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André Birgy; Céline Courroux; Catherine Doit; Nathalie Genel; Patricia Mariani-Kurkdjian; Guillaume Arlet; Philippe Bidet; Edouard Bingen
Characterization of Extended-Spectrum-Beta-Lactamase-Producing Escherichia coli Strains Involved in Maternal-Fetal Colonization: Prevalence of E. coli ST131.
J F Cohen; M Koskas; C Levy; M Benani; Philippe Bidet; E Bingen; M Chalumeau; R Cohen
Effect of clinical spectrum, inoculum size and physician characteristics on sensitivity of a rapid antigen detection test for group A streptococcal pharyngitis.
Edouard Bingen; Camille D'humières; Patricia Mariani-Kurkdjian; Elsa Sobral; Philippe Bidet; Robert Cohen
In vitro interaction between cefepime and amoxicillin-clavulanate against extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli.

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2013: André Birgy; Céline Courroux; Catherine Doit; Nathalie Genel; Patricia Mariani-Kurkdjian; Guillaume Arlet; Philippe Bidet; Edouard Bingen
Characterization of Extended-Spectrum-Beta-Lactamase-Producing Escherichia coli Strains Involved in Maternal-Fetal Colonization: Prevalence of E. coli ST131.
Journal of clinical microbiology 2013;51(6):1727-32.
2013: J F Cohen; M Koskas; C Levy; M Benani; Philippe Bidet; E Bingen; M Chalumeau; R Cohen
Effect of clinical spectrum, inoculum size and physician characteristics on sensitivity of a rapid antigen detection test for group A streptococcal pharyngitis.
European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology 2013;32(6):787-93.
2013: Edouard Bingen; Camille D'humières; Patricia Mariani-Kurkdjian; Elsa Sobral; Philippe Bidet; Robert Cohen
In vitro interaction between cefepime and amoxicillin-clavulanate against extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 2013;57(5):2437-9.
2012: Camille d'Humières; Corinne Levy; Franck Thollot; Alain Wollner; Philippe Bidet; Robert Cohen; Edouard Bingen
Decline in macrolide-resistant Streptococcus pyogenes isolates from French children.
International journal of medical microbiology : IJMM 2012;302(7-8):300-3.
2012: Philippe Bidet; S Bonarcorsi; Edouard Bingen
[Virulence factors and pathophysiology of extraintestinal pathogenic Escherichia coli].
Archives de pédiatrie : organe officiel de la Sociéte française de pédiatrie 2012;19 Suppl 3():S80-92.
2012: Uri Amit; Romain Basmaci; Philippe Bidet; Stéphane Bonacorsi; Ron Dagan; Nurith Porat; Pablo Yagupsky
Genotyping of invasive Kingella kingae isolates reveals predominant clones and association with specific clinical syndromes.
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2012;55(8):1074-9.
2012: Philippe Bidet; S Bonacorsi; C Courroux; C d'Humières; A Efstratiou; S Liguori; C Plainvert; C Poyart; Edouard Bingen
Identification of group A streptococcal emm types commonly associated with invasive infections and antimicrobial resistance by the use of multiplex PCR and high-resolution melting analysis.
European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology 2012;31(10):2817-26.
2012: Edouard Bingen; André Birgy; Patricia Mariani; Elsa Sobral; Philippe Bidet; Robert Cohen
In vitro interaction between cefixime and amoxicillin-clavulanate against extended-spectrum-beta-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli causing urinary tract infection.
Journal of clinical microbiology 2012;50(7):2540-1.
2012: Flavie Pouillot; Maryline Chomton; Celine Courroux; Julien Noelig; Philippe Bidet; Edouard Bingen; Hélène Blois; Stéphane Bonacorsi
Efficacy of bacteriophage therapy in experimental sepsis and meningitis caused by a clone O25b:H4-ST131 Escherichia coli strain producing CTX-M-15.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 2012;56(7):3568-75.
