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The evolving epidemiology of Clostridium difficile infection in Canadian hospitals during a postepidemic period (2009–2015)
Kevin C. Katz, George R. Golding, Kelly Baekyung Choi, Linda Pelude, Kanchana R. Amaratunga, Monica Taljaard, Stephanie Alexandre, Jun Chen Collet, Ian Davis, Tim Du, Gerald A. Evans, Charles Frenette, Denise Gravel, Susy Hota, Pamela Kibsey, Joanne M. Langley, Bonita E. Lee, Camille Lemieux, Yves Longtin, Dominik Mertz, Lorraine Maze Dit Mieusement, Jessica Minion, Dorothy L. Moore, Michael R. Mulvey, Susan Richardson, Michelle Science, Andrew E. Simor, Paula Stagg, Kathryn N. Suh, Geoffrey Taylor, Alice Wong and Nisha Thampi; for the Canadian Nosocomial Infection Surveillance Program
CMAJ June 25, 2018 190 (25) E758-E765; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.180013
Kevin C. Katz
North York General Hospital (Katz), Toronto, Ont.; National Microbiology Laboratory (Golding, Du, Mulvey), Winnipeg, Man.; Public Health Agency Canada (Choi, Pelude, Amaratunga, Alexandre, Gravel), Ottawa, Ont.; Ottawa Hospital Research Institute (Taljaard), Ottawa, Ont.; BC Children’s Hospital, BC Women’s Hospital (Collet), Vancouver, BC; Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre (Davis), Halifax, NS; Kingston General Hospital (Evans), Kingston, Ont.; McGill University Health Centre (Frenette), Montréal, Que.; University Health Network (Hota, Lemieux), Toronto, Ont.; Royal Jubilee Hospital (Kibsey), Victoria, BC; IWK Health Centre (Langley), Halifax, NS; Stollery Children’s Hospital (Lee), Edmonton, Alta.; Jewish General Hospital (Longtin), Montréal, Que.; Hamilton Health Sciences (Mertz), Hamilton, Ont.; Mount Sinai Hospital (Maze Dit Mieusement), Toronto, Ont.; Regina General Hospital (Minion), Regina, Sask.; Montreal Children’s Hospital (Moore), Montréal, Que.; The Hospital for Sick Children (Richardson, Science), Toronto, Ont.; Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre (Simor), Toronto, Ont.; Western Memorial Regional Hospital (Stagg), Corner Brook, NL; The Ottawa Hospital (Suh, Amaratunga), Ottawa, Ont.; University of Alberta Hospital (Taylor), Edmonton, Alta., Royal University Hospital (Wong), Saskatoon, Sask.; Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (Thampi), Ottawa, Ont.
MDGeorge R. Golding
PhD
Kelly Baekyung Choi
MSc
Linda Pelude
MSc
Kanchana R. Amaratunga
MD
Monica Taljaard
PhD
Stephanie Alexandre
BA
Jun Chen Collet
MSc
Ian Davis
MD
Tim Du
MSc
Gerald A. Evans
MD
Charles Frenette
MD
Denise Gravel
MSc
Susy Hota
MD
Pamela Kibsey
MD
Joanne M. Langley
MD
Bonita E. Lee
MD
Camille Lemieux
MD
Yves Longtin
MD
Dominik Mertz
MD
Lorraine Maze Dit Mieusement
MN
Jessica Minion
MD
Dorothy L. Moore
MD
Michael R. Mulvey
PhD
Susan Richardson
MD
Michelle Science
MD
Andrew E. Simor
MD
Paula Stagg
MN
Kathryn N. Suh
MD
Geoffrey Taylor
MD
Alice Wong
MD
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The evolving epidemiology of Clostridium difficile infection in Canadian hospitals during a postepidemic period (2009–2015)
Kevin C. Katz, George R. Golding, Kelly Baekyung Choi, Linda Pelude, Kanchana R. Amaratunga, Monica Taljaard, Stephanie Alexandre, Jun Chen Collet, Ian Davis, Tim Du, Gerald A. Evans, Charles Frenette, Denise Gravel, Susy Hota, Pamela Kibsey, Joanne M. Langley, Bonita E. Lee, Camille Lemieux, Yves Longtin, Dominik Mertz, Lorraine Maze Dit Mieusement, Jessica Minion, Dorothy L. Moore, Michael R. Mulvey, Susan Richardson, Michelle Science, Andrew E. Simor, Paula Stagg, Kathryn N. Suh, Geoffrey Taylor, Alice Wong, Nisha Thampi
CMAJ Jun 2018, 190 (25) E758-E765; DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.180013
The evolving epidemiology of Clostridium difficile infection in Canadian hospitals during a postepidemic period (2009–2015)
Kevin C. Katz, George R. Golding, Kelly Baekyung Choi, Linda Pelude, Kanchana R. Amaratunga, Monica Taljaard, Stephanie Alexandre, Jun Chen Collet, Ian Davis, Tim Du, Gerald A. Evans, Charles Frenette, Denise Gravel, Susy Hota, Pamela Kibsey, Joanne M. Langley, Bonita E. Lee, Camille Lemieux, Yves Longtin, Dominik Mertz, Lorraine Maze Dit Mieusement, Jessica Minion, Dorothy L. Moore, Michael R. Mulvey, Susan Richardson, Michelle Science, Andrew E. Simor, Paula Stagg, Kathryn N. Suh, Geoffrey Taylor, Alice Wong, Nisha Thampi
CMAJ Jun 2018, 190 (25) E758-E765; DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.180013
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