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1. Toxoplasmose pendant la grossesse : proposition actuelle de prise en charge pratique

Author: Renaud Piarroux, Florent Fuchs, F. Peyron, Luc Paris, Coralie L'Ollivier, Jérôme Massardier, Isabelle Villena, Martine Wallon, Laurent Mandelbrot, François Kieffer, Norbert Winer, Patricia Garcia-Méric, Olivier Picone, Guillaume Benoist, Fuchs, Florent, Hôpital Louis Mourier - AP-HP [Colombes], Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP), Infection, Anti-microbiens, Modélisation, Evolution (IAME (UMR_S_1137 / U1137)), Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Université Paris Cité (UPCité)-Université Sorbonne Paris Nord, CHU Trousseau [APHP], Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Sorbonne Université (SU), Hospices Civils de Lyon (HCL), Hôpital de la Croix-Rousse [CHU - HCL], Centre de recherche en neurosciences de Lyon - Lyon Neuroscience Research Center (CRNL), Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Université Jean Monnet - Saint-Étienne (UJM)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Physiopathologie des Adaptations Nutritionnelles (PhAN), Université de Nantes - UFR de Médecine et des Techniques Médicales (UFR MEDECINE), Université de Nantes (UN)-Université de Nantes (UN)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE), Centre hospitalier universitaire de Nantes (CHU Nantes), Institut Desbrest de santé publique (IDESP), Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Université de Montpellier (UM), Hôpital Arnaud de Villeneuve [CHRU Montpellier], Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire [Montpellier] (CHRU Montpellier), Centre de recherche en épidémiologie et santé des populations (CESP), Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Hôpital Paul Brousse-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Université Paris-Saclay, CHU Caen, Normandie Université (NU)-Tumorothèque de Caen Basse-Normandie (TCBN), Hôpital de la Conception [CHU - APHM] (LA CONCEPTION), Vecteurs - Infections tropicales et méditerranéennes (VITROME), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut de Recherche Biomédicale des Armées (IRBA), Institut Hospitalier Universitaire Méditerranée Infection (IHU Marseille), CHU Pitié-Salpêtrière [AP-HP], Institut Pierre Louis d'Epidémiologie et de Santé Publique (iPLESP), Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Sorbonne Université (SU), Epidémiosurveillance de protozooses à transmission alimentaire et vectorielle (ESCAPE), Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne (URCA)-Université de Rouen Normandie (UNIROUEN), Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail (ANSES), and Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Reims (CHU Reims)
Subjects: 0301 basic medicine, Pediatrics, medicine.medical_specialty, 030106 microbiology, Prenatal diagnosis, [SDV.MHEP.GEO]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Human health and pathology/Gynecology and obstetrics, Congenital, 03 medical and health sciences, Folinic acid, 0302 clinical medicine, Pregnancy, Spiramycin, medicine, 030212 general & internal medicine, Seroconversion, Sulfonamides, medicine.diagnostic_test, Diagnostic anténatal, Mother-to-child transmission, business.industry, Foetopathies, Incidence (epidemiology), Obstetrics and Gynecology, medicine.disease, Toxoplasmosis, 3. Good health, Fetal therapy, [SDV.MHEP.GEO] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Human health and pathology/Gynecology and obstetrics, Pyrimethamine, Fetal infection, Reproductive Medicine, Prophylaxie, Amniocentesis, business, medicine.drug
Abstract: International audience; The burden of congenital toxoplasmosis has become small in France today, in particular as a result of timely therapy for pregnant women, fetuses and newborns. Thus, the French screening and prevention program has been evaluated and recently confirmed despite a decline over time in the incidence of toxoplasmosis. Serological diagnosis of maternal seroconversion is usually simple but can be difficult when the first trimester test shows the presence of IgM, requiring referral to an expert laboratory. Woman with confirmed seroconversion should be referred quickly to an expert center, which will decide with her on treatment and antenatal diagnosis. Although the level of proof is moderate, there is a body of evidence in favor of active prophylactic prenatal treatment started as early as possible (ideally within 3 weeks of seroconversion) to reduce the risk of maternal-fetal transmission, as well as symptoms in children. The recommended therapies to prevent maternal-fetal transmission are: (1) spiramycin in case of maternal infection before 14 gestational weeks; (2) pyrimethamine and sulfadiazine (P-S) with folinic acid in case of maternal infection at 14 WG or more. Amniocentesis is recommended to guide prenatal and neonatal care. If fetal infection is diagnosed by PCR on amniotic fluid, therapy with P-S should be initiated as early as possible or continued in order reduce the risk of damage to the brain or eyes. Further research is required to validate new approaches to preventing congenital toxoplasmosis.
Published: 2021

2. Supportive care in the acute phase of Stevens-Johnson syndrome and toxic epidermal necrolysis

Author: Neil H. Shear, P. Joly, Alain Brassard, P. Wolkenstein, Kanade Shinkai, L. S. Vidal, K. Zaghbib, C. Salavastru, J. Newman, A. Colin, J.N. Bouwes Bavinck, N. Hama, Arturo R. Dominguez, J. T. Schulz, Roni P. Dodiuk-Gad, Lars E. French, Emanual Michael Maverakis, D. Meyersburg, Chia-Yu Chu, K. Pallesen, M. C. Brüggen, R. Le Floch, Robert G. Micheletti, E. Bequignon, B. Milpied, Tetsuo Shiohara, Benjamin H. Kaffenberger, Paolo Romanelli, C. Bodemer, S. L. Chua, Arash Mostaghimi, E. Howard, Elizabeth J. Phillips, Annamari Ranki, Mirjam Nägeli, R. Sheridan, J. Gueudry, S. Ingen-Housz-Oro, Barbara Horváth, A. Toussi, Amy S. Paller, Jonathan Cotliar, Anette Bygum, Danielle M. Tartar, N. de Prost, Robert S. Stern, S. Walsh, Wen-Hung Chung, Scott Worswick, Riichiro Abe, M. Arden-Jones, Megan H. Noe, C. Moss, George-Sorin Tiplica, E. Brezinova, B. Didona, S. T. Le, Hôpital Henri Mondor, Epidémiosurveillance de protozooses à transmission alimentaire et vectorielle (ESCAPE), Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne (URCA)-Université de Rouen Normandie (UNIROUEN), Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail (ANSES), Epidemiology in Dermatology and Evaluation in Therapeutics (EpiDermE), Université Paris-Est Créteil Val-de-Marne - Paris 12 (UPEC UP12), HUS Inflammation Center, Department of Dermatology, Allergology and Venereology, Helsinki University Hospital Area, University of Helsinki, Translational Immunology Groningen (TRIGR), Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail (ANSES)-Université de Rouen Normandie (UNIROUEN), and Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne (URCA)
Subjects: Adult, medicine.medical_specialty, Consensus, education, MEDLINE, Dermatology, Phase (combat), 030207 dermatology & venereal diseases, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Multidisciplinary approach, Humans, Medicine, Infection control, Child, Retrospective Studies, computer.programming_language, Modalities, business.industry, Research, Stevens johnson, 16. Peace & justice, medicine.disease, Toxic epidermal necrolysis, 3. Good health, Stevens-Johnson Syndrome, 3121 General medicine, internal medicine and other clinical medicine, Family medicine, business, computer, [SDV.MHEP.DERM]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Human health and pathology/Dermatology, Delphi
Abstract: Background Supportive care is the cornerstone of management of adult and paediatric Stevens-Johnson syndrome (SJS) and toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN). However, consensus on the modalities of supportive care is lacking.Objectives Our aim in this international multicentric Delphi exercise was to establish a multidisciplinary expert consensus to standardize recommendations regarding supportive care in the acute phase of SJS/TEN.Methods Participants were sent a survey via the online tool SurveyMonkey, consisting of 103 statements organized into 11 topics: multidisciplinary team composition, suspect drug management, infection prevention, fluid resuscitation and prevention of hypothermia, nutritional support, pain and psychological distress management, management of acute respiratory failure, local skincare, ophthalmological management, management of other mucosa, and additional measures. Participants evaluated the level of appropriateness of each statement on a scale of 1 (extremely inappropriate) to 9 (extremely appropriate). The results were analysed according to the RAND/UCLA Appropriateness Method.Results Forty-five participants from 13 countries (on three continents) participated. After the first round, a consensus was obtained for 82.5% of the 103 initially proposed statements. After the second round, a final consensus was obtained for 102 statements.Conclusions We have reached an international Delphi-based consensus on best supportive care practice for SJS/TEN. Our expert consensus should help guide physicians in treating patients with SJS/TEN and thereby improve short-term prognosis and the risk of sequelae.
Published: 2021

3. Epilepsy in the Sanaga‐Mbam valley, an onchocerciasis‐endemic region in Cameroon: electroclinical and neuropsychological findings

Author: Cédric B Chesnais, Eric Samuel Chokote, Maxime Guillaume, Joseph Nelson Siewe Fodjo, Thierry Tchoumi, Ghislain Nokam, Guillaume Wyart, Dominique Parain, Robert Colebunders, Michel Boussinesq, Tatah Y. Godwin, Alexandre Morin, Alfred K. Njamnshi, Gilles Gargala, Leonard Ngarka, Wepnyu Y. Njamnshi, Mary Bello Nkinin, Department of neurology, university hospital of Rouen, École nationale vétérinaire, agroalimentaire et de l'alimentation Nantes-Atlantique (ONIRIS), Recherches Translationnelles sur le VIH et les maladies infectieuses endémiques et émergentes (TransVIHMI), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Université de Yaoundé I-Université Cheikh Anta Diop [Dakar, Sénégal] (UCAD)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Université de Montpellier (UM), Epidémiosurveillance de protozooses à transmission alimentaire et vectorielle (ESCAPE), Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne (URCA)-Université de Rouen Normandie (UNIROUEN), and Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail (ANSES)
Subjects: Pediatrics, medicine.medical_specialty, neuropsychology, Epilepsy, [SDV.MHEP.MI]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Human health and pathology/Infectious diseases, Humans, Medicine, Cameroon, RC346-429, [SDV.EE.SANT]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Ecology, environment/Health, nodding syndrome, business.industry, Nodding Syndrome, onchocerciasis, Neuropsychology, Electroencephalography, electrophysiology, medicine.disease, [SDV.MP]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Microbiology and Parasitology, Neurology, Full‐length Original Research, epilepsy, Human medicine, Neurology. Diseases of the nervous system, Neurology (clinical), business, Onchocerciasis
Abstract: Objective Epilepsy is highly prevalent in onchocerciasis-endemic African regions. Various types of epilepsy have been described in such regions based essentially on clinical characteristics. Methods We conducted a clinical, neurophysiological and neuropsychological study of epilepsy in the onchocerciasis-endemic region of Ntui, Sanaga-Mbam area, Cameroon. Results One hundred and eighty-seven persons with presumed epilepsy were recruited in an epilepsy clinic in Ntui. Epilepsy was clinically confirmed in 144 (79%) subjects, 69 (46.0%) of them met the onchocerciasis-associated epilepsy (OAE) criteria, and 51 of 106 tested (48.1%) presented Ov16 antibodies. Electroencephalograms (EEG) were recorded in 91 participants, of which 36 (33%) were considered abnormal and 27 of 36 (75%) revealed bifrontotemporal spike and slow waves. Concerning the neuropsychological evaluation, 29% showed severe global cognitive impairment, 28% severe episodic memory impairment, and 66% severe frontal cognitive impairment. Half of the persons with epilepsy (PWE) suffered from a mental disorder. Significance In PWE in the Sanaga-Mbam area in Cameroon, we observed EEG patterns similar to those described among persons with OAE, including nodding syndrome in other onchocerciasis-endemic areas. Most PWE presented with severe cognitive impairment. We hypothesize that onchocerciasis may induce neurocognitive disorders and epilepsy via a mechanism that involves mainly the frontal and temporal regions of the brain.
Published: 2021

4. Early symptomatic neurosyphilis and ocular syphilis: A comparative study between HIV-positive and HIV-negative patients

Author: Vero Rasoldier, Luc Paris, Martine Pestel-Caron, M. Muraine, B. Bodaghi, François Caron, C. Chapuzet, J. Gueudry, Roland Tubiana, Eric Caumes, Hôpital Charles Nicolle [Rouen], Epidémiosurveillance de protozooses à transmission alimentaire et vectorielle (ESCAPE), Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail (ANSES)-Université de Rouen Normandie (UNIROUEN), Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne (URCA), CHU Pitié-Salpêtrière [AP-HP], Sorbonne Université (SU)-Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP), Institut Pierre Louis d'Epidémiologie et de Santé Publique (iPLESP), Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Sorbonne Université (SU), VILLIER, Venceslas, CHU Rouen, Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU), Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne (URCA)-Université de Rouen Normandie (UNIROUEN), Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail (ANSES), and Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Sorbonne Université (SU)
Subjects: Adult, Male, medicine.medical_specialty, Visual acuity, Visual Acuity, Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), HIV Infections, medicine.disease_cause, Eye Infections, Bacterial, Ocular syphilis, Serology, Uveitis, Neurosyphilis, Sexual and Gender Minorities, 03 medical and health sciences, Cerebrospinal fluid, [SDV.MHEP.MI]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Human health and pathology/Infectious diseases, Internal medicine, HIV Seropositivity, medicine, Humans, Meningitis, Paresthesia, Syphilis, ocular syphilis, 0303 health sciences, 030306 microbiology, business.industry, Cranial Nerves, HIV, Middle Aged, medicine.disease, Anti-Bacterial Agents, 3. Good health, Treatment Outcome, Infectious Diseases, [SDV.SPEE] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Santé publique et épidémiologie, [SDV.MHEP.MI] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Human health and pathology/Infectious diseases, [SDV.SPEE]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Santé publique et épidémiologie, Female, medicine.symptom, business
Abstract: International audience; Objectives: Since the 2000s, there has been an increase in prevalence of neurosyphilis (NS) and ocular syphilis (OS). As data about symptomatic NS/OS is limited, this study aims to assess the characteristics of symptomatic NS/OS, according to HIV status.Methods: We compared the clinical and biological presentation of early symptomatic NS/OS and its outcome in HIV-positive and HIV-negative patients.Results: Ninety-six patients (93% men, 49% HIV-positive) were included from 2000 to 2016 in two centers, with 67 (69%) having OS, 15 (16%) NS, and 14 (14%) both. HIV-positive patients were younger (P = 0.006) and more likely to be males having sex with males (P = 0.00048) or to have a history of syphilis (P = 0.01). Among 81 OS, there were 43 posterior uveitis (57%), and bilateral involvement was more common in HIV-positive patients (62% versus 38%, P = 0.045). Among 29 NS there were 21 cases of cranial nerve involvement (72%), seven meningitis (24%) and 11 paresthesia (38%). Involvement of the VIIIth cranial nerve was the most common (16 cases). Treponemal tests were more commonly found positive in cerebrospinal fluid in HIV-positive patients (88% versus 76%, P = 0.04). Visual acuity (VA) always improved after treatment (initial VA logMAR 0.8 ± 0.8 versus 0.1 ± 0.1 at 3 months), but 32% and 18% of the patients still had neurological or ocular impairment respectively six and 12 months after treatment. Non-treponemal serological reversion was observed in 43/50 patients (88%) at six months.Conclusion: HIV infection has no consequence on the outcome of NS and OS. Sequelae are common, emphasizing the importance of prevention, and screening, and questioning enhanced treatment.
Published: 2021

5. Epidemiological and clinical study of microsporidiosis in French kidney transplant recipients from 2005 to 2019: TRANS‐SPORE registry

Author: Dumond, Clément, Aulagnon, Florence, Etienne, Isabelle, Heng, Anne‐Elisabeth, Bougnoux, Marie‐Elisabeth, Favennec, Loic, Kamar, Nassim, Iriart, Xavier, Pereira, Bruno, Büchler, Mathias, Desoubeaux, Guillaume, Kaminski, Hannah, Lussac‐Sorton, Florian, Gargala, Gilles, Anglicheau, Dany, Poirier, Philippe, Scemla, Anne, Garrouste, Cyril, Labbe, Franck, Damiani, Céline, Le Govic, Yohann, Totet, Anne, De Gentile, Ludovic, Lemoine, Jean‐Philippe, Bellanger, Anne Pauline, Accoceberry, Isabelle, Delhaes, Laurence, Gabriel, Frédéric, Millet, Pascal, Le Gal, Solène, Nevez, Gilles, Bonhomme, Julie, Capitaine, Agathe, Demar, Magalie, Moniot, Maxime, Nourrisson, Céline, Angebault, Cécile, Botterel, Françoise, Foulet, Françoise, Basmaciyan, Louise, Dalle, Frédéric, Valot, Stéphane, Desbois‐Nogard, Nicole, Robert, Gladys, Deleplancque, Anne‐Sophie, Frealle, Emilie, Leroy, Jordan, Ajzenberg, Daniel, Durieux, Marie‐Fleur, Chapey‐Picq, Emmanuelle, Dupont, Damien, Menotti, Jean, Rabodonirina, Meja, Lollivier, Coralie, Bastien, Patrick, Debourgogne, Anne, Machouart, Marie, Lavergne, Rose‐Anne, Morio, Florent, Delaunay, Pascal, Pomares, Christelle, Simon, Loïc, Sasso, Milène, Argy, Nicolas, Houze, Sandrine, Yera, Hélène, Dannaoui, Eric, Sitterle, Emilie, Kapel, Nathalie, Tantaoui, Ilhame, Thellier, Marc, Belkadi, Ghania Belkacem, Moreno‐Sabater, Alicia, Hamane, Samia, Nicolas, Muriel, Perraud, Estelle, Chemla, Cathy, Villena, Isabelle, Autier, Brice, Costa, Damien, Flori, Pierre, Brunet, Julie, BERRY, Antoine, Chesnay, Adélaïde, Artur, Fabienne, Verdurme, Laura, Foulquier, Jean‐Baptiste, Prigent, Gwenole, Chatelain, Rémi, Lesthelle, Sophie, Groupe d'Étude des Interactions Hôte-Pathogène (GEIHP), Université d'Angers (UA), SFR UA 4208 Interactions Cellulaires et Applications Thérapeutiques (ICAT), Laboratoire de Parasitologie et Mycologiede [CHRU Brest], Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire de Brest (CHRU Brest), CHU Clermont-Ferrand, CHU Necker - Enfants Malades [AP-HP], Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP), CHU Rouen, Normandie Université (NU), Institut Toulousain des Maladies Infectieuses et Inflammatoires (Infinity), Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Toulouse (CHU Toulouse), CHU Trousseau [Tours], Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire de Tours (CHRU Tours), CHU Bordeaux [Bordeaux], Infection Inflammation et Interaction Hôtes Pathogènes [CHU Clermont-Ferrand] (3IHP ), Direction de la recherche clinique et de l’innovation [CHU Clermont-Ferrand] (DRCI), CHU Clermont-Ferrand-CHU Clermont-Ferrand, Université Clermont Auvergne (UCA), Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Reims (CHU Reims), Epidémiosurveillance de protozooses à transmission alimentaire et vectorielle (ESCAPE), Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne (URCA)-Université de Rouen Normandie (UNIROUEN), and Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail (ANSES)
Subjects: Male, medicine.medical_specialty, Opportunistic infection, [SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio], 030230 surgery, Microsporidiosis, Gastroenterology, Albendazole, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Internal medicine, parasitic diseases, medicine, Humans, Enterocytozoon bieneusi, Fumagillin, Registries, Kidney transplantation, ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS, Aged, 0303 health sciences, Transplantation, biology, 030306 microbiology, business.industry, Enterocytozoon, Middle Aged, Spores, Fungal, fumagillin, medicine.disease, biology.organism_classification, Kidney Transplantation, 3. Good health, immunosuppressive regimen, Diarrhea, Infectious Diseases, medicine.symptom, business, medicine.drug
Abstract: Introduction Microsporidiosis is an emerging opportunistic infection in renal transplantation (RT) recipients. We aimed to describe its clinical presentation and treatment. Materials and methods We collected microsporidiosis cases identified in RT recipients between 2005 and 2019 in six French centers from the Crystal, Divat and Astre prospective databases. Results We report 68 RT recipients with intestinal microsporidiosis; the patients were predominantly male (61.8%), with a median age of 58 (46-69) years. Infection occurred at a median time of 3 (0.8-6.8) years posttransplant. Only Enterocytozoon bieneusi was found. Microsporidiosis manifested as diarrhea (98.5% of patients) with weight loss (72.1%) and acute renal injury (57.4%) without inflammatory biological parameters. The therapeutic approaches were no treatment (N = 9), reduction of the immunosuppressive regimen (∆IS) (N = 22), fumagillin alone (N = 9), fumagillin and ∆IS (N = 19), and albendazole or nitazoxanide and ∆IS (N = 9). Overall clinical remission was observed in 60 patients (88.2%). We observed no acute kidney rejection, renal transplant failure or death within 6 months after microsporidiosis. Conclusion E. bieneusi is an underestimated opportunistic pathogen in RT recipients, and infection with E. bieneusi leads to diarrhea with important dehydration and acute renal injury. The treatment is based on the reduction of the immunosuppressive regimen and the administration of fumagillin if available. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
Published: 2021

6. Puumala Virus Variants Circulating in Forests of Ardennes, France: Ten Years of Genetic Evolution

Author: Franck Boué, Jordi Serra-Cobo, Séverine Murri, Mathilde Couteaudier, Dominique Pontier, Philippe Marianneau, Noël Tordo, Viviane Hénaux, Guillaume Castel, Denis Augot, Frank Sauvage, Marc López-Roig, Elodie Monchatre-Leroy, Centre de Biologie pour la Gestion des Populations (UMR CBGP), Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (Cirad)-Université de Montpellier (UM)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD [France-Sud])-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE)-Institut Agro - Montpellier SupAgro, Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro)-Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro), Laboratoire de la rage et de la faune sauvage de Nancy (LRFSN), Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail (ANSES), Institut de Recerca de la Biodiversitat - Biodiversity Research Institute [Barcelona, Spain] (IRBio UB), Universitat de Barcelona (UB), Department de Biologia Evolutiva, Ecologia i Ciències Ambientals, University of Barcelona, Laboratoire de Lyon [ANSES], Université de Lyon-Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail (ANSES), Morphogénèse et antigénicité du VIH et du virus des Hépatites (MAVIVH - U1259 Inserm - CHRU Tours ), Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire de Tours (CHRU Tours)-Université de Tours (UT)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), SFR CAP Santé (Champagne-Ardenne Picardie Santé), Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne (URCA), Epidémiosurveillance de protozooses à transmission alimentaire et vectorielle (ESCAPE), Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne (URCA)-Université de Rouen Normandie (UNIROUEN), Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail (ANSES), Seenovate, Laboratoire de Biométrie et Biologie Evolutive - UMR 5558 (LBBE), Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique (Inria)-VetAgro Sup - Institut national d'enseignement supérieur et de recherche en alimentation, santé animale, sciences agronomiques et de l'environnement (VAS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), LabEx Ecofect, Eco-Evolutionary Dynamics of Infectious Diseases, Stratégies Antivirales, Institut Pasteur [Paris] (IP)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut Pasteur [Paris] (IP), Institut Pasteur de Guinée, Réseau International des Instituts Pasteur (RIIP), This research was internally funded by the participating teams and received additional funding from ANSES (Afsset grant EST-2007-75) as well as EU grants FP7-261504 EDENext and FP7-278976 ANTIGONE and the LABEX ECOFECT (ANR-11-LABX-0048) of Université de Lyon., ANR-11-LABX-0048,ECOFECT,Dynamiques eco-évolutives des maladies infectieuses(2011), European Project: 261504,EC:FP7:HEALTH,FP7-HEALTH-2010-single-stage,EDENEXT(2011), European Project: 278976,EC:FP7:HEALTH,FP7-HEALTH-2011-two-stage,ANTIGONE(2011), Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (Cirad)-Centre international d'études supérieures en sciences agronomiques (Montpellier SupAgro)-Université de Montpellier (UM)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD [France-Sud])-Institut national d’études supérieures agronomiques de Montpellier (Montpellier SupAgro), Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro)-Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE), Université de Tours-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire de Tours (CHRU TOURS), Laboratoire de santé animale, sites de Maisons-Alfort et de Dozulé, Centre International de Recherche en Infectiologie - UMR (CIRI), École normale supérieure - Lyon (ENS Lyon)-Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut Pasteur [Paris]-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), ANSES (Afsset grant EST-2007-75), Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne (URCA)-Université de Picardie Jules Verne (UPJV), Institut Pasteur [Paris], Marchal-Mauer, Sophie, Dynamiques eco-évolutives des maladies infectieuses - - ECOFECT2011 - ANR-11-LABX-0048 - LABX - VALID, Biology and control of vector-borne infections in Europe - EDENEXT - - EC:FP7:HEALTH2011-01-01 - 2015-06-30 - 261504 - VALID, and ANTIcipating the Global Onset of Novel Epidemics - ANTIGONE - - EC:FP7:HEALTH2011-11-01 - 2016-10-31 - 278976 - VALID
Subjects: Microbiology (medical), Orthohantavirus, Rodent, Population, Zoology, [SDV.BID.SPT]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Biodiversity/Systematics, Phylogenetics and taxonomy, Article, 03 medical and health sciences, biology.animal, [SDV.BID.SPT] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Biodiversity/Systematics, Phylogenetics and taxonomy, Myodes glareolus, evolution, Nephropathia epidemica, medicine, population dynamics, Immunology and Allergy, Seroprevalence, education, Virus Orthohantavirus, Molecular Biology, 030304 developmental biology, [SDV.MP.VIR] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Microbiology and Parasitology/Virology, 0303 health sciences, education.field_of_study, Genetic diversity, General Immunology and Microbiology, biology, seroprevalence, 030306 microbiology, Microevolution, biology.organism_classification, medicine.disease, Bank vole, Infectious Diseases, microdiversity, [SDV.SPEE] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Santé publique et épidémiologie, [SDV.MP.VIR]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Microbiology and Parasitology/Virology, Medicine, Puumala virus, [SDV.SPEE]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Santé publique et épidémiologie, [SDV.EE.IEO]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Ecology, environment/Symbiosis
Abstract: International audience; In Europe, Puumala virus (PUUV) transmitted by the bank vole (Myodes glareolus) is the causative agent of nephropathia epidemica (NE), a mild form of haemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome. In France, very little is known about the spatial and temporal variability of the virus circulating within bank vole populations. The present study involved monitoring of bank vole population dynamics and PUUV microdiversity over a ten-year period (2000–2009) in two forests of the Ardennes region: Elan and Croix-Scaille. Ardennes region is characterised by different environmental conditions associated with different NE epidemiology. Bank vole density and population parameters were estimated using the capture/marking/recapture method, and blood samples were collected to monitor the overall seroprevalence of PUUV in rodent populations. Phylogenetic analyses of fifty-five sequences were performed to illustrate the genetic diversity of PUUV variants between forests. The pattern of the two forests differed clearly. In the Elan forest, the rodent survival was higher, and this limited turn-over resulted in a lower seroprevalence and diversity of PUUV sequences than in the Croix-Scaille forest. Uncovering the links between host dynamics and virus microevolution is improving our understanding of PUUV distribution in rodents and the NE risk.
Published: 2021

7. Etest ECVs/ECOFFs for detection of resistance in prevalent and three non-prevalent Candida spp. to triazoles and amphotericin B and Aspergillus spp. to caspofungin: Further assessment of modal variability

