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1134Characteristics of Hospital-Acquired Influenza in Adults in Southern Ontario, 2005-2012.

scientific article

1205. Emergence of Carbapenemase Producing Enterobacteriaceae in South Central Ontario, Canada

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2165. Risk Factors for CPE Colonization in Household Contacts of CPE Colonized/Infected Patients

2716. Persistence of 13-Valent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine (PCV13) Serotypes in Invasive Pneumococcal Disease in Adults in Southern Ontario Canada Despite Routine Pediatric Vaccination

281Regional Changes in Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Purulent Skin and Soft Tissue Infections among Patients Presenting to Canadian Emergency Departments

scientific article published in December 2014

462. Prospective Surveillance of Invasive Group A Streptococcal Infections in Toronto, Ontario, Canada: 1992–2017

scientific article published on 23 October 2019

902Hospital Characteristics and Infection Prevention and Control Strategies Associated with Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and Clostridium difficile Infection (CDI) in Canadian Hospitals

scientific article published in December 2014

A 14-Year Audit and Analysis of Human Skin Allograft Discards

scientific article published on 30 December 2016

A Caenorhabditis elegans Host Model Correlates with Invasive Disease Caused by Staphylococcus aureus Recovered during an Outbreak in Neonatal Intensive Care ⬇️

scientific article published on January 1, 2012

A Cluster of Surgical Wound Infections Due to Unrelated Strains of Group a Streptococci

scientific article published on 01 May 1993

A Comparison of Model-Building Strategies for Lower Respiratory Tract Infection in Long-Term Care

scientific article published on 01 December 1999

A preliminary guideline for the assignment of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus to a Canadian pulsed-field gel electrophoresis epidemic type using spa typing

scientific article published on July 2008

A prospective study evaluating tobramycin pharmacokinetics and optimal once daily dosing in burn patients

scientific article published on 21 June 2017

A randomized study to determine complications associated with duration of insertion of heparin locks

scientific article published on 01 December 1990

A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of combined nevirapine and zidovudine compared with nevirapine alone in the prevention of perinatal transmission of HIV in Zimbabwe

scientific article published on 22 November 2006

A study of the epidemiology of an endemic strain of staphylococcus haemolyticus (TOR-35) in a neonatal intensive care unit

scientific article published on 01 January 1993

A virtual care program for outpatients diagnosed with COVID-19: a feasibility study

scientific article published on 01 April 2020

AMMI Canada position paper: 2012 Mandatory influenza immunization of health care workers

scientific article

Acinetobacter baumannii in casualties returning from Afghanistan

scientific article published on 01 January 2007

Acquisition of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in contacts of patients newly identified as colonized or infected with MRSA in the immediate postexposure and postdischarge periods

scientific article

Acute Myocardial Infarction after Laboratory-Confirmed Influenza Infection

scientific article published in January 2018

Adherence to antibiotic guidelines for pneumonia in chronic-care facilities in Ontario

scientific article published on 01 December 2001

Adhesion and virulence properties of epidemic Canadian methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strain 1: identification of novel adhesion functions associated with plasmin-sensitive surface protein.

scientific article published on 29 March 2002

Adverse effects of amantadine and oseltamivir used during respiratory outbreaks in a center for developmentally disabled adults

scientific article published in November 2004

Ambler class A extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli and Klebsiella spp. in Canadian hospitals

scientific article published on April 2004

Amphotericin B in Lipid Emulsion: Stability, Compatibility, and In Vitro Antifungal Activity ⬇️

scientific article published on April 1, 1998

An Unusual Cause of False-Positive Results with the BD GeneOhm Cdiff Assay ⬇️

scientific article published on January 23, 2013

An outbreak due to multiresistant Acinetobacter baumannii in a burn unit: risk factors for acquisition and management

scientific article published on 01 May 2002

An outbreak of fatal nosocomial infections due to group A streptococcus on a medical ward

scientific article

Antibiotic Use and Need for Antimicrobial Stewardship in Long-Term Care

scientific article published on November 2015

Antibiotic resistance of ocular surface flora with repeated use of a topical antibiotic after intravitreal injection.

