Françoise Portaels

Research output

Research output per year 1970 2000 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2024

• 274 A1: Web of Science-article
• 87 A2: International peer reviewed article (not A1-type)
• 45 Chapter
• 18 Letter
• 20 More
  • 7 Book
  • 5 A4: Article in journal not included in A1, A2 or A3
  • 3 Comment/debate
  • 2 Editorial
  • 2 Doctoral dissertation - Doctoral dissertation
  • 1 Conference abstract in journal

Research output per year

Research output per year

Search results

• 2022

  Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis control in Rwanda overcomes a successful clone that causes most disease over a quarter century

  Ngabonziza, J. C. S., Rigouts, L., Torrea, G., Decroo, T., Kamanzi, E., Lempens, P., Rucogoza, A., Habimana, Y. M., Laenen, L., Niyigena, B. E., Uwizeye, C., Ushizimpumu, B., Mulders, W., Ivan, E., Tzfadia, O., Muvunyi, C. M., Migambi, P., Andre, E., Mazarati, J. B., Affolabi, D., & 6 othersUmubyeyi, A. N., Nsanzimana, S., Portaels, F., Gasana, M., de Jong, B. C. & Meehan, C. J., 2022, In: Journal of Clinical Tuberculosis and Other Mycobacterial Diseases. 27, 100299.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Clone Cells 100%
  • Single Nucleotide Polymorphism 16%
  • Pharmaceutical Preparations 12%
  • Isoniazid 11%
  • Routine Diagnostic Tests 9%
  11 Downloads (Pure)
• 2018

  Diagnostic accuracy of clinical and microbiological signs in patients with skin lesions resembling Buruli ulcer in an endemic region

  Eddyani, M., Sopoh, G. E., Ayelo, G., Brun, L. V. C., Roux, J-J., Barogui, Y., Affolabi, D., Faber, W. R., Boelaert, M., Van Rie, A., Portaels, F. & de Jong, B. C., 2018, In: Clinical Infectious Diseases. 67, 6, p. 827-834 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article › peer-review

  • Polymerase Chain Reaction 100%
  • Cost-Benefit Analysis 73%
  • Incidence 41%

• Improving clinical and epidemiological predictors of Buruli ulcer

  Ayelo, G. A., Sopoh, G. E., Houezo, J-G., Fiodessihoue, R., Affolabi, D., Dossou, A. D., Barogui, Y. T., Wadagni, A. A. C., Agossadou, D. C., Hasker, E., Portaels, F., de Jong, B. C. & Eddyani, M., 2018, In: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. 12, 8, 11 p., e0006713.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • WHO 100%
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction 45%
  • clinician 36%
  • diagnostic 36%
  • skin disease 33%
  23 Downloads (Pure)

• Subcutaneous granulomatous inflammation due to basidiobolomycosis: case reports of 3 patients in Buruli ulcer endemic areas in Benin

  Brun, L. V. C., Roux, J. J., Sopoh, G. E., Aguiar, J., Eddyani, M., Meyers, W. M., Stubbe, D., Akele Akpo, M. T., Portaels, F. & de Jong, B. C., 2018, In: Case Reports in Pathology. 2018, 6 p., 1351694.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article › peer-review

  • Giant Cells 100%
  • Pathologists 91%
  • Diagnostic Errors 90%
  • Lymphoma 77%
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction 54%
• 2017

  Bacterial diversity in Buruli ulcer skin lesions: challenges in the clinical microbiome analysis of a skin disease

  Van Leuvenhaege, C., Vandelannoote, K., Affolabi, D., Portaels, F., Sopoh, G., de Jong, B. C., Eddyani, M. & Meehan, C. J., 2017, In: PLoS ONE. 12, 7, 16 p., e0181994.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Ulcer 100%
  • Mycobacterium ulcerans 59%
  • Neglected Diseases 49%
  • Wounds and Injuries 35%
  • Coinfection 35%
  110 Downloads (Pure)

• Characterization of Mycobacterium chelonae-like strains by comparative genomics

  Nogueira, C. L., de Almeida, L. G. P., Menendez, M. C., Garcia, M. J., Digiampietri, L. A., Chimara, E., Cnockaert, M., Palomino, J. C., Portaels, F., Martin, A., Vandamme, P. & Leao, S. C., 2017, In: Frontiers in Microbiology. 8, 10 p., 789.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Mycobacterium chelonae 100%
  • Pharmaceutical Preparations 5%
  • DNA 3%
  22 Downloads (Pure)