2012: Camille d'Humières; Catherine Doit; Guillaume Arlet; Philippe Bidet; André Birgy; Edouard Bingen
Use of a new screening medium to detect carbapenem-non-susceptible members of the Enterobacteriaceae.
Journal of medical microbiology 2012;61(Pt 6):878-80.
2012: R Basmaci; Philippe Bidet; Edouard Bingen; Catherine Doit; Brice Ilharreborde; Mathie Lorrot; Keyvan Mazda; Stéphane Bonacorsi
Isolation of Kingella kingae in the oropharynx during K. kingae arthritis in children.
Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases 2012;18(5):E134-6.
2012: André Birgy; Robert Cohen; Céline Courroux; Corinne Levy; Franck Thollot; Mohamed Benani; Philippe Bidet; Edouard Bingen
Community faecal carriage of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Enterobacteriaceae in French children.
BMC infectious diseases 2012;12():315.
2012: Chloé Lemaître; Philippe Bidet; Edouard Bingen; Stéphane Bonacorsi
Transcriptional analysis of the Escherichia coli ColV-Ia plasmid pS88 during growth in human serum and urine.
BMC microbiology 2012;12():115.
2012: Romain Basmaci; Edouard Bingen; Stéphane Bonacorsi; Marilyn Chomton; Kathleen Guyot; Brice Ilharreborde; Keyvan Mazda; Nurith Porat; Jean-Michel Thiberge; Pablo Yagupsky; Philippe Bidet
Multilocus sequence typing and rtxA toxin gene sequencing analysis of Kingella kingae isolates demonstrates genetic diversity and international clones.
PloS one 2012;7(5):e38078.
2012: Eva Hong; Philippe Lanotte; Hervé Le Bars; Marie-Christine Legrand-Quillien; Ludovic Lemée; Laurent Mereghetti; Chantal Millardet; Jacques Minet; Chloé Plouzeau-Jayle; Jean-Louis Pons; Jacqueline Schneider; Olivier Barraud; Philippe Bidet; Edouard Bingen; Nicolas Blondiaux; Stéphane Bonacorsi; Christophe Burucoa; Amélie Carrer; Gérard Couetdic; René Courcol; Nicolas Fortineau; Fabien Garnier; Geneviève Hery-Arnaud; Muhamed-Kheir Taha
Proficiency of PCR in hospital settings for nonculture diagnosis of invasive meningococcal infections.
Clinical laboratory 2012;58(3-4):343-6.
2011: Romain Basmaci; Philippe Bidet; Edouard Bingen; Brice Ilharreborde; Mathie Lorrot; Stéphane Bonacorsi
Predictive score to discriminate Kingella kingae from Staphylococcus aureus arthritis in France.
The Pediatric infectious disease journal 2011;30(12):1120-1; author reply 1121-2.
2011: François Angoulvant; Hélène Bellanger; Philippe Bidet; Suzel Magnier; Carole Saizou; Stéphane Dauger
Acute purulent pericarditis in childhood: don't forget β-haemolytic group-A Streptococcus.
Intensive care medicine 2011;37(10):1709-10.
2011: Romain Basmaci; Philippe Bidet; Edouard Bingen; Catherine Doit; Brice Ilharreborde; Mathie Lorrot; Keyvan Mazda; Georges-François Penneçot; Christine Vitoux; Stéphane Bonacorsi
Comparison of clinical and biologic features of Kingella kingae and Staphylococcus aureus arthritis at initial evaluation.
The Pediatric infectious disease journal 2011;30(10):902-4.
2011: Nolwenn Le Saché; Julien Pansiot; Hoa Pham; Olivier Baud; Philippe Bidet; Edouard Bingen; Valérie Biran; Nadège Brunel-Meunier; Christiane Charriaut-Marlangue; Pierre Gressens; Marie-Dominique Kitzis; Stéphane Bonacorsi
Effect of moxifloxacin combined with cefotaxime compared to cefotaxime-gentamicin combination on prevention of white matter damage associated with Escherichia coli sepsis in neonatal rats.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 2011;55(7):3567-9.
