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Y. Longtin · SciRah

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Y. Longtin

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Y. Longtin — researcher profile on SciRah

h-index: 30
Works: 134
Citations: 4,231

Most-cited papers

Covid-19 vaccine acceptance, hesitancy, and refusal among Canadian healthcare workers: A multicenter survey
S. Dzieciolowska, D. Hamel, S. Gadio, M. Dionne +8 more
2021American Journal of Infection Control243 citations Open access
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Prevention of Arrhythmia Device Infection Trial: The PADIT Trial.
A. Krahn, Y. Longtin, F. Philippon, D. Birnie +30 more
2018Journal of the American College of Cardiology241 citations Open access
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Effect of Detecting and Isolating Clostridium difficile Carriers at Hospital Admission on the Incidence of C difficile Infections: A Quasi-Experimental Controlled Study.
Y. Longtin, Bianka Paquet-Bolduc, R. Gilca, C. Garenc +9 more
2016JAMA Internal Medicine211 citations
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WHO global research priorities for antimicrobial resistance in human health
Silvia Bertagnolio, Zlatina Dobreva, Chad Centner, I. Olaru +279 more
2024The Lancet Microbe178 citations Open access
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Contamination of stethoscopes and physicians' hands after a physical examination.
Y. Longtin, A. Schneider, C. Tschopp, Gesuèle Renzi +3 more
2014Mayo Clinic proceedings119 citations Open access
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Enhanced performance feedback and patient participation to improve hand hygiene compliance of health-care workers in the setting of established multimodal promotion: a single-centre, cluster randomised controlled trial.
A. Stewardson, H. Sax, A. Gayet-Ageron, S. Touveneau +3 more
2016Lancet. Infectious Diseases (Print)118 citations Open access
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Detection and quantification of airborne norovirus during outbreaks in healthcare facilities.
L. Bonifait, R. Charlebois, Allison Vimont, N. Turgeon +4 more
2015Clinical Infectious Diseases117 citations Open access
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Risk Factors for Infections Involving Cardiac Implanted Electronic Devices.
D. Birnie, Jia Wang, M. Alings, F. Philippon +29 more
2019Journal of the American College of Cardiology86 citations Open access
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Correction.
D. Birnie, Jia Wang, M. Alings, F. Philippon +29 more
2020Journal of the American College of Cardiology73 citations Open access
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Possible Impact of Wide-scale Vaccination Against Serogroup B Neisseria Meningitidis on Gonorrhea Incidence Rates in One Region of Quebec, Canada
J. Longtin, R. Dion, M. Simard, Jean-Francois Betala Belinga +5 more
2017Open Forum Infectious Diseases66 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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Clostridium difficile: Investigating Transmission Patterns Between Infected and Colonized Patients Using Whole Genome Sequencing
Ling Kong, D. W. Eyre, J. Corbeil, Frédéric Raymond +17 more
2018Clinical Infectious Diseases58 citations Open access
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Impact of sink location on hand hygiene compliance after care of patients with Clostridium difficile infection: a cross-sectional study
A. Deyneko, F. Cordeiro, Laura Berlin, Debby Ben-David +2 more
2016BMC Infectious Diseases50 citations Open access
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Low incidence of airborne SARS-CoV-2 in acute care hospital rooms with optimized ventilation
N. Dumont-Leblond, M. Veillette, S. Mubareka, L. Yip +8 more
2020Emerging Microbes and Infections44 citations Open access
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Association of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Disease Canada treatment practice guidelines for Clostridium difficile infection
V. Loo, Ian Davis, J. Embil, G. Evans +11 more
2018Official Journal of the Association of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Disease Canada39 citations Open access
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Positive no-touch surfaces and undetectable SARS-CoV-2 aerosols in long-term care facilities: An attempt to understand the contributing factors and the importance of timing in air sampling campaigns
N. Dumont-Leblond, M. Veillette, Luc Bhérer, Karine Boissoneault +7 more
2021American Journal of Infection Control38 citations Open access
