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Risk factors for SARS transmission from patients requiring intubation: a multicentre investigation in Toronto, Canada by Raboud, Janet, Shigayeva, Altynay, McGeer, Allison, Bontovics, Erika, Chapman, Martin, Gravel, Denise, Henry, Bonnie, Lapinsky, Stephen, Loeb, Mark, McDonald, L Clifford, Ofner, Marianna, Paton, Shirley, Reynolds, Donna, Scales, Damon, Shen, Sandy, Simor, Andrew, Stewart, Thomas, Vearncombe, Mary, Zoutman, Dick, Green, Karen

“…In the 2003 Toronto SARS outbreak, SARS-CoV was transmitted in hospitals despite adherence to infection control procedures. Considerable controversy resulted…”
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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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Ambler Class A Extended-Spectrum Beta-Lactamase-Producing Escherichia coli and Klebsiella spp. in Canadian Hospitals by Michael R. Mulvey, Elizabeth Bryce, David Boyd, Marianna Ofner-Agostini, Sara Christianson, Andrew E. Simor, Shirley Paton, The Canadian Hospital Epidemiology Committee of The Canadian Nosocomial Infection Surveillance Program, Health Canada

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Molecular Characterization of Cefoxitin-Resistant Escherichia coli from Canadian Hospitals by Michael R. Mulvey, Elizabeth Bryce, David A. Boyd, Marianna Ofner-Agostini, Allison M. Land, Andrew E. Simor, Shirley Paton, the Canadian Hospital Epidemiology Committee, the Canadian Nosocomial Infection Surveillance Program, Health Canada

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Incidence of bloodstream infection in multicenter inception cohorts of hemodialysis patients by Taylor, Geoffrey, Gravel, Denise, Johnston, Lynn, Embil, John, Holton, Donna, Paton, Shirley, the Canadian Nosocomial Infection Surveillance Program, the Canadian Hospital Epidemiology Committee

“…To assess incidence of and identify risk factors for bloodstream infection in patients starting hemodialysis or starting a new means of vascular access for…”
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Community-based educational intervention to limit the dissemination of community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Northern Saskatchewan, Canada by Golding, George R, Quinn, Brian, Bergstrom, Kirsten, Stockdale, Donna, Woods, Shirley, Nsungu, Mandiangu, Brooke, Barb, Levett, Paul N, Horsman, Greg, McDonald, Ryan, Szklarczuk, Brian, Silcox, Steve, Paton, Shirley, Carson, Mary, Mulvey, Michael R, Irvine, James

“…Surveillance examining the incidence of community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) was conducted over 8 years beginning in 2001…”
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Prospective Surveillance for Primary Bloodstream Infections Occurring in Canadian Hemodialysis Units by Taylor, Geoffrey, Gravel, Denise, Johnston, Lynn, Embil, John, Holton, Donna, Paton, Shirley

“…Bloodstream infections are a major cause of morbidity and mortality in patients receiving long-term hemodialysis. We wanted to determine the incidence of…”
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Central Venous Catheter‐Associated Blood Stream Infections Occurring in Canadian Intensive Care Units: A Six‐Month Cohort Study by Holton, Donna, Paton, Shirley, Conly, John, Embree, Joanne, Taylor, Geoffrey, Thompson, William, Canadian Nosocomial Infection Surveillance Program

“…OBJECTIVE: To determine the rate and risk factors associated with central venous catheter (CVC)‐associated bloodstream infections (BSIs) in Canadian intensive…”
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Health Care-Associated Clostridium difficile Infection in Adults Admitted to Acute Care Hospitals in Canada: A Canadian Nosocomial Infection Surveillance Program Study by Gravel, Denise, Miller, Mark, Simor, Andrew, Taylor, Geoffrey, Gardam, Michael, McGeer, Allison, Hutchinson, James, Moore, Dorothy, Kelly, Sharon, Boyd, David, Mulvey, Michael

“…Background. Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) is the most frequent cause of health care-associated infectious diarrhea in industrialized countries. The…”
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N-CDAD in Canada: results of the Canadian Nosocomial Infection Surveillance Program 1997 N-CDAD Prevalence Surveillance Project by Hyland, M, Ofner-Agostini, M, Miller, M, Paton, S, Gourdeau, M, Ishak, M

