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2. Score calcique coronarien et risque cardiovasculaire chez les patients vivants avec le VIH : étude cas-contrôle dans deux centres français
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V. Vitrat, C. Janssen, V. Tolsma, E. Piet, M. Maillet, L. Belle, G. Macheda, O. Vendrasco, F. Boccara, and A. Fonteille
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- 2023
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3. Émergence de l'encéphalite à tique dans l'arc alpin
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A. Merlet, G. Macheda, C. Varache, and E. Forestier
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- 2023
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4. Les microangiopathies thrombotiques en Nouvelle Calédonie, entre 2008 et 2018
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G. Macheda, L.M. Michel, N. Quirin, M.A. Goujart, and C. Cazorla
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Gastroenterology ,Internal Medicine - Published
- 2022
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5. Harnessing the wisdom of crowds can improve guideline compliance of antibiotic prescribers and support antimicrobial stewardship
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G. Macheda, Juliane E. Kämmer, Nathalie Thilly, Ralf H. J. M. Kurvers, R. A. Hamilton, Céline Pulcini, Stefan M. Herzog, Eva M. Krockow, University of Leicester, Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Universität Bern [Bern], De Montfort University [Leicester, United Kingdom] (DMU), Adaptation, mesure et évaluation en santé. Approches interdisciplinaires (APEMAC), and Université de Lorraine (UL)
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0301 basic medicine ,medicine.drug_class ,Antibiotic resistance ,030106 microbiology ,Antibiotics ,Pooling ,Judgement ,Decision Making ,MEDLINE ,lcsh:Medicine ,Context (language use) ,610 Medicine & health ,Inappropriate Prescribing ,Policy and public health in microbiology ,Article ,03 medical and health sciences ,Antimicrobial Stewardship ,0302 clinical medicine ,[SDV.MHEP.MI]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Human health and pathology/Infectious diseases ,Diagnosis ,medicine ,Antimicrobial stewardship ,Humans ,Computer Simulation ,030212 general & internal medicine ,lcsh:Science ,Patient Care Team ,Public health ,Multidisciplinary ,business.industry ,Antimicrobials ,lcsh:R ,Health care ,medicine.disease ,Health policy ,Health services ,3. Good health ,Test (assessment) ,Prescribing ,Practice Guidelines as Topic ,Infectious diseases ,Interdisciplinary Communication ,[SDV.SPEE]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Santé publique et épidémiologie ,lcsh:Q ,Medical emergency ,business ,Wisdom of Crowds - Abstract
Antibiotic overprescribing is a global challenge contributing to rising levels of antibiotic resistance and mortality. We test a novel approach to antibiotic stewardship. Capitalising on the concept of “wisdom of crowds”, which states that a group’s collective judgement often outperforms the average individual, we test whether pooling treatment durations recommended by different prescribers can improve antibiotic prescribing. Using international survey data from 787 expert antibiotic prescribers, we run computer simulations to test the performance of the wisdom of crowds by comparing three data aggregation rules across different clinical cases and group sizes. We also identify patterns of prescribing bias in recommendations about antibiotic treatment durations to quantify current levels of overprescribing. Our results suggest that pooling the treatment recommendations (using the median) could improve guideline compliance in groups of three or more prescribers. Implications for antibiotic stewardship and the general improvement of medical decision making are discussed. Clinical applicability is likely to be greatest in the context of hospital ward rounds and larger, multidisciplinary team meetings, where complex patient cases are discussed and existing guidelines provide limited guidance.
