List of works by Donald E Low

A Canadian national surveillance study of urinary tract isolates from outpatients: comparison of the activities of trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole, ampicillin, mecillinam, nitrofurantoin, and ciprofloxacin. The Canadian Urinary Isolate Study Group

scientific article

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

scientific article published on 01 May 1993

A Comparison of Frailty Measures at Listing to Predict Outcomes After Lung Transplantation

scientific article published on 31 August 2019

A New Twist on an Old Problem

article

A blinded comparison of three laboratory protocols for the identification of patients colonized with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

scientific article published on March 2001

A nosocomial outbreak of fluoroquinolone-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae

scientific article published on 20 July 2001

A prospective evaluation of dietary status and symptoms after near-total esophagectomy without gastric emptying procedure.

scientific article

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

scientific article published on 01 December 1990

A standardized anesthetic and surgical clinical pathway for esophageal resection: impact on length of stay and major outcomes

scientific article published on March 2015

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 survey of physician's attitudes regarding management of severe group A streptococcal infections.

scientific article published in January 2006

Abnormal High-Resolution Manometry Findings and Outcomes after Paraesophageal Hernia Repair

scientific article published on 30 March 2018

Accelerated Recovery Within Standardized Recovery Pathways After Esophagectomy: A Prospective Cohort Study Assessing the Effects of Early Discharge on Outcomes, Readmissions, Patient Satisfaction, and Costs.

scientific article published on 7 June 2016

Accordion severity grading system: assessment of relationship between costs, length of hospital stay, and survival in patients with complications after esophagectomy for cancer.

scientific article published on 08 June 2012

Achalasia Treatment in Patients over 80 Years of Age: A Multicenter Survey

scientific article published on 28 January 2020

Activities of daptomycin and teicoplanin against Staphylococcus haemolyticus and Staphylococcus epidermidis, including evaluation of susceptibility testing recommendations

scientific article

Activities of new fluoroquinolones, ketolides, and other antimicrobials against blood culture isolates of viridans group streptococci from across Canada, 2000.

scientific article

Activity of BMS-284756, a novel des-fluoro(6) quinolone, against Staphylococcus aureus, including contributions of mutations to quinolone resistance

scientific article

Activity of GAR-936 and other antimicrobial agents against North American isolates of Staphylococcus aureus

scientific article published in September 2002

Acute Vs. Elective Paraesophageal Hernia Repair: Endoscopic Gastric Decompression Allows Semi-Elective Surgery in a Majority of Acute Patients.

scientific article published on 2 August 2017

Acute bacterial sinusitis in adults: management in the primary care setting.

scientific article published on October 2002

An endemic strain of Staphylococcus haemolyticus colonizing and causing bacteremia in neonatal intensive care unit patients

scientific article published on 01 April 1992

An immunogenetic and molecular basis for differences in outcomes of invasive group A streptococcal infections

article by Malak Kotb et al published 18 November 2002 in Nature Medicine

An outbreak of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus skin infections resulting from horse to human transmission in a veterinary hospital

scientific article published on 27 December 2005

Analytical and clinical validation of novel real-time reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction assays for the clinical detection of swine-origin H1N1 influenza viruses.

scientific article published in February 2011

Annual macrolide prescription rates and the emergence of macrolide resistance among Streptococcus pneumoniae in Canada from 1995 to 2005.

scientific article published on 27 June 2009

Annualized incidence and spectrum of illness from an outbreak investigation of Bell's palsy

scientific article

Antibiotic resistance in Escherichia coli outpatient urinary isolates: final results from the North American Urinary Tract Infection Collaborative Alliance (NAUTICA).

scientific article published on 18 May 2006

Antibiotic therapy of community respiratory tract infections: strategies for optimal outcomes and minimized resistance emergence

scientific article

Antibody to cytotoxin in infection by Helicobacter pylori.

scientific article published on June 1990

Antimicrobial Resistance in Respiratory Tract Streptococcus pneumoniae Isolates: Results of the Canadian Respiratory Organism Susceptibility Study, 1997 to 2002.

