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...

Thyroid cancers are very rare before the age of 15: they account for less than 1% of childhood cancers. An analysis of cases recorded from 1978 to 1997 by French cancer registries...

Chlamydia trachomatis (Ct) infections are difficult to monitor due to their mild clinical presentation and the lack of an ideal diagnostic method. The RENACHLA network covers...

The French National Registry of Childhood Leukemias and Lymphomas (RNLE) was established in 1995 by Inserm Unit 170 in collaboration with French pediatric hematology-oncology treatment...

The management of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) for menopause is a significant economic and public health issue. According to an epidemiological report published in 2002 by V....

Objectives: To estimate the incidence of hospitalizations caused by a healthcare-associated adverse event (HAAE) in medical and surgical wards of public and private healthcare...

Microbiological monitoring of the hospital environment is addressed either in regulatory texts or in recommendations issued by official bodies (circulars on air or water quality, among...

Staphylococcus aureus pneumonia is rare, accounting for 1% of community-acquired cases and 10% of hospital-acquired cases. Among community-acquired cases, we report those associated...