selected scholarly activity
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conferences
- ASPChat: Participation and Reach of a Real-Time Twitter Chat on Antimicrobial Stewardship. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. S89-S90. 2020
- Long-Term Macrolide Therapy for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A Longitudinal Population-Based Study. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 2020
- Implementation of a self-administered questionnaire to identify patients at risk for medication-related problems in a family health center.. Pharmacotherapy. 260-268. 2006
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journal articles
- Spillover From an Intervention on Antibiotic Prescribing for Family Physicians: A Post Hoc Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Clinical Trial.. JAMA network open. 8:e2518261. 2025
- Exploring variability in antibiograms: a cross-sectional study.. JAC-Antimicrobial Resistance. 7:dlaf084. 2025
- The Burden of Antimicrobial Resistant Bacteremia in Ontario: A Population-wide Analysis of Attributable Mortality from 110 Pathogen-Antibiotic Combinations.. Clinical Infectious Diseases. ciaf213. 2025
- Evaluating Harms Associated With Prolonged Antibiotic Duration of Therapy in Community-Dwelling Older Adults: A Cohort Study Using Instrumental Variable Analysis.. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 80:715-722. 2025
- Audit and feedback to improve antibiotic prescribing in primary care-the time is now.. BMJ Quality and Safety. 34:282-284. 2025
- Short versus longer duration antibiotic treatment for urinary tract infections in companion animals: a systematic review and meta-analysis.. BMC Veterinary Research. 21:280. 2025
- Klebsiella pneumoniae urinary tract infection: A multicentric study highlights significant regional variations in antimicrobial susceptibility across India.. IJID Reg. 14:100605. 2025
- Chatting new territory: large language models for infection surveillance from pilot to deployment.. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 46:1-3. 2025
- Resourcing for hospital antibiotic stewardship programs is associated with higher participation in antimicrobial use tracking: a cross-sectional study.. Antimicrobial Stewardship and Healthcare Epidemiology. 5:e80. 2025
- Leveraging local public health to advance antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) implementation and mitigate antimicrobial resistance (AMR): a scoping review.. JAC-Antimicrobial Resistance. 6:dlae187. 2024
- Long-term Risk of Infection Among Patients Colonized With Antimicrobial-Resistant Pathogens: A Population-wide Cohort Study.. Open Forum Infectious Diseases. 11:ofae712. 2024
- Prevalence and Predictors of Concomitant Bacterial Infections in Patients With Respiratory Viruses in Ontario: A Cohort Study.. Open Forum Infectious Diseases. 11:ofae701. 2024
- WHO global research priorities for antimicrobial resistance in human health.. The Lancet Microbe. 5:100902. 2024
- Association Between Infectious Diseases Consultation and Mortality in Hospitalized Patients With Gram-negative Bloodstream Infection: A Retrospective Population-wide Cohort Study.. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 79:855-863. 2024
- Process evaluation of two large randomized controlled trials to understand factors influencing family physicians' use of antibiotic audit and feedback reports.. Implementation Science. 19:65. 2024
- BLADDER score: evaluating a tool to support urinary diagnostic and antibiotic stewardship in hospitalized adults.. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 45:1-5. 2024
- Epidemiology and clinical relevance of persistent bacteraemia in patients with Gram-negative bloodstream infection: a retrospective cohort study.. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. 79:2053-2061. 2024
- Follow-up blood cultures do not reduce mortality in hospitalized patients with Gram-negative bloodstream infection: a retrospective population-wide cohort study.. Clinical Microbiology and Infection (CMI). 30:890-898. 2024
- Mailed feedback to primary care physicians on antibiotic prescribing for patients aged 65 years and older: pragmatic, factorial randomised controlled trial. The BMJ. 385:e079329-e079329. 2024
- Regional variations in antimicrobial susceptibility of community-acquired uropathogenic Escherichia coli in India: Findings of a multicentric study highlighting the importance of local antibiograms. IJID Reg. 11:100370-100370. 2024
- Documenting the indication for antimicrobial prescribing: A retrospective observational study of long‐term care homes. Journal of The American Geriatrics Society. 72:1460-1467. 2024
- Confronting the Disruption of the Infectious Diseases Workforce by Artificial Intelligence: What This Means for Us and What We Can Do About It.. Open Forum Infectious Diseases. 11:ofae053. 2024
