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Stéphane Bretagne

Stéphane Bretagne

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Microbiology

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Medicine

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Research.com Recognitions

  • Fellow of the European Confederation of Medical Mycology (ECMM)
  • Fellow of the European Confederation of Medical Mycology (ECMM)
  • Fellow of the European Confederation of Medical Mycology (ECMM)
  • Fellow of the European Confederation of Medical Mycology (ECMM)
  • Fellow of the European Confederation of Medical Mycology (ECMM)
  • Fellow of the European Confederation of Medical Mycology (ECMM)

Overview

Stéphane Bretagne is affiliated with Université Paris Cité in France and specializes in the field of Medicine, with a focus on Epidemiology, Infectious Diseases, Cell Biology, Parasitology, and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. The research topics of interest include antifungal resistance and susceptibility, fungal infections and studies, Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia detection and treatment, plant pathogens and fungal diseases, pneumonia and respiratory infections, nail diseases and treatments, and cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research.

The scientist has contributed to multiple recent publications, including:

  • Prevalence of putative invasive pulmonary aspergillosis in critically ill patients with COVID-19 (2020), published in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine
  • Risk factors associated with COVID-19-associated pulmonary aspergillosis in ICU patients: a French multicentric retrospective cohort (2020), published in Clinical Microbiology and Infection
  • Evaluation of Serum Mucorales Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) for the Diagnosis of Mucormycoses: The MODIMUCOR Prospective Trial (2022), Clinical Infectious Diseases
  • Guideline adherence and survival of patients with candidaemia in Europe: results from the ECMM Candida III multinational European observational cohort study (2023), The Lancet Infectious Diseases
  • Active Surveillance Program to Increase Awareness on Invasive Fungal Diseases: the French RESSIF Network (2012 to 2018) (2022), mBio

Frequent co-authors include Alexandre Alanio, Sarah Dellière, Samia Hamane, Blandine Denis, and Fanny Lanternier.

Stéphane Bretagne's work has appeared in several publication venues, notably Medical Mycology, Clinical Infectious Diseases, Emerging Infectious Diseases, SSRN Electronic Journal, and bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory).

The scientist has been recognized as a Fellow of the European Confederation of Medical Mycology (ECMM).

Best Publications

  • Revision and Update of the Consensus Definitions of Invasive Fungal Disease From the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer and the Mycoses Study Group Education and Research Consortium

    J. Peter Donnelly;Sharon C. Chen;Carol A. Kauffman;William J. Steinbach

  • Global guideline for the diagnosis and management of mucormycosis: an initiative of the European Confederation of Medical Mycology in cooperation with the Mycoses Study Group Education and Research Consortium

    Oliver A. Cornely;Ana Alastruey-Izquierdo;Dorothee Arenz;Sharon C. A. Chen

  • Risk of tuberculosis is higher with anti–tumor necrosis factor monoclonal antibody therapy than with soluble tumor necrosis factor receptor therapy: The three‐year prospective french research axed on tolerance of biotherapies registry

    Florence Tubach;Dominique Salmon;Philippe Ravaud;Yannick Allanore

  • Empirical versus Preemptive Antifungal Therapy for High-Risk, Febrile, Neutropenic Patients: A Randomized, Controlled Trial

    Catherine Cordonnier;Cécile Pautas;Sébastien Maury;Anne Vekhoff

  • Comparison of two DNA targets for the diagnosis of Toxoplasmosis by real-time PCR using fluorescence resonance energy transfer hybridization probes

    Udo Reischl;Stéphane Bretagne;Dominique Krüger;Pauline Ernault

  • Recent Exposure to Caspofungin or Fluconazole Influences the Epidemiology of Candidemia: a Prospective Multicenter Study Involving 2,441 Patients

    Olivier Lortholary;Marie Desnos-Ollivier;Marie Desnos-Ollivier;Karine Sitbon;Karine Sitbon;Arnaud Fontanet

  • Prevalence of putative invasive pulmonary aspergillosis in critically ill patients with COVID-19.

