Faridath MASSOU

Employment

• Centre National Hospitalier de Pneumo-Phtisiologie de Cotonou Research Assistant
  2017 - Present
• Centre National Hospitalier de Pneumo Phtisiologie de Cotonou Study Manager (DIAMA Project)
  2017 - 2022

Education

• University of Antwerp PhD
  2022 - Present
• Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp PhD student
  2022 - Present
• Université d'Abomey-Calavi Diplôme d'Etudes Spécialisées en Biologie Clinique
  2019 - 2022
• Universite d'Abomey-Calavi Faculté des Sciences et Techniques Master in Biochemestry and Molecular Biology
  2018 - 2020
• Université d'Abomey-Calavi Faculté des Sciences de la Santé Pharmacist doctorate
  2010 - 2016

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (11)

• No phenotypic resistance observed for most group-3 and -4 variants in Mycobacterium tuberculosis genes related to bedaquiline, clofazimine, delamanid, and pretomanid in a Central and West African context
  Microbiology Spectrum 2026 DOI: 10.1128/spectrum.02005-26
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• Melting temperature signatures reveal occasional misclassification of low-level isoniazid resistance by Xpert MTB/XDR
  Microbiology Spectrum 2026 DOI: 10.1128/spectrum.00713-26
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• Antimicrobial Resistance Trends in Urinary Tract Infections in 6 African Countries
  JAMA Network Open 2026 DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2026.21865
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• Multicentre field evaluation of Xpert MTB/XDR in sub-Saharan Africa
  ERJ Open Research 2026 DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00427-2025
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• Laboratory-on-a-ship: a microbiology culture media production facility in a sea container for local production in low-resource settings
  The Lancet Microbe 2023 DOI: 10.1016/s2666-5247(23)00070-8
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• Blood culture surveillance in a secondary care hospital in Benin: epidemiology of bloodstream infection pathogens and antimicrobial resistance
  BMC Infectious Diseases 2022 DOI: 10.1186/s12879-022-07077-z
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• Spot specimen testing with GeneXpert MTB/RIF results compared to morning specimen in a programmatic setting in Cotonou, Benin
  BMC Infectious Diseases 2021 DOI: 10.1186/s12879-021-06676-6
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• Performance of OMNIgene•SPUTUM (DNA Genotek) and cetylpyridinium chloride for sputum storage prior to mycobacterial culture
  Journal of Medical Microbiology 2018 DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.000745
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• Antimicrobial susceptibility profile of Neisseria gonorrhoeae isolated in Cotonou, Benin (2015–2017)
  Sexually Transmitted Infections 2018 DOI: 10.1136/sextrans-2017-053340
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• Rapid detection of extended-spectrum-β-lactamase-producing Enterobacteriaceae in blood cultures using the ESBL NDP test in Cotonou, Benin
  Journal of Medical Microbiology 2017 DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.000509
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