Publications

a 12-month fever surveillance study in a veterans' long-stay institution.	this report describes a 12-month fever surveillance survey in a 258-bed veterans long-term care institution. there were 128 episodes of fever (one episode per 24 patient-months); 114 were studied. lower respiratory tract infections were most frequent, 36 (32%), with 26 (23%) urinary tract infections. streptococcus pneumoniae was the most common pathogen in the chest infections and proteus mirabilis the most common of the urinary tract infections. in 40 (35%) there was no evidence of a lower resp ...	1985	4031336
gram-negative urinary tract isolates in southwestern ontario.		1973	4571911
new delhi metallo-ss-lactamase-1: local acquisition in ontario, canada, and challenges in detection.	new delhi metallo-ß-lactamase-1 (ndm-1) is a recently identified metallo-ß-lactamase that confers resistance to carbapenems and all other ß-lactam antibiotics, with the exception of aztreonam. ndm-1 is also associated with resistance to many other classes of antibiotics. the enzyme was first identified in organisms isolated from a patient in sweden who had previously received medical treatment in india, but it is now recognized as endemic throughout india and pakistan and has spread worldwide. t ...	2011	21624908