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Vincent Broutin; Emmanuelle Cambau; Marc Choisy; Olivier Dereure; Alexandra Aubry; Anne-Laure Bañuls; Antoine Barnaud; Claudine Belon; Jean-François Bernardet; Maria Laura Boschiroli; Cristina Gutierrez; Nicolas Keck; Cédric Libert; Christian Michel; Françoise Portaels; Jean-Christophe Raymond; Pieter Stragier; Dominique Terru; Philippe Van de Perre; Sylvain Godreuil
Genetic diversity and population structure of Mycobacterium marinum: new insights into host and environmental specificities.
Dissou Affolabi; Séverin Anagonou; Frank Faïhun; Mathieu Odoun; Françoise Portaels; N'Dira Sanoussi; Ghislain Sopoh; Koen Vandelannoote; Miriam Eddyani
Effects of decontamination, DNA extraction, and amplification procedures on the molecular diagnosis of Mycobacterium ulcerans disease (Buruli ulcer).
Anna Sajduda; Françoise Portaels; Anandi Martin; Juan Carlos Palomino
hsp65 PCR-restriction analysis (PRA) with capillary electrophoresis for species identification and differentiation of Mycobacterium kansasii and Mycobacterium chelonae-Mycobacterium abscessus group.

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2012: Vincent Broutin; Emmanuelle Cambau; Marc Choisy; Olivier Dereure; Alexandra Aubry; Anne-Laure Bañuls; Antoine Barnaud; Claudine Belon; Jean-François Bernardet; Maria Laura Boschiroli; Cristina Gutierrez; Nicolas Keck; Cédric Libert; Christian Michel; Françoise Portaels; Jean-Christophe Raymond; Pieter Stragier; Dominique Terru; Philippe Van de Perre; Sylvain Godreuil
Genetic diversity and population structure of Mycobacterium marinum: new insights into host and environmental specificities.
Journal of clinical microbiology 2012;50(11):3627-34.
2012: Dissou Affolabi; Séverin Anagonou; Frank Faïhun; Mathieu Odoun; Françoise Portaels; N'Dira Sanoussi; Ghislain Sopoh; Koen Vandelannoote; Miriam Eddyani
Effects of decontamination, DNA extraction, and amplification procedures on the molecular diagnosis of Mycobacterium ulcerans disease (Buruli ulcer).
Journal of clinical microbiology 2012;50(4):1195-8.
2012: Anna Sajduda; Françoise Portaels; Anandi Martin; Juan Carlos Palomino
hsp65 PCR-restriction analysis (PRA) with capillary electrophoresis for species identification and differentiation of Mycobacterium kansasii and Mycobacterium chelonae-Mycobacterium abscessus group.
International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases 2012;16(3):e193-7.
2012: Sophie Gryseels; Herwig Leirs; Françoise Portaels; Manuel T Silva; Koen Vandelannoote; Anthony Ablordey; Diana Amissah; Johan De Jonckheere; Lies Durnez; Miriam Eddyani
Amoebae as potential environmental hosts for Mycobacterium ulcerans and other mycobacteria, but doubtful actors in Buruli ulcer epidemiology.
PLoS neglected tropical diseases 2012;6(8):e1764.
2012: Kenneth D Doig; Miriam Eddyani; Janet Fyfe; Kathryn E Holt; Caroline J Lavender; Gerd Pluschke; Françoise Portaels; Torsten Seemann; Dorothy Yeboah-Manu; Timothy P Stinear
On the origin of Mycobacterium ulcerans, the causative agent of Buruli ulcer.
BMC genomics 2012;13():258.
2012: Alexandra G Fraga; Kris Huygen; Teresa G Martins; Françoise Portaels; Manuel T Silva; Egídio Torrado; António G Castro; Jorge Pedrosa
Cellular immunity confers transient protection in experimental Buruli ulcer following BCG or mycolactone-negative Mycobacterium ulcerans vaccination.
PloS one 2012;7(3):e33406.
2011: Delphin M Phanzu; Patrick Suykerbuyk; Marleen Boelaert; Désiré-Hubert B Imposo; Linda F Lehman; Roger L Mahema; Wayne M Meyers; Elie Nduwamahoro; Françoise Portaels
Mycobacterium ulcerans infection (Buruli ulcer) on the face: a comparative analysis of 13 clinically suspected cases from the Democratic Republic of Congo.
The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene 2011;85(6):1100-5.
2011: Freddy Proaño-Pérez; Leen Rigouts; W Benítez-Ortiz; Françoise Portaels; Annick Linden
Situation of bovine tuberculosis in Ecuador.
Revista panamericana de salud pública = Pan American journal of public health 2011;30(3):279-86.
2011: Freddy Proaño-Pérez; Leen Rigouts; Lenin Ron; Julio Ortiz; Françoise Portaels; Richar Rodriguez-Hidalgo; Marco Coral; Daniel Desmecht; Annick Linden
Post-mortem examination and laboratory-based analysis for the diagnosis of bovine tuberculosis among dairy cattle in Ecuador.
Preventive veterinary medicine 2011;101(1-2):65-72.
2011: Achille Yemoa; Joachim Gbenou; Dissou Affolabi; Mansourou Moudachirou; André Bigot; Séverin Anagonou; Françoise Portaels; Joëlle Quetin-Leclercq; Anandi Martin
Buruli ulcer: a review of in vitro tests to screen natural products for activity against Mycobacterium ulcerans.
Planta medica 2011;77(6):641-6.
2011: Lies Durnez; Abdul Katakweba; Charles R Katholi; Rudovick R Kazwala; Robert R Machang'u; Françoise Portaels; Harrison Sadiki; Herwig Leirs
Mycobacteria in terrestrial small mammals on cattle farms in Tanzania.
Veterinary medicine international 2011;2011():495074.
2011: Ghislain Emmanuel Sopoh; Roch Christian Johnson; Séverin Yehouénou Anagonou; Yves Thierry Barogui; Ange Dodji Dossou; Jean Gabin Houézo; Delphin Mavingha Phanzu; Brice Hughes Tente; Wayne M Meyers; Françoise Portaels
Buruli ulcer prevalence and altitude, Benin.
Emerging infectious diseases 2011;17(1):153-4.
2011: Douglas S Walsh; Françoise Portaels; Wayne M Meyers
Buruli ulcer: Advances in understanding Mycobacterium ulcerans infection.
Dermatologic clinics 2011;29(1):1-8.
2011: Alexandra G Fraga; Andrea Cruz; Teresa G Martins; Egídio Torrado; Margarida Saraiva; Daniela R Pereira; Wayne M Meyers; Françoise Portaels; Manuel T Silva; António G Castro; Jorge Pedrosa
Mycobacterium ulcerans triggers T-cell immunity followed by local and regional but not systemic immunosuppression.
Infection and immunity 2011;79(1):421-30.
2010: Douglas S Walsh; Françoise Portaels; Wayne M Meyers
Recent advances in leprosy and Buruli ulcer (Mycobacterium ulcerans infection).
Current opinion in infectious diseases 2010;23(5):445-55.
2010: Ghislain Emmanuel Sopoh; Ange Dodji Dossou; Luc Valère Brun; Yves Thierry Barogui; Jean Gabin Houézo; Dissou Affolabi; Séverin Y Anagonou; JOHNSON Roch Christian; Luc Kestens; Françoise Portaels
Severe multifocal form of buruli ulcer after streptomycin and rifampin treatment: comments on possible dissemination mechanisms.
The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene 2010;83(2):307-13.
2010: Lies Durnez; Patrick Suykerbuyk; Violaine Nicolas; Patrick Barrière; Erik Verheyen; Christian R Johnson; Herwig Leirs; Françoise Portaels
Terrestrial small mammals as reservoirs of Mycobacterium ulcerans in benin.
Applied and environmental microbiology 2010;76(13):4574-7.
2010: Mavinga D Phanzu; Aombe E Bafende; Bofunga B D Imposo; Wayne M Meyers; Françoise Portaels
Under treated necrotizing fasciitis masquerading as ulcerated edematous Mycobacterium ulcerans infection (Buruli ulcer).
The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene 2010;82(3):478-81.
2010: Koen Vandelannoote; Lies Durnez; Diana Amissah; Sophie Gryseels; Alfred Dodoo; Shirley Yeboah; Phyllis Addo; Miriam Eddyani; Herwig Leirs; Anthony Ablordey; Françoise Portaels
Application of real-time PCR in Ghana, a Buruli ulcer-endemic country, confirms the presence of Mycobacterium ulcerans in the environment.
FEMS microbiology letters 2010;304(2):191-4.
2010: Anna Sajduda; Anandi Martin; Françoise Portaels; Juan Carlos Palomino
hsp65 PCR-restriction analysis (PRA) with capillary electrophoresis in comparison to three other methods for identification of Mycobacterium species.
Journal of microbiological methods 2010;80(2):190-7.
2010: Andrea Von Groll; Anandi Martin; Carolina Felix; Pedro Fernandes Sanmartin Prata; Günther Honscha; Françoise Portaels; Peter Vandame; Pedro Eduardo Almeida da Silva; Juan Carlos Palomino
Fitness study of the RDRio lineage and Latin American-Mediterranean family of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in the city of Rio Grande, Brazil.
FEMS immunology and medical microbiology 2010;58(1):119-27.
2010: Chanda Mulenga; Françoise Portaels; Isdore Chola Shamputa; Innocent C Bwalya; Allan Chonde; Sven Docx; Krista Fissette; Mathilda Kakungu-Simpungwe; Nathan Kapata; Leen Rigouts
Low Occurrence of Tuberculosis Drug Resistance among Pulmonary Tuberculosis Patients from an Urban Setting, with a Long-Running DOTS Program in Zambia.
Tuberculosis research and treatment 2010;2010():938178.
2010: Ghislain Emmanuel Sopoh; Yves Thierry Barogui; JOHNSON Roch Christian; Ange Dodji Dossou; Michel Makoutodé; Sévérin Y Anagonou; Luc Kestens; Françoise Portaels
Family relationship, water contact and occurrence of Buruli ulcer in Benin.