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Two Hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae Isolates Producing a blaKPC-2 Carbapenemase from a Canadian Patient
L. Mataseje, D. Boyd, M. Mulvey, Y. Longtin
2019Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy32 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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Clinical Outcomes and Management of NAAT-Positive/Toxin-Negative Clostridioides difficile Infection: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
C. Prosty, R. Hanula, Khaled Katergi, Y. Longtin +2 more
2023Clinical Infectious Diseases29 citations
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Assay for estimating total bacterial load: relative qPCR normalisation of bacterial load with associated clinical implications.
I. Brukner, Y. Longtin, M. Oughton, Vincenzo Forgetta +1 more
2015Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease28 citations
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Management of a hospital outbreak of extensively drug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii using a multimodal intervention including daily chlorhexidine baths.
A. Gray, R. Allard, R. Paré, T. Tannenbaum +6 more
2016Journal of Hospital Infection27 citations
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Predictors of Heavy Stethoscope Contamination Following a Physical Examination
C. Tschopp, A. Schneider, Y. Longtin, Gesuèle Renzi +2 more
2016Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology27 citations Open access
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Impact of extended use and decontamination with vaporized hydrogen peroxide on N95 respirator fit
Anthony Lieu, J. Mah, V. Zanichelli, Rose Carmel Exantus +1 more
2020American Journal of Infection Control26 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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Plasmid genomic epidemiology of blaKPC carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales in Canada, 2010–2021
N. Lerminiaux, R. Mitchell, J. Bartoszko, I. Davis +19 more
2023Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy20 citations Open access
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The REinfection in COVID‐19 Estimation of Risk (RECOVER) study: Reinfection and serology dynamics in a cohort of Canadian healthcare workers
Etienne B. Racine, G. Boivin, Y. Longtin, Deirdre Mccormack +13 more
2022medRxiv20 citations Open access
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Predictors of Clostridioidesdifficile Infection among Asymptomatic Colonized Patients: A Retrospective Cohort Study.
Dominic Poirier, P. Gervais, Margit Fuchs, Jean-François Roussy +5 more
2019Clinical Infectious Diseases19 citations
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Investigation of a Carbapenemase-producing Acinetobacter baumannii outbreak using whole genome sequencing versus a standard epidemiologic investigation
C. Bogaty, L. Mataseje, A. Gray, B. Lefebvre +3 more
2018Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control19 citations Open access
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It's in our hands: a rapid, international initiative to translate a hand hygiene song during the COVID-19 pandemic
N. Thampi, Y. Longtin, A. Peters, D. Pittet +1 more
2020Journal of Hospital Infection18 citations Open access
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Rectal swab screening assays of public health importance in molecular diagnostics: Sample adequacy control.
S. Glisovic, S. Eintracht, Y. Longtin, M. Oughton +1 more
2017Journal of Infection and Public Health18 citations Open access
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Association of the Timing and Extent of Cardiac Implantable Electronic Device Infections With Mortality.
Hui Han, Jia Wang, D. Birnie, M. Alings +31 more
2023JAMA cardiology17 citations Open access
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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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Detection and Isolation of Clostridium difficile Asymptomatic Carriers During Clostridium difficile Infection Outbreaks: An Exploratory Study
Bianka Paquet-Bolduc, P. Gervais, Jean-François Roussy, S. Trottier +6 more
2018Clinical Infectious Diseases13 citations Open access
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The evolving epidemiology of Carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales in Canadian acute care facilities, 2010–2023
R. Mitchell, L. Mataseje, J. Cayen, E. McGill +26 more
2025Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control11 citations Open access
