Use and storage of pesticides at home in France (the Pesti'home survey 2014).

Some epidemiological studies have raised health concerns following the chronic exposure of pregnant women and children to pesticides in the domestic environment. In France very little is known about potential exposure to pesticides at home. An observational study called Pesti'home was carried out in continental France between July and November 2014.

Bacterial biofilm in adenoids of children with chronic otitis media. Part II: a case-control study of nasopharyngeal microbiota, virulence, and resistance of biofilms in adenoids.

: We previously described that adenoid tissue in children with chronic otitis media (COM) contained more mucosal biofilms than adenoid tissue removed for hypertrophy. The aim of the second part was to characterize nasopharyngeal microbiota and explore virulence of the most common middle ear pathogens.: Bacteriological analysis was performed following a culture-based approach on the samples recovered from 30 patients of COM group (15 biofilm-positive and 15 biofilm-negative) and from 30 patients of a control group (15 biofilm-positive and 15 biofilm-negative).

Bacterial biofilm in adenoids of children with chronic otitis media. Part I: a case control study of prevalence of biofilms in adenoids, risk factors and middle ear biofilms.

Background: Biofilms are communities of bacteria embedded in a self-produced glycocalyx matrix. Adenoids have been shown to harbor bacterial biofilms. Aim/objectives: To compare the prevalence of biofilms in adenoid of children with chronic otitis media (COM) (group1) versus a control group without any COM (group 2) having adenoids removed because of hypertrophy.

Increasingly inbred and fragmented populations of Plasmodium vivax associated with the eastward decline in malaria transmission across the Southwest Pacific.

The human malaria parasite Plasmodium vivax is more resistant to malaria control strategies than Plasmodium falciparum, and maintains high genetic diversity even when transmission is low. To investigate whether declining P. vivax transmission leads to increasing population structure that would facilitate elimination, we genotyped samples from across the Southwest Pacific region, which experiences an eastward decline in malaria transmission, as well as samples from two time points at one site (Tetere, Solomon Islands) during intensified malaria control.

Plasmodium vivax populations are more genetically diverse and less structured than sympatric Plasmodium falciparum populations.

Introduction: The human malaria parasite, Plasmodium vivax, is proving more difficult to control and eliminate than Plasmodium falciparum in areas of co-transmission. Comparisons of the genetic structure of sympatric parasite populations may provide insight into the mechanisms underlying the resilience of P. vivax and can help guide malaria control programs.

Hearing rehabilitation with the closed skin bone-anchored implant Sophono Alpha1: results of a prospective study in 15 children with ear atresia.

Objective: To study gain and cutaneous tolerance of the Sophono Alpha1 implant, used for unilateral hearing rehabilitation in children with ear atresia, and to demonstrate non-inferiority compared to the referral closed skin device, BAHA® on a test-band.

Methods And Materials: Fifteen children included in a prospective clinical trial from September 2010 to November 2012. Tertiary care center.

Management of lower urinary tract symptoms related to benign prostatic hyperplasia in real-life practice in france: a comprehensive population study.

Background: Male lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) are one of the most treated diseases, but little is known about patient trajectories in current clinical practice.

Objective: To describe the dynamic treatment patterns of LUTS presumably due to benign prostatic obstruction (BPO).

Design, Settings, And Participants: All prescriptions of α1-adrenergic receptor blocking agents (α1-blockers), 5α-reductase inhibitors (5-ARIs), and phytotherapy, and all surgeries related to BPO performed in France from 2004 to 2008 were identified using two distinct administrative claim databases maintained by the National Health Insurance system that covers the entire population.

New closed skin bone-anchored implant: preliminary results in 6 children with ear atresia.

Objective: To report preliminary results of a new closed-skin, transcutaneous bone conduction device (BCD) in 6 children with high-grade ear atresia.

Settings: Tertiary care center; prospective study; we evaluated the gain with masking of the contralateral ear and the benefit of hearing rehabilitation with the transcutaneous BCD in noise: speech-in-noise tests, conducted in real life condition (with contralateral ear unmasked and fitted with a hearing device if done before implantation), with and without BCD, with determination of the speech reception threshold (SRT). Children and parent's satisfaction was assessed.