scientific article published in August 2003

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

scientific article

Antimicrobial resistance in Haemophilus influenzae and Moraxella catarrhalis respiratory tract isolates: results of the Canadian Respiratory Organism Susceptibility Study, 1997 to 2002

scientific article

Antimicrobial resistance in respiratory tract Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates: results of the Canadian Respiratory Organism Susceptibility Study, 1997 to 2002

scientific article

Antimicrobial susceptibility breakpoints and first-step parC mutations in Streptococcus pneumoniae: redefining fluoroquinolone resistance

scientific article

Antimicrobial susceptibility of 15,644 pathogens from Canadian hospitals: results of the CANWARD 2007-2009 study.

scientific article published in March 2011

Antipneumococcal activity of ertapenem compared with gatifloxacin in a temperature-sensitive murine model of acute pneumonia

scientific article published on 01 August 2007

Antiviral therapy and outcomes of influenza requiring hospitalization in Ontario, Canada

scientific article published on December 2007

Apparent lower rates of streptococcal toxic shock syndrome and lower mortality in children with invasive group A streptococcal infections compared with adults

scientific article published on January 1994

Application of standardized hemodynamic protocols within enhanced recovery after surgery programs to improve outcomes associated with anastomotic leak and conduit necrosis in patients undergoing esophagectomy

Assessing the impact of intravenous immunoglobulin in the management of streptococcal toxic shock syndrome: a noble but difficult quest

scientific article published in November 2009

Assessment of Health Related Quality of Life and Digestive Symptoms in Long-term, Disease Free Survivors After Esophagectomy

scientific article published on 14 February 2020

Assessment of body composition and sarcopenia in patients with esophageal cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis

scientific article published on 01 August 2018

Assessment of intra-operative haemodynamic changes associated with transhiatal and transthoracic oesophagectomy.

scientific article published on 07 July 2010

Assessment of short-term clinical outcomes following salvage esophagectomy for the treatment of esophageal malignancy: systematic review and pooled analysis

scientific article

Association of human leukocyte antigen with outcomes of infectious diseases: the streptococcal experience

scientific article published on January 2003

At the threshold: defining clinically meaningful resistance thresholds for antibiotic choice in community-acquired pneumonia

scientific article published in April 2008

Benchmarking Complications Associated with Esophagectomy

scientific article published on 4 December 2017

Bilateral sequential lung transplantation: the procedure of choice for double-lung replacement

scientific article published on 01 September 1991

Biofilms: the stronghold of Legionella pneumophila.

scientific article published on 31 October 2013

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

Can routine laboratory tests discriminate between severe acute respiratory syndrome and other causes of community-acquired pneumonia?

scientific article published on 16 March 2005

Canadian guidelines for the management of acute exacerbations of chronic bronchitis

scientific article

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

scientific article

Carbapenem resistance in Canada

scientific article published on June 2009

Cathelicidin LL-37 in severe Streptococcus pyogenes soft tissue infections in humans

scientific article published on 19 May 2008

Cephalosporin resistance in Neisseria gonorrhoeae infections--reply

scientific article published in May 2013

Characterization of Clostridium difficile strains isolated from patients in Ontario, Canada, from 2004 to 2006

scientific article published on 23 July 2008

Characterization of an influenza A and influenza B co-infection of a patient in a long-term care facility with co-circulating influenza A and influenza B

scientific article published on 11 October 2008

Characterization of invasive group B streptococcus strains from the greater Toronto area, Canada

scientific article published on 19 February 2014

Characterization of the quinolone resistant determining regions in clinical isolates of pneumococci collected in Canada

scientific article

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

article

Clinical and demographic stratification of test performance: a pooled analysis of five laboratory diagnostic methods for American cutaneous leishmaniasis.

scientific article

Clinical aspects and cost of invasive Streptococcus pneumoniae infections in children: resistant vs. susceptible strains

scientific article published in August 2002

Clinical cure rates in subjects treated with azithromycin for community-acquired respiratory tract infections caused by azithromycin-susceptible or azithromycin-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae: analysis of Phase 3 clinical trial data

scientific article

Clinical experience with 20 cases of group A streptococcus necrotizing fasciitis and myonecrosis: 1995 to 1997.

scientific article

Clinical ramifications of giant paraesophageal hernias are underappreciated: making the case for routine surgical repair.

scientific article published on 27 June 2012

Clinical significance of a test for slime production in ventriculoperitoneal shunt infections caused by coagulase-negative staphylococci

scientific article published in October 1987

Cloning of a chromosomal region responsible for streptolysin S production in Streptococcus pyogenes

scientific article published on 01 January 1997

Clostridium difficile infection in hospitals: a brewing storm

scientific article published on July 2004

Community-acquired antibiotic resistance in urinary isolates from adult women in Canada

scientific article

Community-acquired pneumonia: the future of the microbiology laboratory: focused diagnosis or syndromic management?

