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h-index: 41
Works: 158
Citations: 9,057

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Probiotics for the prevention of Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhea in adults and children.
J. Goldenberg, C. Yap, L. Lytvyn, C. Lo +3 more
2017Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews637 citations
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GRADE Guidelines 30: the GRADE approach to assessing the certainty of modeled evidence—An overview in the context of health decision-making
J. Brożek, Carlos Canelo-Aybar, E. Akl, J. Bowen +40 more
2020Journal of Clinical Epidemiology282 citations Open access
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Pregnancy as a risk factor for severe outcomes from influenza virus infection: A systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies
D. Mertz, J. Geraci, Judi Winkup, B. Gessner +2 more
2017Vaccine259 citations Open access
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Hospital antibiotic prescribing patterns in adult patients according to the WHO Access, Watch and Reserve classification (AWaRe): results from a worldwide point prevalence survey in 69 countries
I. Pauwels, A. Versporten, N. Drapier, E. Vlieghe +193 more
2021Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy153 citations Open access
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Exposure to WHO AWaRe antibiotics and isolation of multi-drug resistant bacteria: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
G. Sulis, S. Sayood, Shashi Katukoori, N. Bollam +12 more
2022Clinical Microbiology and Infection136 citations Open access
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COVID-19 and Antimicrobial Resistance: Parallel and Interacting Health Emergencies
R. Nieuwlaat, L. Mbuagbaw, D. Mertz, L. Burrows +4 more
2020Clinical Infectious Diseases101 citations Open access
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Pregnancy as a risk factor for severe influenza infection: an individual participant data meta-analysis
D. Mertz, C. Lo, L. Lytvyn, J. Ortiz +2 more
2019BMC Infectious Diseases98 citations Open access
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Use of facemasks during the COVID-19 pandemic
H. Schunemann, E. Akl, R. Chou, Derek K. Chu +7 more
2020The Lancet Respiratory Medicine76 citations Open access
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Guideline recommendations and antimicrobial resistance: the need for a change
C. Elias, L. Moja, D. Mertz, M. Loeb +2 more
2017BMJ Open75 citations Open access
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Probiotics to Prevent Clostridium difficile Infection in Patients Receiving Antibiotics.
J. Goldenberg, D. Mertz, B. Johnston
2018Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA)73 citations
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Failure of scabies treatment: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
L. Mbuagbaw, B. Sadeghirad, Rebecca L. Morgan, D. Mertz +11 more
2023British Journal of Dermatology72 citations Open access
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International Society of Cardiovascular Infectious Diseases Guidelines for the Diagnosis, Treatment and Prevention of Disseminated Mycobacterium chimaera Infection Following Cardiac Surgery with Cardiopulmonary Bypass.
B. Hasse, M. Hannan, P. Keller, F. Maurer +62 more
2019Journal of Hospital Infection68 citations Open access
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The Global Alliance for Infections in Surgery: defining a model for antimicrobial stewardship—results from an international cross-sectional survey
M. Sartelli, F. Labricciosa, P. Barbadoro, L. Pagani +160 more
2017World Journal of Emergency Surgery62 citations Open access
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Trends in health care–associated infections in acute care hospitals in Canada: an analysis of repeated point-prevalence surveys
R. Mitchell, G. Taylor, Wallis Rudnick, Stéphanie Alexandre +18 more
2019Canadian Medical Association Journal61 citations Open access
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The evolving epidemiology of Clostridium difficile infection in Canadian hospitals during a postepidemic period (2009–2015)
K. Katz, G. Golding, K. Choi, L. Pelude +28 more
2018Canadian Medical Association Journal60 citations Open access
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A Global Declaration on Appropriate Use of Antimicrobial Agents across the Surgical Pathway
M. Sartelli, Y. Kluger, L. Ansaloni, J. Carlet +234 more
2017Surgical Infections56 citations Open access
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Zinc for the prevention or treatment of acute viral respiratory tract infections in adults: a rapid systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials
J. Hunter, S. Arentz, J. Goldenberg, Guo-Yan Yang +4 more
2021BMJ Open55 citations Open access
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Are Sink Drainage Systems a Reservoir for Hospital-Acquired Gammaproteobacteria Colonization and Infection? A Systematic Review
C. Volling, N. Ahangari, J. Bartoszko, B. Coleman +16 more
2020Open Forum Infectious Diseases55 citations Open access
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Nonregistration, discontinuation, and nonpublication of randomized trials: A repeated metaresearch analysis
B. Speich, D. Gryaznov, J. Busse, V. Gloy +38 more
2022PLoS Medicine52 citations Open access
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Zinc for the prevention and treatment of SARS-CoV-2 and other acute viral respiratory infections: a rapid review
S. Arentz, J. Hunter, Guo-Yan Yang, J. Goldenberg +4 more
2020Advances in Integrative Medicine44 citations Open access
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Microbial Preparations (Probiotics) for the Prevention of Clostridium difficile Infection in Adults and Children: An Individual Patient Data Meta-analysis of 6,851 Participants
B. Johnston, L. Lytvyn, C. Lo, S. Allen +24 more
2018Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology44 citations Open access
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Medical Masks Versus N95 Respirators for Preventing COVID-19 Among Health Care Workers
M. Loeb, Amy Bartholomew, M. Hashmi, W. Tarhuni +27 more
2022Annals of Internal Medicine40 citations Open access
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Patient‐ and hospital‐level predictors of vancomycin‐resistant Enterococcus (VRE) bacteremia in Ontario, Canada
J. Johnstone, Cynthia Chen, L. Rosella, K. Adomako +16 more
2018American Journal of Infection Control37 citations Open access
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Overview of systematic reviews on strategies to improve treatment initiation, adherence to antiretroviral therapy and retention in care for people living with HIV: part 1
L. Mbuagbaw, A. Hajizadeh, Annie Wang, D. Mertz +11 more
2020BMJ Open34 citations Open access
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Characterization of Healthcare-Associated and Community-Associated Clostridioides difficile Infections among Adults, Canada, 2015–2019
T. Du, K. Choi, Anada Silva, G. Golding +26 more
2022Emerging Infectious Diseases30 citations Open access
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Prognostic factors for streptococcal toxic shock syndrome: systematic review and meta-analysis
J. Bartoszko, Zeyad F. Elias, Paulina Rudziak, Carson K. L. Lo +3 more
2022BMJ Open30 citations Open access
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Premature Discontinuation of Pediatric Randomized Controlled Trials: A Retrospective Cohort Study
S. Schandelmaier, Tomonaga Yuki, D. Bassler, J. Meerpohl +35 more
2017Jornal de Pediatria27 citations Open access
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COVID-19 international border surveillance at Toronto’s Pearson Airport: a cohort study
V. Goel, D. Bulir, E. De Prophetis, Munaza Jamil +4 more
2021BMJ Open26 citations Open access
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Trends in Severe Outcomes Among Adult and Pediatric Patients Hospitalized With COVID-19 in the Canadian Nosocomial Infection Surveillance Program, March 2020 to May 2022
R. Mitchell, J. Cayen, N. Thampi, C. Frenette +26 more
2023JAMA Network Open22 citations Open access
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The 2018 Global Point Prevalence Survey of antimicrobial consumption and resistance in 47 Canadian hospitals: a cross-sectional survey
Greg J. German, C. Frenette, Jean-Alexandre Caissy, J. Grant +31 more
2021CMAJ Open21 citations Open access
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Rapid review protocol: Zinc for the prevention or treatment of COVID-19 and other coronavirus-related respiratory tract infections
J. Hunter, S. Arentz, J. Goldenberg, Guo-Yan Yang +3 more
2020Integrative Medicine Research21 citations Open access
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Airborne Transmission of COVID-19
Z. Chagla, S. Hota, Sarah Khan, D. Mertz
2020Clinical Infectious Diseases20 citations Open access
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Screening for and decolonization of Staphylococcus aureus carriers before total joint replacement is associated with lower S aureus prosthetic joint infection rates.
A. Romero-Palacios, D. Petruccelli, C. Main, M. Winemaker +2 more
2020American Journal of Infection Control20 citations
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Fluconazole non-susceptible breakthrough candidemia after prolonged low-dose prophylaxis: a prospective FUNGINOS study.