scientific article published on April 2013

Antibiotic susceptibility and molecular epidemiology of Panton-Valentine leukocidin-positive meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: An international survey

scientific article published on 3 September 2013

Antibiotic use in Ontario facilities that provide chronic care

scientific article

Antibody to cytotoxin in infection by Helicobacter pylori.

scientific article published on June 1990

Antifungal susceptibility testing of yeast isolates from blood cultures by microbroth dilution and the E test ⬇️

scientific article published on 01 September 1997

Antimicrobial resistance among clinical isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae in Canada during 2000.

scientific article

Antimicrobial resistance in hospitals: how concerned should we be?

scientific article published on February 2009

Antimicrobial susceptibilities of blood culture isolates obtained before and after the introduction of ciprofloxacin

scientific article

Antimicrobial susceptibilities of health care-associated and community-associated strains of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus from hospitalized patients in Canada, 1995 to 2008

scientific article

Antimicrobial use among adult inpatients at hospital sites within the Canadian Nosocomial Infection Surveillance Program: 2009 to 2016

scientific article published on 13 February 2020

Application of multiplex PCR for detection of non-O157 verocytotoxin-producing Escherichia coli in bloody stools: identification of serogroups O26 and O111.

scientific article

Are broad-spectrum fluoroquinolones more likely to cause Clostridium difficile-associated disease?

scientific article

Association of Increased Colony-Count Threshold for Urinary Pathogens in Hospitalized Patients With Antimicrobial Treatment

scientific article published on 01 July 2019

Audit and Feedback to Reduce Broad-Spectrum Antibiotic Use among Intensive Care Unit Patients A Controlled Interrupted Time Series Analysis ⬇️

scientific article published on April 1, 2012

Automatic notification and infectious diseases consultation for patients with Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia

scientific article published on 03 March 2018

Bacteremia caused by a mecA-positive oxacillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus strain with inducible resistance

scientific article published on 4 September 2015

Body Fat of Older Adult Subjects Calculated from Bioelectric Impedance Versus Anthropometry Correlated But Did Not Agree ⬇️

scientific article published on 01 October 2001

Broth microdilution testing of Haemophilus influenzae with haemophilus test medium versus lysed horse blood broth. Canadian Haemophilus Study Group ⬇️

scientific article published on September 1, 1992

Calicivirus gastroenteritis in a geriatric long-term care facility--Ontario

scientific article published on 01 November 1990

Campylobacter jejuni infection occurring during pregnancy

scientific article

Can routinely collected laboratory and health administrative data be used to assess influenza vaccine effectiveness? Assessing the validity of the Flu and Other Respiratory Viruses Research (FOREVER) Cohort

scientific article published on 17 June 2019

Canadian national survey of prevalence of antimicrobial resistance among clinical isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae. Canadian Bacterial Surveillance Network

scientific article

Carbapenem-resistant Gram-negative bacilli in Canada 2009-10: results from the Canadian Nosocomial Infection Surveillance Program (CNISP) ⬇️

scientific article published on March 7, 2012

Caring for severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) patients in acute care institutions in the greater Toronto area

scientific article published on 01 December 2008

Characteristics and Outcomes of Young Children Hospitalized with Laboratory-Confirmed Influenza or Respiratory Syncytial Virus in Ontario, Canada, 2009-2014

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Characterization and Proposed Nomenclature of Epidemic Strains of MRSA in Canada ⬇️

scientific article published on September 1, 1999

Characterization and proposed nomenclature of epidemic strains of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Canada

scientific article published in June 1999

Characterization of Staphylococcus aureus Isolates with a Partial or Complete Absence of Staphylococcal Cassette Chromosome Elements ⬇️

scientific article published on July 28, 2010

Characterization of ermA in macrolide-susceptible strains of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

scientific article published on June 2009

Characterization of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates from patients with persistent or recurrent bacteremia

scientific article

Clinical Significance of Low Colony-Count Urine Cultures Among Hospitalized Inpatients

scientific article published on 12 February 2018

Clinical and Epidemiologic Features of Group A Streptococcal Pneumonia in Ontario, Canada