Author: Damien Dupont, John D. Turnidge, J Fuller, Maiken Cavling Arendrup, A Forastiero, M Dehais, Emilia Cantón, Hélène Guegan, Nathalie Bourgeois, Ana Espinel-Ingroff, Guillermo Garcia-Effron, Laurence Delhaes, B. Bouteille, Teresa Peláez, J Garcia, Cornelia Lass-Flörl, Jesús Guinea, Arnaud Fekkar, Nelesh P. Govender, Françoise Botterel, Eric Dannaoui, Gloria M. González, R Magobo, Sophie Cassaing, Michaela Lackner, Milène Sasso, Sandrine Houzé, Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU), Hôpital Lapeyronie [Montpellier] (CHU), University of Adelaide, Statens Serum Institut [Copenhagen], CHU Henri Mondor, CHU Limoges, CHU Toulouse [Toulouse], Unité de Parasitologie-Mycologie [CHU HEGP], Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou [APHP] (HEGP), Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Hôpitaux Universitaires Paris Ouest - Hôpitaux Universitaires Île de France Ouest (HUPO)-Hôpitaux Universitaires Paris Ouest - Hôpitaux Universitaires Île de France Ouest (HUPO), Epidémiosurveillance de protozooses à transmission alimentaire et vectorielle (ESCAPE), Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail (ANSES)-Université de Rouen Normandie (UNIROUEN), Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne (URCA), CHU Bordeaux [Bordeaux], Hospices Civils de Lyon, Departement de Neurologie (HCL), CHU Pitié-Salpêtrière [AP-HP], Sorbonne Université (SU)-Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP), University of Western Ontario (UWO), Universidad Nacional del Litoral [Santa Fe] (UNL), Hospital Universitario La Paz, Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon [Mexique] (UANL), National Institute for Communicable Diseases [Johannesburg] (NICD), Institut de recherche en santé, environnement et travail (Irset), Université d'Angers (UA)-Université de Rennes 1 (UR1), Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES)-Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES)-École des Hautes Études en Santé Publique [EHESP] (EHESP)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Structure Fédérative de Recherche en Biologie et Santé de Rennes ( Biosit : Biologie - Santé - Innovation Technologique ), Hospital General Universitario 'Gregorio Marañón' [Madrid], Mère et enfant en milieu tropical : pathogènes, système de santé et transition épidémiologique (MERIT - UMR_D 216), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Université de Paris (UP), Leopold Franzens Universität Innsbruck - University of Innsbruck, Universidad de Oviedo [Oviedo], CHU Henri Mondor [Créteil], Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Toulouse (CHU Toulouse), Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne (URCA)-Université de Rouen Normandie (UNIROUEN), Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail (ANSES), Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Sorbonne Université (SU), Université d'Angers (UA)-Université de Rennes (UR)-École des Hautes Études en Santé Publique [EHESP] (EHESP)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Structure Fédérative de Recherche en Biologie et Santé de Rennes ( Biosit : Biologie - Santé - Innovation Technologique ), Mère et enfant en milieu tropical : pathogènes, système de santé et transition épidémiologique (MERIT - UMR_D 261), and Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Université Paris Cité (UPCité)
Subjects: Posaconazole, [SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio], Aspergillus fumigatus, Microbiology, 03 medical and health sciences, chemistry.chemical_compound, 0302 clinical medicine, Amphotericin B, medicine, Pharmacology (medical), 030212 general & internal medicine, caspofungin, Candida albicans, triazoles, Etest, Candida, Aspergillus spp., Candida, ECOFFS, ECVs, ERG11 mutants, amphotericin B, antifungal resistance, caspofungin, nonprevalent Candida, triazoles, Pharmacology, Voriconazole, ECOFFS, 0303 health sciences, biology, 030306 microbiology, ERG11 mutants, antifungal resistance, biochemical phenomena, metabolism, and nutrition, biology.organism_classification, bacterial infections and mycoses, amphotericin B, Aspergillus spp, nonprevalent Candida, Infectious Diseases, chemistry, ECVs, Caspofungin, Fluconazole, medicine.drug
Abstract: International audience; Susceptibility testing is an important tool in the clinical setting; its utility is based on the availability of categorical endpoints, breakpoints (BPs) or epidemiological cutoff values (ECVs/ECOFFs). CLSI and EUCAST have developed antifungal susceptibility testing, BPs and ECVs for some fungal species. Although the Concentration Gradient Strip BioMerieux Etest is useful for routine testing in the clinical laboratory, ECVs are not available for all agent/species; the lack of clinical data precludes development of BPs. We re-evaluated and consolidated Etest data points from three previous studies, and included new data. We defined ECOFFinder Etest ECVs for three sets of species/agent combinations: fluconazole, posaconazole and voriconazole and 8 Candida spp.; amphotericin B and 3 non-prevalent Candida spp.; and caspofungin and 5 Aspergillus spp. The total of Etest MICs from 23 laboratories (Europe, the Americas, South Africa) included (antifungal agent/dependent): 17,242 Candida albicans, 244 C. dubliniensis, 5,129 C. glabrata species complex (SC), 275 C. guilliermondii (Meyerozyma guilliermondii), 1,133 C. krusei (Pichia kudriavzevii), 933 C. kefyr (Kluyveromyces marxianus), 519 C. lusitaniae (Clavispora lusitaniae), 2,947 C. parapsilosis SC, 2,214 C. tropicalis, 3,212 Aspergillus fumigatus, 232 A. flavus, 181 A. niger, and 267 A. terreus SC isolates. Triazole MICs for 66 confirmed non-wild-type (non-WT) Candida isolates were available (ERG11 point mutations). Distributions fulfilling CLSI ECV criteria were pooled and ECOFFinder Etest ECVs were established for triazoles (9 Candida spp.); amphotericin B (3 less-prevalent Candida spp.) and caspofungin (4 Aspergillus spp.). Etest fluconazole ECVs could be good detectors of Candida non-WT isolates (59/61 Non-WT: 4 of 6 species).
Published: 2021

8. Pattern of latrine use by domestic cats on dairy farms and the implications for Toxoplasma gondii transmission

Author: Simon, Julie Alice, Chancel, Eva, Hubert, Pauline, Aubert, Dominique, Villena, Isabelle, Poulle, Marie-Lazarine, Lambert, Sébastien, Ezanno, Pauline, Garel, Mathieu, Gilot-Fromont, Emmanuelle, Epidémiosurveillance de protozooses à transmission alimentaire et vectorielle (ESCAPE), Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail (ANSES)-Université de Rouen Normandie (UNIROUEN), Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne (URCA), Biodémographie évolutive, Département écologie évolutive [LBBE], Laboratoire de Biométrie et Biologie Evolutive - UMR 5558 (LBBE), Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique (Inria)-VetAgro Sup - Institut national d'enseignement supérieur et de recherche en alimentation, santé animale, sciences agronomiques et de l'environnement (VAS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique (Inria)-VetAgro Sup - Institut national d'enseignement supérieur et de recherche en alimentation, santé animale, sciences agronomiques et de l'environnement (VAS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Laboratoire de Biométrie et Biologie Evolutive - UMR 5558 (LBBE), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique (Inria)-VetAgro Sup - Institut national d'enseignement supérieur et de recherche en alimentation, santé animale, sciences agronomiques et de l'environnement (VAS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Protozooses Transmises par l'Alimentation (Cryptosporidiose, Giardose et Toxoplasmose) : Mode de Contamination et Pathogénie (PROTAL) - EA 3800 (PROTAL), Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-SFR CAP Santé (Champagne-Ardenne Picardie Santé), Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne (URCA)-Université de Picardie Jules Verne (UPJV)-Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne (URCA)-Université de Picardie Jules Verne (UPJV)-Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne (URCA), Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne (URCA)-Université de Rouen Normandie (UNIROUEN), Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail (ANSES), Systèmes de Référence Temps Espace (SYRTE), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), UMR 1300 Biologie, Epidémiologie et Analyse du Risque, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire, Agroalimentaire et de l'alimentation Nantes-Atlantique (ONIRIS)-Biologie, Epidémiologie et Analyse du Risque (BioEpAR)-Santé animale (S.A.), Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail (ANSES)-SFR CAP Santé (Champagne-Ardenne Picardie Santé), and Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne (URCA)-Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne (URCA)
Subjects: 0106 biological sciences, Veterinary medicine, Biology, Cat Diseases, 010603 evolutionary biology, 01 natural sciences, Host-Parasite Interactions, law.invention, Soil, 03 medical and health sciences, law, medicine, Animals, Sexual maturity, ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS, Feces, Population Density, 0303 health sciences, CATS, Behavior, Animal, General Veterinary, 030306 microbiology, Zoonosis, Toxoplasma gondii, General Medicine, medicine.disease, biology.organism_classification, Toxoplasmosis, Dairying, Toxoplasmosis, Animal, Transmission (mechanics), Cats, Linear Models, Latrine, Female, Parasitology, [SDE.BE]Environmental Sciences/Biodiversity and Ecology
Abstract: Toxoplasma gondii is the parasite responsible for toxoplasmosis, a highly prevalent zoonosis that affects humans and warm-blooded animals. Faeces of infected cats can contain millions of T. gondii oocysts, which remain infectious in the environment for months. Sites repeatedly used by cats for defecation ('latrines') are recognised as hotspots of T. gondii soil contamination, but this contamination varies from one latrine to another. To understand this spatial heterogeneity, camera traps were deployed in 39 cat latrines on three dairy farms with high-density cat populations and programmed to record visits during sixteen 10-day sessions, rotating between three farms over a period of a year. Generalized Linear Mixed Models were used to test the effects of cat sexual maturity, latrine location and season on the number of cat faeces deposited and on the number of cats defecating per latrine, as determined from the analysis of 41,282 video recordings. Sexually immature cats defecated 6.60-fold (95% CI = [2.87-15.25]) more often in latrines located close to a feeding site than in other latrines. This pattern was also observed for mature males (odds ratio [OR] = 9.42, 95% CI = [3.29-26.91]), especially during winter, but not for mature females (OR = 1.77, 95% CI = [0.80-3.94]). The number of defecating cats was also 2.67-fold (95% CI = [1.66-4.30], P 0.001) higher in latrines located close to a feeding point than in those located far from it, regardless of cat category and season. Visits by intermediate T. gondii hosts (micromammals, birds and others) were also recorded. Out of the 39 latrines, 30 (76.92%) were visited by at least one intermediate host during the study period, and some latrines were highly frequented (up to 8.74 visits/day on average). These results provide evidence that the location of food resources in dairy farms influences the latrine use pattern by cats. Highly frequented latrines can be of high risk of T. gondii infection for definitive and intermediate hosts.
Published: 2019

9. Panorama des altérations limbiques cornéennes

Author: Marc Muraine, F. Majo, A. Delcampe, Julie Gueudry, Service d'ophtalmologie [Rouen], CHU Rouen, Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-Université de Rouen Normandie (UNIROUEN), Normandie Université (NU)-Hôpital Charles-Nicolle, Epidémiosurveillance de protozooses à transmission alimentaire et vectorielle (ESCAPE), Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne (URCA)-Université de Rouen Normandie (UNIROUEN), Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail (ANSES), Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois [Lausanne] (CHUV), Institut de biologie et chimie des protéines [Lyon] (IBCP), Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), and Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
Subjects: Conjunctiva, genetic structures, [SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio], Épithélium limbique, Tumeurs de la surface oculaire, Biology, Limbal stem cell deficiency, Cornée, Corneal limbus, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Stroma, Cornea, Corneoscleral Limbus, medicine, Cornea Conjunctiva, Ultraviolet radiation, Stem cell, Ocular surface tumors, Limbal epithelium, Conjonctive, eye diseases, 3. Good health, Cell biology, Limbe cornéoscléral, Ophthalmology, medicine.anatomical_structure, Cellules souches, 030221 ophthalmology & optometry, sense organs
Abstract: International audience; The corneal limbus is a privileged region on the border between two quite different microenvironments, where corneal epithelial stem cells, numerous melanocytes, and antigen-presenting cells are all concentrated within a richly vascularized and innervated stroma. This situation within the ocular surface confers on it the key functions of barrier, epithelial renewal and defense of the cornea. As an immunological crossroads and since the corneoscleral limbus is directly exposed to external insults such as caustic agents, ultraviolet radiation, microbial agents, and allergens, it is the potential site of many tumoral, degenerative or inflammatory pathologies and may progress under certain conditions to limbal stem cell deficiency.; Le limbe cornéoscléral est une région privilégiée, frontière entre deux environnements tout à fait différents, où se concentrent tout à la fois les cellules souches épithéliales de la cornée en surface et de nombreux mélanocytes ainsi que les cellules de Langerhans présentatrices d’antigène au sein d’un stroma richement vascularisé et innervé. Cette situation au niveau de la surface oculaire lui confère des fonctions clés de barrière, de renouvellement épithélial et de défense de la cornée. Véritable carrefour immunologique et directement exposé aux agressions extérieures (agents caustiques, rayonnement ultraviolet, agents microbiens, allergènes …), il est le siège potentiel de très nombreuses pathologies tumorales, dégénératives ou inflammatoires et peut évoluer dans certaines conditions vers le syndrome de déficit en cellules souches limbiques.
Published: 2019

10. Experimental infection with Toxoplasma gondii in broiler chickens (Gallus domesticus): seroconversion, tissue cyst distribution, and prophylaxis

Author: Zsuzsa Kalmár, Gereon Schares, Adriana Györke, Cristina Laura Ştefănuţ, Ivana Klun, Vasile Cozma, Viorica Mircean, Zsuzsa Friss, Maria E Nedişan, Andra Toma-Naic, Olgica Djurković-Djaković, Radu Blaga, Isabelle Villena, Amandine Blaizot, Biologie moléculaire et immunologie parasitaires et fongiques (BIPAR), École nationale vétérinaire d'Alfort (ENVA)-Laboratoire de santé animale, sites de Maisons-Alfort et de Dozulé, Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail (ANSES)-Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail (ANSES)-Université Paris-Est Créteil Val-de-Marne - Paris 12 (UPEC UP12)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE), Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut (FLI), University of Belgrade [Belgrade], Epidémiosurveillance de protozooses à transmission alimentaire et vectorielle (ESCAPE), Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail (ANSES)-Université de Rouen Normandie (UNIROUEN), Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne (URCA), Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Reims (CHU Reims), École nationale vétérinaire - Alfort (ENVA)-Laboratoire de santé animale, sites de Maisons-Alfort et de Dozulé, Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne (URCA)-Université de Rouen Normandie (UNIROUEN), and Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail (ANSES)
Subjects: Male, Antibodies, Protozoan, Artemisia annua, 030308 mycology & parasitology, chemistry.chemical_compound, Mice, Random Allocation, 0302 clinical medicine, [SDV.MHEP.MI]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Human health and pathology/Infectious diseases, Parasite hosting, Tissue Distribution, ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS, 0303 health sciences, biology, Triazines, Antibody titer, Brain, Heart, General Medicine, 3. Good health, Infectious Diseases, [SDV.MP]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Microbiology and Parasitology, Seroconversion, Female, Antibody, Toxoplasma, Tissue cysts, Genotype, 030231 tropical medicine, TOXOSOURCES, Toxoplasma gondii, Pectoralis Muscles, 03 medical and health sciences, Mouse bioassay, Diclazuril, Nitriles, parasitic diseases, medicine, Animals, Poultry Diseases, [SDV.EE.SANT]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Ecology, environment/Health, Plants, Medicinal, General Veterinary, Broiler, medicine.disease, biology.organism_classification, Virology, Toxoplasmosis, Toxoplasmosis, Animal, chemistry, Insect Science, biology.protein, Cats, Coccidiostats, Parasitology, Chickens
Abstract: Toxoplasma gondii is a widespread zoonotic protozoan that infects most species of mammals and birds, including poultry. This study aimed to investigate the course of T. gondii infection and the efficacy of diclazuril and Artemisia annua in preventing infection in experimentally infected chickens. Seventy-five 1-month-old chickens, female and male, were randomly divided into five groups (n = 15 each) as follows: (1) uninfected untreated (negative control, NC); (2) infected with T. gondii genotype II/III isolated from a wild cat (group WC); (3) infected with T. gondii genotype II isolated from a domestic cat (group DC); (4) infected with T. gondii domestic cat strain and treated with the anticoccidial diclazuril (group DC-D); and (5) infected with T. gondii domestic cat strain and treated with the medicinal plant Artemisia annua (group DC-A). Clinical signs, body temperature, mortality rate, weight gain, feed conversion ratio, hematological parameters, and the presence of T. gondii–specific IgY antibodies were recorded in all groups. Five chickens per group were euthanized 28 days post-infection (p.i.) and their brains, hearts, and breast muscle tested for T. gondii by mouse bioassay and polymerase chain reaction (PCR). No clinical signs related to the experimental infection were observed throughout the study period. T. gondii–specific antibodies were detected by day 28 p.i., but not in all infected chickens. Overall, T. gondii DNA was detected (bioassay or tissue digests) in all infected and untreated chickens (10/10), while viable parasite (bioassay) was isolated from 7 out of 10 chickens. The parasite was most frequently identified in the brain (7/10). There were no differences in the T. gondii strains regarding clinical infection and the rate of T. gondii detection in tissues. However, higher antibody titers were obtained in chickens infected with T. gondii WC strain (1:192) comparing with T. gondii DC strain (1:48). A. annua reduced replication of the parasite in 3 out of 5 chickens, while diclazuril did not. In conclusion, broiler chickens were resistant to clinical toxoplasmosis, irrespective of the strain (domestic or wild cat strain). The herb A. annua presented prophylactic efficacy by reduced parasite replication. However, further studies are required aiming at the efficacy of diclazuril and A. annua for the prevention of T. gondii infection in chickens using quantitative analysis methods.
Published: 2021

11. Assessment of a Multiplex PCR for the Simultaneous Diagnosis of Intestinal Cryptosporidiosis and Microsporidiosis

Author: Cyril Garrouste, Frédéric Dalle, Frédéric Delbac, Loïc Favennec, Céline Nourrisson, Maxime Moniot, Philippe Poirier, Charlotte Faure, CHU Clermont-Ferrand, Laboratoire Microorganismes : Génome et Environnement (LMGE), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Clermont Auvergne (UCA), Epidémiosurveillance de protozooses à transmission alimentaire et vectorielle (ESCAPE), Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne (URCA)-Université de Rouen Normandie (UNIROUEN), Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail (ANSES), and Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Dijon - Hôpital François Mitterrand (CHU Dijon)
Subjects: 030231 tropical medicine, Microsporidiosis, Pathology and Forensic Medicine, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, [SDV.MHEP.MI]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Human health and pathology/Infectious diseases, Multiplex polymerase chain reaction, parasitic diseases, Medicine, Multiplex, Enterocytozoon bieneusi, 0303 health sciences, biology, 030306 microbiology, business.industry, fungi, Cryptosporidium, [SDV.MHEP.HEG]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Human health and pathology/Hépatology and Gastroenterology, medicine.disease, biology.organism_classification, Virology, Encephalitozoon intestinalis, 3. Good health, Microsporidia, Molecular Medicine, Encephalitozoon, [SDV.SPEE]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Santé publique et épidémiologie, business
Abstract: International audience; Microsporidiosis and cryptosporidiosis are associated with chronic diarrhea in immunocompromised patients. The objectives of this study were to: i) assess a multiplex quantitative PCR assay targeting Cryptosporidium spp and the microsporidian Enterocytozoon bieneusi and Encephalitozoon spp, and ii) provide an update on the epidemiology of these pathogens. A prospective study was conducted from January 2017 to January 2019. Performance of the assay was assessed, and all cryptosporidia and microsporidia isolates were genotyped. The sensitivity of the multiplex PCR method reached 1 copy/μL for each targeted pathogen. The sensitivity of co-proantigen testing in the diagnosis of cryptosporidiosis was 73%. The sensitivity of microscopy in the diagnosis of cryptosporidiosis was 64%, and microsporidiosis, 50%. Among the 456 patients included, 14 were positive for Cryptosporidium spp (4 different species); 5, for E. bieneusi; and 2, for Encephalitozoon intestinalis. The overall prevalence of cryptosporidia was 3.1%, and of microsporidia, 1.5%; in kidney transplant recipients (n = 82), corresponding values were 7.3% and 2.4% (6 and 2 patients), respectively. Two cases of E. intestinalis infection were diagnosed in children who had traveled to the tropics. This study is the first to assess a multiplex quantitative PCR method for the simultaneous diagnosis of intestinal microsporidiosis and cryptosporidiosis. The highest prevalences of both pathogens were observed in kidney transplant recipients
Published: 2021

12. Exposure of pelagic seabirds to Toxoplasma gondii in the Western Indian Ocean points to an open sea dispersal of this terrestrial parasite

Author: Poulle, Marie-Lazarine, Le Corre, Matthieu, Bastien, Matthieu, Gedda, Elsa, Feare, Chris, Jaeger, Audrey, Larose, Christine, Shah, Nirmal, Voogt, Nina, Göpper, Byron, Lagadec, Erwan, Rocamora, Gérard, Geers, Régine, Voutquenne-Nazabadioko, Laurence, Villena, Isabelle, Lebarbenchon, Camille, Epidémiosurveillance de protozooses à transmission alimentaire et vectorielle (ESCAPE), Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail (ANSES)-Université de Rouen Normandie (UNIROUEN), Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne (URCA), Centre de Recherche et de Formation en Eco-éthologie (2C2A-CERFE), Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne (URCA), Ecologie marine tropicale dans les Océans Pacifique et Indien (ENTROPIE [Réunion]), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de La Réunion (UR)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), WildWings Bird Management, Nature Seychelles, Processus Infectieux en Milieu Insulaire Tropical (PIMIT), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-IRD-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Université de La Réunion (UR), Université des Seychelles, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Reims (CHU Reims), Centre Hospitalier Universitaire [Treichville] (CHU), Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne (URCA)-Université de Rouen Normandie (UNIROUEN), Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail (ANSES), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Université de La Réunion (UR)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), and Université de La Réunion (UR)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-IRD-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
Subjects: Topography, Marine and Aquatic Sciences, Antibodies, Protozoan, Toxoplasma Gondii, Soil, Seroepidemiologic Studies, Zoonoses, Oceans, Prevalence, Marine Fish, Indian Ocean, Protozoans, Islands, Mammals, Eukaryota, Seabirds, Vertebrates, Medicine, Toxoplasma, Research Article, Science, Marine Biology, Birds, Bodies of water, Indian Ocean Islands, Agglutination Tests, Parasite Groups, parasitic diseases, Animals, [SDV.MP.PAR]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Microbiology and Parasitology/Parasitology, Parasites, Poultry Diseases, Landforms, [SDV.BA.MVSA]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Animal biology/Veterinary medicine and animal Health, fungi, Organisms, Oocysts, Biology and Life Sciences, Geomorphology, Parasitic Protozoans, Fish, Toxoplasmosis, Animal, Amniotes, Earth Sciences, Cats, [SDV.SPEE]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Santé publique et épidémiologie, Parasitology, Environmental Pollution, Zoology, Apicomplexa, Chickens
Abstract: International audience; Toxoplasma gondii is a protozoan parasite that uses felids as definitive hosts and warm-blooded animals as intermediate hosts. While the dispersal of T . gondii infectious oocysts from land to coastal waters has been well documented, transmission routes to pelagic species remain puzzling. We used the modified agglutination test (MAT titre ≥ 10) to detect antibodies against T . gondii in sera collected from 1014 pelagic seabirds belonging to 10 species. Sampling was carried out on eight islands of the Western Indian Ocean: Reunion and Juan de Nova (colonized by cats), Cousin, Cousine, Aride, Bird, Europa and Tromelin islands (cat-free). Antibodies against T . gondii were found in all islands and all species but the great frigatebird. The overall seroprevalence was 16.8% [95% CI: 14.5%-19.1%] but significantly varied according to species, islands and age-classes. The low antibody levels (MAT titres = 10 or 25) detected in one shearwater and three red-footed booby chicks most likely resulted from maternal antibody transfer. In adults, exposure to soils contaminated by locally deposited oocysts may explain the detection of antibodies in both wedge-tailed shearwaters on Reunion Island and sooty terns on Juan de Nova. However, 144 adults breeding on cat-free islands also tested positive. In the Seychelles, there was a significant decrease in T . gondii prevalence associated with greater distances to cat populations for species that sometimes rest on the shore, i.e. terns and noddies. This suggests that oocysts carried by marine currents could be deposited on shore tens of kilometres from their initial deposition point and that the number of deposited oocysts decreases with distance from the nearest cat population. The consumption of fishes from the families Mullidae, Carangidae, Clupeidae and Engraulidae, previously described as T . gondii oocyst-carriers (i.e. paratenic hosts), could also explain the exposure of terns, noddies, boobies and tropicbirds to T . gondii . Our detection of antibodies against T . gondii in seabirds that fish in the high sea, have no contact with locally contaminated soils but frequent the shores and/or consume paratenic hosts supports the hypothesis of an open-sea dispersal of T . gondii oocysts by oceanic currents and/or fish.
Published: 2021

13. Contribution of Foods and Poor Food-Handling Practices to the Burden of Foodborne Infectious Diseases in France

Author: Jean-Christophe Augustin, Pauline Kooh, Thomas Bayeux, Laurent Guillier, Thierry Meyer, Nathalie Jourdan-Da Silva, Isabelle Villena, Moez Sanaa, Olivier Cerf, on Behalf of the Anses Working Group on Consumer Information on Foodborne Biological Risks, École nationale vétérinaire d'Alfort (ENVA), Direction de l'Evaluation des Risques (DER), Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail (ANSES), Mission Sciences sociales Expertise et Société (MiSSES), Laboratoire Parisien de Psychologie Sociale (LAPPS), Université Paris 8 Vincennes-Saint-Denis (UP8)-Université Paris Nanterre (UPN), Santé publique France - French National Public Health Agency [Saint-Maurice, France], Epidémiosurveillance de protozooses à transmission alimentaire et vectorielle (ESCAPE), Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail (ANSES)-Université de Rouen Normandie (UNIROUEN), Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne (URCA), Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Reims (CHU Reims), École nationale vétérinaire - Alfort (ENVA), Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne (URCA)-Université de Rouen Normandie (UNIROUEN), and Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail (ANSES)
Subjects: Health (social science), Food handlers, foodborne disease burden, Plant Science, medicine.disease_cause, lcsh:Chemical technology, Health Professions (miscellaneous), Microbiology, Food handling, Article, Food category, Toxicology, 03 medical and health sciences, [SDV.MHEP.MI]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Human health and pathology/Infectious diseases, medicine, lcsh:TP1-1185, foodborne pathogens, Disease burden, 030304 developmental biology, [SDV.EE.SANT]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Ecology, environment/Health, 2. Zero hunger, 0303 health sciences, 030306 microbiology, business.industry, Campylobacter, digestive, oral, and skin physiology, Food safety, Biological hazard, 3. Good health, food safety, [SDV.MP]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Microbiology and Parasitology, food-handling practices, 13. Climate action, Food preparation, business, Food Science
Abstract: The foodborne disease burden (FBDB) related to 26 major biological hazards in France was attributed to foods and poor food-handling practices at the final food preparation step, in order to develop effective intervention strategies, especially food safety campaigns. Campylobacter spp. and non-typhoidal Salmonella accounted for more than 60% of the FBDB. Approximately 30% of the FBDB were attributed to 11 other hazards including bacteria, viruses and parasites. Meats were estimated as the main contributing food category causing (50–69%) (CI90) of the FBDB with (33–44%), (9–21%), (4–20%) (CI90) of the FBDB for poultry, pork and beef, respectively. Dairy products, eggs, raw produce and complex foods caused each approximately (5–20%) (CI90) of the FBDB. When foods are contaminated before the final preparation step, we estimated that inadequate cooking, cross-contamination and inadequate storage contribute for (19–49%), (7–34%) and (9–23%) (CI90) of the FBDB, respectively, (15–33%) (CI90) of the FBDB were attributed to the initial contamination of ready-to-eat foods—without any contribution from final food handlers. The thorough implementation of good hygienic practices (GHPs) at the final food preparation step could potentially reduce the FBDB by (67–85%) (CI90) (mainly with the prevention of cross-contamination and adequate cooking and storage).
Published: 2020

14. Epidemiology of Cryptosporidiosis in France from 2017 to 2019

Author: Costa, Damien, Razakandrainibe, Romy, Valot, Stéphane, Vannier, Margot, Sautour, Marc, Basmaciyan, Louise, Gargala, Gilles, Viller, Venceslas, Lemeteil, Denis, Ballet, Jean-Jacques, Dalle, Frédéric, Favennec, Loïc, Bastien, Patrick, Sterkers, Yvon, Epidémiosurveillance de protozooses à transmission alimentaire et vectorielle (ESCAPE), Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne (URCA)-Université de Rouen Normandie (UNIROUEN), Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail (ANSES), CHU Rouen, Normandie Université (NU), Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Dijon - Hôpital François Mitterrand (CHU Dijon), CHU Dijon, Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire [Montpellier] (CHRU Montpellier), Maladies infectieuses et vecteurs : écologie, génétique, évolution et contrôle (MIVEGEC), Université de Montpellier (UM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD [France-Sud]), Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail (ANSES)-Université de Rouen Normandie (UNIROUEN), and Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne (URCA)
Subjects: 0301 basic medicine, Microbiology (medical), medicine.medical_specialty, Cryptosporidium infection, 030106 microbiology, 030231 tropical medicine, Microbiology, Article, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Common species, [SDV.MHEP.MI]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Human health and pathology/Infectious diseases, Virology, Environmental health, Epidemiology, medicine, Young adult, Genotyping, lcsh:QH301-705.5, [SDV.EE.SANT]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Ecology, environment/Health, biology, Transmission (medicine), business.industry, cryptosporidiosis, biology.organism_classification, medicine.disease, 3. Good health, Diarrhea, Cryptosporidium parvum, [SDV.MP]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Microbiology and Parasitology, lcsh:Biology (General), epidemiology, France, medicine.symptom, business
Abstract: Cryptosporidiosis is currently recognized worldwide as a leading cause of moderate to severe diarrhea. In Europe, large water- and foodborne outbreaks have been reported, highlighting the widespread distribution of the parasite and its important health impact. Surveillance networks have been progressively set up and the aim of this study was to present recent epidemiological data obtained in France from 2017 to 2019 by the National Reference Center—Expert Laboratory of cryptosporidiosis (Centre National de Référence–Laboratoire Expert cryptosporidioses CNR-LE). Data were obtained from online reports of volunteer network participants and stools were sent to the CNR-LE for species identification and GP60 genotyping. During this period, data from 750 online reports were available. Cryptosporidiosis occurred predominantly in young children (&lt, 5 years old) and in young adults, especially during late summer. Most patients were immunocompetent (60%), and deaths were reported only in immunocompromised patients. Cryptosporidium parvum was largely predominant (72% of cases) over C. hominis (24%) and some other uncommon species. C. parvum GP60 subtypes IIa and IId were the most represented, which suggests frequent zoonotic transmission. For C. hominis, subtypes IbA10G2 and IaA22R2 were predominant.
Published: 2020
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15. Outbreak of Amazonian Toxoplasmosis: A One Health Investigation in a Remote Amerindian Community