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- 2020
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6. Impact of the French Infectious Diseases Society's (SPILF) proposals for shorter antibiotic therapies
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A. Luc, R. Gauzit, Nathalie Thilly, B. Castan, Céline Pulcini, Pierre Tattevin, Guillaume Béraud, G. Macheda, Philippe Lesprit, Service des Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales [CHRU Nancy], Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire de Nancy (CHRU Nancy), Plateforme d'Aide à la Recherche Clinique [CHRU Nancy] (PARC), Médecine Interne et Maladies Infectieuses, CHU de Poitiers, Poitiers, France, Centre hospitalier universitaire de Poitiers (CHU Poitiers), Hôpital du Saint-Sacrement [CHU Québec] (HSS), CHU de Québec–Université Laval, Université Laval [Québec] (ULaval)-Université Laval [Québec] (ULaval), Hasselt University (UHasselt), Centre hospitalier d'Ajaccio, Hôpital Cochin [AP-HP], Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP), Hôpital Foch [Suresnes], Service des maladies infectieuses et réanimation médicale [Rennes], Hôpital Pontchaillou-Université de Rennes 1 (UR1), Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES)-Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES), Maladies chroniques, santé perçue, et processus d'adaptation (APEMAC), Université de Lorraine (UL), Service des maladies infectieuses et réanimation médicale [Rennes] = Infectious Disease and Intensive Care [Rennes], and CHU Pontchaillou [Rennes]
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Adult ,Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,medicine.drug_class ,Antibiotique ,Recommandations ,Antibiotics ,Guidelines ,Infections ,Online Systems ,Drug Administration Schedule ,Bon usage des antibiotiques ,Antimicrobial Stewardship ,03 medical and health sciences ,Surveys and Questionnaires ,Antibiotic therapy ,medicine ,Humans ,Practice Patterns, Physicians' ,Medical prescription ,Societies, Medical ,Antibiotic stewardship ,Infectious Disease Medicine ,0303 health sciences ,030306 microbiology ,business.industry ,Antibiotic ,Middle Aged ,Anti-Bacterial Agents ,3. Good health ,Infectious Diseases ,Infectious disease (medical specialty) ,Family medicine ,Practice Guidelines as Topic ,Antibiotic Stewardship ,Female ,[SDV.SPEE]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Santé publique et épidémiologie ,France ,Guideline Adherence ,business - Abstract
International audience; OBJECTIVE: To compare the practices of French infection specialists related to antibiotic therapy duration between 2016 and 2018.METHODS: We conducted two identical surveys (in 2016 and 2018) targeting hospital-based infection specialists (medical physicians, pharmacists) who gave at least weekly advice on antibiotic prescriptions. The questionnaire included 15 clinical vignettes. Part A asked about the durations of antibiotic therapies they would usually advise to prescribers, and part B asked about the shortest duration they would be willing to advise for the same clinical situations.RESULTS: We included 325 specialists (165 in 2016 and 160 in 2018), mostly infectious disease specialists (82.4%, 268/325), members of antibiotic stewardship teams in 72% (234/325) of cases. Shorter antibiotic treatments (as compared with the literature) were advised to prescribers in more than half of the vignettes by 71% (105/147) of respondents in 2018, versus 46% (69/150) in 2016 (P
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- 2019
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7. Gestion d’un cluster de COVID-19 : expérience d’un CH
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G. Macheda, E. Saligari, C. Peigne, B. Humbert, H. Petitprez, V. Tolsma, A. Jean, G. Gheno, V. Vitrat, and Emmanuel Forestier
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2019-20 coronavirus outbreak ,Infectious Diseases ,Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) ,Political science ,Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) ,Humanities ,Article - Abstract
Introduction Dans le contexte d’infections a COVID-19 en Chine depuis decembre 2019, nous avons cree une procedure de prelevement et de prise en charge des cas possibles. La nuit du 6 au 7 fevrier, le SAMU declenche une alerte pour 2 patients, en contact avec un cas confirme COVID-19 dans les 14 jours precedents et consultant pour une infection respiratoire haute. Materiels et methodes Nous decrivons la gestion de l’alerte, la creation d’une cellule de crise locale pluridisciplinaire et les interactions avec les differentes instances regionales et nationales. Resultats En l’absence de signes de gravite, les 2 patients rentrent a domicile pour confinement avec 11 autres personnes exposees. En concertation avec l’ARS, des prelevements pour tous, symptomatiques ou non, sont realises au domicile le 7 fevrier par un medecin et une IDE d’infectiologie. Cinq sont positifs a COVID-19 le soir meme. Ceci entraine la creation d’une cellule de crise locale composee des directions, de l’unite d’hygiene, d’infectiologues, du SAMU, des urgences, de microbiologistes et de pediatres, en lien avec les instances territoriales, regionales et nationales lors de conferences telephoniques pluriquotidiennes. Les cas confirmes sont hospitalises dans 3 CHU proches pour maintenir les capacites d’accueil dans les 2 CH de proximite. Le contact tracing est assure par les ARS territoriale et regionale et la DGS (pour l’etranger). Les principales actions de la cellule de crise locale sont la mise en place : – d’une strategie progressive, raisonnee, adaptable a l’evolution de la situation sans ceder a la panique ; – d’un circuit exterieur dedie pour les urgences (pour afflux eventuel de patients) ; – de secteurs d’hospitalisation pour cohorting des cas possibles ou confirmes ; – d’une campagne de prelevements par des binomes infectiologues/paramedicaux dans le village ou resident les cas confirmes le premier jour (91 faits, tous negatifs) puis dans le CH les jours suivants, pour les contacts a haut risque symptomatiques. Les points forts de cette organisation ont ete la reactivite et la mobilisation generale des professionnels, la collaboration fluide avec l’ARS territoriale et la complementarite medico-administrative. Les principales difficultes ressenties etaient en lien avec : – le nombre eleve de contacts, geres par 3 instances differentes ; – le manque de transmission d’informations en temps reel aux equipes locales ; – l’inadequation entre les imperatifs du terrain et les consignes et concertations necessaires aux niveaux superieurs. Conclusion Cette experience permet de souligner les forces et les faiblesses de la gestion locale d’un cluster de COVID-19. Une reunion de debriefing avec les differents acteurs sera pertinente afin d’ameliorer le dispositif pour des situations semblables a l’avenir.