scientific article published on September 1994

Community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in horses and humans who work with horses

scientific article published in February 2005

Comparative Genomic Analyses of Streptococcus pseudopneumoniae Provide Insight into Virulence and Commensalism Dynamics

scientific article

Comparative Genomics Reveal That Host-Innate Immune Responses Influence the Clinical Prevalence of Legionella pneumophila Serogroups.

scientific article

Comparative antifungal activity of cilofungin (LY121019) against Candida species, including evaluation of susceptibility testing method

scientific article published on September 1992

Comparative evaluation of a chromogenic agar medium, the modified Hodge test, and a battery of meropenem-inhibitor discs for detection of carbapenemase activity in Enterobacteriaceae.

scientific article published on 23 March 2011

Comparative evaluation of seven commercial tests for detection of heterophile antibody in infectious mononucleosis

scientific article published on January 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

Comparing complications of esophagectomy and pancreaticoduodenectomy and potential impact on hospital systems utilizing the accordion severity grading system.

scientific article

Comparison of costs and short-term clinical outcomes of per-oral endoscopic myotomy and laparoscopic Heller myotomy

scientific article published on 18 July 2019

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 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 esophageal obstruction secondary to dissecting intramural hematoma after endoscopic variceal sclerotherapy.

scientific article published in April 1988

Complete sequence of pOZ176, a 500-kilobase IncP-2 plasmid encoding IMP-9-mediated carbapenem resistance, from outbreak isolate Pseudomonas aeruginosa 96.

scientific article published on 28 May 2013

Complications after esophagectomy: it is time to speak the same language.

scientific article

Consensus for defining and reporting complications after esophagectomy: an important new step in place for using the same language.

scientific article

Contrast-enhanced paravertebrogram to confirm paravertebral catheter position in elective thoracic surgery: a proof of concept study

scientific article published on 28 October 2020

Control of Transmission of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus faecium in a Long-Term–Care Facility

article

Correction: Phylogenetic Analysis Reveals a Cryptic Species Blastomyces gilchristii, sp. nov. within the Human Pathogenic Fungus Blastomyces dermatitidis

scientific article published on 9 December 2016

Cotrimoxazole-resistant Escherichia coli bacteremia in neutropenic patients at a regional oncology hospital

scientific article published on January 1992

Cross-Canada survey of resistance of 2747 aerobic blood culture isolates to piperacillin/tazobactam and other antibiotics

scientific article published on January 1998

Decentralized molecular diagnostic testing plan for pandemic influenza in the Ontario Public Health Laboratory system.

scientific article

Decreased necrotizing fasciitis capacity caused by a single nucleotide mutation that alters a multiple gene virulence axis

scientific article

Decreased prevalence of virulence factors among ciprofloxacin-resistant uropathogenic Escherichia coli isolates.

scientific article published on August 2005

Decreased susceptibility of Streptococcus pneumoniae to fluoroquinolones in Canada. Canadian Bacterial Surveillance Network.

scientific article

Defining pneumonia after esophagectomy for cancer: validation of the Uniform Pneumonia Score in a high volume center in North America

scientific article published on 01 June 2018

Definitive Chemoradiotherapy Compared to Neoadjuvant Chemoradiotherapy With Esophagectomy for Locoregional Esophageal Cancer: National Population-Based Cohort Study

scientific article published on 19 May 2020

Detection and species identification of Leishmania DNA from filter paper lesion impressions for patients with American cutaneous leishmaniasis.

