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    Mixed Streptococcus pneumoniae and Streptococcus pyogenes meningitis in an immunocompromised adult patient: a case report

    Community-acquired meningitis is a monomicrobial infection caused by either viruses or bacteria in the vast majority of patients. We report here one exceptional case of a patient with mixed bacterial meningiti...

    Clémence Demerle, Vadim Ivanov, Cédric Mercier in Journal of Medical Case Reports (2015)

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    5-FU-induced neurotoxicity in cancer patients with profound DPD deficiency syndrome: a report of two cases

    5-Fluorouracil (5-FU) is a mainstay for treating various solid tumours in adults, including digestive and head and neck cancers. 5-FU-related toxicities usually include haematological, digestive and cutaneous ...

    Pierre-Yves Cordier, André Nau, Joseph Ciccolini in Cancer Chemotherapy and Pharmacology (2011)

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    Integrating pharmacogenetics into gemcitabine dosing—time for a change?

    A number of biomarkers that predict clinical outcome in response to gemcitabine treatment have been identified. These markers could be used in the clinic to personalize treatment, thereby improving efficacy an...

    Joseph Ciccolini, Cédric Mercier, Laetitia Dahan in Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology (2011)

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    DPD-based adaptive dosing of 5-FU in patients with head and neck cancer: impact on treatment efficacy and toxicity

    Fluoropyrimidine drugs are widely used in head and neck cancer (HNC). DPD deficiency is a pharmacogenetics syndrome associated with severe/lethal toxicities upon 5-FU or capecitabine intake. We have developed ...

    Chen Guang Yang, Joseph Ciccolini, Aurore Blesius in Cancer Chemotherapy and Pharmacology (2011)

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    Letter to the editor: pharmacokinetics of gemcitabine in non-small-cell lung cancer patients: impact of the 79A>C cytidine deaminase polymorphism

    Cédric Mercier, Laetitia Dahan in European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology (2010)