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- 2020
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8. Sarcoïdose avec atteinte musculaire : une série de 8 cas
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Roland Jaussaud, François Maurier, G. Macheda, S. Revuz, J.D. de Korwin, and T. Moulinet
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Gastroenterology ,Internal Medicine - Abstract
Introduction La sarcoidose est une granulomatose systemique possedant une presentation tres polymorphe, dependant en grande partie des differents organes atteints. On note classiquement une atteinte pulmonaire (parenchymateuse ou mediastinale) associee, ou non, a des atteintes extrapulmonaires. L’atteinte musculaire de la sarcoidose reste cependant peu decrite dans la litterature. Ainsi, la presentation clinique inaugurale et la reponse aux differentes therapeutiques sont encore mal connues. Patients et methodes Nous rapportons une serie de 8 cas de sarcoidose avec atteinte musculaire ayant ete pris en charge dans les centres hospitaliers du CHU de Nancy et hopitaux prives de Metz, entre 2003 et 2017. Le diagnostic positif de myosite sarcoidosique reposait sur un faisceau d’arguments clinicobiologiques, radiologiques et/ou histologiques. Resultats Cette serie comprend 5 femmes et 3 hommes (sex-ratio 1,66) avec un âge moyen au moment du diagnostic de 52 ans (23–70). L’atteinte musculaire etait inaugurale dans 5 cas/8 et etait representee par des myalgies dans 3 cas et un deficit moteur dans 2 cas. Une biopsie musculaire a ete realisee dans 6 cas et mettait en evidence des granulomes musculaires dans 100 % des cas. L’imagerie par resonance magnetique (IRM) musculaire a ete realisee chez 4 patients et mettait en evidence une myosite localisee aux membres inferieurs chez tous les patients. L’atteinte musculaire etait oculaire dans 2 cas et touchait les membres inferieurs dans 4 autres cas. Les atteintes extramusculaires de la sarcoidose etaient : ganglionnaires (n = 5), pulmonaires (n = 3) avec Stade 1 (n = 2) et Stade 2 (n = 1), cutanees (n = 3), hepatospleniques (n = 2), cardiaque (n = 1), medullaire (n = 1) et systeme nerveux central (n = 1). Trois patients sur cinq presentaient une rhabdomyolyse avec un taux moyen de creatine phosphokinase (CPK) maximum de 325,4 UI/mL. Le traitement a ete instaure au diagnostic dans 2 cas devant une atteinte ophtalmique isolee, dans 3 cas pour des atteintes pulmonaires non isolees et dans un cas pour atteinte medullaire et musculaire. La myolyse seule n’etait pas un facteur suffisant pour debuter une therapeutique. Tous les patients ont beneficie d’une corticotherapie systemique et 4 patients sur 6 ont presente une rechute (2 patients apres sevrage en corticoides et 2 durant la decroissance). Un patient sur quatre a presente une rechute de l’atteinte musculaire. Le traitement de la premiere rechute etait systematiquement une corticotherapie associee a du methotrexate. Une seconde rechute a ete observee chez les 4 cas. Le traitement entrepris alors comprenait une corticotherapie isolee dans 1 cas, une association corticoide et methotrexate dans 2 cas et une adjonction d’hydroxychloroquine dans 1 cas. Parmi ces patients, 3 ont rechute avec mise en place d’une corticotherapie topique dans 1 cas (rechute cutanee), une corticotherapie isolee dans 1 cas et une association avec infliximab, corticoides et methotrexate dans le dernier cas. Conclusion L’atteinte musculaire reste peu frequente mais doit etre evoquee systematiquement devant une symptomatologie musculaire (myalgies, deficit moteur), meme en l’absence d’augmentation des CPK. La biopsie musculaire est un examen cle du diagnostic, montrant systematiquement la presence de granulomes musculaires, dans notre serie, lorsqu’elle etait realisee. L’IRM musculaire montre souvent une atteinte focale et peut permettre de guider une biopsie musculaire. Nos patients ont tous ete traites par une corticotherapie a la phase initiale et par du methotrexate lors de la premiere rechute. Les rechutes etaient cependant rarement musculaires.