PLoS neglected tropical diseases 2010;4(7):e746.
2010: K Kibadi; Marleen Boelaert; Alexandra G Fraga; Makanzu Kayinua; Adhemar Longatto Filho; Jean-Bedel Minuku; Jean-Baptiste Mputu-Yamba; Jean Jacques Muyembe-Tamfum; Jorge Pedrosa; Jean-Jacques Roux; Wayne M Meyers; Françoise Portaels
Response to treatment in a prospective cohort of patients with large ulcerated lesions suspected to be Buruli Ulcer (Mycobacterium ulcerans disease).
PLoS neglected tropical diseases 2010;4(7):e736.
2010: Chanda Mulenga; Isdore C Shamputa; David Mwakazanga; Nathan Kapata; Françoise Portaels; Leen Rigouts
Diversity of Mycobacterium tuberculosis genotypes circulating in Ndola, Zambia.
BMC infectious diseases 2010;10():177.
2010: Andrea von Groll; Anandi Martin; Matthias Stehr; Mahavir Singh; Françoise Portaels; Pedro Eduardo Almeida da Silva; Juan Carlos Palomino
Fitness of Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains of the W-Beijing and Non-W-Beijing genotype.
PloS one 2010;5(4):e10191.
2009: Douglas S Walsh; Fredrick Eyase; David Onyango; Alfred Odindo; Walter Otieno; John N Waitumbi; Wallace D Bulimo; David C Schnabel; Wayne M Meyers; Françoise Portaels
Short report: Clinical and molecular evidence for a case of Buruli ulcer (Mycobacterium ulcerans infection) in Kenya.
The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene 2009;81(6):1110-3.
2009: Freddy Proaño-Perez; Richar Rodriguez-Hidalgo; Maritza Celi-Erazo; Lenin Ron-Garrido; Ricardo Benitez-Capistros; Françoise Portaels; Leen Rigouts; Annick Linden
Comparative intradermal tuberculin test in dairy cattle in the north of Ecuador and risk factors associated with bovine tuberculosis.
The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene 2009;81(6):1103-9.
2009: Levan Jugheli; Nino Bzekalava; Pim De Rijk; Krista Fissette; Françoise Portaels; Leen Rigouts
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.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 2009;53(12):5064-8.
2009: Lies Durnez; Harrison Sadiki; Abdul Katakweba; Robert R Machang'u; Rudovik R Kazwala; Herwig Leirs; Françoise Portaels
The prevalence of Mycobacterium bovis-infection and atypical mycobacterioses in cattle in and around Morogoro, Tanzania.
Tropical animal health and production 2009;41(8):1653-9.
2009: Patrick Suykerbuyk; Julie Wambacq; Delphin M Phanzu; Hemedi Haruna; Yoshinori Nakazawa; Kristien Ooms; Kalambo Kamango; Pieter Stragier; Jackie N Singa; Florent Ekwanzala; Eric De Herdt; Philippe De Maeyer; Luc Kestens; Françoise Portaels
Persistence of Mycobacterium ulcerans disease (Buruli Ulcer) in the historical focus of Kasongo Territory, the Democratic Republic of Congo.
The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene 2009;81(5):888-94.
2009: Manuel T Silva; Françoise Portaels; Jorge Pedrosa
Pathogenetic mechanisms of the intracellular parasite Mycobacterium ulcerans leading to Buruli ulcer.
The Lancet infectious diseases 2009;9(11):699-710.
2009: Anandi Martin; F Paasch; A Von Groll; Krista Fissette; P Almeida; Francis Varaine; Françoise Portaels; Juan Carlos Palomino
Thin-layer agar for detection of resistance to rifampicin, ofloxacin and kanamycin in Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates.
The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease : the official journal of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease 2009;13(10):1301-4.
2009: Andrea Von Groll; Anandi Martin; Pontus Jureen; Sven Hoffner; Peter Vandamme; Françoise Portaels; Juan Carlos Palomino; Pedro Almeida da Silva
Fluoroquinolone resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis and mutations in gyrA and gyrB.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 2009;53(10):4498-500.
2009: K Kibadi; Marleen Boelaert; Makanzu Kayinua; Jean-Bedel Minuku; Jean Jacques Muyembe-Tamfum; Françoise Portaels; Pierre Lefèvre
Therapeutic itineraries of patients with ulcerated forms of Mycobacterium ulcerans (Buruli ulcer) disease in a rural health zone in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Tropical medicine & international health : TM & IH 2009;14(9):1110-6.
2009: Brandon J Webb; Fern R Hauck; Eric Houp; Françoise Portaels
Buruli ulcer in West Africa: strategies for early detection and treatment in the antibiotic era.
East African journal of public health 2009;6(2):144-7.
2009: Anandi Martin; Peter Munga Waweru; Fred Babu Okatch; Naureen Amondi Ouma; Laurence Bonte; Francis Varaine; Françoise Portaels
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.
Journal of clinical microbiology 2009;47(8):2632-4.
2009: Dissou Affolabi; Frank Faïhun; N'Dira Sanoussi; Gladys Anyo; Isdore Chola Shamputa; Leen Rigouts; Luc Kestens; Séverin Anagonou; Françoise Portaels
Possible outbreak of streptomycin-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis Beijing in Benin.
Emerging infectious diseases 2009;15(7):1123-5.
2009: Anandi Martin; Krista Fissette; Francis Varaine; Françoise Portaels; Juan Carlos Palomino
Thin layer agar compared to BACTEC MGIT 960 for early detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
Journal of microbiological methods 2009;78(1):107-8.
2009: Miriam Eddyani; Alexandra G Fraga; Fernando Schmitt; Cécile Uwizeye; Krista Fissette; Christian Johnson; Julia Aguiar; Ghislain Sopoh; Yves Barogui; Wayne M Meyers; Jorge Pedrosa; Françoise Portaels
Fine-needle aspiration, an efficient sampling technique for bacteriological diagnosis of nonulcerative Buruli ulcer.
Journal of clinical microbiology 2009;47(6):1700-4.
2009: Françoise Portaels; Manuel T Silva; Wayne M Meyers
Buruli ulcer.
Clinics in dermatology 2009;27(3):291-305.
2009: Kris Huygen; Ohene Adjei; Dissou Affolabi; Gisela Bretzel; Caroline Demangel; Bernhard Fleischer; JOHNSON Roch Christian; Jorge Pedrosa; Delphin M Phanzu; Richard O Phillips; Gerd Pluschke; Vera Siegmund; Mahavir Singh; Tjip S van der Werf; Mark Wansbrough-Jones; Françoise Portaels
Buruli ulcer disease: prospects for a vaccine.
Medical microbiology and immunology 2009;198(2):69-77.
2009: Dissou Affolabi; G Anyo; F Faïhun; N Sanoussi; Isdore Chola Shamputa; Leen Rigouts; Luc Kestens; Séverin Anagonou; Françoise Portaels
First molecular epidemiological study of tuberculosis in Benin.
The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease : the official journal of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease 2009;13(3):317-22.
2009: Lies Durnez; Pieter Stragier; Karen Roebben; Anthony Ablordey; Herwig Leirs; Françoise Portaels
A comparison of DNA extraction procedures for the detection of Mycobacterium ulcerans, the causative agent of Buruli ulcer, in clinical and environmental specimens.
Journal of microbiological methods 2009;76(2):152-8.
2009: Francine Matthys; Leen Rigouts; Vinciane Sizaire; Natalia Vezhnina; Maryvonne Lecoq; Vera Golubeva; Françoise Portaels; Patrick Van der Stuyft; Michael Kimerling
Outcomes after chemotherapy with WHO category II regimen in a population with high prevalence of drug resistant tuberculosis.
PloS one 2009;4(11):e7954.
2008: Anandi Martin; Andrea von Groll; Krista Fissette; Juan Carlos Palomino; Francis Varaine; Françoise Portaels
Rapid detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis resistance to second-line drugs by use of the manual mycobacterium growth indicator tube system.
Journal of clinical microbiology 2008;46(12):3952-6.
2008: Ange D Dossou; Ghislain E Sopoh; Christian R Johnson; Yves T Barogui; Dissou Affolabi; Sévérin Y Anagonou; Théophile Zohoun; Françoise Portaels; Kingsley Asiedu
Management of Mycobacterium ulcerans infection in a pregnant woman in Benin using rifampicin and clarithromycin.
The Medical journal of Australia 2008;189(9):532-3.
2008: K Kibadi; Mbutu Panda; Jean-Jacques Muyembe Tamfum; Alexandra G Fraga; Adhemar Longatto Filho; Gladys Anyo; Jorge Pedrosa; Yoshinori Nakazawa; Patrick Suykerbuyk; Wayne M Meyers; Françoise Portaels
New foci of Buruli ulcer, Angola and Democratic Republic of Congo.
Emerging infectious diseases 2008;14(11):1790-2.
2008: Miriam Eddyani; Johan F De Jonckheere; Lies Durnez; Patrick Suykerbuyk; Herwig Leirs; Françoise Portaels
Occurrence of free-living amoebae in communities of low and high endemicity for Buruli ulcer in southern Benin.
Applied and environmental microbiology 2008;74(21):6547-53.
2008: Dissou Affolabi; Mathieu Odoun; N'Dira Sanoussi; Anandi Martin; Juan Carlos Palomino; Luc Kestens; Séverin Anagonou; Françoise Portaels
Rapid and inexpensive detection of multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis with the nitrate reductase assay using liquid medium and direct application to sputum samples.
Journal of clinical microbiology 2008;46(10):3243-5.
2008: Douglas S Walsh; Françoise Portaels; Wayne M Meyers
Buruli ulcer (Mycobacterium ulcerans infection).
Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 2008;102(10):969-78.
2008: Pieter Stragier; Katleen Hermans; Tim Stinear; Françoise Portaels
First report of a mycolactone-producing Mycobacterium infection in fish agriculture in Belgium.
FEMS microbiology letters 2008;286(1):93-5.