2011: Naouale Maataoui; Philippe Bidet; Catherine Doit; Agathe De Lauzanne; Mathie Lorrot; Patricia Mariani-Kurkdjian; Albert Faye; Edouard Bingen
A multiplex polymerase chain reaction method for rapid pneumococcal serotype determination in childhood empyema.
Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease 2011;69(3):245-9.
2010: Damien Dupont; Farah Mahjoub-Messai; Martine François; Catherine Doit; Patricia Mariani-Kurkdjian; Philippe Bidet; Stéphane Bonacorsi; Agnès Carol; Edouard Bingen
Evolving microbiology of complicated acute otitis media before and after introduction of the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in France.
Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease 2010;68(1):89-92.
2010: Catherine Doit; Patricia Mariani-Kurkdjian; Farah Mahjoub-Messai; Philippe Bidet; Stéphane Bonacorsi; Agnès Carol; Emmanuelle Varon; Edouard Bingen
Epidemiology of pediatric community-acquired bloodstream infections in a children hospital in Paris, France, 2001 to 2008.
Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease 2010;66(3):332-5.
2010: S Henriet; F Kaguelidou; Philippe Bidet; Mathie Lorrot; A De Lauzanne; Stéphane Dauger; François Angoulvant; J-C Mercier; Corinne Alberti; Edouard Bingen; Albert Faye
Invasive group A streptococcal infection in children: clinical manifestations and molecular characterization in a French pediatric tertiary care center.
European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology 2010;29(3):341-6.
2009: Philippe Bidet; E Lesteven; Catherine Doit; S Liguori; Patricia Mariani-Kurkdjian; Stéphane Bonacorsi; Edouard Bingen
Subtyping of emm1 group A Streptococci causing invasive infections in France.
Journal of clinical microbiology 2009;47(12):4146-9.
2009: Stéphane Bonacorsi; Philippe Bidet; Farah Mahjoub; Patricia Mariani-Kurkdjian; Shadia Ait-Ifrane; Céline Courroux; Edouard Bingen
Semi-automated rep-PCR for rapid differentiation of major clonal groups of Escherichia coli meningitis strains.
International journal of medical microbiology : IJMM 2009;299(6):402-9.
2009: Brice Ilharreborde; Philippe Bidet; Mathie Lorrot; Julien Even; Patricia Mariani-Kurkdjian; Sandrine Liguori; Christine Vitoux; Yann Lefevre; Catherine Doit; Franck Fitoussi; Georges Penneçot; Edouard Bingen; Keyvan Mazda; Stéphane Bonacorsi
New real-time PCR-based method for Kingella kingae DNA detection: application to samples collected from 89 children with acute arthritis.
Journal of clinical microbiology 2009;47(6):1837-41.
2009: Chantal Peigne; Philippe Bidet; Farah Mahjoub-Messai; Céline Plainvert; Valérie Barbe; Claudine Médigue; Eric Frapy; Xavier Nassif; Erick Denamur; Edouard Bingen; Stéphane Bonacorsi
The plasmid of Escherichia coli strain S88 (O45:K1:H7) that causes neonatal meningitis is closely related to avian pathogenic E. coli plasmids and is associated with high-level bacteremia in a neonatal rat meningitis model.
Infection and immunity 2009;77(6):2272-84.
2009: Farah Mahjoub-Messai; Catherine Doit; Jean-Louis Koeck; Typhaine Billard; Bénédicte Evrard; Philippe Bidet; Christine Hubans; Josette Raymond; Corinne Levy; Robert Cohen; Edouard Bingen
Population snapshot of Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 19A isolates before and after introduction of seven-valent pneumococcal Vaccination for French children.
Journal of clinical microbiology 2009;47(3):837-40.
