selected scholarly activity
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books
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chapters
- Immunosenescence and Respiratory Infections Among Nursing Home Residents. 1789-1797. 2019
- Influenza Vaccines—Are They Efficacious or Not?. 89-103. 2019
- Immunosenescence and Respiratory Infections Among Nursing Home Residents. 1-9. 2018
- Etiology and pathophysiology. 10-19. 2011
- Etiology and pathophysiology. 10-19. 2011
- Epidemiology of Healthcare‐AssociatedStaphylococcus AureusInfections. 290-309. 2009
- SARS and West Nile Virus. 497-506. 2009
- Severe acute respiratory syndrome. 465-472. 2006
- Introduction to Evidence‐based Infectious Diseases. 1-9. 2004
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conferences
- Blood Erythroblastosis: prognostic biomarker in intensive care. Annales Francaises d'Anesthesie et de Reanimation. A406-A406. 2013
- PIN30 Economic Evaluation of a Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial of an Influenza Immunization Program Directed at Healthy Children. Value in Health. A242-A242. 2012
- The polyfunctionality of memory CD8+ T cells in response to chronic and acute viral infections is not influenced by age (105.49). Journal of Immunology. 105.49-105.49. 2012
- Association Between HLA Class I and Class II Alleles and the Outcome of West Nile Virus Infection: An Exploratory Study. Transfusion. 213A-214A. 2011
- INFLUENZA VACCINE USE IN MCMASTER UNIVERSITY STUDENTS BETWEEN 2007 AND 2010.. American Journal of Epidemiology. S142-S142. 2011
- USING LINKED MEDICARE CURRENT BENEFICIARY SURVEY (MCBS) AND MEDICARE CLAIMS HISTORY DATA FOR RETROSPECTIVE ACTIVE COHORT STUDIES OF CHRONIC CONDITIONS AND FUNCTIONAL DIFFICULTIES. The Gerontologist. 246-247. 2010
- 278-P: Phenotype of memory T cells specific for HLA-A*0201 restricted immunodominant West Nile Virus epitopes. Human Immunology. S152-S152. 2009
- Compliance With Personal Precautions Against Exposure to Bloodborne Pathogens Among Laboratory Workers: A Canadian Survey. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 66-68. 2008
- 11-OR: Interaction of HLA-a*0201 and west nile virus. Human Immunology. S14-S14. 2007
- Point prevalence survey for healthcare-associated infections within Canadian adult acute-care hospitals☆☆☆. Journal of Hospital Infection. 243-248. 2007
- Gray code chaining: A high performance hashing algorithm for limited storage applications. INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, PROCEEDINGS. 1014-+. 2007
- Clinical and Epidemiologic Features of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Elderly Hospitalized Patients. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 838-841. 2005
- Intraindividual Variability and the Effect of Acute Illness on Immune Senescence Markers. Journal of The American Geriatrics Society. 1761-1766. 2005
- Modeling Transmission of Methicillin-ResistantStaphylococcus AureusAmong Patients Admitted to a Hospital. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 607-615. 2005
- The assessment of roles for arylphorin in vivo and in vitro. In Vitro Cellular and Developmental Biology - Animal. 34A-34A. 2005
- Tridirectional computed chaining: an efficient hashing algorithm for limited space applications. Proceedings - International Computer Software and Applications Conference. 381-387. 2005
- Response of midgut stem cells of the caterpillar Spodoptera littoralis to insect peptide factors, alpha-arylphorine and hormones. In Vitro Cellular and Developmental Biology - Animal. 26A-26A. 2004
- Patients with severe sepsis vary markedly in their ability to generate activated protein C.. Blood. 445A-445A. 2001
- Zanamivir use during transmission of amantadine-resistant influenza A in a nursing home. International Congress Series. 823-828. 2001
- Incidence of atopic eczema in Norway. Gesundheitswesen. 474-474. 2001
- Zanamivir Use During Transmission of Amantadine-Resistant Influenza A in a Nursing Home. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 700-704. 2000
- Use of Zanamivir to control an outbreak of influenza A in a nursing home. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 318-318. 2000
