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List of works by Sameer Elsayed

A 44-year-old man with acute asymmetric polyarthritis and fever

scientific article published on June 2017

A Regional Centralized Microbiology Service in Calgary for the Rapid Diagnosis of Malaria

scientific article published on June 1, 2003

A rare case of pleuropulmonary infection and septic shock associated with Enterococcus faecium endocarditis

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Antibiotic Prescribing Practices for Catheter Urine Culture Results

scientific article published on January 1, 2013

Assessment of virulence diversity of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains with a Drosophila melanogaster infection model

scientific article published on November 23, 2012

Association between handling of pet treats and infection with Salmonella enterica serotype newport expressing the AmpC beta-lactamase, CMY-2

scientific article published on October 2003

Bacteremia caused by Clostridium intestinale

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Bacteremia caused by Clostridium symbiosum

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Bacteremia caused by Janibacter melonis

scientific article published on July 2005

Burn wound infections

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CUA Guidelines on antibiotic prophylaxis for urologic procedures

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

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Clostridium glycolicum bacteremia in a bone marrow transplant patient

scientific article published on 7 March 2007

Coexistence of Panton-Valentine leukocidin-positive and -negative community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus USA400 sibling strains in a large Canadian health-care region

scientific article published in January 2008

Community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus necrotizing pneumonia without evidence of antecedent viral upper respiratory infection

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Community-wide outbreaks of clonally related CTX-M-14 beta-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli strains in the Calgary health region

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Comparison of direct selective versus nonselective agar media plus LIM broth enrichment for determination of group B streptococcus colonization status in pregnant women

scientific article published on June 2003

Development and validation of a molecular beacon probe-based real-time polymerase chain reaction assay for rapid detection of methicillin resistance in Staphylococcus aureus

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Emerging gram-positive bacterial infections

scientific article published in September 2004

Evaluation of StrepB carrot broth versus Lim broth for detection of group B Streptococcus colonization status of near-term pregnant women

scientific article published on 4 June 2008

Gemella bergeriae endocarditis diagnosed by sequencing of rRNA genes in heart valve tissue

scientific article published on October 2004

Human case of lobomycosis

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Human infection caused by Clostridium hathewayi

scientific article published on November 2004

Infectious diseases specialist management improves outcomes for outpatients diagnosed with cellulitis in the emergency department: a double cohort study

scientific article published on 3 January 2017

Invasive Candida species infections: a 5 year population-based assessment

scientific article published on 22 July 2005

Molecular epidemiology of metallo-beta-lactamase-producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa in the Calgary Health Region: emergence of VIM-2-producing isolates

scientific article published on 22 November 2006

Mycobacterium haemophilum osteomyelitis: case report and review of the literature

scientific article published on 10 April 2006

New quadriplex PCR assay for detection of methicillin and mupirocin resistance and simultaneous discrimination of Staphylococcus aureus from coagulase-negative staphylococci

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Nocardia cyriacigeorgica septicemia

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Novel multiplex PCR assay for characterization and concomitant subtyping of staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec types I to V in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

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Novel multiplex PCR assay for detection of the staphylococcal virulence marker Panton-Valentine leukocidin genes and simultaneous discrimination of methicillin-susceptible from -resistant staphylococci

scientific article published in March 2006

Novel multiplex PCR assay for simultaneous identification of community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains USA300 and USA400 and detection of mecA and Panton-Valentine leukocidin genes, with discrimination of Staphylococcu

scientific article published on 26 December 2007

Novel staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec type, tentatively designated type VIII, harboring class A mec and type 4 ccr gene complexes in a Canadian epidemic strain of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

scientific article published on 08 December 2008

Outbreak in Alberta of community-acquired (USA300) methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in people with a history of drug use, homelessness or incarceration

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Population-based epidemiological study of infections caused by carbapenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa in the Calgary Health Region: importance of metallo-beta-lactamase (MBL)-producing strains

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Prevalence of USA300 colonization or infection and associated variables during an outbreak of community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a marginalized urban population

scientific article published on November 2007

Screening for Giardia/Cryptosporidium infections using an enzyme immunoassay in a centralized regional microbiology laboratory

scientific article published in June 2005

Species-level molecular identification of invasive "Streptococcus milleri" group clinical isolates by nucleic acid sequencing in a centralized regional microbiology laboratory

scientific article published on June 2005

Staphylococcus pettenkoferi bacteremia: A case report and review of the literature

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Treatment of asymptomatic UTI in older delirious medical in-patients: A prospective cohort study

scientific article published on 31 May 2017

Use of molecular beacon probes for real-time PCR detection of Plasmodium falciparum and other plasmodium species in peripheral blood specimens

scientific article published in February 2006

Utility of Gram Stain for the Microbiological Analysis of Burn Wound Surfaces

scientific article published on November 1, 2003