Characterization of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Isolates Obtained from Patients in Canadian Hospitals: Results of the CANWARD 2007 Study by Andrew Walkty, Melanie DeCorby, Kim Nichol, Melissa McCracken, Michael R Mulvey, James A Karlowsky, Daryl J Hoban, George G Zhanel

“…CONCLUSIONS: P aeruginosa is common among clinical specimens from patients in Canadian hospitals. Of the antipseudomonal antimicrobials evaluated, amikacin, meropenem and piperacillin/tazobactam demonstrated the greatest in vitro activity. …”
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Occupational Asthma -- The Last 50 Years by Moira Chan-yeung

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Maintenance Therapy for Inflammatory Bowel Disease: What Really Works by Lloyd R Sutherland

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Role of Monoclonal Antibodies in the Treatment of Asthma by Paul M O’Byrne

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Radiation Therapy of Carcinoma of the Esophagus by Thomas J Keane

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Inhalation Techniques Used in Patients with Respiratory Failure Treated with Noninvasive Mechanical Ventilation by Patrycja Rzepka-Wrona, Szymon Skoczynski, Dawid Wrona, Adam Barczyk

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Motion-Genetic Testing is Useful in the Diagnosis of Nonhereditary Pancreatic Conditions: Arguments Against the Motion by Jonathan A Cohn

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Update on Nonsurgical Lung Volume Reduction Procedures by J. Alberto Neder, Denis E. O’Donnell

“…ELVR procedures are currently available in selected Canadian research centers as part of ethically approved clinical trials. …”
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Brunner’s Gland Hamartoma: A Rare Cause of Gastrointestinal Bleeding – Case Report and Review of the Literature by David R Stolpman, Gordon C Hunt, Brett Sheppard, Hahn Huang, Deepak V Gopal

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Dysplasia in Ulcerative Colitis by RH Riddell

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Mycobacterial Infections in AIDS by A Ross Hill

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Survival analysis of COVID-19 versus non-COVID-19 patients requiring intensive care for acute respiratory distress syndrome: An observational retrospective study by Paulo Navas Boada, Kevin Chamorro, Santiago Ballaz

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Hydatid Cyst Diagnosed by Endoscopic Ultrasound by F. Castro-Poças, Tarcísio Araújo, André Coelho, Donzilia Silva, Isabel Pedroto

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Management Strategies and Outcomes for Hyponatremia in Cirrhosis in the Hyponatremia Registry by Samuel H. Sigal, Alpesh Amin, Joseph A. Chiodo, Arun Sanyal

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Bioterrorism in Canada: An Economic Assessment of Prevention and Postattack Response by Ronald St John, Brian Finlay, Curtis Blair

“…The present paper calculates the human and economic consequences of a bioterrorist attack on Canadian soil using aerosolized Bacillus anthracis and Clostridium botulinum. …”
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Assessment of School Readiness in Chronic Cholestatic Liver Disease: A Pilot Study Examining Children with and without Liver Transplantation by Anna Gold, Alaine Rogers, Elizabeth Cruchley, Stephanie Rankin, Arpita Parmar, Binita M. Kamath, Yaron Avitzur, Vicky Lee Ng

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Modeling for Prediction of Mortality Based on past Medical History in Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients: A Secondary Analysis by Seyyed Amir Yasin Ahmadi, Yeganeh Karimi, Arash Abdollahi, Ali Kabir

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Routine Immunization of Adults in Canada: Review of the Epidemiology of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases and Current Recommendations for Primary Prevention by Michael D Parkins, Shelly A McNeil, Kevin B Laupland

“…Vaccination is one of the greatest achievements in public health of the 20th century. …”
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Central Venous Catheter-Associated Bloodstream Infections in Hemodialysis Patients: Another Patient Safety Bundle? by B Lynn Johnston, John M Conly

“…In a previous issue of The Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases & Medical Microbiology, we reviewed the 'Safer Healthcare Now!' …”
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Retrospective Cohort Analysis of Outpatient Antibiotic Use for Clostridioides difficile-Indicated Agents in British Columbia, from 2000 to 2018 by Ariana Saatchi, Sungeun Kim, Fawziah Marra

“…Vancomycin had the highest percentage increase (621%), with the greatest change occurring from 2014 to 2015, correlating to the dissemination of new clinical practice guidelines. …”
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