Viscerale leishmaniasis met hemofagocytaire lymfohistiocytose: casus en literatuuroverzicht (2009)
Van Esbroeck, M, Thomeer, M, Dierickx, D
Visceral leishmaniasis and hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis: a case report. The pathogenesis of haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) secondary to an infection is based on an excessive,...
Falciparum malaria in patient 9 years after leaving malaria-endemic area [letter] (2009)
Theunissen, C., Janssens, P., Demulder, A., Nouboussié, D., Van Esbroeck, M., Van Gompel, A., ...
Heyman, P., Baert, K., Plyusnina, A., Cochez, C., Lundkvist, A., Van Esbroeck, M., ...
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Gillet, P., Bottieau, E., Cnops, L., Van Esbroeck, M., Jacobs, J.
BACKGROUND: Two malaria rapid diagnostic tests were evaluated in a travel clinic setting: the SD FK50 Malaria Ag Plasmodium falciparum test (a two-band test) and the SD FK60 Malaria Ag P....
Gillet, P., Bosselaers, K., Cnops, L., Bottieau, E., Van Esbroeck, M., Jacobs, J.
BACKGROUND: For clinical and epidemiological reasons, it is interesting to diagnose non-falciparum malaria to the species level. This retrospective study assessed the performance of the SD BIOLINE...
Chikungunya infection confirmed in a Belgian traveller returning from Phuket (Thailand) (2009)
Bottieau, E., Van Esbroeck, M., Cnops, L., Clerinx, J., Van Gompel, A.
Chikungunya infection has been increasingly reported in international travellers following its epidemic re-emergence in the Indian Ocean islands in 2006 and its spread to southern Asia thereafter. We...
Eosinophilic meningitis due to Angiostrongylus cantonensis in a Belgian traveller (2008)
Ali, A. B., Van Gompel, A., Van Esbroeck, M.
Eosinophilic meningitis is a rare clinical entity. The most frequent cause in travellers to the tropics is infection with the rat lungworm Angiostrongylus cantonensis. In this report, we describe a...
Chikungunya fever in travelers returning to Europe from the Indian region, 2006 (2008)
Panning, M., Grywna, K., Van Esbroeck, M., Emmerich, P., Drosten, C.
Chikungunya fever has spread through several Indian Ocean islands and India, including popular travel destinations. To compare usefulness of diagnostic tests and to understand reasons for the...
Vlieghe, E. R., Jacobs, J. A., Van Esbroeck, M., Koole, O., Van Gompel, A.
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Selective ambulatory management of imported falciparum malaria: a 5-year prospective study (2007)
Colebunders, R, Demey, H, ...
The ambulatory management of imported Plasmodium falciparum malaria is controversial because criteria for safe selection of patients are imprecise. The aim of the present study was to investigate the...
Selective ambulatory management of imported falciparum malaria: a 5-year prospective study (2007)
Bottieau, E., Clerinx, J., Colebunders, R., Wouters, R., Demey, H., ...
The ambulatory management of imported Plasmodium falciparum malaria is controversial because criteria for safe selection of patients are imprecise. The aim of the present study was to investigate the...
Fever after a stay in the tropics: diagnostic predictors of the leading tropical conditions (2007)
Bottieau, E., Clerinx, J., Van Esbroeck, M., Colebunders, R., Van Gompel, A., ...
Differential diagnosis of fever in travelers returning from the tropics is extremely diverse. Apart from the travel destination, other diagnostic predictors of tropical infections are poorly...
Heyman, P., Duh, D., Cochez, C., Van Esbroeck, M., Vandevelde, C., ...
This case report describes a dog suffering from a co-infection with Babesia and Anaplasma parasites. Anaplasma platys was found to be responsible for the anaplasmosis by molecular biology techniques,...
De Vega, MR, Colebunders, R, Van Esbroeck, M, ...
Objectives: To investigate the characteristics of imported Katayama fever (acute schistosomiasis) as well as evolution and outcome under treatment.
Bottieau, E., Clerinx, J., Colebunders, R., Van Esbroeck, M., ...
OBJECTIVES: To investigate the characteristics of imported Katayama fever (acute schistosomiasis) as well as evolution and outcome under treatment. METHODS: Between April 2000 and September 2004, we...