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 vancomycin resistance in Enterococcus species

scientific article published on July 1, 1992

Development of a Reliable Surgical Quality Assurance System for 2-stage Esophagectomy in Randomized Controlled Trials

scientific article published on 27 March 2020

Development of a molecular-beacon-based multi-allelic real-time RT-PCR assay for the detection of human coronavirus causing severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS-CoV): a general methodology for detecting rapidly mutating viruses

scientific article published on 11 January 2011

Diagnosis of group A streptococcal necrotizing fasciitis by using PCR to amplify the streptococcal pyrogenic exotoxin B gene.

scientific article published on June 1998

Diagnostic criteria and symptom grading for delayed gastric conduit emptying after esophagectomy for cancer: international expert consensus based on a modified Delphi process

scientific article published on 01 April 2020

Diagnostic performance of filter paper lesion impression PCR for secondarily infected ulcers and nonulcerative lesions caused by cutaneous leishmaniasis

scientific article

Direct esophageal metastasis from a distant primary tumor is a submucosal process: a review of six cases.

scientific article

Distinct signatures of diversifying selection revealed by genome analysis of respiratory tract and invasive bacterial populations.

scientific article

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

scientific article

Drug-resistant pneumococcal pneumonia: clinical relevance and approach to management

scientific article

Early diagnosis is associated with improved clinical outcomes in benign esophageal perforation: an individual patient data meta-analysis

scientific article published on 17 July 2020

Effect of paraesophageal hernia repair on pulmonary function.

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

Effective method for the heat inactivation of Blastomyces dermatitidis

scientific article published on 21 July 2014

Emergence of levofloxacin-resistant pneumococci in immunocompromised adults after therapy for community-acquired pneumonia

scientific article published on 14 July 2003

Emergence of macrolide resistance in throat culture isolates of group a streptococci in Ontario, Canada, in 2001.

scientific article

Emergence of vancomycin-resistant enterococci in New York City

scientific article published on 01 July 1993

Empirical validation of guidelines for the management of pharyngitis in children and adults.

scientific article

Endoscopic management of postesophagectomy hemorrhagic radiation gastritis with radiofrequency ablation and argon plasma coagulation.

scientific article published on 6 August 2011

Endoscopic therapy and surveillance versus esophagectomy for early esophageal adenocarcinoma: A review of early outcomes and cost analysis

scientific article published on 03 January 2019

Enhanced recovery pathways lead to an improvement in postoperative outcomes following esophagectomy: systematic review and pooled analysis.

scientific article published on 03 April 2014

Enterococcis: pathogens of the 90s

scientific article published on January 1, 1994

Epidemic of group A Streptococcus M/emm59 causing invasive disease in Canada

scientific article published on 29 October 2010

Epidemiology of needlestick injuries in house officers

scientific article published in October 1990

Escherichia coli O104:H4 infections and international travel

scientific article published in March 2012

Essential roles and regulation of the Legionella pneumophila collagen-like adhesin during biofilm formation

scientific article

Evaluation and verification of the Seeplex Diarrhea-V ACE assay for simultaneous detection of adenovirus, rotavirus, and norovirus genogroups I and II in clinical stool specimens

scientific article

Evaluation of CLSI agar dilution method and Trek Sensititre broth microdilution panel for determining antimicrobial susceptibility of Streptococcus pneumoniae

scientific article published on December 2010

Evaluation of D-xylose and 1% methyl-alpha-D-glucopyranoside fermentation tests for distinguishing Enterococcus gallinarum from Enterococcus faecium.

scientific article published on October 2000

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 microculture method for isolation of Leishmania parasites from cutaneous lesions of patients in Peru.

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 accuracy and reproducibility of E test for susceptibility testing of Streptococcus pneumoniae to penicillin, cefotaxime, and ceftriaxone

scientific article published on September 1995

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

scientific article published on August 1, 1992

Evaluation of susceptibility testing to detect fluoroquinolone resistance mechanisms in Streptococcus pneumoniae

scientific article

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

scientific article published on 01 May 1994

Evidence for a clonal origin of methicillin resistance in Staphylococcus aureus.

scientific article

Evidence for superantigen involvement in severe group a streptococcal tissue infections

scientific article published on 15 August 2001

Evidence for the presence of streptococcal-superantigen-neutralizing antibodies in normal polyspecific immunoglobulin G.

scientific article published on December 1996

Evolution in surgical management of esophageal cancer.

scientific article published on 17 June 2013

Evolution of standardized clinical pathways: refining multidisciplinary care and process to improve outcomes of the surgical treatment of esophageal cancer.

scientific article

Evolutionary pathway to increased virulence and epidemic group A Streptococcus disease derived from 3,615 genome sequences

scientific article

Evolving management strategies in esophageal perforation: surgeons using nonoperative techniques to improve outcomes

scientific article published on 23 March 2011

Extensive genomic variation within clonal complexes of Neisseria meningitidis.