“…A 1996 preproject survey among Canadian Hospital Epidemiology Committee (CHEC) sites revealed variations in the prevention, detection, management and…”
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Nosocomial infection program by Paton, S

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Comparative Genomics of Canadian Epidemic Lineages of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus by Christianson, Sara, Golding, George R, Campbell, Jennifer, Mulvey, Michael R

“…Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a pathogen that has disseminated throughout Canadian hospitals and communities. Pulsed-field gel…”
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Development of Minimum Criteria for the Initiation of Antibiotics in Residents of Long‐Term–Care Facilities: Results of a Consensus Conference by Loeb, Mark, Bentley, David W., Bradley, Suzanne, Crossley, Kent, Garibaldi, Richard, Gantz, Nelson, McGeer, Allison, Muder, Robert R., Mylotte, Joseph, Nicolle, Lindsay E., Nurse, Brenda, Paton, Shirley, Simor, Andrew E., Smith, Philip, Strausbaugh, Larry

“…Establishing a clinical diagnosis of infection in residents of long‐term–care facilities (LTCFs) is difficult. As a result, deciding when to initiate…”
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The emerging epidemiology of VRE in Canada: results of the CNISP Passive Reporting Network, 1994 to 1998 by Conly, J M, Ofner-Agostini, M, Paton, S, Johnston, L, Mulvey, M, Kureishi, A, Nicolle, L, Matlow, A

“…To provide a rapid and efficient means of collecting descriptive epidemiological data on occurrences of vancomycin-resistant enterococcus (VRE) in Canada…”
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Vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) in Canada - Results of the Canadian Nosocomial Infection Surveillance Program 1996 VRE point prevalence surveillance project by Ofner-Agostini, M E, Conly, J, Paton, S, Kureishi, A, Nicolle, L, Mulvey, M, Johnson, W, Johnston, L

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ampC gene expression in promoter mutants of cefoxitin-resistant Escherichia coli clinical isolates by Tracz, Dobryan M, Boyd, David A, Hizon, Romeo, Bryce, Elizabeth, McGeer, Allison, Ofner-Agostini, Marianna, Simor, Andrew E, Paton, Shirley, Mulvey, Michael R

“…Reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction was used to determine the amount of overexpression of the ampC gene in 52 cefoxitin-resistant Escherichia coli…”
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Cluster of Cases of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Among Toronto Healthcare Workers After Implementation of Infection Control Precautions: A Case Series by Ofner‐Agostini, Marianna, Gravel, Denise, McDonald, L. Clifford, Lem, Marcus, Sarwal, Shelley, McGeer, Allison, Green, Karen, Vearncombe, Mary, Roth, Virginia, Paton, Shirley, Loeb, Mark, Simor, Andrew

“…To review the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) infection control practices, the types of exposure to patients with SARS, and the activities associated…”
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Status of tuberculosis infection control programs in Canadian acute care hospitals, 1989 to 1993 - Part 1 by Holton, D, Paton, S, Gibson, H, Taylor, G, Whyman, C, Yang, T

“…To document tuberculosis (TB) prevention and control activities in Canadian acute care hospitals from 1989 to 1993. Retrospective questionnaire. All members of…”
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Comparison of tuberculosis infection control programs in Canadian hospitals categorized by size and risk of exposure to tuberculosis patients, 1989 to 1993 - Part 2 by Holton, D, Paton, S, Gibson, H, Taylor, G, Whyman, C, Yang, T

“…To analyze tuberculosis (TB) programs in acute care hospitals (hospitals) categorized by size and risk of exposure to TB patients from 1989 to 1993…”
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Characterization of Escherichia coli urinary tract infection isolates in remote northern Saskatchewan communities: the Northern Antibiotic Resistance Partnership by Golding, George R, Persaud, Nadia, Levett, Paul N, McDonald, Ryan R, Irvine, James, Nsungu, Mandiangu, Woods, Shirley, Khan, Mohammad, Mataseje, Laura F, Mulvey, Michael R

“…Abstract Antimicrobial resistance is a growing concern especially in many remote northern communities of Canada where antimicrobials are liberally used. In…”
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