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Epidemiology and infectious complications of pediatric burns in French Guiana: a 6-year retrospective study [PDF]

Frontiers in Public Health
BackgroundPediatric burns represent an important cause of hospitalization and morbidity among children worldwide. The aim of this study was to describe the epidemiological, clinical, and microbiological characteristics of children hospitalized for burns,
Jeanne Chambon, Olivier Corseri, Anicet Sika, Patrice Guemaleu, Narcisse Elenga   +4 more
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Infectious adverse events in patients treated with biotherapies in a tropical Amazonian context, French Guiana [PDF]

BMC Infectious Diseases
Background Data on infectious complications associated with biologic therapies in tropical settings are scarce. French Guiana, an Amazonian French overseas territory, combines an important burden of infectious diseases with a high use of biologic ...
Roxane Pasquer, Dufens Pierre-Louis, Houari Aissaoui, Dominique Louvel, Alolia Aboikoni, Tanguy Gbaguidi, Mohamed Sidibe, Malika Belgrine, Clémentine Montagnac, Nathalie Deschamps, Geoffrey Grotta, Romain Blaizot   +11 more
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Susceptibility profile of Aeromonas spp. from clinical strains isolated in French Guiana [PDF]

Microbiology Spectrum
Aeromonas spp. are gram-negative bacilli of the Gammaproteobacteria class and Aeromonadaceae family. These bacteria are a public health challenge, particularly in South America. They harbor chromosomal β-lactamases belonging to classes B, C, and D, whose
Vincent Sainte-Rose, Alexis Daude, Tojoniaina H. Andriamandimbisoa, Romain Blaizot, Stéphanie Houcke, Olivier Lesens, Jean de la Croix Jaonasoa, Daniel Selenge Kaozi, Karamba Sylla, Magalie Demar, Hatem Kallel   +10 more
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Migration in French Guiana: Implications in health and infectious diseases

Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease
In French Guiana, more than a third of the population, and nearly half of the adults, are of foreign origin. This immigration is explained by the French standard of living, which is attractive to nationals of surrounding countries.
Mathieu Nacher
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The burden of COVID-19 in French Guiana: Vaccine-averted deaths, hospitalizations and costs

Vaccine: X, 2023
Objectives: French Guiana, the least-vaccinated French territory, also has the lowest COVID-19 vaccination coverage in Latin America. We aimed to estimate how many deaths, hospitalizations and costs the vaccines had and could have avoided.
Mathieu Nacher, Nicolas Vignier, Cyril Rousseau, Antoine Adenis, Maylis Douine, Célia Basurko, Bertrand de Toffol, Narcisse Elenga, Hatem Kallel, Jean Pujot, Magaly Zappa, Magalie Demar, Félix Djossou, Pierre Couppié, Loïc Epelboin   +14 more
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The Evolution of HIV Patient Retention and Care in French Guiana: A Broader View From the Système National des Données de Santé

Frontiers in Public Health, 2022
BackgroundAlthough the simplification of antiretroviral (AVR) treatment regimens and follow-up has led to fewer constraints for patients with HIV, their follow-up remains of paramount importance to optimize AVR therapy, to detect and prevent HIV-related ...
Hélène Duplan, Sébastien Rabier, Christine Sudre, Leila Adriouch, Aude Lucarelli, Florence Huber, Louise Mutricy, Jean Marc Wojcik, Nicolas Vignier, Nicolas Vignier, Etienne Pascolini, Antoine Adenis, Antoine Adenis, Mathieu Nacher, Mathieu Nacher, Mathieu Nacher   +15 more
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Factors associated with chronic kidney disease in patients with diabetes in French Guiana

Frontiers in Clinical Diabetes and Healthcare, 2023
IntroductionWith over half of the population living under the poverty threshold, the social and health context in French Guiana is more difficult than in mainland France.
Christopher Sacareau, Mathieu Nacher, Kinan Drak Alsibai, Kinan Drak Alsibai, Andre Ntoutoum, Antoine Adenis, Marianne Hounnou, Marion Liebart, Clara Salasar Cardoso, Jean-Markens Aurelus, Magalie Demar, Magalie Demar, Olivier Casse, Samia Amokrane, Jean-François Carod, Nezha Hafsi, Nadia Sabbah, Nadia Sabbah   +17 more
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Transmission dynamics of Q fever in French Guiana: A population-based cross-sectional studyResearch in context

The Lancet Regional Health. Americas, 2022
Summary: Background: Q fever is a zoonosis caused by Coxiella burnetii which is among the major agents of community-acquired pneumonia in French Guiana.
Sarah Bailly, Nathanaël Hozé, Sylvie Bisser, Aurélien Zhu-Soubise, Camille Fritzell, Sandrine Fernandes-Pellerin, Adija Mbouangoro, Dominique Rousset, Félix Djossou, Simon Cauchemez, Claude Flamand   +10 more
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Diabetes Care in French Guiana: The Gap Between National Guidelines and Reality

Frontiers in Endocrinology, 2021
IntroductionFrench Guiana is a multicultural overseas territory in the Amazon, where precariousness and difficulties in access to care are widespread. The prevalence of diabetes is double that of other French departments, and cardiovascular morbidity and
Christine Sudre, Hélène Duplan, John Bukasakakamba, Mathieu Nacher, Pascale Peyre-Costa, Nadia Sabbah, Nadia Sabbah   +6 more
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Actinomycetoma caused by Gordonia westfalica: first reported case of human infection

New Microbes and New Infections, 2020
Bacteria of the genus Gordonia are rarely involved in human infections. We report here the case of a 30-year-old man from Guinea Buissau with mycetoma of the foot. 16S DNA sequencing after surgical biopsy identified Gordonia westfalica. To our knowledge,
R. Gueneau, D. Blanchet, V. Rodriguez-Nava, E. Bergeron, M. Soulier, N. Bestandji, M. Demar, P. Couppie, R. Blaizot   +8 more
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