In 2008, a previously unknown Escherichia coli clonal group, sequence type 131 (ST131),
was identified on three continents. Today, ST131 is the predominant E. coli lineage among …

Hospitals are hotspots for antimicrobial-resistant bacteria (ARB) and play a major role in both
their emergence and spread. Large numbers of these ARB will be ejected from hospitals …

Objectives In 2006, 0.6% of healthy subjects living in the Paris area had extended-spectrum
β-lactamase (ESBL)-producing Escherichia coli in their gut. To assess the evolution of this …

Bacterial typing is crucial to tackle the spread of bacterial pathogens but current methods are
time-consuming and costly. Matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization–time of flight mass …

Objectives Since electronic prescribing is limited to few hospitals, point prevalence surveys,
such as the standardized European Surveillance of Antimicrobial Consumption point …

Background. The determinants of the spread of extended-spectrum β-lactamase–producing
Escherichia coli (ESBLEC) in the community remain unclear. To evaluate its dissemination …

We performed a multicentre retrospective cohort study including 606,649 acute inpatient
episodes at 10 European hospitals in 2010 and 2011 to estimate the impact of antimicrobial …

Prevalence of enterococci and antibiotic resistance profiles of Enterococcus faecalis was
analyzed in 126 French cheeses from retail stores. Forty-four percent of pasteurized or …

Pseudomonas aeruginosa is an opportunistic bacterial pathogen able to thrive in highly
diverse ecological niches and to infect compromised patients. Its genome exhibits a mosaic …

Aims The defined daily doses (DDD) defined by the WHO are widely used as an indicator to
measure antibiotic use in the hospital setting. However, discrepancies exist between …