- Optimum silane loading of composite fillers to achieve stress reduction upon polymerization. Journal of Dental Research. 445-445. 2000
- Vancomycin use in 2 Ontario tertiary care hospitals: a survey.. Clinical and Investigative Medicine. 256-264. 1999
- Performance evaluation of the latest high speed LAN adapters: 100 Mbps token ring; Gbps Ethernet. Proceedings IEEE Southeastcon'99. Technology on the Brink of 2000 (Cat. No.99CH36300). 98-101. 1999
- Predicting antidepressant response in general practice. Nordic Journal of Psychiatry. 99-99. 1998
- Characterization of the interaction of tolterodine at muscarinic receptor subtypes in vitro and in vivo. British Journal of Pharmacology. P63-P63. 1997
- Role of M(2) and M(3) muscarinic receptors in mediating reflex bladder contractions in the anaesthetised rat. British Journal of Pharmacology. P145-P145. 1996
- The diagnosis of Helicobacter pylori infection in a tertiary care centre by detection of salivary antibodies. Gastroenterology. A178-A178. 1996
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journal articles
- Hemagglutination-Inhibition Antibodies and Protection against Influenza Elicited by Inactivated and Live Attenuated Vaccines in Children.. Journal of Infectious Diseases. jiae489. 2024
- WHO global research priorities for antimicrobial resistance in human health.. The Lancet Microbe. 5:100902. 2024
- Canadian health care providers' and education workers' hesitance to receive original and bivalent COVID-19 vaccines.. Vaccine. 42:126271. 2024
- Psychological distress among healthcare providers during the COVID-19 pandemic: patterns over time.. BMC Health Services Research. 24:1214. 2024
- Expanding the use of mathematical modeling in healthcare epidemiology and infection prevention and control.. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 45:1-6. 2024
- Antibiotic prophylaxis for the prevention of surgical site infections following colorectal surgery: protocol for network meta-analysis of randomized trials.. Systematic Reviews. 13:224. 2024
- Level of patient contact and Impact of Event scores among Canadian healthcare providers during the COVID-19 pandemic.. BMC Health Services Research. 24:947. 2024
- Predicting major clinical events among Canadian adults with laboratory-confirmed influenza infection using the influenza severity scale.. Scientific Reports. 14:18378. 2024
- Infectious Diseases Society of America Guidelines on the Diagnosis of COVID-19 (June 2020). Clinical Infectious Diseases. 78:e106-e132. 2024
- Infectious Diseases Society of America Guidelines on the Diagnosis of COVID-19: Serologic Testing (September 2020). Clinical Infectious Diseases. 78:e150-e169. 2024
- Rapid Guidelines to Address the Changing COVID-19 Pandemic. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 78:e81-e82. 2024
- The Infectious Diseases Society of America Guidelines on the Diagnosis of COVID-19: Antigen Testing (January 2023). Clinical Infectious Diseases. 78:e350-e384. 2024
- The Infectious Diseases Society of America Guidelines on the Diagnosis of COVID-19: Antigen Testing (June 2021). Clinical Infectious Diseases. 78:e208-e229. 2024
- The Infectious Diseases Society of America Guidelines on the Diagnosis of COVID-19: Molecular Diagnostic Testing (December 2023). Clinical Infectious Diseases. 78:e385-e415. 2024
- The Infectious Diseases Society of America Guidelines on the Diagnosis of COVID-19: Molecular Diagnostic Testing (January 2021). Clinical Infectious Diseases. 78:e170-e207. 2024
- Shifting transmission patterns of human mpox in South Kivu, DR Congo. The Lancet Infectious Diseases. 24:e354-e355. 2024
- Clinical significance of cefazolin inoculum effect in serious MSSA infections: a systematic review. JAC-Antimicrobial Resistance. 6:dlae069. 2024
- Empiric antibiotic regimens in adults with non-ventilator-associated hospital-acquired pneumonia: a systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Clinical Microbiology and Infection (CMI). 30:1351-1363. 2024
- WHO's essential medicines and AWaRe: recommendations on first- and second-choice antibiotics for empiric treatment of clinical infections. Clinical Microbiology and Infection (CMI). 30:S1-S51. 2024
