Published in Emerg Infect Dis on January 01, 2010
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ACVIM consensus statement on therapeutic antimicrobial use in animals and antimicrobial resistance. J Vet Intern Med (2015) 0.87
Methicillin-resistant staphylococcal contamination of cellular phones of personnel in a veterinary teaching hospital. BMC Res Notes (2012) 0.84
Effects of incision closure method on infection prevalence following tibial plateau leveling osteotomy in dogs. Can Vet J (2015) 0.75
Comparison of mortality associated with methicillin-resistant and methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia: a meta-analysis. Clin Infect Dis (2002) 11.30
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MRSA in companion animals. Vet Rec (2006) 2.09
Fluoroquinolones and the risk for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in hospitalized patients. Emerg Infect Dis (2003) 2.06
Comparison of mortality risk associated with bacteremia due to methicillin-resistant and methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol (2007) 2.06
Methicillin-resistant staphylococci isolated from animals. Vet Microbiol (2004) 2.01
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in horses at a veterinary teaching hospital: frequency, characterization, and association with clinical disease. J Vet Intern Med (2006) 1.91
Modelling the impact of antibiotic use and infection control practices on the incidence of hospital-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: a time-series analysis. J Antimicrob Chemother (2008) 1.87
Is methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus more virulent than methicillin-susceptible S. aureus? A comparative cohort study of British patients with nosocomial infection and bacteremia. Clin Infect Dis (2003) 1.83
Suspected transmission of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus between domestic pets and humans in veterinary clinics and in the household. Vet Microbiol (2006) 1.69
Comparison of both clinical features and mortality risk associated with bacteremia due to community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and methicillin-susceptible S. aureus. Clin Infect Dis (2008) 1.67
Risk factors for developing clinical infection with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) amongst hospital patients initially only colonized with MRSA. J Hosp Infect (1997) 1.64
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) isolated from animals and veterinary personnel in Ireland. Vet Microbiol (2005) 1.52
The effect of antibiotics on methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. J Antimicrob Chemother (2007) 1.48
Induction of fibronectin-binding proteins and increased adhesion of quinolone-resistant Staphylococcus aureus by subinhibitory levels of ciprofloxacin. Antimicrob Agents Chemother (2000) 1.23
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) isolated from small and exotic animals at a university hospital during routine microbiological examinations. Vet Microbiol (2007) 1.20
Occurrence of antimicrobial resistance in bacteria from diagnostic samples from dogs. J Antimicrob Chemother (2007) 1.18
Risk factors and mortality in patients with nosocomial Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia. Am J Infect Control (2008) 1.17
Epidemiology and clonality of methicillin-resistant and methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus causing bacteremia in a tertiary-care hospital in Spain. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol (2005) 1.06
Effect of individual- and group-level antibiotic exposure on MRSA isolation: a multilevel analysis. J Antimicrob Chemother (2006) 1.04
Risk factors for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonization in horses admitted to a veterinary teaching hospital. Can Vet J (2007) 0.96
Retrospective multicentre study of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections in 115 horses. Equine Vet J (2009) 0.89
Clinical, microbiological, and molecular characterization of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections of cats. Am J Vet Res (2006) 0.83
Staphylococcus aureus CC398: host adaptation and emergence of methicillin resistance in livestock. MBio (2012) 6.50
Clonal spread of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus pseudintermedius in Europe and North America: an international multicentre study. J Antimicrob Chemother (2010) 3.00
Clostridium difficile in retail ground meat, Canada. Emerg Infect Dis (2007) 2.17