scientific article published on 14 November 2011

FOCUS 1: a randomized, double-blinded, multicentre, Phase III trial of the efficacy and safety of ceftaroline fosamil versus ceftriaxone in community-acquired pneumonia

scientific article

FOCUS 2: a randomized, double-blinded, multicentre, Phase III trial of the efficacy and safety of ceftaroline fosamil versus ceftriaxone in community-acquired pneumonia

scientific article

Facility-level correlates of antimicrobial use in nursing homes

scientific article published on February 2004

Fatal severe acute respiratory syndrome is associated with multiorgan involvement by coronavirus

scientific article published on 10 December 2004

Fifteen- to twenty-year results after the Hill antireflux operation.

scientific article published in September 1989

Fit-for-Discharge Criteria after Esophagectomy: An International Expert Delphi Consensus

scientific article published on 22 September 2020

Fluoroquinolone resistance in clinical isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae: contributions of type II topoisomerase mutations and efflux to levels of resistance

scientific article

Full-genome dissection of an epidemic of severe invasive disease caused by a hypervirulent, recently emerged clone of group A Streptococcus

scientific article published on 11 February 2012

Functional Conduit Disorder Complicating Esophagectomy.

scientific article

Functional Recovery After Lung Resection: A Before and After Prospective Cohort Study of Activity

scientific article published on 21 September 2018

Gastric ulceration following oesophageal stent migration complicating surgical management of oesophageal cancer

scientific article published on 16 May 2012

Genetic analysis of invasive pneumococcal isolates from children in Ontario, Canada, 2007-2012.

scientific article published on June 2015

Genetic characterization of seasonal influenza A (H3N2) viruses in Ontario during 2010-2011 influenza season: high prevalence of mutations at antigenic sites

scientific article

Genetic locus for streptolysin S production by group A streptococcus

scientific article

Genetic relatedness and superantigen expression in group A streptococcus serotype M1 isolates from patients with severe and nonsevere invasive diseases

scientific article

Genetic variability of human respiratory syncytial virus A strains circulating in Ontario: a novel genotype with a 72 nucleotide G gene duplication

scientific article (publication date: 2012)

Genome-wide dissection of globally emergent multi-drug resistant serotype 19A Streptococcus pneumoniae

scientific article

Genome-wide molecular dissection of serotype M3 group A Streptococcus strains causing two epidemics of invasive infections

scholarly article

Genomic analysis of Pseudomonas aeruginosa PA96, the host of carbapenem resistance plasmid pOZ176.

scientific article

Genotypic investigation of Clostridium difficile in Prince Edward Island

scientific article

Getting under the skin: the immunopathogenesis of Streptococcus pyogenes deep tissue infections

scientific article published on July 2010

Going with the flow: legionellosis risk in Toronto, Canada is strongly associated with local watershed hydrology

scientific article

Group A Streptococcus emm gene types in pharyngeal isolates, Ontario, Canada, 2002-2010.

scientific article published in November 2011

Guidelines for Perioperative Care in Esophagectomy: Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) Society Recommendations

scientific article published on 01 February 2019

HMGB1 expression in streptococcal soft-tissue infections correlates with disease severity.

scientific article published on 26 September 2007

Have changing pneumococcal vaccination programmes impacted disease in Ontario?

scientific article published on 16 April 2013

High Prevalence of Asymptomatic Bocavirus in Daycare: Is Otitis Media a Confounder?

scientific article published on November 15, 2010

High-level telithromycin resistance in a clinical isolate of Streptococcus pneumoniae

scientific article published on 8 January 2007

Hill antireflux operation

scientific article published on August 1, 1995

Histological and anatomic changes in Barrett's esophagus after antireflux surgery.

scientific article published in January 1999

Homologous recombination drives both sequence diversity and gene content variation in Neisseria meningitidis.

scientific article published on January 2013

Hospital preparedness and SARS

scientific article

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

scientific article published on 16 June 2005

Host variation in cytokine responses to superantigens determine the severity of invasive group A streptococcal infection

scientific article published in November 2000

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 a streptolysin S-associated gene cluster and its role in the pathogenesis of Streptococcus iniae disease

scientific article

Identification of severe acute respiratory syndrome in Canada

scientific article published on 31 March 2003

Identification of sexual networks through molecular typing of quinolone-resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae in Ontario, Canada

scientific article

Immunogenicity of a half-dose of adjuvanted 2009 pandemic H1N1 influenza vaccine in adults: a prospective cohort study.

