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List of works by Deirdre L Church

1995. Implementation of Helicobacter pylori Stool Antigen Testing in a Large Metropolitan Centre: A Prospective Comparative Diagnostic Trial

2175. Rapid Detection of Carbapenemase Producing Organisms Directly from Blood Cultures Positive for Gram-Negative Bacilli

scientific article published on 23 October 2019

A One Health Comparative Assessment of Antimicrobial Resistance in Generic and Extended-Spectrum Cephalosporin-Resistant Escherichia coli from Beef Production, Sewage and Clinical Settings

scientific article published on 11 June 2020

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

scientific article published on June 1, 2003

A case of acute cholecystitis caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in an immunocompromised patient

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

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

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Antimicrobial susceptibility of invasive and lower respiratory tract isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae, 1998 to 2007. ⬇️

scientific article published on January 2009

Antimicrobial susceptibility of well-characterised multiresistant CTX-M-producing Escherichia coli: failure of automated systems to detect resistance to piperacillin/tazobactam

scientific article published on 12 August 2008

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

Author Correction: Surveillance of Enterococcus spp. reveals distinct species and antimicrobial resistance diversity across a One-Health continuum

scientific article published on 04 August 2020

Blood cultures in ambulatory outpatients

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Burn wound infections

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Changing Epidemiology of Invasive Pneumococcal Disease in Canada, 1998–2007: Update from the Calgary‐Area Streptococcus pneumoniae Research (CASPER) Study

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Clinical and economic evaluation of BBL™ CHROMagar™ Salmonella (CHROMSal) versus subculture after selenite broth enrichment to CHROMSal and Hektoen enteric agars to detect enteric Salmonella in a large regional microbiology laboratory ⬇️

scientific article published on September 1, 2010

Clinical and economic evaluation of rapid influenza a virus testing in nursing homes in calgary, Canada.

scientific article published on 31 January 2002

Clinical outcome of empiric antimicrobial therapy of bacteremia due to extended-spectrum beta-lactamase producing Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae

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Clinical validation of a commercial LAMP test for ruling out malaria in returning travelers: A prospective diagnostic trial

scientific article published on 12 October 2018

Combating the HIV reservoirs

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Community-Based Outbreaks in Vulnerable Populations of Invasive Infections Caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae Serotypes 5 and 8 in Calgary, Canada ⬇️

scientific article published on December 27, 2011

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

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Community-onset extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL) producing Escherichia coli: importance of international travel

scientific article published on 5 November 2008

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 automated repetitive-sequence-based polymerase chain reaction and spa typing versus pulsed-field gel electrophoresis for molecular typing of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

scientific article published in January 2011

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

Comparison of the RealTime HIV-1, COBAS TaqMan 48 v1.0, Easy Q v1.2, and Versant v3.0 assays for determination of HIV-1 viral loads in a cohort of Canadian patients with diverse HIV subtype infections

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Compartmentalization of the gut viral reservoir in HIV-1 infected patients

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Detection of Plasmodium spp. infection by the illumigene® Malaria assay compared to reference microscopy and real-time PCR.

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Development and validation of a Pneumocystis jirovecii real-time polymerase chain reaction assay for diagnosis of Pneumocystis pneumonia

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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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Development and validation of direct RT-LAMP for SARS-CoV-2

scientific article published on 04 May 2020

Development of a novel electronic surveillance system for monitoring of bloodstream infections

scientific article published on July 2010

Effects of routine infant vaccination with the 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine on nasopharyngeal colonization with streptococcus pneumoniae in children in Calgary, Canada.

scientific article published in June 2008

Epidemiology of E. coli in Cystic Fibrosis Airways Demonstrates the Capacity for Persistent Infection but Not Patient-Patient Transmission

scientific article published on 20 March 2020

Epidemiology of Staphylococcus aureus nasal colonization and influence on outcome in the critically ill

scientific article published on 13 February 2009

Eradication of invasive pneumococcal disease due to the seven-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine serotypes in Calgary, Alberta.