Clostridium difficile PCR ribotypes in calves, Canada. Emerg Infect Dis (2006) 2.12
Guidelines for the diagnosis and antimicrobial therapy of canine superficial bacterial folliculitis (Antimicrobial Guidelines Working Group of the International Society for Companion Animal Infectious Diseases). Vet Dermatol (2014) 2.12
Guidelines for the prevention and management of community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: A perspective for Canadian health care practitioners. Can J Infect Dis Med Microbiol (2006) 1.81
Guidelines for animal-assisted interventions in health care facilities. Am J Infect Control (2008) 1.78
PCR ribotyping of Clostridium difficile isolates originating from human and animal sources. J Med Microbiol (2005) 1.72
Use of a selective enrichment broth to recover Clostridium difficile from stool swabs stored under different conditions. J Clin Microbiol (2005) 1.61
Possible seasonality of Clostridium difficile in retail meat, Canada. Emerg Infect Dis (2009) 1.55
Experimental Clostridium difficile enterocolitis in foals. J Vet Intern Med (2004) 1.47
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonization in veterinary personnel. Emerg Infect Dis (2006) 1.46
Multi-locus variable number tandem repeat analysis for investigation of the genetic association of Clostridium difficile isolates from food, food animals and humans. Anaerobe (2011) 1.45
Antimicrobial drug use in veterinary medicine. J Vet Intern Med (2005) 1.33
Comparison of the fecal microbiota of healthy horses and horses with colitis by high throughput sequencing of the V3-V5 region of the 16S rRNA gene. PLoS One (2012) 1.31
Factors associated with whole carcass condemnation rates in provincially-inspected abattoirs in Ontario 2001-2007: implications for food animal syndromic surveillance. BMC Vet Res (2010) 1.29
Evaluation of a veterinary-based syndromic surveillance system implemented for swine. Can J Vet Res (2010) 1.28
A Canadian Working Group report on fecal microbial therapy: microbial ecosystems therapeutics. Can J Gastroenterol (2012) 1.25
Phenotypic identification of Staphylococcus intermedius may be inaccurate. J Clin Microbiol (2013) 1.18
An investigation of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonization in people and pets in the same household with an infected person or infected pet. J Am Vet Med Assoc (2009) 1.15
Household knowledge, attitudes and practices related to pet contact and associated zoonoses in Ontario, Canada. BMC Public Health (2012) 1.15
Coagulase positive staphylococcal colonization of humans and their household pets. Can Vet J (2009) 1.14
Methicillin-resistant staphylococcal colonization in dogs entering a veterinary teaching hospital. Vet Microbiol (2007) 1.13
Hypervirulent Clostridium difficile strains in hospitalized patients, Canada. Emerg Infect Dis (2010) 1.13
Evaluation of prevalence and risk factors for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonization in veterinary personnel attending an international equine veterinary conference. Vet Microbiol (2007) 1.11
International Clostridium difficile animal strain collection and large diversity of animal associated strains. BMC Microbiol (2014) 1.09
Larval cyathostominosis in horses in Ontario: an emerging disease? Can Vet J (2006) 1.08
Metagenomic analysis of the canine oral cavity as revealed by high-throughput pyrosequencing of the 16S rRNA gene. Vet Microbiol (2012) 1.07
Epidemiology of enteric disease in C-EnterNet's pilot site - Waterloo region, Ontario, 1990 to 2004. Can J Infect Dis Med Microbiol (2009) 1.07
Prevalence of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus pseudintermedius (MRSP) from skin and carriage sites of dogs after treatment of their meticillin-resistant or meticillin-sensitive staphylococcal pyoderma. Vet Dermatol (2012) 1.05
Epidemic Clostridium difficile strain in hospital visitation dog. Emerg Infect Dis (2006) 1.05
Occurrence of antimicrobial resistant bacteria in healthy dogs and cats presented to private veterinary hospitals in southern Ontario: A preliminary study. Can Vet J (2009) 1.04
Incidence of acquisition of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, Clostridium difficile, and other health-care-associated pathogens by dogs that participate in animal-assisted interventions. J Am Vet Med Assoc (2009) 1.01
Prevalence of Clostridium difficile in horses. Vet Microbiol (2011) 1.00
Seroprevalence of antibodies to canine influenza virus in dogs in Ontario. Can Vet J (2008) 1.00