- Infectious Diseases Society of America Guidelines on the Diagnosis of COVID-19: Serologic Testing. Clinical Infectious Diseases. ciae121. 2024
- More Than a Decade Since the Latest CONSORT Non-inferiority Trials Extension: Do Infectious Diseases Trials Do Enough?. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 78:324-329. 2024
- Risk factors for recognized and unrecognized SARS-CoV-2 infection: a seroepidemiologic analysis of the Prospective Urban Rural Epidemiology (PURE) study. Microbiology spectrum. 12:e0149223. 2024
- Conduct and reporting of multivariate network meta-analyses: a scoping review. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. 166:111238-111238. 2024
- Assessing a safety climate tool adapted to address respiratory illnesses in Canadian hospitals.. Antimicrobial Stewardship and Healthcare Epidemiology. 4:e157. 2024
- COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness among South Asians in Canada. PLOS Global Public Health. 4:e0003490-e0003490. 2024
- SARS-CoV-2 Exposures at a Large Gathering Event and Acquisition of COVID-19 in the Post-Vaccination Era: A Randomized Trial Is Possible During the Pandemic. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 77:1656-1658. 2023
- Examining the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on community virus prevalence and healthcare utilisation reveals that peaks in asthma, COPD and respiratory tract infection occur with the re-emergence of rhino/enterovirus. Thorax. 78:1248-1253. 2023
- Protocol for a longitudinal cohort study of Lyme disease with physical, mental and immunological assessment. BMJ Open. 13:e076833-e076833. 2023
- Vaccine Effectiveness of non-adjuvanted and adjuvanted trivalent inactivated influenza vaccines in the prevention of influenza-related hospitalization in older adults: A pooled analysis from the Serious Outcomes Surveillance (SOS) Network of the Canadian Immunization Research Network (CIRN). Vaccine. 41:6359-6365. 2023
- Equity issues rarely addressed in the development of COVID-19 formal recommendations and good practice statements: a cross-sectional study. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. 161:116-126. 2023
- The impact of respiratory infections and probiotic use on the nasal microbiota of frail residents in long-term care homes. ERJ Open Research. 9:00212-2023. 2023
- Respiratory protection: what SARS-CoV-2 has taught us. Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases. 36:276-280. 2023
- Leveraging Influenza Virus Surveillance From 2012 to 2015 to Characterize the Burden of Respiratory Syncytial Virus Disease in Canadian Adults ≥50 Years of Age Hospitalized With Acute Respiratory Illness. Open Forum Infectious Diseases. 10:ofad315. 2023
- Medical Masks Versus N95 Respirators for Preventing COVID-19 Among Health Care Workers. ACP journal club. 176:eL230077. 2023
- GloveCare: a pilot study in preparation for a cluster crossover randomized controlled trial of non-sterile glove-based care in preventing late-onset infection in the NICU. Pilot and Feasibility Studies. 9:50. 2023
- Comparison of Preprint Postings of Randomized Clinical Trials on COVID-19 and Corresponding Published Journal Articles. JAMA network open. 6:e2253301-e2253301. 2023
- Comparison of three dosing intervals for the primary vaccination of the SARS-CoV-2 mRNA Vaccine (BNT162b2) on magnitude, neutralization capacity and durability of the humoral immune response in health care workers: A prospective cohort study. PLoS ONE. 18:e0281673-e0281673. 2023
- Safety Profile of Linezolid in Older Adults With Renal Impairment: A Population-Based Retrospective Cohort Study. Open Forum Infectious Diseases. 9:ofac669. 2022
- Association of Linezolid With Risk of Serotonin Syndrome in Patients Receiving Antidepressants. JAMA network open. 5:e2247426-e2247426. 2022
- Colchicine and aspirin in community patients with COVID-19 (ACT): an open-label, factorial, randomised, controlled trial. The Lancet Respiratory Medicine. 10:1160-1168. 2022
- Colchicine and the combination of rivaroxaban and aspirin in patients hospitalised with COVID-19 (ACT): an open-label, factorial, randomised, controlled trial. The Lancet Respiratory Medicine. 10:1169-1177. 2022