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Clinical and epidemiologic features of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in elderly hospitalized patients

scientific article published in October 2005

Clostridium difficile in long-term-care facilities for the elderly

scientific article

Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhea in adults

scientific article published in July 2004

Cluster of cases of severe acute respiratory syndrome among Toronto healthcare workers after implementation of infection control precautions: a case series.

scientific article

Cluster of severe acute respiratory syndrome cases among protected health care workers-Toronto, April 2003.

scientific article published on June 2003

Co-circulation of multiple genotypes of human rhinovirus during a large outbreak of respiratory illness in a veterans’ long-term care home ⬇️

scientific article published on July 31, 2013

Combined topical and oral antimicrobial therapy for the eradication of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) colonization in hospitalized patients

scientific article

Community- and Healthcare-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Strains: An Investigation Into Household Transmission, Risk Factors, and Environmental Contamination.

scientific article published on 8 November 2016

Community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: prevalence in skin and soft tissue infections at emergency departments in the Greater Toronto Area and associated risk factors.

scientific article published in September 2009

Comparative Antifungal Activity of Cilofungin (LY121019) against Candida Species, Including Evaluation of Susceptibility Testing Method ⬇️

scientific article published on September 1, 1992

Comparative Evaluation of Seven Commercial Tests for Detection of Heterophile Antibody in Infectious Mononucleosis ⬇️

scientific article published on January 1, 1992

Comparative in vitro activities of several new fluoroquinolones and beta-lactam antimicrobial agents against community isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae

scientific article

Comparative in vitro activities of six new fluoroquinolones and other oral antimicrobial agents against Campylobacter pylori

scientific article

Comparative in vitro activities of sparfloxacin (CI-978; AT-4140) and other antimicrobial agents against staphylococci, enterococci, and respiratory tract pathogens

scientific article

Comparative in vitro activity of cefdinir (CI-983; FK-482) against staphylococci, gram-negative bacilli and respiratory tract pathogens

scientific article

Comparison of E test and agar dilution for antimicrobial susceptibility testing of Stenotrophomonas (Xanthomonas) maltophilia.

scientific article published on May 1995

Comparison of Six Rapid Agglutination Tests for the Identification of Staphylococcus aureus, Including Methicillin-resistant Strains ⬇️

scientific article published on 01 June 1998

Comparison of four stains and a urease test for rapid detection of Helicobacter pylori in gastric biopsies

scientific article published on 01 May 1990

Comparison of mortality between nosocomial and community-acquired febrile neutropenia patients treated initially with cefazolin plus tobramycin: retrospective chart review ⬇️

scientific article published on June 1, 2012

Comparison of qPCR versus culture for the detection and quantification of Clostridium difficile environmental contamination

scientific article published in PLoS ONE

Comparison of ribotyping, arbitrarily primed PCR, and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis for molecular typing of Listeria monocytogenes

scientific article

Comparison of the Clearview Chlamydia test, Chlamydiazyme, and cell culture for detection of Chlamydia trachomatis in women with a low prevalence of infection

scientific article published on September 1991

Comparison of the new MicroScan Pos MIC Type 6 panel and AMS-Vitek Gram Positive Susceptibility Card (GPS-TA) for detection of high-level aminoglycoside resistance in Enterococcus species

scientific article published on June 1991

Complete Sequence of Four Multidrug-Resistant MOBQ1 Plasmids Harboring blaGES-5 Isolated from Escherichia coli and Serratia marcescens Persisting in a Hospital in Canada

scientific article published on 29 December 2014

Complete sequences of a novel blaNDM-1-harbouring plasmid from Providencia rettgeri and an FII-type plasmid from Klebsiella pneumoniae identified in Canada

scientific article published on 24 November 2013

Control of MRSA in a long-term care facility

scientific article published on 01 February 1994

Cost-effectiveness and efficacy of spa, SCCmec, and PVL genotyping of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus as compared to pulsed-field gel Electrophoresis