scientific article

Impact of a multidisciplinary standardized clinical pathway on perioperative outcomes in patients with oesophageal cancer.

scientific article published on 12 November 2012

Impact of antibiotic administrative restrictions on trends in antibiotic resistance.

scientific article published in March 2006

In an era of health reform: defining cost differences in current esophageal cancer management strategies and assessing the cost of complications.

scientific article

In vitro activities of antimicrobial combinations against Stenotrophomonas (Xanthomonas) maltophilia

scientific article

In vitro activities of fluoroquinolones against antibiotic-resistant blood culture isolates of viridans group streptococci from across Canada

scientific article

In vitro activity of a novel ketolide ABT-773 against invasive strains of Streptococcus pneumoniae

scientific article

In vitro activity of ceftaroline, ceftobiprole and cethromycin against clinical isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae collected from across Canada between 2003 and 2008.

scientific article

In vitro activity of new cephalosporins vs Streptococcus pneumoniae from the Canadian Bacterial Surveillance Network: 2008-2011.

scientific article

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

scientific article published on September 2004

Infection with H274Y-positive influenza A (H1N1) is not associated with a change in nasopharyngeal Streptococcus pneumoniae colonization in patients

scientific article published on 19 January 2009

Influence of body composition and muscle strength on outcomes after multimodal oesophageal cancer treatment

scientific article published on 25 February 2020

Integrated Analysis of FOCUS 1 and FOCUS 2: Randomized, Doubled‐Blinded, Multicenter Phase 3 Trials of the Efficacy and Safety of Ceftaroline Fosamil versus Ceftriaxone in Patients with Community‐Acquired Pneumonia

scientific article published on November 10, 2010

Integrated whole-genome sequencing and temporospatial analysis of a continuing Group A Streptococcus epidemic

scientific article

International Consensus on Standardization of Data Collection for Complications Associated With Esophagectomy: Esophagectomy Complications Consensus Group (ECCG).

scientific article

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

scientific article

Interspecies recombination contributes minimally to fluoroquinolone resistance in Streptococcus pneumoniae

scientific article

Intravenous immunoglobulin therapy for streptococcal toxic shock syndrome--a comparative observational study. The Canadian Streptococcal Study Group

scientific article published on 01 April 1999

Invasive M1T1 group A Streptococcus undergoes a phase-shift in vivo to prevent proteolytic degradation of multiple virulence factors by SpeB.

scientific article

Invasive group A streptococcal disease in children and association with varicella-zoster virus infection. Ontario Group A Streptococcal Study Group

scientific article published in May 2000

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

scientific article

Invasive infection due to Streptococcus iniae: a new or previously unrecognized disease--Ontario, 1995-1996

scientific article published on 01 August 1996

Invasive infections due to a fish pathogen, Streptococcus iniae. S. iniae Study Group.

scientific article

Inverse relation between disease severity and expression of the streptococcal cysteine protease, SpeB, among clonal M1T1 isolates recovered from invasive group A streptococcal infection cases

scientific article

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

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Iron-deficiency anemia is a common presenting issue with giant paraesophageal hernia and resolves following repair

scientific article

Is It Time to Centralize High-risk Cancer Care in the United States? Comparison of Outcomes of Esophagectomy Between England and the United States.

scientific article published on July 2015

Is Local Endoscopic Resection a Viable Therapeutic Option for Early Clinical Stage T1a and T1b Esophageal Adenocarcinoma?: A Propensity-Matched Analysis

scientific article published on 11 June 2020

Is it time to change fluoroquinolone MIC breakpoints for Salmonella spp.?

Is primary prevention of Clostridium difficile infection possible with specific probiotics?

scientific article

Is resistance futile?

scientific article published on 01 April 2003

LL-37 at the local site of streptococcal skin and soft-tissue infections.

scientific article published on 26 September 2007

Laboratory contamination of specimens with quality control strains of vancomycin-resistant enterococci in Ontario

scientific article

Laboratory diagnosis of amoebic keratitis: comparison of four diagnostic methods for different types of clinical specimens

scientific article published on 25 March 2009

Laboratory-based evaluation of legionellosis epidemiology in Ontario, Canada, 1978 to 2006

scientific article

Late recognition of SARS in nosocomial outbreak, Toronto

scientific article published in February 2005

Launching of the CAN-R Web site -The official Web site of the Canadian Antimicrobial Resistance Alliance

scientific article published on March 2007

Lcl of Legionella pneumophila is an immunogenic GAG binding adhesin that promotes interactions with lung epithelial cells and plays a crucial role in biofilm formation.