- Influenza vaccine to reduce adverse vascular events in patients with heart failure: a multinational randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. The Lancet Global Health. 10:e1835-e1844. 2022
- Markers of systemic inflammation are positively associated with influenza vaccine antibody responses with a possible role for ILT2(+)CD57(+) NK-cells. Immunity and Ageing. 19:26. 2022
- Medical Masks Versus N95 Respirators for Preventing COVID-19 Among Health Care Workers. ACP journal club. 175:1629-1638. 2022
- Prognostic factors for streptococcal toxic shock syndrome: systematic review and meta-analysis. BMJ Open. 12:e063023-e063023. 2022
- The WHO essential medicines list AWaRe book: from a list to a quality improvement system. Clinical Microbiology and Infection (CMI). 28:1533-1535. 2022
- Cytomegalovirus Seropositivity in Older Adults Changes the T Cell Repertoire but Does Not Prevent Antibody or Cellular Responses to SARS-CoV-2 Vaccination. Journal of Immunology. 209:1892-1905. 2022
- Novel care pathway to optimise antimicrobial prescribing for uncomplicated community-acquired pneumonia: study protocol for a prospective before–after cohort study in the emergency department of a tertiary care Canadian children’s hospital. BMJ Open. 12:e062360-e062360. 2022
- The WHO AWaRe Antibiotic Book: providing guidance on optimal use and informing policy. The Lancet Infectious Diseases. 22:1528-1530. 2022
- How Generalizable Are Randomized Controlled Trials (RCTs) in Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia? A Description of the Mortality Gap Between RCTs and Observational Studies. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 75:1449-1452. 2022
- A SARS-CoV-2 outbreak associated with vaccine breakthrough in an acute care hospital. American Journal of Infection Control. 50:1006-1012. 2022
- Adjuvant-attenuated symptom severity of influenza infections in vaccinated children. Infectious Medicine. 1:163-170. 2022
- Smoking and e-cigarette use: key variables in testing IgA-oriented intranasal vaccines. The Lancet Respiratory Medicine. 10:822-824. 2022
- Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia mortality across country income groups: A secondary analysis of a systematic review. International Journal of Infectious Diseases. 122:405-411. 2022
- Advanced biological age is associated with improved antibody responses in older high-dose influenza vaccine recipients over four consecutive seasons. Immunity and Ageing. 19:39. 2022
- Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia mortality: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Clinical Microbiology and Infection (CMI). 28:1076-1084. 2022
- A SARS-CoV-2 outbreak due to vaccine breakthrough in an acute-care hospital. Antimicrobial Stewardship and Healthcare Epidemiology. 2:s83-s83. 2022
- Seropositivity and risk factors for SARS-CoV-2 infection in a South Asian community in Ontario: a cross-sectional analysis of a prospective cohort study. CMAJ open. 10:E599-E609. 2022
- Older Age and Frailty are Associated with Higher Mortality but Lower ICU Admission with COVID-19. Canadian Geriatrics Journal. 25:183-196. 2022
- Shorter versus longer durations of antibiotic treatment for patients with community-acquired pneumonia: a protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis. BMJ Open. 12:e062428-e062428. 2022
- The Anti-Coronavirus Therapies (ACT) Trials: Design, Baseline Characteristics, and Challenges. CJC OPEN. 4:568-576. 2022
- Effectiveness of the influenza vaccine at reducing adverse events in patients with heart failure: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Vaccine. 40:3433-3443. 2022
- What Is the Optimal Follow-up Length for Mortality in Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia? Observations From a Systematic Review of Attributable Mortality. Open Forum Infectious Diseases. 9:ofac096. 2022
- Nonpharmaceutical interventions to prevent viral respiratory infection in community settings: an umbrella review. ERJ Open Research. 8:00650-2021. 2022
- Recalibrated estimates of non-bacteremic and bacteremic pneumococcal community acquired pneumonia in hospitalized Canadian adults from 2010 to 2017 with addition of an extended spectrum serotype-specific urine antigen detection assay. Vaccine. 40:2635-2646. 2022
