Leen Rigouts assistant professor

Publications Leen Rigouts

Whole genome sequencing precision medicine strategyto shorten treatment for rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis (SMARTT) : a pragmatic, randomised, single-blind phase 4 trial

Source
The lancet respiratory medicine - ISSN 2213-2600-14:6 (2026) p. 521-532
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Prevalence of nontuberculous mycobacteria isolates and pulmonary disease from respiratory tract samples in persons investigated for presumed tuberculosis from three West African countries, an analysis of three prospective cohort studies

Source
BMC infectious diseases - ISSN 1471-2334-26:1 (2026) p. 1-12
Author(s)
    Elizabeth Abbew, Souleymane Mahamadou Bassirou, Isiyaku Ahmadu, Juliana Boampomaa Adu, Roger Laryea, Rita Patricia Frimpong Amenyo, Felix Sorvor, Yaw Adusi Poku, Dorcas Obiri-Yeboah, Tom Decroo, Lutgarde Lynen, Natalie Lorent, Leen Rigouts

Multicentre field evaluation of Xpert MTB/XDR in sub-Saharan Africa

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ERJ Open Research - ISSN 2312-0541-12:2 (2026) p. 1-11
Author(s)
    Faridath Massou, Bassirou Diarra, Awa Ba Diallo, Kindy Sadio Bah, Comfort Vuchas, Angela Neh, Melissa Sander, Emmanuel O. Adebiyi, Bolaji Olufemi Aderemi, Schadrac C. Agbla, Sian Floyd, Michel K. Kaswa, Muriel Aloni, Musala Sissy, Bertin Ushizimpumu, Esdras Belamo Niyigena, J.C.S. Ngabonziza, Gemeda Abebe, Mulualem Tadesse, Boubacar Bah, Lansana Camara, Aissatou Gaye Diallo, Makhtar Camara, Fatimata Diallo, Antieme Combo Georges Togo, Alice Ferre, Nelly Badalato, Adam Penn-Nicholson, Samuel G. Schumacher, Sourou Toussaint Odjougbele, Sabine Houeto, Wim Mulders, Krista Frissette, Wakjira Kebede, Osman El Tayeb, Corinne S. Merle, Bouke Catherine De Jong, Philip Supply, Dissou Affolabi, Leen Rigouts

The upcoming challenge of non-tuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary disease and tuberculosis/nontuberculous mycobacteria co-infection in Ghana and Sub-Saharan Africa

Source
Antwerp, University of Antwerp, Faculty of Pharmaceutical, Biomedical and Veterinary Sciences, Department of Biomedical Sciences, 2026,204 p.
Author(s)
    Elizabeth Abbew, Leen Rigouts, Lutgarde Lynen, Dorcas Obiri-Yeboah

Retrospective cohort analysis for identification of discordant rifampicin-resistant Xpert MTB/RIF assay results in South Kivu, Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, a high burden tuberculosis setting

Source
Clinical infectious diseases - ISSN 1058-4838-82:2 (2026) p. 274-281
Author(s)
    Bertin C. Bisimwa, Maja Kiselinova, Isabel Cuella-Martin, Leen Rigouts, Andre N.H. Bulabula, Valery Byela, Jean-Paul Chirambiza, Eric Mulume, Freddy Birembano, Patrick D.M.C. Katoto, Jean Claude Semuto Ngabonziza, Michel Kaswa, Bouke C. de Jong, Steven Callens, Esto Bahizire