Oversea partners and projects are located – amongst others – in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Ethiopia, Mozambique, and Peru.
As to education and training the UTB is actively involved in the courses of Tropical Medicine and International Health (lectures about hospital infection control and tropical bacterial diseases, laboratory medicine) and organisator of the AIM course, a short course on the containment of antibiotic resistance in low-resource settings.
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Profiles
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ENERGISE: nExt-geNEration snelle fenotypische bacteRioloGIsche diagnoStiek voor afgElegen gebieden en lage inkomenslanden
1/01/24 → 31/12/26
Project: Research Project
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STIA: Surveillance for TVC impact assessment in Africa (STIA) Program
International Vaccine Institute
18/12/23 → 18/11/25
Project: Service
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Methods for Detection and Identification of Bacterial Species in Blood Cultures based on Optical Turbidimetry and AI for use in Limited-Resource Settings
Cornelis, J., Jacobs, J., Hardy, L. & Li, Y.
12/12/23 → …
Project: PhD-project
Research output
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Developing a clinical prediction model to modify empirical antibiotics for non-typhoidal Salmonella bloodstream infection in children under-five in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Tack, B., Vita, D., Mbuyamba, J., Ntangu, E., Vuvu, H., Kahindo, I., Ngina, J., Luyindula, A., Nama, N., Mputu, T., Im, J., Jeon, H., Marks, F., Toelen, J., Lunguya, O., Jacobs, J. & Van Calster, B., 2025, In: BMC Infectious Diseases. 25, 1, 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article › peer-review
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Emerging carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae in a tertiary care hospital in Lima, Peru
Krapp, F., Cuicapuza, D., Salvatierra, G., Buteau, JP., Amaro, C., Astocondor, L., Hinostroza, N., Jacobs, J., Garcia, C. & Tsukayama, P., 2025, In: Microbiology Spectrum. 13, 2, 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article › peer-review
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Evidence of Coxiella burnetii and Bartonella species infections among patients with persistent febrile illness in four low- and middle-income countries
Boodman, C., Edouard, S., van Griensven, J., Koirala, K. D., Khanal, B., Rijal, S., Bhattarai, N. R., El Safi, S., Phe, T., Lim, K., Lutumba, P., Chappuis, F., Yansouni, C. P., Barbé, B., van Esbroeck, M., Verdonck, T., Boelaert, M., Fournier, P-É. & Bottieau, E., 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Clinical Microbiology and Infection.Research output: Contribution to journal › A2: International peer reviewed article (not A1-type) › peer-review
Open Access