- Reliability of nonlocalizing signs and symptoms as indicators of the presence of infection in nursing-home residents. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 43:417-426. 2022
- What factors converged to create a COVID-19 hot-spot? Lessons from the South Asian community in Ontario 2022
- In-Hospital Macro-, Meso-, and Micro-Drivers and Interventions for Antibiotic Use and Resistance: A Rapid Evidence Synthesis of Data from Canada and Other OECD Countries. Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology. 2022:1-11. 2022
- Community-Acquired Pneumonia in Canada During Coronavirus Disease 2019. Open Forum Infectious Diseases. 9:ofac043. 2022
- Inactivated and live-attenuated seasonal influenza vaccines boost broadly neutralizing antibodies in children. Cell Reports Medicine. 3:100509-100509. 2022
- Evaluating the relationship between myocarditis and mRNA vaccination. Expert Review of Vaccines. 21:83-89. 2022
- Comparing the usability of the World Health Organization’s conventional tuberculosis guidelines to the eTB recommendations map: A two-arm superiority randomised controlled trial. PLOS Global Public Health. 2:e0001166-e0001166. 2022
- Infectious diseases, comorbidities and outcomes in hospitalized people who inject drugs (PWID). PLoS ONE. 17:e0266663-e0266663. 2022
- NK- and T-cell granzyme B and K expression correlates with age, CMV infection and influenza vaccine-induced antibody titres in older adults. Frontiers in Aging. 3:1098200. 2022
- The complexity of examining laboratory-based biological markers associated with mortality in hospitalized patients during early phase of the COVID-19 pandemic: A systematic review and evidence map. PLoS ONE. 17:e0273578-e0273578. 2022
- 1325. Recalibrating Estimates of Pneumococcal Disease in Hospitalized Canadian adults from 2010 to 2017 with Use of an Extended Spectrum Serotype-specific Urine Antigen Detection. Open Forum Infectious Diseases. 8:750-750. 2021
- Confidence interval of risk difference by different statistical methods and its impact on the study conclusion in antibiotic non-inferiority trials. Trials. 22:708. 2021
- Effect of Colchicine vs Usual Care Alone on Intubation and 28-Day Mortality in Patients Hospitalized With COVID-19. JAMA network open. 4:e2141328-e2141328. 2021
- Intention-to-treat analysis may be more conservative than per protocol analysis in antibiotic non-inferiority trials: a systematic review. BMC Medical Research Methodology. 21:75. 2021
- Adjuvanted trivalent influenza vaccine versus quadrivalent inactivated influenza vaccine in Hutterite Children: A randomized clinical trial. Vaccine. 39:6843-6851. 2021
- Cefazolin versus cloxacillin as definitive antibiotic therapy for methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus spinal epidural abscess: a retrospective cohort study. International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents. 58:106429-106429. 2021
- Effect of inactivated influenza vaccination on human coronavirus infection: Secondary analysis of a randomized trial in Hutterite colonies. Vaccine. 39:7058-7065. 2021
- Consensus (Convergence of Opinion on Recommendations and Evidence [CORE]) Versus Systematic (Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development, and Evaluation [GRADE]) Approach to Development of Guidelines for Community-acquired Pneumonia. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 73:e1476-e1477. 2021
- Methodological and Reporting Quality of Noninferiority Randomized Controlled Trials Comparing Antibiotic Therapies: A Systematic Review. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 73:e1696-e1705. 2021
- Comparison of antibiotics included in national essential medicines lists of 138 countries using the WHO Access, Watch, Reserve (AWaRe) classification: a cross-sectional study. The Lancet Infectious Diseases. 21:1429-1440. 2021
- Antibody and cellular therapies for treatment of covid-19: a living systematic review and network meta-analysis. The BMJ. 374:n2231-n2231. 2021
- Effects of repeated vaccination and vaccine formulation on the induction of broadly neutralizing antibody responses against influenza A virus in children 2021
