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  1. Draft Genome Sequences of Two Carbapenemase-Producing Acinetobacter baumannii Clinical Strains Isolated from Albanian and Togolese Patients

    Article • Genome Announcements, May 2017, ASM Journals

    Dr Dominique S Blanc

  2. Current Molecular Epidemiology of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Elderly French People: Troublesome Clones on the Horizon

    Article • Frontiers in Microbiology, January 2016, Frontiers

    Dr Dominique S Blanc

  3. The Stealthy Superbug: the Role of Asymptomatic Enteric Carriage in Maintaining a Long-Term Hospital Outbreak of ST228 Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus

    Article • mBio, January 2016, ASM Journals

    Dr Dominique S Blanc

  4. Early detection of extended-spectrum β-lactamase from blood culture positive for an Enterobacteriaceae using βLACTA test

    Article • New Microbes and New Infections, November 2015, Elsevier

    Dr Dominique S Blanc

  5. Comparison of double-locus sequence typing (DLST) and multilocus sequence typing (MLST) for the investigation of Pseudomonas aeruginosa populations

    Article • Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease, August 2015, Elsevier

    Dr Dominique S Blanc

  6. Changing molecular epidemiology of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in an Algerian hospital

    Article • The Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, February 2015, Journal of Infection in Developing Countries

    Dr Dominique S Blanc

  7. Universal Screening and Decolonization for Control of MRSA in Nursing Homes: A Cluster Randomized Controlled Study

    Article • Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, January 2015, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Dominique S Blanc

  8. Molecular epidemiology of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus from 4 Cuban hospitals

    Article • Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease, January 2015, Elsevier

    Dr Dominique S Blanc

  9. Characterization of the staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec insertion site in 108 isolates lacking the mecA gene and identified as methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus by the Xpert MRSA assay

    Article • European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, June 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Dominique S Blanc

  10. Antibiotic susceptibility and molecular epidemiology of Panton–Valentine leukocidin-positive meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: An international survey

    Article • Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance, March 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Dominique S Blanc

  11. Rapid detection of Staphylococcus aureus and methicillin resistance in bone and joint infection samples: evaluation of the GeneXpert MRSA/SA SSTI assay

    Article • Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease, March 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Dominique S Blanc

  12. Fast and simple epidemiological typing of Pseudomonas aeruginosa using the double-locus sequence typing (DLST) method

    Article • European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, December 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Dominique S Blanc

  13. High genetic diversity of Staphylococcus aureus in a tertiary care hospital in Southwest Nigeria

    Article • Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease, December 2013, Elsevier

    Dr Dominique S Blanc

  14. Very low prevalence of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus carrying the mecC gene in western Switzerland

    Article • Journal of Hospital Infection, March 2013, Elsevier

    Dr Dominique S Blanc

  15. O071: Standard precautions (SP) vs ‘search-and-destroy’ strategy for control of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in nursing homes (NH): a randomized controlled study

    Article • Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control, January 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Dominique S Blanc

  16. O036: Antibiotic resistance and molecular epidemiology of panton valentine leukocidin positive methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (PVL+-MRSA): an international survey

    Article • Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control, January 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Dominique S Blanc

  17. MRSA screening by the Xpert MRSA PCR assay: pooling samples of the nose, throat, and groin increases the sensitivity of detection without increasing the laboratory costs

    Article • European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, November 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Dominique S Blanc

  18. Short Term Evolution of a Highly Transmissible Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Clone (ST228) in a Tertiary Care Hospital

    Article • PLoS ONE, June 2012, PLOS

    Dr Dominique S Blanc

  19. Evaluation of Adding a Second Marker To Overcome Staphylococcus aureus spa Typing Homoplasies

    Article • Journal of Clinical Microbiology, January 2012, ASM Journals

    Dr Dominique S Blanc

  20. The Evolution and Dynamics of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus

    Article • January 2011, Elsevier

    Dr Dominique S Blanc

  21. DNA microarray analysis reveals variability of accessory genes among isolates recovered during an MRSA outbreak

    Article • BMC Proceedings, January 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Dominique S Blanc

  22. Which anatomical sites should be sampled for screening of MRSA carriage by culture or by rapid PCR test?

    Article • BMC Proceedings, January 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Dominique S Blanc

  23. Molecular epidemiology of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in intensive care units over a 10-year period (1998-2007)

    Article • Clinical Microbiology and Infection, January 2011, Elsevier

    Dr Dominique S Blanc

  24. Impact of recombination on genetic variability within Staphylococcus aureus clonal complexes

    Article • Infection Genetics and Evolution, October 2010, Elsevier

    Dr Dominique S Blanc

  25. 10.1016/j.jhin.2012.12.004

    Article • Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, August 2010, ASM Journals