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9. Durée des antibiothérapies : une enquête internationale
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B. Castan, Philippe Lesprit, Céline Pulcini, G. Macheda, Oliver J. Dyar, R. Gauzit, Bojana Beović, Nathalie Thilly, Pierre Tattevin, and Guillaume Béraud
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Infectious Diseases - Abstract
Introduction Reduire les durees d’antibiotherapie limite l’emergence des resistances bacteriennes. Les pratiques actuelles concernant les durees des antibiotherapies sont cependant mal connues. Materiels et methodes Cette enquete internationale ESCMID-SPILF, ouverte du 1 er septembre au 1 er decembre 2016, avait pour but d’evaluer les durees d’antibiotherapie conseillees par les medecins/pharmaciens seniors donnant des avis au minimum hebdomadaires en antibiotherapie. Nous avons evalue leurs pratiques a l’aide de quinze vignettes presentant des situations cliniques d’evolution favorable frequemment rencontrees en pratique courante. Les participants ont ensuite ete interroges sur la duree minimale de traitement qu’ils seraient prets a prescrire dans les memes situations. Resultats Huit cent soixante-six professionnels (infectiologues 59 % et microbiologistes 23 %) provenant de 58 pays (France 19 %, Royaume-Uni 16 %, Espagne 9 % et Allemagne 8 %) ont participe. La duree de prescription conseillee par les participants excedait parfois la duree minimale validee dans la litterature : 8 jours conseilles versus 7 jours valides dans la litterature pour un erysipele, 7 vs 5 jours pour une exacerbation de BPCO, ou 7 vs 5 jours pour une cholecystite aigue non compliquee et operee dans les 24 heures. Les durees conseillees etaient cependant majoritairement (10/15 vignettes) en accord avec la litterature. Les participants declaraient etre prets a raccourcir les durees conseillees dans 8/15 vignettes, avec par exemple 28 jours de traitement pour une infection de pied diabetique, 5 jours pour une exacerbation de BPCO ou 10 jours pour une bacteriemie a S . aureus non compliquee. Conclusion Les professionnels ayant une activite de conseil en antibiotherapie declarent recommander des durees plutot courtes d’antibiotherapie, et semblent meme enclins a raccourcir encore ces durees. L’application des futures propositions de la SPILF sur le sujet semble donc possible en pratique.
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10. Outcomes of Enterococcus faecalis infective endocarditis according to MIC of amoxicillin: a multicentric study.
