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Gravel D, Canadian Nosocomial Infection Surveillance Program (CNISP). Clostridium difficile Associated Diarrhea in Acute-Care Hospitals Participating in CNISP: November 1, 2004 to April 30, 2005 Final Report September 5, 2007

Gravel D, Matlow A, Ofner-Agostini M, Loeb M, Johnston L, Bryce E, Sample ML, Roth V, Goldman C, Taylor G, Canadian Nosocomial Infection Surveillance Program (CNISP). A Point Prevalence Survey of Healthcare Associated Infections in Pediatric Populations in Major Canadian Acute-Care Hospitals. Am J Infect Control (in press).

Ofner-Agostini A, Varia M, Johnston L, Green K, Simor A, Amihod B, Bryce E, Henderson E, Stegenga J, Bergeron F, Canadian Nosocomial Infection Surveillance Program (CNISP), Gravel D. Infection Control and Antimicrobial Restriction Practices for Antimicrobial Resistant Organisms (AROs) in Canadian Tertiary Care Hospitals. Am J Infect Control (in press).

Boyd DA, Du T, Hizon R, Kaplen B, Murphy T, Tyler S, Brown S, Jamieson F, Weiss K, Mulvey MR, Canadian Nosocomial Infection Surveillance Program (CNISP). VanG-type Vancomycin Resistant Enterococcus faecalis Isolated in Canada. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2006; 50(6):2217-2221.

Holton D, Paton S, Conly J, Embree J, Taylor G, Thompson W, Canadian Nosocomial Infection Surveillance Program (CNISP). Central Venous Catheter-Associated Bloodstream Infections Occurring in Canadian Intensive Care Units: A Six-Month Cohort Study. Can J Infect Dis 2006; 17(3):169-176.

Ofner-Agostini M. Simor AE, Mulvey M, Bryce E, Loeb M, McGeer A, Kiss A, Paton S, Canadian Nosocomial Infection Surveillance Program (CNISP). Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Canadian Aboriginal People. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2006; 27(2):204-207.

Zoutman DE, Ford BD, Canadian Hospital Epidemiology Committee (CHEC), Canadian Nosocomial Infection Surveillance Program (CNISP). The Relationship Between Hospital Infection Surveillance and Control Activities and Antibiotic-Resistant Pathogen Rates. Am J Infect Control 2005; 33(1):1-5.

Simor AE, Ofner-Agostini M, Gravel D, Varia M, Paton S, McGeer A, Bryce E, Loeb M, Mulvey M, Canadian Nosocomial Infection Surveillance Program (CNISP). Surveillance for Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Canadian Hospitals – A Report Update from the Canadian Nosocomial Infection Surveillance Program. CCDR 2005; 31(3):1-7.

Simor AE, Ofner-Agostini M, Paton S, McGeer A, Loeb M, Bryce E, Mulvey M, Canadian Nosocomial Infection Surveillance Program (CNISP). Clinical and Epidemiologic Features of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Elderly Hospitalized Patients. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2005; 26(10):838-841.

Mulvey MR, Bryce E, Boyd DA, Ofner-Agostini M, Land AM, Simor AE, Paton S, Canadian Hospital Epidemiology Committee (CHEC), Canadian Nosocomial Infection Surveillance Program (CNISP). Molecular Characterization of Cefoxitin-Resistant Escherichia coli from Canadian Hospitals. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2005; 49(1):358-365.

Boyd DA, Tyler S, Christianson S, McGeer A, Mulvey MP, Willey BM, Canadian Nosocomial Infection Surveillance Program (CNISP). Complete Nucleotide Sequence of a 92-Kilobase Plasmid Harboring the CTX-M-15 Extended-Spectrum Beta-Lactamase Involved in an Outbreak in Long-Term-Care Facilities in Toronto, Canada. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2004; 48(10):3758-3764.

Mulvey MR, Bryce E, Boyd D, Ofner-Agostini M, Christianson S, Simor AE, Paton S, Canadian Hospital Epidemiology Committee (CHEC), Canadian Nosocomial Infection Surveillance Program (CNISP). Ambler Class A Extended-Spectrum Beta-Lactamase-Producing Escherichia coli and Klebsiella spp. in Canadian Hospitals. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2004; 48(4):1204-1214.