2008: Véronique Houdouin; Stéphane Bonacorsi; Philippe Bidet; F de La Rocque; R Cohen; Yannick Aujard; Edouard Bingen
[Clinical outcome and bacterial characteristics of 99 Escherichia coli meningitis in young infants].
Archives de pédiatrie : organe officiel de la Sociéte française de pédiatrie 2008;15 Suppl 3():S138-47.
2008: Philippe Bidet; Sandrine Liguori; Agathe De Lauzanne; Valérie Caro; Mathie Lorrot; Agnès Carol; Albert Faye; Nicole Guiso; Edouard Bingen; Stéphane Bonacorsi
Real-time PCR measurement of persistence of Bordetella pertussis DNA in nasopharyngeal secretions during antibiotic treatment of young children with pertussis.
Journal of clinical microbiology 2008;46(11):3636-8.
2008: Claire Poyart; Hélène Réglier-Poupet; Asmaa Tazi; Annick Billoët; Nicolas Dmytruk; Philippe Bidet; Edouard Bingen; Josette Raymond; Patrick Trieu-Cuot
Invasive group B streptococcal infections in infants, France.
Emerging infectious diseases 2008;14(10):1647-9.
2008: Véronique Houdouin; Stéphane Bonacorsi; Philippe Bidet; J Blanco; F De La Rocque; R Cohen; Yannick Aujard; Edouard Bingen
Association between mortality of Escherichia coli meningitis in young infants and non-virulent clonal groups of strains.
Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases 2008;14(7):685-90.
2007: Véronique Houdouin; Stéphane Bonacorsi; Philippe Bidet; Edouard Bingen
Antimicrobial susceptibility of 136 Escherichia coli isolates from cases of neonatal meningitis and relationship with virulence.
Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases 2007;13(12):1207-10.
2007: Céline Plainvert; Philippe Bidet; Chantal Peigne; Valérie Barbe; Claudine Médigue; Erick Denamur; Edouard Bingen; Stéphane Bonacorsi
A new O-antigen gene cluster has a key role in the virulence of the Escherichia coli meningitis clone O45:K1:H7.
Journal of bacteriology 2007;189(23):8528-36.
2007: Philippe Bidet; Farah Mahjoub-Messai; Jorge Blanco; Jesús Blanco; Marie Dehem; Yannick Aujard; Edouard Bingen; Stéphane Bonacorsi
Combined multilocus sequence typing and O serogrouping distinguishes Escherichia coli subtypes associated with infant urosepsis and/or meningitis.
The Journal of infectious diseases 2007;196(2):297-303.
2007: Véronique Houdouin; Stéphane Bonacorsi; Farah Mahjoub-Messai; Patricia Mariani-Kurkdjian; Philippe Bidet; Guy Sebag; Chantal Loirat; Antoine Bourrillon; Edouard Bingen
Phylogenetic groups and virulence factors of Escherichia coli strains causing pyelonephritis in children with and without urinary tract abnormalities.
Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases 2007;13(7):740-2.
2007: Philippe Bidet; Céline Courroux; Christophe Salgueiro; Agnès Carol; Patricia Mariani-Kurkdjian; Stéphane Bonacorsi; Edouard Bingen
Molecular epidemiology of the sil streptococcal invasive locus in group A streptococci causing invasive infections in French children.
Journal of clinical microbiology 2007;45(6):2002-4.
2007: Philippe Bidet; Arnaud Metais; Farah Mahjoub-Messai; Lionel Durand; Marie Dehem; Yannick Aujard; Edouard Bingen; Xavier Nassif; Stéphane Bonacorsi
Detection and identification by PCR of a highly virulent phylogenetic subgroup among extraintestinal pathogenic Escherichia coli B2 strains.
Applied and environmental microbiology 2007;73(7):2373-7.
2006: Etienne Ruppé; Philippe Bidet; Charlotte Verdet; Guillaume Arlet; Edouard Bingen
First detection of the Ambler class C 1 AmpC beta-lactamase in Citrobacter freundii by a new, simple double-disk synergy test.