- Five steps to high quality antimicrobial stewardship research.. Antimicrobial Stewardship and Healthcare Epidemiology. 4:e82. 2024
- Hospital antimicrobial stewardship funding and resourcing impact on broad-spectrum antibiotic use: a cross-sectional study.. Antimicrobial Stewardship and Healthcare Epidemiology. 4:e223. 2024
- The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on blood culture practices and bloodstream infections.. Microbiology spectrum. 11:e0263023. 2023
- Brave new world: Leveraging artificial intelligence for advancing healthcare epidemiology, infection prevention, and antimicrobial stewardship.. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 44:1909-1912. 2023
- Corrigendum to "Highly versus less bioavailable oral antibiotics in the treatment of gram-negative bloodstream infections: a propensity-matched cohort analysis" [Clin Microbiol Infect 29(4) (2023 April) 490-497].. Clinical Microbiology and Infection (CMI). 29:1617. 2023
- Antibiotic prescribing guideline recommendations in COVID-19: a systematic survey. EClinicalMedicine. 65:102257-102257. 2023
- Does this patient have Clostridioides difficile infection? A systematic review and meta-analysis.. Clinical Microbiology and Infection (CMI). 29:1367-1374. 2023
- Coronavirus Disease 2019 Vaccination Is Associated With Reduced Outpatient Antibiotic Prescribing in Older Adults With Confirmed Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2: A Population-Wide Cohort Study. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 77:362-370. 2023
- Real-life implications of prevalence meta-analyses? Doi plots and prediction intervals are the answer - Authors' reply.. The Lancet Microbe. 4:e491. 2023
- Highly versus less bioavailable oral antibiotics in the treatment of gram-negative bloodstream infections: a propensity-matched cohort analysis.. Clinical Microbiology and Infection (CMI). 29:490-497. 2023
- Antibiotic resistance associated with the COVID-19 pandemic: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Clinical Microbiology and Infection (CMI). 29:302-309. 2023
- Antimicrobial resistance in patients with COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis. The Lancet Microbe. 4:e179-e191. 2023
- Impact of extended-infusion piperacillin-tazobactam in a Canadian community hospital.. Infectious Medicine. 2:31-35. 2023
- Population-based evaluation of the effectiveness of nirmatrelvir–ritonavir for reducing hospital admissions and mortality from COVID-19. CANADIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION JOURNAL. 195:E220-E226. 2023
- Antimicrobial resistance and mortality following E. coli bacteremia.. EClinicalMedicine. 56:101781. 2023
- Antibiotic Selection and Duration for Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection in Non-Hospitalized Older Adults: A Population-Based Cohort Study.. Antimicrobial Stewardship and Healthcare Epidemiology. 3:e132. 2023
- Antimicrobial Stewardship and Healthcare Epidemiology year in review, 2022: Celebrating successes while focusing on the future.. Antimicrobial Stewardship and Healthcare Epidemiology. 3:e10. 2023
- Evaluating a pilot, structured, face-to-face, antimicrobial stewardship, prospective audit-and-feedback program in emergency general surgery service in a community hospital.. Antimicrobial Stewardship and Healthcare Epidemiology. 3:e96. 2023
- Global collaborations in antimicrobial stewardship: All hands on deck.. Antimicrobial Stewardship and Healthcare Epidemiology. 3:e66. 2023
- Revolutionizing antimicrobial stewardship, infection prevention, and public health with artificial intelligence: the middle path.. Antimicrobial Stewardship and Healthcare Epidemiology. 3:e219. 2023
- Variability in changes in physician outpatient antibiotic prescribing from 2019 to 2021 during the COVID-19 pandemic in Ontario, Canada. Antimicrobial Stewardship and Healthcare Epidemiology. 3:e171. 2023
- A cross-sectional study of hospital antimicrobial stewardship programmes in the COVID-19 era. JAC-Antimicrobial Resistance. 5:dlac134. 2022
- Documenting the indication for antimicrobial prescribing: a scoping review. BMJ Quality and Safety. 31:787-799. 2022
- Global resilience and new strategies needed for antimicrobial stewardship during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond.. J Am Coll Clin Pharm. 5:707-715. 2022
- Predictors and microbiology of respiratory and bloodstream bacterial infection in patients with COVID-19: author's response. Clinical Microbiology and Infection (CMI). 28:888-889. 2022
- Go V.I.R.A.L.: Social Media Engagement Strategies in Infectious Diseases.. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 74:e10-e13. 2022
- Behavioral Nudges to Improve Audit and Feedback Report Opening Among Antibiotic Prescribers: A Randomized Controlled Trial.. Open Forum Infectious Diseases. 9:ofac111. 2022
