Charles Frenette

TL;DR: A strain of C. difficile that was resistant to fluoroquinolones and had binary toxin and a partial deletion of the tcdC gene was responsible for this outbreak ofC.difficile-associated diarrhea.

TL;DR: Patients with continuous PPI use remained at elevated risk of CDI recurrence after adjustment for other independent predictors of recurrence, and it is suggested that the cessation of unnecessary P PI use should be considered at the time ofCDI diagnosis.

TL;DR: An educational curriculum and electronic checklist were developed to provide structure and mandatory time-out audits were integrated into routine clinical practice by senior residents, who performed a process that was called antimicrobial self-stewardship.

TL;DR: Healthy-associated influenza is a major component of the burden of disease from influenza in hospitals, but the proportion of cases that are healthcare associated varies markedly from year to year, as does theportion of healthcare-associated infections that are acquired in an ACF versus an LTCF.

TL;DR: The increase in CLABSI rates in Quebec NICUs seems to be associated with an increased proportion of cases with underlying intra-abdominal and pulmonary pathologies, which needs further investigation.