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Managing Legionella Risk in Healthcare Facilities: A Survey of the Situation in the Northern Interregional Area
Legionella, a waterborne bacterium, is one of the causative agents of nosocomial pneumonia. Results from mandatory reporting show that 17% of Legionnaires' disease cases in 1999 had...
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Mass food poisoning or a psychogenic phenomenon?
On February 11, 2000, a physician from the student health promotion department (school physician) reported a suspected outbreak of foodborne illness at a vocational high school to the...
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Contamination of the drinking water supply in Strasbourg and a concurrent outbreak of gastroenteritis – May 2000
On May 26, 2000, bacterial contamination was detected in the water supply of a section of downtown Strasbourg after a major 60-centimeter-diameter water main had been put back into...
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An epidemiological study of short-term health problems among individuals who participated in the cleanup of sites contaminated by the oil spill following the sinking of the Erika
On December 12, 1999, the oil tanker Erika, carrying 28,000 tons of Category 2 heavy fuel oil, sank 55 km south of the Pointe de Penmarc'h and 80 km west of Belle-Ile... As the pollution...
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The transmission of ringworm in schools and households: a prospective study in the Hauts-de-Seine department
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Risk of infection following knee replacement surgery. A study of deep-seated infections in a consecutive series of 210 primary total knee replacements
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Hospitalizations for community-acquired acute rotavirus gastroenteritis in children from 1997 to 2000 in Paris
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New consultants for an HIV outbreak at a hospital in northern Hauts-de-Seine
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Outbreak of illness at the Nice University Hospital in November 2000: an epidemiological investigation
On Monday, November 6, 2000, at the Archet 2 Hospital in Nice, between 1:00 p.m. and 1:30 p.m., eight staff members from two adjacent departments—assisted reproductive technology and...
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Trends in the Management of Ectopic Pregnancies: Initial Findings from the Auvergne Regional Registry