- Prevalence and Mortality Associated with Bloodstream Organisms: a Population-Wide Retrospective Cohort Study.. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 60:e0242921. 2022
- Estimating daily antibiotic harms: an umbrella review with individual study meta-analysis. Clinical Microbiology and Infection (CMI). 28:479-490. 2022
- Predictors and microbiology of respiratory and bloodstream bacterial infection in patients with COVID-19: living rapid review update and meta-regression. Clinical Microbiology and Infection (CMI). 28:491-501. 2022
- Optimizing responsiveness to feedback about antibiotic prescribing in primary care: protocol for two interrelated randomized implementation trials with embedded process evaluations. Implementation Science. 17:17. 2022
- Pharmacokinetic/Pharmacodynamic Considerations of Alternate Dosing Strategies of Tocilizumab in COVID-19.. Clinical Pharmacokinetics. 61:155-165. 2022
- Virtual learning collaboratives to improve urine culturing and antibiotic prescribing in long-term care: controlled before-and-after study. BMJ Quality and Safety. 31:94-104. 2022
- Antibiotic susceptibility of urine culture specimens in Ontario: a population-based cohort study.. CMAJ open. 10:E1044-E1051. 2022
- Evaluating the impact of mandatory indications on antibiotic utilization in a community hospital.. Antimicrobial Stewardship and Healthcare Epidemiology. 2:e121. 2022
- Ten ways to make the most of World Antimicrobial Awareness Week.. Antimicrobial Stewardship and Healthcare Epidemiology. 2:e187. 2022
- Infection and Inflammation of the Genitourinary Tract.. Investigative Urology. 206:1306-1307. 2021
- The Impact of COVID-19 on Outpatient Antibiotic Prescriptions in Ontario, Canada; An Interrupted Time Series Analysis. Open Forum Infectious Diseases. 8:ofab533. 2021
- Population-Wide Peer Comparison Audit and Feedback to Reduce Antibiotic Initiation and Duration in Long-Term Care Facilities with Embedded Randomized Controlled Trial.. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 73:e1296-e1304. 2021
- Effect of Antibiotic-Prescribing Feedback to High-Volume Primary Care Physicians on Number of Antibiotic Prescriptions. JAMA Internal Medicine. 181:1165-1165. 2021
- The Benefits and Harms of Antibiotic Prophylaxis for Urinary Tract Infection in Older Adults.. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 73:e782-e791. 2021
- Metrics for evaluating antibiotic use and prescribing in outpatient settings. JAC-Antimicrobial Resistance. 3:dlab098. 2021
- Development of a provincial interactive antibiogram tool for Ontario. Journal of the Association of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Disease Canada. 6:129-136. 2021
- The Association Between High and Unnecessary Antibiotic Prescribing: A Cohort Study Using Family Physician Electronic Medical Records. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 72:e345-e351. 2021
- Community pharmacist prescribing of antimicrobials: A systematic review from an antimicrobial stewardship perspective. Canadian Pharmacists Journal. 154:179-192. 2021
- Antibiotic prescribing in patients with COVID-19: rapid review and meta-analysis. Clinical Microbiology and Infection (CMI). 27:520-531. 2021
- Antibiotic susceptibility reporting and association with antibiotic prescribing: a cohort study.. Clinical Microbiology and Infection (CMI). 27:568-575. 2021
- Antibiotic Prescribing Choices and Their Comparative C. Difficile Infection Risks: A Longitudinal Case-Cohort Study.. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 72:836-844. 2021
- Concordance between high antibiotic prescribing and high opioid prescribing among primary care physicians: a cross-sectional study. CMAJ open. 9:E175-E180. 2021
- Long-term macrolide therapy for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a population-based time series analysis.. CMAJ open. 9:E576-E584. 2021
- Antibiotics: easier to start than to stop? Predictors of antimicrobial stewardship recommendation acceptance.. Clinical Microbiology and Infection (CMI). 26:1638-1643. 2020
- Bacterial co-infection and secondary infection in patients with COVID-19: a living rapid review and meta-analysis. Clinical Microbiology and Infection (CMI). 26:1622-1629. 2020
- Global contributions of pharmacists during the COVID-19 pandemic.. J Am Coll Clin Pharm. 3:1480-1492. 2020
- Nudging empiric prescribing: Embedding antimicrobial stewardship program order sets into a general medicine admission order set.. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 41:1349-1351. 2020
- Cognitive bias: how understanding its impact on antibiotic prescribing decisions can help advance antimicrobial stewardship. JAC-Antimicrobial Resistance. 2:dlaa107. 2020