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Do Rego H, Kherabi Y, Corvec S, Plouzeau-Jayle C, Bouchiat C, Macheda G, Meyer S, Cattoir V, Piau C, Guillard T, Zahar JR, Farfour E, Lecomte R, Amara M, Isnard C, Le Monnier A, and Pilmis B
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Background: The incidence of Enterococcus faecalis infective endocarditis is increasing over time. Data on the impact of minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) of amoxicillin on treatment outcomes are scarce. The objective of this study was to describe the epidemiology of E. faecalis infective endocarditis and to evaluate whether the MIC of amoxicillin might influence mortality., Materials: We retrospectively included all consecutive patients diagnosed with definite E. faecalis infective endocarditis between 2013 and 2020 in 11 French hospitals. We extracted data from the local diagnosis-related group (DRG) database and matched these data with microbiological results. Amoxicillin MIC was determined by Etest strip. The primary endpoints were endocarditis-related mortality and risk factors for endocarditis-related mortality including amoxicillin MIC., Results: A total of 403 patients with definite E. faecalis infective endocarditis were included. Patients were predominantly male (76.4%) with a median age of 74 years (67-82). Embolic complications occurred in 170 (42.1%) patients. Cardiac surgery was performed in 158 (61.5%) patients. The endocarditis-related mortality rate was 28.3% and the median delay between mortality and onset of hospitalization was 24 (9; 41) days. E. faecalis MIC of amoxicillin was available for 246 (61%) patients. The median MIC was 0.5 mg/L (0.4-0.7). Amoxicillin MIC was not found to be associated with in-hospital mortality. None of the variables included in the multivariate model were identified as a risk factor for mortality and there was no correlation between mortality and the duration of treatment for 4 weeks versus 6 weeks., Conclusions: Higher amoxicillin MIC was not a risk factor leading to endocarditis-related mortality in definite E. faecalis infective endocarditis. However, further studies are needed to assess the effect of amoxicillin MIC on relapse., (© The Author(s) 2024. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy.)
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- 2024
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11. Harnessing the wisdom of crowds can improve guideline compliance of antibiotic prescribers and support antimicrobial stewardship.
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Krockow EM, Kurvers RHJM, Herzog SM, Kämmer JE, Hamilton RA, Thilly N, Macheda G, and Pulcini C
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- Decision Making, Humans, Interdisciplinary Communication, Patient Care Team, Practice Guidelines as Topic, Antimicrobial Stewardship, Computer Simulation, Inappropriate Prescribing prevention & control, Inappropriate Prescribing statistics & numerical data
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Antibiotic overprescribing is a global challenge contributing to rising levels of antibiotic resistance and mortality. We test a novel approach to antibiotic stewardship. Capitalising on the concept of "wisdom of crowds", which states that a group's collective judgement often outperforms the average individual, we test whether pooling treatment durations recommended by different prescribers can improve antibiotic prescribing. Using international survey data from 787 expert antibiotic prescribers, we run computer simulations to test the performance of the wisdom of crowds by comparing three data aggregation rules across different clinical cases and group sizes. We also identify patterns of prescribing bias in recommendations about antibiotic treatment durations to quantify current levels of overprescribing. Our results suggest that pooling the treatment recommendations (using the median) could improve guideline compliance in groups of three or more prescribers. Implications for antibiotic stewardship and the general improvement of medical decision making are discussed. Clinical applicability is likely to be greatest in the context of hospital ward rounds and larger, multidisciplinary team meetings, where complex patient cases are discussed and existing guidelines provide limited guidance.
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- 2020
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12. Bilateral posterior cerebral artery territory infarction in a SARS-Cov-2 infected patient: discussion about an unusual case.
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Bonardel C, Bonnerot M, Ludwig M, Vadot W, Beaune G, Chanzy B, Cornut L, Baysson H, Farines M, Combes I, Macheda G, and Bing F
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- Adenosine Monophosphate analogs & derivatives, Adenosine Monophosphate therapeutic use, Alanine analogs & derivatives, Alanine therapeutic use, Antiviral Agents therapeutic use, COVID-19, Coronavirus Infections diagnosis, Coronavirus Infections drug therapy, Coronavirus Infections virology, Diagnosis, Differential, Fatal Outcome, Host-Pathogen Interactions, Humans, Infarction, Posterior Cerebral Artery diagnostic imaging, Infarction, Posterior Cerebral Artery therapy, Male, Middle Aged, Pandemics, Pneumonia, Viral diagnosis, Pneumonia, Viral drug therapy, Pneumonia, Viral virology, Predictive Value of Tests, Risk Factors, SARS-CoV-2, Thrombolytic Therapy, Treatment Outcome, COVID-19 Drug Treatment, Betacoronavirus pathogenicity, Coronavirus Infections complications, Infarction, Posterior Cerebral Artery complications, Pneumonia, Viral complications
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In time of SARS-Cov2 pandemic, neurologists need to be vigilant for cerebrovascular complications of Covid-19. We present a case of bilateral occipito-temporal infarction revealed by a sudden cortical blindness with haemorrhagic transformation after intravenous thrombolysis in a diabetic patient infected by Covid-19. Differential diagnoses are discussed in front of this unusual presentation and evolution., Competing Interests: Declaration of Competing Interest The authors report no disclosures. Informed consent for publication has been signed by the wife of the patient., (Copyright © 2020 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)
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- 2020
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13. Impact of the French Infectious Diseases Society's (SPILF) proposals for shorter antibiotic therapies.
