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Clinical Features and Short-term Outcomes of 144 Patients With SARS in the Greater Toronto Area by Booth, Christopher M, Matukas, Larissa M, Tomlinson, George A, Rachlis, Anita R, Rose, David B, Dwosh, Hy A, Walmsley, Sharon L, Mazzulli, Tony, Avendano, Monica, Derkach, Peter, Ephtimios, Issa E, Kitai, Ian, Mederski, Barbara D, Shadowitz, Steven B, Gold, Wayne L, Hawryluck, Laura A, Rea, Elizabeth, Chenkin, Jordan S, Cescon, David W, Poutanen, Susan M, Detsky, Allan S

“…CONTEXT: Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) is an emerging infectious disease that first manifested in humans in China in November 2002 and has…”
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Detection of Airborne Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) Coronavirus and Environmental Contamination in SARS Outbreak Units by Booth, Timothy F., Kournikakis, Bill, Bastien, Nathalie, Ho, Jim, Kobasa, Darwyn, Stadnyk, Laurie, Li, Yan, Spence, Mel, Paton, Shirley, Henry, Bonnie, Mederski, Barbara, White, Diane, Low, Donald E., McGeer, Allison, Simor, Andrew, Vearncombe, Mary, Downey, James, Jamieson, Frances B., Tang, Patrick, Plummer, Frank

“…Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) is characterized by a risk of nosocomial transmission; however, the risk of airborne transmission of SARS is unknown…”
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Possible SARS coronavirus transmission during cardiopulmonary resuscitation by Christian, Michael D, Loutfy, Mona, McDonald, L Clifford, Martinez, Kennth F, Ofner, Mariana, Wong, Tom, Wallington, Tamara, Gold, Wayne L, Mederski, Barbara, Green, Karen, Low, Donald E

“…Infection of healthcare workers with the severe acute respiratory syndrome-associated coronavirus (SARS-CoV) is thought to occur primarily by either contact or…”
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Hospital preparedness and SARS by Loutfy, Mona R, Wallington, Tamara, Rutledge, Tim, Mederski, Barbara, Rose, Keith, Kwolek, Sue, McRitchie, Donna, Ali, Azra, Wolff, Bryan, White, Diane, Glassman, Edward, Ofner, Marianna, Low, Don E, Berger, Lisa, McGeer, Allison, Wong, Tom, Baron, David, Berall, Glenn

“…On May 23, 2003, Toronto experienced the second phase of a severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) outbreak. Ninety cases were confirmed, and >620 potential…”
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One-year outcomes and health care utilization in survivors of severe acute respiratory syndrome by Tansey, Catherine M, Louie, Marie, Loeb, Mark, Gold, Wayne L, Muller, Matthew P, de Jager, JoAnne, Cameron, Jill I, Tomlinson, George, Mazzulli, Tony, Walmsley, Sharon L, Rachlis, Anita R, Mederski, Barbara D, Silverman, Mike, Shainhouse, Zev, Ephtimios, Issa E, Avendano, Monica, Downey, James, Styra, Rima, Yamamura, Deborah, Gerson, Marvin, Stanbrook, Matthew B, Marras, Theodore K, Phillips, Elizabeth J, Zamel, Noë, Richardson, Susan E, Slutsky, Arthur S, Herridge, Margaret S

“…Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) became a global epidemic in 2003. Comprehensive information on 1-year outcomes and health care utilization is lacking…”
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Risk of ruling out severe acute respiratory syndrome by ruling in another diagnosis: variable incidence of atypical bacteria coinfection based on diagnostic assays by Zahariadis, George, Gooley, Ted A, Ryall, Phyllis, Hutchinson, Christine, Latchford, Mary I, Fearon, Margaret A, Jamieson, Frances B, Richardson, Susan, Kuschak, Theodore, Mederski, Barbara

“…Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) caused the first epidemic of the 21st century and continues to threaten the global community. To assess the incidence…”
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Late recognition of SARS in nosocomial outbreak, Toronto by Wong, Thomas, Wallington, Tamara, McDonald, L Clifford, Abbas, Zahid, Christian, Michael, Low, Donald E, Gravel, Denise, Ofner, Marianna, Mederski, Barbara, Berger, Lisa, Hansen, Lisa, Harrison, Cheryl, King, Arlene, Yaffe, Barbara, Tam, Theresa