• Multiple introductions and recent spread of the emerging human pathogen Mycobacterium ulcerans across Africa

  Vandelannoote, K., Meehan, C. J., Eddyani, M., Affolabi, D., Phanzu, D. M., Eyangoh, S., Jordaens, K., Portaels, F., Mangas, K., Seemann, T., Marsollier, L., Marion, E., Chauty, A., Landier, J., Fontanet, A., Leirs, H., Stinear, T. P. & de Jong, B. C., 2017, In: Genome Biology and Evolution. 9, 3, p. 414-426 13 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Mycobacterium ulcerans 100%
  • pathogen 57%
  • continent 50%
  • Africa 46%
  • imperialism 26%
  69 Downloads (Pure)
• 2016

  Twenty years of global surveillance of antituberculosis-drug resistance

  Zignol, M., Dean, A. S., Falzon, D., van Gemert, W., Wright, A., van Deun, A., Portaels, F., Laszlo, A., Espinal, M. A., Pablos-Mendez, A., Bloom, A., Aziz, M. A., Weyer, K., Jaramillo, E., Nunn, P., Floyd, K. & Raviglione, M. C., 2016, In: New England Journal of Medicine. 375, 11, p. 1081-1089 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article › peer-review
• 2012

  hsp65 PCR-restriction analysis (PRA) with capillary electrophoresis for species identification and differentiation of Mycobacterium kansasii and Mycobacterium chelonae-Mycobacterium abscessus group

  Sajduda, A., Martin, A., Portaels, F. & Palomino, J. C., 2012, In: International Journal of Infectious Diseases. 16, 3, p. e193-e197

  Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article › peer-review

  • Mycobacterium kansasii 100%
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction 37%
  • Mycobacterium chelonae 33%
  • Alleles 7%
• 2011

  African 2; a clonal complex of Mycobacterium bovis epidemiologically important in East Africa

  Berg, S., Garcia-Pelayo, MC., Müller, B., Hailu, E., Asiimwe, B., Kremer, K., Dale, J., Boniotti, B., Rodriguez, S., Hilty, M., Rigouts, L., Firdessa, R., Machado, A., Mucavele, C., Ngandolo, BNR., Bruchfeld, J., Boschiroli, L., Müller, A., Sahraoui, N., Pacciarini, M., & 15 othersCadmus, S., Joloba, M., van Soolingen, D., Michel, AL., Djonne, B., Aranaz, A., Zinsstag, J., van Helden, P., Portaels, F., Kazwala, R., Kallenius, G., Hewinson, RG., Aseffa, A., Gordon, SV. & Smith, NH., 2011, In: Journal of Bacteriology. 193, 3, p. 670-678

  Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article › peer-review

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  • Eastern Africa 100%
  • Mycobacterium bovis 81%
  • Cattle 25%
  • Chad 17%
  • Algeria 15%
  29 Downloads (Pure)

• Buruli ulcer: advances in understanding Mycobacterium ulcerans infection

  Walsh, DS., Portaels, F. & Meyers, WM., 2011, In: Dermatologic Clinics. 29, 1, p. 1-8

  Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article › peer-review

  • mycolactone 100%
  • Mycobacterium ulcerans 88%
  • Immunosuppressive Agents 45%
  • Infections 26%

• Buruli ulcer: a review of in vitro tests to screen natural products for activity against Mycobacterium ulcerans

  Yemoa, A., Gbenou, J., Affolabi, D., Moudachirou, M., Bigot, A., Anagonou, S., Portaels, F., Quetin-Leclercq, J. & Martin, A., 2011, In: Planta Medica. 77, 6, p. 641-646

  Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article › peer-review

  • Mycobacterium ulcerans 100%
  • Antimycobacterial Drug 57%
  • Occurrence in Nature 51%
  • Infections 9%
  • Pharmaceutical Preparations 8%

• Effect of a control project on clinical profiles and outcomes in Buruli ulcer: a before/after study in Bas-Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo

  Phanzu, DM., Suykerbuyk, P., Imposo, DBB., Lukanu, PN., Minuku, JBM., Lehman, LF., Saunderson, P., de Jong, BC., Lutumba, PT., Portaels, F. & Boelaert, M., 2011, In: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. 5, 12, e1402.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article › peer-review

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  • Congo 100%
  • Democratic Republic of the Congo 89%
  • Territories 25%
  • functional impairment 23%
  • relapse 19%
  24 Downloads (Pure)

• European 1: a globally important clonal complex of Mycobacterium bovis

  Smith, NH., Berg, S., Dale, J., Allen, A., Rodriguez, S., Romero, B., Matos, F., Ghebremichael, S., Karoui, C., Donati, C., Machado, AD., Mucavele, C., Kazwala, RR., Hilty, M., Cadmus, S., Ngandolo, BN., Habtamu, M., Oloya, J., Muller, A., Milian-Suazo, F., & 43 othersAndrievskaia, O., Projahn, M., Barandiarán, S., Macías, A., Müller, B., Zanini, MS., Ikuta, CY., Rodriguez, CA., Pinheiro, SR., Figueroa, A., Cho, SN., Mosavari, N., Chuang, PC., Jou, R., Zinsstag, J., van Soolingen, D., Costello, E., Aseffa, A., Proaño-Perez, F., Portaels, F., Rigouts, L., Cataldi, AA., Collins, DM., Boschiroli, ML., Hewinson, RG., Neto, JS., Surujballi, O., Tadyon, K., Botelho, A., Zarraga, AM., Buller, N., Skuce, R., Michel, A., Aranaz, A., Kallenius, G., Niemann, S., Boniotti, MB., van Helden, PD., Harris, B., Zumárraga, MJ., Kremer, K., Gordon, SV. & Jeon, BY., 2011, In: Infection, Genetics and Evolution. 11, 6, p. 1340-1351

  Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article › peer-review

  • Mycobacterium bovis 100%
  • cattle 93%
  • Cattle 55%
  • bovine tuberculosis 50%
  • Africa 46%

• Mycobacterium ulcerans infection (Buruli ulcer) on the face: a comparative analysis of 13 clinically suspected cases from the Democratic Republic of Congo

  Phanzu, MD., Mahema, RL., Suykerbuyk, P., Imposo, DH., Lehman, LF., Nduwamahoro, E., Meyers, WM., Boelaert, M. & Portaels, F., 2011, In: American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 85, 6, p. 1100-1105

  Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article › peer-review

  • Democratic Republic of the Congo 100%
  • Ectropion 26%
  • Endemic Diseases 23%
  • Gingiva 20%
  • Drinking 16%

• Mycobacterium ulcerans triggers T cell immunity followed by local and regional but not systemic immunosuppression

  Fraga, AG., Cruz, A., Martins, TG., Torrado, E., Saraiva, M., Pereira, DR., Meyers, WM., Portaels, F., Silva, MT., Castro, AG. & Pedrosa, J., 2011, In: Infection and Immunity. 79, 1, p. 421-430

  Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article › peer-review

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  • Mycobacterium ulcerans 100%
  • mycolactone 37%
  • Lymph Nodes 36%
  • Infections 29%
  • Neglected Diseases 13%
  32 Downloads (Pure)

• Post-mortem examination and laboratory-based analysis for the diagnosis of bovine tuberculosis among dairy cattle in Ecuador

  Proaño-Pérez, F., Benitez-Ortiz, W., Desmecht, D., Coral, M., Ortiz, J., Ron, L., Portaels, F., Rigouts, L. & Linden, A., 2011, In: Preventive Veterinary Medicine. 101, 1-2, p. 65-72

  Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article › peer-review

  • Bovine Tuberculosis 100%
  • Ecuador 93%
  • Abattoirs 60%
  • Microscopy 55%
  • Cattle 53%

• Situation of bovine tuberculosis in Ecuador

  Proaño-Pérez, F., Benítez-Ortiz, W., Portaels, F., Rigouts, L. & Linden, A., 2011, In: Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública. 30, 3, p. 279-286

  Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article › peer-review

  • Bovine Tuberculosis 100%
  • Ecuador 93%
  • contagious disease 65%
  • Mycobacterium bovis 24%
  • Developing Countries 13%
• 2010

  Application of real-time PCR in Ghana, a Buruli ulcer-endemic country, confirms the presence of Mycobacterium ulcerans in the environment [research letter]