    Dr Dominique S Blanc

  26. Usefulness of double locus sequence typing (DLST) for regional and international epidemiological surveillance of methicilin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

    Article • Clinical Microbiology and Infection, August 2010, Elsevier

    Dr Dominique S Blanc

  27. Comparative genomics of epidemic versus sporadic Staphylococcus aureus strains does not reveal molecular markers for epidemicity

    Article • Infection Genetics and Evolution, January 2010, Elsevier

    Dr Dominique S Blanc

  28. Staphylococcus aureus clfB and spa alleles of the repeat regions are segregated into major phylogenetic lineages

    Article • Infection Genetics and Evolution, September 2009, Elsevier

    Dr Dominique S Blanc

  29. Application and evaluation of double digest selective label (DDSL) typing technique for Pseudomonas aeruginosa hospital isolates

    Article • Journal of Microbiological Methods, March 2008, Elsevier

    Dr Dominique S Blanc

  30. Molecular Epidemiology of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in the Intensive Care Units - A Review

    Article • The Open Microbiology Journal, December 2007, Bentham Science Publishers

    Dr Dominique S Blanc

  31. Molecular Epidemiology of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in the Intensive Care Units - A Review

    Article • The Open Microbiology Journal, November 2007, Bentham Science Publishers

    Dr Dominique S Blanc

  32. Importation of Acinetobacter baumannii Into a Burn Unit: A Recurrent Outbreak of Infection Associated With Widespread Environmental Contamination

    Article • Infection Control, June 2007, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Dominique S Blanc

  33. Double-Locus Sequence Typing Using clfB and spa, a Fast and Simple Method for Epidemiological Typing of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus

    Article • Journal of Clinical Microbiology, March 2007, ASM Journals

    Dr Dominique S Blanc

  34. P1297 Double locus sequence typing, a new fast and unambiguous typing method to study the epidemiology of MRSA at a regional level

    Article • International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents, March 2007, Elsevier

    Dr Dominique S Blanc

  35. P1305 Double locus sequence typing a new high through put typing method for MRSA. Results from a 1.5-year surveillance in a university hospital

    Article • International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents, March 2007, Elsevier

    Dr Dominique S Blanc

  36. P1840 Double digest selective label: a fast and discriminatory molecular typing technique for clinical isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa

    Article • International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents, March 2007, Elsevier

    Dr Dominique S Blanc

  37. Evaluation of three chromogenic media (MRSA-ID, MRSA-Select and CHROMagar MRSA) and ORSAB for surveillance cultures of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

    Article • Clinical Microbiology and Infection, December 2006, Elsevier

    Dr Dominique S Blanc

  38. Double-Locus Sequence Typing Using clfB and spa, a Fast and Simple Method for Epidemiological Typing of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus

    Article • Journal of Clinical Microbiology, November 2006, ASM Journals

    Dr Dominique S Blanc

  39. Exogenous Sources of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in Intensive Care Unit Patients Implementation of Infection Control Measures and Follow-Up With Molecular Typing

    Article • Infection Control, September 2006, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Dominique S Blanc

  40. Population genetic analysis of Pseudomonas aeruginosa using multilocus sequence typing

    Article • FEMS Immunology & Medical Microbiology, January 2005, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Philippe Marcel Hauser, Dr Dominique S Blanc

  41. Preface

    Article • Infection Genetics and Evolution, September 2004, Elsevier

    Dr Dominique S Blanc

  42. The use of molecular typing for epidemiological surveillance and investigation of endemic nosocomial infections

    Article • Infection Genetics and Evolution, September 2004, Elsevier

    Dr Dominique S Blanc

  43. Faucets as a reservoir of endemic Pseudomonas aeruginosa colonization/infections in intensive care units

    Article • Intensive Care Medicine, July 2004, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Dominique S Blanc

  44. The use of molecular typing for epidemiological surveillance and investigation of endemic nosocomial infections

    Article • Infection Genetics and Evolution, May 2004, Elsevier

    Dr Dominique S Blanc

  45. Characterization of Cell-to-Cell Signaling-Deficient Pseudomonas aeruginosa Strains Colonizing Intubated Patients

    Article • Journal of Clinical Microbiology, February 2004, ASM Journals

    Dr Dominique S Blanc

  46. Panton-Valentine Leukocidin and Staphyloccoccal Skin Infections in Schoolchildren1

    Article • Emerging Infectious Diseases, January 2004, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

