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Antibiotic-resistant sepsis still claiming newborn lives in Africa | Laboratory of Medical Microbiology | University of Antwerp
Laboratory of Medical Microbiology search menu search content Antibiotic-resistant sepsis still claiming newborn lives in Africa Penta leads new scientific collaboration to improve treatment and reduce mortality A new European-African collaboration to improve the way infections in newborns are treat…
Global study highlights deaths from neonatal sepsis & steps to improve treatment | Laboratory of Medical Microbiology | University of Antwerp
Laboratory of Medical Microbiology search menu search content Global study highlights deaths from neonatal sepsis & steps to improve treatment Geneva - A global observational study, which involved more than 3,200 newborn babies suffering from sepsis in 19 hospitals in 11 countries, has shown that ma…
Research Sabrina van Ierssel | Sabrina van Ierssel | University of Antwerp
Sabrina van Ierssel unpaid staff Research Sabrina van Ierssel Research team Primary and interdisciplinary care Antwerp (ELIZA) Global Health Institute (GHI) Vascular competence in the critical ill: endothelial progenitor cells and endothelial microparticles in sepsis, and as biomarkers for the devel…
Research Philip Plaeke | Philip Plaeke | University of Antwerp
Philip Plaeke unpaid staff Research Philip Plaeke Research team Therapeutic modulation of the neuroimmune crosstalk at the leaky gastrointestinal border during sepsis; a translational study. 01/08/2016 - 31/07/2018 Abstract Sepsis, defined as a systemic inflammatory response of the body to an infect…
| Laboratory of Experimental Medicine and Pediatrics (LEMP) | University of Antwerp
Laboratory of Experimental Medicine and Pediatrics (LEMP) search menu search content Main research topics of the laboratory of Gastroenterology: IBD and IBS: visceral hypersensitivity Two of the most important and frequent pathologies in the field of gastroenterology are irritable bowel syndrome (IB…
Advancing Paediatric Antibiotic Research | Laboratory of Medical Microbiology | University of Antwerp
Laboratory of Medical Microbiology search menu search content Advancing Paediatric Antibiotic Research Two New African-European Research Collaborations Tackle Severe Infections in Neonates and Children Johannesburg, South Africa, 30th January 2024 - This week, expert scientists and clinicians from P…
Antibiotics are becoming less and less effective in newborns, resulting in death | VAXINFECTIO | University of Antwerp
VAXINFECTIO search menu search content Antibiotics are becoming less and less effective in newborns, resulting in death UAntwerp research shows that antibiotics fail to save almost 1 in 4 newborns with blood poisoning If you get a bacterial infection, the doctor will prescribe antibiotics. But what …
Joseph NGONZI | Global Health Institute | University of Antwerp
Global Health Institute search menu search content Joseph NGONZI Postpartum Infection at Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital, South Western Uganda: epidemiology, microbiology and control Abstract This PhD thesis entitled “Postpartum Infection at Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital, South Western Uga…
Intensive care | Laboratory of Experimental Medicine and Pediatrics (LEMP) | University of Antwerp
Laboratory of Experimental Medicine and Pediatrics (LEMP) search menu search content Intensive care Head: prof de Philippe Jorens Main research topics: The main study topics of this unit are dedicated to the use of sewage to estimate whole population illicit drug use; in vivo migration and different…
Publications Annelies Mondelaers | Annelies Mondelaers | University of Antwerp
Annelies Mondelaers senior researcher Publications Annelies Mondelaers Screening and monitoring of travellers returning from countries affected by Bundibugyo virus : an overview of European approaches, July 2026 Source Eurosurveillance : European communicable disease bulletin - ISSN 1025-496X-31:28 …
Research Sibyl Anthierens | Sibyl Anthierens | University of Antwerp
Sibyl Anthierens associate professor - guest prof. external funds Research Sibyl Anthierens Research team Primary and interdisciplinary care Antwerp (ELIZA) Global Health Institute (GHI) Expertise Professor dr Sibyl Anthierens is a social scientist. She is also the co-director of QUALUA (Qualitative…
LAB-Net assists in reducing neonatal infections | Laboratory of Medical Microbiology | University of Antwerp
Laboratory of Medical Microbiology search menu search content LAB-Net assists in reducing neonatal infections The NeoDeco study, led by Fondazione Penta EST, is creating an impact in neonatal care. This innovative study investigates whether optimised kangaroo care can reduce severe infections, sepsi…
Experimental models | Laboratory of Experimental Medicine and Pediatrics (LEMP) | University of Antwerp
