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A Side by Side Comparison of Bruker Biotyper and VITEK MS: Utility of MALDI-TOF MS Technology for Microorganism Identification in a Public Health Reference Laboratory by Lévesque, Simon, Dufresne, Philippe J, Soualhine, Hafid, Domingo, Marc-Christian, Bekal, Sadjia, Lefebvre, Brigitte, Tremblay, Cécile

“…Matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) has emerged as a rapid, highly accurate, and cost-effective method…”
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Distribution, diversity and persistence of Listeria monocytogenes in swine slaughterhouses and their association with food and human listeriosis strains by Cherifi, Tamazight, Arsenault, Julie, Pagotto, Franco, Quessy, Sylvain, Cote, Jean-Charles, Neira, Kersti, Fournaise, Sylvain, Bekal, Sadjia, Fravalo, Philippe

“…Listeria monocytogenes is the etiological agent of listeriosis, a major foodborne disease and an important public health concern. Contamination of meat with L…”
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Similar yet different: phylogenomic analysis to delineate Salmonella and Citrobacter species boundaries by Pilar, Ana Victoria C, Petronella, Nicholas, Dussault, Forest M, Verster, Adrian J, Bekal, Sadjia, Levesque, Roger C, Goodridge, Lawrence, Tamber, Sandeep

“…Salmonella enterica is a leading cause of foodborne illness worldwide resulting in considerable public health and economic costs. Testing for the presence of…”
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Correlation between Phenotypic and In Silico Detection of Antimicrobial Resistance in Salmonella enterica in Canada Using Staramr by Bharat, Amrita, Petkau, Aaron, Avery, Brent P, Chen, Jessica C, Folster, Jason P, Carson, Carolee A, Kearney, Ashley, Nadon, Celine, Mabon, Philip, Thiessen, Jeffrey, Alexander, David C, Allen, Vanessa, El Bailey, Sameh, Bekal, Sadjia, German, Greg J, Haldane, David, Hoang, Linda, Chui, Linda, Minion, Jessica, Zahariadis, George, Domselaar, Gary Van, Reid-Smith, Richard J, Mulvey, Michael R

“…Whole genome sequencing (WGS) of supports both molecular typing and detection of antimicrobial resistance (AMR). Here, we evaluated the correlation between…”
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Food risk assessment in the farm-to-table continuum: report from the conference on good hygiene practices to ensure food safety by Rhouma, Mohamed, Gaucher, Marie-Lou, Badredine, Souhail, Bekal, Sadjia, Sanders, Pascal

“…Abstract Foodborne diseases (FBDs) are a major worldwide public health concern. In the current context of globalization, it has become crucial to establish…”
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Shigella spp. with reduced azithromycin susceptibility, Quebec, Canada, 2012-2013 by Gaudreau, Christiane, Barkati, Sapha, Leduc, Jean-Michel, Pilon, Pierre A, Favreau, Julie, Bekal, Sadjia

“…During 2012-2013 in Montreal, Canada, 4 locally acquired Shigella spp. pulse types with the mph(A) gene and reduced susceptibility to azithromycin were…”
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Distinct Campylobacter fetus lineages adapted as livestock pathogens and human pathobionts in the intestinal microbiota by Iraola, Gregorio, Forster, Samuel C., Kumar, Nitin, Lehours, Philippe, Bekal, Sadjia, García-Peña, Francisco J., Paolicchi, Fernando, Morsella, Claudia, Hotzel, Helmut, Hsueh, Po-Ren, Vidal, Ana, Lévesque, Simon, Yamazaki, Wataru, Balzan, Claudia, Vargas, Agueda, Piccirillo, Alessandra, Chaban, Bonnie, Hill, Janet E., Betancor, Laura, Collado, Luis, Truyers, Isabelle, Midwinter, Anne C., Dagi, Hatice T., Mégraud, Francis, Calleros, Lucía, Pérez, Ruben, Naya, Hugo, Lawley, Trevor D.

“…Campylobacter fetus is a venereal pathogen of cattle and sheep, and an opportunistic human pathogen. It is often assumed that C. fetus infection occurs in…”
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Shigella flexneri with Ciprofloxacin Resistance and Reduced Azithromycin Susceptibility, Canada, 2015 by Gaudreau, Christiane, Pilon, Pierre A, Cornut, Gilbert, Marchand-Senecal, Xavier, Bekal, Sadjia

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Clinical and Genomic Investigation of an International Ceftriaxone- and Azithromycin-Resistant Shigella sonnei Cluster among Men Who Have Sex with Men, Montréal, Canada 2017-2019 by Gaudreau, Christiane, Bernaquez, Isabelle, Pilon, Pierre A, Goyette, Alexandre, Yared, Nada, Bekal, Sadjia

“…Multidrug-resistant (MDR) Shigella sonnei have become prevalent among men who have sex with men and have become a global public health concern. From June 2017…”
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One Health Genomic Analysis of Extended-Spectrum β-Lactamase‒Producing Salmonella enterica , Canada, 2012‒2016 by Bharat, Amrita, Mataseje, Laura, Parmley, E. Jane, Avery, Brent P., Cox, Graham, Carson, Carolee A., Irwin, Rebecca J., Deckert, Anne E., Daignault, Danielle, Alexander, David C., Allen, Vanessa, El Bailey, Sameh, Bekal, Sadjia, German, Greg J., Haldane, David, Hoang, Linda, Chui, Linda, Minion, Jessica, Zahariadis, George, Reid-Smith, Richard J., Mulvey, Michael R.