Author: Romain Blaizot, Cécile Nabet, Laure Laghoe, Benjamin Faivre, Sandie Escotte-Binet, Felix Djossou, Emilie Mosnier, Fanny Henaff, Denis Blanchet, Aurélien Mercier, Marie-Laure Dardé, Isabelle Villena, Magalie Demar, Service des maladies infectieuses, Hopital Andree Rosemond, Centre Hospitalier Andrée Rosemon [Cayenne, Guyane Française], Ecosystemes Amazoniens et Pathologie Tropicale (EPat), Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Université de Guyane (UG), Institut Pierre Louis d'Epidémiologie et de Santé Publique (iPLESP), Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Sorbonne Université (SU), Epidémiosurveillance de protozooses à transmission alimentaire et vectorielle (ESCAPE), Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail (ANSES)-Université de Rouen Normandie (UNIROUEN), Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne (URCA), Centre National de Référence (CNR) Toxoplasmose/Toxoplasma Biological Resource Center (BRC) (CNR Toxoplasmose-Toxoplasma BRC), CHU Limoges, Unité des Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales (UMIT), Laboratoire Hospitalo-Universitaire de Parasitologie-Mycologie, Coordination Régionale de la lutte contre le Virus de L'Immunodéficience Humaine (COREVIH)-Centre Hospitalier Andrée Rosemon [Cayenne, Guyane Française]-Université des Antilles (UA), Neuroépidémiologie Tropicale (NET), Institut Génomique, Environnement, Immunité, Santé, Thérapeutique (GEIST), Université de Limoges (UNILIM)-Université de Limoges (UNILIM)-CHU Limoges-Institut d'Epidémiologie Neurologique et de Neurologie Tropicale-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne (URCA)-Université de Rouen Normandie (UNIROUEN), Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail (ANSES), CHU Limoges-Institut d'Epidémiologie Neurologique et de Neurologie Tropicale-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Institut Génomique, Environnement, Immunité, Santé, Thérapeutique (GEIST), Université de Limoges (UNILIM)-Université de Limoges (UNILIM), and Gestionnaire, HAL Sorbonne Université 5
Subjects: 0301 basic medicine, Microbiology (medical), medicine.medical_specialty, parasitology, 030106 microbiology, Immunology, lcsh:QR1-502, Microbiology, lcsh:Microbiology, Disease Outbreaks, 03 medical and health sciences, Cellular and Infection Microbiology, [SDV.MHEP.MI]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Human health and pathology/Infectious diseases, Environmental health, Epidemiology, medicine, Humans, One Health, indigenous, Original Research, 2. Zero hunger, biology, outbreak, Transmission (medicine), Public health, Zoonosis, Toxoplasma gondii, Outbreak, 15. Life on land, biology.organism_classification, medicine.disease, Toxoplasmosis, rainforest (Amazon forest), 3. Good health, French Guiana, 030104 developmental biology, Infectious Diseases, [SDV.MHEP.MI] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Human health and pathology/Infectious diseases, Toxoplasma, toxoplasmosis
Abstract: International audience; Background: Toxoplasma gondii is a parasite of worldwide importance but its burden in indigenous communities remains unclear. In French Guiana, atypical strains of T. gondii originating from a complex rainforest cycle involving wild felids have been linked to severe infections in humans. These cases of Amazonian toxoplasmosis are sporadic and outbreaks are rarely described. We report on the investigation of an outbreak of acute toxoplasmosis in a remote Amerindian village. We discuss the causes and consequences of this emergence.Methods: In May 2017, during the rainy season and following an episode of flooding, four simultaneous cases of acute toxoplasmosis were serologically confirmed in two families living the village. Other non-diagnosed cases were then actively screened by a medical team along with epidemiological investigations. Inhabitants from nine households were tested for T. gondii antibodies and parasite DNA by PCR when appropriate. Samples of water, cat feces and cat rectal swabs, soil, and meat were tested for T. gondii DNA by PCR. Positive PCR samples with sufficient DNA amounts were genotyped using 15 microsatellite markers.Results: Between early May and early July 2017, out of 54 tested inhabitants, 20 cases were serologically confirmed. A fetus infected at gestational week 10 died but other cases were mild. Four patients tested positive for parasite DNA and two identical strains belonging to an atypical genotype could be isolated from unrelated patients. While domestic cats had recently appeared in the vicinity, most families drank water from unsafe sources. Parasite DNA was recovered from one water sample and nine soil samples. Three meat samples tested positive, including wild and industrial meat.Conclusions: The emergence of toxoplasmosis in such a community living in close contact with the Amazon rainforest is probably multifactorial. Sedentary settlements have been built in the last few decades without providing safe water sources, increasing the risk of parasite circulation in cases of dangerous new habits such as cat domestication. Public health actions should be implemented in these communities such as safe water supply, health recommendations, and epidemiological surveillance of acute toxoplasmosis. A “One Health” strategy of research involving medical anthropology, veterinary medicine, and public health needs to be pursued for a better understanding of the transmission routes and the emergence of this zoonosis.
Published: 2020

16. Fluorescent bead-based serological detection of Toxoplasma gondii infection in chickens

Author: Martin Koethe, Benedikt T. Fabian, Isabelle Villena, Gereon Schares, Frank Seeber, Dominique Aubert, Berit Bangoura, Franz Josef Conraths, Fatima Hedar, Pavlo Maksimov, Robert Koch Institute [Berlin] (RKI), Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut (FLI), Leipzig University, Epidémiosurveillance de protozooses à transmission alimentaire et vectorielle (ESCAPE), Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne (URCA)-Université de Rouen Normandie (UNIROUEN), Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail (ANSES), and Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Reims (CHU Reims)
Subjects: 0301 basic medicine, Serum, Multiplexing, Serology, 0302 clinical medicine, [SDV.MHEP.MI]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Human health and pathology/Infectious diseases, Direct agglutination test, Bioassay, Multiplex, SAG1, Fluorescent Antibody Technique, Indirect, 2. Zero hunger, medicine.diagnostic_test, Primary and secondary antibodies, Infectious Diseases, [SDV.MP]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Microbiology and Parasitology, MAT, ELISA, Antibody, Toxoplasma, Magnetic-Capture PCR, 030231 tropical medicine, TOXOSOURCES, Toxoplasma gondii, Antigens, Protozoan, Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay, Luminex assay, Biology, Immunofluorescence, Microbiology, lcsh:Infectious and parasitic diseases, 03 medical and health sciences, Antigen, parasitic diseases, medicine, Animals, Serologic Tests, lcsh:RC109-216, Poultry Diseases, [SDV.EE.SANT]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Ecology, environment/Health, Research, biology.organism_classification, Virology, IFAT, 030104 developmental biology, Toxoplasmosis, Animal, biology.protein, Parasitology, Chickens, Real-time PCR
Abstract: Background Free-ranging chickens are often infected with Toxoplasma gondii and seroconvert upon infection. This indicates environmental contamination with T. gondii. Methods Here, we established a bead-based multiplex assay (BBMA) using the Luminex technology for the detection of T. gondii infections in chickens. Recombinant biotinylated T. gondii surface antigen 1 (TgSAG1bio) bound to streptavidin-conjugated magnetic Luminex beads served as antigen. Serum antibodies were detected by a fluorophore-coupled secondary antibody. Beads of differing color codes were conjugated with anti-chicken IgY or chicken serum albumin and served for each sample as an internal positive or negative control, respectively. The assay was validated with sera from experimentally and naturally infected chickens. The results were compared to those from reference methods, including other serological tests, PCRs and bioassay in mice. Results In experimentally infected chickens, the vast majority (98.5%, n = 65/66) of birds tested seropositive in the BBMA. This included all chickens positive by magnetic-capture PCR (100%, n = 45/45). Most, but not all inoculated and TgSAG1bio-BBMA-positive chickens were also positive in two previously established TgSAG1-ELISAs (TgSAG1-ELISASL, n = 61/65; or TgSAG1-ELISASH, n = 60/65), or positive in an immunofluorescence assay (IFAT, n = 64/65) and in a modified agglutination test (MAT, n = 61/65). All non-inoculated control animals (n = 28/28, 100%) tested negative. In naturally exposed chickens, the TgSAG1bio-BBMA showed a high sensitivity (98.5%; 95% confidence interval, CI: 90.7–99.9%) and specificity (100%; 95% CI: 85.0–100%) relative to a reference standard established using ELISA, IFAT and MAT. Almost all naturally exposed chickens that were positive in bioassay or by PCR tested positive in the TgSAG1bio-BBMA (93.5%; 95% CI: 77.1–98.9%), while all bioassay- or PCR-negative chickens remained negative (100%; 95% CI: 85.0–100%). Conclusions The TgSAG1bio-BBMA represents a suitable method for the detection of T. gondii infections in chickens with high sensitivity and specificity, which is comparable or even superior to other tests. Since assays based on this methodology allow for the simultaneous analysis of a single biological sample with respect to multiple analytes, the described assay may represent a component in future multiplex assays for broad serological monitoring of poultry and other farm animals for various pathogens.
Published: 2020

17. Epidemiological investigation for grouped cases of Trichosporon asahii using whole genome and IGS1 sequencing

Author: N. Brieu, B. Sendid, E. Sitterle, Frédéric Gabriel, I. Poilane, D. Moissenet, Christine Aznar, V. Blanc, N. Traversier, M. Sasso, N. Godineau, O. Eloy, Corinne Maufrais, Danièle Maubon, H. Rabérin, C. Lawrence, P. Mariani, P. Cahen, C. Bonnal, B. Bouteille, M. Cornet, F. Moriot, B. Heym, Elisabeth Chachaty, Dominique Toubas, M. Nicolas, Sophie Cassaing, A. Paugam, S. Picot, E. Moalic, Adela Angoulvant, Loïc Favennec, Françoise Dromer, M. Gari‐toussaint, Marc Pihet, Taieb Chouaki, Magalie Pierre Demar, Frédéric Grenouillet, N. Fauchet, L. Collet, Frédéric Dalle, Marie-Elisabeth Bougnoux, Céline Nourrisson, Marie Desnos-Ollivier, O. Faure, Françoise Botterel, C. Nabet, N. Bourgeois, E. Bailly, Dorothée Quinio, Alexandre Alanio, O. Mouquet, S. Brun, S. Bland, Julie Bonhomme, Jean-Pierre Gangneux, Stéphane Ranque, Philippe Poirier, N. Desbois, Florence Persat, Anne-Pauline Bellanger, H. Piarroux, E. Forget, L. Lachaux, V. Bru, Laurence Millon, A. Minoza, C. Kauffman, L. Hasseine, Martine Wallon, A.L. Roux, D. Poisson, S. Bonacorsi, Mycologie moléculaire - Molecular Mycology, Institut Pasteur [Paris]-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre d'Informatique pour la Biologie, Institut Pasteur [Paris], Laboratoire de Parasitologie-Mycologie (CHU d'Angers), Centre Hospitalier Universitaire d'Angers (CHU Angers), PRES Université Nantes Angers Le Mans (UNAM)-PRES Université Nantes Angers Le Mans (UNAM), Groupe d'Étude des Interactions Hôte-Pathogène (GEIHP), Université d'Angers (UA), SFR UA 4208 Interactions Cellulaires et Applications Thérapeutiques (ICAT), Laboratoire Hospitalo-Universitaire de Parasitologie-Mycologie, Coordination Régionale de la lutte contre le Virus de L'Immunodéficience Humaine (COREVIH)-Centre Hospitalier Andrée Rosemon [Cayenne, Guyane Française]-Université des Antilles (UA), Observatoires Régionaux du Pneumocoque, Partenaires INRAE, Université de Picardie Jules Verne (UPJV), Service de parasitologie et mycologie [CHRU de Besançon], Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire de Besançon (CHRU Besançon), Laboratoire Chrono-environnement - CNRS - UBFC (UMR 6249) (LCE), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Franche-Comté (UFC), Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté [COMUE] (UBFC)-Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté [COMUE] (UBFC), Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire de Brest (CHRU Brest), Laboratoire Microorganismes : Génome et Environnement (LMGE), Université Blaise Pascal - Clermont-Ferrand 2 (UBP)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université d'Auvergne - Clermont-Ferrand I (UdA), Laboratoire de Parasitologie-Mycologie, Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Hôpital Henri Mondor-Université Paris-Est Créteil Val-de-Marne - Paris 12 (UPEC UP12), CEA-Direction des Energies (ex-Direction de l'Energie Nucléaire) (CEA-DES (ex-DEN)), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA), Thérapeutique Recombinante Expérimentale (TIMC-IMAG-TheREx ), Techniques de l'Ingénierie Médicale et de la Complexité - Informatique, Mathématiques et Applications Grenoble - UMR 5525 (TIMC-IMAG), VetAgro Sup - Institut national d'enseignement supérieur et de recherche en alimentation, santé animale, sciences agronomiques et de l'environnement (VAS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA)-Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP ), Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA)-VetAgro Sup - Institut national d'enseignement supérieur et de recherche en alimentation, santé animale, sciences agronomiques et de l'environnement (VAS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA)-Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP ), Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA), Laboratoire de parasitologie [Pointe-à-Pitre], CHU Pointe-à-Pitre/Abymes [Guadeloupe], Ecosystemes Amazoniens et Pathologie Tropicale (EPat), Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Université de Guyane (UG), CHU Tenon [AP-HP], Sorbonne Université (SU)-Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP), CHU Sud Saint Pierre [Ile de la Réunion], Centre Hospitalier de Versailles André Mignot (CHV), Hôpital Huriez, CHU Limoges, Hospices Civils de Lyon (HCL), Institut de parasitologie et mycologie médicale, Vecteurs - Infections tropicales et méditerranéennes (VITROME), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut de Recherche Biomédicale des Armées (IRBA), Service de Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales [Fort-de-France, Martinique], CHU Fort de France-CHU de la Martinique [Fort de France]-Hôpital Pierre Zobda-Quitman [CHU de la Martinique], CHU de la Martinique [Fort de France], Hydrosciences Montpellier (HSM), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Université Montpellier 2 - Sciences et Techniques (UM2)-Université de Montpellier (UM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nice (CHU Nice), Matrice extracellulaire et dynamique cellulaire - UMR 7369 (MEDyC), Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne (URCA)-SFR CAP Santé (Champagne-Ardenne Picardie Santé), Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne (URCA)-Université de Picardie Jules Verne (UPJV)-Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne (URCA)-Université de Picardie Jules Verne (UPJV)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Service de Parasitologie-Mycologie [Rennes], Université de Rennes 1 (UR1), Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES)-Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES)-Hôpital Pontchaillou-CHU Pontchaillou [Rennes], Epidémiosurveillance de protozooses à transmission alimentaire et vectorielle (ESCAPE), Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne (URCA)-Université de Rouen Normandie (UNIROUEN), Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail (ANSES), Hôpital Delafontaine, Centre Hospitalier de Saint-Denis [Ile-de-France], Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Saint-Etienne (CHU de Saint-Etienne), Service de Parasitologie et Mycologie, CHU Toulouse [Toulouse]-Institut Fédératif de Biologie (IFB) - Hôpital Purpan, Hôpital Purpan [Toulouse], CHU Toulouse [Toulouse]-CHU Toulouse [Toulouse]-Hôpital Purpan [Toulouse], CHU Toulouse [Toulouse], Hôpital universitaire Bichat, Hôpital Cochin [AP-HP], Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP), Hopital Saint-Louis [AP-HP] (AP-HP), CHU Trousseau [APHP], Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Sorbonne Université (SU), Institut Curie [Paris], Institut Pasteur [Paris] (IP)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut Pasteur [Paris] (IP), Laboratoire Chrono-environnement (UMR 6249) (LCE), Université Blaise Pascal - Clermont-Ferrand 2 (UBP)-Université d'Auvergne - Clermont-Ferrand I (UdA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut de Recherche Biomédicale des Armées [Brétigny-sur-Orge] (IRBA), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université de Montpellier (UM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne (URCA)-Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne (URCA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université de Rennes (UR)-Hôpital Pontchaillou-CHU Pontchaillou [Rennes], Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Saint-Etienne [CHU Saint-Etienne] (CHU ST-E), Service de Parasitologie et Mycologie [CHU Toulouse], Institut Fédératif de Biologie (IFB), Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Toulouse (CHU Toulouse)-Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Toulouse (CHU Toulouse)-Pôle Biologie [CHU Toulouse], and Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Toulouse (CHU Toulouse)
Subjects: 0301 basic medicine, Adult, Male, Antifungal Agents, Adolescent, Genotype, Genotyping Techniques, [SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio], 030106 microbiology, Single-nucleotide polymorphism, Dermatology, Trichosporon asahii, Biology, Genome, DNA, Ribosomal, 030207 dermatology & venereal diseases, 03 medical and health sciences, Young Adult, 0302 clinical medicine, Trichosporonosis, medicine, Humans, Child, DNA, Fungal, Mycological Typing Techniques, Genotyping, Phylogeny, ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS, Aged, Genetics, Voriconazole, Whole genome sequencing, Whole Genome Sequencing, Basidiomycota, Haplotype, Infant, General Medicine, Sequence Analysis, DNA, Middle Aged, medicine.disease, 3. Good health, Infectious Diseases, Child, Preschool, Female, France, Genome, Fungal, medicine.drug
Abstract: BACKGROUND Trichosporonosis is a rare invasive infection in humans mainly due to Trichosporon asahii, and especially recovered from patients having haematological malignancy. Since 2012, IGS1 region sequencing is used as a genotyping method to distinguish isolates, with high frequency of one haplotype worldwide and a geographic specificity for some haplotypes. OBJECTIVES We compared the IGS1 genotyping method and whole genome sequencing (WGS) to study the relationship between clinical isolates involved in two grouped cases in France. METHODS IGS1 sequencing and antifungal susceptibility testing were performed for 54 clinical isolates. Clinical data for 28 isolates included in surveillance programs were analysed. Whole genome was sequenced for 32 clinical isolates and the type strain. RESULTS All isolates were intrinsically resistant to flucytosine, while voriconazole had the most potent in vitro activity. The majority of the isolates was recovered from patients with haematological malignancies (42.86%), with a high proportion of children (
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18. Antifungal susceptibility testing practices in mycology laboratories in France, 2018

Author: E. Mazars, Jean-Pierre Gangneux, Isabelle Accoceberry, Valérie Letscher-Bru, B. Bouteille, O. Augereau, V. Risco-Castillo, Sophie Brun, Jean-Philippe Bouchara, Arnaud Fekkar, Jacques Guillot, E. Bailly, André Paugam, Y. Le Govic, R.-A. Lavergne, Taieb Chouaki, C. Angebault, Emilie Frealle, Damien Costa, Adela Angoulvant, J. Dorin, Florence Persat, P. Bourdeau, Eric Dannaoui, Céline Nourrisson, Julie Bonhomme, S. Larréché, K. Brunet, Françoise Foulet, L. Hasseine, Anne-Pauline Bellanger, Y. Senghor, Stéphane Ranque, A.-M. Camin-Ravenne, Marie Machouart, Juliette Guitard, N. Desbois, F. Bert, Françoise Botterel, Marie-Elisabeth Bougnoux, Laurence Lachaud, S. Le Gal, Sophie Cassaing, Milène Sasso, Marc Sautour, Boualem Sendid, A. Fiacre, Antoine Huguenin, C. Bonnal, M. Cornet, Laboratoire Chrono-environnement (UMR 6249) (LCE), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Franche-Comté (UFC), Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté [COMUE] (UBFC)-Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté [COMUE] (UBFC), Laboratoire de Biométrie et Biologie Evolutive - UMR 5558 (LBBE), Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique (Inria)-VetAgro Sup - Institut national d'enseignement supérieur et de recherche en alimentation, santé animale, sciences agronomiques et de l'environnement (VAS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Service de parasitologie [Mondor], Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Hôpital Henri Mondor-Université Paris-Est Créteil Val-de-Marne - Paris 12 (UPEC UP12), Hôpital universitaire Bichat, CHU Bordeaux [Bordeaux], Dynamic Microbiology - EA 7380 (DYNAMIC), École nationale vétérinaire - Alfort (ENVA)-Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail (ANSES)-Université Paris-Est (UPE)-Université Paris-Est Créteil Val-de-Marne - Paris 12 (UPEC UP12), Service de Parasitologie-Mycologie, AP-HP Hôpital Bicêtre (Le Kremlin-Bicêtre), Génétique Quantitative et Evolution - Le Moulon (Génétique Végétale) (GQE-Le Moulon), AgroParisTech-Université Paris-Saclay-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE), Centre Hospitalier Régional d'Orléans (CHRO), Hôpital Universitaire de Tours, Hôpital Beaujon, Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP), CHU Caen, Normandie Université (NU)-Tumorothèque de Caen Basse-Normandie (TCBN), Groupe d'Étude des Interactions Hôte-Pathogène (GEIHP), Université d'Angers (UA), Laboratoire de Parasitologie-Mycologie (CHU d'Angers), Centre Hospitalier Universitaire d'Angers (CHU Angers), PRES Université Nantes Angers Le Mans (UNAM)-PRES Université Nantes Angers Le Mans (UNAM), Biologie et Pathogénicité fongiques - Fungal Biology and Pathogenicity (BPF), Institut Pasteur [Paris] (IP)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE), École nationale vétérinaire, agroalimentaire et de l'alimentation Nantes-Atlantique (ONIRIS), CHU Limoges, Hôpital Avicenne [AP-HP], Centre hospitalier universitaire de Poitiers (CHU Poitiers), Pharmacologie des anti-infectieux (PHAR), Université de Poitiers-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Centre Hospitalier de Bigorre [Tarbes], Service de Parasitologie et Mycologie [CHU Toulouse], Institut Fédératif de Biologie (IFB), Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Toulouse (CHU Toulouse)-Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Toulouse (CHU Toulouse)-Pôle Biologie [CHU Toulouse], Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Toulouse (CHU Toulouse), Université de Picardie Jules Verne (UPJV), Techniques de l'Ingénierie Médicale et de la Complexité - Informatique, Mathématiques et Applications Grenoble - UMR 5525 (TIMC-IMAG), VetAgro Sup - Institut national d'enseignement supérieur et de recherche en alimentation, santé animale, sciences agronomiques et de l'environnement (VAS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA)-Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP ), Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA), CHU Rouen, Normandie Université (NU), Service de Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales [Fort-de-France, Martinique], CHU Fort de France-CHU de la Martinique [Fort de France]-Hôpital Pierre Zobda-Quitman [CHU de la Martinique], CHU de la Martinique [Fort de France], Service de Parasitologie-Mycologie [CHRU Nancy], Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire de Nancy (CHRU Nancy), CHU Pitié-Salpêtrière [AP-HP], Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Sorbonne Université (SU), Service de Parasitologie-Mycologie [CHRU LIlle], Institut de Microbiologie [CHRU Lille], Pôle de Biologie Pathologie Génétique [CHU Lille], Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire [Lille] (CHRU Lille)-Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire [Lille] (CHRU Lille)-Pôle de Biologie Pathologie Génétique [CHU Lille], Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire [Lille] (CHRU Lille)-Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire [Lille] (CHRU Lille), Ecologie du parasitisme - EA 3609 (ECOPA), Institut Pasteur de Lille, Réseau International des Instituts Pasteur (RIIP)-Réseau International des Instituts Pasteur (RIIP)-Université de Lille, Droit et Santé, Service de Parasitologie-Mycologie [Rennes], Université de Rennes (UR)-Hôpital Pontchaillou-CHU Pontchaillou [Rennes], CHU Saint-Antoine [AP-HP], Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nice (CHU Nice), Epidémiosurveillance de protozooses à transmission alimentaire et vectorielle (ESCAPE), Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne (URCA)-Université de Rouen Normandie (UNIROUEN), Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail (ANSES), Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Reims (CHU Reims), Maladies infectieuses et vecteurs : écologie, génétique, évolution et contrôle (MIVEGEC), Université de Montpellier (UM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD [France-Sud]), Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire [Montpellier] (CHRU Montpellier), Hôpital d'Instruction des Armées Begin, Service de Santé des Armées, Centre hospitalier universitaire de Nantes (CHU Nantes), Laboratoire de Parasitologie et Mycologiede [CHRU Brest], Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire de Brest (CHRU Brest), Les Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg (HUS), CHU Valenciennes, Laboratoire Microorganismes : Génome et Environnement (LMGE), Université Blaise Pascal - Clermont-Ferrand 2 (UBP)-Université d'Auvergne - Clermont-Ferrand I (UdA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Hôpital Cochin [AP-HP], Vecteurs - Infections tropicales et méditerranéennes (VITROME), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut de Recherche Biomédicale des Armées [Brétigny-sur-Orge] (IRBA), Laboratoire de Biomécanique et Biomatériaux Ostéo-Articulaires (B2OA), Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7), Laboratoire de parasitologie mycologie (CHU de Dijon), Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Dijon - Hôpital François Mitterrand (CHU Dijon), Institute for Translational Research in Inflammation - U 1286 (INFINITE (Ex-Liric)), Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Université de Lille-Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire [Lille] (CHRU Lille), Hôpital Henri Mondor, Unité de Parasitologie-Mycologie [CHU HEGP], Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou [APHP] (HEGP), Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Hôpitaux Universitaires Paris Ouest - Hôpitaux Universitaires Île de France Ouest (HUPO)-Hôpitaux Universitaires Paris Ouest - Hôpitaux Universitaires Île de France Ouest (HUPO), We are very grateful to Dominique Toubas for all the help she provided for the preparation and smooth running of our meeting. We also thank all our colleagues who participate to the meeting and discuss the results of the present survey., Laboratoire Chrono-environnement - CNRS - UBFC (UMR 6249) (LCE), Research Group Dynamyc , EA 7380, EnvA (DynamYc), École nationale vétérinaire d'Alfort (ENVA)-Université Paris-Est (UPE), Institut Pasteur [Paris]-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE), Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire, Agroalimentaire et de l'alimentation Nantes-Atlantique (ONIRIS), Centre Hospitalier de Bigorre (Tarbes), Service de Parasitologie et Mycologie, CHU Toulouse [Toulouse]-Institut Fédératif de Biologie (IFB) - Hôpital Purpan, Hôpital Purpan [Toulouse], CHU Toulouse [Toulouse]-CHU Toulouse [Toulouse]-Hôpital Purpan [Toulouse], CHU Toulouse [Toulouse], Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, CHU Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble INP*, TIMC-IMAG, Grenoble, France, EA3609, Laboratoire ECOPA, Réseau International des Instituts Pasteur (RIIP)-Réseau International des Instituts Pasteur (RIIP), Université de Rennes 1 (UR1), Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES)-Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES)-Hôpital Pontchaillou-CHU Pontchaillou [Rennes], Service de Parasitologie - Mycologie [CHU Saint-Antoine], Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-CHU Saint-Antoine [AP-HP], Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Sorbonne Université (SU), Université Blaise Pascal - Clermont-Ferrand 2 (UBP)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université d'Auvergne - Clermont-Ferrand I (UdA), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut de Recherche Biomédicale des Armées (IRBA), Translational Innovation in Medicine and Complexity / Recherche Translationnelle et Innovation en Médecine et Complexité - UMR 5525 (TIMC ), Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Sorbonne Université (SU), Institut Fédératif de Biologie (IFB) - Hôpital Purpan, CHU Toulouse [Toulouse]-CHU Toulouse [Toulouse], Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail (ANSES)-Université de Rouen Normandie (UNIROUEN), and Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne (URCA)
Subjects: Antifungal, Quality Control, medicine.medical_specialty, Susceptibility testing, Laboratory Proficiency Testing, Antifungal Agents, medicine.drug_class, Laboratory practice, Microbial Sensitivity Tests, Mycology, History, 21st Century, 03 medical and health sciences, [SDV.MHEP.CSC]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Human health and pathology/Cardiology and cardiovascular system, Disk Diffusion Antimicrobial Tests, Drug Resistance, Fungal, [SDV.MHEP.MI]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Human health and pathology/Infectious diseases, Surveys and Questionnaires, medicine, Humans, Medical physics, [SDV.MP.PAR]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Microbiology and Parasitology/Parasitology, Antifungal susceptibility testing, Etest, 0303 health sciences, [SDV.MHEP.ME]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Human health and pathology/Emerging diseases, 030306 microbiology, Professional Practice, [SDV.MP.BAC]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Microbiology and Parasitology/Bacteriology, 3. Good health, Infectious Diseases, Geography, Mic values, MIC value interpretation, [SDV.MP.VIR]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Microbiology and Parasitology/Virology, France, Laboratories
Abstract: International audience; A survey of mycology laboratories for antifungal susceptibility testing (AFST) was undertaken in France in 2018, to better understand the difference in practices between the participating centers and to identify the difficulties they may encounter as well as eventual gaps with published standards and guidelines. The survey captured information from 45 mycology laboratories in France on how they perform AFST (number of strains tested, preferred method, technical and quality aspects, interpretation of the MIC values, reading and interpretation difficulties). Results indicated that 86% of respondents used Etest as AFST method, with a combination of one to seven antifungal agents tested. Most of the participating laboratories used similar technical parameters to perform their AFST method and a large majority used, as recommended, internal and external quality assessments. Almost all the participating mycology laboratories (98%) reported difficulties to interpret the MIC values, especially when no clinical breakpoints are available. The survey highlighted that the current AFST practices in France need homogenization, particularly for MIC reading and interpretation.
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19. Corneal Pharmacokinetics of Voriconazole and Posaconazole following Intrastromal Injection and Posaconazole Eye Drops Instillation in Rats

