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Cécile Bébéar

Cécile Bébéar

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Microbiology

D-Index
55
Citations
10476
World Ranking
3830
National Ranking
224

Overview

Cécile Bébéar is affiliated with the University of Bordeaux in France and specializes in the fields of Medicine and Immunology and Microbiology. Their research predominantly focuses on topics related to reproductive tract infections, microbial infections and disease, syphilis diagnosis and treatment, blood groups and transfusion, bacterial infections and vaccines, pneumonia and respiratory infections, and genital health and disease.

The scientist has contributed extensively to the study of Mycoplasma pneumoniae, with notable papers including: "Mycoplasma pneumoniae: delayed re-emergence after COVID-19 pandemic restrictions" (2023, The Lancet Microbe), "Mycoplasma pneumoniae detections before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: results of a global survey, 2017 to 2021" (2022, Eurosurveillance), and "Mycoplasma pneumoniae infections, 11 countries in Europe and Israel, 2011 to 2016" (2020, Eurosurveillance).

Additional recent publications feature work on bacterial sexually transmitted infections and drug-resistant pathogens, such as: "Doxycycline prophylaxis and meningococcal group B vaccine to prevent bacterial sexually transmitted infections in France (ANRS 174 DOXYVAC): a multicentre, open-label, randomised trial with a 2 × 2 factorial design" (2024, The Lancet Infectious Diseases) and "Europe-wide expansion and eradication of multidrug-resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae lineages: a genomic surveillance study" (2022, The Lancet Microbe).

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Cécile Bébéar include:

  • Sabine Pereyre
  • Béatrice Berçot
  • Olivia Peuchant
  • Arabella Touati
  • Marie Gardette

Their work is regularly published in leading scientific journals such as:

  • The Lancet Microbe
  • Eurosurveillance
  • ClinMicroNow
  • The Lancet Infectious Diseases
  • Clinical Microbiology and Infection

The scientific contributions cover several subfields including Microbiology, Epidemiology, Physiology, Surgery, and Hematology, with a strong emphasis on infection-related conditions and treatment strategies.

Best Publications

  • Clinical features and prognostic factors of listeriosis: the MONALISA national prospective cohort study.

    Caroline Charlier;Élodie Perrodeau;Alexandre Leclercq;Alexandre Leclercq;Benoît Cazenave

  • Rotation and restricted use of antibiotics in a medical intensive care unit. Impact on the incidence of ventilator-associated pneumonia caused by antibiotic-resistant gram-negative bacteria.

    D Gruson;G Hilbert;F Vargas;R Valentino

  • Post-exposure prophylaxis with doxycycline to prevent sexually transmitted infections in men who have sex with men: an open-label randomised substudy of the ANRS IPERGAY trial.

    Jean-Michel Molina;Isabelle Charreau;Christian Chidiac;Gilles Pialoux

  • Whole-genome analysis of diverse Chlamydia trachomatis strains identifies phylogenetic relationships masked by current clinical typing

    Simon R Harris;Ian N Clarke;Helena M B Seth-Smith;Anthony W Solomon

  • Genital Chlamydia trachomatis infections

    C. Bébéar;B. de Barbeyrac

  • Macrolide resistance in Helicobacter pylori: rapid detection of point mutations and assays of macrolide binding to ribosomes.

    A Occhialini;M Urdaci;F Doucet-Populaire;C M Bébéar

  • Mycoplasma pneumoniae: Current Knowledge on Macrolide Resistance and Treatment

    Sabine Pereyre;Sabine Pereyre;Julien Goret;Julien Goret;Cécile Bébéar;Cécile Bébéar

  • Life on arginine for Mycoplasma hominis: clues from its minimal genome and comparison with other human urogenital mycoplasmas.

