Cédric Dananché


Cédric Dananché

Senior Epidemiologist

Cédric Danché is a university lecturer and a hospital practitioner in Public Health at Hospices Civils de Lyon. He is a member of the French hospital hygiene society (SF2H).

Dananché C, Bénet T, Vanhems P. Ebola: fever definitions might delay detection in non-epidemic areas. The Lancet. 2014;384(9956):1743.

Guy M, Vanhems P, Dananché C, Perraud M, Regard A, Hulin M, Dauwalder O, Bertrand X, Crozon-Clauzel J, Floccard B, Argaud L, Cassier P, Bénet T. Outbreak of pulmonary Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Stenotrophomonas maltophilia infections related to contaminated bronchoscope suction valves, Lyon, France, 2014. Euro Surveill. 2016;21(28).

Dananché C, Gustin MP, Cassier P, Cahuzac C, Loeffert ST, Thibaudon M, Bénet T, Vanhems P. Evaluation of Hirst-type spore traps to monitor environmental fungal load in hospital. PLoS One. 2017;12(5):e0177263.

Munier-Marion E, Bénet T, Dananché C, Soing-Altach S, Maugat S, Vaux S, Vanhems P. Outbreaks of healthcare-associated influenza like illness in France: impact of electronic notification. Am J Infect Control. 2017;45(11):1249-1253.

Bénet T, Girard R, Gerbier-Colomban S, Dananché C, Hodille E, Dauwalder O, Vanhems P. Determinants of implementation of isolation precautions and surveillance of multidrug resistant microorganisms: hospital-based multicentre prospective observational study. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2017;38(10):1188-1195.

Zahar JR, Jolivet S, Adam H, Dananché C, Lizon J, Alfandari S, Boulestreau H, Baghdadi N, Bay JO, Bénéteau AM, Bougnoux ME, Brenier-Pinchart MP, Dalle JH, Fournier S, Fuzibet JG, Kauffmann-Lacroix C, Le Guinche I, Lepelletier D, Loukili N, Lory A, Morvan M, Oumedaly R, Ribaud P, Rohrlich P, Vanhems P, Aho S, Vanjak D, Gangneux JP. [French recommendations on control measures to reduce the infectious risk in immunocompromised patients]. J Mycol Med. 2017;27(4):449-456.

Loeffert ST, Melloul E, Dananché C, Hénaff L, Bénet T, Cassier P, Dupont D, Guillot J, Botterel F, Wallon M, Gustin MP, Vanhems P. Monitoring of clinical strains and environmental fungal aerocontamination to prevent invasive aspergillosis infections in hospital during large deconstruction work: a protocol study. BMJ Open. 2017;7(11):e018109.

Loeffert ST, Vanhems P, Tissot E, Dananché C, Cassier P, Bénet T, Perraud M, Thibaudon M, Gustin MP. Evaluation of Hirst-type spore traps in outdoor Aspergillaceae monitoring during large demolition work in hospital. PLoS One. 2018;13(1):e0191135.

Dananché C, Vanhems P, Machut A, Aupée M, Bervas C, L’Hériteau F, Lepape A, Lucet JC, Stoeckel V, Timsit JF, Berger-Carbonne A, Savey A, Bénet T, and the Healthcare-associated Infections (HAI) Surveillance Network of ICUs (Réseau REA-Raisin). Trends of incidence and risk factors of ventilator-associated pneumonia in elderly patients admitted to French intensive care units between 2007 and 2014. Crit Care Med, 2018;46(6):869-877.

Dananché C, Sánchez Picot V, Bénet T, Chou M, Wang J, Pape JW, Awasthi S, Bavdekar A, Rakoto-Andrianarivelo M, Sylla M, Nymadawa P, Russomando G, Komurian-Pradel F, Endtz H, Paranhos-Baccalà G, Vanhems P. Burden of influenza in under 5-year-old children admitted to hospital with pneumonia in developing and emerging countries: a descriptive, multicenter study. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2018;98(6):1805-1810.

Loeffert ST, Hénaff L, Dupont D, Bienvenu AL, Dananché C, Cassier P, Bénet T, Wallon M, Gustin MP, Vanhems P. Prospective survey of azole drug resistance among environmental and clinical isolates of Aspergillus fumigatus in a French University hospital during major demolition works. J Mycol Med. 2018; 2018;28(3):469-472.

Loeffert ST, Melloul E, Gustin MP, Hénaff L, Guillot C, Dupont D, Wallon M, Cassier P, Dananché C, Bénet T, Botterel F, Guillot J, Vanhems P. Investigation of the Relationships Between Clinical and Environmental Isolates of Aspergillus fumigatus by Multiple-locus Variable Number Tandem Repeat Analysis During Major Demolition Work in a French Hospital. Clin Infect Dis. 2019 Jan 7;68(2):321-329.