- Canadian Rheumatology Association Recommendation for the Use of COVID-19 Vaccination for Patients With Autoimmune Rheumatic Diseases. Journal of Rheumatology. 48:1330-1339. 2021
- Consideration of antimicrobial resistance and contextual factors in infectious disease guidelines: a systematic survey. BMJ Open. 11:e046097-e046097. 2021
- The frequency of interleukin-1β-producing monocytes is significantly associated with varicella-zoster responses of nursing home residents. Clinical and Experimental Immunology. 205:63-74. 2021
- Recommendation mapping of the World Health Organization's guidelines on tuberculosis: A new approach to digitizing and presenting recommendations. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. 134:138-149. 2021
- Key Determinants of Cell-Mediated Immune Responses: A Randomized Trial of High Dose Vs. Standard Dose Split-Virus Influenza Vaccine in Older Adults. Frontiers in Aging. 2:649110. 2021
- Short-Course Antimicrobial Therapy for Pediatric Community-Acquired Pneumonia. JAMA Pediatrics. 175:475-475. 2021
- Vitamin D supplementation to prevent acute respiratory infections: a systematic review and meta-analysis of aggregate data from randomised controlled trials. The Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology. 9:276-292. 2021
- Prophylaxis against covid-19: living systematic review and network meta-analysis. The BMJ. 373:n949-n949. 2021
- Joint testing of IgM and IgG has high value for ruling in SARS-CoV-2 infection. ACP journal club. 174:JC47-JC47. 2021
- Aging and Interferons: Impacts on Inflammation and Viral Disease Outcomes. Cells. 10:708-708. 2021
- Surviving Sepsis Campaign Guidelines on the Management of Adults With Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in the ICU: First Update. Critical Care Medicine. 49:e219-e234. 2021
- The burden of influenza in older adults: meeting the challenge. Aging - Clinical and Experimental Research. 33:711-717. 2021
- Prophylaxis for covid-19: living systematic review and network meta-analysis 2021
- Antibody and Cell-Mediated Immune Responses Are Correlates of Protection against Influenza Infection in Vaccinated Older Adults. Vaccines. 9:25-25. 2021
- Corrigendum: Key Determinants of Cell-Mediated Immune Responses: A Randomized Trial of High Dose Vs. Standard Dose Split-Virus Influenza Vaccine in Older Adults. Frontiers in Aging. 2:718966. 2021
- Granzyme B: A Double-Edged Sword in the Response to Influenza Infection in Vaccinated Older Adults. Frontiers in Aging. 2:753767. 2021
- 171. Short-course Antimicrobial Therapy for Paediatric Respiratory Infections (SAFER): a multicentre, Randomized, Controlled, Blinded, Noninferiority Trial. Open Forum Infectious Diseases. 7:S214-S215. 2020
- In-Depth Analysis of Genetic Variation Associated with Severe West Nile Viral Disease. Vaccines. 8:744-744. 2020
- Developing evidence-based guidance for assessment of suspected infections in care home residents. BMC Geriatrics. 20:59. 2020
- Review of high dose vancomycin in the treatment of Clostridioides difficile infection. Infectious Diseases. 52:847-857. 2020
- Update Alert 2: Ventilation Techniques and Risk for Transmission of Coronavirus Disease, Including COVID-19. ACP journal club. 173:W152-W153. 2020
- Efficacité et innocuité du plasma de convalescent en cas de forme grave de COVID-19, extrapolée de données relatives à d’autres formes graves d’infections respiratoires virales : revue systématique et méta-analyse. CANADIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION JOURNAL. 192:E1559-E1570. 2020
- Clinical Course and Molecular Viral Shedding Among Asymptomatic and Symptomatic Patients With SARS-CoV-2 Infection in a Community Treatment Center in the Republic of Korea. JAMA Internal Medicine. 180:1447-1447. 2020
- Traitement des patients atteints d’une forme modérée ou grave de maladie à coronavirus 2019: Ligne directrice fondée sur des données probantes. CANADIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION JOURNAL. 192:E1323-E1333. 2020
- Novel Antibiotics May Be Noninferior but Are They Becoming Less Effective?: a Systematic Review. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 64:e01597-e01520. 2020
