Liu, Suefay Harumi Mitchell, Hana Nasser Al-Rawahi, Ghada
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Journal of the Association of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Disease Canada
Background: Candidemia represents a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in children. We examined the epidemiology and associated risk factors of candidemia at a Canadian tertiary care paediatric hospital over an 11-year period. Methods: A retrospective chart review was conducted on children with positive blood culture for Candida species b...
Dufresne, Simon F Bergeron, Julie Beauchemin, Stéphanie Abou Chakra, Claire Nour Vadnais, Barbara Bouchard, Philippe Labbé, Annie-Claude Laverdière, Michel
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Background: Patients undergoing remission-induction intensive chemotherapy for acute leukemia are at high risk for life-threatening invasive fungal infections (IFIs). Primary antifungal prophylaxis with posaconazole has been shown to reduce the incidence of IFI compared to fluconazole, but real-life data are limited and the effect on mortality rema...
Rush, Barret Zeigler, Jennifer Cheng, Matthew P Hrymak, Carmen Lother, Sylvain
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Background: Coccidioidomycosis is a fungal infection with presentations ranging from asymptomatic illness to severe pneumonia and respiratory failure. The outcomes of patients with severe pulmonary coccidioidomycosis requiring mechanical ventilation (MV) are not well understood. Methods: We performed a retrospective cohort analysis utilizing the Na...
Khan, Sarah Tsang, Kara K Brophy, Jason Kakkar, Fatima Kennedy, V Logan Boucoiran, Isabelle Yudin, Mark H Money, Deborah Read, Stanley Bitnun, Ari
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Background: Providing comprehensive infant feeding guidance to families affected by HIV is complex and requires a multidisciplinary approach. While exclusive formula feeding remains the preferred recommendation for infants born to women living with HIV (WLWH) in high-income countries, a more nuanced approach that may include the option of breastfee...
Jelinski, Dana Julien, Danielle Cook, Sandra Harris, Sabrina Logan, Timothy Sabuda, Deana Dersch-Mills, Deonne Wong, Catherine Webster, Sara Constantinescu, Cora
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Background: Resources to improve antimicrobial stewardship (AS) are limited, but a telestewardship platform can enable capacity building and scalability. The Alberta Telestewardship Network (ATeleNet) was designed to focus on outreach across the province of Alberta, Canada, and facilitate AS activities. Methods: Outreach occurred virtually between ...
Gallant, Maxime Rioux-Perreault, Christine Lemaire-Paquette, Samuel Piché, Alain
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Background: It is well established that fully vaccinated (≥2 doses) individuals may develop COVID-19. However, little is known about the specific prevalence of post-COVID-19 conditions associated with the Delta variant or the effect of vaccination on post-acute outcomes of COVID-19. In addition, how Delta variant infection severity compares in full...
Edwards, Brett D Mah, Henry Sabur, Natasha F Brode, Sarah K
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Background: The treatment of tuberculosis (TB) is known to cause liver injury, however, there is limited data to guide optimal treatment for patients with chronic liver disease. Methods: We undertook a retrospective case series of patients with chronic liver disease and TB disease. The primary objective was to determine if there was a difference in...
Kanji, Jamil N Dieu, Paul Wong, Anita Pabbaraju, Kanti Shokoples, Sandra Smyczek, Petra Gratrix, Jennifer Singh, Ameeta E Charlton, Carmen L Zhou, Hong Yuan
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Background: A multi-country outbreak of monkeypox virus (MPXV) infections was identified by the World Health Organization in May 2022. The western Canadian province of Alberta identified its first case of MPXV in a returning traveller on June 2, 2022. We undertook a retrospective testing exercise to evaluate whether MPXV may have been circulating i...
Gillrie, Mark Chow, Barbara Griener, Thomas Johnson, Andrew Church, Deirdre
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Background: Angioinvasive Rhizomucor pusillus infection with dissemination to the liver and spleen is exceedingly uncommon, representing less than 1% of reported cases of mucormycosis. Methods: Diagnosis of mucormycosis is often difficult using conventional methods that rely on broad-based non-septate hyphae present on histologic examination and mo...
Keynan, Yoav Haworth-Brockman, Margaret Laupland, Kevin B Rueda, Zulma Vanessa
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