Medical Microbiology

• 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