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Detection of viable SARS-CoV-2 in retrospective analysis of aerosol samples collected from hospital rooms of patients with COVID-19
Audray Fortin, M. Veillette, A. Larrotta, Y. Longtin +2 more
2023Clinical Microbiology and Infection11 citations Open access
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Symptomatology during previous SARS-CoV-2 infection and serostatus before vaccination influence the immunogenicity of BNT162b2 COVID-19 mRNA vaccine
Sabryna Nantel, B. Bourdin, Kelsey Adams, Julie Carbonneau +13 more
2022Frontiers in Immunology11 citations Open access
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COVID-19 Vaccination Acceptance in Iran, a Nationwide Survey on Factors Associated with the Willingness toward Getting Vaccinated
M. Askarian, Linda Y. Fu, M. Taghrir, R. Borazjani +7 more
2022International Journal of Preventive Medicine11 citations Open access
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Impact of Choice of Prophylaxis on the Microbiology of Cardiac Implantable Electronic Device Infections: Insights From the Prevention of Arrhythmia Device Infection Trial (PADIT)
Y. Longtin, P. Gervais, D. Birnie, Jia Wang +29 more
2021Open Forum Infectious Diseases11 citations Open access
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Impact of Isolating Clostridium difficile Carriers on the Burden of Isolation Precautions: A Time Series Analysis
Ya-Si Xiao, Bianka Paquet-Bolduc, C. Garenc, P. Gervais +5 more
2018Clinical Infectious Diseases11 citations Open access
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Efficacy of the World Health Organization–recommended handwashing technique and a modified washing technique to remove Clostridium difficile from hands
P. Deschênes, F. Chano, Léa-Laurence Dionne, D. Pittet +1 more
2017American Journal of Infection Control10 citations Open access
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Plasmid genomic epidemiology of blaNDM carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales in Canada from 2010 to 2023
N. Lerminiaux, K. Fakharuddin, Y. Longtin, Erin McGill +2 more
2025Microbial Genomics9 citations Open access
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Multiple Variants of Klebsiella pneumoniae Producing Carbapenemase in One Patient.
M. Mulvey, Louis-Patrick Haraoui, Y. Longtin
2016New England Journal of Medicine9 citations
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Effect Of Detecting and Isolating Asymptomatic Clostridium difficile Carriers-Reply.
Y. Longtin, R. Gilca, V. Loo
2016JAMA Internal Medicine9 citations
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Clostridium difficile Infections in Children: Impact of the Diagnostic Method on Infection Rates
Mohammad Alghounaim, Y. Longtin, M. Gonzales, J. Merckx +2 more
2016Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology9 citations Open access
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Role of high-risk antibiotic use in incidence of health-care-associated Clostridioides difficile infection in Quebec, Canada: a population-level ecological study.
Élise Fortin, Daniel J. G. Thirion, Manale Ouakki, C. Garenc +14 more
2021The Lancet Microbe8 citations Open access
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Increased Community-Associated Clostridioides difficile Infections in Quebec, Canada, 2008–2015
V. Zanichelli, C. Garenc, J. Villeneuve, D. Moisan +3 more
2020Emerging Infectious Diseases7 citations Open access
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Enteroccocus pallens as a potential novel human pathogen: three cases of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis
S. Lévesque, Y. Longtin, M. Domingo, C. Massé +3 more
2016JMM Case Reports7 citations Open access
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Cefazolin versus Cloxacillin or Flucloxacillin for Methicillin-Susceptible Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia: A Randomized Clinical Trial
Todd C. Lee, Lauren A. Barina, Genevieve Walls, Anna L. Goodman +234 more
2026New England Journal of Medicine6 citations Open access
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Initial Vancomycin Taper for the Prevention of Recurrent Clostridioides difficile Infection
Emily G. McDonald, G. Butler-Laporte, J. Brophy, Sarah Elsayed +19 more
2026JAMA Network Open6 citations Open access
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Determination of the performance of a novel diagnostic test for Clostridioides difficile toxins A and B using latent class analysis
Jeremy Li, N. Dendukuri, Y. Longtin, Alice Banz +6 more
2025Journal of Clinical Microbiology6 citations Open access
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