- Influenza Vaccination to Reduce Cardiovascular Morbidity and Mortality in Patients With COVID-19. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 76:1777-1794. 2020
- Use of facemasks during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Lancet Respiratory Medicine. 8:954-955. 2020
- Ventilation Techniques and Risk for Transmission of Coronavirus Disease, Including COVID-19. ACP journal club. 173:204-216. 2020
- Drug treatments for covid-19: living systematic review and network meta-analysis. The BMJ. 370:m2980-m2980. 2020
- Vitamin D supplementation to prevent acute respiratory infections: systematic review and meta-analysis of aggregate data from randomised controlled trials. medRxiv. 1:2020.07.14.20152728. 2020
- Efficacy and safety of convalescent plasma for severe COVID-19 based on evidence in other severe respiratory viral infections: a systematic review and meta-analysis. CANADIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION JOURNAL. 192:E745-E755. 2020
- Frailty Hinders Recovery From Influenza and Acute Respiratory Illness in Older Adults. Journal of Infectious Diseases. 222:428-437. 2020
- Medical masks vs N95 respirators for preventing COVID‐19 in healthcare workers: A systematic review and meta‐analysis of randomized trials. Influenza and other Respiratory Viruses. 14:365-373. 2020
- Physical distancing, face masks, and eye protection to prevent person-to-person transmission of SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis. The Lancet. 395:1973-1987. 2020
- Surviving Sepsis Campaign: Guidelines on the Management of Critically Ill Adults with Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). Critical Care Medicine. 48:e440-e469. 2020
- Treatment of patients with nonsevere and severe coronavirus disease 2019: an evidence-based guideline. CANADIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION JOURNAL. 192:E536-E545. 2020
- 2019 Community-acquired Pneumonia Treatment Guidelines: There Is a Need for a Change toward More Parsimonious Antibiotic Use. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 201:1315-1316. 2020
- Frailty Is Associated With Increased Hemagglutination-Inhibition Titers in a 4-Year Randomized Trial Comparing Standard- and High-Dose Influenza Vaccination. Open Forum Infectious Diseases. 7:ofaa148. 2020
- Safe management of bodies of deceased persons with suspected or confirmed COVID-19: a rapid systematic review. BMJ Global Health. 5:e002650-e002650. 2020
- Surviving Sepsis Campaign: guidelines on the management of critically ill adults with Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). Critical Care Medicine. 46:854-887. 2020
- Treatment of urinary tract infections in the era of antimicrobial resistance and new antimicrobial agents. Postgraduate Medicine. 132:234-250. 2020
- Sources of viral respiratory infections in Canadian acute care hospital healthcare personnel. Journal of Hospital Infection. 104:513-521. 2020
- Age-stratified burden of pneumococcal community acquired pneumonia in hospitalised Canadian adults from 2010 to 2015. BMJ Open Respiratory Research. 7:e000550-e000550. 2020
- Are healthcare personnel at higher risk of seasonal influenza than other working adults?. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 41:267-272. 2020
- Corrigendum to “Randomized controlled trial of influenza vaccine in patients with heart failure to reduce adverse vascular events (IVVE): Rationale and design” [212 (2019) 36–44]. American Heart Journal. 221:180-180. 2020
- Validation of the Seegene RV15 multiplex PCR for the detection of influenza A subtypes and influenza B lineages during national influenza surveillance in hospitalized adults. Journal of Medical Microbiology. 69:256-264. 2020
- A multifaceted intervention to reduce antimicrobial prescribing in care homes: a non-randomised feasibility study and process evaluation. Health and Social Care Delivery Research. 8:1-150. 2020
- Assessing impact of MALDI mass spectroscopy on reducing directed antibiotic coverage time for Gram-negative organisms. PLoS ONE. 15:e0228935-e0228935. 2020
- Effect of seasonal influenza vaccination on influenza symptom severity among children in Hutterite communities: Follow‐up study of a randomized trial. Influenza and other Respiratory Viruses. 14:28-36. 2020