2008: Dissou Affolabi; N'dira Sanoussi; Mathieu Odoun; Anandi Martin; Louis Koukpemedji; Juan Carlos Palomino; Luc Kestens; Séverin Anagonou; Françoise Portaels
Rapid detection of multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Cotonou (Benin) using two low-cost colorimetric methods: resazurin and nitrate reductase assays.
Journal of medical microbiology 2008;57(Pt 8):1024-7.
2008: Anandi Martin; Stefan Panaiotov; Françoise Portaels; Sven Hoffner; Juan Carlos Palomino; Kristian Angeby
The nitrate reductase assay for the rapid detection of isoniazid and rifampicin resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy 2008;62(1):56-64.
2008: Dissou Affolabi; M Odoun; C N Sanoussi; B Tanimomo-Kledjo; D Saïzonou; K Soumaïla; L Kestens; Séverin Anagonou; Françoise Portaels
Bulk staining of smears: no demonstrated risk of bacilli transfer from a positive to a negative smear.
The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease : the official journal of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease 2008;12(6):683-5.
2008: L Jugheli; Leen Rigouts; Isdore Chola Shamputa; W Bram de Rijk; Françoise Portaels
High levels of resistance to second-line anti-tuberculosis drugs among prisoners with pulmonary tuberculosis in Georgia.
The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease : the official journal of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease 2008;12(5):561-6.
2008: JOHNSON Roch Christian; Fabienne Nackers; Judith R Glynn; Elisa de Biurrun Bakedano; Claude Zinsou; Julia Aguiar; René Tonglet; Françoise Portaels
Association of HIV infection and Mycobacterium ulcerans disease in Benin.
AIDS (London, England) 2008;22(7):901-3.
2008: Dissou Affolabi; Blanche Tanimomo-Kledjo; Gladys Anyo; JOHNSON Roch Christian; Séverin Anagonou; Françoise Portaels
Setting up a national reference laboratory for Buruli ulcer: the case of Benin.
Tropical medicine & international health : TM & IH 2008;13(3):365-8.
2008: Humberto Guerra; Juan Carlos Palomino; Eduardo Falconí; Francisco Bravo; Ninoska Donaires; Eric Van Marck; Françoise Portaels
Mycobacterium ulcerans disease, Peru.
Emerging infectious diseases 2008;14(3):373-7.
2008: AN Umubyeyi; Leen Rigouts; Isdore Chola Shamputa; A Dediste; Marc Struelens; Françoise Portaels
Low levels of second-line drug resistance among multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from Rwanda.
International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases 2008;12(2):152-6.
2008: Dissou Affolabi; Honoré Bankolé; Anthony Ablordey; Julie Hounnouga; Pierre Koutchakpo; Ghislain Sopoh; Julia Aguiar; Ange Dossou; JOHNSON Roch Christian; Séverin Anagonou; Françoise Portaels
Effects of grinding surgical tissue specimens and smear staining methods on Buruli ulcer microscopic diagnosis.
Tropical medicine & international health : TM & IH 2008;13(2):187-90.
2008: Lies Durnez; Miriam Eddyani; Georgies F Mgode; Abdul Katakweba; Charles R Katholi; Robert R Machang'u; Rudovik R Kazwala; Françoise Portaels; Herwig Leirs
First detection of mycobacteria in African rodents and insectivores, using stratified pool screening.
Applied and environmental microbiology 2008;74(3):768-73.
2008: Françoise Portaels; Wayne M Meyers; Anthony Ablordey; António G Castro; Karim Chemlal; Pim De Rijk; Pierre Elsen; Krista Fissette; Alexandra G Fraga; Richard Lee; Engy Mahrous; Pamela L C Small; Pieter Stragier; Egídio Torrado; Anita Van Aerde; Manuel T Silva; Jorge Pedrosa
First cultivation and characterization of Mycobacterium ulcerans from the environment.
PLoS neglected tropical diseases 2008;2(3):e178.
2008: Miriam Eddyani; Martine Debacker; Anandi Martin; Julia Aguiar; Christian R Johnson; Cécile Uwizeye; Krista Fissette; Françoise Portaels
Primary culture of Mycobacterium ulcerans from human tissue specimens after storage in semisolid transport medium.
Journal of clinical microbiology 2008;46(1):69-72.
2008: Anandi Martin; Andrés Cubillos-Ruiz; Andrea Von Groll; Juan Anzola; Françoise Portaels; Juan Carlos Palomino
Nitrate reductase assay for the rapid detection of pyrazinamide resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis using nicotinamide.
The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy 2008;61(1):123-7.
2007: Delphin M Phanzu; Anthony Ablordey; Desire B Imposo; Lucien Lefevre; Roger L Mahema; Patrick Suykerbuyk; Wayne M Meyers; Françoise Portaels
Short report: edematous Mycobacterium ulcerans infection (Buruli ulcer) on the face: a case report.
The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene 2007;77(6):1099-102.
2007: Fabienne Nackers; JOHNSON Roch Christian; Judith R Glynn; Claude Zinsou; René Tonglet; Françoise Portaels
Environmental and health-related risk factors for Mycobacterium ulcerans disease (Buruli ulcer) in Benin.
The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene 2007;77(5):834-6.
2007: D Affolabi; O A B G Adjagba; B Tanimomo-Kledjo; M Gninafon; Séverin Anagonou; Françoise Portaels
Anti-tuberculosis drug resistance among new and previously treated pulmonary tuberculosis patients in Cotonou, Benin.
The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease : the official journal of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease 2007;11(11):1221-4.
2007: Zeaur Rahim; Khadiza Zaman; Adri van der Zanden; Marius J Möllers; Dick Van Soolingen; Rubhana Raqib; Khalequz Zaman; Vikarunessa Begum; Leen Rigouts; Françoise Portaels; Nalin Rastogi; Christophe Sola
Assessment of population structure and major circulating phylogeographical clades of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex in Bangladesh suggests a high prevalence of a specific subclade of ancient M. tuberculosis genotypes.
Journal of clinical microbiology 2007;45(11):3791-4.
2007: Pieter Stragier; Anthony Ablordey; Lies Durnez; Françoise Portaels
VNTR analysis differentiates Mycobacterium ulcerans and IS2404 positive mycobacteria.
Systematic and applied microbiology 2007;30(7):525-30.
2007: AN Umubyeyi; Isdore Chola Shamputa; Leen Rigouts; A Dediste; Marc Struelens; Françoise Portaels
Evidence of 'amplifier effect' in pulmonary multidrug-resistant tuberculosis: report of three cases.
International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases 2007;11(6):508-12.
2007: Anandi Martin; Cécile Uwizeye; Krista Fissette; Pim De Rijk; Juan Carlos Palomino; Sylvia Cardoso Leao; Françoise Portaels
Application of the hsp65 PRA method for the rapid identification of mycobacteria isolated from clinical samples in Belgium.
Journal of microbiological methods 2007;71(1):39-43.
2007: M Eddyani; Françoise Portaels
Survival of Mycobacterium ulcerans at 37 degrees C.
Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases 2007;13(10):1033-5.
2007: Ghislain Emmanuel Sopoh; JOHNSON Roch Christian; Annick Chauty; Ange Dodji Dossou; Julia Aguiar; Olivier Salmon; Françoise Portaels; Kingsley Asiedu
Buruli ulcer surveillance, Benin, 2003-2005.
Emerging infectious diseases 2007;13(9):1374-6.
2007: Cindy Maria Quezada; Eliane Kamanzi; Julienne Mukamutara; Pim De Rijk; Leen Rigouts; Françoise Portaels; Yanis Ben Amor
Implementation validation performed in Rwanda to determine whether the INNO-LiPA Rif.TB line probe assay can be used for detection of multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis in low-resource countries.
Journal of clinical microbiology 2007;45(9):3111-4.
2007: AN Umubyeyi; Isdore Chola Shamputa; Leen Rigouts; A Dediste; E Karita; Marc Struelens; Françoise Portaels
Molecular investigation of recurrent tuberculosis in patients from Rwanda.
The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease : the official journal of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease 2007;11(8):860-7.
2007: Juan Carlos Palomino; Anandi Martin; Françoise Portaels
Rapid drug resistance detection in Mycobacterium tuberculosis: a review of colourimetric methods.
Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases 2007;13(8):754-62.
2007: Simona Rondini; Michael Käser; Timothy P Stinear; Michel Tessier; Cyrill Mangold; Gregor Dernick; Martin Naegeli; Françoise Portaels; Ulrich Certa; Gerd Pluschke
Ongoing genome reduction in Mycobacterium ulcerans.
Emerging infectious diseases 2007;13(7):1008-15.
2007: Dissou Affolabi; Mathieu Odoun; Anandi Martin; Juan Carlos Palomino; Séverin Anagonou; Françoise Portaels
Evaluation of direct detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis rifampin resistance by a nitrate reductase assay applied to sputum samples in Cotonou, Benin.
Journal of clinical microbiology 2007;45(7):2123-5.
2007: Anthony Ablordey; Pierre-Alain Fonteyne; Pieter Stragier; P Vandamme; Françoise Portaels
Identification of a new variable number tandem repeat locus in Mycobacterium ulcerans for potential strain discrimination among African isolates.
Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases 2007;13(7):734-6.
2007: Isdore Chola Shamputa; Armand Van Deun; Md Abdul Hamid Salim; Md Anwar Hossain; Krista Fissette; Pim De Rijk; Leen Rigouts; Françoise Portaels
Endogenous reactivation and true treatment failure as causes of recurrent tuberculosis in a high incidence setting with a low HIV infection.
Tropical medicine & international health : TM & IH 2007;12(6):700-8.
2007: Elke Vansnick; Pim De Rijk; Francis Vercammen; Leen Rigouts; Françoise Portaels; Dirk Geysen
A DNA sequence capture extraction method for detection of Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis in feces and tissue samples.
Veterinary microbiology 2007;122(1-2):166-71.