  Vandelannoote, K., Durnez, L., Amissah, D., Gryseels, S., Dodoo, A., Yeboah, S., Addo, P., Eddyani, M., Leirs, H., Ablordey, A. & Portaels, F., 2010, In: FEMS Microbiology Letters. 304, 2, p. 191-194 4 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article › peer-review

• Diversity of Mycobacterium tuberculosis genotypes circulating in Ndola, Zambia

  Mulenga, C., Shamputa, IC., Mwakazanga, D., Kapata, N., Portaels, F. & Rigouts, L., 2010, In: BMC Infectious Diseases. 10, p. 177 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article › peer-review

  • Zambia 100%
  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis 72%
  • Minisatellite Repeats 63%
  • lipoarabinomannan 18%

• Family relationship, water contact and occurrence of Buruli ulcer in Benin

  Sopoh, GE., Barogui, YT., Johnson, RC., Dossou, AD., Makoutode, M., Anagonou, SY., Kestens, L. & Portaels, F., 2010, In: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. 4, 7, p. e746 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article › peer-review

  • Water sources 100%
  • Benin 88%
  • Family Relations 83%
  • water 51%
  • marriage 51%

• Fitness of Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains of the W-Beijing and Non-W-Beijing genotype

  Von Groll, A., Martin, A., Stehr, M., Singh, M., Portaels, F., Almeida da Silva, PE. & Palomino, JC., 2010, In: PLoS ONE. 5, 4, p. e10191 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article › peer-review

• Fitness study of the RDRio lineage and Latin American-Mediterranean family of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in the city of Rio Grande, Brazil

  Von Groll, A., Martin, A., Felix, C., Prata, PFS., Honscha, G., Portaels, F., Vandame, P., da Silva, PEA. & Palomino, JC., 2010, In: Pathogens and Disease. 58, 1, p. 119-127 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article › peer-review

• Growth kinetics of Mycobacterium tuberculosis measured by quantitative resazurin reduction assay: a tool for fitness studies

  Von Groll, A., Martin, A., Portaels, F., Almeida da Silva, PE. & Palomino, JC., 2010, In: Brazilian Journal of Microbiology. 41, 2, p. 300-303 4 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article › peer-review

• hsp65 PCR-restriction analysis (PRA) with capillary electrophoresis in comparison to three other methods for identification of Mycobacterium species

  Sajduda, A., Martin, A., Portaels, F. & Palomino, JC., 2010, In: Journal of Microbiological Methods. 80, 2, p. 190-197 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article › peer-review

• Recent advances in leprosy and Buruli ulcer (Mycobacterium ulcerans infection)

  Walsh, DS., Portaels, F. & Meyers, WM., 2010, In: Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases. 23, 5, p. 445-455 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article › peer-review

  • Mycobacterium ulcerans 100%
  • Mycobacterium leprae 62%
  • mycolactone 28%
  • Virulence 27%
  • Infections 14%

• Response to treatment in a prospective cohort of patients with large ulcerated lesions suspected to be Buruli Ulcer (Mycobacterium ulcerans disease)

  Kibadi, K., Boelaert, M., Fraga, AG., Kayinua, M., Longatto-Filho, A., Minuku, JB., Mputu-Yamba, JB., Muyembe-Tamfum, JJ., Pedrosa, J., Roux, JJ., Meyers, WM. & Portaels, F., 2010, In: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. 4, 7, p. e736 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article › peer-review

  • Mycobacterium ulcerans 100%
  • surgery 64%
  • WHO 43%
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction 26%
  • Ulcer 20%

• Severe multifocal form of Buruli ulcer after streptomycin and rifampin treatment: comments on possible dissemination mechanisms

  Sopoh, GE., Dossou, AD., Brun, LV., Barogui, YT., Houezo, JG., Affolabi, D., Anagonou, SY., Johnson, RC., Kestens, L. & Portaels, F., 2010, In: American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 83, 2, p. 307-313 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article › peer-review

  • Mycobacterium ulcerans 100%
  • Coinfection 60%
  • Virus Diseases 45%

• Terrestrial small mammals as reservoir of Mycobacterium ulcerans in Benin

  Durnez, L., Suykerbuyk, P., Nicolas, V., Barrière, P., Verheyen, E., Johnson, CR., Leirs, H. & Portaels, F., 2010, In: Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 76, 13, p. 4574-4577 4 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article › peer-review

