Article History
Received: 25 October 2021
Accepted: 16 May 2022
First Online: 29 June 2022
Competing interests
: M.K.T. reported research grants from the GSK group of companies, Pfizer and Sanofi Pasteur. M.T.K. and A.E.D. reported a patent 630133 issued. S.T. has no conflict to declare.
: The study was conducted in accordance with the Helsinki Declaration of 1964, and its later amendments, as well as with relevant international and French regulatory requirements. Patient data in the database is anonymized using irreversible double encryption. Data and isolates collection was conducted as part of the mission of the NRCMHi in the national surveillance approved by the Ministry of Health. The procedure for collecting samples and information was submitted and approved by the CNIL N°1475242/2011 (<i>Commission Nationale de l’Informatique et des Libertés</i>).