2007: Okechukwu Chukwuekezie; Edwin O Ampadu; Ghislain Sopoh; Ange Dossou; Alexandre Tiendrebeogo; Lola Sadiq; Françoise Portaels; Kingsley Asiedu
Buruli ulcer, Nigeria.
Emerging infectious diseases 2007;13(5):782-3.
2007: Patrick Suykerbuyk; Kris Vleminckx; Frank Pasmans; Pieter Stragier; Anthony Ablordey; Hong Thi Tran; Katleen Hermans; Michelle Fleetwood; Wayne M Meyers; Françoise Portaels
Mycobacterium liflandii infection in European colony of Silurana tropicalis.
Emerging infectious diseases 2007;13(5):743-6.
2007: AN Umubyeyi; Leen Rigouts; Isdore Chola Shamputa; Krista Fissette; Y Elkrim; P W B de Rijk; Marc Struelens; Françoise Portaels
Limited fluoroquinolone resistance among Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from Rwanda: results of a national survey.
The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy 2007;59(5):1031-3.
2007: AN Umubyeyi; Leen Rigouts; G Zissis; E Kamanzi; P Pauwels; M Gasana; G Vandebriel; Marc Struelens; Françoise Portaels
[Primary and acquired resistance to antituberculous drugs in strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolated in Rwanda].
Médecine tropicale : revue du Corps de santé colonial 2007;67(2):149-53.
2007: Fabienne Nackers; René Tonglet; Véronique Slachmuylder; JOHNSON Roch Christian; Annie Robert; Claude Zinsou; Judith R Glynn; Françoise Portaels; Jean-Luc Gala
Association between haemoglobin variants S and C and Mycobacterium ulcerans disease (Buruli ulcer): a case-control study in Benin.
Tropical medicine & international health : TM & IH 2007;12(4):511-8.
2007: Sarita Shah; Abigail Wright; Gill-Han Bai; Lucia Barrera; Fadila Boulahbal; Nuria Martín-Casabona; Francis Drobniewski; Chris Gilpin; Marta Havelková; Rosario Lepe; Richard Lumb; Beverly Metchock; Françoise Portaels; Maria Filomena Rodrigues; Sabine Rüsch-Gerdes; Armand Van Deun; Veronique Vincent; Kayla F Laserson; Charles Wells; J Peter Cegielski
Worldwide emergence of extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis.
Emerging infectious diseases 2007;13(3):380-7.
2007: Marcus J Yip; Jessica L Porter; Janet Fyfe; Caroline J Lavender; Françoise Portaels; Martha Rhodes; Howard Kator; Angelo Colorni; Grant A Jenkin; Timothy P Stinear
Evolution of Mycobacterium ulcerans and other mycolactone-producing mycobacteria from a common Mycobacterium marinum progenitor.
Journal of bacteriology 2007;189(5):2021-9.
2007: Manuel T Silva; Françoise Portaels; Jorge Pedrosa
Aquatic insects and Mycobacterium ulcerans: an association relevant to Buruli ulcer control?
PLoS medicine 2007;4(2):e63.
2007: AN Umubyeyi; G Vandebriel; M Gasana; P Basinga; J P Zawadi; J Gatabazi; P Pauwels; F Nzabintwali; L Nyiramasarabwe; Krista Fissette; Leen Rigouts; Marc Struelens; Françoise Portaels
Results of a national survey on drug resistance among pulmonary tuberculosis patients in Rwanda.
The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease : the official journal of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease 2007;11(2):189-94.
2007: Egídio Torrado; Alexandra G Fraga; António G Castro; Pieter Stragier; Wayne M Meyers; Françoise Portaels; Manuel T Silva; Jorge Pedrosa
Evidence for an intramacrophage growth phase of Mycobacterium ulcerans.
Infection and immunity 2007;75(2):977-87.
2007: Anandi Martin; Françoise Portaels; Juan Carlos Palomino
Colorimetric redox-indicator methods for the rapid detection of multidrug resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy 2007;59(2):175-83.
2007: Juan-Carlos Palomino; Anandi Martin; Françoise Portaels
MODS assay for the diagnosis of TB.
The New England journal of medicine 2007;356(2):188; author reply 189.
2007: Régis Pouillot; Gonçalo Matias; Christelle Mbondji Wondje; Françoise Portaels; Nadia Valin; François Ngos; Adelaïde Njikap; Laurent Marsollier; Arnaud Fontanet; Sara Eyangoh
Risk factors for buruli ulcer: a case control study in Cameroon.
PLoS neglected tropical diseases 2007;1(3):e101.
2007: Michael Käser; Simona Rondini; Martin Naegeli; Timothy P Stinear; Françoise Portaels; Ulrich Certa; Gerd Pluschke
Evolution of two distinct phylogenetic lineages of the emerging human pathogen Mycobacterium ulcerans.
BMC evolutionary biology 2007;7():177.
2007: Douglas S Walsh; Eduardo C dela Cruz; Rodolfo M Abalos; Esterlina V Tan; Gerald P Walsh; Françoise Portaels; Wayne M Meyers
Clinical and histologic features of skin lesions in a cynomolgus monkey experimentally infected with mycobacterium ulcerans (Buruli ulcer) by intradermal inoculation.
The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene 2007;76(1):132-4.
2007: Leen Rigouts; Oscar Nolasco; Pim De Rijk; Elie Nduwamahoro; Armand Van Deun; Andrew Ramsay; Jorge Arevalo; Françoise Portaels
Newly developed primers for comprehensive amplification of the rpoB gene and detection of rifampin resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
Journal of clinical microbiology 2007;45(1):252-4.
2006: Mohamed Abdel Aziz; Abigail Wright; Adalbert Laszlo; Aimé De Muynck; Françoise Portaels; Armand Van Deun; Charles Wells; Paul Nunn; Léopold Blanc; Mario C Raviglione
Epidemiology of antituberculosis drug resistance (the Global Project on Anti-tuberculosis Drug Resistance Surveillance): an updated analysis.
Lancet 2006;368(9553):2142-54.
2006: Hamidou Traore; Armand Van Deun; Isdore Chola Shamputa; Leen Rigouts; Françoise Portaels
Direct detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex DNA and rifampin resistance in clinical specimens from tuberculosis patients by line probe assay.
Journal of clinical microbiology 2006;44(12):4384-8.
2006: Fabienne Nackers; Michèle Dramaix; JOHNSON Roch Christian; Claude Zinsou; Annie Robert; Elisa DE Biurrun Bakedano; Judith R Glynn; Françoise Portaels; René Tonglet
BCG vaccine effectiveness against Buruli ulcer: a case-control study in Benin.
The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene 2006;75(4):768-74.
2006: Martine Debacker; Françoise Portaels; Julia Aguiar; Christian Steunou; Claude Zinsou; Wayne Meyers; Michèle Dramaix
Risk factors for Buruli ulcer, Benin.
Emerging infectious diseases 2006;12(9):1325-31.
2006: Freddy Proaño-Perez; Leen Rigouts; Jef Brandt; Pierre Dorny; Jorge Ron; Maria-Augusta Chavez; Richar Rodriguez; Krista Fissette; Anita Van Aerde; Françoise Portaels; Richar Rodriguez-Hidalgo
Preliminary observations on Mycobacterium spp. in dairy cattle in Ecuador.
The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene 2006;75(2):318-23.
2006: Delphin M Phanzu; Eric A Bafende; Barthelemy K Dunda; Desire B Imposo; Anatole K Kibadi; Samuel Z Nsiangana; Jackie N Singa; Wayne M Meyers; Patrick Suykerbuyk; Françoise Portaels
Mycobacterium ulcerans disease (Buruli ulcer) in a rural hospital in Bas-Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, 2002-2004.
The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene 2006;75(2):311-4.
2006: Anandi Martin; Howard Takiff; Peter Vandamme; Jean Swings; Juan Carlos Palomino; Françoise Portaels
A new rapid and simple colorimetric method to detect pyrazinamide resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis using nicotinamide.
The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy 2006;58(2):327-31.
2006: AN Umubyeyi; Anandi Martin; G Zissis; Marc Struelens; E Karita; Françoise Portaels
Evaluation of the resazurin microtiter assay for rapid detection of ofloxacin resistance in M. tuberculosis.
The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease : the official journal of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease 2006;10(7):808-11.
2006: Dihadenys Lemus; Dihadenys Lemus; Miguel Echemendía; Anandi Martin; Françoise Portaels; Juan Carlos Palomino
Nitrate reductase assay for detection of drug resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis: simple and inexpensive method for low-resource laboratories.
Journal of medical microbiology 2006;55(Pt 7):861-3.
2006: Farida Nateche; Anandi Martin; Saliha Baraka; Juan Carlos Palomino; Safia Khaled; Françoise Portaels
Application of the resazurin microtitre assay for detection of multidrug resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Algiers.
Journal of medical microbiology 2006;55(Pt 7):857-60.
2006: Jaime Robledo; Gloria Isabel Mejía; Nora Morcillo; L Chacón; M Camacho; J Luna; Jeannete Zurita; A Bodon; Maritza Velasco; Juan Carlos Palomino; Anandi Martin; Françoise Portaels
Evaluation of a rapid culture method for tuberculosis diagnosis: a Latin American multi-center study.
The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease : the official journal of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease 2006;10(6):613-9.
2006: Pieter Stragier; Anthony Ablordey; L Manou Bayonne; Yatta L Lugor; Ireneaus S Sindani; Patrick Suykerbuyk; Henry Wabinga; Wayne M Meyers; Françoise Portaels
Heterogeneity among Mycobacterium ulcerans isolates from Africa.
Emerging infectious diseases 2006;12(5):844-7.
2006: Vinciane Sizaire; Fabienne Nackers; Eric Comte; Françoise Portaels
Mycobacterium ulcerans infection: control, diagnosis, and treatment.
The Lancet infectious diseases 2006;6(5):288-96.
2006: Alfred A Duker; Françoise Portaels; Martin Hale
Pathways of Mycobacterium ulcerans infection: a review.
Environment international 2006;32(4):567-73.
