Introduction - The objective of this study is to present observed data on cancer deaths in the French West Indies and their trends between 1983 and 2002, in comparison with the situation...

Introduction - In late 2005, a nursing home in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques region reported several cases of scabies affecting residents and staff to the Departmental Directorate for Health...

This circular provides, in the form of fact sheets: the new mandatory reporting procedures, the new notification forms, the role of the teams responsible for combating infectious...

The transmission of infectious agents following endoscopy has been demonstrated in several studies. Most endoscopy-related infections were caused by bacterial agents and, less...

The antibiotic component of the 2006 national survey on the prevalence of nosocomial infections aimed to describe the antibiotics prescribed in healthcare facilities. Conducted on a...

Objectives: Infectious spondylodiscitis is a rare condition treated in a hospital setting. To estimate its incidence in France, we used the 2002–2003 Medical Information Systems Program...

In 1936, Lemierre described a series of deaths resulting from sepsis caused by a Gram-negative anaerobic bacterium: "Bacillus funduliformis." This disease primarily affects healthy young...

Diphtheria seemed to have disappeared from Europe. Now it has returned to our doorstep, just a two-hour flight from Paris, in all the countries of the former Soviet Union on the one...

The reported data cover a 12-year period from 1983 to 1994. The epidemiological surveillance covers serologically confirmed syphilis, gonorrhea—which is most often diagnosed clinically...

In collaboration with the French National Institute of Health and Medical Research (INSERM), the Paris Institute of Forensic Medicine conducted a study aimed at improving understanding...