The antimicrobial susceptibility was determined for 50 Streptococcus uberis, 42 S. dysgalactiae
subsp. dysgalactiae and eight S. agalactiae strains isolated from cow mastitis. Only 27% …

Through a heuristic and probabilistic approach, we evaluated blood culture operating
characteristics (sensitivity, specificity, and predictive values) as a function of several pretest …

Since 1991, new epidemic methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) strains
characterized by the unexpected reappearance of heterogeneous phenotypic expression of …

In a 5-year retrospective study, we used spoligotyping and mycobacterial interspersed
repetitive units to type 13 strains of Mycobacterium bovis isolated from human sources. Despite …

Background The present work relates to identification and a deep molecular characterization
of circulating Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC) strains in the Rhône-Alpes …

The transmission dynamics of tuberculosis involves complex interactions of socio-economic
and, possibly, microbiological factors. We describe an analytical framework to infer factors of …

The purpose of this paper is to define guidelines to interpret positive blood cultures (BCs) to
distinguish bloodstream infection (BSI) from contamination in BCs drawn with a single …

Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) exhibits a structured phylogeographic distribution worldwide
linked with human migrations. We sought to infer how the interactions between distinct …

The human intestinal ecosystem, previously called the gut microflora is now known as the
Human Gut Microbiota (HGM). Microbiome research has emphasized the potential role of this …

Control of Mycobacterium tuberculosis transmission in high-income healthcare settings and
in low tuberculosis (TB) prevalence countries remains a public health priority given the …