Publications by authors named "Jean-Dominique Magnier"
Background & Aims: Mother-to-child (MTC) hepatitis B virus (HBV) transmission has been mainly studied in Asia. The geographical origins of women and HBV genotypes differ in Europe. The aims were to determine the rate and risk factors of MTC HBV transmission from women with high HBV DNA loads in a maternity hospital in Paris, France.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: In France, patients coming from sub-Saharan Africa, French Indies and French Guiana are frequently missed HIV, HBV and HCV diagnosis, despite high prevalence of these infections.
Methods: Targeted proposal of HIV, HBV and HCV screening, using sensitive enzyme immunoassays, to any adult patient originating of the above mentioned areas, with/without medical insurance, consulting for a medical issue in outpatients' department. Monocentric prospective study in a hospital in Paris during 28 consecutive days in 2010.
Increases in aminotransferases levels are frequently encountered in HIV-positive patients and often remain unexplained. The role in this setting and natural history of hepatitis E in HIV-infected patients are unknown. The aim of the study was to assess HEV infection in HIV-infected patients attending a Parisian hospital, with a current or previous cryptogenic hepatitis.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Few large cohorts of patients with lymph node tuberculosis (LNTB) have been reported in developed countries.
Objective: To describe the epidemiological and clinical characteristics of LNTB in patients living in France but born and raised in geographic areas with varying burdens of tuberculosis and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection.
Design: A retrospective study of all patients with bacteriologically-proven LNTB assessed in a French hospital from March 1996 through April 2005.