C. Orasch, D. Mertz, J. Garbino, C. van Delden +22 more
2018Journal of Infection19 citations Open access
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Reporting quality of clinical trial protocols: a repeated cross-sectional study about the Adherence to SPIrit Recommendations in Switzerland, CAnada and GErmany (ASPIRE-SCAGE)
D. Gryaznov, Belinda von Niederhäusern, B. Speich, B. Kasenda +32 more
2022BMJ Open17 citations Open access
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Methodological and reporting quality of non-inferiority randomized controlled trials comparing antibiotic therapies: a systematic review.
A. Bai, A. Komorowski, C. Lo, P. Tandon +8 more
2020Clinical Infectious Diseases17 citations
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Prevalence of Candida auris in Canadian acute care hospitals among at-risk patients, 2018
Hector Felipe Garcia-Jeldes, R. Mitchell, A. McGeer, Wallis Rudnick +38 more
2020Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control17 citations Open access
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Development and validation of clinical prediction models to distinguish influenza from other viruses causing acute respiratory infections in children and adults
Danielle Vuichard-Gysin, D. Mertz, E. Pullenayegum, Pardeep Singh +2 more
2019PLoS ONE17 citations Open access
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Hand hygiene knowledge, attitudes, and practices among hospital inpatients: A descriptive study.
Jocelyn A. Srigley, Min-Cho Sung, Cindy O’Neill, A. Bialachowski +3 more
2019American Journal of Infection Control17 citations
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Recommendation mapping of the World Health Organization's guidelines on tuberculosis: A new approach to digitizing and presenting recommendations
A. Hajizadeh, Tamara Lotfi, D. Falzon, D. Mertz +25 more
2021Journal of Clinical Epidemiology16 citations Open access
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Strategies to improve adherence to antiretroviral therapy and retention in care for people living with HIV in high-income countries: a protocol for an overview of systematic reviews
L. Mbuagbaw, D. Mertz, Daeria O. Lawson, M. Smieja +8 more
2018BMJ Open16 citations Open access
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Investigating the impact of quarantine on mental health: insights from the COVID-19 international border surveillance study in Canada
C. Regehr, V. Goel, E. De Prophetis, Munaza Jamil +4 more
2021BJPsych Open15 citations Open access
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Trends in Clostridioides difficile infection rates in Canadian hospitals during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic
K. Choi, T. Du, Anada Silva, G. Golding +25 more
2022Infection control and hospital epidemiology14 citations Open access
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Utility of asymptomatic inpatient testing for COVID-19 in a low-prevalence setting: A multicenter point-prevalence study
A. Bai, Xena X. Li, M. Alsalem, Sarah Khan +3 more
2020Infection control and hospital epidemiology14 citations Open access
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A meta-research study of randomized controlled trials found infrequent and delayed availability of protocols.
C. Schönenberger, Alexandra N. Griessbach, Ala Taji Heravi, D. Gryaznov +17 more
2022Journal of Clinical Epidemiology13 citations Open access
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A regional Canadian expert consensus on recommendations for restoring exercise and pulmonary function testing in low and moderate-to-high community prevalence coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) settings
Sarah Khan, Kara K. Tsang, D. Mertz, M. Dolovich +8 more
2020Infection control and hospital epidemiology13 citations Open access
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Rationale and design of repeated cross-sectional studies to evaluate the reporting quality of trial protocols: the Adherence to SPIrit REcommendations (ASPIRE) study and associated projects
D. Gryaznov, A. Odutayo, Belinda von Niederhäusern, B. Speich +32 more
2020Trials12 citations Open access
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Validation and implementation of group electronic hand hygiene monitoring across twenty-four critical care units
Jerome A. Leis, Maryam Obaidallah, Victoria R. Williams, M. Muller +11 more
2021Infection control and hospital epidemiology10 citations
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Comparison of three dosing intervals for the primary vaccination of the SARS-CoV-2 mRNA Vaccine (BNT162b2) on magnitude, neutralization capacity and durability of the humoral immune response in health care workers: A prospective cohort study
D. P. Leong, Ali Zhang, Jessica A. Breznik, R. Clare +13 more
2023PLoS ONE9 citations Open access
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Effect of Wearing a Face Mask on Hand-to-Face Contact by Children in a Simulated School Environment
Michelle Science, Monica Caldeira-Kulbakas, R. Parekh, Bryan R. Maguire +25 more
2022JAMA pediatrics9 citations Open access
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