Travel-related health risks in moderately and severely immunocompromised patients: a case-control study (Publications)
BACKGROUND: The number of immunocompromised persons travelling to tropical countries is increasing. The hypothesis is that this population is at increased risk of travel-related health problems but th
Spatial distribution of <em>Mycobacterium ulcerans</em> in Buruli ulcer lesions: implications for laboratory diagnosis (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Current laboratory diagnosis of Buruli ulcer (BU) is based on microscopic detection of acid fast bacilli, quantitative real-time PCR (qPCR), histopathology or cultivation. Insertion sequen
Wayanin and guaijaverin, two active metabolites found in a <em>Psidium acutangulum</em> Mart. ex DC (syn. P. persoonii McVaugh) (Myrtaceae)... (Publications)
ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE: Psidium acutangulum Mart. ex DC is a small tree used by the Wayana Amerindians from the Upper-Maroni in French Guiana for the treatment of malaria. AIM OF THE STUDY: In
Comparative study of activities of a diverse set of anti-mycobacterial agents against <em>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</em> and <em>Mycobacterium... (Publications)
A library of compounds covering a broad chemical space was selected from a tuberculosis drug development program and screened in a whole cell assay against Mycobacterium ulcerans, the causative agent