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Funk A, Hoen B, Vingdassalom I, Ryan C, Kadhel P, Schepers K, et al.
PLoS Negl Trop Dis . 2021 Mar; 15(3):e0009048. PMID: 33657112
Background: In the French Territories in the Americas (FTA), the risk of birth defects possibly associated with Zika virus (ZIKV) infection was 7.0% (95%CI: 5.0 to 9.5) among foetuses/infants of...
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Hoen B, Schaub B, Funk A, Ardillon V, Boullard M, Cabie A, et al.
N Engl J Med . 2018 Mar; 378(11):985-994. PMID: 29539287
Background: The risk of congenital neurologic defects related to Zika virus (ZIKV) infection has ranged from 6 to 42% in various reports. The aim of this study was to estimate...
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Balavoine S, Pircher M, Hoen B, Herrmann-Storck C, Najioullah F, Madeux B, et al.
Am J Trop Med Hyg . 2017 Jul; 97(2):356-360. PMID: 28722564
The Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) has been reported as a possible complication of acute chikungunya infection. The chikungunya epidemics, which occurred in Martinique and Guadeloupe in 2014, affected 308,000 people in...
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Chammard T, Schepers K, Breurec S, Messiaen T, Destrem A, Mahevas M, et al.
Emerg Infect Dis . 2016 Dec; 23(4):696-698. PMID: 27997330
Severe thrombocytopenia during or after the course of Zika virus infection has been rarely reported. We report 7 cases of severe thrombocytopenia and hemorrhagic signs and symptoms in Guadeloupe after...
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Dirix V, Schepers K, Massinga-Loembe M, Worodria W, Colebunders R, Singh M, et al.
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr . 2016 Jun; 72(3):344-52. PMID: 27306506
Objectives: To investigate whether mycobacterial antigen-induced cytokine secretions are helpful in detecting Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) infection in a cohort of HIV-infected patients living in a country with a high burden...
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Rolle A, Schepers K, Cassadou S, Curlier E, Madeux B, Hermann-Storck C, et al.
Emerg Infect Dis . 2016 Apr; 22(5):891-4. PMID: 27088710
During a 2014 outbreak, 450 patients with confirmed chikungunya virus infection were admitted to the University Hospital of Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe. Of these, 110 were nonpregnant adults; 42 had severe disease,...
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Breurec S, Melot B, Hoen B, Passet V, Schepers K, Bastian S, et al.
Emerg Infect Dis . 2016 Feb; 22(3):529-31. PMID: 26890371
We report a case of pyogenic liver abscess caused by community-acquired Klebsiella quasipneumoniae subsp. quasipneumoniae. The infecting isolate had 2 prominent features of hypervirulent K. pneumoniae strains: the capsular polysaccharide...
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Wyndham-Thomas C, Dirix V, Schepers K, Martin C, Hildebrand M, Goffard J, et al.
BMC Infect Dis . 2015 Apr; 15:59. PMID: 25886172
Background: The screening and treatment of latent tuberculosis (TB) infection reduces the risk of progression to active disease and is currently recommended for HIV-infected patients. The aim of this study...
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Montesinos I, Brancart F, Schepers K, Jacobs F, Denis O, Delforge M
Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis . 2015 Mar; 82(2):143-7. PMID: 25801778
A total of 120 bronchoalveolar lavage specimens from HIV and non-HIV immunocompromised patients, positive for Pneumocystis jirovecii by an "in house" real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR), were evaluated by the...
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Schepers K, Hernandez A, Andrei G, Gillemot S, Fiten P, Opdenakker G, et al.
J Clin Virol . 2013 Nov; 59(1):67-70. PMID: 24257111
Herpes simplex virus is the most common cause of severe sporadic encephalitis. We report a case of herpes simplex type 1-encephalitis in a 50-year-old woman receiving anti-tumor necrosis factor-α monoclonal...