Evaluation of catheter-associated urinary tract infections and multi-drug-resistant Escherichia coli isolates from the urine of dogs with indwelling urinary catheters. J Am Vet Med Assoc (2006) 1.00
Antimicrobial resistance in generic Escherichia coli isolates from wild small mammals living in swine farm, residential, landfill, and natural environments in southern Ontario, Canada. Appl Environ Microbiol (2010) 0.99
Suitability and limitations of portion-specific abattoir data as part of an early warning system for emerging diseases of swine in Ontario. BMC Vet Res (2012) 0.98
Obesity in rhesus and cynomolgus macaques: a comparative review of the condition and its implications for research. Comp Med (2011) 0.98
Human-to-dog transmission of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Emerg Infect Dis (2009) 0.97
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in cat and owner. Emerg Infect Dis (2006) 0.96
Patterns of condemnation rates in swine from a federally inspected abattoir in relation to disease outbreak information in Ontario (2005-2007). Can Vet J (2011) 0.95
Incidence, distribution, seasonality, and demographic risk factors of Salmonella Enteritidis human infections in Ontario, Canada, 2007-2009. BMC Infect Dis (2013) 0.95
Human health implications of Salmonella-contaminated natural pet treats and raw pet food. Clin Infect Dis (2006) 0.94
Clostridium difficile infection in an Iranian hospital. BMC Res Notes (2012) 0.93
Efficacy of clarithromycin on biofilm formation of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus pseudintermedius. BMC Vet Res (2012) 0.93
Suitability of bovine portion condemnations at provincially-inspected abattoirs in Ontario Canada for food animal syndromic surveillance. BMC Vet Res (2012) 0.92
Pet husbandry and infection control practices related to zoonotic disease risks in Ontario, Canada. BMC Public Health (2013) 0.92
Evaluation of candidate reference genes in Clostridium difficile for gene expression normalization. Anaerobe (2010) 0.92
Prevalence and risk factors for Clostridium difficile colonization in dogs and cats hospitalized in an intensive care unit. Vet Microbiol (2007) 0.91
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonization in personnel attending a veterinary surgery conference. Vet Surg (2010) 0.91
Distribution of sulfonamide resistance genes in Escherichia coli and Salmonella isolates from swine and chickens at abattoirs in Ontario and Québec, Canada. Appl Environ Microbiol (2009) 0.90
The equine intestinal microbiome. Anim Health Res Rev (2012) 0.90
Carriage of Clostridium difficile by wild urban Norway rats (Rattus norvegicus) and black rats (Rattus rattus). Appl Environ Microbiol (2013) 0.90
A province-level risk factor analysis of fluoroquinolone consumption patterns in Canada (2000-06). J Antimicrob Chemother (2010) 0.90
Evaluation of risk factors associated with suture-nidus cystoliths in dogs and cats: 176 cases (1999-2006). J Am Vet Med Assoc (2008) 0.89
Molecular analysis of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus pseudintermedius of feline origin from different European countries and North America. J Antimicrob Chemother (2010) 0.88
Molecular analysis of Clostridium difficile isolates recovered from horses with diarrhea. Vet Microbiol (2006) 0.88
Clostridium difficile in seafood and fish. Anaerobe (2011) 0.88
In vitro evaluation of topical biocide and antimicrobial susceptibility of Staphylococcus pseudintermedius from dogs. Vet Dermatol (2012) 0.87
Video observation of hand hygiene practices during routine companion animal appointments and the effect of a poster intervention on hand hygiene compliance. BMC Vet Res (2014) 0.87
Natural and experimental infection of neonatal calves with Clostridium difficile. Vet Microbiol (2007) 0.87
Prevalence and molecular characterization of Clostridium difficile isolated from feedlot beef cattle upon arrival and mid-feeding period. BMC Vet Res (2012) 0.86
Avian bornavirus is present in many tissues of psittacine birds with histopathologic evidence of proventricular dilatation disease. J Vet Diagn Invest (2010) 0.86
Comparison of covariate adjustment methods using space-time scan statistics for food animal syndromic surveillance. BMC Vet Res (2013) 0.86
Evaluation of a real-time polymerase chain reaction assay for rapid identification of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus directly from nasal swabs in horses. Vet Microbiol (2007) 0.86
Prevalence of Clostridium difficile in raw beef, cow, sheep, goat, camel and buffalo meat in Iran. BMC Public Health (2014) 0.86
