Multi-year renewal of green tides: 18 years of algal mat monitoring (2003-2020) on French coastline (Brittany region).

To better understand the green tide phenomenon impacting French coastline and give guidance to stakeholders to elaborate effective mitigation plan, an extensive survey has been deployed on Brittany hot spots. Based on 18 years monitoring database, the objectives of this work were to investigate the inter-and-intra annual evolutions of Ulva beaching, and to assess the parameters driving green tide annual renewal. The yearly cumulated area of Ulva mat on the Brittany coast averaged 2,42 ± 0,84 ha, of which 55 ± 12 % % was reported within Saint Brieuc-Binic Bay, with a maximal beaching generally observed in July.

Extent of the protection afforded by histo-blood group polymorphism against rotavirus gastroenteritis in metropolitan France and French Guiana.

Human rotaviruses attach to histo-blood group antigens glycans and null alleles of the , and genes seem to confer diminished risk of gastroenteritis. Yet, the true extent of this protection remains poorly quantified. Here, we conducted a prospective study to evaluate the risk of consulting at the hospital in non-vaccinated pediatric patients according to the ABO, FUT2 (secretor) and FUT3 (Lewis) polymorphisms, in Metropolitan France and French Guiana.

Case Report: Invasive Cryptococcosis in French Guiana: Immune and Genetic Investigation in Six Non-HIV Patients.

Objectives: We describe the clinical, mycological, immunological, and genetic characteristics of six HIV-negative patients presenting with invasive cryptococcosis.

Methods: Patients with cryptococcosis without any of the classical risk factors, such as HIV infection, followed at Cayenne Hospital, were prospectively included. An immunologic and genetic assessment was performed.

Outbreak of Amazonian Toxoplasmosis: A One Health Investigation in a Remote Amerindian Community.

is a parasite of worldwide importance but its burden in indigenous communities remains unclear. In French Guiana, atypical strains of originating from a complex rainforest cycle involving wild felids have been linked to severe infections in humans. These cases of Amazonian toxoplasmosis are sporadic and outbreaks are rarely described.

[Pediatric Morbidity of a Native American Village in French Guiana (2009-2016)].

The situation of the Amerindian village of Camopi in French Guiana is particular because of its geographical isolation and its socio-cultural environment. Does this unique context affect the morbidity of the children? This study describes the morbidity of children aged 0-5 years in Camopi. The study population included all the children living in Camopi, born between 01/01/2009 and 31/12/2013.

Mother's obesity and high child's waist circumference are predictive factors of severe child's obesity: an observational study in French Guiana.

Background: This study aims to describe the predictive factors of severe obesity in children followed in French Guiana.

Methods: In this observational study, the patients from the French Guianese Childhood Obesity Group database were prospectively included, after giving a statement of patient's non opposition.

Results: Our group classifications revealed that 36 of 150 (24%) participants were classified as being metabolically abnormal obesity" (MAO), while 114 of 150 (76%) were categorized as metabolically normal obesity" (MNO).

[Suboptimal care and severe bacterial infection in the French Caribbean area].

Objective: To study the frequency and types of suboptimal care in initial management of children suffering from a severe bacterial infection (SBI), in a French region where little is known about pediatric SBI epidemiology.

Method: Retrospective single-center study over a 6-year period. Children between 3 months and 15 years of age, deceased or surviving and admitted to the pediatric intensive care unit of the university-affiliated hospital of Martinique for a community-onset SBI were included in this study.

Salmonella enterica serovar Panama meningitis in exclusive breastfeeding infants: Report of 4 cases, clinical features and therapeutic challenges.

Rationale: The pathway of Nontyphoid Salmonella meningitis, especially in exclusive breastfeeding infants, has not been well characterized.

Patient Concerns: We analyzed data related to nontyphoid Salmonella meningitis in 4 infants.

Diagnoses: No diarrhea was observed and the coproculture was negative for all patients.

[Children's gastroenteritis and vomitings].

Gastroenteritis is a public health problem. Every practitioner must know the dehydration signs. The only effective treatment is the rehydration solution.

Frequency and characteristics of infectious diseases in internationally adopted children: a retrospective study in Nantes from 2010 to 2012.

Background And Aims: Internationally adopted children are more susceptible to developing and carrying acute or chronic infectious diseases. Specialized consultations exist in the main French cities; however, specialized consultation with a pediatrician is not mandatory. The main objective of this study was to determine the frequency and characteristics of infections (bacterial, viral, and parasitic) among a group of international adoptees in Nantes over a 3-year period.

[Chronic renal failure and lithiasis].

After analyzing 39 cases, the authors go on to describe the virtues of surgical treatment of non-uric lithiasis after correct evaluation (lateral urography, CT scanning, retrograde ureteropyelography). The operative techniques draw considerable benefits from intraoperative radiography and, when necessary, the clamping of the renal pedicle under pharmacological protection. Surgical management offers the only possible means of preventing aggravation of the renal failure.

[Reversible acute hepatic failure after treatment with association of isoniazide-rifampicin (author's transl)].

One case of severe acute hepatic failure happening after surgical treatment of large tuberculous ureteral stenosis is reported. The etiology was the association of isoniazide-rifampicin; the clinical, biological and histological data of these hepatitis cases are specified; their physiopathology, as well as their treatment is studied; prevention by plasmatic evaluation of isoniazide is especially important.

Bilateral ureteral necrosis in a child with dermatomyositis.

A nearly symmetrical ureteral necrosis was observed in a child with dermatomyositis. The ureters were treated conventionally by resection, anastomosis and repeated catheterization with good results.