scientific article

Cotrimoxazole‐Resistant Escherichia coli Bacteremia in Neutropenic Patients at a Regional Oncology Hospital ⬇️

scientific article published on January 1, 1992

Cross‐Canada Survey of Resistance of 2747 Aerobic Blood Culture Isolates to Piperacillin/Tazobactam and Other Antibiotics ⬇️

scientific article published on January 1, 1998

Defining criteria to interpret multilocus variable-number tandem repeat analysis to aid Clostridium difficile outbreak investigation ⬇️

scientific article published on April 7, 2011

Definitions of infection for surveillance in long-term care facilities

scientific article published in February 1991

Deoxyribonucleic acid fingerprinting in an outbreak of Staphylococcus aureus intracranial infection after neurotologic surgery

scientific article

Derivation and Validation of a Clinical Prediction Rule for Complications of Clostridium difficile Infection Using a Multicenter Prospective Cohort

scientific article published on 4 October 2017

Detection and characterization of heterogeneous vancomycin-intermediate Staphylococcus aureus isolates in Canada: results from the Canadian Nosocomial Infection Surveillance Program, 1995-2006.

scientific article

Detection of airborne severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) coronavirus and environmental contamination in SARS outbreak units

scientific article published on 18 March 2005

Detection of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus in stool specimens by commercially available real-time reverse transcriptase PCR assays.

scientific article

Detection of vancomycin resistance in Enterococcus species ⬇️

scientific article published on July 1, 1992

Determinants of Outcome in Hospitalized Patients With Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Bloodstream Infection: Results From National Surveillance in Canada, 2008-2012.

scientific article published on 19 January 2016

Determination of Tobramycin Pharmacokinetics in Burn Patients to Evaluate the Potential Utility of Once-Daily Dosing in this Population

scientific article published on July 1, 2014

Determination of vancomycin pharmacokinetics in neonates to develop practical initial dosing recommendations

scientific article published on 10 March 2014

Development of minimum criteria for the initiation of antibiotics in residents of long-term-care facilities: results of a consensus conference

scientific article

Diagnosis of Group A Streptococcal Necrotizing Fasciitis by Using PCR To Amplify the Streptococcal Pyrogenic Exotoxin B Gene ⬇️

scientific article published on June 1, 1998

Diagnosis, management, and prevention of Clostridium difficile infection in long-term care facilities: a review

scientific article published on 14 July 2010

Diarrhea Recurrence in Patients with Clostridium difficile‐Associated Diarrhea: Role of Concurrent Antibiotics ⬇️

scientific article published on July 1, 1999

Dietary Intake of Elderly Living In Toronto Long-Term Care Facilities: Comparison with the Dietary Reference Intake: Response to Klevay

Dietary Intake of Elderly Living in Toronto Long-Term Care Facilities: Comparison to the Dietary Reference Intake

scientific article published on 01 September 2007

Dissemination of Verona Integron-encoded Metallo-β-lactamase among clinical and environmental Enterobacteriaceae isolates in Ontario, Canada

scientific article published on 29 October 2020

Distribution of antiseptic resistance genes qacA, qacB, and smr in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolated in Toronto, Canada, from 2005 to 2009

scientific article

Duration of Hospital Admission and the Need for Empirical Antipseudomonal Therapy ⬇️

scientific article published on June 6, 2012

Economic evaluation of oseltamivir phosphate for postexposure prophylaxis of influenza in long-term care facilities

scientific article published in March 2005

Effect of Multivitamin and Mineral Supplementation on Episodes of Infection in Nursing Home Residents: A Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Study

Effect of a clinical pathway to reduce hospitalizations in nursing home residents with pneumonia: a randomized controlled trial

scientific article published on June 2006

Effect of a multifaceted intervention on number of antimicrobial prescriptions for suspected urinary tract infections in residents of nursing homes: cluster randomised controlled trial

scientific article

Effect of patterns of transferring patients among healthcare institutions on rates of nosocomial methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus transmission: a Monte Carlo simulation

scientific article

Efficacy and Safety of CVT-E002, a Proprietary Extract of Panax quinquefolius in the Prevention of Respiratory Infections in Influenza-Vaccinated Community-Dwelling Adults: A Multicenter, Randomized, Double-Blind, and Placebo-Controlled Trial

scientific article published on 20 July 2011

Elevator buttons as unrecognized sources of bacterial colonization in hospitals.