An investigation of exudative epidermitis (greasy pig disease) and antimicrobial resistance patterns of Staphylococcus hyicus and Staphylococcus aureus isolated from clinical cases. Can Vet J (2013) 0.86
The identification and epidemiology of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and Clostridium difficile in patient rooms and the ward environment. BMC Infect Dis (2013) 0.86
Risk factors associated with struvite urolithiasis in dogs evaluated at general care veterinary hospitals in the United States. J Am Vet Med Assoc (2013) 0.85
Clostridium difficile cell-surface polysaccharides composed of pentaglycosyl and hexaglycosyl phosphate repeating units. Carbohydr Res (2008) 0.85
Clostridium difficile survives minimal temperature recommended for cooking ground meats. Anaerobe (2010) 0.85
Detection and characterization of Clostridium perfringens in the feces of healthy and diarrheic dogs. Can J Vet Res (2012) 0.85
Development of a consensus method for culture of Clostridium difficile from meat and its use in a survey of U.S. retail meats. Food Microbiol (2012) 0.85
Out-patient antimicrobial drug use in dogs and cats for new disease events from community companion animal practices in Ontario. Can Vet J (2012) 0.85
An investigation of resistance to β-lactam antimicrobials among staphylococci isolated from pigs with exudative epidermitis. BMC Vet Res (2013) 0.84
Methicillin-resistant staphylococcal contamination of cellular phones of personnel in a veterinary teaching hospital. BMC Res Notes (2012) 0.84
Occurrence of Anoplocephala perfoliata infection in horses in Ontario, Canada and associations with colic and management practices. Vet Parasitol (2008) 0.84
Identifying an outbreak of a novel swine disease using test requests for porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome as a syndromic surveillance tool. BMC Vet Res (2012) 0.84
Antimicrobial use and resistance in pigs and chickens: A review of the science, policy and control practices from farm to slaughter - executive summary. Can J Infect Dis Med Microbiol (2010) 0.83
Staphylococcus aureus colonization in healthy horses in Atlantic Canada. Can Vet J (2008) 0.83
Canadian province-level risk factor analysis of macrolide consumption patterns (2000-2006). J Antimicrob Chemother (2010) 0.83
Validation of a shed skin corticosterone enzyme immunoassay in the African House Snake (Lamprophis fuliginosus) and its evaluation in the Eastern Massasauga Rattlesnake (Sistrurus catenatus catenatus). Gen Comp Endocrinol (2013) 0.83
Prospective surgical site infection surveillance in dogs. Vet Surg (2014) 0.83
Potential role of Clostridium difficile as a cause of duodenitis-proximal jejunitis in horses. J Med Microbiol (2006) 0.82
Ursodiol and colorectal cancer or dysplasia risk in primary sclerosing cholangitis and inflammatory bowel disease: a meta-analysis. Dig Dis Sci (2013) 0.82
Prevalence of Clostridium difficile in retail pork. Can Vet J (2010) 0.82
Genotypic investigation of Clostridium difficile in Prince Edward Island. Can J Infect Dis Med Microbiol (2008) 0.82
Clostridium difficile carbohydrates: glucan in spores, PSII common antigen in cells, immunogenicity of PSII in swine and synthesis of a dual C. difficile-ETEC conjugate vaccine. Carbohydr Res (2012) 0.82
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonization in schoolteachers in Ontario. Can J Infect Dis Med Microbiol (2008) 0.82
A prospective study to examine the epidemiology of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and Clostridium difficile contamination in the general environment of three community hospitals in southern Ontario, Canada. BMC Infect Dis (2012) 0.81
Risk factors for the incidence of calcium oxalate uroliths or magnesium ammonium phosphate uroliths for dogs in Ontario, Canada, from 1998 to 2006. Am J Vet Res (2010) 0.81
A temporal study of Salmonella serovars from fluff samples from poultry breeder hatcheries in Ontario between 1998 and 2008. Can J Vet Res (2013) 0.81
Economic impact of tibial plateau leveling osteotomy surgical site infection in dogs. Vet Surg (2014) 0.81
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in marine mammals. Emerg Infect Dis (2009) 0.81
The impact of land use, season, age, and sex on the prevalence and intensity of Baylisascaris procyonis infections in raccoons (Procyon lotor) from Ontario, Canada. J Wildl Dis (2014) 0.81
Escherichia coli and selected veterinary and zoonotic pathogens isolated from environmental sites in companion animal veterinary hospitals in southern Ontario. Can Vet J (2010) 0.81