Genotypic characterization directly applied to sputum improves the detection of Mycobacterium africanum West African 1, under-represented in positive cultures.

by C N'Dira Sanoussi, Dissou Affolabi, Leen Rigouts, Séverin Anagonou, Bouke de Jong
Published 2017-09-01

Characterization of Human Type C Enterotoxin Produced by Clinical S. epidermidis Isolates

by Chimène Nanoukon, Dissou Affolabi, Daniel Keller, Rodrigue Tollo, Philippe Riegel, Lamine Baba-Moussa, Gilles Prévost
Published 2018-03-01

Assessment of the Biosafety and Biosecurity in the Reference Veterinary Laboratory of Parakou in Benin

by Vincent Dossou Sodjinou, Paul Ahoumènou Ayelo, Agué Germain Aïndé Achade, Dissou Affolabi, Dona Edgard-Marius Ouendo
Published 2021-08-01

Operational research within the national tuberculosis control programme in Benin

by Serge Ade, Dissou Affolabi, Mênonli Adjobimey, Gabriel Ade, Sévérin Anagonou, Ajay M. V. Kumar, Anthony D. Harries
Published 2017-11-01

Comparative Genomics and Identification of an Enterotoxin-Bearing Pathogenicity Island, SEPI-1/SECI-1, in Staphylococcus epidermidis Pathogenic Strains

by Xavier Argemi, Chimène Nanoukon, Dissou Affolabi, Daniel Keller, Yves Hansmann, Philippe Riegel, Lamine Baba-Moussa, Gilles Prévost
Published 2018-02-01

First Insight into a Nationwide Genotypic Diversity of Mycobacterium tuberculosis among Previously Treated Pulmonary Tuberculosis Cases in Benin, West Africa

by Dissou Affolabi, N’Dira Sanoussi, Sergio Codo, Fréderic Sogbo, Prudence Wachinou, Faridath Massou, Aderemi Kehinde, Séverin Anagonou
Published 2017-01-01

The first phylogeographic population structure and analysis of transmission dynamics of M. africanum West African 1--combining molecular data from Benin, Nigeria and Sierra Leone.

by Florian Gehre, Martin Antonio, Frank Faïhun, Mathieu Odoun, Cecile Uwizeye, Pim de Rijk, Bouke C de Jong, Dissou Affolabi
Published 2013-01-01

Beninese Medicinal Plants as a Source of Antimycobacterial Agents: Bioguided Fractionation and In Vitro Activity of Alkaloids Isolated from Holarrhena floribunda Used in Traditiona...

by Achille Yemoa, Joachim Gbenou, Dissou Affolabi, Mansourou Moudachirou, André Bigot, Séverin Anagonou, Françoise Portaels, Anandi Martin, Joëlle Quetin-Leclercq
Published 2015-01-01

Implementing COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) Rapid Diagnostic Tests in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Review

by Jan Jacobs, Jan Jacobs, Vera Kühne, Octavie Lunguya, Octavie Lunguya, Dissou Affolabi, Liselotte Hardy, Olivier Vandenberg, Olivier Vandenberg, Olivier Vandenberg
Published 2020-10-01

Possible Outbreak of Streptomycin-Resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis Beijing in Benin

by Dissou Affolabi, Frank Faïhun, N’Dira Sanoussi, Gladys Anyo, Isdore Chola Shamputa, Leen Rigouts, Luc Kestens, Séverin Anagonou, Françoise Portaels
Published 2009-07-01

Bacterial diversity in Buruli ulcer skin lesions: Challenges in the clinical microbiome analysis of a skin disease.

by Chloé Van Leuvenhaege, Koen Vandelannoote, Dissou Affolabi, Françoise Portaels, Ghislain Sopoh, Bouke C de Jong, Miriam Eddyani, Conor J Meehan
Published 2017-01-01

Spot specimen testing with GeneXpert MTB/RIF results compared to morning specimen in a programmatic setting in Cotonou, Benin

by Faridath Massou, Merlin Fandohan, Ablo Prudence Wachinou, Schadrac Christin Agbla, Gildas Agodokpessi, Leen Rigouts, Bouke Catherine de Jong, Dissou Affolabi
Published 2021-09-01

