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Lee B, Sikora C, Faulder D, Risling E, Little L, Qiu Y, et al.
BMJ Open . 2021 Aug; 11(8):e052282. PMID: 34417219
Introduction: The COVID-19 pandemic has an excessive impact on residents in long-term care facilities (LTCF), causing high morbidity and mortality. Early detection of presymptomatic and asymptomatic COVID-19 cases supports the...
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Berry I, Tuite A, Salomon A, Drews S, Harris A, Hatchette T, et al.
JAMA Netw Open . 2020 Jul; 3(7):e2010167. PMID: 32658286
Importance: Streptococcus pneumoniae is the most commonly identified cause of bacterial pneumonia, and invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) has a high case fatality rate. The wintertime coseasonality of influenza and IPD...
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Tarr G, Chui L, Lee B, Pang X, Ali S, Nettel-Aguirre A, et al.
Clin Infect Dis . 2018 Dec; 69(7):1173-1182. PMID: 30517612
Background: The ability to identify bacterial pathogens that necessitate specific clinical management or public health action in children with acute gastroenteritis is crucial to patient care and public health. However,...
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Crowcroft N, Johnson C, Chen C, Li Y, Marchand-Austin A, Bolotin S, et al.
PLoS One . 2018 May; 13(5):e0195984. PMID: 29718945
Introduction: Under-reporting of pertussis cases is a longstanding challenge. We estimated the true number of pertussis cases in Ontario using multiple data sources, and evaluated the completeness of each source....
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Bolotin S, Johnson C, Quach S, Ambrose A, DeCoutere S, Deeks S, et al.
CMAJ Open . 2017 Dec; 5(4):E872-E877. PMID: 29269437
Background: There is mounting evidence that the recent resurgence of pertussis in many countries is in part related to the acellular vaccine, which has been administered in Canada since 1997....
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Kawaguchi A, Bates A, Lee B, Drews S, Garros D
Acta Paediatr . 2017 Nov; 107(3):504-510. PMID: 29131392
Aim: To describe the epidemiology of critically ill children admitted to a paediatric intensive care unit (PICU) with acute respiratory disease. The association with intubation was analysed for the three...
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Fathima S, Simmonds K, Invik J, Scott A, Drews S
BMC Infect Dis . 2016 Aug; 16(1):402. PMID: 27514690
Background: Human Parainfluenza Virus (hPIV) causes severe respiratory illness in infants and adults. Our study describes the association of hPIV1-4 with bronchiolitis, croup, and pneumonia using retrospective laboratory, administrative and...
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Freedman S, Xie J, Neufeld M, Hamilton W, Hartling L, Tarr P, et al.
Clin Infect Dis . 2016 Feb; 62(10):1251-1258. PMID: 26917812
Background: Antibiotic administration to individuals with Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) infection remains controversial. We assessed if antibiotic administration to individuals with STEC infection is associated with development of hemolytic...
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Tsang R, Shuel M, Jamieson F, Drews S, Hoang L, Horsman G, et al.
Int J Infect Dis . 2014 Sep; 28:65-9. PMID: 25244999
Objective: To detect and characterize pertactin-negative Bordetella pertussis in Canada, especially for isolates collected in recent years. Methods: A total of 224 isolates from the years 1994-2013 were screened by...
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Bridger N, Drews S, Burdz T, Wiebe D, Pacheco A, Ng B, et al.
J Med Microbiol . 2013 Jan; 62(Pt 5):708-711. PMID: 23355312
Species in the genus Pigmentiphaga are Gram-negative, catalase- and oxidase-positive rods derived exclusively to date from environmental sources. Features of strains most like Pigmentiphaga daeguensis or Pigmentiphaga kullae from a...