    Sabine Pereyre;Pascal Sirand-Pugnet;Laure Beven;Alain Charron

  • Mycoplasma pneumoniae: susceptibility and resistance to antibiotics

    Cécile Bébéar;Sabine Pereyre;Sabine Pereyre;Olivia Peuchant;Olivia Peuchant

  • Increased macrolide resistance of Mycoplasma pneumoniae in France directly detected in clinical specimens by real-time PCR and melting curve analysis

    O. Peuchant;A. Ménard;H. Renaudin;M. Morozumi

  • Emergence and Spread in French Hospitals of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus with Increasing Susceptibility to Gentamicin and Other Antibiotics

    Hervé Lelièvre;Gerard Lina;Mark E. Jones;Claude Olive

  • Mycoplasma pneumoniae detections before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: results of a global survey, 2017 to 2021

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  • Contribution of tap water to patient colonisation with Pseudomonas aeruginosa in a medical intensive care unit.

    A.-M. Rogues;H. Boulestreau;A. Lashéras;A. Boyer

  • Utility of fiberoptic bronchoscopy in neutropenic patients admitted to the intensive care unit with pulmonary infiltrates.

    Didier Gruson;Gilles Hilbert;Ruddy Valentino;Frederic Vargas

  • Sequencing of Gyrase and Topoisomerase IV Quinolone-Resistance- Determining Regions of Chlamydia trachomatis and Characterization of Quinolone-Resistant Mutants Obtained In Vitro

    Sophie Dessus-Babus;Cécile M. Bébéar;Alain Charron;Christiane Bébéar

  • Development of Multiple-Locus Variable-Number Tandem-Repeat Analysis for Molecular Typing of Mycoplasma pneumoniae

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  • Peptide Methionine Sulfoxide Reductase (MsrA) Is a Virulence Determinant in Mycoplasma genitalium

    S. Dhandayuthapani;M. W. Blaylock;C. M. Bebear;W. G. Rasmussen

  • Strategy of antibiotic rotation: Long-term effect on incidence and susceptibilities of Gram-negative bacilli responsible for ventilator-associated pneumonia*

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  • Necrotizing external otitis: a report of 46 cases.

    Valerie Franco-Vidal;Harold Blanchet;Cécile Bebear;Hervé Dutronc

  • Mutations in the gyrA, parC, and parE Genes Associated with Fluoroquinolone Resistance in Clinical Isolates of Mycoplasma hominis

    Cécile M. Bebear;Joel Renaudin;Alain Charron;Hélène Renaudin

  • In-vitro activity of grepafloxacin, a new fluoroquinolone, against mycoplasmas

    Cécile M. Bébéar;Hélène Renaudin;Thierry Schaeverbeke;Françoise Leblanc

  • Multidrug-resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae failing treatment with ceftriaxone and doxycycline in France, November 2017

    Thibault Poncin;Sebastien Fouere;Aymeric Braille;Francois Camelena

  • Direct Detection of Macrolide Resistance in Mycoplasma genitalium Isolates from Clinical Specimens from France by Use of Real-Time PCR and Melting Curve Analysis

    Arabella Touati;Olivia Peuchant;Olivia Peuchant;Jorgen S. Jensen;Cécile Bébéar;Cécile Bébéar

  • Severe respiratory failure requiring ICU admission in bone marrow transplant recipients.

    D. Gruson;G. Hilbert;L. Portel;J.m Boiron

Frequent Co-Authors

Geneviève Chêne
Geneviève Chêne University of Bordeaux
Francis Mégraud
Francis Mégraud University of Bordeaux
Alain Blanchard
Alain Blanchard University of Bordeaux
Laurence Meyer
Laurence Meyer University of Paris-Saclay
Nicholas R. Thomson
Nicholas R. Thomson Wellcome Sanger Institute
Ken B. Waites
Ken B. Waites University of Alabama at Birmingham
Joseph M. Bové
Joseph M. Bové University of Bordeaux
Richard Bonnet
Richard Bonnet University of Clermont Auvergne
Emmanuelle Cambau
Emmanuelle Cambau Université Paris Cité
Gilles Pialoux
Gilles Pialoux Tenon Hospital

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