Outbreak of a new coronavirus: what anaesthetists should know

PWH Peng, PL Ho, SS Hota - British journal of anaesthesia, 2020 - bjanaesthesia.org
In December 2019, an outbreak of pneumonia of unknown origin developed in Wuhan of
Hubei Province, China. 1 By January 7, 2020, Chinese scientists confirmed that the outbreak …

Sink-related outbreaks and mitigation strategies in healthcare facilities

LO Parkes, SS Hota - Current infectious disease reports, 2018 - Springer
Purpose of Review In this review, we summarize recent outbreaks attributed to hospital
sinks and examine design features and behaviors that contributed to these outbreaks. The …

Oral Vancomycin Followed by Fecal Transplantation Versus Tapering Oral Vancomycin Treatment for Recurrent Clostridium difficile Infection: An Open-Label …

SS Hota, V Sales, G Tomlinson… - Clinical Infectious …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Background Fecal transplantation (FT) is a promising treatment for recurrent Clostridium
difficile infection (CDI), but its true effectiveness remains unknown. We compared 14 days of …

[PDF][PDF] Gut microbiome modified by bariatric surgery improves insulin sensitivity and correlates with increased brown fat activity and energy expenditure

…, W Lou, K Banks, T Jackson, A Okrainec, SS Hota… - Cell Reports …, 2023 - cell.com
Alterations in the microbiome correlate with improved metabolism in patients following bariatric
surgery. While fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) from obese patients into germ-free (…

A Canadian Working Group report on fecal microbial therapy: microbial ecosystems therapeutics

…, G Reid, N Viner, GB Gloor, S Hota… - Canadian Journal of …, 2012 - hindawi.com
A working group from across Canada comprised of clinician and basic scientists, epidemiologists,
ethicists, Health Canada regulatory authorities and representatives of major funding …

Effect of faecal microbial transplant via colonoscopy in patients with severe obesity and insulin resistance: A randomized double‐blind, placebo‐controlled Phase 2 …

…, W Xu, W Lou, S Poutanen, SS Hota… - Diabetes, Obesity …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Susy Hota has received research grant funding from FINCH Therapeutics groups within the
past 3 years. Susan Poutanen has received advisory board honorarium from Merck, Ferring, …

[HTML][HTML] Determining mortality rates attributable to Clostridium difficile infection

SS Hota, C Achonu, NS Crowcroft… - Emerging infectious …, 2012 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
To determine accuracy of measures of deaths attributable to Clostridium difficile infection, we
compared 3 measures for 2007–2008 in Ontario, Canada: death certificate; death within 30 …

[HTML][HTML] Characterization of healthcare-associated and community-associated Clostridioides difficile infections among adults, Canada, 2015–2019

…, KN Suh, N Thampi, A Wong, SS Hota - Emerging Infectious …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
We investigated epidemiologic and molecular characteristics of healthcare-associated (HA)
and community-associated (CA) Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) among adult patients …

Ethical implications of recruiting universal stool donors for faecal microbiota transplantation

…, KC O'Doherty, SM Poutanen, SS Hota - The Lancet Infectious …, 2020 - thelancet.com
Faecal microbiota transplantation is an effective therapy for recurrent Clostridioides difficile
infection, with potential therapeutic applications in other health conditions. As research …

Plasmid genomic epidemiology of blaKPC carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales in Canada, 2010–2021

…, I Davis, C Ellis, K Fakharuddin, SS Hota… - Antimicrobial Agents …, 2023 - Am Soc Microbiol
Carbapenems are considered last-resort antibiotics for the treatment of infections caused by
multidrug-resistant Enterobacterales, but carbapenem resistance due to acquisition of …