scientific article published on 8 July 2014

Elimination of Screening Urine Cultures Prior to Elective Joint Arthroplasty

scientific article published on 22 December 2016

Emergence of Carbapenemase-Producing Enterobacteriaceae, South-Central Ontario, Canada

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Emergence of Penicillin‐Resistant Streptococcus Pneumoniae in Southern Ontario, 1993–94 ⬇️

scientific article published on May 1, 1995

Emergence of pstS-Null Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus faecium Clone ST1478, Canada, 2013-2018

scientific article published on 01 September 2020

Emergency department visits and infections.

scientific article published in April 2012

End-of-life treatment and bacterial antibiotic resistance: a potential association

scientific article published on 14 May 2010

Endocarditis caused by M6

scientific article published on May 1983

Environmental risk factors for community-acquired pneumonia hospitalization in older adults.

scientific article published on 17 April 2009

Epidemiological typing of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy

scientific article published on 13 January 2007

Epidemiology and outcome of pneumonia caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in Canadian hospitals

scientific article

Epidemiology of influenza-associated hospitalization in adults, Toronto, 2007/8.

scientific article

Epidemiology of needlestick injuries in house officers

scientific article published in October 1990

Evaluation of Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy for the rapid identification of glycopeptide-intermediate Staphylococcus aureus

scientific article published on 24 October 2007

Evaluation of a Latex Agglutination Test (MRSA-Screen) for Detection of Oxacillin Resistance in Coagulase-Negative Staphylococci ⬇️

scientific article published on November 1, 2001

Evaluation of a commercial microtiter system (MicroScan) using both frozen and freeze-dried panels for detection of high-level aminoglycoside resistance in Enterococcus spp.

scientific article published on May 1990

Evaluation of a new chromogenic medium (StrepB select) for detection of group B Streptococcus from vaginal-rectal specimens

scientific article

Evaluation of a new chromogenic medium, MRSA select, for detection of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

scientific article

Evaluation of a new latex test and a new enzyme immunoassay for determination of rubella immunity

scientific article published on August 1988

Evaluation of a rapid PCR assay for diagnosis of meningococcal meningitis

scientific article published on August 2003

Evaluation of commercial and standard methodology for determination of oxacillin susceptibility in Staphylococcus aureus ⬇️

scientific article published on August 1, 1992

Evaluation of enzyme immunoassay for detection of salivary antibody to Helicobacter pylori

scientific article published on March 1996

Evaluation of new medium, oxacillin resistance screening agar base, for the detection of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus from clinical specimens

scientific article published on September 2001

Evaluation of nutritive capacities of 10 broth media.

scientific article published on July 1996

Evaluation of stability of cefotaxime (30-microg) and ceftazidime (30-microg) disks impregnated with clavulanic acid (10 microg) for detection of extended-spectrum beta-lactamases.

scientific article published on July 2000

Evaluation of the BacT/Alert microbial detection system with FAN aerobic and FAN anaerobic bottles for culturing normally sterile body fluids other than blood

scientific article published on 01 May 2000

Evaluation of the β-Lacta Test for Detection of Extended-Spectrum-β-Lactamase (ESBL)-Producing Organisms Directly from Positive Blood Cultures by Use of Smudge Plates

scientific article published on 11 October 2017

Evaluation of three methods for the rapid identification of Staphylococcus aureus in blood cultures

scientific article published on 01 May 1994

Evaluation of three rapid methods for detection of methicillin resistance in Staphylococcus aureus

scientific article

External validation of clinical prediction rules for complications and mortality following Clostridioides difficile infection

scientific article published on 17 December 2019

External validation of clinical scores to predict complications of Clostridium difficile infection

scientific article published on 4 October 2017

External validation of predictive scores for mortality following Clostridium difficile infection

scientific article published on 4 October 2017

Facility-level correlates of antimicrobial use in nursing homes

scientific article published on February 2004

Factors Associated With Complications of Clostridium difficile Infection in a Multicenter Prospective Cohort

scientific article

Factors associated with critical-care healthcare workers' adherence to recommended barrier precautions during the Toronto severe acute respiratory syndrome outbreak

scientific article published on 26 September 2007

Factors associated with influenza vaccination among healthcare workers in acute care hospitals in Canada.

