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List of works by Xavier Bertrand

10-Fold increase (2006-11) in the rate of healthy subjects with extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli faecal carriage in a Parisian check-up centre.

scientific article published on 9 November 2012

A 10-year survey of fungal aerocontamination in hospital corridors: a reliable sentinel to predict fungal exposure risk?

scientific article published on 25 March 2014

A cluster of bloodstream infections caused by Streptococcus gallolyticus subspecies pasteurianus that involved 5 preterm neonates in a university hospital during a 2-month period

scientific article published in February 2010

Alternatives to carbapenems in ESBL-producing Escherichia coli infections

scientific article published on 19 February 2013

Analysis of prophages harbored by the human-adapted subpopulation of Staphylococcus aureus CC398.

scientific article published on 14 June 2013

Antibiotic prescription in nursing homes for dependent elderly people: a cross-sectional study in Franche-Comté.

scientific article published on 24 April 2013

Antibiotic susceptibility and genotypic characterization of Haemophilus influenzae strains isolated from nasopharyngeal specimens from children in day-care centers in eastern France

scientific article published in October 2000

Antibiotic susceptibility and genotypic characterization of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains in eastern France.

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Antibiotic use in 530 French hospitals: results from a surveillance network at hospital and ward levels in 2007.

scientific article published on 25 June 2010

Antimicrobial susceptibility among gram-negative isolates collected from intensive care units in North America, Europe, the Asia-Pacific Rim, Latin America, the Middle East, and Africa between 2004 and 2009 as part of the Tigecycline Evaluation and

scientific article published on 09 December 2011

Are antibiotic-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolated from hospitalised patients recovered in the hospital effluents?

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Bacteraemia caused by coagulase-negative staphylococci exhibiting decreased susceptibility to teicoplanin

scientific article published in July 2002

Bacteremia caused by coagulase-negative staphylococci: incidence, frequency of teicoplanin resistance and molecular epidemiology

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Bacterial contamination of a cornea tissue bank: implications for the safety of graft engineering

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Bacterial contamination of organ graft preservation solution and infection after transplantation

scientific article published on 31 January 2011

Bacterial contamination of the hospital environment during wound dressing change

scientific article published on 03 May 2012

CC9 livestock-associated Staphylococcus aureus emerges in bloodstream infections in French patients unconnected with animal farming

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Characterisation of coagulase-negative staphylococci isolated from blood infections: incidence, susceptibility to glycopeptides, and molecular epidemiology

scientific article published on 7 September 2002

Characterisation of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus with reduced susceptibility to teicoplanin in Eastern France

scientific article published on 12 July 2003

Characterization of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains susceptible to tobramycin.

scientific article published in September 2002

Clinical and molecular epidemiology of chromosome-mediated resistance to third-generation cephalosporins in Enterobacter isolates in eastern France.

scientific article published in July 2000

Clinical and molecular epidemiology of hospital Enterococcus faecium isolates in eastern France. Members of Réseau Franc-Comtois de Lutte contr les Infections Nosocomiales.

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Clusters of respiratory tract infections and alert strategy in nursing homes

scientific article published on 28 January 2011

Contamination of trypan blue with Burkholderia cepacia in a cornea bank

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Contribution of antibiotic pressure in the acquisition of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in a university hospital

scientific article published in October 2003

Control of Enterobacteriaceae producing extended-spectrum beta-lactamase in intensive care units: rectal screening may not be needed in non-epidemic situations

scientific article published on 01 October 2004

Control of the duration of urinary catheterization: impact on catheter-associated urinary tract infection

scientific article published on 18 October 2007

Discrepancies between prescribed daily doses and WHO defined daily doses of antibacterials at a university hospital.

scientific article published in May 2006

E. coli: resistance to quinolones and beta-lactams of clinical strains isolated in the Franche-Comté region of France

scientific article published in March 2004

Ecological study of the effectiveness of isolation precautions in the management of hospitalized patients colonized or infected with Acinetobacter baumannii

scientific article published in December 2008

Effect of cheese consumption on emergence of antimicrobial resistance in the intestinal microflora induced by a short course of amoxicillin-clavulanic acid.

scientific article published in April 2007

Effect of individual- and group-level antibiotic exposure on MRSA isolation: a multilevel analysis

scientific article published on 18 August 2006

Emergence of Enterobacter cloacae as a common pathogen in neonatal units: pulsed-field gel electrophoresis analysis.

scientific article published in June 2004

Emergence of extensive-drug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa in a French university hospital

scientific article published on 7 June 2009

Endemicity, molecular diversity and colonisation routes of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in intensive care units

scientific article published on 01 August 2001

Epidemiology of Acinetobacter baumannii in a French university hospital: are isolation precautions necessary, useful or non-essential?

scientific article published on 19 October 2005

Estimation of the cumulative incidence of hospital-acquired bacteremia from prevalence data: a formula.

