CRP under 130 mg/L rules out the diagnosis of Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1 (URINELLA Study).

Introduction: In case of pneumonia, some biological findings are suggestive for Legionnaire's disease (LD) including C-reactive protein (CRP). A low level of CRP is predictive for negative Legionella Urinary-Antigen-Test (L-UAT).

Method: Observational retrospective study in Nord-Franche-Comté Hospital with external validation in Besançon University Hospital, France which included all adults with L-UAT performed during January 2018 to December 2022.

Effect of storage time and donor sex of transfused red blood cells on 1-year survival in patients undergoing cardiac surgery: an observational study.

Background: Red blood cell (RBC) storage lesions and RBCs from females transfused into male recipients may have adverse effects on transfusion recipients' survival. We hypothesized that the effect of donor sex and the effect of age of blood on mortality would be most apparent in cardiac surgery patients.

Study Design And Methods: Using data from French Blood Services and two university hospitals, we conducted a retrospective cohort study on cardiac surgery patients whose first transfusion occurred between 2007 and 2011.

Automatic detection of cirrhosis in hospitalized patients: a pragmatic experience.

Background/aim: We evaluated the relevance of a systematic automatic detection of cirrhosis using biochemical markers in hospitalized patients.

Methods: We automatically calculated three free biochemical tests (APRI, Fib-4, and Forns) in patients consecutively hospitalized in our university hospital between July and September, 2010. Patients >18 years not known to suffer from chronic liver disease, were contacted to undergo liver stiffness measurement (LSM) as a reference diagnostic tool.

Outcomes associated with routine systemic antifungal therapy in critically ill patients with Candida colonization.

Purpose: To assess the evolution of patient deep colonization by Candida spp. in a surgical ICU over an 8-year period.

Methods: This retrospective, observational study included all patients hospitalized for more than 2 days in a surgical and trauma ICU of a university hospital, from 2005 to 2012.

Improved survival of cirrhotic patients with variceal bleeding over the decade 2000-2010.

Background And Objective: Advances in the management of variceal bleeding (VB) have been highlighted recently. We aimed at assessing whether changing the management of VB has improved the outcome (mortality and rebleeding rates).

Methods: The files of two cohorts (n=57, 2000-2001 and n=64, 2008-2009) of patients referred to our university center were reviewed after a cross-searching using two coding systems.