- A real-world assessment of procalcitonin combined with antimicrobial stewardship in a community ICU.. Journal of Critical Care. 57:130-133. 2020
- Defining appropriate antibiotic prescribing in primary care: A modified Delphi panel approach.. Journal of the Association of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Disease Canada. 5:61-69. 2020
- Reply to Hughes et al.. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 70:1795-1796. 2020
- The Urine-culturing Cascade: Variation in Nursing Home Urine Culturing and Association With Antibiotic Use and Clostridiodes difficile Infection.. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 70:1620-1627. 2020
- Unnecessary antibiotic prescribing in a Canadian primary care setting: a descriptive analysis using routinely collected electronic medical record data. CMAJ open. 8:E360-E369. 2020
- Interfacility patient sharing and Clostridioides difficile infection incidence in the Ontario hospital system: A 13-year cohort study.. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 41:154-160. 2020
- Shared decision making and antibiotic stewardship: Will pharmacists rise to the challenge?. Canadian Pharmacists Journal. 153:12-14. 2020
- High versus low intensity: What is the optimal approach to prospective audit and feedback in an antimicrobial stewardship program?. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 40:1344-1347. 2019
- Influencing duration of antibiotic therapy: A behavior change analysis in long-term care. American Journal of Infection Control. 47:1409-1414. 2019
- Nudging In MicroBiology Laboratory Evaluation (NIMBLE): A scoping review.. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 40:1400-1406. 2019
- The second-hand effects of antibiotics: communicating the public health risks of drug resistance. JAC-Antimicrobial Resistance. 1:dlz059. 2019
- Pilot study of an online hospital antibiotic use tracking and reporting system. Journal of the Association of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Disease Canada. 4:233-240. 2019
- Late-career Physicians Prescribe Longer Courses of Antibiotics.. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 69:1467-1475. 2019
- Comparing prescribing and dispensing databases to study antibiotic use: a validation study of the Electronic Medical Record Administrative data Linked Database (EMRALD).. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. 74:2091-2097. 2019
- Predictors and variability of antibiotic prescribing amongst family physicians.. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. 74:2098-2105. 2019
- The Association of Resident Communication Abilities and Antibiotic Use in Long-Term Care.. Journal of The American Geriatrics Society. 67:1164-1173. 2019
- Antimicrobial Stewardship Programs in Long-Term Care Settings: A Meta-Analysis and Systematic Review.. Journal of The American Geriatrics Society. 67:392-399. 2019
- A recipe for antimicrobial stewardship success: Using intervention mapping to develop a program to reduce antibiotic overuse in long-term care.. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 40:24-31. 2019
- Reducing unnecessary urine culturing and antibiotic overprescribing in long-term care: a before-and-after analysis. CMAJ open. 7:E174-E181. 2019
- Validating a popular outpatient antibiotic database to reliably identify high prescribing physicians for patients 65 years of age and older. PLoS ONE. 14:e0223097-e0223097. 2019
- Assessing the impact of antibiotic stewardship program elements on antibiotic use across acute-care hospitals: an observational study. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 39:941-946. 2018
- Evaluating Antimicrobial Use and Spectrum of Activity in Ontario Hospitals: Feasibility of a Multicentered Point Prevalence Study. Open Forum Infectious Diseases. 5:ofy110. 2018
- Antimicrobial stewardship by family physicians.. Canadian Family Physician. 64:168-169. 2018
- Landscape of antimicrobial stewardship programs in Ontario: a survey of hospitals. CMAJ open. 6:E71-E76. 2018
- Potential Negative Effects of Antimicrobial Allergy Labelling on Patient Care: A Systematic Review. Canadian Journal of Hospital Pharmacy. 71:29-35. 2018
- Regional variability in outpatient antibiotic use in Ontario, Canada: a retrospective cross-sectional study.. CMAJ open. 6:E445-E452. 2018
- The Role of Procalcitonin in Diagnosis of Sepsis and Antibiotic Stewardship: Opportunities and Challenges.. Clinical Chemistry. 63:1436-1441. 2017
- Is it time to stop counselling patients to "finish the course of antibiotics"?. Canadian Pharmacists Journal. 150:349-350. 2017
- Antimicrobial Stewardship in the Microbiology Laboratory: Impact of Selective Susceptibility Reporting on Ciprofloxacin Utilization and Susceptibility of Gram-Negative Isolates to Ciprofloxacin in a Hospital Setting.. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 54:2343-2347. 2016