31 Aug

New blood culture surveillance sites started in DR Congo: two hospitals in Vanga and Kikwit!

In August 2023, Immaculée Kahindo and Edmonde Bonebe from Institut National de Recherche Biomédicale (INRB) travelled to Vanga...

People and projects

31 Aug

GLASS manual for antimicrobial resistance surveillance in common bacteria causing human infection

The "GLASS manual for antimicrobial resistance surveillance in common bacteria causing human infection" is out. This manual supersedes...

Resources

7 Jul

Growth of Gram-negative bacteria in antiseptics, disinfectants and hand hygiene products in two hospitals in West Africa

Check out Palpouguini Lompo's important findings in his newest paper in Pathogens  Antiseptics, disinfectants, and hand hygiene products...

Publications

14 Jun

Global genomic analysis of Salmonella Concord reveals lineages with high antimicrobial resistance in Ethiopia

Wim Cuypers published this interesting paper in Nature Communications! Antimicrobial resistant Salmonella enterica serovar Concord (S. Concord) is...

Publications

29 Aug

Can a worm nestle in your brain? “Parasites really are everywhere” radio interview with Idzi Potters (NL)

Check out this interview with Idzi if you are Dutch speaking  here  

People and projects

27 Jun

Prélèvement des hémocultures

We have French voice-over for our videos on the collection of blood for bloodcultures for adults and néonates,...

Resources

19 Jun

SIMBLE: Walk through blood culture bottle production process In Benin

This video takes you on a tour through the blood culture bottle production process put in place by...

People and projects

13 Jun

Delayed incubation of blood culture bottles – recommendations for preincubation temperature and time

Ideally, blood culture bottles are incubated as soon as possible after sampling. However, in many tropical settings, high...

Resources

13 Jun

Looking back at the AIM 2023

(AIM = Hospital-based Interventions to Contain Antibiotic Resistance in Low-resource Settings). An interview with Charlotte Grootaers (course coordinator)...

Events

1 Jun

SIMBLE team visits CHU-YO in Burkina Faso

On 20-23 March 2023, Liselotte Hardy and Barbara Barbé (ITM’s coordinating and principal investigator of the SIMBLE project)...

People and projects

30 May

Manual of Clinical Microbiology, 13th Edition

Manual of Clinical Microbiology, 13th Edition can be pre-ordered now, click here With a chapter in Section VIII...

Resources

30 May

MSF Access Campaign report on “Local diagnostics to meet local health needs”

The MSF Access Campaign has recently translated their 2021 report about local production of diagnostics into French and...

Resources

5 May

AIM course (Hospital-based Interventions to Contain Antibiotic Resistance in Low-resource Settings) for World Hand Hygiene Day

We teach Infection Prevention Control and Hand Hygiene as part of our course on Hospital-based Interventions to Contain...

Events

4 May

Case of the month by Bobbi Pritt and Idzi Potters

Be sure to check out the newest case of the month: https://parasitewonders.blogspot.com/2023/05/case-of-week-716.html

Resources

2 May

Not recommended fixed-dose antibiotic combinations in low- and middle-income countries – the example of Tanzania

Background Fixed-dose combinations (FDC) are medicine formulations that combine two or more ingredients in fixed ratios in a...

Publications

18 Apr

Two reviews on “Bacterial Contamination of Antiseptics, Disinfectants, and Hand Hygiene Products Used in Healthcare Settings” on High and Low- and Middle-Income Countries

We conducted two reviews of healthcare-associated outbreaks and cross-sectional surveys related to the contamination of antiseptics, disinfectants, and...

Publications

6 Apr

Use of VWR benchtop autoclave Vapour-Line Lite II P with built-in printer

Check out our brand new video SOP on the "Use of VWR benchtop autoclave Vapour-Line Lite II P...

Resources

5 Apr

Interview with the Kisantu study team – Doctoral research of Bieke Tack (English subtitles)

Study team describing the preparation, outcomes, benefits, difficulties and way forward after the studies they carried out in...

People and projects

5 Apr

Travel report of Anne-Sophie Heroes to the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Anne-Sophie Heroes traveled to the Democratic Republic of the Congo together with Gaëtan Van Aelst, ITM Clinical Trials...

People and projects

27 Mar

Responsible dissemination of health and medical research an interview

Watch the latest video on Research Integrity an interview by Jan Jacobs, Institute of Tropical Medicine (ITM) Commission...

Resources

17 Mar

Laboratory-on-a-ship: a microbiology culture media production facility in a sea container for local production in low-resource settings

Do you want to know more of the why, what, where of our SIMBLE production container "laboratory-on-a-ship"? It...

Publications

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