“…Extended-spectrum β-lactamases (ESBLs) confer resistance to extended-spectrum cephalosporins, a major class of clinical antimicrobial drugs. We used genomic…”
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First Case of Invasive Human Infection Caused by Cupriavidus metallidurans by Langevin, Stéphanie, Vincelette, Jean, Bekal, Sadjia, Gaudreau, Christiane

“…We describe the first case of invasive human infection (a nosocomial septicemia) caused by Cupriavidus metallidurans. This metal-resistant bacterium has not…”
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Comparison of sequential multiplex PCR, sequetyping and whole genome sequencing for serotyping of Streptococcus pneumoniae by Mauffrey, Florian, Fournier, Éric, Demczuk, Walter, Martin, Irene, Mulvey, Michael, Martineau, Christine, Lévesque, Simon, Bekal, Sadjia, Domingo, Marc-Christian, Doualla-Bell, Florence, Longtin, Jean, Lefebvre, Brigitte

“…Streptococcus pneumoniae is one of the major causes of pneumonia, meningitis and other pneumococcal infections in young children and elders. Determination of…”
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Multidrug-Resistant Campylobacter coli in Men Who Have Sex with Men, Quebec, Canada, 2015 by Gaudreau, Christiane, Pilon, Pierre A, Sylvestre, Jean-Loup, Boucher, France, Bekal, Sadjia

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Impact of the choice of reference genome on the ability of the core genome SNV methodology to distinguish strains of Salmonella enterica serovar Heidelberg by Usongo, Valentine, Berry, Chrystal, Yousfi, Khadidja, Doualla-Bell, Florence, Labbé, Genevieve, Johnson, Roger, Fournier, Eric, Nadon, Celine, Goodridge, Lawrence, Bekal, Sadjia

“…Salmonella enterica serovar Heidelberg (S. Heidelberg) is one of the top serovars causing human salmonellosis. The core genome single nucleotide variant…”
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Prophage Integrase Typing Is a Useful Indicator of Genomic Diversity in Salmonella enterica by Colavecchio, Anna, D'Souza, Yasmin, Tompkins, Elizabeth, Jeukens, Julie, Freschi, Luca, Emond-Rheault, Jean-Guillaume, Kukavica-Ibrulj, Irena, Boyle, Brian, Bekal, Sadjia, Tamber, Sandeep, Levesque, Roger C, Goodridge, Lawrence D

“…is a bacterial species that is a major cause of illness in humans and food-producing animals. exhibits considerable inter-serovar diversity, as evidenced by…”
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Foodborne botulism in Canada, 1985-2005 by Leclair, Daniel, Fung, Joe, Isaac-Renton, Judith L, Proulx, Jean-Francois, May-Hadford, Jennifer, Ellis, Andrea, Ashton, Edie, Bekal, Sadjia, Farber, Jeffrey M, Blanchfield, Burke, Austin, John W

“…During 1985-2005, a total of 91 laboratory-confirmed outbreaks of foodborne botulism occurred in Canada; these outbreaks involved 205 cases and 11 deaths. Of…”
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Salmonella enterica Prophage Sequence Profiles Reflect Genome Diversity and Can Be Used for High Discrimination Subtyping by Mottawea, Walid, Duceppe, Marc-Olivier, Dupras, Andrée A, Usongo, Valentine, Jeukens, Julie, Freschi, Luca, Emond-Rheault, Jean-Guillaume, Hamel, Jeremie, Kukavica-Ibrulj, Irena, Boyle, Brian, Gill, Alexander, Burnett, Elton, Franz, Eelco, Arya, Gitanjali, Weadge, Joel T, Gruenheid, Samantha, Wiedmann, Martin, Huang, Hongsheng, Daigle, France, Moineau, Sylvain, Bekal, Sadjia, Levesque, Roger C, Goodridge, Lawrence D, Ogunremi, Dele

“…Non-typhoidal is a leading cause of foodborne illness worldwide. Prompt and accurate identification of the sources of responsible for disease outbreaks is…”
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Source Tracking Based on Core Genome SNV and CRISPR Typing of Salmonella enterica Serovar Heidelberg Isolates Involved in Foodborne Outbreaks in Québec, 2012 by Yousfi, Khadidja, Usongo, Valentine, Berry, Chrystal, Khan, Rufaida H, Tremblay, Denise M, Moineau, Sylvain, Mulvey, Michael R, Doualla-Bell, Florence, Fournier, Eric, Nadon, Celine, Goodridge, Lawrence, Bekal, Sadjia

“…Whole-genome sequencing (WGS) is the method of choice for bacterial subtyping and it is rapidly replacing the more traditional methods such as pulsed-field gel…”
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Campylobacter coli outbreak in men who have sex with men, Quebec, Canada, 2010-2011 by Gaudreau, Christiane, Helferty, Melissa, Sylvestre, Jean-Loup, Allard, Robert, Pilon, Pierre A, Poisson, Michel, Bekal, Sadjia

“…During September 2010-November 2011, a cluster of erythromycin-susceptible, tetracycline- and ciprofloxacin-resistant Campylobacter coli pulsovar 1 infections…”
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Analysis of an IncR Plasmid Carrying blaNDM-1 Linked to an Azithromycin Resistance Region in Enterobacter hormaechei Involved in an Outbreak in Quebec by Doualla-Bell, Florence, Boyd, David A, Savard, Patrice, Yousfi, Khadidja, Bernaquez, Isabelle, Wong, Simon, Usongo, Valentine, Mataseje, Laura F, Mulvey, Michael R, Bekal, Sadjia

“…In the context of a recent rise in prevalence of NDM-encoding carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales (CPE) in the province of QC, Canada, the genetic…”
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