Francoise Crokaert
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Recent Articles
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De Schutter I, Dreesman A, Soetens O, Waele M, Crokaert F, Verhaegen J, et al.
BMC Pediatr
. 2012 Jun;
12:83.
PMID: 22726254
Background: Young children with persistent wheezing pose a diagnostic and therapeutical challenge to the pediatrician.We aimed to evaluate bacterial bronchial infection as a possible reason for non response to conventional...
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De Schutter I, De Wachter E, Crokaert F, Verhaegen J, Soetens O, Pierard D, et al.
Clin Infect Dis
. 2011 Jun;
52(12):1437-44.
PMID: 21628484
Background: Precise etiologic diagnosis in pediatric community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) remains challenging. Methods: We conducted a retrospective study of CAP etiology in 2 groups of pediatric patients who underwent flexible bronchoscopy...
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Ahmad I, Cau N, Kwan J, Maaroufi Y, Meuleman N, Aoun M, et al.
Transplantation
. 2009 Apr;
87(8):1240-5.
PMID: 19384173
Background: Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) reactivation after hematopoietic stem-cell transplantation can lead to posttransplant lymphoproliferative disease (PTLD), which carries a high mortality rate. Among therapeutic and prophylactic options being developed, B-cell...
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Meuleman N, Tondreau T, Ahmad I, Kwan J, Crokaert F, Delforge A, et al.
Stem Cells Dev
. 2009 Mar;
18(9):1247-52.
PMID: 19309241
Mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) are important in the support of hematopoiesis. In this pilot study, we evaluated the safety and efficiency of donor-expanded MSC infusion after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell...
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Maaroufi Y, De Bruyne J, Heymans C, Crokaert F
J Clin Microbiol
. 2007 May;
45(7):2305-8.
PMID: 17507524
A two-step real-time PCR assay targeting all six capsulation loci of Haemophilus influenzae (i.e., serotypes a to f) was developed and compared with a previously published qualitative PCR assay by...
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Maaroufi Y, De Bruyne J, Duchateau V, Scheen R, Crokaert F
FEMS Immunol Med Microbiol
. 2006 Oct;
48(2):183-91.
PMID: 17064275
A major pitfall in most published genomic amplification methods for the detection and identification of human pathogens is that they do not include an internal amplification control in order to...
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Maaroufi Y, Ahariz N, Husson M, Crokaert F
J Clin Microbiol
. 2004 Jul;
42(7):3159-63.
PMID: 15243076
Molecular diagnosis based on genomic amplification methods such as real-time PCR assay has been reported as an alternative to conventional culture for early detection of invasive candidiasis. However, a major...
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Maaroufi Y, De Bruyne J, Duchateau V, Georgala A, Crokaert F
J Mol Diagn
. 2004 Apr;
6(2):108-14.
PMID: 15096566
In a recent study, Candida species in clinical blood samples were detected using a real-time PCR-based method (Maaroufi et al, J Clin Microbiol 2003, 41:3293-3298). For the present study, we...
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Maaroufi Y, Heymans C, De Bruyne J, Duchateau V, Rodriguez-Villalobos H, Aoun M, et al.
J Clin Microbiol
. 2003 Jul;
41(7):3293-8.
PMID: 12843077
We describe a rapid and reproducible PCR assay for quantitation of the Candida albicans ribosomal DNA (rDNA) in clinical blood samples based on the TaqMan principle (Applied Biosystems), in which...