Author: Gueudry, Julie, Le Goff, Laetitia, Lamoureux, Fabien, Pereira, Tony, Levefre, Sabine, Razakandrainibe, Romy, Costa, Damien, Ballet, Jean, Muraine, Marc, Ballet, Jean Jacques, Favennec, Loïc, Epidémiosurveillance de protozooses à transmission alimentaire et vectorielle (ESCAPE), Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne (URCA)-Université de Rouen Normandie (UNIROUEN), and Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail (ANSES)
Subjects: Male, endocrine system, medicine.medical_specialty, Posaconazole, Antifungal Agents, Antifungal drugs, Corneal Stroma, [SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio], Administration, Ophthalmic, Microbial Sensitivity Tests, Infectious Keratitis, Cornea, Rats, Sprague-Dawley, 03 medical and health sciences, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 0302 clinical medicine, Pharmacokinetics, Tandem Mass Spectrometry, Ophthalmology, medicine, Animals, Fungal keratitis, ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS, Voriconazole, Blindness, business.industry, Triazoles, medicine.disease, Sensory Systems, 3. Good health, Rats, medicine.anatomical_structure, 030221 ophthalmology & optometry, Injections, Intraocular, Ophthalmic Solutions, business, 030217 neurology & neurosurgery, [SDV.MHEP]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Human health and pathology, medicine.drug, Chromatography, Liquid
Abstract: Purpose/Aims: Infectious keratitis is a major cause of visual impairment and blindness worldwide. Common difficulties in treating fungal keratitis prompt new therapeutic possibilities. In this stud...
Published: 2020

20. Ultrasound features of fetal toxoplasmosis: A contemporary multicenter survey in 88 fetuses

Author: Nicole Ferret, Catherine Noel, Alexandra Benachi, Anne-Hélène Saliou, Olivier Picone, Léo Pomar, Estelle Cateau, Camille Codaccioni, Fabrice Cuillier, Laurent Mandelbrot, Dorothée Quinio, Norbert Winer, Denis Filisetti, Isabelle Villena, Martine Wallon, A. S. Weingertner, Valérie Vequeau-Goua, Christelle Pomares, Paul Maurice, Guillaume Benoist, Yves Ville, Rose-Anne Lavergne, Laurent Guibaud, Marc Dommergues, Véronique Lambert, Service de gynécologie et obstétrique [Colombes], Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Hôpital Louis Mourrier, Infection, Anti-microbiens, Modélisation, Evolution (IAME (UMR_S_1137 / U1137)), Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Université de Paris (UP)-Université Sorbonne Paris Nord, Centre Hospitalier de l'Ouest Guyanais Franck Joly [Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni, Guyane Française], Service de Médecine Fœtale [CHU Trousseau], CHU Trousseau [APHP], Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Sorbonne Université (SU), Physiopathologie des Adaptations Nutritionnelles (PhAN), Université de Nantes - UFR de Médecine et des Techniques Médicales (UFR MEDECINE), Université de Nantes (UN)-Université de Nantes (UN)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE), Laboratoire de parasitologie et de mycologie médicale [CHU Nantes], Centre hospitalier universitaire de Nantes (CHU Nantes), Département de Radiologie [HCL, Lyon], Hospices civils de Lyon (HCL), Service de Gynécologie-Obstétrique (BREST - Gynéco-Obs), Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire de Brest (CHRU Brest), Laboratoire de Parasitologie et Mycologiede [CHRU Brest], Service de gynécologie-obstétrique, médecine de la reproduction [Béclère], Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-AP-HP - Hôpital Antoine Béclère [Clamart], Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP), Service de Gynécologie-Obstétrique [CH Renée Dubos, Pontoise], Centre Hospitalier Renée Dubos [Pontoise], Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5 (UPD5), Service de Gynécologie Obstétrique [CHU Necker], CHU Necker - Enfants Malades [AP-HP], Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP), Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de La Réunion (CHU La Réunion), Centre méditerranéen de médecine moléculaire (C3M), Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (... - 2019) (UNS), COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA), Laboratoire de Parasitologie-Mycologie, Nice, COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nice (CHU Nice)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA), Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nice (CHU Nice), Laboratoire de parasitologie et mycologie médicale [CHU Strasbourg], CHU Strasbourg, Département de Gynécologie-Obstétrique [CHU Strasbourg], CHU Strasbourg-Hôpital de Hautepierre [Strasbourg], Service de gynécologie et obstétrique [Poitiers], Centre hospitalier universitaire de Poitiers (CHU Poitiers), Laboratoire de Parasitologie-Mycologie (CHU de Poitiers), Université de Lausanne (UNIL), Hospices Civils de Lyon (HCL), Service de Gynécologie-Obstétrique, Maternité, Chirurgie Gynécologique [CHU Pitié-Salpêtrière], CHU Pitié-Salpêtrière [AP-HP], Epidémiosurveillance de protozooses à transmission alimentaire et vectorielle (ESCAPE), Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail (ANSES)-Université de Rouen Normandie (UNIROUEN), Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne (URCA), Dupuis, Christine, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Université Paris Cité (UPCité)-Université Sorbonne Paris Nord, Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (1965 - 2019) (UNS), Université de Lausanne = University of Lausanne (UNIL), Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne (URCA)-Université de Rouen Normandie (UNIROUEN), and Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail (ANSES)
Subjects: 0301 basic medicine, medicine.medical_specialty, [SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio], 030105 genetics & heredity, Toxoplasmosis, Congenital, Ultrasonography, Prenatal, Serology, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Pregnancy, Ascites, medicine, Humans, Seroconversion, Pregnancy Complications, Infectious, Genetics (clinical), Retrospective Studies, Fetus, 030219 obstetrics & reproductive medicine, business.industry, Ultrasound, Obstetrics and Gynecology, medicine.disease, Toxoplasmosis, 3. Good health, [SDV] Life Sciences [q-bio], Fetal Diseases, Multicenter survey, Small for gestational age, Female, Radiology, medicine.symptom, business
Abstract: Objective: To describe the lesions detected by prenatal ultrasound examination in congenital toxoplasmosis (CT). Methods: We retrospectively analyzed all cases of fetal infection with T. gondii with ultrasound anomalies described by fetal medicine experts in 2009-2019 in 30 French centers. Results: Eighty-eight cases of CT were included. Forty-five (51.1%) had one or more cerebral signs only, 35 (39.8%) had cerebral plus extra-cerebral signs and 8 (9.1%) had extra-cerebral signs only. The main cerebral signs were intracranial hyperechogenic nodular foci (n=60) of which 20 were isolated, ventriculomegalies (n=44) which generally increased during follow-up, and periventricular abscesses (n=12). The main extra-cerebral signs were hepatomegaly and/or splenomegaly (n=14), small for gestational age (n=14), ascites (n=14, including 2 with hydrops), and hyperechogenic bowel (n=11). Maternal infection occurred mostly in the first or second trimester (81 cases), periconceptionally in 1 and in the third trimester in 6 cases. The first ultrasound signs were detected after a median of 7 weeks [range: 1.4; 24.0] following maternal toxoplasmosis seroconversion. Conclusion: While no sign was specific of CT, there were typical associations of cerebral signs with or without extracerebral signs. Detailed ultrasound examination could improve prognostic evaluation, as well as diagnosis of CT in settings lacking serological screening. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
Published: 2020

21. Toxoplasma gondii-specific IgG avidity testing in pregnant women

Author: Isabelle Villena, Laetitia Maria Kortbeek, Hervé Pelloux, Peter L. Chiodini, Birgitta Evengård, Cécile Garnaud, Eskild Petersen, Marie-Pierre Brenier-Pinchart, Hélène Fricker-Hidalgo, Carmen Costache, Małgorzata Paul, Florence Robert-Gangneux, Valeria Meroni, Míriam J. Álvarez-Martínez, Edward Guy, CHU Grenoble, Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP ), Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA), Umeå University, University of Barcelona, Aarhus University [Aarhus], National Institute for Public Health and the Environment [Bilthoven] (RIVM), Institut de recherche en santé, environnement et travail (Irset), Université d'Angers (UA)-Université de Rennes (UR)-École des Hautes Études en Santé Publique [EHESP] (EHESP)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Structure Fédérative de Recherche en Biologie et Santé de Rennes ( Biosit : Biologie - Santé - Innovation Technologique ), Epidémiosurveillance de protozooses à transmission alimentaire et vectorielle (ESCAPE), Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne (URCA)-Université de Rouen Normandie (UNIROUEN), Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail (ANSES), Iuliu Hatieganu University of Medicine & Pharmacy, Poznan University of Medical Sciences [Poland] (PUMS), London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), Institute for Advanced Biosciences / Institut pour l'Avancée des Biosciences (Grenoble) (IAB), Centre Hospitalier Universitaire [Grenoble] (CHU)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Etablissement français du sang - Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes (EFS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA), Université d'Angers (UA)-Université de Rennes 1 (UR1), and Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES)-Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES)-École des Hautes Études en Santé Publique [EHESP] (EHESP)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Structure Fédérative de Recherche en Biologie et Santé de Rennes ( Biosit : Biologie - Santé - Innovation Technologique )
Subjects: 0301 basic medicine, Microbiology (medical), [SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio], 030106 microbiology, Antibody Affinity, Avidity testing, Toxoplasma gondii, chemical and pharmacologic phenomena, Serology, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Pregnancy, parasitic diseases, Medicine, Humans, Avidity, 030212 general & internal medicine, Congenital toxoplasmosis, biology, business.industry, General Medicine, Specific igg, Igg avidity, biology.organism_classification, medicine.disease, Toxoplasmosis, 3. Good health, Infectious Diseases, Immunoglobulin G, Pregnancy Complications, Parasitic, Immunology, Female, business, Toxoplasma
Abstract: International audience; Background - The parasite Toxoplasma gondii can cause congenital toxoplasmosis following primary infection in a pregnant woman. It is therefore important to distinguish between recent and past infection when both T. gondii-specific IgM and IgG are detected in a single serum in pregnant women. Toxoplasma gondii-specific IgG avidity testing is an essential tool to help to date the infection. However, interpretation of its results can be complex. Objectives - To review the benefits and limitations of T. gondii-specific avidity testing in pregnant women, to help practitioners to interpret the results and adapt the patient management. Sources - PubMed search with the keywords avidity, toxoplasmosis and Toxoplasma gondii for articles published from 1989 to 2019. Content - Toxoplasma gondii-specific IgG avidity testing remains a key tool for dating a T. gondii infection in immunocompetent pregnant women. Several commercial assays are available and display comparable performances. A high avidity result obtained on a first-trimester serum sample is indicative of a past infection, which occurred before pregnancy. To date, a low avidity result must still be considered as non-informative to date the infection, although some authors suggest that very low avidity results are highly suggestive of recent infections depending on the assay. Interpretation of low or grey zone avidity results on a first-trimester serum sample, as well as any avidity result on a second-trimester or third-trimester serum sample, is more complex and requires recourse to expert toxoplasmosis laboratories. Implications - Although used for about 30 years, T. gondii-specific avidity testing has scarcely evolved. The same difficulties in interpretation have persisted over the years. Some authors have proposed additional thresholds to exclude an infection of
Published: 2020

22. Cryptosporidium spp., Giardia duodenalis and Toxoplasma gondii detection in fresh vegetables consumed in Marrakech, Morocco

Author: Yassine Amraouza, Isabelle Villena, Sandie Escotte-Binet, Jamaleddine Hafid, Dominique Aubert, Pierre Flori, Salma Berrouch, Université Cadi Ayyad [Marrakech] (UCA), Epidémiosurveillance de protozooses à transmission alimentaire et vectorielle (ESCAPE), Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne (URCA)-Université de Rouen Normandie (UNIROUEN), Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail (ANSES), Physiopathologie et biothérapies des infections muqueuses (GIMAP), Centre International de Recherche en Infectiologie - UMR (CIRI), École normale supérieure - Lyon (ENS Lyon)-Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-École normale supérieure - Lyon (ENS Lyon)-Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Jean Monnet - Saint-Étienne (UJM), Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Reims (CHU Reims), Dubois, laurence, Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Jean Monnet [Saint-Étienne] (UJM), Centre International de Recherche en Infectiologie (CIRI), École normale supérieure de Lyon (ENS de Lyon)-Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Université Jean Monnet - Saint-Étienne (UJM)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-École normale supérieure de Lyon (ENS de Lyon)-Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), and Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Université Jean Monnet - Saint-Étienne (UJM)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
Subjects: Veterinary medicine, 030231 tropical medicine, Fresh vegetables, [SDV.TOX.TCA]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Toxicology/Toxicology and food chain, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, parasitic diseases, Medicine, [SDV.MP.PAR]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Microbiology and Parasitology/Parasitology, 2. Zero hunger, biology, business.industry, Toxoplasma gondii, Cryptosporidium, Articles, General Medicine, Contamination, biology.organism_classification, Contaminated water, protozoan parasites, Marrakech, qPCR, [SDV.TOX.TCA] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Toxicology/Toxicology and food chain, Giardia duodenalis, business, [SDV.MP.PAR] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Microbiology and Parasitology/Parasitology
Abstract: Background: Protozoan parasites such as Toxoplasma gondii, Giardia duodenalis, and Cryptosporidium spp., can be transmitted to humans via accidental consumption of contaminated water, fresh produce and foodstuffs. There is a lack of epidemiological data about these pathogens in Morocco. Hence the aim of this study, which is the determination of their prevalence in some leafy greens and root vegetables sold in Marrakech. Methods: A total of 132 vegetable samples including carrot, coriander, lettuce, parsley and radish were purchased monthly from three different markets in Marrakech from March 2017 to January 2018, pre-treated and subjected to microscopic and molecular analyses. Results: Of the 132 samples of vegetables analyzed by qPCR, the overall rate of protozoan was 21.21% (28/132); 22 samples were found to be contaminated with T. gondii, 6 with G. duodenalis, and none was positive for C. parvum/hominis. Whereas, modified Ziehl-Neelsen staining allowed the detection of Cryptosporidium spp. in 3% (4/132) of examined samples. Conclusion: This survey on the presence of protozoan parasites in fresh vegetables revealed that vegetables sold in Marrakech are contaminated by these protozoan parasites, as it showed that leafy green vegetables were more susceptible for parasitic contamination than root ones. Keywords: Fresh vegetables; protozoan parasites; Marrakech; qPCR.
Published: 2020

23. Update on Giardia : Highlights from the seventh International Giardia and Cryptosporidium Conference

Author: Andre G. Buret, Loïc Favennec, Simone M. Cacciò, Staffan G. Svärd, University of Calgary, Istituto Superiore di Sanita [Rome], Epidémiosurveillance de protozooses à transmission alimentaire et vectorielle (ESCAPE), Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne (URCA)-Université de Rouen Normandie (UNIROUEN), Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail (ANSES), and Uppsala University
Subjects: 0301 basic medicine, Giardiasis, medicine.medical_specialty, Epidemiology, Veterinary (miscellaneous), Ecology (disciplines), Cell- och molekylärbiologi, Pharmacy, Review Article, lcsh:Infectious and parasitic diseases, 03 medical and health sciences, Basic knowledge, [SDV.MHEP.MI]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Human health and pathology/Infectious diseases, medicine, lcsh:RC109-216, [SDV.EE.SANT]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Ecology, environment/Health, biology, business.industry, Public health, Giardia, Cryptosporidium, Genomics, 030108 mycology & parasitology, Public relations, biology.organism_classification, 3. Good health, 030104 developmental biology, Infectious Diseases, One Health, [SDV.MP]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Microbiology and Parasitology, Insect Science, Animal Science and Zoology, Parasitology, business, Cell and Molecular Biology
Abstract: Although Giardia duodenalis is recognized as one of the leading causes of parasitic human diarrhea in the world, knowledge of the mechanisms of infection is limited, as the pathophysiological consequences of infection remain incompletely elucidated. Similarly, the reason for and consequences of the very specific genome-organization in this parasite with 2 active nuclei is only partially known. Consistent with its tradition, the 7th International Giardia and Cryptosporidium Conference (IGCC 2019) was held from June 23 to 26, 2019, at the Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy of the University of Rouen-Normandie, France, to discuss current research perspectives in the field. This renowned event brought together an international delegation of researchers to present and debate recent advances and identify the main research themes and knowledge gaps. The program for this interdisciplinary conference included all aspects of host-parasite relationships, from basic research to applications in human and veterinary medicine, as well as the environmental issues raised by water-borne parasites and their epidemiological consequences. With regard to Giardia and giardiasis, the main areas of research for which new findings and the most impressive communications were presented and discussed included: parasite ecology and epidemiology of giardiasis, Giardia-host interactions, and cell biology of Giardia, genomes and genomic evolution. The high-quality presentations discussed at the Conference noted breakthroughs and identified new opportunities that will inspire researchers and funding agencies to stimulate future research in a “one health” approach to improve basic knowledge and clinical and public health management of zoonotic giardiasis. Bien que Giardia duodenalis soit reconnu comme l’une des principales causes de diarrhée parasitaire humaine dans le monde, la connaissance des mécanismes de l’infection est limitée, car ses conséquences physiopathologiques restent incomplètement élucidées. De même, la raison et les conséquences de l’organisation génomique très spécifique de ce parasite à deux noyaux actifs ne sont que partiellement connues. Conformément à sa tradition, la 7ème Conférence internationale sur Giardia et Cryptosporidium (IGCC 2019) s’est tenue du 23 au 26 juin 2019, à la Faculté de médecine et de pharmacie de l’Université de Rouen-Normandie, France, pour discuter des perspectives de recherche actuelles dans ce champ. Cet événement de renom a réuni une délégation internationale de chercheurs pour présenter et débattre des avancées récentes et identifier les principaux thèmes de recherche et les lacunes dans les connaissances. Le programme de cette conférence interdisciplinaire comprenait tous les aspects des relations hôtes-parasites, de la recherche fondamentale aux applications en médecine humaine et vétérinaire, ainsi que les problèmes environnementaux soulevés par les parasites d’origine hydrique et leurs conséquences épidémiologiques. En ce qui concerne Giardia et la giardiase, les principaux domaines de recherche pour lesquels de nouvelles découvertes et les communications les plus impressionnantes ont été présentées et discutées comprenaient : l’écologie parasitaire et l’épidémiologie de la giardiase, les interactions Giardia-hôte, la biologie cellulaire de Giardia, les génomes et l’évolution génomique. Les présentations de haute qualité discutées lors de la conférence ont noté des avancées et identifié de nouvelles opportunités qui inspireront les chercheurs et les agences de financement à stimuler la recherche future dans une approche « une seule santé » pour améliorer les connaissances de base et la gestion clinique et de santé publique de la giardiase zoonotique.
Published: 2020

24. Parasites & vectors, 13: 236

Author: Rossi, Patrizia, Tamarozzi, Francesca, Galati, Fabio, Akhan, Okan, Cretu, Carmen Michaela, Vutova, Kamenna, Siles-Lucas, Mar, Brunetti, Enrico, Casulli, Adriano, the ERCE network, European Commission, Ministero della Salute, Siles Lucas, Mar [0000-0002-1257-2562], Casulli, Adriano [0000-0001-9183-7591], Siles Lucas, Mar, Casulli, Adriano, Istituto Superiore di Sanita [Rome], Epidémiosurveillance de protozooses à transmission alimentaire et vectorielle (ESCAPE), Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne (URCA)-Université de Rouen Normandie (UNIROUEN), Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail (ANSES), and Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Reims (CHU Reims)
Subjects: 0301 basic medicine, Register (sociolinguistics), Male, medicine.medical_specialty, Databases, Factual, Public health awareness, 030106 microbiology, 030231 tropical medicine, Treatment outcome, Biology, lcsh:Infectious and parasitic diseases, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, [SDV.MHEP.MI]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Human health and pathology/Infectious diseases, Echinococcosis, Epidemiology, Clinical information, medicine, Prevalence, Animals, Humans, lcsh:RC109-216, Registries, Case series, Lung, Medical attention, [SDV.EE.SANT]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Ecology, environment/Health, Cystic echinococcosis, Public health, Research, Neglected Diseases, Register, medicine.disease, 3. Good health, Echinococcus, Clinical trial, Europe, Infectious Diseases, [SDV.MP]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Microbiology and Parasitology, Italy, Liver, Parasitology, Female, Medical emergency, Public Health
Abstract: 10 páginas, 3 tablas, 4 figuras, Background: The real burden of human cystic echinococcosis (CE) remains elusive, due to the peculiar characteristics of the disease and the heterogeneous and incomplete data recording of clinical cases. Furthermore, official notification systems do not collect pivotal clinical information, which would allow the comparison of different treatment outcomes, and thus circumvent the difficulty of implementing clinical trials for CE. The Italian Register of CE (RIEC) was launched in 2012 and expanded in 2014 into the European Register of CE (ERCE). The primary aim of the ERCE was to highlight the magnitude of CE underreporting, through the recording of cases that were not captured by official records. We present an overview of data collated in the ERCE and discuss its future, five years after its inception. Methods: The ERCE database was explored on March 31st 2019; data concerning participating centres and registered cases were descriptively analysed. Results: Forty-four centres from 15 countries (7 non-European) were affiliated to the ERCE. Thirty-four centres (77%) registered at least one patient; of these, 18 (53%) recorded at least one visit within the past 18 months. A total of 2097 patients were registered, 19.9% of whom were immigrants. Cyst characteristics were reported for at least one cyst at least in one visit in 1643 (78.3%) patients, and cyst staging was used by 27 centres. In total, 3386 cysts were recorded at first registration; mostly located in the liver (75.5%). Data concerning clinical management could be analysed for 920 “cyst stage-location-management” observations, showing great heterogeneity in the implementation of the stage-specific management approach recommended by the WHO. Conclusions: The ERCE achieved its goal in showing that CE is a relevant but neglected public health problem in Europe and beyond, since a proportion of patients reaching medical attention are not captured by official notification systems. The ERCE may provide a valuable starting platform to complement hospital-derived data, to obtain a better picture of the epidemiology of clinical CE, and to collect clinical data for the issue of evidence-based recommendations. The ERCE will be expanded into the International Register of CE (IRCE) and restructured aiming to overcome its current criticalities and fulfil these aims, RIEC development received funding through the Research Project IZSSA07/10RC to Dr. Giovanna Masala (Sardinian Experimental Zooprophylactic Institute, Sassari, Italy), subcontracted to Enrico Brunetti, University of Pavia, Italy. The amendment of RIEC and development of the ERCE was funded through the European Commission, under the Seventh Framework Programme (FP7, Theme Health.2013.2.3.4-1, grant agreement. no. 602051, Project HERACLES: Human Cystic Echinococcosis ReseArch in Central and Eastern Societies; http://www.herac les-fp7.eu/) to Adriano Casulli, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy. ERCE activities are currently supported by EULAC Health (http://eulac healt h.eu/) and the Italian Ministry of Health - PERITAS project (molecular ePidemiological studiEs on pathways of tRansmIssion and long lasTing cApacity building to prevent cyStic echinococcosis infection) to Adriano Casulli, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy.
Published: 2020

25. Mosquitoes of North-Western Europe as Potential Vectors of Arboviruses: A Review

Author: Jean-Philippe Martinet, Anna-Bella Failloux, Hubert Ferté, Francis Schaffner, Jérôme Depaquit, Epidémiosurveillance de protozooses à transmission alimentaire et vectorielle (ESCAPE), Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail (ANSES)-Université de Rouen Normandie (UNIROUEN), Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne (URCA), Arbovirus et Insectes Vecteurs - Arboviruses and Insect Vectors, Institut Pasteur [Paris], Hôpital Maison Blanche, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Reims (CHU Reims), Universität Zürich [Zürich] = University of Zurich (UZH), Francis Schaffner Consultancy, This research received no external funding, The authors thank Matthieu L. Kaltenbach for proof-reading this manuscript., University of Zurich, Martinet, Jean-Philippe, Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne (URCA)-Université de Rouen Normandie (UNIROUEN), Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail (ANSES), and Institut Pasteur [Paris] (IP)
Subjects: 0301 basic medicine, 10078 Institute of Parasitology, chikungunya, viruses, Population Dynamics, Review, medicine.disease_cause, 0302 clinical medicine, Communicable Diseases, Imported, Aedes, 600 Technology, Aedes cinereus, Chikungunya, transmission, virus diseases, Biodiversity, 3. Good health, Europe, Culex, Infectious Diseases, [SDV.MP.VIR]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Microbiology and Parasitology/Virology, Aedes albopictus, Anopheles claviger, 030231 tropical medicine, 030106 microbiology, education, Zoology, 610 Medicine & health, Mosquito Vectors, Biology, Arbovirus Infections, West Nile, 03 medical and health sciences, Zika, Virology, Culex pipiens, parasitic diseases, Anopheles, medicine, Animals, Humans, Aedes rusticus, Culiseta, Usutu, fungi, 2725 Infectious Diseases, biology.organism_classification, dengue, Vector (epidemiology), 2406 Virology, 570 Life sciences, biology, Arboviruses
Abstract: Background: The intensification of trade and travel is linked to the growing number of imported cases of dengue, chikungunya or Zika viruses into continental Europe and to the expansion of invasive mosquito species such as Aedes albopictus and Aedes japonicus. Local outbreaks have already occurred in several European countries. Very little information exists on the vector competence of native mosquitoes for arboviruses. As such, the vectorial status of the nine mosquito species largely established in North-Western Europe (Aedes cinereus and Aedes geminus, Aedes cantans, Aedes punctor, Aedes rusticus, Anopheles claviger s.s., Anopheles plumbeus, Coquillettidia richiardii, Culex pipiens s.l., and Culiseta annulata) remains mostly unknown. Objectives: To review the vector competence of both invasive and native mosquito populations found in North-Western Europe (i.e., France, Belgium, Germany, United Kingdom, Ireland, The Netherlands, Luxembourg and Switzerland) for dengue, chikungunya, Zika, West Nile and Usutu viruses. Methods: A bibliographical search with research strings addressing mosquito vector competence for considered countries was performed. Results: Out of 6357 results, 119 references were related to the vector competence of mosquitoes in Western Europe. Eight species appear to be competent for at least one virus. Conclusions: Aedes albopictus is responsible for the current outbreaks. The spread of Aedes albopictus and Aedes japonicus increases the risk of the autochthonous transmission of these viruses. Although native species could contribute to their transmission, more studies are still needed to assess that risk.
Published: 2019