    Alexandre Alanio;Alexandre Alanio;Sarah Dellière;Sarah Dellière;Sofiane Fodil;Stéphane Bretagne;Stéphane Bretagne

  • Epidemiological trends in invasive aspergillosis in France: the SAIF network (2005–2007)

    O. Lortholary;O. Lortholary;O. Lortholary;J.-P. Gangneux;K. Sitbon;K. Sitbon;B. Lebeau

  • Worrisome trends in incidence and mortality of candidemia in intensive care units (Paris area, 2002-2010).

    Olivier Lortholary;Charlotte Renaudat;Karine Sitbon;Yoann Madec

  • ECIL guidelines for the diagnosis of Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia in patients with haematological malignancies and stem cell transplant recipients

    Alexandre Alanio;Philippe M Hauser;Katrien Lagrou;Willem J G Melchers

  • ECIL recommendations for the use of biological markers for the diagnosis of invasive fungal diseases in leukemic patients and hematopoietic SCT recipients

    O Marchetti;F Lamoth;M Mikulska;C Viscoli

  • Aspergillus PCR: One Step Closer to Standardization

    P.L. White;S. Bretagne;L. Klingspor;W.J.G. Melchers

  • Drug-specific risk of non-tuberculosis opportunistic infections in patients receiving anti-TNF therapy reported to the 3-year prospective French RATIO registry

    Dominique Salmon-Céron;Florence Tubach;Olivier Lortholary;Olivier Chosidow

  • ECIL guidelines for preventing Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia in patients with haematological malignancies and stem cell transplant recipients.

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  • Comparison of Serum Galactomannan Antigen Detection and Competitive Polymerase Chain Reaction for Diagnosing Invasive Aspergillosis

    Stéphane Bretagne;Jean-Marc Costa;Emmanuelle Bart Delabesse;Nathalie Dhédin

  • Early diagnosis and monitoring of mucormycosis by detection of circulating DNA in serum: retrospective analysis of 44 cases collected through the French Surveillance Network of Invasive Fungal Infections (RESSIF)

    L. Millon;R. Herbrecht;F. Grenouillet;F. Morio

  • Detection of Aspergillus species DNA in bronchoalveolar lavage samples by competitive PCR.

    S Bretagne;J M Costa;A Marmorat-Khuong;F Poron

  • Early Detection of Toxoplasma Infection by Molecular Monitoring of Toxoplasma gondii in Peripheral Blood Samples after Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplantation

    Rodrigo Martino;Stéphane Bretagne;Hermann Einsele;Johan Maertens

  • Toxoplasmosis After Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation

    R Martino;J Maertens;S Bretagne;M Rovira

  • Real-Time PCR Coupled with Automated DNA Extraction and Detection of Galactomannan Antigen in Serum by Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay for Diagnosis of Invasive Aspergillosis

    Catherine Costa;Jean-Marc Costa;Christophe Desterke;Françoise Botterel

  • Molecular Identification of Zygomycetes from Culture and Experimentally Infected Tissues

    Patrick Schwarz;Stéphane Bretagne;Jean Charles Gantier;Dea Garcia-Hermoso

Frequent Co-Authors

Alexandre Alanio
Alexandre Alanio Université Paris Cité
Catherine Cordonnier
Catherine Cordonnier Paris-Est Créteil University
Olivier Lortholary
Olivier Lortholary Université Paris Cité
Françoise Botterel
Françoise Botterel Paris-Est Créteil University
Françoise Dromer
Françoise Dromer Institut Pasteur
Eric Dannaoui
Eric Dannaoui Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou
Willem J. G. Melchers
Willem J. G. Melchers Radboud University
P. Lewis White
P. Lewis White Cardiff University
Fabrice Chrétien
Fabrice Chrétien Université Paris Cité

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