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Evaluation of antibiotic prescription in a French university hospital

scientific article published on 18 June 2008

Evaluation of the enhanced bacterial detection system for screening of contaminated platelets

scientific article published on 01 February 2006

Evaluation of the number of opportunities for hand hygiene in hospital: a new methodological approach

scientific article published on 3 October 2012

Exposure to bacteria of healthcare workers' forearms during care in geriatric units

scientific article published on 01 November 2010

Extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Enterobacteriacae: unexpected low prevalence of carriage in elderly French residents

scientific article published on 01 March 2012

Genital human papillomavirus infection among women recruited for routine cervical cancer screening or for colposcopy determined by Hybrid Capture II and polymerase chain reaction

scientific article published on 01 September 1999

High-resolution melting analysis for rapid characterization of qnr alleles in clinical isolates and detection of two novel alleles, qnrB25 and qnrB42.

scientific article published on 31 July 2012

Hospital cross-transmission of extended-spectrum β-lactamase producing Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae.

scientific article published on 19 July 2013

Hospital environmental contamination with Enterobacteriaceae producing extended-spectrum β-lactamase

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Hospital outbreak of Pseudomonas aeruginosa producing extended-spectrum oxacillinase OXA-19.

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Identifying Patients Harboring Extended-Spectrum-β-Lactamase-Producing Enterobacteriaceae on Hospital Admission Is Not That Simple

scientific article published on April 1, 2012

Impact of a region wide antimicrobial stewardship guideline on urinary tract infection prescription patterns

scientific article published on 18 January 2012

Impact of barrier precautions and antibiotic consumption on the incidence rate of acquired cases of infection or colonization with Acinetobacter baumannii: a 10-year multi-department study

scientific article published on 6 May 2011

Impact of regional guidelines on the management of urinary tract infections with antibiotics

scientific article published on 20 February 2010

Increased susceptibility to non-beta-lactam antimicrobial agents of MRSA isolates: relationship between genotype and antibiotype

scientific article published in October 2004

Influenza outbreaks management in a French psychiatric hospital from 2004 to 2012.

scientific article published on 2 October 2013

Is surveillance of Pseudomonas aeruginosa carriage in intensive care units useful?

scientific article published on 15 March 2010

Is there a threshold above which hand-rub solution consumption is efficient for decreasing MRSA incidence?

scientific article published on 26 March 2009

Lack of correlation between consumption of alcohol-based solutions and adherence to guidelines for hand hygiene

scientific article published in February 2005

Lagooning of wastewaters favors dissemination of clinically relevant Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

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MRSA incidence as an indicator of infection control practices: do the results reflect the reality?

scientific article published in July 2004

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in rehabilitation and chronic-care-facilities: what is the best strategy?

scientific article published in March 2005

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus producing Panton-Valentine leukocidin in a retrospective case series from 12 French hospital laboratories, 2000-2003.

scientific article published in July 2005

Meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus contamination of healthcare workers' uniforms in long-term care facilities

scientific article published on 18 December 2008

Metronidazole increases the emergence of ciprofloxacin- and amikacin-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa by inducing the SOS response.

scientific article published on 24 October 2013

Modelling the usefulness of a dedicated cohort facility to prevent the dissemination of MRSA.

scientific article published in May 2003

Molecular epidemiology of Enterobacter cloacae in a neonatal department: a 2-year surveillance study

scientific article published on 05 March 2008

Molecular epidemiology of Enterobacteriaceae producing extended-spectrum beta-lactamase in a French university-affiliated hospital.

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Molecular epidemiology of multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa in a French university hospital

scientific article published on 9 August 2010

Most multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates from hospitals in eastern France belong to a few clonal types

scientific article published on 18 May 2011

Multilevel modelling of the prevalence of hospitalized patients infected with Pseudomonas aeruginosa

scientific article published on 16 August 2010

Mupirocin resistance is not an inevitable consequence of mupirocin use.

scientific article published on 2 October 2011

National multidrug-resistant bacteria (MDRB) surveillance in France through the RAISIN network: a 9 year experience.

scientific article published on 29 November 2012

Non-observance of guidelines for surgical antimicrobial prophylaxis and surgical-site infections.

