Natalie Lorent
About Natalie Lorent
Role(s) / Profession(s)
- Physician
Organization
- Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp - ITM
Work Location(s)
- Cambodia
Language(s)
Recent Contributions
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Natalie Lorent replied to "Start of 2013 and short introduction of members" in the MDR-TB Treatment & Prevention community.
Natalie Lorent, MD, pulmonologist, working for the Institute of Tropical Medicine in Antwerp, Belgium. I have been based in Cambodia for more than 2 years now as Technical Advisor and researcher in the field of TB. Main interests are TB-HIV co-infection and MDRTB.
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Natalie Lorent replied to "Happy New Year and please introduce yourself!" in the TB Infection Control community.
Dear all, I am a Pulmonologist, working for the Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp but based in Cambodia since more than 2 years in a hospital setting. I'm a clinician, but also doing operational research (predoctoral candidate) in the field of TB. I joined this forum since in the setting ...
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Natalie Lorent replied to "Expert Panel Dec. 10-14: Scaling-up GeneXpert MTB/RIF" in the MDR-TB Treatment & Prevention community.
Dear Sophie, In our ACF-project in Cambodia, the Xpert machine is located at the referral hospital. Lab techs inform TB doctors about positive results, who then call (and text the result to) the TBWs in the field. TBWs will track the patient down and refer him to the local health ...
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Natalie Lorent replied to "Expert Panel Dec. 10-14: Scaling-up GeneXpert MTB/RIF" in the MDR-TB Treatment & Prevention community.
Dear Gini, Couldn't agree more! We should indeed go more in line with the HIV example and focus on informing and counselling persons who may have (DR)TB and TB patients. This may well imply a change in set-up of TB services. From my experience of working in developing countries health ...
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Natalie Lorent replied to "Expert Panel Dec. 10-14: Scaling-up GeneXpert MTB/RIF" in the MDR-TB Treatment & Prevention community.
Another practical question, probably for Indira. We have been using our Xpert machine for almost a year now. Following Cepheid's instructions it needs calibrating. Do we still have to send the machine to France (from Cambodia) or are there other, easier options? A colleague told me she heard something about ...
Recent Recommendations
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