  • Mycobacterium ulcerans 100%
  • pathogen 28%

• Under treated necrotizing fasciitis masquerading as ulcerated edematous Mycobacterium ulcerans infection (Buruli Ulcer)

  Phanzu, MD., Bafende, AE., Imposo, BBD., Meyers, WM. & Portaels, F., 2010, In: American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 82, 3, p. 478-481 4 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article › peer-review
• 2009

  A comparison of DNA extraction procedures for the detection of Mycobacterium ulcerans, the causative agent of Buruli ulcer, in clinical and environmental specimens

  Durnez, L., Stragier, P., Roebben, K., Ablordey, A., Leirs, H. & Portaels, F., 2009, In: Journal of Microbiological Methods. 76, 2, p. 152-158 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article › peer-review

• African 1, an epidemiologically important clonal complex of Mycobacterium bovis dominant in Mali, Nigeria, Cameroon, and Chad

  Müller, B., Hilty, M., Berg, S., Garcia-Pelayo, MC., Dale, J., Boschiroli, ML., Cadmus, S., Ngandolo, BNR., Godreuil, S., Diguimbaye-Djaibé, C., Kazwala, R., Bonfoh, B., Njanpop-Lafourcade, BM., Sahraoui, N., Guetarni, D., Aseffa, A., Mekonnen, MH., Razanamparany, VR., Ramarokoto, H., Djonne, B., & 14 othersOloya, J., Machado, A., Mucavele, C., Skjerve, E., Portaels, F., Rigouts, L., Michel, A., Müller, A., Källenius, G., van Helden, PD., Hewinson, RG., Zinsstag, J., Gordon, SV. & Smith, NH., 2009, In: Journal of Bacteriology. 191, 6, p. 1951-1960 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article › peer-review

• Buruli ulcer

  Portaels, F., Silva, MT. & Meyers, WM., 2009, In: Clinics in Dermatology. 27, 3, p. 291-305 15 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article › peer-review

• Buruli ulcer disease: prospects for a vaccine

  Huygen, K., Adjei, O., Affolabi, D., Bretzel, G., Demangel, C., Fleisher, B., Johnson, RC., Pedrosa, J., Phanzu, DM., Phillips, RO., Pluschke, G., Siegmund, V., Singh, M., van der Werf, TS., Wansbrough-Jones, M. & Portaels, F., 2009, In: Medical Microbiology and Immunology. 198, 2, p. 69-77 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article › peer-review

• Buruli ulcer in United Kingdom tourist returning from Latin America [dispatch]

  McGann, H., Stragier, P., Portaels, F., Gascoyne-Binzi, D., Collyns, T., Lucas, S. & Mawer, D., 2009, In: Emerging Infectious Diseases. 15, 11, p. 1827-1829 3 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article › peer-review

• Clinical and molecular evicence for a case of Buruli Ulcer (Mycobacterium ulcerans infection) in Kenya

  Walsh, DS., Eyase, F., Onyango, D., Odindo, A., Otieno, W., Waitumbi, JN., Bulimo, WD., Schnabel, DC., Meyers, WM. & Portaels, F., 2009, In: American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 81, 6, p. 1110-1113 4 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article › peer-review

• Comparative intradermal tuberculin test in dairy cattle in the north of Ecuador and risk factors associated with bovine tuberculosis

  Proaño-Perez, F., Benitez-Ortiz, W., Celi-Erazo, M., Ron-Garrido, L., Benitez-Capistros, R., Portaels, F., Rigouts, L. & Linden, A., 2009, In: American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 81, 6, p. 1103-1109 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article › peer-review

• Differences in virulence and immune response induced in a murine model by isolates of Mycobacterium ulcerans from different geographic areas

  Hurtado Ortiz, R., Aguilar Leon, D., Orozco Estevez, H., Martin, A., Luna Herrera, J., Flores Romo, L., Portaels, F. & Hernandez Pando, R., 2009, In: Clinical and Experimental Immunology. 157, 2, p. 271-281 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article › peer-review

• Fine-needle aspiration, an efficient sampling technique for bacteriological diagnosis of nonulcerative Buruli ulcer