    Dr Dominique S Blanc

  47. Intercenter reproducibility of binary typing for Staphylococcus aureus

    Article • Journal of Microbiological Methods, September 2002, Elsevier

    Dr Dominique S Blanc

  48. Detection of Pseudomonas aeruginosa cell-to-cell signals in lung tissue of cystic fibrosis patients

    Article • Microbial Pathogenesis, March 2002, Elsevier

    Dr Dominique S Blanc

  49. Genotyping of European isolates of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus by fluorescent amplified-fragment length polymorphism analysis (FAFLP) and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) typing

    Article • Journal of Medical Microbiology, July 2001, Society for General Microbiology

    Dr Dominique S Blanc

  50. Genetic diversity of Pneumocystis carinii in HIV-positive and -negative patients as revealed by PCR???SSCP typing

    Article • AIDS, March 2001, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr Philippe Marcel Hauser, Dr Dominique S Blanc

  51. Typing of Pneumocystis carinii f. sp. hominis by PCR-SSCP to indicate a high frequency of co-infections

    Article • Journal of Medical Microbiology, August 2000, Society for General Microbiology

    Dr Dominique S Blanc

  52. Carriage of Pneumocystis carinii by immunosuppressed patients and molecular typing of the organisms

    Article • AIDS, March 2000, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr Philippe Marcel Hauser, Dr Dominique S Blanc

  53. III. Typing methods to approach Pneumocystis carinii genetic heterogeneity

    Article • FEMS Immunology & Medical Microbiology, September 1998, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Philippe Marcel Hauser, Dr Dominique S Blanc

  54. Occult Nosocomial Infections

    Article • Infection Control, August 1998, JSTOR

    Dr Dominique S Blanc

  55. Occult Nosocomial Infections

    Article • Infection Control, August 1998, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Dominique S Blanc

  56. Frequency and molecular diversity of Pseudomonas aeruginosa upon admission and during hospitalization: a prospective epidemiologic study

    Article • Clinical Microbiology and Infection, May 1998, Elsevier

    Dr Dominique S Blanc

  57. Molecular typing methods and their discriminatory power

    Article • Clinical Microbiology and Infection, February 1998, Elsevier

    Dr Philippe Marcel Hauser, Dr Dominique S Blanc

  58. Development of a molecular typing method for Pneumocystis carinii sp.f. hominis

    Article • Apmis, December 1997, Wiley

    Dr Philippe Marcel Hauser, Dr Dominique S Blanc

  59. Typing of Pneumocystis carinii sp.f. hominis by PCR-SSCP of Four Genomic Regions

    Article • Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology, November 1997, Wiley

    Dr Philippe Marcel Hauser, Dr Dominique S Blanc

  60. Quantitative Antibiogram as a Typing Method for the Prospective Epidemiological Surveillance and Control of MRSA: Comparison with Molecular Typing

    Article • Infection Control, October 1996, JSTOR

    Dr Dominique S Blanc

  61. Quantitative Antibiogram as a Typing Method for the Prospective Epidemiological Surveillance and Control of MRSA: Comparison with Molecular Typing

    Article • Infection Control, October 1996, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Dominique S Blanc

  62. Development of a Molecular Typing Method for Pneumocystis carinii sp.f. hominis

    Article • Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology, September 1996, Wiley

    Dr Philippe Marcel Hauser, Dr Dominique S Blanc

  63. Molecular Epidemiology of Methicillin-Resistant Staphyloccocus aureus at a Low-Incidence Hospital over a 4-Year Period

    Article • Infection Control, May 1995, JSTOR

    Dr Dominique S Blanc

  64. Molecular Epidemiology of Methicillin-Resistant Staphyloccocus aureus at a Low-Incidence Hospital over a 4-Year Period

    Article • Infection Control, May 1995, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Dominique S Blanc

  65. Determination of Taxonomic Status of Pathogenic and NonpathogenicEntamoeba histolyticaZymodemes Using Isoenzyme Analysis

    Article • The Journal of Protozoology, July 1992, Wiley

    Dr Dominique S Blanc

  66. Entamoeba histolytica zymodemes: Exhibition of γ and δ bands only of glucose phosphate isomerase and phosphoglucomutase may be influenced by starch content in the medium

    Article • Experimental Parasitology, January 1991, Elsevier

    Dr Dominique S Blanc

  67. Experimental production of new zymodemes of Entamoeba histolytica supports the hypothesis of genetic exchange

    Article • Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, November 1989, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Dominique S Blanc