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Katrien Lagrou

Katrien Lagrou

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Microbiology

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81
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29387
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1081
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29

Research.com Recognitions

  • Fellow of the European Confederation of Medical Mycology (ECMM)
  • Fellow of the European Confederation of Medical Mycology (ECMM)
  • Fellow of the European Confederation of Medical Mycology (ECMM)
  • Fellow of the European Confederation of Medical Mycology (ECMM)

Overview

Katrien Lagrou is affiliated with KU Leuven in Belgium and conducts research primarily in the field of Medicine, with a focus on Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology, and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Their work encompasses topics including fungal infections and antifungal resistance, as well as research related to SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19.

Lagrou has contributed to various subfields, notably:

  • Infectious Diseases
  • Epidemiology
  • Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
  • Small Animals
  • Cell Biology

The main topics covered in their publications include:

  • Antifungal resistance and susceptibility
  • Fungal Infections and Studies
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing
  • Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia detection and treatment
  • Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases
  • Infectious Diseases and Mycology

Recent papers by Katrien Lagrou include:

  • Review of influenza-associated pulmonary aspergillosis in ICU patients and proposal for a case definition: an expert opinion (2020) published in Intensive Care Medicine
  • Visualizing in deceased COVID-19 patients how SARS-CoV-2 attacks the respiratory and olfactory mucosae but spares the olfactory bulb (2021) published in Cell
  • Amphotericin B and Other Polyenes-Discovery, Clinical Use, Mode of Action and Drug Resistance (2020) published in Journal of Fungi
  • Diagnostic performance of seven rapid IgG/IgM antibody tests and the Euroimmun IgA/IgG ELISA in COVID-19 patients (2020) published in Clinical Microbiology and Infection
  • Symptomatic Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Reinfection by a Phylogenetically Distinct Strain (2020) published in Clinical Infectious Diseases

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Katrien Lagrou include:

  • Johan Maertens
  • Joost Wauters
  • Yves Debaveye
  • Paul E. Verweij
  • Isabel Spriet

Their work has been published in several recurring venues, primarily:

  • Journal of Fungi
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Intensive Care Medicine
  • Clinical Microbiology and Infection
  • Clinical Infectious Diseases

Katrien Lagrou has received recognition as a Fellow of the European Confederation of Medical Mycology (ECMM).

Best Publications

  • Revision and Update of the Consensus Definitions of Invasive Fungal Disease From the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer and the Mycoses Study Group Education and Research Consortium

    J. Peter Donnelly;Sharon C. Chen;Carol A. Kauffman;William J. Steinbach

  • Global guideline for the diagnosis and management of mucormycosis: an initiative of the European Confederation of Medical Mycology in cooperation with the Mycoses Study Group Education and Research Consortium

    Oliver A. Cornely;Ana Alastruey-Izquierdo;Dorothee Arenz;Sharon C. A. Chen

  • Diagnosis and management of Aspergillus diseases: executive summary of the 2017 ESCMID-ECMM-ERS guideline

    A. J. Ullmann;J. M. Aguado;S. Arikan-Akdagli;D. W. Denning

  • Invasive aspergillosis in patients admitted to the intensive care unit with severe influenza: a retrospective cohort study.

    Alexander F A D Schauwvlieghe;Bart J A Rijnders;Nele Philips;Rosanne Verwijs

  • Galactomannan and Computed Tomography–Based Preemptive Antifungal Therapy in Neutropenic Patients at High Risk for Invasive Fungal Infection: A Prospective Feasibility Study

    Johan Maertens;Koen Theunissen;Gregor Verhoef;Johnny Verschakelen

  • Zygomycosis in Europe: analysis of 230 cases accrued by the registry of the European Confederation of Medical Mycology (ECMM) Working Group on Zygomycosis between 2005 and 2007

    A. Skiada;L. Pagano;A. Groll;S. Zimmerli

  • ESCMID† and ECMM‡ joint clinical guidelines for the diagnosis and management of mucormycosis 2013

    O.A. Cornely;S. Arikan-Akdagli;E. Dannaoui;A.H. Groll

  • Screening for circulating galactomannan as a noninvasive diagnostic tool for invasive aspergillosis in prolonged neutropenic patients and stem cell transplantation recipients: a prospective validation.