Journal of clinical microbiology 2006;44(11):4204-7.
2006: Stéphane Bonacorsi; Caroline Farnoux; Philippe Bidet; Valérie Caro; Sophie Aizenfisz; Mounir Benhayoun; Yannick Aujard; Nicole Guiso; Edouard Bingen
Treatment failure of nosocomial pertussis infection in a very-low-birth-weight neonate.
Journal of clinical microbiology 2006;44(10):3830-2.
2006: Véronique Houdouin; Stéphane Bonacorsi; Philippe Bidet; Martine Bingen-Bidois; Dominique Barraud; Edouard Bingen
Phylogenetic background and carriage of pathogenicity island-like domains in relation to antibiotic resistance profiles among Escherichia coli urosepsis isolates.
The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy 2006;58(4):748-51.
2005: Philippe Bidet; Béatrice Burghoffer; Valérie Gautier; Naima Brahimi; Patricia Mariani-Kurkdjian; Alaa El-Ghoneimi; Edouard Bingen; Guillaume Arlet
In vivo transfer of plasmid-encoded ACC-1 AmpC from Klebsiella pneumoniae to Escherichia coli in an infant and selection of impermeability to imipenem in K. pneumoniae.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 2005;49(8):3562-5.
2005: Martin Chalumeau; Philippe Bidet; Gérard Lina; Mostapha Mokhtari; Marie-Claude André; Dominique Gendrel; Edouard Bingen; Josette Raymond
Transmission of Panton-Valentine leukocidin-producing Staphylococcus aureus to a physician during resuscitation of a child.
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2005;41(3):e29-30.
2005: Philippe Bidet; Stéphane Bonacorsi; Olivier Clermont; Caroline De Montille; Naima Brahimi; Edouard Bingen
Multiple insertional events, restricted by the genetic background, have led to acquisition of pathogenicity island IIJ96-like domains among Escherichia coli strains of different clinical origins.
Infection and immunity 2005;73(7):4081-7.
2005: Philippe Bidet; Charlotte Verdet; Valérie Gautier; Edouard Bingen; Guillaume Arlet
First description of DHA-1 ampCbeta-lactamase in Proteus mirabilis.
Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases 2005;11(7):591-2.
2005: R Cohen; Yannick Aujard; Philippe Bidet; Antoine Bourrillon; Edouard Bingen; Pierre Foucaud; M François; JM Garnier; D Gendrel; M Guillot; I Hau; C Olivier; Béatrice Quinet; J Raymond
[Streptococcus pyogenes an emerging pathogen].
Archives de pédiatrie : organe officiel de la Sociéte française de pédiatrie 2005;12(7):1065-7.
2005: François Angoulvant; Philippe Bidet; Catherine Doit; Guillaume Aubertin; Valérie Soussan; Edouard Bingen; Antoine Bourrillon; Albert Faye
Serotype 6B pneumococcal meningitis in an immunocompetent infant immunized with heptavalent pneumococcal conjugated vaccine.
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2005;40(3):494-5.
2005: Philippe Bidet; Patricia Mariani-Kurkdjian; Francine Grimont; Naima Brahimi; Céline Courroux; Patrick Grimont; Edouard Bingen
Characterization of Escherichia coli O157 : H7 isolates causing haemolytic uraemic syndrome in France.
Journal of medical microbiology 2005;54(Pt 1):71-5.
2004: Sylvain Brisse; Christophe CORDEVANT; Peter Vandamme; Philippe Bidet; Chawki Loukil; Gérard Chabanon; Marc Lange; Edouard Bingen
Species distribution and ribotype diversity of Burkholderia cepacia complex isolates from French patients with cystic fibrosis.
Journal of clinical microbiology 2004;42(10):4824-7.
2004: Edouard Bingen; Philippe Bidet; Liliana Mihaila-Amrouche; Catherine Doit; Samuel Forcet; Naima Brahimi; Anne Bouvet; Robert Cohen
Emergence of macrolide-resistant Streptococcus pyogenes strains in French children.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 2004;48(9):3559-62.