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Macheda G, Luc A, Béraud G, Castan B, Gauzit R, Lesprit P, Tattevin P, Thilly N, and Pulcini C
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- Adult, Antimicrobial Stewardship methods, Drug Administration Schedule, Female, France epidemiology, Humans, Infections drug therapy, Infections epidemiology, Infectious Disease Medicine organization & administration, Male, Middle Aged, Online Systems, Practice Patterns, Physicians' standards, Societies, Medical organization & administration, Surveys and Questionnaires, Anti-Bacterial Agents administration & dosage, Antimicrobial Stewardship standards, Guideline Adherence statistics & numerical data, Infectious Disease Medicine standards, Practice Guidelines as Topic, Practice Patterns, Physicians' statistics & numerical data, Societies, Medical standards
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Objective: To compare the practices of French infection specialists related to antibiotic therapy duration between 2016 and 2018., Methods: We conducted two identical surveys (in 2016 and 2018) targeting hospital-based infection specialists (medical physicians, pharmacists) who gave at least weekly advice on antibiotic prescriptions. The questionnaire included 15 clinical vignettes. Part A asked about the durations of antibiotic therapies they would usually advise to prescribers, and part B asked about the shortest duration they would be willing to advise for the same clinical situations., Results: We included 325 specialists (165 in 2016 and 160 in 2018), mostly infectious disease specialists (82.4%, 268/325), members of antibiotic stewardship teams in 72% (234/325) of cases. Shorter antibiotic treatments (as compared with the literature) were advised to prescribers in more than half of the vignettes by 71% (105/147) of respondents in 2018, versus 46% (69/150) in 2016 (P<0.001). Guidelines used by participants displayed fixed durations for 77% (123/160) of cases in 2018 versus 21% (35/165) in 2016. Almost all respondents (89%, 131/160) declared they were aware of the 2017 SPILF's proposal., Conclusion: The release of guidelines promoting shorter durations of antibiotic therapy seems to have had a favourable impact on practices of specialists giving advice on antibiotic prescriptions., (Copyright © 2019 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.)
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14. Are infection specialists recommending short antibiotic treatment durations? An ESCMID international cross-sectional survey.
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Macheda G, Dyar OJ, Luc A, Beovic B, Béraud G, Castan B, Gauzit R, Lesprit P, Tattevin P, Thilly N, and Pulcini C
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- Adult, Cross-Sectional Studies, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Surveys and Questionnaires, Time Factors, Young Adult, Anti-Bacterial Agents administration & dosage, Antimicrobial Stewardship statistics & numerical data, Drug Utilization standards, Practice Patterns, Physicians', Procedures and Techniques Utilization, Specialization
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Objectives: To evaluate the current practice and the willingness to shorten the duration of antibiotic therapy among infection specialists., Methods: Infection specialists giving at least weekly advice on antibiotic prescriptions were invited to participate in an online cross-sectional survey between September and December 2016. The questionnaire included 15 clinical vignettes corresponding to common clinical cases with favourable outcomes; part A asked about the antibiotic treatment duration they would usually advise to prescribers and part B asked about the shortest duration they were willing to recommend., Results: We included 866 participants, mostly clinical microbiologists (22.8%, 197/863) or infectious diseases specialists (58.7%, 507/863), members of an antibiotic stewardship team in 73% (624/854) of the cases, coming from 58 countries on all continents. Thirty-six percent of participants (271/749) already advised short durations of antibiotic therapy (compared with the literature) to prescribers for more than half of the vignettes and 47% (312/662) chose shorter durations in part B compared with part A for more than half of the vignettes. Twenty-two percent (192/861) of the participants declared that their regional/national guidelines expressed durations of antibiotic therapy for a specific clinical situation as a fixed duration as opposed to a range and in the multivariable analysis this was associated with respondents advising short durations for more than half of the vignettes (adjusted OR 1.5, P = 0.02)., Conclusions: The majority of infection specialists currently do not advise the shortest possible duration of antibiotic therapy to prescribers. Promoting short durations among these experts is urgently needed.
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