Background: In the context of 2009 pandemic influenza (H1N1) virus infection (pandemic
H1N1 influenza), identifying correlates of the severity of disease is critical to guiding the …

Mupirocin resistance in Staphylococcus aureus is increasingly being reported in many parts
of the world. This study describes the epidemiology and laboratory characterization of …

Background Pandemic influenza A (H1N1) virus emerged during 2009. To help clinicians
triage adults with acute respiratory illness, a scoring system for influenza-like illness (ILI) was …

Military personnel returning from Afghanistan and entering Canadian hospitals may be infected
with multidrug resistant Acinetobacter baumannii. The Public Health Agency of Canada, …

… At the time this article was written, Erin Costedio and Jamie Powers were students and
Tammy L. Stuart was the director of Curriculum and Instruction and an assistant professor at the …

BACKGROUND: In February 2007, a general surgeon in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island,
tested positive for hepatitis C virus (HCV). The surgeon’s infection onset date could not be …

Point-of-care coagulation monitoring devices, recently approved by the Food and Drug
Administration (FDA), are available for home use by patients who require long-term anticoagulant …

Background Patricia Benner’s (1982) model From Novice to Expert provides a theory of skill
acquisition to examine the transition of a novice nurse who is primarily focused on task …

Understanding HIV-1 genetic diversity and host-virus relationship is essential to the
development of new treatments and vaccine design. A cohof of HiV-1 positive, drug-naiVe …

One of the largest reported campylobacteriosis outbreaks in Canada occurred in June 2007
in British Columbia, associated with a mountain bike race that took place in muddy …