26. Pneumocystis Infection Outbreaks in Organ Transplantation Units in France: A Nation-Wide Survey

Author: M. Leterrier, Anne Totet, Céline Damiani, Danièle Maubon, Solène Le Gal, Isabelle Accoceberry, Julie Bonhomme, Pierre Marty, E. Bailly, Ermanno Candolfi, Anne Debourgogne, Laurence Millon, Frédéric Dalle, Anne-Pauline Bellanger, Patrice Le Pape, Denis Pons, Christelle Pomares, Yann Le Meur, Marie Machouard, Marie-Laure Dardé, Laurence Delhaes, Ahmed Abou Bacar, Dominique Toubas, Frédéric Gabriel, Estelle Cateau, Gilles Nevez, Loïc Favennec, Marie-Hélène Rodier, Xavier Iriart, Eric Dannaoui, Laurence Lachaud, Guillaume Desoubeaux, Pierre Flori, Laboratoire Universitaire de Biodiversité et Ecologie Microbienne (LUBEM), Université de Brest (UBO), Laboratoire de Parasitologie et Mycologie (Parasito - Myco - BREST), Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire de Brest (CHRU Brest), Matrice extracellulaire et dynamique cellulaire - UMR 7369 (MEDyC), Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne (URCA)-SFR CAP Santé (Champagne-Ardenne Picardie Santé), Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne (URCA)-Université de Picardie Jules Verne (UPJV)-Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne (URCA)-Université de Picardie Jules Verne (UPJV)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Service de parasitologie et de mycologie médicales, Université de Picardie Jules Verne (UPJV)-CHU Amiens-Picardie, Laboratoire de parasitologie mycologie (CHU de Dijon), Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Dijon - Hôpital François Mitterrand (CHU Dijon), Institut de Parasitologie et de Pathologie Tropicale de Strasbourg, Faculté de Médecine de Strasbourg, Université de Strasbourg, CHRU Brest - Service de Nephrologie (CHU - BREST - Nephrologie), Microbiologie cellulaire et moléculaire et pathogénicité (MCMP), Université Bordeaux Segalen - Bordeaux 2-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire de Tours (CHRU TOURS), Service de parasitologie et mycologie [CHU de Besançon], Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire [Besançon] (CHRU Besançon), Laboratoire Chrono-environnement - UFC (UMR 6249) (LCE), Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté [COMUE] (UBFC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Franche-Comté (UFC), Université de Caen Normandie (UNICAEN), Normandie Université (NU), Microbiologie de l'Eau (MDE), Ecologie et biologie des interactions (EBI), Université de Poitiers-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Poitiers-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut de Parasitologie et de Pathologie Tropicale, UMR-I 01 - AMIENS, Université de Picardie Jules Verne (UPJV), Unité de Parasitologie-Mycologie [CHU HEGP], Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou [APHP] (HEGP), Hôpitaux Universitaires Paris Ouest - Hôpitaux Universitaires Île de France Ouest (HUPO)-Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Hôpitaux Universitaires Paris Ouest - Hôpitaux Universitaires Île de France Ouest (HUPO), Université de Limoges (UNILIM), Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire de Nancy (CHRU Nancy), Université de Bordeaux (UB), Centre d’Etude des Pathologies Respiratoires (CEPR), UMR 1100 (CEPR), Université de Tours-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Epidémiosurveillance de protozooses à transmission alimentaire et vectorielle (ESCAPE), Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne (URCA)-Université de Rouen Normandie (UNIROUEN), Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail (ANSES), Anofel Cryptosporidium National Network, Institut d'Histoire de la Pensée Classique (IHPC), École normale supérieure - Lyon (ENS Lyon)-Université Lumière - Lyon 2 (UL2)-Université Blaise Pascal - Clermont-Ferrand 2 (UBP)-Université Jean Monnet [Saint-Étienne] (UJM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), CHU Bordeaux [Bordeaux], Maladies infectieuses et vecteurs : écologie, génétique, évolution et contrôle (MIVEGEC), Université de Montpellier (UM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD [France-Sud]), Laboratoire de Microbiologie (CHD de la Roche-Sur-Yon), CHD Vendee (La Roche Sur Yon), Cibles et médicaments de l'infection, de l'immunité et du cancer (IICiMed), Université de Nantes - UFR des Sciences Pharmaceutiques et Biologiques, Université de Nantes (UN)-Université de Nantes (UN), Laboratoire de recherche en Hydrodynamique, Énergétique et Environnement Atmosphérique (LHEEA), École Centrale de Nantes (ECN)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire Adaptation et pathogénie des micro-organismes [Grenoble] (LAPM), Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre méditerranéen de médecine moléculaire (C3M), Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (... - 2019) (UNS), COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015 - 2019) (COMUE UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015 - 2019) (COMUE UCA)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), CHU Gabriel Montpied (CHU), CHU Clermont-Ferrand, Université de Poitiers-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Hôpital de la Cavale Blanche - CHRU Brest (CHU - BREST ), SFR CAP Santé (Champagne-Ardenne Picardie Santé), Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne (URCA)-Université de Picardie Jules Verne (UPJV)-Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne (URCA)-Université de Picardie Jules Verne (UPJV)-Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne (URCA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Departments of Medical Parasitology and Mycology, Service de néphrologie, Sagem - SAFRAN Gr., Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA), Centre National de Référence (CNR) Toxoplasmose/Toxoplasma Biological Resource Center (BRC) (CNR Toxoplasmose-Toxoplasma BRC), CHU Limoges, Service de Parasitologie-Mycologie [CHRU Nancy], Stress, Immunité, Pathogènes (SIMPA), Université de Lorraine (UL), Appareil Digestif Environnement Nutrition (ADEN ), Université de Rouen Normandie (UNIROUEN), Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU), Groupe Immunité des Muqueuses et Agents Pathogènes (GIMAP), Université Jean Monnet [Saint-Étienne] (UJM), Service de parasitologie et de mycologie, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD [France-Sud])-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Montpellier (UM), Centre hospitalier universitaire de Nantes (CHU Nantes), Laboratoire Chrono-environnement - CNRS - UFC (UMR 6249) (LCE), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Franche-Comté (UFC), Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté [COMUE] (UBFC)-Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté [COMUE] (UBFC), Infections Parasitaires : Transmission, Physiopathologie et Thérapeutiques (IP-TPT), Service de Santé des Armées-Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Marseille (APHM)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), Groupe d'Étude des Interactions Hôte-Pathogène (GEIHP), Université d'Angers (UA), Laboratoire de Parasitologie et Mycologiede [CHRU Brest], Laboratoire de parasitologie et de mycologie médicales [CHU Amiens], CHU Amiens-Picardie, Service de parasitologie et mycologie [CHRU de Besançon], Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire de Besançon (CHRU Besançon), Laboratoire Chrono-environnement - CNRS - UBFC (UMR 6249) (LCE), Périnatalité et Risques Toxiques - UMR INERIS_I 1 (PERITOX), Université de Picardie Jules Verne (UPJV)-CHU Amiens-Picardie-Institut National de l'Environnement Industriel et des Risques, Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Hôpitaux Universitaires Paris Ouest - Hôpitaux Universitaires Île de France Ouest (HUPO)-Hôpitaux Universitaires Paris Ouest - Hôpitaux Universitaires Île de France Ouest (HUPO), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF), COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA), CHU Gabriel Montpied [Clermont-Ferrand], Mycologie moléculaire, Institut Pasteur [Paris]-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut d’Histoire des Représentations et des Idées dans les Modernités (IHRIM), Université Lumière - Lyon 2 (UL2)-École normale supérieure - Lyon (ENS Lyon)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Blaise Pascal - Clermont-Ferrand 2 (UBP)-Université Jean Moulin - Lyon 3 (UJML), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Université Clermont Auvergne (UCA)-Université Jean Monnet [Saint-Étienne] (UJM), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Marseille (APHM)-Service de Santé des Armées, Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire de Tours (CHRU Tours), Université de Tours (UT)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail (ANSES)-Université de Rouen Normandie (UNIROUEN), Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne (URCA), and COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)
Subjects: Microbiology (medical), medicine.medical_specialty, Genotype, Pneumocystis carinii, Organ transplantation, Disease Outbreaks, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, genotypes, Surveys and Questionnaires, Internal medicine, Humans, Medicine, Pneumocystis jirovecii, [SDV.MP.PAR]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Microbiology and Parasitology/Parasitology, 030212 general & internal medicine, Genotyping, ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS, [SDV.MP.MYC]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Microbiology and Parasitology/Mycology, Retrospective Studies, Transplant recipients, [SDV.EE.SANT]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Ecology, environment/Health, 0303 health sciences, biology, 030306 microbiology, business.industry, Pneumocystis, Pneumonia, Pneumocystis, Outbreak, Organ Transplantation, biology.organism_classification, 3. Good health, Transplantation, Infectious Diseases, Renal transplant, France, business, Pneumocystis Infections
Abstract: The burden of nosocomial Pneumocystis infections in transplantation units in France was evaluated through a retrospective survey. Over 12 years, 16 outbreaks occurred, including 13 among renal transplant recipients (RTRs). We performed Pneumocystis jirovecii genotyping in 5 outbreaks, which suggested that specific strains may have been selected by RTRs.
Published: 2019

27. Comparative Evaluation of Commercial Concentration Procedures for Human Intestinal Parasite Detection

Author: Damien Costa, Denis Lemeteil, Loïc Favennec, Gilles Gargala, Romy Razakandrainibe, Jean Jacques Ballet, CHU Rouen, Normandie Université (NU), Epidémiosurveillance de protozooses à transmission alimentaire et vectorielle (ESCAPE), Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne (URCA)-Université de Rouen Normandie (UNIROUEN), Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail (ANSES), Immunité de l'infection et transplantations, Université de Caen Normandie (UNICAEN), Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU), Appareil Digestif Environnement Nutrition (ADEN ), and Université de Rouen Normandie (UNIROUEN)
Subjects: Adult, Male, 0301 basic medicine, Veterinary medicine, Concentration, Adolescent, [SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio], 030106 microbiology, Clinical Biochemistry, Intestinal parasite, Stool specimen, medicine.disease_cause, Specimen Handling, Comparative evaluation, Feces, Young Adult, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, medicine, Helminth, Animals, Humans, Helminths, Parasite hosting, Parasites, 030212 general & internal medicine, Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic, Protozoa, Child, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, biology, Clinical Laboratory Techniques, Diagnostic Tests, Routine, Biochemistry (medical), Infant, Middle Aged, biology.organism_classification, 3. Good health, Parasite, Detection, Stool, Child, Preschool, Parasitic Intestinal Diseases, Female
Abstract: BackgroundEffective stool concentration is essential in microscopically based diagnosis of human intestinal parasite infections.ObjectiveTo compare the performances of 4 concentration commercial kits and 1 homemade procedure in 96 clinical stool specimens that tested positive for the detection of 9 helminth and 8 protozoa parasites.MethodsThe presence or absence of parasite forms was microscopically determined under conditions of standard practice. Also, we established the accuracies, concentration factors, and extraction yields.ResultsNo difference was observed between procedures for preconcentration specimens that tested positive. However, for preconcentration specimens that tested negative, we discovered that the homemade procedure was the most effective, and 2 of the 4 commercial kits were discovered to be satisfactory for routine applications.ConclusionsFor all parasites, procedures with biphasic solvents exhibited higher performances than organic solvent-free procedures. For the first time, the effectiveness of commercial concentration kits has been evaluated on several common stool parasites, and the results suggest that improvement of commercial procedures is possible.
Published: 2019

28. Environmental transmission of Toxoplasma gondii: Oocysts in water, soil and food

Author: Luz A. de Wit, Brent R. Dixon, Elizabeth VanWormer, Aurélien Dumètre, Lillian Bahia-Oliveira, Karen Shapiro, Isabelle Villena, Vecteurs - Infections tropicales et méditerranéennes (VITROME), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut de Recherche Biomédicale des Armées (IRBA), Institut Hospitalier Universitaire Méditerranée Infection (IHU Marseille), Epidémiosurveillance de protozooses à transmission alimentaire et vectorielle (ESCAPE), Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail (ANSES)-Université de Rouen Normandie (UNIROUEN), Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne (URCA), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut de Recherche Biomédicale des Armées [Brétigny-sur-Orge] (IRBA), Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne (URCA)-Université de Rouen Normandie (UNIROUEN), Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail (ANSES), and ANR-17-CE21-0005,STRIP,Les réponses aux stress chez les parasites protozoaires d'origine alimentaire Toxoplasma gondii et Cryptosporidium spp(2017)
Subjects: 0301 basic medicine, Epidemiology, 030231 tropical medicine, Wildlife, Toxoplasma gondii, Zoology, Biology, lcsh:Infectious and parasitic diseases, Oocyst, Soil, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, [SDV.MHEP.CSC]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Human health and pathology/Cardiology and cardiovascular system, [SDV.MHEP.MI]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Human health and pathology/Infectious diseases, parasitic diseases, medicine, Transmission, 2.2 Factors relating to the physical environment, Parasite hosting, [SDV.MP.PAR]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Microbiology and Parasitology/Parasitology, Ecosystem, lcsh:RC109-216, Aetiology, ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS, [SDV.MHEP.ME]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Human health and pathology/Emerging diseases, Transmission (medicine), Prevention, Aquatic ecosystem, fungi, Water, 030108 mycology & parasitology, Foodborne Illness, medicine.disease, biology.organism_classification, [SDV.MP.BAC]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Microbiology and Parasitology/Bacteriology, Protozoan parasite, Toxoplasmosis, 3. Good health, Infectious Diseases, Emerging Infectious Diseases, Good Health and Well Being, Food, Medical Microbiology, [SDV.MP.VIR]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Microbiology and Parasitology/Virology, Parasitology, Infection
Abstract: Toxoplasma gondii is a zoonotic protozoan parasite that can cause morbidity and mortality in humans, domestic animals, and terrestrial and aquatic wildlife. The environmentally robust oocyst stage of T. gondii is fundamentally critical to the parasite's success, both in terms of its worldwide distribution as well as the extensive range of infected intermediate hosts. Despite the limited definitive host species (domestic and wild felids), infections have been reported on every continent, and in terrestrial as well as aquatic environments. The remarkable resistance of the oocyst wall enables dissemination of T. gondii through watersheds and ecosystems, and long-term persistence in diverse foods such as shellfish and fresh produce. Here, we review the key attributes of oocyst biophysical properties that confer their ability to disseminate and survive in the environment, as well as the epidemiological dynamics of oocyst sources including domestic and wild felids. This manuscript further provides a comprehensive review of the pathways by which T. gondii oocysts can infect animals and people through the environment, including in contaminated foods, water or soil. We conclude by identifying critical control points for reducing risk of exposure to oocysts as well as opportunities for future synergies and new directions for research aimed at reducing the burden of oocyst-borne toxoplasmosis in humans, domestic animals, and wildlife. Keywords: Toxoplasma gondii, Oocyst, Transmission, Water, Soil, Food
Published: 2019

29. Light chain lambda myeloma with fatal AL cardiac amyloidosis in a 21‐year‐old patient: A case report and review

Author: Sydney Dubois, Elena-Liana Veresezan, Arnaud Jaccard, Fabrice Jardin, Vincent Camus, Arnaud François, Pascal Lenain, Dominique Penther, Fabrice Bauer, Pierre-Alain Thiebaut, Jean-Michel Picquenot, Stéphane Leprêtre, Génomique et Médecine Personnalisée du Cancer et des Maladies Neuropsychiatriques (GPMCND), Université de Rouen Normandie (UNIROUEN), Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Service de Médecine Interne [CHU Rouen], CHU Rouen, Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-Université de Rouen Normandie (UNIROUEN), Normandie Université (NU), Département de Pathologie [CHU Rouen], Epidémiosurveillance de protozooses à transmission alimentaire et vectorielle (ESCAPE), Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail (ANSES)-Université de Rouen Normandie (UNIROUEN), Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne (URCA), Département d'Oncologie Génétique [Rouen] (CLCC Henri Becquerel), Centre de Lutte Contre le Cancer Henri Becquerel Normandie Rouen (CLCC Henri Becquerel), Service de cardiologie [CHU Rouen], Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-CHU Rouen, CNR de l'amylose AL et des autres maladies par dépôt d'immunoglobulines monoclonales [CHU Limoges], Hôpital Dupuytren [CHU Limoges], VILLIER, Venceslas, Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne (URCA)-Université de Rouen Normandie (UNIROUEN), and Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail (ANSES)
Subjects: Pathology, medicine.medical_specialty, multi‐organ amyloidosis, medicine.medical_treatment, [SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio], lcsh:Medicine, Concentric hypertrophy, Case Report, Case Reports, Disease, 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology, Immunoglobulin light chain, chemotherapy, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, AL amyloidosis, medicine, cardiac involvement, lcsh:R5-920, Chemotherapy, [SDV.MHEP] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Human health and pathology, business.industry, lcsh:R, Daratumumab, Combination chemotherapy, General Medicine, medicine.disease, daratumumab, 3. Good health, [SDV] Life Sciences [q-bio], Cardiac amyloidosis, 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis, light chain myeloma, lcsh:Medicine (General), business, [SDV.MHEP]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Human health and pathology
Abstract: International audience; Multi-organ AL amyloidosis is a therapeutic challenge because of light chain deposits severely damaging the function of concerned organs. Cardiac involvement, which leads to concentric hypertrophy of both ventricles, is particularly severe and leads to poor prognosis regardless of combination chemotherapy. This case pinpoints the relevance of combining clinical, histological, and echocardiographic information in the management of this complex and life-threatening disease.
Published: 2019

30. Prevalence, geographic risk factor, and development of a standardized protocol for fungal isolation in cystic fibrosis: Results from the international prospective study 'MFIP'

Author: Laurence Delhaes, Florent Morio, Wieland Meyer, Jean-Philippe Bouchara, A. Biffi, E. Manso, Gabriella Ricciotti, Rafael Cantón, Patrice Le Pape, Gilles Nevez, Maiz-Luis Carro, Kada Touati, Walter Buzina, Lisa Cariani, Ersilia Fiscarelli, Marc Pihet, Elia Gómez, Frédéric Grenouillet, Françoise Botterel, Veroniek Saegeman, Muriel Cornet, Alain Duhamel, Silvia Campana, Solène Le Gal, Katrien Lagrou, Odile Faure-Cognet, Eric Dannaoui, Sharon C.-A. Chen, Andrew M. Borman, Emmanuel Roilides, Loïc Favennec, Maria Simitsopoulou, Thérapeutique Recombinante Expérimentale (TIMC-IMAG-TheREx), Techniques de l'Ingénierie Médicale et de la Complexité - Informatique, Mathématiques et Applications, Grenoble - UMR 5525 (TIMC-IMAG), Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP )-VetAgro Sup - Institut national d'enseignement supérieur et de recherche en alimentation, santé animale, sciences agronomiques et de l'environnement (VAS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Grenoble Alpes [2016-2019] (UGA [2016-2019])-Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP )-VetAgro Sup - Institut national d'enseignement supérieur et de recherche en alimentation, santé animale, sciences agronomiques et de l'environnement (VAS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Grenoble Alpes [2016-2019] (UGA [2016-2019]), Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal [Madrid], Universidad de Alcalá - University of Alcalá (UAH), Laboratoire de Parasitologie-Mycologie, Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Hôpital Henri Mondor-Université Paris-Est Créteil Val-de-Marne - Paris 12 (UPEC UP12), Centre hospitalier universitaire de Nantes (CHU Nantes), Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire de Besançon (CHRU Besançon), Laboratoire Chrono-environnement - CNRS - UBFC (UMR 6249) (LCE), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Franche-Comté (UFC), Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté [COMUE] (UBFC)-Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté [COMUE] (UBFC), Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne (URCA), Université de Rouen Normandie (UNIROUEN), Normandie Université (NU), Epidémiosurveillance de protozooses à transmission alimentaire et vectorielle (ESCAPE), Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne (URCA)-Université de Rouen Normandie (UNIROUEN), Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail (ANSES), Groupe d'Étude des Interactions Hôte-Pathogène (GEIHP), Université d'Angers (UA), Laboratoire de Parasitologie et Mycologiede [CHRU Brest], Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire de Brest (CHRU Brest), Mycology Reference Laboratory, Health Protection Agency, Catholic University of Leuven - Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KU Leuven), The University of Sydney, Third Department of Pediatrics, Aristotle University, Ippokration Hospital of Thessaloniki, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda - Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, and Children's Hospital Bambino Gesù IRCCS [Rome]
Subjects: Male, Microbiological Techniques, 0301 basic medicine, Cystic Fibrosis, International Cooperation, [SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio], Cystic fibrosis, Aspergillus fumigatus, Molds, 0302 clinical medicine, Risk Factors, Prevalence, Prospective Studies, Prospective cohort study, ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS, education.field_of_study, biology, 3. Good health, Aspergillus, Female, medicine.symptom, Cladosporium, Adult, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, medicine.medical_specialty, Filamentous fungi, Lung mycobiota, Population, Context (language use), Specimen Handling, 03 medical and health sciences, Internal medicine, Mycological examination, medicine, Humans, education, Lung Diseases, Fungal, business.industry, Fungi, Sputum, Reproducibility of Results, medicine.disease, biology.organism_classification, Culture Media, 030104 developmental biology, 030228 respiratory system, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, business, [SDV.MHEP]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Human health and pathology
Abstract: © 2018 Background: Fungi are increasingly recognized for their potential role in contributing to pulmonary damage in Cystic Fibrosis (CF). We therefore designed a prospective international study aimed at (i) determining the prevalence of fungi isolated from sputum samples collected from a large CF population, (ii) comparing the performance of different media used for fungal culture, and (iii) proposing a standardized protocol suitable for CF routine microbiology. Methods: An international, consensually designed prospective study was set up (https://www.ecfs.eu/special-projects/mucofong-international-project). All centers worked according to the same protocol approved by Lille Ethical Committee. CF sputa were inoculated onto eight semi-selective media incubated at 37 °C or 25 °C–30 °C for 15 days, and inspected twice weekly for fungal growth. Results: A total of 469 sputa were collected from patients at 18 European and one Australian CF centers. Positive cultures for fungal growth were significantly associated with patient ages. Aspergillus fumigatus was the most frequently isolated mold. We identified a growing European North-to-South gradient of Scedosporium prevalence, while yeasts, Aspergillus section Fumigati, Cladosporium and Penicillium were significantly more prevalent in the Northern regions. Conclusions: According to the CHi-squared Automatic Interaction Detector method, we propose a consensual protocol based on two media (YPDA or Sabouraud medium, and B(+) medium) to detect the main opportunistic molds in CF context; the use of an additional medium being recommended according to the patient's clinical status. This standardized protocol allows us to have an accurate overview of the respiratory mycobiome on the culturomic side in CF. ispartof: JOURNAL OF CYSTIC FIBROSIS vol:18 issue:2 pages:212-220 ispartof: location:Netherlands status: published
Published: 2019

31. Multicentre study to determine the Etest epidemiological cut-off values of antifungal drugs in Candida spp. and Aspergillus fumigatus species complex

Author: Didier Dupont, Jean-Pierre Gangneux, Hélène Guegan, Laurence Lachaud, Milène Sasso, B. Bouteille, Sandrine Houzé, F. Persat, Laurence Delhaes, Damien Costa, Nathalie Bourgeois, Eric Dannaoui, Françoise Botterel, Sophie Cassaing, Loïc Favennec, E. Charpentier, Arnaud Fekkar, M. Salsé, CHU Pontchaillou [Rennes], Institut de recherche en santé, environnement et travail (Irset), Université d'Angers (UA)-Université de Rennes (UR)-École des Hautes Études en Santé Publique [EHESP] (EHESP)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Structure Fédérative de Recherche en Biologie et Santé de Rennes ( Biosit : Biologie - Santé - Innovation Technologique ), CHU Bordeaux [Bordeaux], CHU Pitié-Salpêtrière [AP-HP], Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Sorbonne Université (SU), Epidémiosurveillance de protozooses à transmission alimentaire et vectorielle (ESCAPE), Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne (URCA)-Université de Rouen Normandie (UNIROUEN), Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail (ANSES), CHU Montpellier, Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire [Montpellier] (CHRU Montpellier), CHU Limoges, Services de Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales [CHU Bichat], AP-HP - Hôpital Bichat - Claude Bernard [Paris], Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP), Hospices Civils de Lyon (HCL), Hôpital Lapeyronie [Montpellier] (CHU), Université d'Angers (UA)-Université de Rennes 1 (UR1), Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES)-Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES)-École des Hautes Études en Santé Publique [EHESP] (EHESP)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Structure Fédérative de Recherche en Biologie et Santé de Rennes ( Biosit : Biologie - Santé - Innovation Technologique ), Sorbonne Université (SU)-Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP), Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail (ANSES)-Université de Rouen Normandie (UNIROUEN), and Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne (URCA)
Subjects: 0301 basic medicine, Microbiology (medical), Epidemiological cut-off values, Antifungal Agents, Endpoint Determination, [SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio], 030106 microbiology, Microbial Sensitivity Tests, Candida parapsilosis, Microbiology, Candida tropicalis, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Disk Diffusion Antimicrobial Tests, Drug Resistance, Fungal, Candida krusei, medicine, Humans, 030212 general & internal medicine, Candida albicans, Etest, ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS, Candida, Retrospective Studies, biology, Candida glabrata, business.industry, Candida lusitaniae, Aspergillus fumigatus, General Medicine, bacterial infections and mycoses, biology.organism_classification, 3. Good health, Infectious Diseases, Aspergillus, Mycoses, Anidulafungin, France, business, medicine.drug
Abstract: Objectives To determine the Etest-based epidemiological cut-off values (ECVs) for antifungal agents against the most frequent yeast and Aspergillus fumigatus species isolated in 12 French hospitals. Methods For each antifungal agent, the Etest MICs in yeast and A. fumigatus isolates from 12 French laboratories were retrospectively collected from 2004 to 2018. The ECVs were then calculated using the iterative statistical method with a 97.5% cut-off. Results Forty-eight Etest ECVs were determined for amphotericin B, caspofungin, micafungin, anidulafungin, fluconazole, voriconazole, posaconazole and itraconazole, after pooling and analysing the MICs of 9654 Candida albicans, 2939 Candida glabrata SC, 1458 Candida parapsilosis SC, 1148 Candida tropicalis, 575 Candida krusei, 518 Candida kefyr, 241 Candida lusitaniae, 131 Candida guilliermondii and 1526 Aspergillus fumigatus species complex isolates. These ECVs were 100% concordant (identical or within one two-fold dilution) with the previously reported Etest-based ECVs (when available), and they were concordant in 76.1% of cases with the Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute ECVs and in 81.6% of cases with the European Committee on Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing ECVs. Conclusions On the basis of these and other previous results, we recommend the determination of method-dependent ECVs. Etest ECVs should not be used instead of breakpoints, but may be useful to identify non-wild-type isolates with potential resistance to antifungal agents, and to indicate that an isolate may not respond as expected to the standard treatment.
Published: 2019

32. Toxoplasma gondii Oocyst Infectivity Assessed Using a Sporocyst-Based Cell Culture Assay Combined with Quantitative PCR for Environmental Applications

Author: Dominique Aubert, Sandie Escotte-Binet, Isabelle Villena, Angélique Rousseau, Sophie Kubina, Aurélien Dumètre, Sophie Chagneau, Loïc Favennec, Aurélie Bigot-Clivot, Jitender P. Dubey, Stéphanie La Carbona, Didier Majou, Protozooses Transmises par l'Alimentation (Cryptosporidiose, Giardose et Toxoplasmose) : Mode de Contamination et Pathogénie (PROTAL) - EA 3800 (PROTAL), Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail (ANSES)-Université de Rouen Normandie (UNIROUEN), Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-SFR CAP Santé (Champagne-Ardenne Picardie Santé), Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne (URCA)-Université de Picardie Jules Verne (UPJV)-Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne (URCA)-Université de Picardie Jules Verne (UPJV)-Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne (URCA), ACTALIA [Villers-Bocage], Vecteurs - Infections tropicales et méditerranéennes (VITROME), Institut de Recherche Biomédicale des Armées (IRBA)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU), Institut Hospitalier Universitaire Méditerranée Infection (IHU Marseille), Epidémiosurveillance de protozooses à transmission alimentaire et vectorielle (ESCAPE), Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne (URCA), Animal Parasitic Diseases Laboratory [Beltsville, USA], United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)-USDA Agricultural Research Service [Beltsville, Maryland], USDA-ARS : Agricultural Research Service-USDA-ARS : Agricultural Research Service, ACTIA, Stress Environnementaux et BIOsurveillance des milieux aquatiques (SEBIO), Institut National de l'Environnement Industriel et des Risques (INERIS)-Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne (URCA)-Université Le Havre Normandie (ULH), Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-SFR Condorcet, Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne (URCA)-Université de Picardie Jules Verne (UPJV)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne (URCA)-Université de Picardie Jules Verne (UPJV)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne (URCA)-Université de Rouen Normandie (UNIROUEN), Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail (ANSES)-SFR CAP Santé (Champagne-Ardenne Picardie Santé), Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne (URCA)-Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne (URCA), Actalia [Saint-Lô], Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut de Recherche Biomédicale des Armées [Brétigny-sur-Orge] (IRBA), Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail (ANSES), Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne (URCA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne (URCA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), and ANR-17-CE21-0005,STRIP,Les réponses aux stress chez les parasites protozoaires d'origine alimentaire Toxoplasma gondii et Cryptosporidium spp(2017)
Subjects: Cell Culture Techniques, 010501 environmental sciences, Biology, Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction, 01 natural sciences, Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, Microbiology, 03 medical and health sciences, Mice, [SDV.MHEP.MI]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Human health and pathology/Infectious diseases, Waterborne Diseases, parasitic diseases, medicine, Ingestion, Animals, [SDV.MP.PAR]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Microbiology and Parasitology/Parasitology, 0105 earth and related environmental sciences, Infectivity, 0303 health sciences, Ecology, 030306 microbiology, Public and Environmental Health Microbiology, fungi, Oocysts, Toxoplasma gondii, Outbreak, Water, Mussel, DNA, Protozoan, medicine.disease, biology.organism_classification, Toxoplasmosis, 3. Good health, Bivalvia, Disease Models, Animal, Cell culture, Food, Biological Assay, Female, [SDV.IB]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Bioengineering, Cell culture assays, Toxoplasma, Food Science, Biotechnology, Environmental Monitoring
Abstract: Toxoplasma gondii is a ubiquitous foodborne protozoan that can infect humans at low dose and displays different prevalences among countries in the world. Ingestion of food or water contaminated with small amounts of T. gondii oocysts may result in human infection. However, there are no regulations for monitoring oocysts in food, mainly because of a lack of standardized methods to detect them. The objectives of this study were (i) to develop a reliable method, applicable in biomonitoring, for the rapid detection of infectious oocysts by cell culture of their sporocysts combined with quantitative PCR (sporocyst-CC-qPCR) and (ii) to adapt this method to blue and zebra mussels experimentally contaminated by oocysts with the objective to use these organisms as sentinels of aquatic environments. Combining mechanical treatment and bead beating leads to the release of 84% ± 14% of free sporocysts. The sporocyst-CC-qPCR detected fewer than ten infectious oocysts in water within 4 days (1 day of contact and 3 days of cell culture) compared to detection after 4 weeks by mouse bioassay. For both mussel matrices, oocysts were prepurified using a 30% Percoll gradient and treated with sodium hypochlorite before cell culture of their sporocysts. This assay was able to detect as few as ten infective oocysts. This sporocyst-based CC-qPCR appears to be a good alternative to mouse bioassay for monitoring infectious T. gondii oocysts directly in water and also using biological sentinel mussel species. This method offers a new perspective to assess the environmental risk for human health associated with this parasite. IMPORTANCE The ubiquitous protozoan Toxoplasma gondii is the subject of renewed interest due to the spread of oocysts in water and food causing endemic and epidemic outbreaks of toxoplasmosis in humans and animals worldwide. Displaying a sensitivity close to animal models, cell culture represents a real alternative to assess the infectivity of oocysts in water and in biological sentinel mussels. This method opens interesting perspectives for evaluating human exposure to infectious T. gondii oocysts in the environment, where oocyst amounts are considered to be very small.
Published: 2019