scientific article published on 11 February 2018

Fatal case of post-influenza, community-associated MRSA pneumonia in an Ontario teenager with subsequent familial transmission.

scientific article published on February 2007

Genomic Epidemiology of Invasive MRSA Infections among Hospitalized Individuals in Ontario, Canada

scientific article published on 20 May 2020

Genotypic and phenotypic characterization of methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus isolates misidentified as methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus by the BD GeneOhm MRSA assay

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Glucose homeostasis abnormalities and gatifloxacin

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Health Care–AssociatedClostridium difficileInfection in Canada: Patient Age and Infecting Strain Type Are Highly Predictive of Severe Outcome and Mortality

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Health care-associated Clostridium difficile infection in adults admitted to acute care hospitals in Canada: a Canadian Nosocomial Infection Surveillance Program Study

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Highly active anti-retroviral therapy in the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV in rural Zimbabwe during the socio-economic crisis

scientific article published in July 2011

Hospital ward antibiotic prescribing and the risks of Clostridium difficile infection

scientific article published on April 2015

Hospital-acquired invasive group a streptococcal infections in Ontario, Canada, 1992-2000.

scientific article published on 16 June 2005

Hospital-wide rollout of antimicrobial stewardship: a stepped-wedge randomized trial

scientific article

Household Transmission of Carbapenemase-Producing Enterobacterales (CPE) in Ontario, Canada

scientific article published on 01 September 2020

Hypervirulent Clostridium difficile strains in hospitalized patients, Canada

scientific article published in April 2010

Identification and characterization of multiple species of vancomycin-resistant enterococci, including an evaluation of Vitek software version 7.1.

scientific article published on October 1993

Identification of different clonal complexes and diverse amino acid substitutions in penicillin-binding protein 2 (PBP2) associated with borderline oxacillin resistance in Canadian Staphylococcus aureus isolates

scientific article published in December 2006

Identification of major clonal complexes and toxin producing strains among Staphylococcus aureus associated with atopic dermatitis

scientific article published on 18 November 2010

Identification of predictors of early infection in acute burn patients ⬇️

scientific article published on 08 May 2013

Identification of severe acute respiratory syndrome in Canada

scientific article published on 31 March 2003

Identifying research priorities on infections in older adults: proceedings of an interdisciplinary workshop

scientific article

Immunogenicity and reactogenicity of high- vs. standard-dose trivalent inactivated influenza vaccine in healthcare workers: a pilot randomized controlled trial

scientific article published on 18 May 2018

Impact of a comprehensive antimicrobial stewardship program on institutional burden of antimicrobial resistance: a 14-year controlled interrupted time series study

scientific article published on 09 December 2019

Impact of accessory gene regulator (agr) dysfunction on vancomycin pharmacodynamics among Canadian community and health-care associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.

scientific article

Impact of antimicrobial stewardship in critical care: a systematic review

scientific article published on 02 April 2011

Impact of hospital length of stay on the distribution of Gram negative bacteria and likelihood of isolating a resistant organism in a Canadian burn center

scientific article

Impact of infection with extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli or Klebsiella species on outcome and hospitalization costs

scientific article published on 22 October 2015

In vitro antimicrobial susceptibilities of Streptococcus pneumoniae clinical isolates obtained in Canada in 2002

scientific article published on September 2004

In vitro susceptibility of "Campylobacter upsaliensis" to twenty-four antimicrobial agents

scientific article published in November 1990

In vitro susceptibility of Acinetobacter baumannii to biapenem, piperacillin/tazobactam and thirteen other antimicrobial agents

scientific article published on 01 June 1994

Incidence and Risk Factors for Infection Following Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation

scientific article published on 20 June 2016

Increased environmental sample area and recovery of Clostridium difficile spores from hospital surfaces by quantitative PCR and enrichment culture