2006: Anna Sajduda; Jaroslaw Dziadek; Roman Kotłowski; Françoise Portaels
Evaluation of multiple genetic markers for typing drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains from Poland.
Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease 2006;55(1):59-64.
2006: Markus Hilty; Dorothy Yeboah-Manu; Daniel Boakye; Ernestina Mensah-Quainoo; Simona Rondini; Esther Schelling; David Ofori-Adjei; Françoise Portaels; Jakob Zinsstag; Gerd Pluschke
Genetic diversity in Mycobacterium ulcerans isolates from Ghana revealed by a newly identified locus containing a variable number of tandem repeats.
Journal of bacteriology 2006;188(4):1462-5.
2006: Isdore Chola Shamputa; Levan Jugheli; Nikoloz Sadradze; Eve Willery; Françoise Portaels; Philip Supply; Leen Rigouts
Mixed infection and clonal representativeness of a single sputum sample in tuberculosis patients from a penitentiary hospital in Georgia.
Respiratory research 2006;7():99.
2005: Sylvia Cardoso Leao; Jorge Sampaio; Anandi Martin; Juan Carlos Palomino; Françoise Portaels
Profiling Mycobacterium ulcerans with hsp65.
Emerging infectious diseases 2005;11(11):1795-6.
2005: Mario J M Vaerewijck; Geert Huys; Juan Carlos Palomino; Jean Swings; Françoise Portaels
Mycobacteria in drinking water distribution systems: ecology and significance for human health.
FEMS microbiology reviews 2005;29(5):911-34.
2005: Anandi Martin; Dihadenys Lemus; Dihadenys Lemus; Norberto Simboli; Nora Morcillo; Maritza Velasco; José Chauca; Lucia Barrera; Viviana Ritacco; Françoise Portaels; Juan Carlos Palomino
Multicenter evaluation of the nitrate reductase assay for drug resistance detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
Journal of microbiological methods 2005;63(2):145-50.
2005: Tjip S van der Werf; Ymkje Stienstra; JOHNSON Roch Christian; Richard Phillips; Ohene Adjei; Bernhard Fleischer; Mark Wansbrough-Jones; Paul Johnson; Françoise Portaels; Winette T A van der Graaf; Kingsley Asiedu
Mycobacterium ulcerans disease.
Bulletin of the World Health Organization 2005;83(10):785-91.
2005: Anthony Ablordey; Markus Hilty; Pieter Stragier; Jean Swings; Françoise Portaels
Comparative nucleotide sequence analysis of polymorphic variable-number tandem-repeat Loci in Mycobacterium ulcerans.
Journal of clinical microbiology 2005;43(10):5281-4.
2005: Martinha S Oliveira; Alexandra G Fraga; Egídio Torrado; António G Castro; João P Pereira; Adhemar Longatto Filho; Fernanda Milanezi; Fernando C Schmitt; Wayne M Meyers; Françoise Portaels; Manuel T Silva; Jorge Pedrosa
Infection with Mycobacterium ulcerans induces persistent inflammatory responses in mice.
Infection and immunity 2005;73(10):6299-310.
2005: JOHNSON Roch Christian; G E Sopoh; Michel Boko; Claude Zinsou; Jules Gbovi; M Makoutode; Françoise Portaels
[Distribution of Mycobacterium ulcerans (Buruli ulcer) in the district of Lalo in Benin].
Tropical medicine & international health : TM & IH 2005;10(9):863-71.
2005: Anandi Martin; Nora Morcillo; Dihadenys Lemus; Dihadenys Lemus; M A S Telles; N Simboli; MV Pontino; Tania Bibiana Porras; C León; Maritza Velasco; L Chacon; Lucia Barrera; Viviana Ritacco; Françoise Portaels; Juan Carlos Palomino
Multicenter study of MTT and resazurin assays for testing susceptibility to first-line anti-tuberculosis drugs.
The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease : the official journal of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease 2005;9(8):901-6.
2005: Douglas S Walsh; Wayne M Meyers; Françoise Portaels; Joshua E Lane; Duangrat Mongkolsirichaikul; Kittinun Hussem; Panita Gosi; Khin Saw Aye Myint
High rates of apoptosis in human Mycobacterium ulcerans culture-positive buruli ulcer skin lesions.
The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene 2005;73(2):410-5.
2005: Sylvia Cardoso Leao; Amelia Bernardelli; Angel Cataldi; Martín Zumarraga; Jaime Robledo; Teresa Realpe; Gloria Isabel Mejía; Maria Alice da Silva Telles; Erica Chimara; Maritza Velazco; Jorge Fernandez; Pamela Araya Rodrigues; martha guerrero; Clara Inés León; Tania Bibiana Porras; Nalin Rastogi; Khye Seng Goh; Philip N Suffys; Adalgiza da Silva Rocha; Diogo dos Santos Netto; Viviana Ritacco; Beatriz López; Lucia Barrera; Juan Carlos Palomino; Anandi Martin; Françoise Portaels
Multicenter evaluation of mycobacteria identification by PCR restriction enzyme analysis in laboratories from Latin America and the Caribbean.
Journal of microbiological methods 2005;61(2):193-9.
2005: Paul Johnson; Timothy P Stinear; Pamela L C Small; Gerd Pluschke; Richard W Merritt; Françoise Portaels; Kris Huygen; John A Hayman; Kingsley Asiedu
Buruli ulcer (M. ulcerans infection): new insights, new hope for disease control.
PLoS medicine 2005;2(4):e108.
2005: Martine Debacker; Julia Aguiar; Christian Steunou; Claude Zinsou; Wayne M Meyers; Françoise Portaels
Buruli ulcer recurrence, Benin.
Emerging infectious diseases 2005;11(4):584-9.
2005: Anandi Martin; Juan Carlos Palomino; Françoise Portaels
Rapid detection of ofloxacin resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis by two low-cost colorimetric methods: resazurin and nitrate reductase assays.
Journal of clinical microbiology 2005;43(4):1612-6.
2005: Anthony Ablordey; Jean Swings; Christine Hubans; Karim Chemlal; Camille Locht; Françoise Portaels; Philip Supply
Multilocus variable-number tandem repeat typing of Mycobacterium ulcerans.
Journal of clinical microbiology 2005;43(4):1546-51.
2005: Dihadenys Lemus; Dihadenys Lemus; Miguel Echemendia; Anandi Martin; Françoise Portaels; Juan Carlos Palomino
Comparative evaluation of the nitrate reduction assay, the MTT test, and the resazurin microtitre assay for drug susceptibility testing of clinical isolates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy 2005;55(4):500-5.
2005: Tania Bibiana Porras; Clara Inés León; martha guerrero; Anandi Martin; Françoise Portaels; Juan Carlos Palomino
[Phenotypic and genotypic methods for detecting multidrug resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis].
Biomédica : revista del Instituto Nacional de Salud 2005;25(1):22-33.
2005: JOHNSON Roch Christian; Michel Makoutodé; Ghislain Emmanuel Sopoh; Pierre Elsen; Jules Gbovi; Lise Hélène Pouteau; Wayne M Meyers; Michel Boko; Françoise Portaels
Buruli ulcer distribution in Benin.
Emerging infectious diseases 2005;11(3):500-1.
2005: Pieter Stragier; Anthony Ablordey; Wayne M Meyers; Françoise Portaels
Genotyping Mycobacterium ulcerans and Mycobacterium marinum by using mycobacterial interspersed repetitive units.
Journal of bacteriology 2005;187(5):1639-47.
2005: Anthony Ablordey; Roman Kotlowski; Jean Swings; Françoise Portaels
PCR amplification with primers based on IS2404 and GC-rich repeated sequence reveals polymorphism in Mycobacterium ulcerans.
Journal of clinical microbiology 2005;43(1):448-51.
2004: Juan Carlos Palomino; Anandi Martin; Françoise Portaels
A microplate indicator-based method for determining the susceptibility of multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis to antimicrobial agents.
The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease : the official journal of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease 2004;8(12):1510-1; author reply 1511.
2004: Anna Sajduda; Anna Brzostek; M Popławska; N Rastogi; C Sola; E Augustynowicz-Kopeć; Zofia Zwolska; Jaroslaw Dziadek; Françoise Portaels
Molecular epidemiology of drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains isolated from patients with pulmonary tuberculosis in Poland: a 1-year study.
The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease : the official journal of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease 2004;8(12):1448-57.
2004: Martine Debacker; Julia Aguiar; Christian Steunou; Claude Zinsou; Wayne M Meyers; Janet T Scott; Michèle Dramaix; Françoise Portaels
Mycobacterium ulcerans disease: role of age and gender in incidence and morbidity.
Tropical medicine & international health : TM & IH 2004;9(12):1297-304.
2004: Isdore Chola Shamputa; Leen Rigouts; Lovet Achale Eyongeta; Nabil El Aila; Armand Van Deun; Abdul Hamid Salim; Eve Willery; Camille Locht; Philip Supply; Françoise Portaels
Genotypic and phenotypic heterogeneity among Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from pulmonary tuberculosis patients.
Journal of clinical microbiology 2004;42(12):5528-36.
2004: Isdore Chola Shamputa; L Rigouts And; Françoise Portaels
Molecular genetic methods for diagnosis and antibiotic resistance detection of mycobacteria from clinical specimens.
APMIS : acta pathologica, microbiologica, et immunologica Scandinavica 2004;112(11-12):728-52.
2004: Nuria Martín-Casabona; A R Bahrmand; J Bennedsen; Vibeke Thomsen; M Curcio; M Fauville-Dufaux; K Feldman; M Havelkova; M L Katila; K Köksalan; M F Pereira; F Rodrigues; G E Pfyffer; Françoise Portaels; J Rosselló Urgell; Sabine Rüsch-Gerdes; ENRICO TORTOLI; Veronique Vincent; B Watt
Non-tuberculous mycobacteria: patterns of isolation. A multi-country retrospective survey.
The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease : the official journal of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease 2004;8(10):1186-93.