2004: Catherine Doit; Chawki Loukil; A-M Simon; Agnès Ferroni; Jean-Eudes FONTAN; Stéphane Bonacorsi; Philippe Bidet; V Jarlier; Yannick Aujard; François Beaufils; Edouard Bingen
Outbreak of Burkholderia cepacia bacteremia in a pediatric hospital due to contamination of lipid emulsion stoppers.
Journal of clinical microbiology 2004;42(5):2227-30.
2004: Valérie Lefranc Nègre; Stéphane Bonacorsi; Soren Schubert; Philippe Bidet; Xavier Nassif; Edouard Bingen
The siderophore receptor IroN, but not the high-pathogenicity island or the hemin receptor ChuA, contributes to the bacteremic step of Escherichia coli neonatal meningitis.
Infection and immunity 2004;72(2):1216-20.
2004: Edouard Bingen; Catherine Doit; Philippe Bidet; Naima Brahimi; Dominique Deforche
Telithromycin susceptibility and genomic diversity of macrolide-resistant serotype III group B streptococci isolated in perinatal infections.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 2004;48(2):677-80.
2003: Philippe Bidet; Catherine Doit; Edouard Bingen
[Bacteria and resistance to antibiotics in acute otitis media in paediatrics, depending on the geographical origin].
Presse médicale (Paris, France : 1983) 2003;32(37 Pt 1):1752-9.
2003: Philippe Bidet; Naima Brahimi; Céline Chalas; Yannick Aujard; Edouard Bingen
Molecular characterization of serotype III group B-streptococcus isolates causing neonatal meningitis.
The Journal of infectious diseases 2003;188(8):1132-7.
2003: Chawki Loukil; Carole Saizou; Catherine Doit; Philippe Bidet; Patricia Mariani-Kurkdjian; Yannick Aujard; François Beaufils; Edouard Bingen
Epidemiologic investigation of Burkholderia cepacia acquisition in two pediatric intensive care units.
Infection control and hospital epidemiology : the official journal of the Society of Hospital Epidemiologists of America 2003;24(9):707-10.
2003: Edouard Bingen; Catherine Doit; Chawki Loukil; Naima Brahimi; Philippe Bidet; Dominique Deforche; Pierre Geslin
Activity of telithromycin against penicillin-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates recovered from French children with invasive and noninvasive infections.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 2003;47(7):2345-7.
2001: I Le Thomas-Bories; Franck Fitoussi; Patricia Mariani-Kurkdjian; J Raymond; Naima Brahimi; Philippe Bidet; V Lefranc; Edouard Bingen
Clonal relationship between U.S. and French serotype V group B streptococcus isolates.
Journal of clinical microbiology 2001;39(12):4526-8.
2001: Didier Moissenet; Philippe Bidet; A Garbarg-Chenon; Guillaume Arlet; Hoang Vu-Thien
Ralstonia paucula (Formerly CDC group IV c-2): unsuccessful strain differentiation with PCR-based methods, study of the 16S-23S spacer of the rRNA operon, and comparison with other Ralstonia species (R. eutropha, R. pickettii, R. gilardii, and R. solanacearum).
Journal of clinical microbiology 2001;39(1):381-4.
2000: Philippe Bidet; Valérie Lalande; B Salauze; Béatrice Burghoffer; Véronique Avesani; Michel Delmée; A Rossier; Frédéric Barbut; Jean-Claude Petit
Comparison of PCR-ribotyping, arbitrarily primed PCR, and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis for typing Clostridium difficile.
Journal of clinical microbiology 2000;38(7):2484-7.
1999: Philippe Bidet; Frédéric Barbut; Valérie Lalande; Béatrice Burghoffer; Jean-Claude Petit
Development of a new PCR-ribotyping method for Clostridium difficile based on ribosomal RNA gene sequencing.
FEMS microbiology letters 1999;175(2):261-6.