Carine YEHOUENOU - Thesis defence

Carine YEHOUENOU - Translational Research from Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology to Treatment Optimization (TFAR) – Clinical Pharmacy (CLIP)

Surgical site infections in Benin: what about hand hygiene practices and antibiotic resistance

Promotors : Prof. Olivia Dalleur, Louvain Drug Research Institute, UCLouvain and Prof. Francis Moise Dossou, Faculté des Sciences de la Santé, UAC.

Co-promotor : Prof. Anne Simon : Centre hospitalier Jolimont, Prévention et contrôle des infections, Groupe Jolimont.

Related publications :

• Hand hygiene in surgery in Benin: opportunities and challenges. Carine Laurence YEHOUENOU, Angèle Modupe DOHOU, Ariane Dessièdé FIOGBE, Marius ESSE, Cyriaque DEGBEY, Anne SIMON and Olivia DALLEUR. Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control (2020) 9 :85.
• First Detection of a Plasmid-Encoded New-Delhi Metallo-Beta-Lactamase-1 (NDM-1) Producing Acinetobacter Baumannii Using Whole Genome Sequencing, Isolated in a Clinical Setting in Benin. Yehouenou, C.; Bogaerts, B.; Vanneste, K.; Roosens, N.H.C.; De Keersmaecker, S.C.J.; Marchal, K.; Affolabi, D.; Soleimani, R.; Rodriguez-Villalobos, H.; Van Bambeke, F.; et al. Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2021, 20, 1–7
• Whole-Genome Sequencing-based Antimicrobial Resistance Characterization and Phylogenomic investigation of 19 Multidrug-Resistant and Extended-Spectrum Beta-lactamase-Positive Escherichia coli Strains collected from Hospital patients in Benin in 2019. Yehouenou, C.; Bogaerts, B.; Vanneste, K; Roosens, N.H.C.; De Keersmaecker, S.C.J.; Marchal, K.; Tchiakpe E, Affolabi D, et al. Front. Microbiol, 2021 Dec 9;12:752883
• Carbapenem-resistant organisms isolated in surgical site infections in Benin: a public health problem. Carine Laurence YEHOUENOU, Reza Soleimani, Arsène A. Kpangon, Anne Simon, Francis M. Dossou and Olivia Dalleur. Med Infect. Dis. 2022,7,200
• Understanding hand hygiene behavior in a public hospital in Benin using the Theoretical Domain Frameworks. Carine Laurence YEHOUENOU, Aynaz ABEDINZADEH, Roch HOUNGNIHIN, Carine BAXERRES, Francis M. DOSSOU, Anne SIMON, Olivia DALLEUR. Healthcare 2022,10,1924

This thesis defence took place on November 24, 2022, in Cotonou (Benin)