- Genetic risk for dengue hemorrhagic fever and dengue fever in multiple ancestries. EBioMedicine. 51:102584-102584. 2020
- Correction to: Prevention of Infections in Cardiac Surgery study (PICS): study protocol for a pragmatic cluster-randomized factorial crossover pilot trial. Trials. 20:595. 2019
- Encouraging AWaRe-ness and discouraging inappropriate antibiotic use—the new 2019 Essential Medicines List becomes a global antibiotic stewardship tool. The Lancet Infectious Diseases. 19:1278-1280. 2019
- Lyme neuroborreliosis presenting as spinal myoclonus. BMJ Case Reports. 12:e233162-e233162. 2019
- Pregnancy as a risk factor for severe influenza infection: an individual participant data meta-analysis. BMC Infectious Diseases. 19:683. 2019
- The direct healthcare costs attributable to West Nile virus illness in Ontario, Canada: a population-based cohort study using laboratory and health administrative data. BMC Infectious Diseases. 19:1059. 2019
- Multifaceted intervention to Reduce Antimicrobial Prescribing in Care Homes: a process evaluation of a UK-based non-randomised feasibility study. BMJ Open. 9:e032185-e032185. 2019
- 2714. Streptococcus pneumoniae Nasopharyngeal Carriage in Canadian Adults Hospitalized with Community-Acquired Pneumonia from 2010 to 2017. Open Forum Infectious Diseases. 6:s954-s955. 2019
- 2715. Pneumococcal Community-Acquired Pneumonia Attributed to PCV13 Serotypes in Hospitalized Adults: Comparison of the 50–64 and 65+ Age Groups. Open Forum Infectious Diseases. 6:s955-s955. 2019
- Vaccine strategies for prevention of community-acquired pneumonia in Canada. Canadian Family Physician. 65:625-633. 2019
- The Impact of Prior Season Vaccination on Subsequent Influenza Vaccine Effectiveness to Prevent Influenza-related Hospitalizations Over 4 Influenza Seasons in Canada. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 69:970-979. 2019
- Comparative Immunogenicity of the 2014–2015 Northern Hemisphere Trivalent IIV and LAIV against Influenza A Viruses in Children. Vaccines. 7:87-87. 2019
- Determining optimal community protection strategies for the influenza vaccine. Expert Review of Vaccines. 18:755-764. 2019
- Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 3 is masking PCV13-mediated herd immunity in Canadian adults hospitalized with community acquired pneumonia: A study from the Serious Outcomes Surveillance (SOS) Network of the Canadian immunization research Network (CIRN). Vaccine. 37:5466-5473. 2019
- Which healthcare workers work with acute respiratory illness? Evidence from Canadian acute-care hospitals during 4 influenza seasons: 2010–2011 to 2013–2014. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 40:889-896. 2019
- Effect of High-Dose Vitamin D Supplementation on Upper Respiratory Tract Infection Symptom Severity in Healthy Children. Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. 38:564-568. 2019
- Randomized controlled trial of influenza vaccine in patients with heart failure to reduce adverse vascular events (IVVE): Rationale and design. American Heart Journal. 212:36-44. 2019
- Effect of Vitamin D supplementation to reduce respiratory infections in children and adolescents in Vietnam: A randomized controlled trial. Influenza and other Respiratory Viruses. 13:176-183. 2019
- Development and validation of clinical prediction models to distinguish influenza from other viruses causing acute respiratory infections in children and adults. PLoS ONE. 14:e0212050-e0212050. 2019
- Effectiveness of Influenza Vaccination on Hospitalizations and Risk Factors for Severe Outcomes in Hospitalized Patients With COPD. Chest. 155:69-78. 2019
- Reporting quality of the 2014 Ebola outbreak in Africa: A systematic analysis. PLoS ONE. 14:e0218170-e0218170. 2019
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- Building Capacity in Long-Term Care: Supporting Homes to Provide Intravenous Therapy. Canadian Geriatrics Journal. 21:310-319. 2018
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- Physical Distancing, Face Masks, and Eye Protection to Prevent Person-Person COVID-19 Transmission: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis 2020
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