Outbreak of multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa colonization and infection secondary to imperfect intensive care unit room design

…, Z Hirji, K Stockton, C Lemieux, H Dedier… - Infection Control & …, 2009 - cambridge.org
Background.Pseudomonas aeruginosa has been increasingly recognized for its ability to
cause significant hospital-associated outbreaks, particularly since the emergence of multidrug-…

[HTML][HTML] Outbreak of extended-spectrum β-lactamase–producing Klebsiella oxytoca infections associated with contaminated handwashing sinks

…, M Lum, K Pike, C Larocque, H Dedier… - Emerging infectious …, 2012 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
… PFGE was performed by using the restriction enzyme XbaI, with a run time of 20 h and
switch times of 5 to 35 s at 12C and 6 V/cm (CHEF-DR II System; Bio-Rad, Hercules, CA, USA); …

Emergence of Mupirocin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus in Chronic Peritoneal Dialysis Patients using Mupirocin Prophylaxis to Prevent Exit-Site Infection

R Annigeri, J Conly, SI Vas, H Dedier… - Peritoneal dialysis …, 2001 - journals.sagepub.com
Objective To determine the prevalence of the carriage of Staphylococcus aureus (SA),
methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), and mupirocin-resistant Staphylococcus …

Detecting Latent Tuberculosis Infection in Hemodialysis Patients: A Head-to-Head Comparison of the T-SPOT.: TB: Test, Tuberculin Skin Test, and an Expert Physician …

…, K Khan, R Richardson, J Wang, H Dedier… - Clinical Journal of the …, 2007 - journals.lww.com
Current guidelines advocate screening hemodialysis patients for latent tuberculosis infection;
however, the tuberculin skin test (TST) is believed to be insensitive in this population. This …

Investigation of a Multiyear Multiple Critical Care Unit Outbreak Due to Relatively Drug-Sensitive Acinetobacter baumannii: Risk Factors and Attributable Mortality

R Kaul, JA Burt, L Cork, H Dedier… - Journal of Infectious …, 1996 - academic.oup.com
… after a patient's ICU stay of at least 72 h or within 48 h of transfer from an ICU. A respiratory
… chest radiograph demonstrated a new infiltrate within 48 h of the culture or the patient had 2 …

Routine use of mupirocin at the peritoneal catheter exit site and mupirocin resistance: still low after 7 years

T Lobbedez, M Gardam, H Dedier… - Nephrology Dialysis …, 2004 - academic.oup.com
Objective. The purpose of this study (the third in a series of similar studies) is to evaluate the
prevalence of Staphylococcusaureus (SA), methicillin-resistant SA (MRSA) and mupirocin-…

New Delhi metallo-β-lactamase-1: local acquisition in Ontario, Canada, and challenges in detection

…, BM Willey, C Larocque, K Pike, IA Edwards, H Dedier… - CMAJ, 2011 - Can Med Assoc
New Delhi metallo-β-lactamase-1 (NDM-1) is a recently identified metallo-β-lactamase that
confers resistance to carbapenems and all other β-lactam antibiotics, with the exception of …

Molecular Characterization of the vanDGene Cluster and a Novel Insertion Element in a Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus Isolated in Canada

DA Boyd, J Conly, H Dedier, G Peters… - Journal of clinical …, 2000 - Am Soc Microbiol
A single vanD-containing Enterococcus faecium strain (N97-330) was isolated in Canada.
ThevanD-containing region was cloned and sequenced. Although the proteins have more …

Lack of Efficacy of Oral Bacitracin Plus Doxycycline for the Eradication of Stool Colonization with Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus faecium

MR Weinstein, H Dedier, J Brunton… - Clinical infectious …, 1999 - academic.oup.com
In a prospective observational cohort study designed to assess the role of oral bacitracin
solution plus doxycycline in the eradication of intestinal carriage of vancomycin-resistant …

The utility of polysporin ointment in the eradication of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonization: a pilot study

S Fung, S O'Grady, C Kennedy, H Dedier… - Infection Control & …, 2000 - cambridge.org
We evaluated the efficacy of an ointment containing bacitracin, polymyxin B, and gramicidin
for the eradication of colonization by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in 11 …