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Increased incidence of tuberculosis in zimbabwe, in association with food insecurity, and economic collapse: an ecological analysis

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Increasing hospital admission rates for urological complications after transrectal ultrasound guided prostate biopsy

scientific article published in January 2013

Increasing hospital admission rates for urological complications after transrectal ultrasound guided prostate biopsy

scientific article published on 20 January 2010

Indwelling urinary catheter surveillance using a Task-oriented nurse acuity system

scientific article published on 16 July 2015

Infection control and antimicrobial restriction practices for antimicrobial-resistant organisms in Canadian tertiary care hospitals

scientific article published in November 2007

Infection control practices related to Clostridium difficile infection in acute care hospitals in Canada

scientific article

Infection in hospitalized trauma patients: incidence, risk factors, and complications

scientific article published on 01 November 1999

Infection prevention and control practices related to Clostridium difficile infection in Canadian acute and long-term care institutions ⬇️

scientific article published on April 1, 2011

Influenza A outbreak in a nursing home: the value of early diagnosis and the use of amantadine hydrochloride

scientific article published in January 1994

Influenza Vaccine Effectiveness Among Patients With Cancer: A Population-Based Study Using Health Administrative and Laboratory Testing Data From Ontario, Canada

scientific article published on 29 August 2019

Influenza Vaccine Effectiveness in Preventing Hospitalizations in Older Patients With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

scientific article published on 01 January 2020

Influenza and pneumococcal vaccination and tuberculin skin testing programs in long-term care facilities: where do we stand?

scientific article published on 01 January 1995

Influenza outbreak in a long-term-care facility: considerations for pharmacy

Influenza outbreaks in long-term-care facilities: how can we do better?

scientific article published on 01 October 2002

Influenza vaccination in long-term-care facilities: structuring programs for success.

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Initial Vancomycin Dosing Recommendations for Critically Ill Patients Undergoing Continuous Venovenous Hemodialysis ⬇️

scientific article published on May 1, 2010

Interobserver reliability of radiologists' interpretations of mobile chest radiographs for nursing home-acquired pneumonia.

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Interpretation of diagnostic laboratory tests for severe acute respiratory syndrome: the Toronto experience.

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Invasive group A streptococcal infections in Ontario, Canada. Ontario Group A Streptococcal Study Group

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Investigation of Staphylococcus aureus isolates identified as erythromycin intermediate by the Vitek-1 System: comparison with results obtained with the Vitek-2 and Phoenix systems

scientific article published on October 2003

Investigation of a pseudo-outbreak of Nocardia asteroides infection by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis and randomly amplified polymorphic DNA PCR.

scientific article published on June 1997

Is the prevalence of antibiotic-resistant organisms changing in Canadian hospitals? Comparison of point-prevalence survey results in 2010 and 2012.

scientific article published on 10 February 2015

Laboratory characterization of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Canadian hospitals: results of 5 years of National Surveillance, 1995-1999.

scientific article published on 9 August 2002

Livestock-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus sequence type 398 in humans, Canada

scientific article published in April 2010

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonization or infection in Canada: National Surveillance and Changing Epidemiology, 1995-2007.

scientific article published on April 2010

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Canadian aboriginal people

scientific article published on 8 February 2006

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Ontario

scientific article published on 01 March 1997

Microbiological surveillance and parenteral antibiotic use in a critical care unit

scientific article

Modeling the economic impact of linezolid versus vancomycin in confirmed nosocomial pneumonia caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

scientific article

Modeling transmission of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus among patients admitted to a hospital

scientific article published in July 2005

Molecular analysis of the accessory gene regulator (agr) locus and balance of virulence factor expression in epidemic methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

scientific article published on 01 March 2000

Molecular analysis of the genetic variation among penicillin-susceptible and penicillin-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae serotypes in Canada

