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News on Clostridium difficile infections
Introduction. - Clostridium difficile is a spore-forming, anaerobic, Gram-positive bacillus responsible for 15% to 25% of cases of post-antibiotic diarrhea and more than 95% of cases of...
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Delayed access to care, precarious living conditions, and vulnerability among HIV-positive women
The Retard study (Delayed Access to Care), on which our work is based, focuses on HIV-positive individuals who enter the healthcare system with a CD4 count below 350/mm³. In addition to...
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Why are women more likely to inform their sexual partners about a sexually transmitted infection? The role of doctors
Studies based on national surveys have shown that when diagnosed with a sexually transmitted infection, patients generally inform their primary partner, but men are less likely than...
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Emerging Viral Diseases in Southeast Asia and the Pacific
The epidemiology of certain viral diseases has undergone significant changes in Southeast Asia (SEA) and Oceania over the past few decades. These changes are due to several factors: the...
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Nasal colonization and skin infections caused by Staphylococcus aureus carrying the gene encoding Panton-Valentine leukocidin: screening during an outbreak in a school setting
Objectives - We describe the investigation and control of an outbreak of Staphylococcus aureus (SA) skin infections—carrying the gene encoding Panton-Valentine leukocidin [SA...
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Measuring premature mortality: a comparison of deaths before age 65 and years of life lost
Background - For many years, deaths occurring before age 65 have been routinely used in France and other countries to monitor the health status of the population and inform public policy...
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Airborne transmission of infectious agents
Airborne transmission is one of several modes of transmission for infectious agents. It can occur from an environmental source, as in the case of Legionnaires' disease. Under specific...
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The Use of National Public Health Surveys of the General Population for Occupational Risk Surveillance
The main mission of the Occupational Health Department at the French Institute for Public Health Surveillance is to monitor health in relation to occupational activity. To this end, it...
