Recovery rates of acid-fast bacilli (AFB) and the mean time to their detection from clinical specimens were determined by using the fluorescent BACTEC 9000 MB system. Data were compared to those assessed by the radiometric BACTEC 460 system and by cultivation on solid media. A total of 3,095 specimens were processed with N-acetyl-L-cysteine-NaOH by two laboratories. The contamination rates for ...

ESAC Management Team, Laboratory of Medical Microbiology, University of Antwerp, Universiteitsplein 1, B-2610 Antwerp, Belgium; Heymans Institute of Pharmacology, Ghent University, De Pintelaan, 185, B-9000 Gent, Belgium; Department of Nursing Research, University of Antwerp, Universiteitsplein 1, B-2610 Antwerp, Belgium; Department of Intensive Care, Ghent University Hospital, De Pintelaan, 18...

RUNNING TITLE: Intestinal dysbiosis in cystic fibrosis AUTHORS: Gwen Duytschaever*, Geert Huys, Maarten Bekaert, Linda Boulanger, Kris De 5 Boeck and Peter Vandamme AFFILIATION: 1 Laboratory of Microbiology and 2 BCCM/LMG Bacteria Collection, Faculty of Sciences, Ghent University, K.L. Ledeganckstraat 35, 9000 Ghent, Belgium 3 Department of Applied Mathematics and Computer Science, Faculty of S...

Karel De Loof1, Bernard De Baets2 and Hans De Meyer1 1Department of Applied Mathematics and Computer Science, Ghent University, Krijgslaan 281 (S9), B-9000 Gent, Belgium, (karel.deloof{hans.demeyer}@ugent.be) 2Department of Applied Mathematics, Biometrics and Process Control, Ghent University, Coupure links 653, B-9000 Gent, Belgium, ([email protected]) Multicriteria Ordering and Ranking...

Decomposition of the polynomial kernel of arbitrary higher spin Dirac operators D. Eelbode, a) T. Raeymaekers, b) and J. Van der Jeugt c) Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Antwerp, Campus Middelheim, G-Building, Middelheimlaan 1, 2020 Antwerpen, Belgium Clifford Research Group, Department of Mathematical Analysis, Ghent University, Galglaan 2, 9000 Ghent, Belgium Dep...