33. Comparison of Two Luminex Single-antigen Bead Flow Cytometry Assays for Detection of Donor-specific Antibodies After Renal Transplantation

Author: Dominique Guerrot, Frédérique Hamelin, Arnaud François, Fabienne Farce, Françoise Hau, Dominique Bertrand, Isabelle Etienne, Charlotte Laurent, Institut de Recherche en Communications et en Cybernétique de Nantes (IRCCyN), Mines Nantes (Mines Nantes)-École Centrale de Nantes (ECN)-Ecole Polytechnique de l'Université de Nantes (EPUN), Université de Nantes (UN)-Université de Nantes (UN)-PRES Université Nantes Angers Le Mans (UNAM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Service de Médecine Interne [CHU Saint-Antoine], CHU Saint-Antoine [AP-HP], Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Sorbonne Université (SU), Equipe de Recherche sur les Rationalités Philosophiques et les Savoirs (ERRAPHIS), Université Toulouse - Jean Jaurès (UT2J), Epidémiosurveillance de protozooses à transmission alimentaire et vectorielle (ESCAPE), Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail (ANSES)-Université de Rouen Normandie (UNIROUEN), Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne (URCA), Service de Néphrologie [Rouen], Université de Rouen Normandie (UNIROUEN), Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-CHU Rouen, Normandie Université (NU), Service de néphrologie [Rennes], Université de Rennes 1 (UR1), Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES)-Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES)-Hôpital Pontchaillou-CHU Pontchaillou [Rennes], Etablissement français du sang - Normandie (EFS), Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Sorbonne Université (SU), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT), Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne (URCA)-Université de Rouen Normandie (UNIROUEN), Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail (ANSES), CHU Rouen, Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-Université de Rouen Normandie (UNIROUEN), and Université de Rennes (UR)-Hôpital Pontchaillou-CHU Pontchaillou [Rennes]
Subjects: Adult, Graft Rejection, Male, Adolescent, Biopsy, [SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio], Immunologic Tests, 030230 surgery, Antibodies, Flow cytometry, Young Adult, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, medicine, Humans, Hla antibodies, [SDV.BBM]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Single antigen bead, Kidney transplantation, ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS, Aged, Transplantation, Kidney, medicine.diagnostic_test, business.industry, Donor specific antibodies, Graft Survival, Middle Aged, Flow Cytometry, medicine.disease, Kidney Transplantation, Molecular biology, Tissue Donors, 3. Good health, medicine.anatomical_structure, Kidney Failure, Chronic, Female, 030211 gastroenterology & hepatology, business
Abstract: Defining the clinical relevance of donor-specific HLA antibodies (DSA) detection by Luminex single-antigen (LSA) flow beads assay is critical in monitoring posttransplant outcome.Sera of kidney transplanted patients were tested by LSA1 and LSA2 with One Lambda Labscreen (test 1) and Immucor Lifecodes (test 2), at the time of a graft biopsy. The first group (G1, n = 50) had a biopsy highly suggestive of humoral rejection, and the second (G2, n = 50) had no criteria of rejection. Positivity criteria for DSA was mean fluorescence intensity greater than 500 for test 1, whereas specificity assignation respected the provider's recommendations for test 2.In G1, we identified at least 1 DSA in 44 patients with test 1, and in 39 patients with test 2. In G2, test 1 identified at least 1 DSA in 16 (32%) patients and test 2 in 7 (14%) patients. Sensitivity and specificity for antibody-mediated rejection diagnosis was 88% and 68%, respectively, with One Lambda, and 78% and 86%, respectively, with Immucor. Correlation and agreement were found in class I and II between intensity parameters of the 2 manufacturers. The use of the sum of the intensity of DSA improved the sensitivity and specificity of the 2 tests.We report the first comparative study of the 2 Luminex assays available for detecting DSA in the postkidney transplant setting. Although there is a good correlation and reliability between the 2 assays, significant differences exist. Positivity criteria for DSA determination differ and interpretation should take these specificities into account.
Published: 2019

34. Exposure of yellow-legged gulls to

Author: Lokman Galal, Aurélien Mercier, Yaiza Parra-Torres, Jessica Pearce-Duvet, Jacob González-Solís, Thierry Boulinier, Amandine Gamble, Daniel Oro, Isabelle Villena, Tomás Montalvo, Raül Ramos, Abdessalem Hammouda, Slaheddine Selmi, Centre d’Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive (CEFE), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Montpellier (UM)-École pratique des hautes études (EPHE), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Centre international d'études supérieures en sciences agronomiques (Montpellier SupAgro)-Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-Université Paul-Valéry - Montpellier 3 (UPVM)-Institut national d’études supérieures agronomiques de Montpellier (Montpellier SupAgro), Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro)-Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD [France-Sud]), Department of Evolutionary Biology, Ecology and Environmental Sciences [Barcelona, Spain] (Faculty of Biology), University of Barcelona, Neuroépidémiologie Tropicale (NET), CHU Limoges-Institut d'Epidémiologie Neurologique et de Neurologie Tropicale-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Institut Génomique, Environnement, Immunité, Santé, Thérapeutique (GEIST), Université de Limoges (UNILIM)-Université de Limoges (UNILIM), Protozooses Transmises par l'Alimentation (Cryptosporidiose, Giardose et Toxoplasmose) : Mode de Contamination et Pathogénie (PROTAL) - EA 3800 (PROTAL), Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail (ANSES)-Université de Rouen Normandie (UNIROUEN), Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-SFR CAP Santé (Champagne-Ardenne Picardie Santé), Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne (URCA)-Université de Picardie Jules Verne (UPJV)-Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne (URCA)-Université de Picardie Jules Verne (UPJV)-Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne (URCA), Servei de Vigilància i Control de Plagues Urbanes [Barcelona, Spain], Agència de salut pública de barcelona, CIBER de Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), UR 17ES44 'Ecologie de la Faune Terrestre' [Gabès, Tunisia] (Faculté des Sciences de Gabès), Université de Gabès, Institut Mediterrani d'Estudis Avançats [Esporles, Spain] (CSIC-UIB), Institut Mediterrani d'estudis Avançats, Mallorca, Spain, Centre for Advanced Studies [Blanes, Spain] (CEAB-CSIC), Centre for Advanced Studies of Blanes (CEAB-CSIC), Université Paul-Valéry - Montpellier 3 (UPVM)-Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-Centre international d'études supérieures en sciences agronomiques (Montpellier SupAgro)-École Pratique des Hautes Études (EPHE), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université de Montpellier (UM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD [France-Sud])-Institut national d’études supérieures agronomiques de Montpellier (Montpellier SupAgro), Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne (URCA)-Université de Rouen Normandie (UNIROUEN), Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail (ANSES)-SFR CAP Santé (Champagne-Ardenne Picardie Santé), Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne (URCA)-Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne (URCA), ANR-17-CE35-0004,IntroTox,PHENOMÈNES D'INTROGRESSIONS DANS L'ÉTUDE DE LA DIVERSITÉ GÉNÉTIQUE DU TOXOPLASME ENTRE LA FRANCE ET L'AFRIQUE DE L'OUEST ET CENTRALE : DES INFLUENCES HUMAINES ET ENVIRONEMENTALES(2017), Université Paul-Valéry - Montpellier 3 (UM3)-Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-Centre international d'études supérieures en sciences agronomiques (Montpellier SupAgro)-École pratique des hautes études (EPHE)-Université de Montpellier (UM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD [France-Sud])-Institut national d’études supérieures agronomiques de Montpellier (Montpellier SupAgro), Institut Génomique, Environnement, Immunité, Santé, Thérapeutique (GEIST), Université de Limoges (UNILIM)-Université de Limoges (UNILIM)-CHU Limoges-Institut d'Epidémiologie Neurologique et de Neurologie Tropicale-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Departament de Biologia Animal, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona [Barcelona] (UAB), Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas (CSIC), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas [Spain] (CSIC), Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne (URCA), Servei de Vigilància i Control de Plagues Urbanes, Department of Animal Biology (Institute for Research on Biodiversity (IRBio)), Instituto Mediterráneo de Estudios Avanzados (CSIC-UIB) (IMEDEA), CCSD, Accord Elsevier, Université Paul-Valéry - Montpellier 3 (UPVM)-Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-Centre international d'études supérieures en sciences agronomiques (Montpellier SupAgro)-École pratique des hautes études (EPHE), and Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne (URCA)-Université de Picardie Jules Verne (UPJV)-Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne (URCA)-Université de Picardie Jules Verne (UPJV)
Subjects: 0106 biological sciences, Mediterranean climate, Stable isotope analysis, Occupancy, Population, Wildlife, Zoology, Toxoplasma gondii, 010603 evolutionary biology, 01 natural sciences, Sampling strategy, Article, 03 medical and health sciences, parasitic diseases, lcsh:Zoology, medicine, Parasite hosting, 14. Life underwater, lcsh:QL1-991, Mediterranean region, education, ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS, 030304 developmental biology, Immunoassay, 0303 health sciences, education.field_of_study, Eco-epidemiology, biology, medicine.disease, biology.organism_classification, Larus michahellis, Toxoplasmosis, 3. Good health, Infectious Diseases, [SDV.SPEE] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Santé publique et épidémiologie, [SDE]Environmental Sciences, embryonic structures, Animal Science and Zoology, Parasitology, [SDV.SPEE]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Santé publique et épidémiologie, [SDE.BE]Environmental Sciences/Biodiversity and Ecology
Abstract: Este artículo contiene 8 páginas, 4 figuras., Efficiently tracking and anticipating the dynamics of infectious agents in wild populations requires the gathering of large numbers of samples, if possible at several locations and points in time, which can be a challenge for some species. Testing for the presence of specific maternal antibodies in egg yolks sampled on the colonies could represent an efficient way to quantify the exposure of breeding females to infectious agents, particularly when using an abundant and widespread species, such as the yellow-legged gull (Larus michahellis). We used such an approach to explore spatio-temporal patterns of exposure to Toxoplasma gondii, a pathogenic protozoan responsible of toxoplasmosis in humans and other warm-blooded vertebrates. First, we tested the validity of this approach by exploring the repeatability of the detection of specific antibodies at the egg level using two different immunoassays and at the clutch level using an occupancy model. Then, samples gathered in 15 colonies from France, Spain and Tunisia were analysed using an immunoassay detecting antibodies specifically directed against T. gondii. Prevalence of specific antibodies in eggs was overall high while varying significantly among colonies. These results revealed that T. gondii circulated at a large spatial scale in the western Mediterranean yellow-legged gull population, highlighting its potential role in the maintenance community of this parasite. Additionally, this study illustrates how species commensal to human populations like large gulls can be used as wildlife sentinels for the tracking of infectious agents at the human-wildlife interface, notably by sampling eggs., This work is part of the “Goélands leucophée et pathogènes” observation task of OSU OREME and is a follow up of ANR projects EVEMATA (11-BSV7-003). Genotyping of T. gondii strains was funded as part of the ANR project IntroTox (17-CE35- 0004). AG was supported by a PhD fellowship from French Ministry of Research, RR by a postdoctoral contract of the Juan de la Cierva program, from the Spanish Ministry of Economy, Industry and Competitiveness (JCI-2012-11848) and JMCP by a Chateaubriand Fellowship.
Published: 2018

35. Prenatal therapy with pyrimethamine + sulfadiazine vs spiramycin to reduce placental transmission of toxoplasmosis: a multicenter, randomized trial

Author: Laurent Mandelbrot, François Kieffer, Rémi Sitta, Hélène Laurichesse-Delmas, Norbert Winer, Louis Mesnard, Alain Berrebi, Gwenaëlle Le Bouar, Jean-Paul Bory, Anne-Gaëlle Cordier, Yves Ville, Franck Perrotin, Jean-Marie Jouannic, Florence Biquard, Claude d’Ercole, Véronique Houfflin-Debarge, Isabelle Villena, Rodolphe Thiébaut, Denis Pons, C. Nourrisson, Rose-Anne Lavergne, Judith Fillaux, Corinne Assouline, Florence Robert-Gangneux, Coralie L’Ollivier, Florence Bretelle, Béatrice Guidicelli, Patricia Garcia, Anne-Gaelle Cordier, Alexandra Benachi, Christelle Vauloup-Fellous, Emmanuelle Letamendia, Marie-Elisabeth Bougnoux, Nathalie Van Langendonck, Jérôme Potin, Pierre Marty, Christelle Pomarès, Cynthia Trastour, Anne Sophie Deleplancque, Jean-Marc Costa, Marie-Thérèse Chève, Jean-Yves Col, Bernard Cimon, Y. Sterkers, Laurence Lachaud, Gilles Burlet, Martine Maréchaud, Estelle Perraud, Anne-Gaelle Grébille, Morgane Valentin, Sandrine Houzé, Sophie Omnès, Yvon Chitrit, Christine Boissinot, Hélène Yéra, Olivia Anselem, Vassilis Tsatsaris, Marie-Victoire Sénat, Florent Fuchs, Adela Angoulvant, Charles Muszynski, Anne Totet, Catherine Noël, Laurent Bidat, Tiphaine Barjat, Pierre Flori, Hervé Pelloux, Marie-Pierre Brenier-Pinchart, Catherine Thong-Vanh, Corinne Floch, Lionel Carbillon, Eric Lachassine, Aude Ricbourg, Luc Paris, Marc Dommergues, Thierry Rousseau, Frederic Dalle, Marie Laure Dardé, Véronique Aubard, Camille Olivier, Eric Verspyk, Loic Favennec, Service de gynécologie obstétrique, Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Hôpital Louis Mourier - AP-HP [Colombes], Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Hôpitaux Universitaires Paris Nord Val de Seine, Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP), Institut de Puériculture et de Périnatalogie, Santé publique et épidémiologie des déterminants professionnels et sociaux de la santé, Epidémiologie, sciences sociales, santé publique (IFR 69), Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (UP1)-Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-École des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS)-Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5 (UPD5)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (UP1)-Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-École des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS)-Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5 (UPD5)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Service de Gynécologie [CHU Clermont-Ferrand], CHU Estaing [Clermont-Ferrand], CHU Clermont-Ferrand-CHU Clermont-Ferrand, Physiopathologie des Adaptations Nutritionnelles (PhAN), Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-Université de Nantes (UN), Gynécologie‑Obstétrique, Service de Gynécologie et Obstétrique [Rennes] = Gynaecology [Rennes], CHU Pontchaillou [Rennes], Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5 (UPD5), CHU Necker - Enfants Malades [AP-HP], Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Reims (CHU Reims), CHRU Tours, Hôpital Bretonneau, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Service de Gynécologie-Obstétrique [CHU Trousseau], Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-CHU Trousseau [APHP], Service de gynécologie-obstétrique, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire d'Angers (CHU Angers), PRES Université Nantes Angers Le Mans (UNAM)-PRES Université Nantes Angers Le Mans (UNAM), Epidémiosurveillance de protozooses à transmission alimentaire et vectorielle (ESCAPE), Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne (URCA)-Université de Rouen Normandie (UNIROUEN), Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail (ANSES), Université de Bordeaux (UB), Centre de recherche sur la Paléobiodiversité et les Paléoenvironnements (CR2P), Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire Microorganismes : Génome et Environnement (LMGE), Université Blaise Pascal - Clermont-Ferrand 2 (UBP)-Université d'Auvergne - Clermont-Ferrand I (UdA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre de Physiopathologie Toulouse Purpan (CPTP), Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Service de Parasitologie et Mycologie, CHU Toulouse [Toulouse]-Institut Fédératif de Biologie (IFB) - Hôpital Purpan, Institut de recherche en santé, environnement et travail (Irset), Université d'Angers (UA)-Université de Rennes 1 (UR1), Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES)-Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES)-École des Hautes Études en Santé Publique [EHESP] (EHESP)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Structure Fédérative de Recherche en Biologie et Santé de Rennes ( Biosit : Biologie - Santé - Innovation Technologique ), Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Marseille (APHM), Gynépole, Aix Marseille Université (AMU)- Hôpital Nord [CHU - APHM], Service de gynécologie-obstétrique, médecine de la reproduction [Béclère], Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-AP-HP - Hôpital Antoine Béclère [Clamart], Division of Pediatrics and Neonatal Critical Care, FAME Department, South Paris, University Hospitals, 'A.Beclere' Medical Center-APHP, Service de Parasitologie-Mycologie-Médecine Tropicale, CHRU Bretonneau, Centre méditerranéen de médecine moléculaire (C3M), Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (1965 - 2019) (UNS), COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA), Anofel Cryptosporidium National Network, Institut de signalisation, biologie du développement et cancer (ISBDC), COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA), Laboratoire de Biologie Moléculaire, Hôpital américain, Groupe d'Étude des Interactions Hôte-Pathogène (GEIHP), Université d'Angers (UA), Biologie, Génétique et Pathologie des Pathogènes Eucaryotes (MIVEGEC-BioGEPPE), Pathogènes, Environnement, Santé Humaine (EPATH), Maladies infectieuses et vecteurs : écologie, génétique, évolution et contrôle (MIVEGEC), Université de Montpellier (UM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD [France-Sud])-Université de Montpellier (UM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD [France-Sud])-Maladies infectieuses et vecteurs : écologie, génétique, évolution et contrôle (MIVEGEC), Université de Montpellier (UM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD [France-Sud])-Université de Montpellier (UM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD [France-Sud]), Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire [Montpellier] (CHRU Montpellier), laboratoire parasitologie, CHU Bichat Paris, Ministère de la santé, Hôpital Louis Mourier - AP-HP [Colombes], Service de parasitologie-mycologie [CHU Cochin], Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Hôpital Cochin [AP-HP], Service de Gynécologie et Obstétrique [Cochin], Hôpital Cochin [AP-HP], Physiopathologie et Pharmacotoxicologie Placentaire Humaine (U1139), Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5 (UPD5)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Service de Gynécologie-Obstétrique [Bicêtre], Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Hôpital Bicêtre, Service de gynécologie-obstétrique et médecine de la reproduction, Université Montpellier 1 (UM1)-Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire [Montpellier] (CHRU Montpellier)-Hôpital Arnaud de Villeneuve, Biomécanique et Bioingénierie (BMBI), Université de Technologie de Compiègne (UTC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Departments of Medical Parasitology and Mycology, Centre Hospitalier René Dubos [Pontoise], Groupe Immunité des Muqueuses et Agents Pathogènes (GIMAP), Université Jean Monnet [Saint-Étienne] (UJM), Laboratoire de parasitologie-mycologie, CHU Grenoble, Epigenetique, Pathologie et Developpement (UMR_S_741), Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Service de gynécologie-obstétrique [Hôpital Jean Verdier], Université Paris 13 (UP13)-Hôpital Jean Verdier [AP-HP], Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP), Service de Parasitologie - Mycologie [CHU Pitié-Salpétrière], CHU Pitié-Salpêtrière [AP-HP], Service de Gynécologie-Obstétrique, Maternité, Chirurgie Gynécologique [CHU Pitié-Salpêtrière], Centre Max Weber (CMW), École normale supérieure - Lyon (ENS Lyon)-Université Lumière - Lyon 2 (UL2)-Université Jean Monnet [Saint-Étienne] (UJM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire Interactions Muqueuses Agents Transmissibles (LIMA), Université de Bourgogne (UB), Service de Gynécologie-Obstétrique [CHU Limoges], CHU Limoges, CHU Tenon [AP-HP], Appareil Digestif Environnement Nutrition (ADEN ), Université de Rouen Normandie (UNIROUEN), Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU), Statistics In System biology and Translational Medicine (SISTM), Inria Bordeaux - Sud-Ouest, Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique (Inria)-Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique (Inria)-Epidémiologie et Biostatistique [Bordeaux], Université Bordeaux Segalen - Bordeaux 2-Institut de Santé Publique, d'Épidémiologie et de Développement (ISPED)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Université Bordeaux Segalen - Bordeaux 2-Institut de Santé Publique, d'Épidémiologie et de Développement (ISPED)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Bordeaux population health (BPH), Université de Bordeaux (UB)-Institut de Santé Publique, d'Épidémiologie et de Développement (ISPED)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), CHU Trousseau [APHP], Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Sorbonne Université (SU), CHU Bordeaux [Bordeaux], CHU Clermont-Ferrand, Centre hospitalier universitaire de Nantes (CHU Nantes), Centre Hospitalier Régional d'Orléans (CHRO), AP-HP - Hôpital Antoine Béclère [Clamart], Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire de Tours (CHRU Tours), PRES Université Nantes Angers Le Mans (UNAM), CHU Lille, Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne (URCA), Hôpital Maison Blanche, Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique (Inria)-Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique (Inria)- Bordeaux population health (BPH), Université de Bordeaux (UB)-Institut de Santé Publique, d'Épidémiologie et de Développement (ISPED)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Université de Bordeaux (UB)-Institut de Santé Publique, d'Épidémiologie et de Développement (ISPED)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (UP1)-Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-École des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS)-Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5 (UPD5)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (UP1)-Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-École des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS)-Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5 (UPD5)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ), Université de Nantes (UN)-Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), Hôpital Paule de Viguier, CHU Toulouse [Toulouse]-CHU Toulouse [Toulouse], Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Sorbonne Université (SU), Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail (ANSES)-Université de Rouen Normandie (UNIROUEN), Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne (URCA), Hôpital Purpan [Toulouse], CHU Toulouse [Toulouse]-CHU Toulouse [Toulouse]-Hôpital Purpan [Toulouse], CHU Toulouse [Toulouse], Structure Fédérative de Recherche en Biologie et Santé de Rennes ( Biosit : Biologie - Santé - Innovation Technologique )-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-École des Hautes Études en Santé Publique [EHESP] (EHESP)-Université de Rennes 1 (UR1), Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES)-Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES)-Université d'Angers (UA), Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (... - 2019) (UNS), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (... - 2019) (UNS), COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA), Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7), Hôpital Jean Verdier [AP-HP], Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Université Paris 13 (UP13), Service de parasitologie - mycologie [CHU Pitié-Salpétrière], Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-CHU Pitié-Salpêtrière [AP-HP], Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Sorbonne Université (SU), Sorbonne Université (SU)-Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP), Service Gynécologie [CHU Toulouse], Pôle Femme-Mère-Couple [CHU Toulouse], Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Toulouse (CHU Toulouse)-Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Toulouse (CHU Toulouse), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Service de Parasitologie et Mycologie [CHU Toulouse], Institut Fédératif de Biologie (IFB), Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Toulouse (CHU Toulouse)-Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Toulouse (CHU Toulouse)-Pôle Biologie [CHU Toulouse], Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Toulouse (CHU Toulouse), Université d'Angers (UA)-Université de Rennes (UR)-École des Hautes Études en Santé Publique [EHESP] (EHESP)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Structure Fédérative de Recherche en Biologie et Santé de Rennes ( Biosit : Biologie - Santé - Innovation Technologique ), Université Jean Monnet - Saint-Étienne (UJM), École normale supérieure de Lyon (ENS de Lyon)-Université Lumière - Lyon 2 (UL2)-Université Jean Monnet - Saint-Étienne (UJM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (APHP)-Hopital Louis Mourier - AP-HP [Colombes]-Hôpitaux Universitaires Paris Nord Val de Seine, Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (APHP), Université Panthéon-Sorbonne (UP1)-Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-École des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS)-Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (APHP)-Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5 (UPD5)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Panthéon-Sorbonne (UP1)-Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-École des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS)-Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (APHP)-Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5 (UPD5)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Pôle de Gynécologie-Obstétrique et Reproduction Humaine, CHU Clermont-Ferrand-Université de Clermont-Ferrand, Physiologie des Adaptations Nutritionnelles [UMR_A1280] (PhAN), Centre de Physiopathologie Toulouse Purpan ex IFR 30 et IFR 150 (CPTP), Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre de recherche Médecine, Science, Santé et Société (CERMES), Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-École des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Service de Gynécologie et Obstétrique [Rennes], Université de Rennes 1 (UR1), Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES)-Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES)-CHU Pontchaillou [Rennes]-Hôpital Sud, Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (APHP)-Hôpital Antoine Béclère, Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (APHP)-CHU Trousseau [APHP], Groupe d'Etude des Interactions Hôte-Parasite (GEIHP), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD [France-Sud])-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Montpellier (UM), Hopital Louis Mourier - AP-HP [Colombes], Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (APHP)-CHU Cochin [AP-HP], CHU Cochin [AP-HP], Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (APHP)-Hôpital Bicêtre, Université Paris 13 (UP13)-Hôpital Jean Verdier [Bondy], Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (APHP)-Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (APHP), Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (APHP)-CHU Pitié-Salpêtrière [APHP], Service de Gynécologie et Obstétrique [Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière], CHU Pitié-Salpêtrière [APHP], and CHU Tenon [APHP]
Subjects: 0301 basic medicine, Adult, medicine.medical_specialty, 030106 microbiology, Antiprotozoal Agents, Sulfadiazine, [SDV.MP.PRO]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Microbiology and Parasitology/Protistology, Toxoplasmosis, Congenital, law.invention, 03 medical and health sciences, Folinic acid, pyrimethamine-sulfadiazine, 0302 clinical medicine, Randomized controlled trial, law, Internal medicine, medicine, Humans, 030212 general & internal medicine, Seroconversion, Pregnancy Complications, Infectious, ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS, spiramycin, prenatal diagnosis, tolerance, business.industry, Spiramycin, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Prenatal Care, medicine.disease, [SDV.MP.BAC]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Microbiology and Parasitology/Bacteriology, Toxoplasmosis, Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical, 3. Good health, SISTM, Pyrimethamine, Treatment Outcome, Chemoprophylaxis, Drug Therapy, Combination, Female, [SDV.SPEE]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Santé publique et épidémiologie, France, pregnancy, business, [SDV.MHEP]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Human health and pathology, medicine.drug, toxoplasmosis
Abstract: International audience; Background - The efficacy of prophylaxis to prevent prenatal toxoplasmosis transmission is controversial, without any previous randomized clinical trial. In France, spiramycin is usually prescribed for maternal seroconversions. A more potent pyrimethamine + sulfadiazine regimen is used to treat congenital toxoplasmosis and is offered in some countries as prophylaxis. Objective - We sought to compare the efficacy and tolerance of pyrimethamine + sulfadiazine vs spiramycin to reduce placental transmission. Study design - This was a randomized, open-label trial in 36 French centers, comparing pyrimethamine (50 mg qd) + sulfadiazine (1 g tid) with folinic acid vs spiramycin (1 g tid) following toxoplasmosis seroconversion. Results - In all, 143 women were randomized from November 2010 through January 2014. An amniocentesis was later performed in 131 cases, with a positive Toxoplasma gondii polymerase chain reaction in 7/67 (10.4%) in the pyrimethamine + sulfadiazine group vs 13/64 (20.3%) in the spiramycin group. Cerebral ultrasound anomalies appeared in 0/73 fetuses in the pyrimethamine + sulfadiazine group, vs 6/70 in the spiramycin group (P = .01). Two of these pregnancies were terminated. Transmission rates, excluding 18 children with undefined status, were 12/65 in the pyrimethamine + sulfadiazine group (18.5%), vs 18/60 in the spiramycin group (30%, P = .147), equivalent to an odds ratio of 0.53 (95% confidence interval, 0.23-1.22) and which after adjustment tended to be stronger (P = .03 for interaction) when treatment started within 3 weeks of seroconversion (95% confidence interval, 0.00-1.63). Two women had severe rashes, both with pyrimethamine + sulfadiazine. Conclusion - There was a trend toward lower transmission with pyrimethamine + sulfadiazine, but it did not reach statistical significance, possibly for lack of statistical power because enrollment was discontinued. There were also no fetal cerebral toxoplasmosis lesions in the pyrimethamine + sulfadiazine group. These promising results encourage further research on chemoprophylaxis to prevent congenital toxoplasmosis.
Published: 2018

