[Diet of neutropenic patients in pediatric oncology service; the experience of the university hospital of Strasbourg (HUS)].

Objective: This article clarifies the choices made by the HUS concerning the ways of preparing food reserved to neutropenic children hospitalized in pediatric oncology service. We will describe the results of microbiological analysis of food realized from 2002 to 2007.

Methods: A specific team prepares this food which is canned and treated by "appertisation" (autoclaving).

[Incidence of hospital-acquired and community-acquired bloodstream infections in the University of Strasbourg Hospitals, France, between 2005 and 2007].

Objective: To follow the evolution of incidence of the main feature of bloodstream infections identified in a french hospital between 2005 and 2007.

Methods: We included all the patients hospitalised during three times three-month periods, according to the protocol given by the coordination center against nosocomial infections. For every positive blood culture, we collected clinical and microbiological datas.