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AUTHOR
K. Astruc
État des lieux et évaluation de la surveillance des Staphylococcus aureus résistants à la méticilline (SARM) : PMSI versus surveillance Raisin
Abstract Background The surveillance of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a national priority. The rate of MRSA infections is one of six indicators tracked by the Department of Health. Since 2002, the French institute for public health surveillance (InVS) has monitored MRSA infections to estimate incidence density. Today, the use of the French administrative database (PMSI) could facilitate this surveillance. The aim of this study was to compare MRSA incidence density computed at a national level using PMSI databases with the results from the InVS taken as the reference. Methods PMSI databases for the years 2006 to 2009 were used. The reference results were those publish…
Plicature de la bandelette sous-urétrale comme traitement de l’incontinence urinaire d’effort persistante ou récidivante
Resume Objectifs Evaluer la faisabilite et l’efficacite de la remise en tension des bandelettes sous-uretrales par une plicature etagee en cas d’incontinence urinaire d’effort persistante ou recidivante apres pose d’une bandelette sous-uretrale (BSU). Methode Etude retrospective monocentrique incluant des patientes ayant un echec ou une recidive apres pose d’une BSU. L’eligibilite etait faite d’apres un bilan clinique et paraclinique complet prouvant le mecanisme et la recidive de l’IUE. La chirurgie a consiste en une plicature en paletot de la bandelette. Resultats Dix-neuf patientes ont ete incluses. Le delai moyen entre les deux chirurgies etait de 23,4 mois (ds = 25,5). Les resultats on…
Successful control of a Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus outbreak in a neonatal intensive care unit: a retrospective, before-after study
International audience; Background : Aim of this study was to provide a detailed description of a Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) outbreak management strategy in the neonatal intensive care unit of a university hospital.MethodsThis was a retrospective, “before-after” study, over two consecutive 18-month periods. The outbreak management strategy was performed by a multidisciplinary team and included: extensive healthcare workers (HCW) involvement, education, continuous hand-hygiene training and active MRSA colonization surveillance. The actions implemented were identified based on an anonymous, voluntary, reporting system, carried out among all the HCW, and regular audit a…
Flexible statistical models provided new insights into the role of quantitative prognostic factors for mortality in gastric cancer.
Abstract Objectives To reassess the effects of prognostic factors on mortality in gastric cancers, and to illustrate the advantages of flexible modeling. Study Design and Setting A prospective population-based cohort of persons diagnosed with gastric cancers in 1976 to 1995 in Burgundy, France, was followed for 5 years since diagnosis. Multivariable survival analyses, stratified by cancer stage, involved both conventional Cox's model and its flexible generalization, which permitted testing the underlying assumptions and accounting for changes over time in the effects of prognostic factors. Results Conventional assumptions of proportional hazards (PH) (P = 0.003) and linear increase in risk …
How to demonstrate that eSET does not compromise the likelihood of having a baby?
BACKGROUND: In several randomized studies, elective single embryo transfer (eSET) has proven its effectiveness in reducing twin pregnancy rates while obtaining acceptable overall pregnancy rates. However, there is no outcome measurement consensus to evaluate the effectiveness of eSET versus double-embryo transfer (DET). METHODS: This study evaluated whether or not adopting an eSET strategy instead of a DET strategy lowers the probability of having at least one live-born infant in good prognosis couples. Seven hundred and twenty-six couples were divided into two groups. The retrospective arm of the study was undertaken on the first group of couples (n = 483, DET group) and the prospective ar…
Detection of temporal clusters of health care-associated infections or colonizations with Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
International audience; We investigated temporal clusters of Pseudomonas aeruginosa cases between 2005 and 2014 in 1 French university hospital, overall and by ward, using the Kulldorff method. Clusters of positive water samples were also investigated at the whole hospital level. Our results suggest that water outlets are not closely involved in the occurrence of clusters of P aeruginosa cases.