Published in Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol on July 01, 2005
Controlling methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: quantifying the effects of interventions and rapid diagnostic testing. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2006) 2.75
Performance of the BD GeneOhm methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus test before and during high-volume clinical use. J Clin Microbiol (2007) 1.97
Detection of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in specimens from various body sites: performance characteristics of the BD GeneOhm MRSA assay, the Xpert MRSA assay, and broth-enriched culture in an area with a low prevalence of MRSA infections. J Clin Microbiol (2010) 1.38
Systematic review of measurement and adjustment for colonization pressure in studies of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, vancomycin-resistant enterococci, and clostridium difficile acquisition. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol (2011) 1.16
Integration of modeling and simulation into hospital-based decision support systems guiding pediatric pharmacotherapy. BMC Med Inform Decis Mak (2008) 1.15
Rapid detection of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus directly from clinical samples: methods, effectiveness and cost considerations. Ger Med Sci (2009) 1.14
A modeling framework for the evolution and spread of antibiotic resistance: literature review and model categorization. Am J Epidemiol (2013) 1.03
Efficacy of infection control interventions in reducing the spread of multidrug-resistant organisms in the hospital setting. PLoS One (2012) 1.00
Cost-effective frozen master mix modification of a commercial methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus PCR assay. J Clin Microbiol (2009) 0.98
Increasing the frequency of hand washing by healthcare workers does not lead to commensurate reductions in staphylococcal infection in a hospital ward. BMC Infect Dis (2008) 0.97
Transmission rates, screening methods and costs of MRSA--a systematic literature review related to the prevalence in Germany. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis (2012) 0.94
How does healthcare worker hand hygiene behaviour impact upon the transmission of MRSA between patients?: an analysis using a Monte Carlo model. BMC Infect Dis (2009) 0.88
The rising impact of mathematical modelling in epidemiology: antibiotic resistance research as a case study. Epidemiol Infect (2007) 0.88
Modelling the transmission of healthcare associated infections: a systematic review. BMC Infect Dis (2013) 0.88
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in the neonatal intensive care unit. Semin Perinatol (2012) 0.87
Modeling the transmission of community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: a dynamic agent-based simulation. J Transl Med (2014) 0.86
Rapid molecular detection of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: a cost-effective tool for infection control in critical care? Crit Care (2006) 0.86
Optimization of a laboratory-developed test utilizing roche analyte-specific reagents for detection of Staphylococcus aureus, methicillin-resistant S. aureus, and vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus species. J Clin Microbiol (2008) 0.82
Transmission dynamics of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a medical intensive care unit. J R Soc Interface (2012) 0.82
Characterising the Transmission Dynamics of Acinetobacter baumannii in Intensive Care Units Using Hidden Markov Models. PLoS One (2015) 0.76
An individual-based model of transmission of resistant bacteria in a veterinary teaching hospital. PLoS One (2014) 0.75
Impact of different diagnostic technologies for MRSA admission screening in hospitals - a decision tree analysis. Antimicrob Resist Infect Control (2015) 0.75
Effectiveness of hospital-wide methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection control policies differs by ward specialty. PLoS One (2013) 0.75
Of models and methods: our analytic armamentarium applied to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol (2005) 0.75
Infection control intervention on meticillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus transmission in residential care homes for the elderly. J Infect Prev (2014) 0.75
Association of colonoscopy and death from colorectal cancer. Ann Intern Med (2008) 15.51
Identification of severe acute respiratory syndrome in Canada. N Engl J Med (2003) 14.29
Hospital outbreak of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus. N Engl J Med (2013) 11.85
Introduction of surgical safety checklists in Ontario, Canada. N Engl J Med (2014) 7.92
Increasing hospital admission rates for urological complications after transrectal ultrasound guided prostate biopsy. J Urol (2010) 6.01
Probiotics for the prevention of Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhea: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Ann Intern Med (2012) 5.67
Factors associated with incomplete colonoscopy: a population-based study. Gastroenterology (2007) 5.30
Complete nucleotide sequence of a 92-kilobase plasmid harboring the CTX-M-15 extended-spectrum beta-lactamase involved in an outbreak in long-term-care facilities in Toronto, Canada. Antimicrob Agents Chemother (2004) 4.46
