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Surveillance of multidrug-resistant bacteria in healthcare facilities in France. BMR-Raisin Network – 2007 Results
Controlling the spread of multidrug-resistant bacteria (MDRB) in healthcare facilities is a priority of the national program to combat healthcare-associated infections (HAIs). Since...
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Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections in healthcare facilities, France, 2005–2008. Epidemiological analysis of data reported as part of standardized surveys on activities to control healthcare-associated infections
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a multidrug-resistant bacterium frequently implicated in healthcare-associated infections (HAIs). Despite the progress made over the...
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Pediatric hemolytic-uremic syndrome. Cases reported to the French Institute for Public Health Surveillance and the epidemiological investigation
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Outbreak of acute gastroenteritis caused by Shigella sonnei resistant to amoxicillin, cotrimoxazole, and azithromycin in the Île-de-France region. January–April 2007
In January 2007, Robert Debré Hospital reported a case of acute gastroenteritis (AGE) caused by Shigella sonnei resistant to amoxicillin (AMX) and cotrimoxazole (SXT) (S. sonnei RR) but...
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Preparing for an influenza pandemic
At the request of the Ministry of Health, we estimated the number of health events (cases, hospitalizations, and deaths) expected during an influenza pandemic and compared the impact and...
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Preparing for an influenza pandemic. Estimating the weekly number of hospital admissions and hospital days during an influenza pandemic
As part of the effort to combat influenza pandemics, we conducted an initial study to estimate the epidemiological impact that an influenza pandemic might have in terms of expected...
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Hospitalizations for COPD exacerbations. How can they be identified using data from the Hospital Information System (PMSI)?
Exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are a factor associated with a poor prognosis for the course of the disease. The most severe cases require hospitalization....
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Characteristics of children hospitalized for acute asthma. A study conducted in 14 pediatric departments in mainland France, 2007
A decline in asthma-related hospitalization rates has been observed in France over the past decade among adults. However, these rates have remained stable among children. Yet...
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Study Report on the Reimbursement of Pertussis Vaccines for Young Adults in Île-de-France Based on URCAM Data from 2007 and 2008. July 2010
Pertussis is a highly contagious disease whose complications can be very serious, particularly in infants who have not been vaccinated or have not completed their vaccination series....
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Epidemiological surveillance of occupational asthma: a pilot study conducted with the National Observatory on Occupational Asthma (ONAP)
Occupational asthma is one of the most common work-related respiratory diseases in industrialized countries. The National Observatory on Occupational Asthma (ONAP) was established in...