36. Evaluation of propidium monoazide-based qPCR to detect viable oocysts of Toxoplasma gondii

Author: Isabelle Villena, Sandie Escotte-Binet, Angélique Rousseau, Aurélien Dumètre, Jitender P. Dubey, Stéphanie La Carbona, Dominique Aubert, Loïc Favennec, Vecteurs - Infections tropicales et méditerranéennes (VITROME), Institut de Recherche Biomédicale des Armées (IRBA)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU), Epidémiosurveillance de protozooses à transmission alimentaire et vectorielle (ESCAPE), Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail (ANSES)-Université de Rouen Normandie (UNIROUEN), Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne (URCA), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut de Recherche Biomédicale des Armées [Brétigny-sur-Orge] (IRBA), Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne (URCA)-Université de Rouen Normandie (UNIROUEN), and Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail (ANSES)
Subjects: Azides, 030231 tropical medicine, Polymerase Chain Reaction, 030308 mycology & parasitology, law.invention, Microbiology, Flow cytometry, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, [SDV.MHEP.CSC]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Human health and pathology/Cardiology and cardiovascular system, law, Propidium monoazide, [SDV.MHEP.MI]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Human health and pathology/Infectious diseases, parasitic diseases, medicine, Humans, [SDV.MP.PAR]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Microbiology and Parasitology/Parasitology, Coloring Agents, Incubation, Pathogen, Polymerase chain reaction, ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS, 0303 health sciences, [SDV.MHEP.ME]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Human health and pathology/Emerging diseases, Microbial Viability, General Veterinary, biology, medicine.diagnostic_test, Staining and Labeling, Oocysts, Toxoplasma gondii, General Medicine, Amplicon, biology.organism_classification, [SDV.MP.BAC]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Microbiology and Parasitology/Bacteriology, Heat inactivation, Infectious Diseases, Insect Science, [SDV.MP.VIR]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Microbiology and Parasitology/Virology, Parasitology, Toxoplasma, Propidium
Abstract: Information on the viability of Toxoplasma gondii oocysts is crucial to establish the public health significance of this environmental transmission stage that can contaminate water and foods. Interest for molecular-based methods to assess viability is growing and the aim of our study was to assess, for the first time, a propidium monoazide (PMA)–qPCR approach to determine the viability of T. gondii oocysts. Untreated and heat-killed (99 °C, 5 min) oocysts were incubated with PMA, a photoreactive DNA binding dye, and analyzed by confocal microscopy and flow cytometry to characterize oocysts’ dye permeability. Different PMA concentrations (50 to 150 μM), incubation temperatures (22, 37, and 45 °C), amplicon length, selected targeted gene, and dyes (PMA, PMAxx™) were evaluated to define optimal conditions to discriminate specifically viable oocysts by PMA–qPCR. In theory, PMA binding to DNA would inhibit PCR amplification in dead but not in viable oocysts. Incubation at 22 °C with 100 μM PMA coupled to qPCR targeting a 123-bp sequence of the 529-bp repeat element allowed the distinction between viable and heated oocysts. However, the reduction of viability following heating of oocysts at high temperature was slight and, contrarily to reverse transcriptase-qPCR, the qPCR signal was not totally suppressed in heated suspensions. Therefore, PMA–qPCR is able to assess the impact of heating on T. gondii oocysts’ viability but underestimates the efficacy of this treatment. The relevance of this technique to evaluate the efficacy of other inactivation processes and assess exposure of humans to this pathogen requires further investigations.
Published: 2018

37. Human cryptosporidiosis in immunodeficient patients in France (2015–2017)

Author: Damien Costa, Romy Razakandrainibe, Marc Sautour, Stéphane Valot, Louise Basmaciyan, Gilles Gargala, Denis Lemeteil, Loïc Favennec, Frédéric Dalle, Anne Debourgogne, Adela Angoulvant, Patrice Agnamey, Julie bonhomme, Brigitte Degeilh, Cathy Chemla, Cécile Garnaud, Coralie Lollivier, Cécile angebault, Pascal Delaunay, Guillaume Desoubeaux, Emilie Fréalle, Frédéric Grenouillet, Florent Morio, Françoise Botterel, Ghania Belkadi, Hélène Yera, Gilles Nevez, Xavier Iriart, Isabelle Accoceberry, Julie Brunet, Marc Thellier, Meja Rabodonirina, Milene Sasso, Charline Miossec, Murielle Nicolas, Nicole Desbois, Philippe Poirier, Christelle Pomares, Sandrine Houze, Yohann Le govic, Anne Pauline Bellanger, Franck Labbe, Marie Laure Darde, Olivier Duquesnoy, Pierre Flori, Patrick Bastien, Thomas Gueudet, Isabelle Villena, Dominique Aubert, Estelle Cateau, Marie-Elisabeth Bougnoux, Nathalie Kapel, Eric Dannaoui, Alexis Valentin, Anne Totet, Jean Menotti, Denis Blanchet, Magalie Demar, Emmanuel Dutoit, Renaud Piarroux, Emilie Sitterle, Denis Magne, Samsa Hamane, Antoine Berry, Cecile Ramade, CHU Rouen, Normandie Université (NU), Institut Pasteur de Madagascar, Réseau International des Instituts Pasteur (RIIP), Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Dijon - Hôpital François Mitterrand (CHU Dijon), Laboratoire de parasitologie mycologie (CHU de Dijon), Infections Parasitaires : Transmission, Physiopathologie et Thérapeutiques (IP-TPT), Service de Santé des Armées-Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Marseille (APHM)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), Epidémiosurveillance de protozooses à transmission alimentaire et vectorielle (ESCAPE), Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail (ANSES)-Université de Rouen Normandie (UNIROUEN), Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne (URCA), Appareil Digestif Environnement Nutrition (ADEN ), Université de Rouen Normandie (UNIROUEN), Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU), Service de Parasitologie-Mycologie [CHRU Nancy], Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire de Nancy (CHRU Nancy), Stress, Immunité, Pathogènes (SIMPA), Université de Lorraine (UL), Anofel Cryptosporidium National Network, Agents infectieux, résistance et chimiothérapie - UR UPJV 4294 (AGIR ), Université de Picardie Jules Verne (UPJV)-CHU Amiens-Picardie, Université de Caen Normandie (UNICAEN), Université de Rennes 1 (UR1), Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES), Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Reims (CHU Reims), Université Grenoble Alpes - UFR Pharmacie (UGA UFRP), Université Grenoble Alpes [2016-2019] (UGA [2016-2019]), Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5 (UPD5), Laboratoire de Parasitologie-Mycologie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nice (CHU Nice)-Hôpital l'Archet, Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire de Tours (CHRU Tours), Institut Pasteur de Dakar, Laboratoire Chrono-environnement - CNRS - UBFC (UMR 6249) (LCE), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Franche-Comté (UFC), Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté [COMUE] (UBFC)-Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté [COMUE] (UBFC), Centre hospitalier universitaire de Nantes (CHU Nantes), École nationale vétérinaire d'Alfort (ENVA), Service de parasitologie-mycologie [CHU Cochin], Hôpital Cochin [AP-HP], Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP), Laboratoire Universitaire de Biodiversité et Ecologie Microbienne (LUBEM), Université de Brest (UBO), CHU Bordeaux [Bordeaux], Microbiologie cellulaire et moléculaire et pathogénicité (MCMP), Université Bordeaux Segalen - Bordeaux 2-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Dynamique des interactions Hôte pathogène, Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA), Immunité et Infection, Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-IFR113-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Laboratoire de Parasitologie et Mycologie, Hospices Civils de Lyon (HCL), Biologie, Génétique et Pathologie des Pathogènes Eucaryotes (MIVEGEC-BioGEPPE), Pathogènes, Environnement, Santé Humaine (EPATH), Maladies infectieuses et vecteurs : écologie, génétique, évolution et contrôle (MIVEGEC), Université de Montpellier (UM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD [France-Sud])-Université de Montpellier (UM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD [France-Sud])-Maladies infectieuses et vecteurs : écologie, génétique, évolution et contrôle (MIVEGEC), Université de Montpellier (UM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD [France-Sud])-Université de Montpellier (UM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD [France-Sud]), Laboratoire de Parasitologie-Mycologie-Sérologies Bactériennes et Parasitaires [CHU de la Martinique], Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de la Martinique - CHU Martinique, Parasitologie-Mycologie Fort de France, CHU Fort de France, Laboratoire Microorganismes : Génome et Environnement (LMGE), Université Clermont Auvergne [2017-2020] (UCA [2017-2020])-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Hôpital Bichat - Claude Bernard, Service de parasitologie et mycologie [CHRU de Besançon], Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire de Besançon (CHRU Besançon), Neuroépidémiologie Tropicale (NET), CHU Limoges-Institut d'Epidémiologie Neurologique et de Neurologie Tropicale-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Institut Génomique, Environnement, Immunité, Santé, Thérapeutique (GEIST), Université de Limoges (UNILIM)-Université de Limoges (UNILIM), Groupe Immunité des Muqueuses et Agents Pathogènes (GIMAP), Université Jean Monnet [Saint-Étienne] (UJM), CHU Clermont-Ferrand, Laboratoire de Parasitologie-Mycologie (LPM), IFR 53, Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne (URCA)-Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne (URCA)-CHU Maison Blanche-UPRES EA 2070, Centre de formation et de recherche sur l'environnement marin (CEFREM), Université de Perpignan Via Domitia (UPVD)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Ecologie et biologie des interactions (EBI), Université de Poitiers-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), CHU Necker - Enfants Malades [AP-HP], Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP), CHU Pitié-Salpêtrière [AP-HP], Sorbonne Université (SU)-Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP), Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées, Departments of Medical Parasitology and Mycology, Service de réanimation médicale, Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Groupe Hospitalier Saint Louis - Lariboisière - Fernand Widal [Paris], Laboratoire Hospitalo-Universitaire de Parasitologie-Mycologie, Université des Antilles (UA)-Coordination Régionale de la lutte contre le Virus de L'Immunodéficience Humaine (COREVIH)-Centre Hospitalier Andrée Rosemon [Cayenne, Guyane Française], Université de la Méditerranée - Aix-Marseille 2, Laboratoire de parasitologie mycologie, Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Groupe hospitalier Albert Chenevier – Henri Mondor, Service de Parasitologie et Mycologie, CHU Toulouse [Toulouse]-Institut Fédératif de Biologie (IFB) - Hôpital Purpan, Hôpital Purpan [Toulouse], CHU Toulouse [Toulouse]-CHU Toulouse [Toulouse]-Hôpital Purpan [Toulouse], CHU Toulouse [Toulouse], Région Haute Normandie, Projet COS Sesa, 2015-2018, Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne (URCA)-Université de Rouen Normandie (UNIROUEN), Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail (ANSES), Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire de Tours (CHRU TOURS), Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Hôpital Cochin [AP-HP], Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Sorbonne Université (SU), Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Groupe Hospitalier Saint Louis - Lariboisière - Fernand Widal [Paris], Coordination Régionale de la lutte contre le Virus de L'Immunodéficience Humaine (COREVIH)-Centre Hospitalier Andrée Rosemon [Cayenne, Guyane Française]-Université des Antilles (UA), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Marseille (APHM)-Service de Santé des Armées, Université de Rennes (UR), Laboratoire Chrono-environnement (UMR 6249) (LCE), École nationale vétérinaire - Alfort (ENVA), Microbiologie Fondamentale et Pathogénicité (MFP), Université Jean Monnet - Saint-Étienne (UJM), Université de Toulouse (UT), Service de Parasitologie et Mycologie [CHU Toulouse], Institut Fédératif de Biologie (IFB), Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Toulouse (CHU Toulouse)-Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Toulouse (CHU Toulouse)-Pôle Biologie [CHU Toulouse], and Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Toulouse (CHU Toulouse)
Subjects: 0301 basic medicine, Male, Pediatrics, Epidemiology, Cryptosporidiosis, 0302 clinical medicine, Risk Factors, Child, Immunodeficiency, [SDV.MP.MYC]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Microbiology and Parasitology/Mycology, biology, Mortality rate, Cryptosporidium, General Medicine, Middle Aged, 3. Good health, Diarrhea, Infectious Diseases, Cryptosporidium parvum, Child, Preschool, Protozoan, Cyclosporine, Female, Immunotherapy, France, medicine.symptom, Cryptosporidium hominis, Immunosuppressive Agents, Adult, medicine.medical_specialty, Adolescent, 030231 tropical medicine, 030106 microbiology, Immunology, Context (language use), Tacrolimus, 03 medical and health sciences, Immunocompromised Host, Young Adult, medicine, Humans, [SDV.MP.PAR]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Microbiology and Parasitology/Parasitology, Immunocompromised, Aged, Immunosuppression Therapy, Infant, Newborn, Infant, Mycophenolic Acid, medicine.disease, biology.organism_classification, Parasitology
Abstract: International audience; Cryptosporidiosis is a common disease in children and immunodeficient individuals. In 2006, a national network was set up on the surveillance of human cryptosporidiosis in France. Since January 2015, the 41 tertiary care hospitals and the 3 private laboratories of the French National Network on the surveillance of human cryptosporidiosis have been able to declare confirmed cases of cryptosporidiosis online. Between 2015 and 2017, 210 cases of cryptosporidiosis were declared in immunodeficient patients in France; Cryptosporidium parvum and Cryptosporidium hominis represented 66% and 22% of cases, respectively. A peak was observed in autumn. Cryptosporidiosis occurred mainly in a context of solid organ transplantation (SOT) (49%) and of HIV infection (30%). In SOT recipients, cryptosporidiosis appeared more frequently in the first 6 months post transplantation. Regarding cases declared in SOT recipients, mycophenolate mofetil was used in 68%. A mortality rate of 6% was observed. Present results underline the importance of screening for cryptosporidiosis in immunocompromised patients suffering from diarrhea, especially in the course of major cell mediated immunodeficiency or even systematic screening before SOT. Exclusive Cryptosporidium free water feeding could be suggested during major cell mediated immunodeficiency.
Published: 2018

38. Toxoplasmosis in Transplant Recipients, Europe, 2010-2014

Author: Hervé Pelloux, Isabelle Accoceberry, Effrossyni Gkrania-Klotsas, Zoi Dorothea Pana, Marie-Pierre Brenier-Pinchart, Hamdi Akan, Damien Dupont, Jordi Carratalà, María Carmen Fariñas, Jose-Manuel Garcia, Lubos Drgona, Isabella Abbate, Miruna D. David, Christian van Delden, Isabelle Villena, Fabrizio Bruschi, Tijana Štajner, Lia Monica Junie, Cédric Hirzel, Edward Guy, Nina Khanna, Oscar Len, Valeria Meroni, Florence Robert-Gangneux, Andreas H. Groll, Patricia Muñoz, Tiziana Lazzarotto, Françoise Botterel, Özgür Kurt, Katia Boggian, Nicolas J. Mueller, Francesca Genco, Olgica Djurković-Djaković, Oriol Manuel, Emmanuel Roilides, Institut de recherche en santé, environnement et travail (Irset), Université d'Angers (UA)-Université de Rennes (UR)-École des Hautes Études en Santé Publique [EHESP] (EHESP)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Structure Fédérative de Recherche en Biologie et Santé de Rennes ( Biosit : Biologie - Santé - Innovation Technologique ), Epidémiosurveillance de protozooses à transmission alimentaire et vectorielle (ESCAPE), Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne (URCA)-Université de Rouen Normandie (UNIROUEN), Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail (ANSES), Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Reims (CHU Reims), Universitat de Barcelona, Université d'Angers (UA)-Université de Rennes 1 (UR1), Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES)-Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES)-École des Hautes Études en Santé Publique [EHESP] (EHESP)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Structure Fédérative de Recherche en Biologie et Santé de Rennes ( Biosit : Biologie - Santé - Innovation Technologique ), Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail (ANSES)-Université de Rouen Normandie (UNIROUEN), Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne (URCA), and Robert-Gangneux F, Meroni V, Dupont D, Botterel F, Garcia JMA, Brenier-Pinchart MP, Accoceberry I, Akan H, Abbate I, Boggian K, Bruschi F, Carratalà J, David M, Drgona L, Djurković-Djaković O, Farinas MC, Genco F, Gkrania-Klotsas E, Groll AH, Guy E, Hirzel C, Khanna N, Kurt Ö, Junie LM, Lazzarotto T, Len O, Mueller NJ, Munoz P, Pana ZD, Roilides E, Stajner T, van Delden C, Villena I, Pelloux H, Manuel O
Subjects: 0301 basic medicine, Pediatrics, Epidemiology, medicine.medical_treatment, [SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio], lcsh:Medicine, Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, Chemoprophylaxis, Toxoplasmosis in Transplant Recipients, Europe, 2010–2014, Organ transplantation, 0302 clinical medicine, Risk Factors, Antibiotics, 030212 general & internal medicine, hematopoietic stem cell transplant, toxoplasma infection, ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS, cerebral toxoplasmosis, Cerebral toxoplasmosis, education.field_of_study, ddc:617, Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation, Middle Aged, 3. Good health, Europe, Infectious Diseases, Electronic data, Hematopoietic stem cell transplant, Europa, Toxoplasma, Toxoplasmosis, Adult, Microbiology (medical), medicine.medical_specialty, Paràsits, 030106 microbiology, Population, Antibiòtics, parasites, lcsh:Infectious and parasitic diseases, 03 medical and health sciences, transplant recipient, medicine, Humans, lcsh:RC109-216, Parasites, education, Survival rate, Retrospective Studies, Toxoplasma infection, Transplantation, business.industry, Research, lcsh:R, chemoprophylaxis, Organ Transplantation, medicine.disease, Transplant Recipients, cotrimoxazole, transplantation, Cotrimoxazole, business, Toxoplasmosi gondii, prevention practices, prevalence, outcomes, hematopoietic stem cell transplant, solid organ transplant, Transplant recipient
Abstract: Transplantation activity is increasing, leading to a growing number of patients at risk for toxoplasmosis. We reviewed toxoplasmosis prevention practices, prevalence, and outcomes for hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT) and solid organ transplant (SOT; heart, kidney, or liver) patients in Europe. We collected electronic data on the transplant population and prevention guidelines/regulations and clinical data on toxoplasmosis cases diagnosed during 2010-2014. Serologic pretransplant screening of allo-hematopoietic stem cell donors was performed in 80% of countries, screening of organ donors in 100%. SOT recipients were systematically screened in 6 countries. Targeted anti-Toxoplasma chemoprophylaxis was heterogeneous. A total of 87 toxoplasmosis cases were recorded (58 allo-HSCTs, 29 SOTs). The 6-month survival rate was lower among Toxoplasma-seropositive recipients and among allo-hematopoietic stem cell and liver recipients. Chemoprophylaxis improved outcomes for SOT recipients. Toxoplasmosis remains associated with high mortality rates among transplant recipients. Guidelines are urgently needed to standardize prophylactic regimens and optimize patient management.
Published: 2018

39. IDH mutation status in a series of 88 head and neck chondrosarcomas: different profile between tumors of the skull base and tumors involving the facial skeleton and the laryngotracheal tract

Author: Sébastien Aubert, Arnaud Francois, Corinne Labit-Bouvier, Elodie Miquelestorena-Standley, Anne Gomez-Brouchet, Christine Collin, Matthias Tallegas, Cécile Badoual, Gonzague de Pinieux, Anne Tallet, CHU Trousseau [APHP], Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Sorbonne Université (SU), Université de Tours, service hospitalier d'anatomie et cytologie pathologique humaine, APHM, Marseille, Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Marseille (APHM), Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou [APHP] (HEGP), Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Hôpitaux Universitaires Paris Ouest - Hôpitaux Universitaires Île de France Ouest (HUPO), Université de Paris - UFR Médecine Paris Centre [Santé] (UP Médecine Paris Centre), Université de Paris (UP), Service d'Anatomie et Cytologie Pathologique [CHU Rouen], CHU Rouen, Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-Université de Rouen Normandie (UNIROUEN), Normandie Université (NU), Epidémiosurveillance de protozooses à transmission alimentaire et vectorielle (ESCAPE), Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail (ANSES)-Université de Rouen Normandie (UNIROUEN), Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne (URCA), CHU Toulouse [Toulouse], Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Lille (CHU de Lille), Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire de Tours (CHRU TOURS), Sarcomes osseux et remodelage des tissus calcifiés - Phy-Os [Nantes - INSERM U1238] (Phy-Os), Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Université Bretagne Loire (UBL)-Centre hospitalier universitaire de Nantes (CHU Nantes)-Université de Nantes - UFR de Médecine et des Techniques Médicales (UFR MEDECINE), Université de Nantes (UN)-Université de Nantes (UN), Université de Tours (UT), Université de Rouen Normandie (UNIROUEN), Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-CHU Rouen, Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire de Tours (CHRU Tours), Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Université de Nantes - UFR de Médecine et des Techniques Médicales (UFR MEDECINE), Université de Nantes (UN)-Université de Nantes (UN)-Centre hospitalier universitaire de Nantes (CHU Nantes)-Université Bretagne Loire (UBL), CCSD, Accord Elsevier, Université Paris Cité - UFR Médecine [Santé] (UPCité UFR Médecine), Université Paris Cité (UPCité), Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne (URCA)-Université de Rouen Normandie (UNIROUEN), Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail (ANSES), and Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Toulouse (CHU Toulouse)
Subjects: 0301 basic medicine, IDH, Adult, Male, Pathology, medicine.medical_specialty, Laryngeal Cartilages, [SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio], DNA Mutational Analysis, Chondrosarcoma, Bone Neoplasms, Gene mutation, Skull Base Neoplasms, Facial Bones, Pathology and Forensic Medicine, 03 medical and health sciences, Head and neck, 0302 clinical medicine, Laryngotracheal tract, medicine, Facial skeleton, Humans, Craniofacial, Endochondral ossification, Laryngeal Neoplasms, Aged, Retrospective Studies, Molecular pathology, Aged, 80 and over, Ossification, business.industry, Middle Aged, medicine.disease, Isocitrate Dehydrogenase, 3. Good health, [SDV] Life Sciences [q-bio], Skull, Skull base, 030104 developmental biology, medicine.anatomical_structure, 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis, Intramembranous ossification, Female, Tracheal Neoplasms, medicine.symptom, business
Abstract: International audience; Chondrosarcomas are rare primary malignant bone tumors that involve the head and neck region in 1% to 12% of cases. Central conventional chondrosarcoma is the most common subtype and is associated with isocitrate dehydrogenase 1 and 2 (IDH1 and IDH2) gene mutations in 50% to 60% of cases. We aimed to define the frequency of IDH1 and IDH2 gene mutations in a multicenter series of 88 cases of chondrosarcoma of the head and neck, including tumors involving the base of the skull (n = 30), the facial skeleton (n = 11), and the laryngeal and tracheal cartilages (n = 47). Petrous bone and cricoid cartilage were the most frequently involved sites for chondrosarcomas of the skull base and laryngotracheal tract (43.3% and 31.9%, respectively). Overall, 64.9% of craniofacial chondrosarcomas featured IDH mutations, with a high rate for skull base tumors (85.7%) but no IDH mutations in tumors of the facial skeleton. This different mutational profile could be related to the type of ossification, the bones of the base of the skull mainly resulting from endochondral ossification, and those of the face from intramembranous ossification. Conversely, mutation was infrequent in chondrosarcomas involving the laryngeal and tracheal cartilages (11.8% of 47 cases). Evaluation of IDH mutation status may be a useful diagnostic tool for bone tumors of the skull base, which are most often assessable with only small biopsy samples. The low rate of IDH mutations observed in laryngotracheal chondrosarcomas suggests a different mode of tumorigenesis needing further exploration.
Published: 2018

40. Donor Derived Candida stellimalicola in a Clinical Specimen: Preservation Fluid Contamination During Pancreas Procurement

Author: Véronique Reiter, Dominique Toubas, Emmanuel Morelon, Damien Dupont, Antoine Huguenin, Martine Wallon, Isabelle Villena, Lionel Badet, Elodie Tisserand, Service de parasitologie et mycologie médicale [Hôpital de la Croix Rousse, Lyon], Hôpital de la Croix-Rousse [CHU - HCL], Hospices Civils de Lyon (HCL)-Hospices Civils de Lyon (HCL), Centre de recherche en neurosciences de Lyon (CRNL), Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Université Jean Monnet [Saint-Étienne] (UJM)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Reims (CHU Reims), Hôpital Edouard Herriot [CHU - HCL], Hospices Civils de Lyon (HCL), Epidémiosurveillance de protozooses à transmission alimentaire et vectorielle (ESCAPE), Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne (URCA)-Université de Rouen Normandie (UNIROUEN), Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail (ANSES), Matrice extracellulaire et dynamique cellulaire - UMR 7369 (MEDyC), SFR CAP Santé (Champagne-Ardenne Picardie Santé), and Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne (URCA)-Université de Picardie Jules Verne (UPJV)-Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne (URCA)-Université de Picardie Jules Verne (UPJV)-Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne (URCA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
Subjects: Adult, 0301 basic medicine, medicine.medical_specialty, Antifungal Agents, Veterinary (miscellaneous), medicine.medical_treatment, 030106 microbiology, Microbial Sensitivity Tests, Drug resistance, Pancreas transplantation, Biology, Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, Microbiology, 03 medical and health sciences, Medical microbiology, Pharmacotherapy, [SDV.MHEP.MI]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Human health and pathology/Infectious diseases, Disease Transmission, Infectious, medicine, Ascitic Fluid, Humans, Pathogen, ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS, Candida, [SDV.EE.SANT]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Ecology, environment/Health, Candidiasis, Tissue Donors, Transplant Recipients, 3. Good health, Transplantation, Treatment Outcome, medicine.anatomical_structure, [SDV.MP]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Microbiology and Parasitology, Immunology, Female, Pancreas Transplantation, Pancreas, Agronomy and Crop Science, Fluconazole, medicine.drug
Abstract: We report here a case of possible donor-derived Candida stellimalicola infection after pancreas transplantation. Candida stellimalicola, an environmental non-filamentous yeast, was isolated from both the peritoneal fluid of the graft donor and the preservation fluid of the transplanted pancreas. Interestingly, this strain exhibited high minimum inhibitory concentrations to azoles. These results justified the use of echinocandins as therapy instead of fluconazole. This switch permitted a favorable outcome. To our knowledge, this is the first report of C. stellimalicola from clinical samples and therefore the first reported case of a possible human infection. This case report highlights the need for standardized microbiological procedures in solid organ transplant settings. Moreover, it underlines the importance of using molecular identification technique when routine techniques do not allow successful identification of the pathogen. It is of utmost importance to determine sensitivity profile, even in the absence of species-level identification, because resistance to fluconazole is not uncommon, especially in emergent species.
Published: 2018

41. Octreotide modulates the expression of somatostatin receptor subtypes in inflamed rat jejunum induced by Cryptosporidium parvum