    Johan Maertens;Jan Verhaegen;Katrien Lagrou;Johan Van Eldere

  • Galactomannan in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid: a tool for diagnosing aspergillosis in intensive care unit patients.

    Wouter Meersseman;Katrien Lagrou;Johan Maertens;Alexander Wilmer

  • ESCMID and ECMM joint guidelines on diagnosis and management of hyalohyphomycosis: Fusarium spp., Scedosporium spp. and others

    A.M. Tortorano;M. Richardson;E. Roilides;A. van Diepeningen

  • Invasive Aspergillosis in the Intensive Care Unit

    Wouter Meersseman;Katrien Lagrou;Johan Maertens;Eric Van Wijngaerden

  • Prospective multicenter international surveillance of azole resistance in Aspergillus fumigatus.

    J W M van der Linden;M C Arendrup;A Warris;Katrien Lagrou

  • Review of influenza-associated pulmonary aspergillosis in ICU patients and proposal for a case definition: an expert opinion.

    Paul E. Verweij;Bart J.A. Rijnders;Roger J.M. Brüggemann;Elie Azoulay

  • Visualizing in deceased COVID-19 patients how SARS-CoV-2 attacks the respiratory and olfactory mucosae but spares the olfactory bulb.

    Mona Khan;Seung-Jun Yoo;Marnick Clijsters;Wout Backaert

  • ESCMID and ECMM joint clinical guidelines for the diagnosis and management of systemic phaeohyphomycosis: diseases caused by black fungi

    A. Chowdhary;J. F. Meis;J. Guarro;G. S. de Hoog

  • ECIL guidelines for the diagnosis of Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia in patients with haematological malignancies and stem cell transplant recipients

    Alexandre Alanio;Philippe M Hauser;Katrien Lagrou;Willem J G Melchers

  • International expert opinion on the management of infection caused by azole-resistant Aspergillus fumigatus.

    Paul E. Verweij;Michelle Ananda-Rajah;David Andes;Maiken C. Arendrup

  • ECIL guidelines for preventing Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia in patients with haematological malignancies and stem cell transplant recipients.

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  • Symptomatic Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Reinfection by a Phylogenetically Distinct Strain.

    Jan Van Elslande;Pieter Vermeersch;Kris Vandervoort;Tony Wawina-Bokalanga

  • Amphotericin B and Other Polyenes-Discovery, Clinical Use, Mode of Action and Drug Resistance.

    Hans Carolus;Siebe Pierson;Katrien Lagrou;Patrick Van Dijck

  • Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid Galactomannan for the Diagnosis of Invasive Pulmonary Aspergillosis in Patients with Hematologic Diseases

    Johan Maertens;Vincent Maertens;Koen Theunissen;Wouter Meersseman

  • Pathogenesis and management of fracture-related infection.

    Depypere M;Morgenstern M;Kuehl R;Senneville E

  • Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis is a frequent complication of critically ill H1N1 patients: a retrospective study

    Joost Wauters;Ingrid Baar;Philippe Meersseman;Wouter Meersseman

Frequent Co-Authors

Jan Verhaegen
Jan Verhaegen KU Leuven
Paul E. Verweij
Paul E. Verweij Radboud University
Maiken Cavling Arendrup
Maiken Cavling Arendrup Statens Serum Institut
Oliver A. Cornely
Oliver A. Cornely University of Cologne
Jacques F. Meis
Jacques F. Meis Canisius-Wilhelmina Ziekenhuis
Martin Hoenigl
Martin Hoenigl University of California, San Diego
Joseph Meletiadis
Joseph Meletiadis National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Emmanuel Roilides
Emmanuel Roilides Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

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