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Non-touch fittings in hospitals: a possible source of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Legionella spp.

scientific article published in January 2003

One Health compartmental analysis of ESBL-producing <i>Escherichia coli</i> on Reunion Island reveals partitioning between humans and livestock

scientific article published in 2022

Patient and bacterial determinants involved in symptomatic urinary tract infection caused by Escherichia coli with and without bacteraemia

scientific article published in February 2007

Performances of different types of airflow system in operating theatre

scientific article published on 6 March 2006

Point prevalence survey of antibiotic use in French hospitals in 2009

scientific article published on January 18, 2012

Prevalence and characterization of antibiotic resistant Enterococcus faecalis in French cheeses

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Pseudomonas aeruginosa epidemiology in intensive care units: importance of cross-transmission

scientific article published in June 2003

Pseudomonas aeruginosa in French hospitals between 2001 and 2011: back to susceptibility

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Pseudomonas aeruginosa: antibiotic susceptibility and genotypic characterization of strains isolated in the intensive care unit.

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Regional audit on fluoroquinolones usage in the hospital and the community: are these antibiotics over-used?

scientific article published on 5 November 2009

Regional surveillance of the evolution of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA): what results for what teaching?

scientific article published in June 2004

Relationship between ceftriaxone use and resistance to third-generation cephalosporins among clinical strains of Enterobacter cloacae

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Relationship between glycopeptide use and decreased susceptibility to teicoplanin in isolates of coagulase-negative staphylococci

scientific article published on 27 April 2004

Relationship between molecular epidemiology and antibiotic susceptibility of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in a French teaching hospital

scientific article published in September 2003

Relationship between prevalence of device-associated infections and alcohol-based hand-rub consumption: a multi-level approach

scientific article published on 17 April 2011

Relationship between spread of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and antimicrobial use in a French university hospital.

scientific article published on 4 April 2003

Results from a four-year study on the prevalence of nosocomial infections in Franche-Comté: attempt to rank the risk of nosocomial infection

scientific article published on 8 June 2006

Risk factors and prevention of the acquisition and transmission of glycopeptide resistant enterococci

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Staphylococcus aureus-contaminated apheresis platelets traced to donors' nasal carriage

scientific article published on 01 February 2006

Strain-tailored double-disk synergy test detects extended-spectrum oxacillinases in Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

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Surveillance of antimicrobial resistance of bacteria isolated from bloodstream infections: data of the French National Observatory for Epidemiology of Bacterial Resistance to Antibiotics (ONERBA), 1998-2003

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Susceptibility of Escherichia coli to the amoxycillin-clavulanate combination: which recommendations should be used to provide relevant information to clinicians?

scientific article published on 01 March 2005

Temporal effects of infection control practices and the use of antibiotics on the incidence of MRSA.

scientific article published on 12 September 2012

The impact of resistance to methicillin in Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia on mortality.

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Tracking down antibiotic-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates in a wastewater network

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Trends of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and Enterobacteriaceae-producing extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBLE) in eastern France: a three-year multi-centre incidence study

scientific article published on 17 May 2008

Usefulness of antimicrobial resistance pattern for detecting PVL- or TSST-1-producing meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a French university hospital

scientific article published on 25 June 2009

Usefulness of weekly methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus screening

scientific article published in November 2009

Validation of an automated blood culture system for sterility testing of cell therapy products

scientific article published on 7 November 2013

Wastewater treatment plants release large amounts of extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli into the environment.

scientific article published on May 2014

What type of airflow system should be used in orthopaedic operating theatres?

scientific article published on 19 May 2006

When the precautionary principle disrupts 3 years of antibiotic stewardship: nitrofurantoin in the treatment of urinary tract infections

scientific article published on 19 August 2013

Which screening is needed in intensive care units: MRSA or Pseudomonas aeruginosa?

scientific article published on 9 April 2010

[Are isolation measures needed in the hospital management of Acinetobacter baumannii colonizations-infections?]

scientific article published on 31 March 2006

[Chronic wound care leads to the bacterial contamination of the environment]

scientific article published on 30 November 2012

[Control of the bacterial risk of transfusion in France in 2013]

scientific article published on 25 April 2013

[Detection of bacterial contamination in platelet concentrates: perspectives]

scientific article published on 01 October 2002

[Determination of indicators for non-compliance with guidelines for surgical antimicrobial prophylaxis]

scientific article published on 01 November 2002

[Fungal and bacterial contamination of 30 general practitioners' consultation room in Franche-Comté (eastern France)]

scientific article published on 12 July 2013

[Nosocomial infections caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa: Exogenous or endogenous origin of this bacterium?]

scientific article published on 09 October 2008

[Pseudomonas aeruginosa: ONERBA network data and results of the 2007 survey].

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[Surveillance of antimicrobial resistance and antimicrobial use in a university-affiliated hospital: implementation of a computerized system]

scientific article published on 01 March 2006

[Transfusion-transmitted bacterial infection: residual risk and perspectives of prevention]

scientific article published on 01 June 2003

aac(6')-Ib-cr is the major plasmid-mediated quinolone resistance determinant in extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli in eastern France.

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