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Molecular characterization of cefoxitin-resistant Escherichia coli from Canadian hospitals

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Molecular characterization of moxifloxacin resistance from Canadian Clostridium difficile clinical isolates

scientific article published in April 2010

Molecular epidemiology of vancomycin-resistant enterococcal bacteraemia: results from the Canadian Nosocomial Infection Surveillance Program, 1999-2009 ⬇️

scientific article published on March 22, 2013

Mortality in a Heterogeneous Population of Low‐Risk Febrile Neutropenic Patients Treated Initially with Cefazolin and Tobramycin ⬇️

scientific article published on January 1, 2009

Multi-drug resistant Acinetobacter infections in critically injured Canadian forces soldiers

scientific article published on 14 August 2007

Multicenter study to determine disk diffusion and broth microdilution criteria for prediction of high- and low-level mupirocin resistance in Staphylococcus aureus

scientific article published on 5 May 2010

Multilocus Variable-Number Tandem-Repeat Analysis of Clostridioides difficile Clusters in Ribotype 027 Isolates and Lack of Association with Clinical Outcomes

scientific article published on 26 April 2019

MupB, a new high-level mupirocin resistance mechanism in Staphylococcus aureus.

scientific article published on 17 January 2012

Mupirocin-resistant, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains in Canadian hospitals

scientific article

Mycobacterium xenopi infection in patients with human immunodeficiency virus infection.

scientific article published on August 1997

Nasal colonization with Streptococcus pneumoniae and Staphylococcus aureus among hospitalized patients with laboratory-confirmed influenza

scientific article published on 05 June 2018

National Surveillance of Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus Among Hospitalized Pediatric Patients in Canadian Acute Care Facilities, 1995–2007 ⬇️

scientific article published on August 1, 2012

New Delhi metallo-β-lactamase-1: local acquisition in Ontario, Canada, and challenges in detection.

scientific article

Nosocomial Neisseria meningitidis: molecular analysis of a clinical problem

scientific article published on 01 March 1997

Nosocomial Transmission of New Delhi Metallo-β-Lactamase-1-ProducingKlebsiella pneumoniaein Toronto, Canada ⬇️

scientific article published on November 20, 2012

Nosocomial acquisition of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus during an outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome

scientific article

Nosocomial outbreak of vanD-carrying vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium

scientific article published on 16 August 2018

Novel plasmid-mediated resistance to ceftazidime of a clinical isolate of Klebsiella pneumoniae.

scientific article

Nursing home residents and Enterobacteriaceae resistant to third-generation cephalosporins

scientific article published in June 2004

Nutrition Risk Factors for Survival in the Elderly Living in Canadian Long-Term Care Facilities

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O036: Antibiotic resistance and molecular epidemiology of panton valentine leukocidin positive methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (PVL+-MRSA): an international survey.

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Optimizing antibiotics in residents of nursing homes: protocol of a randomized trial

scientific article

Optimizing initial vancomycin dosing in burn patients ⬇️

scientific article published on November 20, 2010

Outcomes in Documented Pseudomonas aeruginosa Bacteremia Treated with Intermittent IV Infusion of Ceftazidime, Meropenem, or Piperacillin-Tazobactam: A Retrospective Study.

scientific article

PCR detection of Escherichia coli O157:H7 directly from stools: evaluation of commercial extraction methods for purifying fecal DNA

scientific article published on November 2000

Patient Characteristics and Outcomes of Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy: A Retrospective Study

scientific article published on 22 February 2016

Plasmodium falciparum malaria occurring 8 years after leaving an endemic area

scientific article

Pneumococcal vaccination programs and the burden of invasive pneumococcal disease in Ontario, Canada, 1995-2011.

scientific article published on 5 October 2013

Point prevalence survey of antimicrobial utilization in a Canadian tertiary-care teaching hospital

scientific article published on 08 August 2014

Positive urine cultures: A major cause of inappropriate antimicrobial use in hospitals?

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