  Eddyani, M., Fraga, AG., Schmitt, F., Uwizeye, C., Fissette, K., Johnson, C., Aguiar, J., Sopoh, G., Barogui, Y., Meyers, WM., Pedrosa, J. & Portaels, F., 2009, In: Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 47, 6, p. 1700-1704 5 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article › peer-review

• First molecular epidemiological study of tuberculosis in Benin

  Affolabi, D., Anyo, G., Faïhun, F., Sanoussi, N., Shamputa, IC., Rigouts, L., Kestens, L., Anagonou, S. & Portaels, F., 2009, In: International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease. 13, 3, p. 317-322 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article › peer-review

• Fluoroquinolone resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis and mutations in gyrA and gyrB

  Von Groll, A., Martin, A., Jureen, P., Hoffner, S., Vandamme, P., Portaels, F., Palomino, JC. & Almeida da Silva, P., 2009, In: Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 53, 10, p. 4498-4500 3 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article › peer-review

• High level of cross-resistance between kanamycin, amikacin, and capreomycin among Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from Georgia and a close relation with mutations in the rrs gene

  Jugheli, L., Bzekalava, N., De Rijk, P., Fissette, K., Portaels, F. & Rigouts, L., 2009, In: Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 53, 12, p. 5064-5068 5 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article › peer-review

• Implementation of the thin layer agar method for diagnosis of smear-negative pulmonary tuberculosis in a setting with a high prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus infection in Homa Bay, Kenya

  Martin, A., Waweru, PM., Okatch, FB., Ouma, NA., Bonte, L., Varaine, F. & Portaels, F., 2009, In: Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 47, 8, p. 2632-2634 3 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article › peer-review

• Outcomes after chemotherapy with WHO category II regimen in a population with high prevalence of drug resistant tuberculosis

  Matthys, F., Rigouts, L., Sizaire, V., Vezhnina, N., Lecoq, M., Golubeva, V., Portaels, F., Van der Stuyft, P. & Kimerling, M., 2009, In: PLoS ONE. 4, 711, p. e7954

  Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article › peer-review

• Pathogenetic mechanisms of the intracellular parasite Mycobacterium ulcerans leading to Buruli ulcer

  Silva, MT., Portaels, F. & Pedrosa, J., 2009, In: Lancet Infectious Diseases. 9, 11, p. 699-710 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article › peer-review

• Persistence of Mycobacterium ulcerans disease (Buruli ulcer) in the historical focus of Kasongo territory, the Democratic Republic of Congo

  Suykerbuyk, P., Wambacq, J., Phanzu, DM., Haruna, H., Nakazawa, Y., Ooms, K., Kamango, K., Stragier, P., Singa, JN., Ekwanzala, F., De Herdt, E., De Maeyer, P., Kestens, L. & Portaels, F., 2009, In: American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 81, 5, p. 888-894 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article › peer-review

• Possible outbreak of streptomycin-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis Beijing in Benin

  Affolabi, D., Faïhun, F., Sanoussi, N., Anyo, G., Shamputa, IC., Rigouts, L., Kestens, L., Anagonou, S. & Portaels, F., 2009, In: Emerging Infectious Diseases. 15, 7, p. 1123-1125 3 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article › peer-review

• The prevalence of Mycobacterium bovis-infection and atypical mycobacterioses in cattle in and around Morogoro, Tanzania

  Durnez, L., Sadiki, H., Katakweba, A., Machang'u, RR., Kazwala, RR., Leirs, H. & Portaels, F., 2009, In: Tropical Animal Health and Production. 41, 8, p. 1643-1659 16 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article › peer-review

• Therapeutic itineraries of patients with ulcerated forms of Mycobacterium ulcerans (Buruli ulcer) disease in a rural health zone in the Democratic Republic of Congo

  Kibadi, K., Boelaert, M., Kayinua, M., Minuku, JB., Muyembe-Tamfum, JJ., Portaels, F. & Lefèvre, P., 2009, In: Tropical Medicine and International Health. 14, 9, p. 1110-1116 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article › peer-review

• Thin layer agar compared to BACTEC MGIT 960 for early detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

  Martin, A., Fissette, K., Varaine, F., Portaels, F. & Palomino, JC., 2009, In: Journal of Microbiological Methods. 78, 1, p. 107-108 2 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article › peer-review