Author: Gilles Gargala, Jean Jacques Ballet, Liqianhai Towledahong, Loïc Favennec, Jie Bai, Xin Liu, Arnaud François, Laetitia Le Goff, Phillipe Ducrotte, Xinjiang Medical University, UNIROUEN - UFR Santé (UNIROUEN UFR Santé), Université de Rouen Normandie (UNIROUEN), Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU), Epidémiosurveillance de protozooses à transmission alimentaire et vectorielle (ESCAPE), Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail (ANSES)-Université de Rouen Normandie (UNIROUEN), Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne (URCA), Institute for Research and Innovation in Biomedicine (IRIB), Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Histopathology Laboratory, Rouen University Hospital, Immunité de l'infection et transplantations, Université de Caen Normandie (UNICAEN), Nutrition, inflammation et dysfonctionnement de l'axe intestin-cerveau (ADEN), Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Service d'Hépato-Gastroentérologie [CHU Rouen], Hôpital Charles Nicolle [Rouen]-CHU Rouen, Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-Université de Rouen Normandie (UNIROUEN), Normandie Université (NU), CHU Rouen, douville, sabine, Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne (URCA)-Université de Rouen Normandie (UNIROUEN), Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail (ANSES), Hôpital Charles Nicolle [Rouen], and Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-CHU Rouen
Subjects: 0301 basic medicine, Peptide Hormones, Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Octreotide, lcsh:Medicine, Cryptosporidiosis, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Biochemistry, Jejunum, Rats, Sprague-Dawley, Medicine and Health Sciences, Somatostatin receptor 2, Somatostatin receptor 1, Receptors, Somatostatin, Intestinal Mucosa, lcsh:Science, Immune Response, ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS, Protozoans, Multidisciplinary, biology, Somatostatin receptor, Eukaryota, 3. Good health, Animals, Suckling, medicine.anatomical_structure, Somatostatin, Cryptosporidium parvum, Anatomy, medicine.drug, Research Article, medicine.medical_specialty, Immunology, Cryptosporidium, Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction, 03 medical and health sciences, Signs and Symptoms, Diagnostic Medicine, Ileum, Internal medicine, Parasite Groups, medicine, Parasitic Diseases, Animals, Inflammation, lcsh:R, Organisms, Cryptosporidium Parvum, Oocysts, Correction, Biology and Life Sciences, [SDV.MHEP.HEG]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Human health and pathology/Hépatology and Gastroenterology, Jejunal Diseases, biology.organism_classification, [SDV.MHEP.HEG] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Human health and pathology/Hépatology and Gastroenterology, Parasitic Protozoans, Hormones, Rats, Gastrointestinal Tract, 030104 developmental biology, Endocrinology, Gene Expression Regulation, lcsh:Q, Parasitology, Gastrointestinal function, Digestive System, Apicomplexa
Abstract: Somatostatins are proteins that are involved in gastrointestinal function. However, little is known with regard to somatostatin receptor subtype (SSTR) expression changes that occur in the jejunum during low-grade inflammation and during subsequent octreotide treatment. The aim of the present study was to investigate the expression of SSTRs in the jejunums of Cryptosporidium parvum (C. parvum)-infected rats by immunohistochemisty, reverse transcription (RT) PCR and quantitative real-time RT-PCR assays. Five-day-old suckling Sprague-Dawley rats (n = 15 for each group) were orally gavaged with 105 Nouzilly isolate (NoI) oocysts. Rats then received 50 μg/kg/day of octreotide by intraperitoneal injection from day 10 to day 17 post-infection. Animals were sacrificed on days 7 and 14 post-infection for immunohistochemical analysis and on days 14, 35 and 50 for mRNA expression analysis of SSTR subtypes. Histological analysis of jejunum tissues demonstrated infection of C. parvum along the villus brush border on day 7 post-infection and infection clearance by day 14 post-infection. Real-time PCR analysis indicated that in the inflamed jejunum, a significant increase in SSTR1 and SSTR2 expression was observed on day 14 post-infection. Octreotide therapy down-regulated the expression of SSTR2 on day 37 post-infection but significantly increased expression of SSTR1, SSTR2 and SSTR3 on day 50 post-infection. The results indicate that specific SSTRs may regulate the inflammatory pathway in the rat intestinal inflammation model.
Published: 2018

42. Discovery of New Inhibitors of Toxoplasma gondii via the Pathogen Box

Author: Dominique Aubert, Jean-Hugues Renault, Frédéric Velard, Antoine Huguenin, Ali Bakiri, Jérémy Spalenka, Isabelle Villena, Sandie Escotte-Binet, Simon Duchateau, Jane Hubert, Protozooses Transmises par l'Alimentation (Cryptosporidiose, Giardose et Toxoplasmose) : Mode de Contamination et Pathogénie (PROTAL) - EA 3800 (PROTAL), Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne (URCA)-Université de Rouen Normandie (UNIROUEN), Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail (ANSES)-SFR CAP Santé (Champagne-Ardenne Picardie Santé), Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne (URCA)-Université de Picardie Jules Verne (UPJV)-Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne (URCA)-Université de Picardie Jules Verne (UPJV), Institut de Chimie Moléculaire de Reims - UMR 7312 (ICMR), SFR Condorcet, Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne (URCA)-Université de Picardie Jules Verne (UPJV)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne (URCA)-Université de Picardie Jules Verne (UPJV)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-SFR CAP Santé (Champagne-Ardenne Picardie Santé), Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne (URCA)-Université de Picardie Jules Verne (UPJV)-Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne (URCA)-Université de Picardie Jules Verne (UPJV)-Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne (URCA)-Institut de Chimie du CNRS (INC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Biomatériaux et inflammation en site osseux - EA 4691 (BIOS), and Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne (URCA)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-SFR CAP Santé (Champagne-Ardenne Picardie Santé)
Subjects: 0301 basic medicine, 030106 microbiology, Population, Toxoplasma gondii, Drug resistance, Biology, Microbiology, Cell Line, 03 medical and health sciences, Inhibitory Concentration 50, Structure-Activity Relationship, [CHIM.ANAL]Chemical Sciences/Analytical chemistry, Chlorocebus aethiops, parasitic diseases, medicine, Pathogen Box, Parasite hosting, Animals, Pharmacology (medical), drug screening, education, Pathogen, Vero Cells, antitoxoplasmic compound, Pharmacology, education.field_of_study, Antiparasitic Agents, antitoxoplasmic activity, [SDV.SP]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Pharmaceutical sciences, medicine.disease, biology.organism_classification, Antiparasitic agent, Toxoplasmosis, 3. Good health, Infectious Diseases, [SDV.MP]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Microbiology and Parasitology, Vero cell, Toxoplasma
Abstract: Toxoplasma gondii is a cosmopolitan protozoan parasite which affects approximately 30% of the population worldwide. The drugs currently used against toxoplasmosis are few in number and show several limitations, such as drug intolerance, poor bioavailability, or drug resistance mechanism developed by the parasite. Thus, it is important to find new compounds able to inhibit parasite invasion or proliferation. In this study, the 400 compounds of the open-access Pathogen Box, provided by the Medicines for Malaria Venture (MMV) foundation, were screened for their anti- Toxoplasma gondii activity. A preliminary in vitro screening performed over 72 h by an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) revealed 15 interesting compounds that were effective against T. gondii at 1 μM. Their cytotoxicity was estimated on Vero cells, and their 50% inhibitory concentrations (IC 50 ) were further calculated. As a result, eight anti- Toxoplasma gondii compounds with an IC 50 of less than 2 μM and a selectivity index (SI) value of greater than 4 were identified. The most active was MMV675968, showing an IC 50 of 0.02 μM and a selectivity index value equal to 275. Two other compounds, MMV689480 and MMV687807, also showed a good activity against T. gondii , with IC 50 s of 0.10 μM (SI of 86.6) and 0.15 μM (SI of 11.3), respectively. Structure-activity relationships for the eight selected compounds also were discussed on the basis of fingerprinting similarity measurements using the Tanimoto method. The anti- Toxoplasma gondii compounds highlighted here represent potential candidates for the development of new drugs that could be used against toxoplasmosis.
Published: 2018

43. Cyberlindnera jadinii (teleomorph Candida utilis) candidaemia in a patient with aplastic anaemia: a case report

Author: Hélène Lanic, Vincent Camus, Stéphane Leprêtre, Gilles Gargala, Emilie Lemasle, Aspasia Stamatoullas, Marion David, Nathalie Contentin, Pascal Lenain, Hervé Tilly, Pauline Treguier, Anne-Lise Menard, Fabrice Jardin, Génomique et Médecine Personnalisée du Cancer et des Maladies Neuropsychiatriques (GPMCND), Université de Rouen Normandie (UNIROUEN), Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Service d'hématologie, Centre de Lutte Contre le Cancer Henri Becquerel Normandie Rouen (CLCC Henri Becquerel), CHU Rouen, Normandie Université (NU), Epidémiosurveillance de protozooses à transmission alimentaire et vectorielle (ESCAPE), Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail (ANSES)-Université de Rouen Normandie (UNIROUEN), Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne (URCA), VILLIER, Venceslas, Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne (URCA)-Université de Rouen Normandie (UNIROUEN), and Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail (ANSES)
Subjects: [SDV.MHEP.HEM] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Human health and pathology/Hematology, Microbiology (medical), Antifungal, medicine.medical_specialty, medicine.drug_class, Case Report, Case presentation, Microbiology, Cyberlindnera, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, medullary aplasia, [SDV.MHEP.MI]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Human health and pathology/Infectious diseases, Internal medicine, Medicine, candidaemia, Cyberlindnera jadinii, Pichia, Torulopsis utilis, biology, Adult patients, business.industry, Septic shock, Blood/heart and Lymphatics, [SDV.MHEP.HEM]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Human health and pathology/Hematology, medicine.disease, biology.organism_classification, 3. Good health, Transplantation, 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis, [SDV.MHEP.MI] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Human health and pathology/Infectious diseases, business, 030215 immunology
Abstract: International audience; Introduction. We present what is believed to be the first report of candidaemia caused by Cyberlindnera (Pichia) jadinii (teleomorph of Candida utilis) in a patient with an aplastic anaemia.Case presentation. The patient, a 21-year-old male, presented with hepatic cytolysis, cutaneous and pulmonary involvement, and septic shock. Cyberlindnera jadinii was identified by aerobic blood culture and MS. The patient initially received multiple and combined antifungal therapy, but continued to have persistent skin lesions and fever. He was successfully treated by emergency haploidentical haematopoietic stem cell transplantation, combined with triple antifungal therapy and supportive care.Conclusion. Cyberlindnera jadinii, teleomorph of Candida utilis, which is not usually invasive, can lead to an opportunistic invasive infection in unhealthy adult patients. For treatment of the invasive candida infection, it is necessary to combine antifungal therapy and supportive care.
Published: 2018

44. Severe sequelae of erythema multiforme: three cases

Author: Pierre Wolkenstein, M. Marque, Saskia Ingen-Housz-Oro, Laurence Valeyrie-Allanore, A. Viarnaud, Emilie Bequignon, S. Grootenboer-Mignot, J. Gueudry, Nicolas Ortonne, M. Muraine, Olivier Chosidow, Frédéric Schlemmer, C. Gagnière, Service de dermatologie [Mondor], Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Hôpital Henri Mondor-Université Paris-Est Créteil Val-de-Marne - Paris 12 (UPEC UP12), Epidémiosurveillance de protozooses à transmission alimentaire et vectorielle (ESCAPE), Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne (URCA)-Université de Rouen Normandie (UNIROUEN), Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail (ANSES), Institut de biologie et chimie des protéines [Lyon] (IBCP), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon, CHI Créteil, Université Paris-Est Créteil Val-de-Marne - Paris 12 (UPEC UP12), Epidemiology in Dermatology and Evaluation in Therapeutics (EpiDermE), Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail (ANSES)-Université de Rouen Normandie (UNIROUEN), Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne (URCA), Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), and Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
Subjects: Mycoplasma pneumoniae, medicine.medical_specialty, integumentary system, business.industry, [SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio], Dermatology, medicine.disease, medicine.disease_cause, Toxic epidermal necrolysis, 3. Good health, stomatognathic diseases, 030207 dermatology & venereal diseases, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Infectious Diseases, Herpes simplex virus, medicine, 030212 general & internal medicine, Erythema multiforme, Young adult, business, ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS, [SDV.MHEP.DERM]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Human health and pathology/Dermatology
Abstract: Erythema multiforme (EM) is a skin condition for which main causes are infectious factors (Herpes simplex virus, Mycoplasma pneumoniae). Anti-plakin auto-antibodies are found in some patients 1. EM must be distinguished from Stevens–Johnson syndrome (SJS) and toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN), which are drug-induced in most cases 2-5. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
Published: 2018

45. Common occurrence of Cryptosporidium hominis in asymptomatic and symptomatic calves in France

Author: Loïc Favennec, Gilles Gargala, Laetitia Le Goff, Denis Lemeteil, Damien Costa, El Hadji Ibrahima Diawara, Romy Razakandrainibe, Jean Jacques Ballet, Institut Pasteur de Madagascar, Réseau International des Instituts Pasteur (RIIP), UNIROUEN - UFR Santé (UNIROUEN UFR Santé), Université de Rouen Normandie (UNIROUEN), Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU), Epidémiosurveillance de protozooses à transmission alimentaire et vectorielle (ESCAPE), Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne (URCA)-Université de Rouen Normandie (UNIROUEN), Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail (ANSES), CHU Rouen, and Normandie Université (NU)
Subjects: 0301 basic medicine, Veterinary medicine, Pulmonology, animal diseases, Prevalence, Cryptosporidiosis, Artificial Gene Amplification and Extension, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Polymerase Chain Reaction, Feces, Genotype, Medicine and Health Sciences, Asymptomatic Infections, 2. Zero hunger, Protozoans, biology, Geography, lcsh:Public aspects of medicine, Eukaryota, Cryptosporidium, Agriculture, 030108 mycology & parasitology, 3. Good health, Bacterial Pathogens, Diarrhea, Infectious Diseases, Cryptosporidium parvum, Medical Microbiology, France, medicine.symptom, Pathogens, Cryptosporidium hominis, Research Article, lcsh:Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine, Livestock, lcsh:RC955-962, 030106 microbiology, Cattle Diseases, Research and Analysis Methods, Asymptomatic, Microbiology, 03 medical and health sciences, Parasite Groups, parasitic diseases, medicine, Animals, Humans, Molecular Biology Techniques, Microbial Pathogens, Molecular Biology, [SDV.BA.MVSA]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Animal biology/Veterinary medicine and animal Health, Cardiobacterium Hominis, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Organisms, Cryptosporidium Parvum, Oocysts, Biology and Life Sciences, lcsh:RA1-1270, biology.organism_classification, Parasitic Protozoans, Regional Geography, Animals, Newborn, Respiratory Infections, Earth Sciences, Parasitology, Cattle, Cardiobacterium hominis, Apicomplexa
Abstract: Background Cryptosporidium spp. infections are the most frequent parasitic cause of diarrhea in humans and cattle. However, asymptomatic cases are less often documented than symptomatic cases or cases with experimentally infected animals. Cryptosporidium (C.) hominis infection accounts for the majority of pediatric cases in several countries, while C. parvum is a major cause of diarrhea in neonatal calves. In cattle Cryptosporidium spp. infection can be caused by C. parvum, C. bovis, C.andersoni and C. ryanae, and recently, reports of cattle cases of C. hominis cryptosporidiosis cases suggest that the presence of C. hominis in calves was previously underestimated. Methodology/Principal findings From February to November 2015, Cryptosporidium spp. infected calves were detected in 29/44 randomly included farms from 5 geographic regions of France. C. hominis and C. parvum were found in 12/44 and 26/44 farms, respectively with higher C. hominis prevalence in the western region. In 9 farms, both C. parvum and C. hominis were detected. Eighty-six of 412 (73/342 asymptomatic and 13/70 symptomatic) one to nine-week-old calves shed C. hominis or C. parvum oocysts (15 and 71 calves, respectively), with no mixed infection detected. The predominant C. hominis IbA9G3 genotype was present in all regions, and more frequent in the western region. An incompletely characterized Ib, and the IbA13G3, IbA9G2 and IbA14G2 genotypes were present only in the western region. For C. parvum, the most frequent genotype was IIaA16G3R1 with no geographic clustering. Most C. hominis infected calves were asymptomatic, with some exceptions of IbA9G2 and IbA9G3 isolates, while C. parvum IIaA16G3R1 was associated with symptoms. Conclusions/Significance Present results indicate for the first time that in several geographic regions of France, C. hominis was present in about one fifth of both asymptomatic and symptomatic infected calves, with isolated genotypes likely associated with human infection. Further investigations are aimed at documenting direct or indirect transmissions between livestock and humans., Author summary Symptomatic infection by the Apicomplexan Cryptosporidium spp. is presently considered the most frequent parasitic cause of acute diarrhea in both humans (especially severe in immunocompromised individuals and infants in both developed and developing countries) and cattle (calves), while asymptomatic infections are less often documented. Cryptosporidium (C.) hominis once considered to be restricted to humans accounts for the majority of pediatric cases in several countries. C. parvum can also infect cattle as well as C. bovis, C. andersoni, and C. ryanae. Recently, cattle C. hominis cryptosporidiosis has been reported, suggesting that the presence of C. hominis in calves was previously underestimated. The aim of this work was to characterize Cryptosporidium spp. infection in both asymptomatic and symptomatic dairy and beef calves from Metropolitan France. From February to November 2015, C. parvum or C. hominis infected calves were detected in farms from 5 geographic regions of France. Surprisingly, C. hominis was present in about one fifth of Cryptosporidium spp. infected calves, and exhibited genotypes which were previously reported in human and nonhuman primate. Further investigations are aimed at documenting direct or indirect C. hominis transmissions between and among livestock and humans.
Published: 2018

46. Disabling ocular sequelae of epidermal necrolysis: risk factors during the acute phase and associated sequelae

Author: Pierre Wolkenstein, Khaled Ezzedine, D. Thorel, J. Gueudry, A. Delcampe, G. Royer, A. Colin, N. de Prost, C. Hua, C. Hajj, Olivier Chosidow, Saskia Ingen-Housz-Oro, M. Muraine, Hôpital Henri Mondor, Service d'ophtalmologie [Rouen], CHU Rouen, Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-Université de Rouen Normandie (UNIROUEN), Normandie Université (NU)-Hôpital Charles-Nicolle, Epidemiology in Dermatology and Evaluation in Therapeutics (EpiDermE), Université Paris-Est Créteil Val-de-Marne - Paris 12 (UPEC UP12), Epidémiosurveillance de protozooses à transmission alimentaire et vectorielle (ESCAPE), Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail (ANSES)-Université de Rouen Normandie (UNIROUEN), Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne (URCA), Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne (URCA)-Université de Rouen Normandie (UNIROUEN), and Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail (ANSES)
Subjects: Adult, Male, medicine.medical_specialty, Eye Diseases, Contact Lenses, MEDLINE, Dermatology, Nail Diseases, 030207 dermatology & venereal diseases, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Quality of life, Risk Factors, Epidermal necrolysis, Humans, Medicine, [SDV.MHEP.OS]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Human health and pathology/Sensory Organs, Skin pathology, ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS, Retrospective Studies, Skin, business.industry, Mental Disorders, Disease progression, Follow up studies, Retrospective cohort study, Middle Aged, 3. Good health, Stevens-Johnson Syndrome, Disease Progression, Quality of Life, 030221 ophthalmology & optometry, Female, [SDV.SPEE]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Santé publique et épidémiologie, Observational study, business, Sclera, [SDV.MHEP.DERM]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Human health and pathology/Dermatology, Follow-Up Studies
Abstract: International audience
Published: 2019

47. Dark skin phototype is associated with more severe ocular complications of Stevens–Johnson syndrome and toxic epidermal necrolysis

Author: G. Royer, Olivier Chosidow, Pierre Wolkenstein, C. Hajj, J. Gueudry, A. Delcampe, Khaled Ezzedine, D. Thorel, Saskia Ingen-Housz-Oro, E. Gabison, M. Muraine, VILLIER, Venceslas, Service d'ophtalmologie [Rouen], CHU Rouen, Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-Université de Rouen Normandie (UNIROUEN), Normandie Université (NU)-Hôpital Charles-Nicolle, Service d'ophtalmologie [Hopital Bichat - Paris], Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-AP-HP - Hôpital Bichat - Claude Bernard [Paris], Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7), Hôpital Henri Mondor, Epidemiology in Dermatology and Evaluation in Therapeutics (EpiDermE), Université Paris-Est Créteil Val-de-Marne - Paris 12 (UPEC UP12), Service de dermatologie Hôpital Saint-André Bordeaux, CHU Bordeaux [Bordeaux], Epidémiosurveillance de protozooses à transmission alimentaire et vectorielle (ESCAPE), Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne (URCA)-Université de Rouen Normandie (UNIROUEN), Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail (ANSES), Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail (ANSES)-Université de Rouen Normandie (UNIROUEN), and Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne (URCA)
Subjects: Adult, Male, medicine.medical_specialty, Adolescent, Eye Diseases, Dark skin, Skin Pigmentation, Dermatology, Eye, Severity of Illness Index, Young Adult, 030207 dermatology & venereal diseases, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Severity of illness, medicine, Humans, [SDV.MHEP.OS]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Human health and pathology/Sensory Organs, Young adult, ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS, Aged, Retrospective Studies, business.industry, Stevens johnson, Retrospective cohort study, Middle Aged, [SDV.MHEP.DERM] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Human health and pathology/Dermatology, medicine.disease, Phototype, Toxic epidermal necrolysis, 3. Good health, [SDV.MHEP.OS] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Human health and pathology/Sensory Organs, [SDV.SPEE] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Santé publique et épidémiologie, Stevens-Johnson Syndrome, 030221 ophthalmology & optometry, Female, [SDV.SPEE]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Santé publique et épidémiologie, business, [SDV.MHEP.DERM]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Human health and pathology/Dermatology
Abstract: International audience
Published: 2019

48. Non‐proteinuric renal al amyloidosis in waldenström's macroglobulinemia

Author: Dominique Guerrot, Arnaud François, Isabelle Etienne, Anaïs Lesourd, Service des maladies infectieuses et tropicales [Rouen], CHU Rouen, Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-Université de Rouen Normandie (UNIROUEN), Normandie Université (NU), Equipe de Recherche sur les Rationalités Philosophiques et les Savoirs (ERRAPHIS), Université Toulouse - Jean Jaurès (UT2J), Epidémiosurveillance de protozooses à transmission alimentaire et vectorielle (ESCAPE), Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail (ANSES)-Université de Rouen Normandie (UNIROUEN), Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne (URCA), Service de néphrologie [Rennes], Université de Rennes 1 (UR1), Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES)-Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES)-Hôpital Pontchaillou-CHU Pontchaillou [Rennes], Service de Néphrologie [Rouen], Université de Rouen Normandie (UNIROUEN), Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-CHU Rouen, Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT), Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne (URCA)-Université de Rouen Normandie (UNIROUEN), Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail (ANSES), Université de Rennes (UR)-Hôpital Pontchaillou-CHU Pontchaillou [Rennes], VILLIER, Venceslas, Endothélium, valvulopathies et insuffisance cardiaque (EnVI), Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Université de Rouen Normandie (UNIROUEN), Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU), and Département de Pathologie [CHU Rouen]
Subjects: 0303 health sciences, Pathology, medicine.medical_specialty, [SDV.MHEP] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Human health and pathology, business.industry, [SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio], 030232 urology & nephrology, Kidney pathology, Macroglobulinemia, General Medicine, [SDV.MHEP.UN]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Human health and pathology/Urology and Nephrology, [SDV] Life Sciences [q-bio], 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Renal AL amyloidosis, Nephrology, medicine, business, ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS, [SDV.MHEP]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Human health and pathology, 030304 developmental biology, Biopsy methods
Abstract: International audience
Published: 2019

49. Luxation complète du globe oculaire post-traumatique avec section du nerf optique

Author: Julie Gueudry, Marc Muraine, C. Batut, W. Side, B. Guichard, A. Retout, O. Trost, Institut de biologie et chimie des protéines [Lyon] (IBCP), Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Epidémiosurveillance de protozooses à transmission alimentaire et vectorielle (ESCAPE), Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne (URCA)-Université de Rouen Normandie (UNIROUEN), Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail (ANSES), Cognition, Action, et Plasticité Sensorimotrice [Dijon - U1093] (CAPS), Université de Bourgogne (UB)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail (ANSES)-Université de Rouen Normandie (UNIROUEN), and Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne (URCA)
Subjects: business.industry, [SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio], 030206 dentistry, Anatomy, 03 medical and health sciences, Ophthalmology, 0302 clinical medicine, 030221 ophthalmology & optometry, Optic nerve, Medicine, Traumatic dislocation, business, ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS, [SDV.MHEP]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Human health and pathology
Abstract: International audience
Published: 2017

50. Recurrent herpetic keratitis despite antiviral prophylaxis: A virological and pharmacological study

Author: Antoine Rousseau, David Boutolleau, Karine Titier, Tristan Bourcier, Christophe Chiquet, Michel Weber, Joseph Colin, Julie Gueudry, Mohamed M'Garrech, Bahram Bodaghi, Sonia Burrel, Henri Agut, Claire Deback, Marc Labetoulle, Jean-Paul Berrod, Eric Gabison, Louis Hoffart, Marc Muraine, David Touboul, Cédric Schweitzerr, CHU Bordeaux [Bordeaux], Hôpital Bicêtre, Service de virologie [CHU Pitié-Salpêtrière], CHU Pitié-Salpêtrière [AP-HP], Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Sorbonne Université (SU), Service d'Ophtalmologie (CHU de Dijon), Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Dijon - Hôpital François Mitterrand (CHU Dijon), Service d'Ophtalmologie [CHU Pitié-Salpêtrière], CHU Strasbourg, Centre d'Immunologie et de Maladies Infectieuses (CIMI), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC), Centre Hospitalier Universitaire [Grenoble] (CHU), Hôpital Paul Brousse, Hôpital Paul Brousse-Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11), Service de Médecine Interne [CHU Rouen], CHU Rouen, Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-Université de Rouen Normandie (UNIROUEN), Normandie Université (NU), Epidémiosurveillance de protozooses à transmission alimentaire et vectorielle (ESCAPE), Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail (ANSES)-Université de Rouen Normandie (UNIROUEN), Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne (URCA), Peau et environnement: réponses normales et pathologiques, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Ophtalmologie [Hôpital de la Timone - APMH], Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Marseille (APHM)- Hôpital de la Timone [CHU - APHM] (TIMONE), Service d'ophtalmologie [Rouen], Normandie Université (NU)-Hôpital Charles-Nicolle, Institut de Chimie des Substances Naturelles (ICSN), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Chimie du CNRS (INC), Centre hospitalier universitaire de Nantes (CHU Nantes), Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Sorbonne Université (SU), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Hôpital Paul Brousse, Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne (URCA)-Université de Rouen Normandie (UNIROUEN), Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail (ANSES), Hôpital Charles Nicolle [Rouen], Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-CHU Rouen, Institut de Chimie du CNRS (INC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Hôpital Charles-Nicolle-CHU Rouen, Service de Virologie [CHU Pitié-Salpêtrière], and Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)
Subjects: Male, 0301 basic medicine, viruses, Acyclovir, Herpesvirus 1, Human, Drug resistance, medicine.disease_cause, Polymerase Chain Reaction, Gastroenterology, 0302 clinical medicine, Recurrence, Genotype, Prospective Studies, Child, media_common, Viral resistance, Valine, Middle Aged, [SDV.SP]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Pharmaceutical sciences, 3. Good health, Child, Preschool, Valacyclovir, [SDV.MP.VIR]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Microbiology and Parasitology/Virology, Female, Herpes simplex keratitis, Adult, Drug, medicine.medical_specialty, Adolescent, media_common.quotation_subject, 030106 microbiology, Antiviral Agents, Virus, Keratitis, Young Adult, 03 medical and health sciences, Pharmacokinetics, Virology, Internal medicine, Drug Resistance, Viral, medicine, Humans, Dosing, Aged, Pharmacology, business.industry, Infant, Herpes Simplex, medicine.disease, Herpes simplex virus, Tears, Immunology, Keratitis, Herpetic, 030221 ophthalmology & optometry, [SDV.SP.PHARMA]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Pharmaceutical sciences/Pharmacology, business
Abstract: International audience; Recurrent herpes simplex keratitis (HSK) is a leading infectious cause of blindness in industrialized countries. Antiviral prophylaxis (AVP) may fail to prevent recurrence of HSK due to viral resistance, inadequate dosing, or poor patient compliance. In this prospective multicenter study, we enrolled immunocompetent patients with recurrent HSK despite AVP. Ocular samples were tested by PCR for herpes simplex virus 1 (HSV-1). HSV-1 drug resistance was assessed with a genotypic assay based on UL23 and UL30 gene sequencing. After curative full dose valacyclovir (VACV) treatment was started, peak and trough acyclovir (ACV) plasma concentrations were measured, and patient compliance to AVP was assessed with a questionnaire.The study sample was comprised of 43 patients. Six (14%) patients were positive for HSV-1 using PCR, of whom 5 (83%) harbored genotypically ACV-resistant (ACVR) virus, due to mutations in UL23 (n = 4) or UL30 (n = 1). Disease duration was statistically significantly longer in patients with viral resistance compared to other HSK patients [35.5 ± 23.4 years (range, 6.8–68.4 years) versus 11.1 ± 12.3 years (range, 0.8–56.3 year) respectively; Mann-Whitney p = 0.01)].While patients were treated with full dose VACV, trough ACV plasma concentrations were below the threshold for ACV sensitivity in 9.5% of cases, and compliance was poor in 5.3% of cases.To summarize, HSV-1 resistance to ACV seems to be a significant cause of failure of prophylaxis in patients with HSK and is associated with longer disease duration. Most PCR-positive samples contained genotypically ACVR virus and identification may aid in adapting treatment. Incomplete 24-h drug coverage may also explain some cases of failure of prophylaxis.
Published: 2017

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