2004: Miriam Eddyani; David Ofori-Adjei; Guy Teugels; David De Weirdt; Daniel Boakye; Wayne M Meyers; Françoise Portaels
Potential role for fish in transmission of Mycobacterium ulcerans disease (Buruli ulcer): an environmental study.
Applied and environmental microbiology 2004;70(9):5679-81.
2004: Roman Kotlowski; Anandi Martin; Anthony Ablordey; Karim Chemlal; Pierre-Alain Fonteyne; Françoise Portaels
One-tube cell lysis and DNA extraction procedure for PCR-based detection of Mycobacterium ulcerans in aquatic insects, molluscs and fish.
Journal of medical microbiology 2004;53(Pt 9):927-33.
2004: Martine Debacker; Julia Aguiar; Christian Steunou; Claude Zinsou; Wayne M Meyers; Augustin Guédénon; Janet T Scott; Michèle Dramaix; Françoise Portaels
Mycobacterium ulcerans disease (Buruli ulcer) in rural hospital, Southern Benin, 1997-2001.
Emerging infectious diseases 2004;10(8):1391-8.
2004: Dihadenys Lemus; Anandi Martin; Dihadenys Lemus; Françoise Portaels; Juan Carlos Palomino
Rapid alternative methods for detection of rifampicin resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy 2004;54(1):130-3.
2004: Elke Vansnick; Pim De Rijk; Francis Vercammen; Dirk Geysen; Leen Rigouts; Françoise Portaels
Newly developed primers for the detection of Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis.
Veterinary microbiology 2004;100(3-4):197-204.
2004: Jürgen Noeske; Christopher Kuaban; Simona Rondini; Philippe Sorlin; Laura Ciaffi; Josephine Mbuagbaw; Françoise Portaels; Gerd Pluschke
Buruli ulcer disease in Cameroon rediscovered.
The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene 2004;70(5):520-6.
2004: Armand Van Deun; M A Hamid Salim; A P K Das; Ivan Bastian; Françoise Portaels
Results of a standardised regimen for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in Bangladesh.
The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease : the official journal of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease 2004;8(5):560-7.
2004: Janet T Scott; JOHNSON Roch Christian; Julia Aguiar; Martine Debacker; Luc Kestens; Augustin Guedenon; Bruno Gryseels; Françoise Portaels
Schistosoma haematobium infection and Buruli ulcer.
Emerging infectious diseases 2004;10(3):551-2.
2004: JOHNSON Roch Christian; M Makoutode; R Hougnihin; A Guedenon; D Ifebe; Michel Boko; Françoise Portaels
[Traditional treatment for Buruli ulcer in Benin].
Médecine tropicale : revue du Corps de santé colonial 2004;64(2):145-50.
2004: R Josse; B Tanimomo-Kledjo; JOHNSON Roch Christian; A Guedenon; Séverin Anagonou; Françoise Portaels
[Buruli ulcer in 2004].
Médecine tropicale : revue du Corps de santé colonial 2004;64(2):133-5.
2004: Armand Van Deun; A Hamid Salim; P Daru; A P K Das; K J M Aung; Md Anwar Hossain; Leen Rigouts; Krista Fissette; Françoise Portaels
Drug resistance monitoring: combined rates may be the best indicator of programme performance.
The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease : the official journal of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease 2004;8(1):23-30.
2004: Roman Kotłowski; Isdore Chola Shamputa; Nabil El Aila; Anna Sajduda; Leen Rigouts; Armand Van Deun; Françoise Portaels
PCR-based genotyping of Mycobacterium tuberculosis with new GC-rich repeated sequences and IS6110 inverted repeats used as primers.
Journal of clinical microbiology 2004;42(1):372-7.
2004: Alexa K Daniel; Richard E Lee; Françoise Portaels; P L C Small
Analysis of Mycobacterium species for the presence of a macrolide toxin, mycolactone.
Infection and immunity 2004;72(1):123-32.
2004: Françoise Portaels; Julia Aguiar; Martine Debacker; Augustin Guédénon; Christian Steunou; Claude Zinsou; Wayne M Meyers
Mycobacterium bovis BCG vaccination as prophylaxis against Mycobacterium ulcerans osteomyelitis in Buruli ulcer disease.
Infection and immunity 2004;72(1):62-5.
2003: Anandi Martin; Mirtha Camacho; Françoise Portaels; Juan Carlos Palomino
Resazurin microtiter assay plate testing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis susceptibilities to second-line drugs: rapid, simple, and inexpensive method.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 2003;47(11):3616-9.
2003: Nina Pszolla; Michael Robindra Sarkar; Wolf Strecker; Peter Kern; Lothar Kinzl; Wayne M Meyers; Françoise Portaels
Buruli ulcer: a systemic disease.
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2003;37(6):e78-82.
2003: Isabelle Aujoulat; Christian Johnson; Claude Zinsou; Augustin Guédénon; Françoise Portaels
Psychosocial aspects of health seeking behaviours of patients with Buruli ulcer in southern Benin.
Tropical medicine & international health : TM & IH 2003;8(8):750-9.
2003: Karim Chemlal; Françoise Portaels
Molecular diagnosis of nontuberculous mycobacteria.
Current opinion in infectious diseases 2003;16(2):77-83.
2003: Martine Debacker; Claude Zinsou; Julia Aguiar; Wayne M Meyers; Françoise Portaels
First case of Mycobacterium ulcerans disease (Buruli ulcer) following a human bite.
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2003;36(5):e67-8.
2003: Armand Mve-Obiang; Richard E Lee; Françoise Portaels; Pamela L C Small
Heterogeneity of mycolactones produced by clinical isolates of Mycobacterium ulcerans: implications for virulence.
Infection and immunity 2003;71(2):774-83.
2002: Martine Debacker; Claude Zinsou; Julia Aguiar; Wayne Meyers; Françoise Portaels
Mycobacterium ulcerans disease (Buruli ulcer) following human bite.
Lancet 2002;360(9348):1830.
2002: Wouter Mijs; Karen De Vreese; A Devos; Hans Pottel; A Valgaeren; C Evans; J Norton; D Parker; Leen Rigouts; Françoise Portaels; U Reischl; S Watterson; Gaby E Pfyffer; Rudi Rossau
Evaluation of a commercial line probe assay for identification of mycobacterium species from liquid and solid culture.
European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology 2002;21(11):794-802.
2002: Françoise Portaels; Julia Aguiar; Martine Debacker; Christian Steunou; Claude Zinsou; Augustin Guédénon; Wayne M Meyers
Prophylactic effect of mycobacterium bovis BCG vaccination against osteomyelitis in children with Mycobacterium ulcerans disease (Buruli Ulcer).
Clinical and diagnostic laboratory immunology 2002;9(6):1389-91.
2002: Jorge Enrique Gomez-Marin; Clara Inés Leon Franco; Martha Inirida Guerrero; Leen Rigouts; Françoise Portaels
IS6110 fingerprinting of sensitive and resistant strains (1991-1992) of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Colombia.
Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz 2002;97(7):1005-8.
2002: Wouter Mijs; Petra de Haas; Rudi Rossau; Tridia Van der Laan; Leen Rigouts; Françoise Portaels; Dick Van Soolingen
Molecular evidence to support a proposal to reserve the designation Mycobacterium avium subsp. avium for bird-type isolates and 'M. avium subsp. hominissuis' for the human/porcine type of M. avium.
International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology 2002;52(Pt 5):1505-18.
2002: JOHNSON Roch Christian; David Ifebe; Aristote Hans-Moevi; Luc Kestens; Raoul Houessou; Augustin Guédénon; Wayne M Meyers; Françoise Portaels
Disseminated Mycobacterium ulcerans disease in an HIV-positive patient: a case study.
AIDS (London, England) 2002;16(12):1704-5.
2002: Juan Carlos Palomino; Anandi Martin; Mirtha Camacho; Humberto Guerra; Jean Swings; Françoise Portaels
Resazurin microtiter assay plate: simple and inexpensive method for detection of drug resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 2002;46(8):2720-2.
2002: Karim Chemlal; G Huys; Françoise Laval; V Vincent; C Savage; C Gutierrez; Marie-Antoinette Laneelle; Jean Swings; Wayne M Meyers; Mamadou Daffe; Françoise Portaels
Characterization of an unusual Mycobacterium: a possible missing link between Mycobacterium marinum and Mycobacterium ulcerans.
Journal of clinical microbiology 2002;40(7):2370-80.
2002: David K Espey; Gaston Djomand; Idrissa Diomande; Mireille Dosso; Mathieu Z Saki; Jean-Marie Kanga; Richard A Spiegel; Barbara J Marston; Leo Gorelkin; Wayne M Meyers; Françoise Portaels; Michael S Deming; C Robert Horsburgh
A pilot study of treatment of Buruli ulcer with rifampin and dapsone.
International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases 2002;6(1):60-5.
2001: Philip N Suffys; Adalgiza da Silva Rocha; M de Oliveira; C E Campos; A M Barreto; Françoise Portaels; Leen Rigouts; G Wouters; Geert Jannes; G Van Reybroeck; Wouter Mijs; Bart Vanderborght
Rapid identification of Mycobacteria to the species level using INNO-LiPA Mycobacteria, a reverse hybridization assay.
Journal of clinical microbiology 2001;39(12):4477-82.
2001: Gaby E Pfyffer; Andrea E Strässle; T van Gorkum; Françoise Portaels; Leen Rigouts; C Mathieu; F Mirzoyev; Hamidou Traore; J D van Embden
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in prison inmates, Azerbaijan.
Emerging infectious diseases 2001;7(5):855-61.
2001: Karim Chemlal; G Huys; Pierre-Alain Fonteyne; V Vincent; A G Lopez; L Rigouts; Jean Swings; Wayne M Meyers; Françoise Portaels
Evaluation of PCR-restriction profile analysis and IS2404 restriction fragment length polymorphism and amplified fragment length polymorphism fingerprinting for identification and typing of Mycobacterium ulcerans and M. marinum.
Journal of clinical microbiology 2001;39(9):3272-8.
