Outbreak of AmpC β-lactamase-hyper-producing Enterobacter cloacae in a neonatal intensive care unit in a French teaching hospital.

We report the investigation of an outbreak of colonization by a wild-type Enterobacter cloacae and its AmpC-hyper-producing derivative E cloacae in a neonatal intensive care unit. E cloacae hyper-producing AmpC β-lactamase isolates were found from neonate specimens and from environmental samples. All the isolates belonged to the same clone.

Intracameral cefuroxime injection at the end of cataract surgery to reduce the incidence of endophthalmitis: French study.

Purpose: To determine whether an intracameral injection of cefuroxime at the end of cataract surgery decreases the incidence of postoperative endophthalmitis.

Setting: Dupuytren Hospital, Ophthalmology Department, Limoges, France.

Design: Clinical trials.

A 1 year surveillance study of glycopeptide-intermediate Staphylococcus aureus strains in a French hospital.

Objectives: Glycopeptides are the drugs of choice to treat infections due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, but since 1995, glycopeptide-intermediate S. aureus (GISA) and heterogeneous GISA (hGISA) have been reported worldwide. Detection of reduced susceptibility to glycopeptides in S.

Screening of pregnant women for hepatitis B markers in a French Provincial University Hospital (Limoges) during 15 years.

During the 15 years from January 1984 to December 1998 the Limoges University Hospital screened 22,859 pregnant patients for hepatitis B surface antigen (HBs Ag) and identified 149 positives. The overall prevalence (0.65%) was intermediate between prevalences observed among women of French origin (0.