scientific article published in September 2012

Evaluation of Simplexa™ Group A Strep Direct Kit compared to Hologic® Group A streptococcal direct assay for detection of Group A Streptococcus (GAS) in throat swabs

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Evaluation of StrepBSelect Chromogenic Medium and the Fast-Track Diagnostics Group B Streptococcus (GBS) Real-Time PCR Assay Compared to Routine Culture for Detection of GBS during Antepartum Screening

scientific article published on 26 April 2017

Evaluation of a rapid bacterial ATP assay for screening BAL samples from ICU patients submitted for quantitative bacterial cultures

scientific article published on November 2003

Evaluation of automated repetitive-sequence–based PCR (DiversiLab) compared to PCR ribotyping for rapid molecular typing of community- and nosocomial-acquired Clostridium difficile ⬇️

scientific article published on June 1, 2011

Evaluation of sequential testing strategies using non-amplified and amplified methods for detection of Chlamydia trachomatis in endocervical and urine specimens from women

scientific article published on January 2002

Evaluation of the Coral UTI Screen system for rapid automated screening of significant bacteriuria in a regional centralized laboratory

scientific article published on 01 September 2002

Examining sociodemographic risk factors for Chlamydia trachomatis infection: a population-based cohort study

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Exploring Staphylococcus pseudintermedius: an emerging zoonotic pathogen?

scientific article published on 18 October 2016

Extra-intestinal Pathogenic Escherichia coli Bloodstream Infections (BSIs) in 2016: Antibiotic Susceptibility Patterns in Calgary, Alberta, Canada

scientific article published in 2017

Functional screening for triclosan resistance in a wastewater metagenome and isolates of Escherichia coli and Enterococcus spp. from a large Canadian healthcare region

scientific article published in PLoS ONE

Gastrointestinal viral load and enteroendocrine cell number are associated with altered survival in HIV-1 infected individuals

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HIV-1 viral diversity and its implications for viral load testing: review of current platforms

scientific article published on 20 July 2011

High-throughput species identification of enterococci using pyrosequencing

scientific article published on 23 March 2012

Higher levels of Zidovudine resistant HIV in the colon compared to blood and other gastrointestinal compartments in HIV infection

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Human Granulocytic Anaplasmosis: First Reported Case in Canada ⬇️

scientific article published on January 1, 2009

Human case of lobomycosis

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

scientific article published on September 2004

Incidence and risk factors for acquiring nosocomial urinary tract infection in the critically ill

scientific article published on 01 March 2002

Inflammation and epithelial cell injury in AIDS enteropathy: involvement of endoplasmic reticulum stress

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Intensive care unit-acquired urinary tract infections in a regional critical care system

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

scientific article published on 22 July 2005

Investigation of sources of potential bias in laboratory surveillance for anti-microbial resistance.

scientific article published in January 2007

Is the Utilization of Helicobacter pylori Stool Antigen Tests Appropriate in an Urban Canadian Population?

scientific article published on 07 March 2020

Laboratory Detection of Enterobacteriaceae That Produce Carbapenemases ⬇️

scientific article published on September 19, 2012

Molecular Diagnosis of Vaginitis: Comparing Quantitative PCR and Microbiome Profiling Approaches to Current Microscopy Scoring

scientific article published on 26 August 2019

Molecular Evolution of a Klebsiella pneumoniae ST278 Isolate Harboring blaNDM-7 and Involved in Nosocomial Transmission

scientific article published on 9 June 2016

Molecular characteristics of travel-related extended-spectrum-beta-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli isolates from the Calgary Health Region

scientific article published on 13 April 2009

Molecular epidemiology of CTX-M-producing Escherichia coli in the Calgary Health Region: emergence of CTX-M-15-producing isolates

scientific article published on 5 February 2007

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

Molecular methods for pathogen and microbial community detection and characterization: Current and potential application in diagnostic microbiology ⬇️

scientific article published on 09 February 2012

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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Not all pseudomembranous colitis is caused by Clostridium difficile

scientific article published on May 2008

Performance and Application of 16S rRNA Gene Cycle Sequencing for Routine Identification of Bacteria in the Clinical Microbiology Laboratory

scientific article published on 09 September 2020

Point prevalence study of antibiotic susceptibility of genital group B streptococcus isolated from near-term pregnant women in Calgary, Alberta