Etiology and outcome of fever after a stay in the tropics (2006)
Bottieau, E., Clerinx, J., Schrooten, W., Wouters, R., Van Esbroeck, M., ...
BACKGROUND: Information on epidemiology and prognosis of imported fever is scarce and almost exclusively limited to hospital settings. METHODS: From 2000 to 2005, all travelers presenting at our...
Bottieau, E., Clerinx, J., Van Esbroeck, M., Colebunders, R., Van Gompel, A., ...
From 2000 to 2005, we investigated prospectively 98 cases of imported non-Plasmodium falciparum malaria (48 Plasmodium vivax, 34 P. ovale, and 16 P. malariae). Latency period between return and...
Infectious mononucleosis-like syndromes in febrile travelers returning from the tropics (2006)
Bottieau, E., Clerinx, J., Van Esbroeck, M., Colebunders, R., Van Gompel, A., ...
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Visser, L. G., Verweij, J. J., Van Esbroeck, M., Edeling, W. M., Clerinx, J., Polderman, A. M.
Unpreserved faecal samples, suspected to contain Entamoeba histolytica/Entamoeba dispar cysts or trophozoites on the basis of microscopic examination, and serum samples from 416 patients were...
Cutane anthrax na een verblijf in Botswana (2005)
De Schrijver, K., Van Esbroeck, M., Maes, I., Van Gompel, A.
Florence, E, Van Esbroeck, M, Fransen, K, Desmet, P, Colebunders, R, Kestens, L, ...
Our objective was to study the evolution of CD4 cell count five years after starting highly active antiretroviral treatment (HAART) in a clinical setting. The study was performed at the HIV...
Florence, E, Van Esbroeck, M, Fransen, K, Desmet, P, Colebunders, R, Kestens, L, ...
Our objective was to study the evolution of CD4 cell count five years after starting highly active antiretroviral treatment (HAART) in a clinical setting. The study was performed at the HIV...
Florence, E., Dreezen, C., Schrooten, W., Van Esbroeck, M., Kestens, L., Fransen, K., ...
Our objective was to study the evolution of CD4 cell count five years after starting highly active antiretroviral treatment (HAART) in a clinical setting. The study was performed at the HIV...
Disseminated nocardiosis presenting with cardiac tamponade in an HIV patient (2004)
Leang, B., Lynen, L., Lim, K., Jacques, G., Van Esbroeck, M., Zolfo, M.
The incidence of nocardial infection in HIV-positive patients is increasing. In immune suppression the infection is often disseminated and can present as cardiac tamponade.
Schrooten, W., Florence, E., Dreezen, C., Van Esbroeck, M., Fransen, K., Alonso, A., ...
Our objective was to study the evolution of CD4 cell count five years after starting highly active antiretroviral treatment (HAART) in a clinical setting. The study was performed at the HIV...
Isolation of Onychocola canadensis from four cases of onychomycosis in Belgium (2003)
Van Esbroeck, M., Wuytack, C., Van Looveren, K., Swinne, D.
Onychocola canadensis can cause onychomycosis of the toenails. Thirty-two cases have been described up to now. We report on the isolation of Onychocola canadensis from four patients with...
A Belgian traveler who acquired yellow fever in The Gambia (2002)
Colebunders, R., Mariage, J. L., Coche, J. C., Pirenne, B., Kempinaire, S., Hantson, P., ...
A 47-year-old Belgian woman acquired yellow fever during a 1-week vacation in The Gambia; she had never been vaccinated against yellow fever. She died of massive gastrointestinal bleeding 7 days...
Colebunders, R., Van Esbroeck, M., Moreau, M., Borchert, M.
Viral haemorrhagic fevers are caused by a wide range of viruses. There are 4 types of viruses well known to spread from person to person and able to cause nosocomial outbreaks with a high case...
Molecular diagnostics of intestinal parasites in returning travellers
Ten Hove, R. J., Van Esbroeck, M., Vervoort, T., Van Lieshout, L., Verweij, J. J.
A new diagnostic strategy was assessed for the routine diagnosis of intestinal parasites in returning travellers and immigrants. Over a period of 13 months, unpreserved stool samples, patient...