Investigation of a nosocomial outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in Toronto, Canada. CMAJ (2003) 3.96
Analysis of administrative data finds endoscopist quality measures associated with postcolonoscopy colorectal cancer. Gastroenterology (2010) 3.91
Health care-associated Clostridium difficile infection in adults admitted to acute care hospitals in Canada: a Canadian Nosocomial Infection Surveillance Program Study. Clin Infect Dis (2009) 3.86
Effect of a clinical pathway to reduce hospitalizations in nursing home residents with pneumonia: a randomized controlled trial. JAMA (2006) 3.83
Randomized controlled trial of chlorhexidine gluconate for washing, intranasal mupirocin, and rifampin and doxycycline versus no treatment for the eradication of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonization. Clin Infect Dis (2006) 3.80
Bleeding and perforation after outpatient colonoscopy and their risk factors in usual clinical practice. Gastroenterology (2008) 3.71
Health care-associated Clostridium difficile infection in Canada: patient age and infecting strain type are highly predictive of severe outcome and mortality. Clin Infect Dis (2010) 3.42
An immunogenetic and molecular basis for differences in outcomes of invasive group A streptococcal infections. Nat Med (2002) 3.39
Endoscopist specialty is associated with incident colorectal cancer after a negative colonoscopy. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol (2009) 3.20
West Nile virus infection in 2002: morbidity and mortality among patients admitted to hospital in southcentral Ontario. CMAJ (2003) 3.03
Corticosteroid Therapy for Patients Hospitalized With Community-Acquired Pneumonia: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Ann Intern Med (2015) 2.95
Risk of developing proximal versus distal colorectal cancer after a negative colonoscopy: a population-based study. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol (2008) 2.91
Populations at risk for severe or complicated influenza illness: systematic review and meta-analysis. BMJ (2013) 2.73
Evolutionary pathway to increased virulence and epidemic group A Streptococcus disease derived from 3,615 genome sequences. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2014) 2.63
Predicting antimicrobial resistance in invasive pneumococcal infections. Clin Infect Dis (2005) 2.59
Laboratory characterization of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Canadian hospitals: results of 5 years of National Surveillance, 1995-1999. J Infect Dis (2002) 2.57
Association between colonoscopy rates and colorectal cancer mortality. Am J Gastroenterol (2010) 2.56
Universal glove and gown use and acquisition of antibiotic-resistant bacteria in the ICU: a randomized trial. JAMA (2013) 2.55
Increasing hospital admission rates for urological complications after transrectal ultrasound guided prostate biopsy. J Urol (2013) 2.53
Long-term exposure to ambient air pollution and risk of hospitalization with community-acquired pneumonia in older adults. Am J Respir Crit Care Med (2009) 2.50
Molecular complexity of successive bacterial epidemics deconvoluted by comparative pathogenomics. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2010) 2.43
Impact of antimicrobial stewardship in critical care: a systematic review. J Antimicrob Chemother (2011) 2.40
Reducing antimicrobial therapy for asymptomatic bacteriuria among noncatheterized inpatients: a proof-of-concept study. Clin Infect Dis (2014) 2.37
Genome-wide molecular dissection of serotype M3 group A Streptococcus strains causing two epidemics of invasive infections. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2004) 2.32
Trends in the aggressiveness of end-of-life cancer care in the universal health care system of Ontario, Canada. J Clin Oncol (2011) 2.31
Induction of epitope-specific neutralizing antibodies against West Nile virus. J Virol (2007) 2.30
Swine outbreak of pandemic influenza A virus on a Canadian research farm supports human-to-swine transmission. Clin Infect Dis (2011) 2.28
Electrical propagation in synthetic ventricular myocyte strands from germline connexin43 knockout mice. Circ Res (2004) 2.25
Does duration of perioperative antibiotic prophylaxis matter in cardiac surgery? A systematic review and meta-analysis. Ann Surg (2011) 2.16
Surveillance definitions of infections in long-term care facilities: revisiting the McGeer criteria. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol (2012) 2.15
SARS among critical care nurses, Toronto. Emerg Infect Dis (2004) 2.10
Racial composition of residential areas associates with access to pre-ESRD nephrology care. J Am Soc Nephrol (2010) 2.07
Healthcare-associated influenza in Canadian hospitals from 2006 to 2012. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol (2014) 2.06
Detection of airborne severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) coronavirus and environmental contamination in SARS outbreak units. J Infect Dis (2005) 2.03
Relative contributions of connexins 40 and 43 to atrial impulse propagation in synthetic strands of neonatal and fetal murine cardiomyocytes. Circ Res (2006) 1.97
