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Response to Alert on Possible Infections with Mycobacterium chimaera From Contaminated Heater-Cooler Devices in Hospitals Participating in the Canadian Nosocomial Infection Surveillance Program (CNISP).
Mertz D, Macri J, Hota S, Amaratunga K, Davis I, Johnston L, Lee B, Pelude L, Science M, Smith S, Wong A; Canadian Nosocomial Infection Surveillance Program (CNISP). Mertz D, et al. Among authors: amaratunga k. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2018 Apr;39(4):482-484. doi: 10.1017/ice.2018.24. Epub 2018 Feb 28. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2018. PMID: 29488454
Periprosthetic Infection following Primary Hip and Knee Arthroplasty: The Impact of Limiting the Postoperative Surveillance Period.
Roth VR, Mitchell R, Vachon J, Alexandre S, Amaratunga K, Smith S, Vearncombe M, Davis I, Mertz D, Henderson E, John M, Johnston L, Lemieux C, Pelude L, Gravel D; Canadian Nosocomial Infection Surveillance Program. Roth VR, et al. Among authors: amaratunga k. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2017 Feb;38(2):147-153. doi: 10.1017/ice.2016.256. Epub 2016 Nov 11. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2017. PMID: 27834161
The evolving epidemiology of Clostridium difficile infection in Canadian hospitals during a postepidemic period (2009-2015).
Katz KC, Golding GR, Choi KB, Pelude L, Amaratunga KR, Taljaard M, Alexandre S, Collet JC, Davis I, Du T, Evans GA, Frenette C, Gravel D, Hota S, Kibsey P, Langley JM, Lee BE, Lemieux C, Longtin Y, Mertz D, Mieusement LMD, Minion J, Moore DL, Mulvey MR, Richardson S, Science M, Simor AE, Stagg P, Suh KN, Taylor G, Wong A, Thampi N; Canadian Nosocomial Infection Surveillance Program. Katz KC, et al. CMAJ. 2018 Jun 25;190(25):E758-E765. doi: 10.1503/cmaj.180013. CMAJ. 2018. PMID: 29941432 Free PMC article.
Trends in health care-associated infections in acute care hospitals in Canada: an analysis of repeated point-prevalence surveys.
Mitchell R, Taylor G, Rudnick W, Alexandre S, Bush K, Forrester L, Frenette C, Granfield B, Gravel-Tropper D, Happe J, John M, Lavallee C, McGeer A, Mertz D, Pelude L, Science M, Simor A, Smith S, Suh KN, Vayalumkal J, Wong A, Amaratunga K; Canadian Nosocomial Infection Surveillance Program. Mitchell R, et al. Among authors: amaratunga k. CMAJ. 2019 Sep 9;191(36):E981-E988. doi: 10.1503/cmaj.190361. CMAJ. 2019. PMID: 31501180 Free PMC article.
Antimicrobial use among adult inpatients at hospital sites within the Canadian Nosocomial Infection Surveillance Program: 2009 to 2016.
Rudnick W, Science M, Thirion DJG, Abdesselam K, Choi KB, Pelude L, Amaratunga K, Comeau JL, Dalton B, Delport J, Dhami R, Embree J, Émond Y, Evans G, Frenette C, Fryters S, German G, Grant JM, Happe J, Katz K, Kibsey P, Kosar J, Langley JM, Lee BE, Lefebvre MA, Leis JA, McGeer A, Neville HL, Simor A, Slayter K, Suh KN, Tse-Chang A, Weiss K, Conly J; Canadian Nosocomial Infection Surveillance Program. Rudnick W, et al. Among authors: amaratunga k. Antimicrob Resist Infect Control. 2020 Feb 13;9(1):32. doi: 10.1186/s13756-020-0684-2. Antimicrob Resist Infect Control. 2020. PMID: 32054539 Free PMC article.
Prevalence of Candida auris in Canadian acute care hospitals among at-risk patients, 2018.
Garcia-Jeldes HF, Mitchell R, McGeer A, Rudnick W, Amaratunga K, Vallabhaneni S, Lockhart SR; CNISP C. auris Interest Group; Bharat A. Garcia-Jeldes HF, et al. Among authors: amaratunga k. Antimicrob Resist Infect Control. 2020 Jun 10;9(1):82. doi: 10.1186/s13756-020-00752-3. Antimicrob Resist Infect Control. 2020. PMID: 32522237 Free PMC article.
Results from the Canadian Nosocomial Infection Surveillance Program for detection of carbapenemase-producing Acinetobacter spp. in Canadian hospitals, 2010-16.
Boyd DA, Mataseje LF, Pelude L, Mitchell R, Bryce E, Roscoe D, Embree J, Katz K, Kibsey P, Lavallee C, Simor AE, Taylor G, Turgeon N, Langley JM, Amaratunga K, Mulvey MR; Canadian Nosocomial Infection Surveillance Program. Boyd DA, et al. Among authors: amaratunga k. J Antimicrob Chemother. 2019 Feb 1;74(2):315-320. doi: 10.1093/jac/dky416. J Antimicrob Chemother. 2019. PMID: 30312401
Mycobacterium chimaera infections in post-operative patients exposed to heater-cooler devices: An overview.
Ogunremi T, Taylor G, Johnston L, Amaratunga K, Muller M, Coady A, Defalco K, Dunn K, Johnstone J, Smith S, Embree J, Henry B, Stafford J; Infection Prevention; Control Expert Working Group. Ogunremi T, et al. Among authors: amaratunga k. Can Commun Dis Rep. 2017 May 4;43(5):107-113. doi: 10.14745/ccdr.v43i05a05. eCollection 2017 May 4. Can Commun Dis Rep. 2017. PMID: 29770074 Free PMC article.
Results from the Canadian Nosocomial Infection Surveillance Program on Carbapenemase-Producing Enterobacteriaceae, 2010 to 2014.
Mataseje LF, Abdesselam K, Vachon J, Mitchel R, Bryce E, Roscoe D, Boyd DA, Embree J, Katz K, Kibsey P, Simor AE, Taylor G, Turgeon N, Langley J, Gravel D, Amaratunga K, Mulvey MR. Mataseje LF, et al. Among authors: amaratunga k. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2016 Oct 21;60(11):6787-6794. doi: 10.1128/AAC.01359-16. Print 2016 Nov. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2016. PMID: 27600052 Free PMC article.
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