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

Source
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

Prospective evaluation of 2nd generation rapid diagnostic tests for the serological diagnosis of gambiense human African trypanosomiasis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Source
BMC infectious diseases - ISSN 1471-2334-26:1 (2025) p. 1-14
Author(s)
    Sara Tablado Alonso, Raquel Inocencio Da Luz, Nick Van Reet, Ipos Ngay, Marguerite Manwana Pemba, Stijn Roge, Jean Kwete, Elena Nicco, Leen Rigouts, Erick Mwamba Miaka, Dieudonne Mumba Ngoyi, Paul Verle, Philippe Buscher, Epco Hasker

Improving tuberculosis diagnosis : evaluation of tongue swabbing as a complementary method to sputum analysis in Guinea

Source
Annals of clinical microbiology and antimicrobials - ISSN 1476-0711-24:1 (2025) p. 1-9
Author(s)
    Souleymane Hassane-Harouna, Moussa Conde, Kindy Bah, Sofie Marijke Braet, Magalie Van Dyck-Lippens, Morten Ruhwald, Mary Gaichiri, Margaretha De Vos, Bouke C. De Jong, Leen Rigouts