Emergence and establishment of Staphylococcus haemolyticus ST29 in two Western France neonatal intensive care units.

Purpose: Since 2021, several reports of Staphylococcus haemolyticus outbreaks in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) have been reported in France. The aim of this study was to understand how it became established in the NICUs of two facilities, which share the care of newborns.

Methods: All positive S.

Effectiveness of water system chemical disinfection against Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections, despite a not-so-obvious connection.

Background: Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a well-recognized opportunistic pathogen frequently responsible for hospital-acquired infections. Acquisition routes of P aeruginosa are both endogenous and exogenous, including transmission from a portion of the hospital water system.

Methods: The impact of disinfection procedures of the water system and description routes of P aeruginosa transmission in a surgical intensive care unit over a 2-year period were investigated.

Determinants of influenza and COVID vaccine uptake in healthcare workers: A cross-sectional survey during the post-pandemic era in a network of academic hospitals in France.

Objectives: Although influenza and COVID vaccines are recommended for healthcare workers (HCWs), vaccine coverage is sub-optimal for influenza in this population, and the situation did not improve during the COVID pandemic. We aimed to estimate influenza and COVID vaccine coverage among HCWs and their determinants after the COVID pandemic.

Methods: We performed a cross-sectional study between May and July 2023 among HCWs to estimate influenza and COVID vaccination coverage during the 2022-2023 season, and its determinants, using a web-based anonymous questionnaire.

Ketocarotenoid production in tomato triggers metabolic reprogramming and cellular adaptation: The quest for homeostasis.

Plants are sessile and therefore have developed an extraordinary capacity to adapt to external signals. Here, the focus is on the plasticity of the plant cell to respond to new intracellular cues. Ketocarotenoids are high-value natural red pigments with potent antioxidant activity.