“…Late recognition of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) was associated with no known SARS contact, hospitalization before the nosocomial outbreak was…”
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Antibiotic Stewardship at North York General Hospital by Barbara Mederski

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Pneumococcal vaccination programs and the burden of invasive pneumococcal disease in Ontario, Canada, 1995–2011 by Rudnick, Wallis, Liu, Zhong, Shigayeva, Altynay, Low, Donald E, Green, Karen, Plevneshi, Agron, Devlin, Roslyn, Downey, James, Katz, Kevin, Kitai, Ian, Krajden, Sigmund, Ostrowska, Krystyna, Richardson, David, Richardson, Susan, Sarabia, Alicia, Silverman, Michael, Simor, Andrew E, Tyrrell, Gregory, McGeer, Allison

“…Highlights • Routine pediatric PCV7 vaccination did not reduce in the incidence of IPD in adults in Toronto. • Use of PCV7 at 1 dose per child in the birth…”
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West Nile virus infection in 2002: morbidity and mortality among patients admitted to hospital in southcentral Ontario by Pepperell, Caitlin, Rau, Neil, Krajden, Sigmund, Kern, Ralph, Humar, Atul, Mederski, Barbara, Simor, Andrew, Low, Donald E, McGeer, Allison, Mazzulli, Tony, Burton, Jodie, Jaigobin, Cheryl, Fearon, Margaret, Artsob, Harvey, Drebot, Michael A, Halliday, William, Brunton, James

“…In August and September 2002 an outbreak of West Nile virus (WNV) infection occurred in southern Ontario. We encountered a number of seriously ill patients at…”
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Surveillance for hospital outbreaks of invasive group a streptococcal infections in Ontario, Canada, 1992 to 2000 by DANEMAN, Nick, GREEN, Karen A, RAMAGE, Lee, ROSE, David, SCHERTZBERG, Ruth, BRAGG, Delena, MCGEER, Allison, LOW, Donald E, SIMOR, Andrew E, WILLEY, Barbara, SCHWARTZ, Benjamin, TOYE, Baldwin, JESSAMINE, Peter, TYRRELL, Gregory J, KRAJDEN, Sigmund

“…Streptococcus pyogenes can cause severe disease in the individual patient and dramatic hospital outbreaks. To describe the epidemiology of hospital outbreaks…”
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Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome: Quantitative Assessment from Chest Radiographs with Clinical and Prognostic Correlation by Lai, Enoch K. Y, Deif, Hassan, LaMere, Elizabeth A, Pham, Dieu H, Wolff, Bryan, Ward, Sarah, Mederski, Barbara, Loutfy, Mona R

“…This study examined findings of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) on chest radiographs and presented a classification scheme using quantitative…”
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Detection of airborne severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) coronavirus and environmental contamination in SARS Uutbreak Units. Commentary by TONG, Tommy R, BOOTH, Timothy F, HENRY, Bonnie, MEDERSKI, Barbara, WHITE, Diane, LOW, Donald E, MCGEER, Allison, SIMOR, Andrew, VEARNCOMBE, Mary, DOWNEY, James, JAMIESON, Frances B, TANG, Patrick, KOURNIKAKIS, Bill, PLUMMER, Frank, BASTIEN, Nathalie, HO, Jim, KOBASA, Darwyn, STADNYK, Laurie, YAN LI, SPENCE, Mel, PATON, Shirley

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Clinical and epidemiologic features of group a streptococcal pneumonia in Ontario, Canada by Muller, Matthew P, Low, Donald E, Green, Karen A, Simor, Andrew E, Loeb, Mark, Gregson, Daniel, McGeer, Allison

“…Since the 1960s, group A streptococcus (GAS) has accounted for less than 1% of cases of community-acquired pneumonia. During the past 2 decades there has been…”
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Spontaneous Bilateral Necrotizing Fasciitis of the Forearm: A Case Report by Kiriakopolous, Elaine, Brown, Mitchell H, Starr, Joseph A, Choptiany, Philip J, Mederski, Barbara

“…Necrotizing soft tissue infections are seen with relative frequency. A case of spontaneous, bilateral necrotizing fasciitis of the forearms in an otherwise…”
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High-Level Resistance to Gentamicin in Clinical Isolates of Enterococci by Mederski-Samoraj, Barbara D., Murray, Barbara E.

“…Nine clinical isolates of Streptococcus faecalis from a university hospital were found to be resistant to high levels (minimal inhibitory concentration, >2,000…”
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