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Population-based assessment of intensive care unit-acquired bloodstream infections in adults: Incidence, risk factors, and associated mortality rate

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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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Population-based epidemiology and microbiology of community-onset bloodstream infections

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Population-based laboratory surveillance for AmpC beta-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli, Calgary

scientific article published on March 2007

Population-based laboratory surveillance for Escherichia coli-producing extended-spectrum beta-lactamases: importance of community isolates with blaCTX-M genes

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Population-based laboratory surveillance for Giardia sp. and Cryptosporidium sp. infections in a large Canadian health region

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Population-based laboratory surveillance of Hafnia alvei isolates in a large Canadian health region

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Population-based laboratory surveillance of imported malaria in metropolitan Calgary, 2000-2011

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Population-based study of the epidemiology of and the risk factors for invasive Staphylococcus aureus infections

scientific article published on 15 April 2003

Progress in the prevention of pneumococcal infection.

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Pyogenic Ventriculitis Complicating Aggregatibacter aphrophilus Infective Endocarditis: A Case Report and Literature Review ⬇️

scientific article published on January 1, 2009

Rapid detection of carbapenemase-producing organisms directly from blood cultures positive for Gram-negative bacilli

scientific article published on 11 August 2020

Rationale for and protocol of a multi-national population-based bacteremia surveillance collaborative

scientific article published on 22 July 2009

Reasons for testing women for genital Chlamydia trachomatis infection in the Calgary region

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

scientific article published in June 2005

Severe bloodstream infections: a population-based assessment

scientific article published on April 2004

Sociodemographic and geospatial associations with community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) infections in a large Canadian city: an 11 year retrospective study

scientific article published on 09 July 2019

Sociodemographic correlates of urine culture test utilization in Calgary, Alberta

scientific article published on 8 January 2018

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

Streptococcus pneumoniae infection: a Canadian perspective

scientific article published on August 2013

Surveillance for plasmid-mediated quinolone resistance determinants in Enterobacteriaceae within the Calgary Health Region, Canada: the emergence of aac(6')-Ib-cr

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Surveillance of Enterococcus spp. reveals distinct species and antimicrobial resistance diversity across a One-Health continuum

scientific article published on 03 March 2020

Tackling antimicrobial resistance in lower urinary tract infections: treatment options

scientific article published on 13 May 2016

The Validation of a Novel Surveillance System for Monitoring Bloodstream Infections in the Calgary Zone

scientific article published on 07 June 2016

The distinct category of healthcare associated bloodstream infections

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The use of biomarkers and molecular methods for the earlier diagnosis of invasive aspergillosis in immunocompromised patients

scientific article published on 30 May 2015

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

Using a commercial DiversiLab semiautomated repetitive sequence-based PCR typing technique for identification of Escherichia coli clone ST131 producing CTX-M-15.

scientific article published on 9 February 2009

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

scientific article published on November 1, 2003

Validation of a rapid diagnostic strategy for determination of significant bacterial counts in bronchoalveolar lavage samples

scientific article published in January 2005

Validity of calendar day-based definitions for community-onset bloodstream infections

scientific article published on 2 April 2015

Virulence factors of Escherichia coli isolates that produce CTX-M-type extended-spectrum beta-lactamases

scientific article published on November 2005

Whole Genome Sequencing Differentiates Presumptive Extended Spectrum Beta-Lactamase Producing Escherichia coli along Segments of the One Health Continuum

scientific article published on 22 March 2020

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