Dananché C, Paranhos-Baccalà G, Messaoudi M, Sylla M, Awasthi S, Bavdekar A, Sanghavi S, Diallo S, Pape JW, Rouzier V, Chou M, Eap T, Rakoto-Andrianarivelo M, Maeder M, Wang J, Ren L, Dash-Yandag B, Nymadawa P, Guillen R, Russomando G, Endtz H, Komurian-Pradel F, Vanhems P, Sánchez Picot V, and on behalf of the pneumonia GABRIEL network. Serotypes of Streptococcus pneumoniae in children under 5 hospitalized with or without pneumonia in developing and emerging countries: a descriptive, multicenter study. Clin Inf Dis. 2020 Feb 14;70(5):875-883.

Vanhems P, Endtz H, Dananché C, Komurian-Pradel F, Sanchez Picot V; Pneumonia Study GABRIEL members. Comparison of the Clinical Features of SARS-CoV-2, Other Coronavirus and Influenza Infections in Infants Less Than 1-Year-Old. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2020 Jul;39(7):e157-e158.

Saadatian-Elahi M, Picot V, Hénaff L, Pradel FK, Escuret V, Dananché C, Elias C, Endtz HP, Vanhems P. Protocol for a prospective, observational, hospital-based multicentre study of nosocomial SARS-CoV-2 transmission: NOSO-COR Project. BMJ Open. 2020 Oct 22;10(10):e039088.

Vanhems P, Gustin MP, Elias C, Henaff L, Dananché C, Grisi B, Marion E, Khanafer N, Hilliquin D, Gardes S, Gerbier-Colomban S, Amour S, Kuczewski E, Escuret V, Lina B, Saadatian-Elahi M; COVID-Outcomes-HCL Consortium. Factors associated with admission to intensive care units in COVID-19 patients in Lyon, France. PLoS One. 2021 Jan 27;16(1):e0243709.

Teoli J, Amour S, Dananché C, Dauwalder O, Gerbier-Colomban S, Mauranne CC, Zorio V, Monard C, Arnal S, Friggeri A, Lepape A, Guerin C, Rimmelé T, Argaud L, Munier-Marion E, Gustin MP, Vanhems P. Trends in the proportion of resistant bacteria involved in ventilator-associated pneumonia as the first hospital-acquired infection in intensive care units between 2003 and 2016 in Lyon, France. Am J Infect Control. 2021 Apr 27:S0196-6553(21)00273-X.

Saadatian-Elahi M, Amour S, Elias C, Henaff L, Dananché C, Vanhems P. Tobacco smoking and severity of COVID-19: Experience from a hospital-based prospective cohort study in Lyon, France. J Med Virol. 2021 Dec;93(12):6822-6827.

Dananché C, Elias C, Hénaff L, Amour S, Kuczewski E, Gustin MP, Escuret V, Saadatian-Elahi M, Vanhems P. Baseline clinical features of COVID-19 patients, delay of hospital admission and clinical outcome: A complex relationship. PLoS One. 2022 Jan 7;17(1):e0261428.

Dananché C, Paranhos-Baccalà G, Messaoudi M, Sylla M, Awasthi S, Bavdekar A, Pape JW, Rouzier V, Wang J, Sanghavi S, Diallo S, Chou M, Eap T, Rakoto-Andrianarivelo M, Endtz H, Ren L, Dash-Yandag B, Guillen R, Nymadawa P, Russomando G, Komurian-Pradel F, Vanhems P, Picot VS; Pneumonia Global Approach for Biological Research, Infectious Diseases and Epidemics in Low-Income Countries (GABRIEL) Network. Nasopharyngeal Viral and Bacterial Co-Detection among Children from Low- and Middle-Income Countries with and without Pneumonia. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2022 Feb 7:tpmd210980.

Dananché C, Elias C, Guibert N, Gardes S, Barreto C, Denis MA, Fascia P, Gerbier-Colomban S, Grisi B, Khanafer N, Massardier-Pilonchéry A, Munier-Marion É, Pasquet C, Fassier JB, Vanhems P. COVID-19 clusters in a teaching hospital during the second wave of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic in France: a descriptive study and lessons learned for waves to come. Am J Infect Control. 2022 Jun 24:S0196-6553(22)00505-3.

Decousser JW, Romano-Bertrand S, Aho Glele LS, Baron R, Carre Y, Cassier P, Dananché C, Depaix-Champagnac F, Fournier S, Racaud J, Rogues AM, Tamames C, Keita-Perse O, Parneix P, Lavigne T; Scientific Committee of the French Society for Hospital Hygiene. Healthcare worker protection against mpox contamination: position paper of the French Society for Hospital Hygiene. J Hosp Infect. 2023 Oct;140:156-164

Abifadel M, Ahmmed K, Banu S, Camara I, Chowdhury F, Coulibaly D, Dabar G, Dananché C, Daw R, Hassan Z, Hervé M, Islam A, Komurian-Pradel F, Kouamé JP, Kouriba B, Najjar-Pellet J, Rakotonaivo A, Ranaivo-Rabetokotany F, Rasamoelina M, Rasolofoarison T, Riachi M, Saadatian-Elahi M, Samison L, Sanchez Picot V, Savané S, Thera I, Touré A, Vanhems P. Characteristics of Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients at Admission and Factors Associated with Clinical Severity in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: An Observational Study. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2024 Feb 27:tpmd230456.