Publications by authors named "A Bleuse"

Background: The emergence of antibiotic resistance has contributed to the development of multidrug-resistant bacteria, which is a major concern.

Objectives: The primary objective was to explore the possible association between antibiotic use and the emergence of resistance in a mother-child university hospital.

Method: This retrospective study was conducted in a university hospital centre.

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Objectives: The main objective was to evaluate the surgical antibiotic prophylaxis's compliance rate. The secondary objectives were to evaluate the tools designed to help the surgical antibiotic prophylaxis's prescription, and evaluate the surgical site infection rate.

Methods: This retrospective study was done in a university hospital on a random selection of 125 pediatric patients having undergone a surgery (cardiac, general, neurological, ENT, orthopedic or plastic).

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Background: Different measures of antimicrobial are used to ensure proper usage, as part of structured antimicrobial stewardship programs.

Objective: The main objective of this study is to describe the consumption of antibiotics in a mother-child teaching hospital using the AWaRe classification over a period of 15 years.

Methods: This descriptive and retrospective study included all the data on antibiotic consumption of patients admitted to mother-child University Hospital from April 1st 2005 to March 31st, 2021.

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We collected 6 case-reports of symptomatric non removable low grade fibrillary astrocytoma of adults treated with a procarbazine-CCNU-vincristine chemotherapy regimen. All patients had drug-resistant epilepsy but brain imaging was stable. Total gross resection was rejected because of Volume or tumor location.

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Purpose: To compare the value of conventional imaging modalities and MRI for determination of response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy for breast cancer.

Material And Methods: Sixty tumors (53 ductal carcinomas, seven invasive lobular carcinomas) in 51 patients were evaluated by physical examination, mammography, ultrasound, and MRI at baseline before therapy, after three courses of chemotherapy, and after six courses prior to surgery. Data from physical examination and imaging studies were compared to histopathological findings.

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