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Medical Microbiology

MBLG

  • The Pole of Medical Microbiology is involved in several research areas (see Research and Development).
     
  • The Pole of Medical Microbiology manages several laboratories and four national reference centers in microbiology, two of which are in collaboration with another institution :

          - HIV
          - Clostridium difficile
          - Yersinia (in collaboration with KUL)
          - Borrelia (in collaboration with KUL)

  • The Pole of Medical Microbiology also hosts a research group on mycobacteria and tuberculosis :
    - Mycobacterium tuberculosis
    - Non tubercoulous mycobacteria (NTM)
     
  • Director of the Pole : Prof. Michel Delmée
    Operational manager : Dr. Anandi Martin
    Responsible of projects :
    Dr. Emmanuel André
    Prof. Monique Bodeus
    Prof. Benoît Kabamba-Mukadi
    Prof. Hector Rodriguez-Villalobos
    Prof. Anne Simon
    Dr. Alexia Verroken
     
  • The Pole of Medical Microbiology are accredited to ISO 15189 under Accreditation Certificate N°106-MED (Belac).
     
  • The Pole of Medical Microbiology works closely with the Medical Microbiology Department of the Saint-Luc University Clinics, which includes a number of national reference centers :

           - CNR Viral hepatitis B and C in collaboration with ISP. The CNR is accredited to ISO 15189 under accreditation certificate 369-MED
           - CNR Bartonella henselae - Coxiella burnetti in collaboration with the Institute of Tropical Medicine in Antwerp and COD-CERVA

           For more informations, nrchm.wiv-isp.be

  • The Microbiology Laboratory at the CHU Godinne also includes a number of national reference centers :

    - CNR Helicobacter pylori which is accredited to ISO 15189 under the accreditation certificate 431-MED
    - CNR of multiresistant enterobacteria

    For more informations, www.uclmontgodinne.be

    The research is include in the Research Inventory of UCL : http://rch2011.adre.ucl.ac.be/browse/list_alpha/MBLG