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Lapointe-Shaw L, Voruganti T, Kohler P, Thein H, Sander B, McGeer A
Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis . 2017 Jan; 36(6):1047-1055. PMID: 28078557
The purpose of this study was to assess the cost-effectiveness of screening all hospital inpatients for carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae (CPE) at the time of hospital admission, compared to not screening, from...
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Downing M, Xiong J, Eshaghi A, McGeer A, Patel S, Johnstone J
J Clin Microbiol . 2015 Oct; 53(12):3951-3. PMID: 26424845
Vancomycin-variable enterococcus (VVE) is an emerging pathogen. VVE isolates initially appear phenotypically susceptible to vancomycin but possesses the vanA gene and can develop in vitro and in vivo resistance to...
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Taylor G, Abdesselam K, Pelude L, Fernandes R, Mitchell R, McGeer A, et al.
Epidemiol Infect . 2015 Sep; 144(4):741-50. PMID: 26384310
To identify predictive factors and mortality of patients with influenza admitted to intensive care units (ICU) we carried out a prospective cohort study of patients hospitalized with laboratory-confirmed influenza in...
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Williams V, Simor A, Kiss A, McGeer A, Hirji Z, Larios O, et al.
Clin Microbiol Infect . 2015 Feb; 21(6):553-9. PMID: 25677630
A national point-prevalence survey for infection or colonization with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus (VRE), and for Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) was done in Canadian hospitals in 2010....
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McNeil S, Shinde V, Andrew M, Hatchette T, LeBlanc J, Ambrose A, et al.
Euro Surveill . 2014 Mar; 19(9). PMID: 24626207
During the 2013/14 influenza season in Canada, 631 of 654 hospitalisations for laboratory-confirmed influenza enrolled in sentinel hospitals were due to Influenza A. Of the 375 with known subtype, influenza...
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Chow C, McGeer A, Kasupski G, Senathiragah N, Gallant P, Chan C
Can J Infect Dis . 2012 Mar; 9(2):87-93. PMID: 22451776
Objectives: To evaluate the clinical utility of bronchoscopy with bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) for diagnosing pulmonary infection in patients with underlying malignancy and to evaluate the impact of positive microbiology results...
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Humar A, Lipton J, Messner H, McGeer A, Mazzulli T
Can J Infect Dis . 2012 Feb; 10(6):410-4. PMID: 22346399
Objective: To gather information about cytomegalovirus (CMV) prevention and treatment practices in bone marrow transplantation (BMT) in Canada. Design: A questionnaire was mailed to all centres across Canada performing BMT...
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Simor A, Boyd D, Louie L, McGeer A, Mulvey M, Willey B
Can J Infect Dis . 2012 Feb; 10(5):333-6. PMID: 22346391
The incidence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) has been increasing in many Canadian hospitals over the past few years. Some strains may be considered 'epidemic', in that they are clinically...
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Coleman B, Kuster S, Gubbay J, Scheifele D, Li Y, Low D, et al.
Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis . 2011 Jul; 31(4):591-7. PMID: 21796343
We aimed to assess the immunogenicity of a single half-dose of AS03-adjuvanted monovalent 2009 pandemic H1N1 vaccine in healthy adults. Healthy subjects age 20-60 years were prospectively enrolled in a...