SARS in healthcare facilities, Toronto and Taiwan. Emerg Infect Dis (2004) 1.95
Comparing influenza vaccine efficacy against mismatched and matched strains: a systematic review and meta-analysis. BMC Med (2013) 1.94
Severe group a streptococcal soft-tissue infections in Ontario: 1992-1996. Clin Infect Dis (2002) 1.93
Is a mass immunization program for pandemic (H1N1) 2009 good value for money? Evidence from the Canadian Experience. Vaccine (2010) 1.91
Isolation and characterization of human monoclonal antibodies from individuals infected with West Nile Virus. J Virol (2006) 1.91
Mosaic prophages with horizontally acquired genes account for the emergence and diversification of the globally disseminated M1T1 clone of Streptococcus pyogenes. J Bacteriol (2005) 1.90
Risk of infection following a visit to the emergency department: a cohort study. CMAJ (2012) 1.83
Pneumococcal pneumonia: potential for diagnosis through a urinary metabolic profile. J Proteome Res (2009) 1.78
Illness in intensive care staff after brief exposure to severe acute respiratory syndrome. Emerg Infect Dis (2003) 1.76
Vaccinating to protect a vulnerable subpopulation. PLoS Med (2007) 1.76
Clostridium difficile infection in hospitals: a brewing storm. CMAJ (2004) 1.74
Update on herpes zoster vaccination: a family practitioner's guide. Can Fam Physician (2011) 1.74
Inhibition of inhibitor of kappaB kinases stimulates hepatic stellate cell apoptosis and accelerated recovery from rat liver fibrosis. Gastroenterology (2005) 1.73
New Delhi metallo-β-lactamase-1: local acquisition in Ontario, Canada, and challenges in detection. CMAJ (2011) 1.73
PCR ribotyping of Clostridium difficile isolates originating from human and animal sources. J Med Microbiol (2005) 1.72
Mupirocin-resistant, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains in Canadian hospitals. Antimicrob Agents Chemother (2007) 1.72
Alternative methods of estimating an incubation distribution: examples from severe acute respiratory syndrome. Epidemiology (2007) 1.70
Patients with severe sepsis vary markedly in their ability to generate activated protein C. Blood (2004) 1.67
Clinical and epidemiologic features of group a streptococcal pneumonia in Ontario, Canada. Arch Intern Med (2003) 1.67
Population based study of long-term rates of surgery for urinary incontinence after radical prostatectomy for prostate cancer. J Urol (2012) 1.66
Use of a selective enrichment broth to recover Clostridium difficile from stool swabs stored under different conditions. J Clin Microbiol (2005) 1.61
Antibiotic resistance in Escherichia coli outpatient urinary isolates: final results from the North American Urinary Tract Infection Collaborative Alliance (NAUTICA). Int J Antimicrob Agents (2006) 1.58
Immunosenescence and vaccination in nursing home residents. Clin Infect Dis (2009) 1.57
Guillain-Barré syndrome after influenza vaccination in adults: a population-based study. Arch Intern Med (2006) 1.57
Antimicrobial resistance in respiratory tract Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates: results of the Canadian Respiratory Organism Susceptibility Study, 1997 to 2002. Antimicrob Agents Chemother (2003) 1.57
Agreement between self-report and medical records on signs and symptoms of respiratory illness. Prim Care Respir J (2012) 1.56
Onset and clinical course of bleeding and perforation after outpatient colonoscopy: a population-based study. Gastrointest Endosc (2010) 1.52
Effect of multivitamin and mineral supplementation on episodes of infection in nursing home residents: a randomized, placebo-controlled study. J Am Geriatr Soc (2007) 1.52
Interpretation of diagnostic laboratory tests for severe acute respiratory syndrome: the Toronto experience. CMAJ (2004) 1.50
High prevalence of ST131 isolates producing CTX-M-15 and CTX-M-14 among extended-spectrum-beta-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli isolates from Canada. Antimicrob Agents Chemother (2010) 1.50
Identification of a progenitor of the CTX-M-9 group of extended-spectrum beta-lactamases from Kluyvera georgiana isolated in Guyana. Antimicrob Agents Chemother (2005) 1.50
Audit and feedback to reduce broad-spectrum antibiotic use among intensive care unit patients: a controlled interrupted time series analysis. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol (2012) 1.49
Use of, effectiveness of, and attitudes regarding influenza vaccine among house staff. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol (2003) 1.48
Invasive group A streptococcal disease: risk factors for adults. Emerg Infect Dis (2003) 1.48
Genome-wide dissection of globally emergent multi-drug resistant serotype 19A Streptococcus pneumoniae. BMC Genomics (2009) 1.47
Decreased necrotizing fasciitis capacity caused by a single nucleotide mutation that alters a multiple gene virulence axis. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2010) 1.47
Dietary intake of elderly living in Toronto long-term care facilities: comparison to the dietary reference intake. Rejuvenation Res (2007) 1.46
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonization in veterinary personnel. Emerg Infect Dis (2006) 1.46