2001: Ivan Bastian; Leen Rigouts; Juan Carlos Palomino; Françoise Portaels
Kanamycin susceptibility testing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis using Mycobacterium Growth Indicator Tube and a colorimetric method.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 2001;45(6):1934-6.
2001: Karim Chemlal; K De Ridder; Pierre-Alain Fonteyne; Wayne M Meyers; Jean Swings; Françoise Portaels
The use of IS2404 restriction fragment length polymorphisms suggests the diversity of Mycobacterium ulcerans from different geographical areas.
The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene 2001;64(5-6):270-3.
2001: Armand Van Deun; A Hamid Salim; Leen Rigouts; M Rahman; Krista Fissette; Françoise Portaels
Evaluation of tuberculosis control by periodic or routine susceptibility testing in previously treated cases.
The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease : the official journal of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease 2001;5(4):329-38.
2001: Françoise Portaels; Karim Chemlal; Pierre Elsen; Paul Johnson; J A Hayman; J Hibble; R Kirkwood; Wayne M Meyers
Mycobacterium ulcerans in wild animals.
Revue scientifique et technique (International Office of Epizootics) 2001;20(1):252-64.
2001: A Gomez; A Mve-Obiang; B Vray; Wieslawa Rudnicka; Isdore Chola Shamputa; Françoise Portaels; Wayne M Meyers; Pierre-Alain Fonteyne; L Realini
Detection of phospholipase C in nontuberculous mycobacteria and its possible role in hemolytic activity.
Journal of clinical microbiology 2001;39(4):1396-401.
2001: A Mve-Obiang; M Mestdagh; Françoise Portaels
DNA isolation from chloroform/methanol-treated mycobacterial cells without lysozyme and proteinase K.
BioTechniques 2001;30(2):272-4, 276.
2000: F M Abalos; Julia Aguiar; Augustin Guédénon; Françoise Portaels; Wayne M Meyers
Mycobacterium ulcerans infection (Buruli ulcer): a case report of the disseminated nonulcerative form.
Annals of diagnostic pathology 2000;4(6):386-90.
2000: G Huys; L Rigouts; Karim Chemlal; Françoise Portaels; Jean Swings
Evaluation of amplified fragment length polymorphism analysis for inter- and intraspecific differentiation of Mycobacterium bovis, M. tuberculosis, and M. ulcerans.
Journal of clinical microbiology 2000;38(10):3675-80.
2000: Maria Manuela Gaspar; S Neves; Françoise Portaels; Jorge Pedrosa; M T Silva; M E M Cruz
Therapeutic efficacy of liposomal rifabutin in a Mycobacterium avium model of infection.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 2000;44(9):2424-30.
2000: William R Faber; L M Arias-Bouda; Jim E Zeegelaar; Arend H J Kolk; Pierre-Alain Fonteyne; Johan Toonstra; Françoise Portaels
First reported case of Mycobacterium ulcerans infection in a patient from China.
Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 2000;94(3):277-9.
2000: Hamidou Traore; Krista Fissette; Ivan Bastian; M Devleeschouwer; Françoise Portaels
Detection of rifampicin resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from diverse countries by a commercial line probe assay as an initial indicator of multidrug resistance.
The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease : the official journal of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease 2000;4(5):481-4.
2000: A Gomez; A Mve-Obiang; B Vray; José Remacle; Karim Chemlal; Wayne M Meyers; Françoise Portaels; Pierre-Alain Fonteyne
Biochemical and genetic evidence for phospholipase C activity in Mycobacterium ulcerans.
Infection and immunity 2000;68(5):2995-7.
2000: Armand Van Deun; A K Maug; E Cooreman; Md Anwar Hossain; N Chambuganj; V Rema; H Marandi; A Kawria; Françoise Portaels
Bleach sedimentation method for increased sensitivity of sputum smear microscopy: does it work?
The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease : the official journal of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease 2000;4(4):371-6.
2000: Timothy P Stinear; John K Davies; Grant A Jenkin; Françoise Portaels; BC Ross; Frances Oppedisano; M Purcell; John A Hayman; Paul Johnson
A simple PCR method for rapid genotype analysis of Mycobacterium ulcerans.
Journal of clinical microbiology 2000;38(4):1482-7.
2000: Harry S Thangaraj; Ohene Adjei; B W Allen; Françoise Portaels; Mark R W Evans; D K Banerjee; Mark Wansbrough-Jones
In vitro activity of ciprofloxacin, sparfloxacin, ofloxacin, amikacin and rifampicin against Ghanaian isolates of Mycobacterium ulcerans.
The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy 2000;45(2):231-3.
2000: M Mestdagh; L Realini; Pierre-Alain Fonteyne; Rudi Rossau; Geert Jannes; Wouter Mijs; Koen A De Smet; Françoise Portaels; Elfriede G Van den Eeckhout
Correlation of pncA sequence with pyrazinamide resistance level in BACTEC for 21 mycobacterium tuberculosis clinical isolates.
Microbial drug resistance (Larchmont, N.Y.) 2000;6(4):283-7.
2000: Ivan Bastian; Leen Rigouts; Armand Van Deun; Françoise Portaels
Directly observed treatment, short-course strategy and multidrug-resistant tuberculosis: are any modifications required?
Bulletin of the World Health Organization 2000;78(2):238-51.
1999: A Mve-Obiang; José Remacle; J C Palomino; Andrée Houbion; Françoise Portaels
Growth and cytotoxic activity by Mycobacterium ulcerans in protein-free media.
FEMS microbiology letters 1999;181(1):153-7.
1999: M Mestdagh; Pierre-Alain Fonteyne; L Realini; Rudi Rossau; Geert Jannes; Wouter Mijs; Koen A De Smet; Françoise Portaels; Elfriede G Van den Eeckhout
Relationship between pyrazinamide resistance, loss of pyrazinamidase activity, and mutations in the pncA locus in multidrug-resistant clinical isolates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 1999;43(9):2317-9.
1999: Françoise Portaels; Leen Rigouts; Ivan Bastian
Addressing multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in penitentiary hospitals and in the general population of the former Soviet Union.
The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease : the official journal of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease 1999;3(7):582-8.
1999: Juan Carlos Palomino; Françoise Portaels
Simple procedure for drug susceptibility testing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis using a commercial colorimetic assay.
European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology 1999;18(5):380-3.
1999: L Realini; K De Ridder; Bernard Hirschel; Françoise Portaels
Blood and charcoal added to acidified agar media promote the growth of Mycobacterium genavense.
Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease 1999;34(1):45-50.
1999: Juan Carlos Palomino; Hamidou Traore; Krista Fissette; Françoise Portaels
Evaluation of Mycobacteria Growth Indicator Tube (MGIT) for drug susceptibility testing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease : the official journal of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease 1999;3(4):344-8.
1999: Françoise Portaels; Pierre Elsen; A Guimaraes-Peres; Pierre-Alain Fonteyne; Wayne M Meyers
Insects in the transmission of Mycobacterium ulcerans infection.
Lancet 1999;353(9157):986.
1999: Armand Van Deun; K J M Aung; S Chowdhury; S Saha; A Pankaj; A Ashraf; Leen Rigouts; Krista Fissette; Françoise Portaels
Drug susceptibility of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in a rural area of Bangladesh and its relevance to the national treatment regimens.
The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease : the official journal of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease 1999;3(2):143-8.
1999: A Guimaraes-Peres; Françoise Portaels; Pim De Rijk; Krista Fissette; S R Pattyn; J van Vooren; Pierre-Alain Fonteyne
Comparison of two PCRs for detection of Mycobacterium ulcerans.
Journal of clinical microbiology 1999;37(1):206-8.
1998: Juan Carlos Palomino; A M Obiang; L Realini; Wayne M Meyers; Françoise Portaels
Effect of oxygen on growth of Mycobacterium ulcerans in the BACTEC system.
Journal of clinical microbiology 1998;36(11):3420-2.
1998: A Van Deun; Françoise Portaels
Limitations and requirements for quality control of sputum smear microscopy for acid-fast bacilli.
The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease : the official journal of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease 1998;2(9):756-65.
1998: L Realini; K De Ridder; Juan Carlos Palomino; Bernard Hirschel; Françoise Portaels
Microaerophilic conditions promote growth of Mycobacterium genavense.
Journal of clinical microbiology 1998;36(9):2565-70.
1998: Françoise Portaels; Hamidou Traore; K De Ridder; Wayne M Meyers
In vitro susceptibility of Mycobacterium ulcerans to clarithromycin.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 1998;42(8):2070-3.
1998: Dick Van Soolingen; Adri van der Zanden; Petra E W De Haas; Gerda T Noordhoek; A Kiers; NA Foudraine; Françoise Portaels; Arend H J Kolk; Kristin Kremer; Jan D A Van Embden
Diagnosis of Mycobacterium microti infections among humans by using novel genetic markers.
Journal of clinical microbiology 1998;36(7):1840-5.
1998: W Bär; S Rüsch-Gerdes; E Richter; G Marquéz de Bär; C Dittmer; H Papsdorf; P Stosiek; Pim De Rijk; W M Meyers; Françoise Portaels
Mycobacterium ulcerans infection in a child from Angola: diagnosis by direct detection and culture.
Tropical medicine & international health : TM & IH 1998;3(3):189-96.
1998: Juan Carlos Palomino; Françoise Portaels
Effects of decontamination methods and culture conditions on viability of Mycobacterium ulcerans in the BACTEC system.
Journal of clinical microbiology 1998;36(2):402-8.
1997: L Realini; P Van Der Stuyft; K De Ridder; Bernard Hirschel; Françoise Portaels
Inhibitory effects of polyoxyethylene stearate, PANTA, and neutral pH on growth of Mycobacterium genavense in BACTEC primary cultures.
Journal of clinical microbiology 1997;35(11):2791-4.
1997: Dick Van Soolingen; Theo Hoogenboezem; Petra E W De Haas; Peter W M Hermans; Marjan Koedam; K S Teppema; P J Brennan; G S Besra; Françoise Portaels; Janetta Top; Leo M Schouls; Jan D A Van Embden
A novel pathogenic taxon of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex, Canetti: characterization of an exceptional isolate from Africa.