Taylor G, Gravel D, Johnston L, Embil J, Holdon D, Paton S, Canadian Nosocomial Infection Surveillance Program (CNISP). Incidence of Bloodstream Infection in Multicenter Inception Cohorts of Hemodialysis Patients. Am J Infect Control 2004; 32(3):155-160.

Zoutman DE, Ford D, Bryce E, Gourdeau M, Hébert G, Henderson E, Paton S. The State of Infection Surveillance and Control in Canadian Acute Care Hospitals. Am J Infect Control 2003; 31(5):266-273.

Zoutman DE, Ford BD, Bryce E, Gourdeau M, Hebert G, Henderson E, Paton S. The State of Infection Surveillance and Control in Canadian Acute Care Hospitals. Can J Infect Control 2003; 18:144-152.

Simor AE, Ofner-Agostini ME, Bryce E, McGeer A, Paton S, Mulvey M, Canadian Hospital Epidemiology Committee (CHEC), Canadian Nosocomial Infection Surveillance Program (CNISP). Laboratory Characterization of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Canadian Hospitals: Results of 5 Years of National Surveillance, 1995-1999. J Infect Dis 2002; 186(5):652-660.

Taylor G, Gravel D, Johnston L, Embil J, Holton D, Paton S, Canadian Hospital Epidemiology Committee (CHEC), Canadian Nosocomial Infection Surveillance Program (CNISP). Prospective Surveillance for Primary Bloodstream Infections Occuring in Canadian Hemodialysis Units. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2002; 23(12):716-720.

Miller MA, Hyland M, Ofner-Agostini M, Gourdeau M, Ishak M, Canadian Hospital Epidemiology Committee (CHEC), Canadian Nosocomial Infection Surveillance Program (CNISP). Morbidity, Mortality and Healthcare Burden of Nosocomial Clostridium difficile-Associated Diarrhea in Canadian Hospitals. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2002; 23(3):137-140.

Miller M, Gravel D, Paton S, Canadian Hospital Epidemiology Committee (CHEC), Canadian Nosocomial Infection Surveillance Program (CNISP). Reuse of Single-Use Medical Devices in Canadian Acute-Care Healthcare Facilities, 2001. CCDR 2001; 27(23):1-7.

Simor AE, Ofner-Agostini M, Bryce E, Green K, McGeer A, Mulvey M, Paton S. The Evolution of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Canadian Hospitals: 5 Years of National Surveillance. Can Med Assoc J 2001; 165(1):21-26.

Hyland M, Ofner-Agostini M, Miller M, Paton S, Gourdeau M, Ishak M et al. N-CDAD in Canada: Results of the Canadian Nosocomial Infection Surveillance Program 1997 N-CDAD Prevalence Surveillance Project. Can J Infect Dis 2001; 12(2):81-88.

Conly JM, Ofner-Agostini M, Paton S, Johnston L, Mulvey M, Kureishi A, Nicolle L, Matlow A, Canadian Hospital Epidemiology Committee (CHEC), Canadian Nosocomial Infection Surveillance Program (CNISP). The Emerging Epidemiology of VRE in Canada: Results of the CNISP Passive Reporting Network 1994 to 1998. Can J Infect Dis 2001; 12(6):364-370.

Simor AE, Boyd D, Louie L, McGeer A, Mulvey M, Willey BM. Characterization and Proposed Nomenclature of Epidemic Strains of MRSA in Canada. Can J Infect Dis 1999; 10(5):333-336.

Simor A, Ofner-Agostini M, Paton S. The Canadian Nosocomial Infection Surveillance Program: Results of the First 18 Months of Surveillance for Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Canadian Hospitals. CCDR 1997; 23(6):41-48.

Ofner-Agostini M, Conley J, Paton S, Kureishi A, Nicolle L, Mulvey M, Johnson W, Johnston L, Canadian Hospital Epidemiology Committee (CHEC). Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci (VRE) in Canada – Results of the Canadian Nosocomial Infection Surveillance Program 1996 VRE Point Prevalence Surveillance Project. Can J Infect Dis 1997; 8(2):73-78