Bernard La Scola
Aix-Marseille University
474 Papers
1.7K Citations
Bernard La Scola is an academic researcher from Aix-Marseille University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Biology & Giant Virus. The author has an hindex of 73, co-authored 409 publications. Previous affiliations of Bernard La Scola include Uppsala University & University of the Mediterranean.
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Papers
Hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin as a treatment of COVID-19: results of an open-label non-randomized clinical trial.
Philippe Gautret,Jean-Christophe Lagier,Philippe Parola,Van Thuan Hoang,Line Meddeb,M. Mailhe,Barbara Doudier,Johan Courjon,Valérie Giordanengo,Vera Esteves Vieira,Hervé Tissot Dupont,Stéphane Honoré,Philippe Colson,Eric Chabrière,Bernard La Scola,Jean-Marc Rolain,Philippe Brouqui,Didier Raoult +17 more
TL;DR: Hydroxychloroquine treatment is significantly associated with viral load reduction/disappearance in COVID-19 patients and its effect is reinforced by azithromycin, which was significantly more efficient for virus elimination.
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Ongoing Revolution in Bacteriology: Routine Identification of Bacteria by Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry
Piseth Seng,Michel Drancourt,Freédésrique Gouriet,Bernard La Scola,Pierre-Edouard Fournier,Jean-Marc Rolain,Didier Raoult +6 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors used matrix assisted laser desorption ionization time-of-flight (MALDI-TOF) to identify both selected bacteria and bacteria in select clinical situations.
The 1.2-Megabase Genome Sequence of Mimivirus
Didier Raoult,Stéphane Audic,Catherine Robert,Chantal Abergel,Patricia Renesto,Hiroyuki Ogata,Bernard La Scola,Marie Suzan,Jean-Michel Claverie +8 more
TL;DR: The size and complexity of the Mimivirus genome challenge the established frontier between viruses and parasitic cellular organisms and this new sequence data might help shed a new light on the origin of DNA viruses and their role in the early evolution of eukaryotes.
Viral RNA load as determined by cell culture as a management tool for discharge of SARS-CoV-2 patients from infectious disease wards.
Bernard La Scola,Marion Le Bideau,Julien Andreani,Van Thuan Hoang,Clio Grimaldier,Philippe Colson,Philippe Gautret,Didier Raoult +7 more
TL;DR: Correlation between successful isolation of virus in cell culture and Ct value of quantitative RT-PCR targeting E gene suggests that patients with Ct above 33–34 using the RT- PCR system are not contagious and thus can be discharged from hospital care or strict confinement for non-hospitalized patients.
A Giant Virus in Amoebae
Bernard La Scola,Stéphane Audic,Catherine Robert,Liang Jungang,Xavier de Lamballerie,Michel Drancourt,Richard J. Birtles,Jean-Michel Claverie,Didier Raoult +8 more
TL;DR: During a study following a pneumonia outbreak in 1992, a microorganism growing in amoebae and resembling a small Gram-positive coccus was isolated from the water of a cooling tower in Bradford, England.
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