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Risk factors for sporadic community-acquired Legionnaires' disease in France
Background: Legionellosis is a recognized cause of community-acquired bacterial pneumonia in adults and is associated with high mortality. Risk factors have primarily been identified...
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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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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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Cold Snaps and Health in Metropolitan France: Impact, Prevention, and the Need for an Early Warning System
This report responds to a request from the Directorate General for Health. It presents the current state of the literature on the relationship between cold weather and health...
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Recommendations for the implementation of a dashboard for the prevention of healthcare-associated infections at each French healthcare facility. Report by the French Institute for Public Health Surveillance in response to the request of March 21, 2003, fr
The Minister of Health, Mr. Jean-François MATTEI, referred the matter to the French Institute for Public Health Surveillance (InVS) in March 2003 (Appendix 1) to establish indicators for...
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Epidemiological Surveillance of Influenza in France: Strengthening Surveillance Systems. Review of the 2004–2005 Flu Season
Community-based influenza surveillance has been conducted in France for many years by the Sentinelles and GROG networks. The National Reference Centers for Influenza Viruses are...
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Pleural Mesothelioma: High-Risk Occupations and Industries Among Men. Based on data from the National Mesothelioma Surveillance Program (PNSM)
At least 80% of mesothelioma cases in industrialized countries are caused by occupational exposure to asbestos. Since the first cases were observed in the asbestos mining and processing...
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Campylobacter Infections in France: Surveillance Report from the Network of Private and Hospital Laboratories (2001–2003)
The frequency of Campylobacter infections in humans, their potential severity, and the availability of preventive measures justify surveillance. In France, a surveillance system for...
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Clusters of hepatitis A cases in several municipalities in the Landes department. July–October 2004
In late September 2004, a general practitioner in southwestern France reported several cases of hepatitis A that had occurred since July 1 in several neighboring municipalities, all of...
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Surveillance of tularemia in humans in France: description of cases reported in 2003 and 2004 and recommendations for the investigation of sporadic and clustered cases
Tularemia has been listed as a notifiable disease since October 2002. The objective of mandatory reporting is to monitor trends in incidence, describe the clinical and epidemiological...