Laboratory of Experimental Medicine and Pediatrics (LEMP) search menu search content Experimental models Gastroenterology models: MNU-Helicobacter pylori mouse model for gastric cancer (C57BL/6; wildtype & Muc13 KO, Muc1 KO mice) DSS colitis model (C57BL/6; wildtype & Muc13 KO, Muc1 KO mice) TNBS co…
News | Medical Biochemistry | University of Antwerp
Medical Biochemistry search menu search content News March 24, 2026 Congratulations to Ellen Wuyts for successfully defending her PhD on March 24, 2026. Topic: Structural and functional insights into the Leishmania donovani dynamin-1-like protein as a promising drug target. March 18, 2026 Congratula…
Poster and oral presentations | Medical Biochemistry | University of Antwerp
Medical Biochemistry search menu search content Poster and oral presentations Joint Parasitology Spring Meeting | March 11-14, 2025 | Würzburg, Germany L. De Vocht, G. Caljon, Y. G.-J. Sterckx. Identification of potent single-domain antibodies against the malaria sporozoite through a synthetic sing…
Publications Biljana Kakaraskoska Boceska | Biljana Kakaraskoska Boceska | University of Antwerp
Biljana Kakaraskoska Boceska unpaid staff Publications Biljana Kakaraskoska Boceska Assessment of three antibiotic combination regimens against Gram-negative bacteria causing neonatal sepsis in low- and middle-income countries Source Nature communications - ISSN 2041-1723-15:1 (2024) p. 1-12 Author(…
Research Benedicte De Winter | Benedicte De Winter | University of Antwerp
Benedicte De Winter full professor Research Benedicte De Winter Research team Laboratory Experimental Medicine and Pediatrics (LEMP) Expertise - Visceral pain - Inflammation - ileus - irritable bowel syndrome - IBS - inflammatory bowel disease - IBD - sepsis - experimental and clinical translational…
Outbreak Analysis Reveals Insights into Serratia marcescens in a Belgian NICU | Laboratory of Medical Microbiology | University of Antwerp
Laboratory of Medical Microbiology search menu search content Outbreak Analysis Reveals Insights into Serratia marcescens in a Belgian NICU A new genomic epidemiological study by the LMM of a Serratia marcescens outbreak in a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) in Belgium (2022–2023) highlights th…
European Antibiotic Awareness Day | Laboratory of Medical Microbiology | University of Antwerp
Laboratory of Medical Microbiology search menu search content European Antibiotic Awareness Day The European Antibiotic Awareness Day 2023 emphasizes the importance of enhancing our understanding of antimicrobial resistance (AMR). AMR is a threat to humans, animals, plants and the environment, affec…
Research Sara Nullens | Sara Nullens | University of Antwerp
Sara Nullens unpaid guest prof. Research Sara Nullens Research team Laboratory Experimental Medicine and Pediatrics (LEMP) Characterization and modulation of the enteric neuroimmune environment during sepsis-induced ileus 26/11/2015 - 31/12/2016 Abstract In the current project, we initially aim to i…
Publications Marisse Meeus | Marisse Meeus | University of Antwerp
Marisse Meeus unpaid staff Publications Marisse Meeus Clinical decision support for improved neonatal care : the development of a machine learning model for the prediction of late-onset sepsis and necrotizing enterocolitis Source The journal of pediatrics - ISSN 0022-3476-266 (2024) p. 1-10 Author(s…
Publications Niels Van Regenmortel | Niels Van Regenmortel | University of Antwerp
Niels Van Regenmortel unpaid staff Publications Niels Van Regenmortel Unnecessary fluid therapy in patients with shock : five classic fluid pitfalls and five ways to do it better Source Annals of intensive care - ISSN 2110-5820-16 (2026) p. 1-9 Author(s) Martin Vanden Eede, Niels Van Regenmortel Cit…
Research Philippe Jorens | Philippe Jorens | University of Antwerp
Philippe Jorens full professor Research Philippe Jorens Research team Laboratory Experimental Medicine and Pediatrics (LEMP) Expertise ICU of university hospital with 39 patients, capable of hospitalising and treating both adult and pediatric patients, with all tools of modern management and (hemody…
Finished projects | Laboratory of Medical Microbiology | University of Antwerp
Laboratory of Medical Microbiology search menu search content Finished projects Research on Developing Diagnostics for Infectious Diseases RAPP-ID: Development of RApid Point-of-Care test Platforms for Infectious Diseases RAPP-ID will develop a Point-of-Care Test (POCT) for rapid pathogen detection …
Projects - ASTARC | Antwerp Surgical Training, Anatomy and Research Centre | University of Antwerp
Antwerp Surgical Training, Anatomy and Research Centre search menu search content Projects - ASTARC Ongoing projects Patterns of small airway disease and neovascularisation in post-transplant rejection 01/07/2026 - 30/06/2030 Abstract Obliterative bronchiolitis (OB), characterized by pathological ob…