Characteristics and Treatment Outcomes of Retreatment Tuberculosis Patients in Benin

by Serge Ade, Omer Adjibodé, Prudence Wachinou, Narcisse Toundoh, Bérénice Awanou, Gildas Agodokpessi, Dissou Affolabi, Gabriel Adè, Anthony D. Harries, Séverin Anagonou
Published 2016-01-01

Best Practices of Blood Cultures in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

by Sien Ombelet, Sien Ombelet, Barbara Barbé, Dissou Affolabi, Jean-Baptiste Ronat, Palpouguini Lompo, Octavie Lunguya, Octavie Lunguya, Jan Jacobs, Jan Jacobs, Liselotte Hardy
Published 2019-06-01

Diagnostic Bacteriology in District Hospitals in Sub-Saharan Africa: At the Forefront of the Containment of Antimicrobial Resistance

by Jan Jacobs, Jan Jacobs, Liselotte Hardy, Makeda Semret, Octavie Lunguya, Octavie Lunguya, Thong Phe, Dissou Affolabi, Cedric Yansouni, Olivier Vandenberg, Olivier Vandenberg, Olivier Vandenberg
Published 2019-09-01

HIV treatment response among female sex workers participating in a treatment as prevention demonstration project in Cotonou, Benin.

by Mamadou Diallo, Luc Béhanzin, Fernand A Guédou, Nassirou Geraldo, Ella Goma-Matsétsé, Dramane Kania, René Kpèmahouton Kêkê, Moussa Bachabi, Dissou Affolabi, Souleymane Diabaté, Flore Gangbo, Marcel Djimon Zannou, Michel Alary
Published 2020-01-01

First detection of a plasmid-encoded New-Delhi metallo-beta-lactamase-1 (NDM-1) producing Acinetobacter baumannii using whole genome sequencing, isolated in a clinical setting in B...

by Carine Yehouenou, Bert Bogaerts, Kevin Vanneste, Nancy H. C. Roosens, Sigrid C. J. De Keersmaecker, Kathleen Marchal, Dissou Affolabi, Reza Soleimani, Hector Rodriguez-Villalobos, Françoise Van Bambeke, Olivia Dalleur, Anne Simon
Published 2021-01-01

Improving clinical and epidemiological predictors of Buruli ulcer.

by Gilbert Adjimon Ayelo, Ghislain Emmanuel Sopoh, Jean-Gabin Houezo, René Fiodessihoue, Dissou Affolabi, Ange Dodji Dossou, Yves Thierry Barogui, Akpeedje Anita Carolle Wadagni, Didier Codjo Agossadou, Epco Hasker, Françoise Portaels, Bouke C de Jong, Miriam Eddyani
Published 2018-08-01

Shifts in Mycobacterial Populations and Emerging Drug-Resistance in West and Central Africa.

by Florian Gehre, Mebrat Ejo, Kristina Fissette, Pim de Rijk, Cécile Uwizeye, Elie Nduwamahoro, Odin Goovaerts, Dissou Affolabi, Martin Gninafon, Fanny M Lingoupou, Mamadou Dian Barry, Oumou Sow, Corinne Merle, Piero Olliaro, Fatoumata Ba, Marie Sarr, Alberto Piubello, Juergen Noeske, Martin Antonio, Leen Rigouts, Bouke C de Jong
Published 2014-01-01

Half of rifampicin-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex isolated from tuberculosis patients in Sub-Saharan Africa have concomitant resistance to pyrazinamide.

by Jean Claude Semuto Ngabonziza, Awa Ba Diallo, Elisa Tagliani, Bassirou Diarra, Abalo Essosimna Kadanga, Antieme Combo George Togo, Aliou Thiam, Willem Bram de Rijk, Riccardo Alagna, Sabine Houeto, Fatoumata Ba, Anoumou Yaotsè Dagnra, Emil Ivan, Dissou Affolabi, Valérie Schwoebel, Arnaud Trebucq, Bouke Catherine de Jong, Leen Rigouts, Géraldine Daneau, “Union short MDR-TB regimen study group”
Published 2017-01-01