International journal of systematic bacteriology 1997;47(4):1236-45.
1997: Rudi Rossau; Hamidou Traore; Hans De Beenhouwer; Wouter Mijs; Geert Jannes; Pim De Rijk; Françoise Portaels
Evaluation of the INNO-LiPA Rif. TB assay, a reverse hybridization assay for the simultaneous detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and its resistance to rifampin.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 1997;41(10):2093-8.
1997: J M Dumonceau; A Van Gossum; M Adler; J P Van Vooren; Pierre-Alain Fonteyne; Hans De Beenhouwer; Françoise Portaels
Detection of fastidious mycobacteria in human intestines by the polymerase chain reaction.
European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology 1997;16(5):358-63.
1997: Françoise Portaels; J Agular; Krista Fissette; Pierre-Alain Fonteyne; Hans De Beenhouwer; Pim De Rijk; Augustin Guédénon; R Lemans; Christian Steunou; Claude Zinsou; J M Dumonceau; Wayne M Meyers
Direct detection and identification of Mycobacterium ulcerans in clinical specimens by PCR and oligonucleotide-specific capture plate hybridization.
Journal of clinical microbiology 1997;35(5):1097-100.
1997: Pierre-Alain Fonteyne; Z M Kunze; Hans De Beenhouwer; J M Dumonceau; D J Dawson; J J McFadden; Françoise Portaels
Characterization of Mycobacterium avium complex related mycobacteria isolated from an African environment and patients with AIDS.
Tropical medicine & international health : TM & IH 1997;2(2):200-7.
1996: L Rigouts; B Maregeya; Hamidou Traore; J P Collart; Krista Fissette; Françoise Portaels
Use of DNA restriction fragment typing in the differentiation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex isolates from animals and humans in Burundi.
Tubercle and lung disease : the official journal of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease 1996;77(3):264-8.
1996: Françoise Portaels; P A Fonteyene; Hans De Beenhouwer; Pim De Rijk; A Guédénon; J Hayman; M W Meyers
Variability in 3' end of 16S rRNA sequence of Mycobacterium ulcerans is related to geographic origin of isolates.
Journal of clinical microbiology 1996;34(4):962-5.
1996: Françoise Portaels; L Realini; L Bauwens; Bernard Hirschel; Wayne M Meyers; W de Meurichy
Mycobacteriosis caused by Mycobacterium genavense in birds kept in a zoo: 11-year survey.
Journal of clinical microbiology 1996;34(2):319-23.
1996: J M Dumonceau; A Van Gossum; M Adler; Pierre-Alain Fonteyne; J P Van Vooren; J Deviere; Françoise Portaels
No Mycobacterium paratuberculosis found in Crohn's disease using polymerase chain reaction.
Digestive diseases and sciences 1996;41(2):421-6.
1996: Bernard Vandercam; Jean-Luc Gala; B Vandeweghe; J Degraux; G Wauters; L Larsson; A Bourlond; Françoise Portaels
Mycobacterium simiae disseminated infection in a patient with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.
Infection 1996;24(1):49-51.
1996: Françoise Portaels; E Serruys; Hans De Beenhouwer; J Degraux; K De Ridder; Krista Fissette; Jorge Enrique Gomez-Marin; Herman Goossens; F Mühlberger; S R Pattyn; F Nturanye; F Pouthier; A Van Deun
Evaluation of the Gen-Probe amplified Mycobacterium tuberculosis direct test for the routine diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis.
Acta clinica Belgica 1996;51(3):144-9.
1996: Robert Colebunders; A De Roo; T Verstraeten; K Van den Abbeele; M Ieven; Esther Hauben; Eric Van Marck; K Schaal; Françoise Portaels
Rhodococcus equi infection in 3 AIDS patients.
Acta clinica Belgica 1996;51(2):101-5.
1995: G Carpels; Krista Fissette; V Limbana; A Van Deun; W Vandenbulcke; Françoise Portaels
Drug resistant tuberculosis in sub-Saharan Africa: an estimation of incidence and cost for the year 2000.
Tubercle and lung disease : the official journal of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease 1995;76(6):480-6.
1995: D van Soolingen; L Qian; P E de Haas; J T Douglas; Hamidou Traore; Françoise Portaels; H Z Qing; D Enkhsaikan; Pagbajabyn - Nymadawa; Jan D A Van Embden
Predominance of a single genotype of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in countries of east Asia.
Journal of clinical microbiology 1995;33(12):3234-8.
1995: Hans De Beenhouwer; Z Liang; Pim De Rijk; C Van Eekeren; Françoise Portaels
Detection and identification of mycobacteria by DNA amplification and oligonucleotide-specific capture plate hybridization.
Journal of clinical microbiology 1995;33(11):2994-8.
1995: Hans De Beenhouwer; Z Lhiang; Geert Jannes; Wouter Mijs; L Machtelinckx; Rudi Rossau; Hamidou Traore; Françoise Portaels
Rapid detection of rifampicin resistance in sputum and biopsy specimens from tuberculosis patients by PCR and line probe assay.
Tubercle and lung disease : the official journal of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease 1995;76(5):425-30.
1995: J M Dumonceau; Pierre-Alain Fonteyne; L Realini; A Van Gossum; J P Van Vooren; Françoise Portaels
Species-specific Mycobacterium genavense DNA in intestinal tissues of individuals not infected with human immunodeficiency virus.
Journal of clinical microbiology 1995;33(9):2514-5.
1995: A Guédénom; C Zinsou; R Josse; K Andélé; S Pritze; Françoise Portaels; Wayne M Meyers
Traditional treatment of Buruli ulcer in Bénin.
Archives of dermatology 1995;131(6):741-2.
1995: Françoise Portaels
Epidemiology of mycobacterial diseases.
Clinics in dermatology 1995;13(3):207-22.
1995: Françoise Portaels; L Larsson; P A Jenkins
Isolation of Mycobacterium malmoense from the environment in Zaire.
Tubercle and lung disease : the official journal of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease 1995;76(2):160-2.
1995: F Mühlberger; F Nturanye; J Nasbimana; Françoise Portaels
[Ofloxacin-cycloserine-protionamide-INH combination against treatment refractory lung tuberculosis].
Pneumologie (Stuttgart, Germany) 1995;49(2):72-6.
1995: R Josse; A Guedenon; H Darie; Séverin Anagonou; Françoise Portaels; W M Meyers
[Mycobacterium ulcerans cutaneous infections: Buruli ulcers].
Médecine tropicale : revue du Corps de santé colonial 1995;55(4):363-73.
1994: J Pedrosa; Manuela Flórido; Z M Kunze; A G Castro; Françoise Portaels; J McFadden; M T Silva; Rui Appelberg
Characterization of the virulence of Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) isolates in mice.
Clinical and experimental immunology 1994;98(2):210-6.
1993: Françoise Portaels; D J Dawson; L Larsson; L Rigouts
Biochemical properties and fatty acid composition of Mycobacterium haemophilum: study of 16 isolates from Australian patients.
Journal of clinical microbiology 1993;31(1):26-30.
1993: T Barihuta; L Rigouts; M Barette; J P Collart; J De Bruyn; P Kadende; G Kamamfu; J T Douglas; Françoise Portaels
Rapid, early and specific diagnosis of tuberculosis and other mycobacterial diseases in Burundi.
Annales de la Société belge de médecine tropicale 1993;73 Suppl 1():41-51.
1992: Z M Kunze; Françoise Portaels; J J McFadden
Biologically distinct subtypes of Mycobacterium avium differ in possession of insertion sequence IS901.
Journal of clinical microbiology 1992;30(9):2366-72.
1992: J J McFadden; Z M Kunze; Françoise Portaels; V Labrousse; N Rastogi
Epidemiological and genetic markers, virulence factors and intracellular growth of Mycobacterium avium in AIDS.
Research in microbiology 1992;143(4):423-30, discussion 430-6.
1991: Françoise Portaels; M Denef; L Larsson
Pulmonary disease caused by Mycobacterium malmoense. Comments on the possible origin of infection and methods for laboratory diagnosis.
Tubercle 1991;72(3):218-22.
1991: Z M Kunze; S Wall; Rui Appelberg; M T Silva; Françoise Portaels; J J McFadden
IS901, a new member of a widespread class of atypical insertion sequences, is associated with pathogenicity in Mycobacterium avium.
Molecular microbiology 1991;5(9):2265-72.
1989: M T Silva; Françoise Portaels; P M Macedo
New data on the ultrastructure of the membrane of Mycobacterium leprae.
International journal of leprosy and other mycobacterial diseases : official organ of the International Leprosy Association 1989;57(1):54-64.
1988: Françoise Portaels; Krista Fissette; K De Ridder; P M Macedo; A De Muynck; M T Silva
Effects of freezing and thawing on the viability and the ultrastructure of in vivo grown mycobacteria.
International journal of leprosy and other mycobacterial diseases : official organ of the International Leprosy Association 1988;56(4):580-7.
1988: Françoise Portaels; L Larsson; P Smeets
Isolation of mycobacteria from healthy persons' stools.
International journal of leprosy and other mycobacterial diseases : official organ of the International Leprosy Association 1988;56(3):468-71.
1987: Françoise Portaels; L Larsson; J Jimenez; C Cierkens
Biochemical characteristics and fatty acid compositions of some armadillo-derived mycobacteria and their relation to Mycobacterium gordonae.
Journal of general microbiology 1987;133(3):739-44.
1985: Françoise Portaels; K De Ridder; S R Pattyn
Cultivable mycobacteria isolated from organs of armadillos uninoculated and inoculated with Mycobacterium leprae.
Annales de l'Institut Pasteur. Microbiologie 1985;136A(2):181-90.
1984: M T Silva; P M Macedo; Françoise Portaels; S R Pattyn
Correlation viability/morphology in Mycobacterium leprae.
Acta leprologica 1984;2(2-4):281-91.