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Richard J. Reid-Smith
Researcher at Public Health Agency of Canada
Publications - 187
Citations - 7732
Richard J. Reid-Smith is an academic researcher from Public Health Agency of Canada. The author has contributed to research in topics: Antibiotic resistance & Salmonella. The author has an hindex of 45, co-authored 175 publications receiving 6817 citations. Previous affiliations of Richard J. Reid-Smith include University of Guelph & Health Canada.
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The Scourge of Antibiotic Resistance: The Important Role of the Environment
Rita Finley,Peter Collignon,D. G. Joakim Larsson,Scott A. McEwen,Xian-Zhi Li,William H. Gaze,Richard J. Reid-Smith,Mohammed Timinouni,David W. Graham,Edward Topp +9 more
TL;DR: The rapid evolution and spread of "new" antibiotic resistance genes has been enhanced by modern human activity and its influence on the environmental resistome, which highlights the importance of including the role of the environmental vectors, such as bacterial genetic diversity within soil and water, in resistance risk management.
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Antimicrobial Resistance and Virulence Genes of Escherichia coli Isolates from Swine in Ontario
Patrick Boerlin,Rebeccah M Travis,Carlton L. Gyles,Richard J. Reid-Smith,Richard J. Reid-Smith,Nicol Janecko,Heather Lim,Vivian M. Nicholson,Scott A. McEwen,Robert M. Friendship,Marie Archambault +10 more
TL;DR: The results demonstrate that antimicrobial resistance epidemiology differs significantly between pathogenic and commensal E. coli isolates and may have important implications with regards to the spread and persistence of resistance and virulence genes in bacterial populations and to the prudent use of antimicrobial agents.
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Food reservoir for Escherichia coli causing urinary tract infections
Caroline Vincent,Patrick Boerlin,Danielle Daignault,Charles M. Dozois,Lucie Dutil,Chrissi Galanakis,Richard J. Reid-Smith,Pierre Paul Tellier,Patricia A. Tellis,Kim Ziebell,Amee R. Manges +10 more
TL;DR: This study provides strong support for the role of food reservoirs or foodborne transmission in the dissemination of E. coli causing common community-acquired UTIs.
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Antimicrobial resistance in Escherichia coli isolates from swine and wild small mammals in the proximity of swine farms and in natural environments in Ontario, Canada.
Gosia K. Kozak,Patrick Boerlin,Patrick Boerlin,Nicol Janecko,Richard J. Reid-Smith,Richard J. Reid-Smith,Claire M. Jardine +6 more
TL;DR: It is suggested that close proximity to food animal agriculture increases the likelihood that E. coli isolates from wild small mammals living on farms have higher rates of resistance and are more frequently multiresistant than E. bacteria from environments that are less impacted by human and agricultural activities.
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Detection and Enumeration of Clostridium difficile Spores in Retail Beef and Pork
TL;DR: This study has identified relatively common contamination of retail ground beef and pork with C. difficile spores; however, the levels of contamination were very low.