scientific article

Legionella infections and travel associated legionellosis

scientific article published on 16 June 2010

Lung resection outcomes and costs in Washington State: a case for regional quality improvement.

scientific article

Lung transplantation of ventilator-dependent patients. The Washington University Lung Transplantation Group.

scientific article published in January 1992

Macrolide resistance in bacteremic pneumococcal disease: implications for patient management

scientific article published on 7 July 2006

Macrolide-resistant Mycoplasma pneumoniae in humans, Ontario, Canada, 2010-2011.

scientific article published on January 2013

Management of varicella exposures in the neonatal intensive care unit

scientific article published on 01 November 1993

Mechanism of invasion of lung epithelial cells by filamentous Legionella pneumophila.

scientific article

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus Aureus in Horses at a Veterinary Teaching Hospital: Frequency, Characterization, and Association with Clinical Disease

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonization in veterinary personnel

scientific article published on December 2006

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Ontario

scientific article published on 01 March 1997

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in horses and horse personnel, 2000-2002.

scientific article published in March 2005

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in horses at a veterinary teaching hospital: frequency, characterization, and association with clinical disease

scientific article published in January 2006

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

scientific article published in July 2005

Modified multiple-locus variable-number tandem-repeat analysis for rapid identification and typing of Clostridium difficile during institutional outbreaks

scientific article published on 16 March 2011

Molecular Analysis of Antimicrobial Resistance Mechanisms in Neisseria gonorrhoeae Isolates from Ontario, Canada

scientific article published in 2014

Molecular analysis of antimicrobial resistance mechanisms in Neisseria gonorrhoeae isolates from Ontario, Canada

scientific article published on November 22, 2010

Molecular complexity of successive bacterial epidemics deconvoluted by comparative pathogenomics

scientific article

Molecular mechanisms of cefoxitin resistance in Escherichia coli from the Toronto area hospitals

scientific article published in September 2001

Morbidity and mortality of patients with invasive group A streptococcal infections admitted to the ICU.

scientific article published on December 2006

Morbidity, mortality, and early results of single versus bilateral lung transplantation for emphysema

scientific article published on June 1, 1992

Mosaic prophages with horizontally acquired genes account for the emergence and diversification of the globally disseminated M1T1 clone of Streptococcus pyogenes.

scientific article

Multidisciplinary treatment of T1a adenocarcinoma in Barrett's esophagus: contemporary comparison of endoscopic and surgical treatment in physiologically fit patients.

scientific article

Multidrug-resistant enterococci: a threat to the surgical patient.

scientific article published on May 1995

Multidrug-resistant pandemic (H1N1) 2009 infection in immunocompetent child

scientific article

Multiplex PCR tests sentinel the appearance of pandemic influenza viruses including H1N1 swine influenza.

scientific article

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

scientific article published on 17 January 2012

NIS vs SAGES: a comparison of national and voluntary databases.

scientific article published on 13 May 2006

Necrotizing pneumonia and septic shock: suspecting CA-MRSA in patients presenting to Canadian emergency departments.

scientific article

Neisseria gonorrhoeae treatment failure and susceptibility to cefixime in Toronto, Canada.

scientific article published in January 2013

Neuraminidase-inhibitor resistance testing for pandemic influenza A (H1N1) 2009 in Ontario, Canada

scientific article

New Delhi metallo-beta-lactamase, Ontario, Canada.

scientific article published on February 2011

New Delhi metallo-β-lactamase-1 in Enterobacteriaceae: emerging resistance.

scientific article

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

scientific article

New endemic Legionella pneumophila serogroup I clones, Ontario, Canada

scientific article published in March 2010

Non-invasive cytology brush PCR diagnostic testing in mucosal leishmaniasis: superior performance to conventional biopsy with histopathology

scientific article

Non-invasive cytology brush PCR for the diagnosis and causative species identification of American cutaneous leishmaniasis in Peru

scientific article

Novel multimodality endoscopic closure of postoperative esophageal fistula

scientific article published on 7 August 2012

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